[linux-audio-dev] Some input/feedback required

[Peter Brinkmann]

On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 05:07:08PM +0000, Steve Harris wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 05:55:40PM +0100, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> > You'll find a link to a screenshot on the usual place:
> > 
> >   <http://users.skynet.be/solaris/linuxaudio>
> > 
> > There are currently three ways to move a dot (linked to
> > mouse buttons 1,2,3 but that could change):
> > 
> > 1. A message is sent for each X11 motion event.
> > 2. A message is sent only when the dot is released.
> > 3. No messages are sent, when the dot is released it
> >    starts flashing. A click on the "Trig" buttong then
> >    sends the update messages for all such dots at the
> >    same time.
> 
> Looks nice, and useful. The only other mode I can think of is sprung, like
> a pitchbend wheel, or joystick, so it flies back to an origin point when
> released. Would only be useful in combination with 1 I think.
> 
> Have you thought about adding event control as well? There are a number of
> useful USB HID controllers that could be bound to XY positions of the
> pucks.
Can't resist a shameless plug: I just implemented a little tool that maps
MIDI control change events to a wide range of X events, including mouse
drags with arbitrary buttons. It sounds like this tool could add instant
MIDI capability to oscxyam. You can find it at
    http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~brinkman/software/pyseq.tgz
if you're interested. Documentation is still minimal, but the GUI is
supposed to be self-explanatory, and the tarball contains a little pdf
document that explains the most important points.
    Peter