[LAU] hardware midi control--footswitch? or Jack audio transport

[Rusty Perez]

Actually Milan,
This still may be the trick!
The application I want to control with my foot, nama, a commandline
based DAW, uses space for stop/start and so this could work!
I'll continue investigating.
Thanks!
Rusty


On 6/19/13, Milan Lazecky <espiritocz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Haha, thank you )
> But please note, that this pedal I was writing about, it doesn't send midi
> signals! It behaves really like a keyboard, so you can map some keys or
> combinations of keys to it - but not MIDI. I have seen some another utility
> that can transform keyboard keys to midi signals but it.. well.. it wasn't
> that useful for me.
> Anyway, good luck with whatever you do and thanks for the tip about
> qjackmmc - I will investigate how can I use this stuff.
> Cheers!
>
> Milan
>
>
> 2013/6/20 Rusty Perez <rustys.lists at gmail.com>
>
>> Thanks to all who have responded!
>> Len, your idea would actually be a great way if I was at all inclined
>> to solder, but, being blind, I rather like my fingertips as they are.
>> Milan, I think your answer takes the prise!
>> I think that app, plus jackctlmmc might just do the trick!
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Rusty
>>
>>
>> On 6/19/13, Milan Lazecky <espiritocz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi.
>> > It is morning for me now, and I see so many words, I don't know. But
>> maybe
>> > this helps:
>> > I have bought a very simple and cheap foot pedal for USB (search for
>> > usb
>> > pedal in www.dx.com) and there are actually three pedals, so it works
>> > as
>> > three keyboard keys. I can map these keys using a very simple utility -
>> > I
>> > have a link somewhere.. it is called "footswitch" - oh, here is the
>> > link:
>> > https://github.com/rgerganov/*footswitch
>> >
>> > *
>> > *Hope it helps. Cheers!
>> >
>> > Milan
>> > *
>> >
>> >
>> > 2013/6/20 Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net>
>> >
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, June 19, 2013 5:27 pm, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> >> > Btw. another issue might be that the OP perhaps wants one foot
>> >> > switch
>> >> > to
>> >> > start and stop, but the quasi default is that there are different
>> >> > switches/commands for start and stop and stop might provide an
>> >> > option
>> >> > to
>> >> > continue playing from the start position.
>> >>
>> >> Space is pretty much default for start/pause. (works in qjackctl and
>> >> jack.transport anyway) Jack.transport seems to have the easiest batch
>> >> of
>> >> one key commands to use:
>> >>
>> >>   "s : Start and stop transport. Aliased to [space].
>> >>    l : Locate to entered time. Starting to type a number will also
>> >> enter
>> >>        locate mode.
>> >>    i: Set skip increment to entered interval.
>> >>    z : Locate to start (zero).
>> >>    r : Erase and refresh screen.
>> >>    > : Skip forwards. Aliased to . and [right-arrow].
>> >>    < : Skip backwards. Aliased to , and [left-arrow]."
>> >>
>> >> So looking at other programs where a foot switch might be handy and
>> >> trying
>> >> to fit more than one might be an idea. space and left and right arrow
>> >> happen to be very common (space is used in unix all over the place). z
>> is
>> >> the odd one out.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Len Ovens
>> >> www.OvenWerks.net
>> >>
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