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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/02/17 10:06, Bill Purvis wrote:<br>
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<font face="Courier New">I came across web pages and videos of
this device. <br>
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<font face="Courier New"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://artiphon.com" class="yt-uix-servicelink "
data-servicelink="CC8Q6TgYACITCO_9_P_hlNICFRAXFgodcWELmSj4HQ"
data-target-new-window="True" data-url="http://artiphon.com"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://artiphon.com</a>.<br>
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I'm quite tempted but thought I'd ask if anyone has tried one.<br>
The reviews seem to go for Apple (iOS) software, but the blurb<br>
implies that it is just a midi device, so it should be usable<br>
on Linux.<br>
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Any opinions?<br>
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Thanks<br>
Bill<br>
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I finally decided I couldn't live without one and bought it!<br>
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After a bit of fiddling about I have got it working under Linux<br>
with Jack and Fluidsynth. It will take a bit of getting used to
apart from<br>
simple guitar strumming which is fine. The 'virtual capo' facility
works<br>
well, you can transpose up OR DOWN anything up to an octave!<br>
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I can't get the Windows program to run under wine - it comes up with<br>
'Need Window 7 or greater'! They are being cagey about releasing the<br>
protocols to program the device.<br>
<br>
I'm hoping to borrow a Mac or Windows PC to do a bit of customising.<br>
Maybe I can interpose something to sneak out the Midi bytes and
figure<br>
out the protocol!<br>
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The device has two built-in speakers, but nothing comes out of them.<br>
It seems they are using an extended USB MIDI which support audio? Is
this<br>
simply treating the device as two USB devices - a MIDI port and an
Audio port?<br>
It doesn't show up under the Audio ports with QjackCtl. Anyone comes
across this?<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
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