24 Mar
2010
24 Mar
'10
1:23 p.m.
Nick Copeland wrote:
Some people only have got a keyboard with a data slider, e.g. the DX7
has got one, sending CC 6 (RPN-/NRPN-Controller). I once wrote an app
for the C64 converting those controllers that can't be changed by the
keyboards them self, so I was able to control any other controller for
my Atari ST, resp. hardware synth and effects.
I guess such a CC mapping manager is useful for Linux too and would
solve Louigi's problem. Unfortunately I can't help, because I can't
program for Linux, but such a task isn't something that needs much
effort to be programmed for people who are familiar with the OS and C.
if you try to
attach a knob of the soft synth to a slider of a midi
keyboard, it will not work.
There is no way to differentiate between source controller types
(slider/knob) if it just sends
a MIDI CC message. It is possible to remap controllers on your surface
to not send CC but
send RP/NRP/SYSEX (or arbitrary combinations) and perhaps these are
not interpreted
to expectation. A lot of the surfaces have default pages for
compatibility with specific apps
such as an 'Abbleton Live' setup, these will typically not
interoperate well with another app
as the receiver.
What is the softsynth and don't you see any difference using any MIDI
dump tools when you
move the two controller types on the surface? There is no reason why
this should not work
however you will get the best results if the surface just sends a CC.
I had the same stuff from
my PCR-30 default settings, some of the sliders sent RP messages and
needed to be
reprogrammed.
Nick.