[linux-audio-user] iCubeX experiences?

[j.c.w.]

hey Ico,

thanks for the response.  aside from what sounds like a bummer of a 
setup, how has it performed for you?  in other words, would you buy it 
again?

thanks,
j.c.w.

Ivica Bukvic wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed icubex in my studio and it was quite a hassle. Included
> software that came with icubex is outdated and does not compile, Paul
> Davis's generous contribution looks like a great editor, but it depends
> on defunct Quasimodo's libs so without some serious hacking, chances are
> you won't be able to get it up-and-running (I did not have the time to
> give it a shot at it, but I did spend a good amount of time trying to
> compile proper libs without success). I also had a number of problems
> trying to get the icube working under MacOS9. Finally, I resorted to
> Windows (gasp!) where using the provided editor I hard-coded each of the
> inputs as one type of the controller MIDI message, and after that the
> thing worked like a charm in Pd. You just have to make sure to remember
> which pins are used for which controllers, otherwise you might get messy
> MIDI output.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Ico
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: linux-audio-user-admin at music.columbia.edu
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>>admin at music.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of j.c.w.
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 2:04 PM
>>To: linux-audio-user at music.columbia.edu
>>Subject: [linux-audio-user] iCubeX experiences?
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>>greetings all!
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>>i am a bit of a controller freak and have just started looking into
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> the
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>>iCubeX system (http://www.infusionsystems.com/index.shtml).  i used to
>>roll all of my own control devices, but i am a bit short on time as of
>>late (full time jobs tend to do that).  i'd like to give this thing a
>>chance.
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>>i see that paul davis (you rock, dude) wrote a gnu/linux editor for
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> the
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>>device that controls a limited subset of its features, but it looks
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> like
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>>the software hasn't been touched for some time.
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>>i am interested in using it with pd primarily and possibly jmax.  my
>>question is this:  does anyone out there have any experience to share
>>with me re: using this gadget with gnu/linux /only/.  i don't do
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> windows
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>>at home, so i'd like to know what i can expect.
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>>anywho, enough of that...so, anyone know anything about this doo-dad?
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>>thanks!
>>
>>j.c.w.
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