AERO - a new aux switch & MIDI controller All-In-One from PIRATE MIDI

PIRATE MIDI is in the final stages of developing AERO - a passive triple aux switch (TRS), with the added benefit if being able to assign RGB colour LEDs to each switch when powered.

Even more than that it's a full-blown MIDI controller!

AERO Slim is the first AERO we are releasing. It will run on BridgeOS - the firmware our flagship MIDI controllers use, and the same web editor. It will have nearly all the features of our BRIDGE controllers just with a smaller number of total messages, some features stripped down a little, and no MIDI input (apart from USB MIDI).

It has two Flexiports which can take expression pedal inputs, Device Link, even Aux Switch inputs! as well as the switchable Type A/B + Tip Active/Ring Active MIDI outputs.

We're in the final stages of prepping the firmware and editor, so we'd love your feedback on which features of BridgeOS are non-negotiable for you, and which you think would be too difficult to use or not as useful on a device without two LEDs per switch and without a screen (which the BRIDGE controllers have).

We've designed it with a slim enclosure, angled top face for easy button-pushing, new switches made in Italy which are super super quiet (and look really cool!), and a solid aluminium enclosure with laser etched labels and artwork which doesn't wear off. It's tough, tiny, and does everything you need an entry-level MIDI controller to do, plus some!

We're still in the final stages of getting ready to launch, so the photos aren't final and the final product isn't guaranteed to be exactly what's shown here.

Looking forward to hearing people's thoughts!