[LAU] 2 keyboard independet live voice change

[Ralf Mattes]

On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:58:24 +0000, Folderol wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:44:42 +0000 (UTC) Ralf Mattes
> <rm at mh-freiburg.de> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:26:13 +0000, Folderol wrote:
>> 
>> <snip>
>> > Now, without in any way detracting from Rosegarden :) what would be
>> > interesting would be some form of program/script that could be set up
>> > so that multiple incoming MIDI streams could be redirected to
>> > different channels of different synths, each with a single (user
>> > definable) dedicated key press.
>> 
>> Isn't 'MIDI octoPUS' exactly that? (http://de.sourceforge.jp/projects/
>> sfnet_midipus/). From the project description:
>> 
>>  "Midipus (MIDI octopus?) is an intelligent MIDI switch. One
>> bidirectional ALSA sequencer connection (the head) is switched between
>> multiple bidirectional outputs (the arms) by special, out of band
>> messages.
>> (This Description is auto-translated)"
>> 
>> 
>> HTH Ralf Mattes
> 
> Never heard of this before, but just had a quick look at it, and so far
> I can't work out how to control it :(


>From the README:

  The SysEx message which causes Midipus to switch to a lower
  arm is:

  F0 00 20 70 00 F7

  And to a higher arm:

  F0 00 20 70 01 F7

  This signature can currently only be changed by editing `midipus.c' and
  recompiling.


HTH, RalfD