[LAU] standalone midi editor

[alex stone]

I had a look at that, Patrick, but it's not suitable in the context i want
to use.

Good suggestion though.

Alex.

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey at boosthardware.com
> wrote:

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> alex stone wrote:
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>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Patrick Shirkey <
>> pshirkey at boosthardware.com <mailto:pshirkey at boosthardware.com>> wrote:
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>>    alex stone wrote:
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>>        From time to time, as the inspiration comes, i find the need
>>        for a quick, simple, midi editor.
>>        I currently use RG, and it does a fine job, but my question is:
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>>        Is there, in Linux, a standalone midi editor, which can handle
>>        banks, patches, event changes etc... for editing a couple or
>>        few bars.
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>>        I record quite a bit these days, straight from LS into Ardour,
>>        but more complicated passages, requiring patch changes, (i.e.
>>        Up and down bows, NR and R samples, etc..) and are unplayable
>>        live from a keyboard, need to be 'constructed' within a midi
>>        editor.
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>>        As these runs, phrases, etc, are often only a bar or two long,
>>        i wonder if a simple standalone midi editor would suffice.
>>        (i.e. A standalone matrix editor, with the ability to apply
>>        event changes.)
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>>        I would then record the edited phrase or run, and keep the
>>        midi files generated in the Ardour project folder.
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>>        Is there such a thing?
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>>    I don't know of a stand alone app for this purpose. However it is
>>    probably already possible with ardour 3.0 if you want to play with
>>    the svn version.
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>>    Cheers.
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>>    --
>>    Patrick Shirkey
>>    Boost Hardware Ltd
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>> Patrick,
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>> The 3.0 SVN doesn't build/install for me at the moment, but the
>> installation process, as i understand it, is being worked on.
>>
>> OK,
>> here's a short list of suggested features, in case there IS a standalone
>> midi editor, or a dev is thinking of something along these lines.
>>
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> Have you tried non-sequencer?
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> http://non-sequencer.tuxfamily.org/
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>  Midi keyboard, qwerty, and CC input (for keystrokes as well)
>> Normal matrix view of a max of 8 bars. (User definable number of bars as
>> default, but can be increased on the fly)
>> Event list view, and tabbable on the fly with the matrix view, by
>> keystroke, as well as mouse. (The RG event list editor is excellent, so
>> these parameters and layout would be useful)
>> Single track.
>> 16 midi channels, with a popup note properties dialog (keystrokable), in
>> which the user can edit by bank/patch/channel.
>> Able to import, and export mid files.
>> Jackmidi port in.
>> Tempo map, ala RG.
>> Able to save to a directory. (Possible use being saving the mid files in
>> the Ardour project directory.)
>> Able to add controller lanes, with bezier curves for finetune volume and
>> expression.
>> Quantize for those who want it.
>> Able to move edit cursor by grid definition.
>> Keystrokes for moving from note to note (forward and back) for
>> editing/insertion/removal purposes. Each note becomes active/editable in
>> turn, with the previous note becoming inactive as it ceases to become the
>> focus. (Seperate keystrokes/mouse marquee function, for any desire to make
>> more than one note active at once. Keystroke example being hold shift down
>> while navigating with left/right arrows, which 'adds' notes to the active
>> range.)
>> Default keystrokes up/down for parameter changes, example being velocity.
>> If CC numbers can be make keystrokable, then the same parameter change
>> up/down keystrokes could be used for other CC controller definitions as
>> well. Other examples include, Volume (using a keystroke to define volume as
>> the 'active' CC control), patch changes (Same keystroke framework. Select
>> the patch change keystroke, and that becomes 'editable', with up and down
>> keys.)
>>
>> Etc...
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>> Alex.
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>> --
>> Parchment Studios (It started as a joke...)
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> --
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> Patrick Shirkey
> Boost Hardware Ltd
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