[linux-audio-dev] Re: OSC vs MIDI

[Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen <k.s.matheussen@notam02.no>]

Dave Robillard:
> On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 07:48, martin rumori wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 11:31:01AM +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
>> > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 10:03:18 +0100, Dave Griffiths wrote:
>> > > so if I'm writing a osc sequencer, is the best plan to leave the
>> > > mapping open for the user to modify?
>> >
>> > I would say so yes, its possible that an OSC schema spe will be
>> > standardised at soem point that would make it easier.
>>
>> not to mention the microtone-capabilities of your osc sequencer and
>> the sophisticated envelope control functions, which are hard to cover
>> with pure midi...  :-))
>
> Imagine a sequencer where, instead of little straight bars representing
> notes, the 'piano roll' just allowed you to draw a line to represent
> frequency.. with any angle, straight or curved (bezier), etc.  Wow..
>
> Control could be like that too, with overlay and everything, but having
> that for pitch would be amazing.. has something like this ever been done
> before?
>

You can draw lines to represent pitch (and everything else) in Radium, but
its not a piano-roll though. http://www.notam02.no/radium/ (latest
linux-(not-finished)-version: http://www.notam02.no/arkiv/src/)