[LAU] LinnStrument on Linux
Thomas Poulsen
thomas at lha66.dk
Mon Jul 18 20:33:50 UTC 2016
Thank you all for your responses.
I had not thought of configuring the same instrument on all channels in zyn.
That actually works, but it takes quite a bit of time :-)
Is these a way to do so by a script?
Below I include the output from aseqdump in different situations to help
illustrate how the MPE works.
First: disabling x, y and z sensitivity, just repeating the same note
shows the MPE cycling the channels:
Source Event Ch Data
24:0 Note on 14, note 60, velocity 100
24:0 Note off 14, note 60, velocity 64
24:0 Note on 15, note 60, velocity 103
24:0 Note off 15, note 60, velocity 64
24:0 Note on 1, note 60, velocity 107
24:0 Note off 1, note 60, velocity 64
24:0 Note on 2, note 60, velocity 123
24:0 Note off 2, note 60, velocity 64
Next, enabling only z-sensitivity (pressure), playing a single note
once, gives:
Source Event Ch Data
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 0
24:0 Note on 3, note 60, velocity 60
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 9
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 104
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 117
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 120
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 123
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 124
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 125
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 126
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 127
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 110
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 78
24:0 Channel aftertouch 3, value 0
24:0 Note off 3, note 60, velocity 64
Enabling only y-sensitivity, playing a note while moving upward on the
pad gives this (abbreviated):
Source Event Ch Data
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 17
24:0 Note on 10, note 60, velocity 38
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 19
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 20
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 22
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 23
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 24
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 25
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 26
... (removed 34 lines)
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 117
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 121
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 124
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 126
24:0 Control change 10, controller 74, value 127
24:0 Note off 10, note 60, velocity 64
Enabling only x-sensitivity and sliding up one octave gives the output
below (abbreviated)
Source Event Ch Data
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 0
24:0 Note on 13, note 60, velocity 47
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value -16
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 0
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value -20
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value -18
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value -16
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value -12
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value -18
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value -12
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value -6
... deleted 18 lines
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value -2
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value -6
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 0
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value -2
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 0
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 10
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 6
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 14
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 16
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 32
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 24
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 34
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 36
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 40
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 38
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 36
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 38
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 32
... deleted 10 lines
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 134
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 140
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 142
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 156
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 162
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 172
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 170
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 172
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 188
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 196
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 204
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 216
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 224
... deleted 212 lines
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4054
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4062
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4066
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4074
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4078
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4082
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4084
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4086
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4088
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4090
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4096
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4092
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4096
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4100
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4096
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4094
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4096
24:0 Note off 13, note 60, velocity 64
Finally, enabling x-, y- and z-sensitivity (std configuration), holding
down one note while doing the slide up one octave with the other hand
gives quite a lot of information.
Below is a sample, the full file is here: http://pastebin.com/bN0nRX6u
Source Event Ch Data
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 0
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 96
24:0 Channel aftertouch 13, value 0
24:0 Note on 13, note 48, velocity 127
24:0 Channel aftertouch 13, value 127
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 8
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 100
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 4
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 2
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 0
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 101
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 2
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 103
24:0 Pitch bend 13, value 0
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 104
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 103
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 99
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 97
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 95
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 94
24:0 Pitch bend 14, value 0
24:0 Control change 14, controller 74, value 60
24:0 Channel aftertouch 14, value 0
24:0 Note on 14, note 60, velocity 48
24:0 Channel aftertouch 14, value 5
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 105
24:0 Pitch bend 14, value 8
24:0 Channel aftertouch 14, value 25
24:0 Pitch bend 14, value 20
24:0 Channel aftertouch 14, value 31
24:0 Pitch bend 14, value 14
24:0 Channel aftertouch 14, value 37
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 104
24:0 Pitch bend 14, value 22
24:0 Control change 14, controller 74, value 59
24:0 Channel aftertouch 14, value 41
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 102
24:0 Pitch bend 14, value 30
24:0 Control change 14, controller 74, value 60
24:0 Channel aftertouch 14, value 42
24:0 Pitch bend 14, value 48
24:0 Channel aftertouch 14, value 44
24:0 Pitch bend 14, value 30
24:0 Control change 14, controller 74, value 59
24:0 Channel aftertouch 14, value 45
24:0 Control change 13, controller 74, value 101
An important factor for me in deciding to buy the LinnStrument was that
the entire firmware is free software:
https://github.com/rogerlinndesign/linnstrument-firmware
- that does not hold for an Ipad as far as I know.
The developer of the firmware, Geert Bevin, has described some of the
lessons learned here:
http://www.slideshare.net/gbevin/linnstrument-the-ultimate-opensource-hacker-instrument
I think it would be really cool to be able to play this "open source
instrument" with free software tools.
In any case I'll be happy to test and report back if you come up with
more ideas to try.
All the best,
Thomas
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