[LAU] Programs which use midi control knobs/sliders

[Loki Davison]

On 9/23/07, Simon Williams <simon at systemparadox.co.uk> wrote:
> Hartmut Noack wrote:
> > Parameter-Knobs/Sliders in synth-apps capable to react to
> > MIDI-control-messages.
>
> Would you care to name some of these synth-apps?
>
> > So I can alter the subharmonics of the second
> > oscillator of a synth-patch
>
> Sounds good, but I'm yet to find a synth which actually responds to midi
> controls.
>
> > while playing by comfortably turning a handy
> > knob on my MIDI-Keyb.(instead fiddeling around with the mousecursor)
>
> That's exactly why I want to get mine to do things.
>
> >> 3. Is there any Linux software which will make use of them?
> >
> > YES:
> >
> > Alsa Modular Synth:
>
> Great, that's sort of what I'm looking for, but how in the world do I
> use it? Most of the examples I load want LADSPA plugins that I don't
> have, and all the modules have lots of letters in their names with
> nothing to tell me what they actually do. And I don't know enough to
> create a piano sounding waveform from a bunch of oscillators.
>
> > Ardour:
>
> I can't actually work out how to use Ardour. It's way too complicated
> for what I currently need. Does it even have a synth?
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Get ingen and follow some of the examples on the website. Many other
LV2 or dssi hosts do midi binding i think.

Loki