# Tidal 1.7 control busses + midi control input = ❤️

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**Created:** [24 February 2021 19:54 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/tidal-1-7-control-busses-midi-control-input/2934 "2021-02-24T19:54:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [24 February 2021 19:54 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/tidal-1-7-control-busses-midi-control-input/2934/1 "2021-02-24T19:54:45Z")

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Hi all,

[update] there is now control bus documentation!

> **[Control Busses | Tidal Cycles](https://tidalcycles.org/docs/reference/control_busses/)**
>
> This page introduces the feature known as control busses, which was

I thought I'd share a very short experiment with the new control busses and midi input in tidal 1.7 - this immediately reactive control is something that I really missed when I first started getting into tidal, and I didn't have the patience to plumb the setup externally.

I'm twiddling knobs on a novation launchkey mini, mapped to `djf`, `squiz`, `room` and `size` respectively

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```haskell
d1 
    $ slow 2                    
    $ n "<d6'm9 g6'dom7'ii c6'maj7 c5'maj7'iii >"
    # s "superhoover"
    # djfbus 1 (cF 0.5 "21")  
    # squizbus 2 (7 * "^22" + 1)
    # roombus 3 ("^23")          
    # sizebus 4 ("^24")
    # cps 0.4
    # legato 1.05

```

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