Does anyone know of software that can generate MIDI messages from a touchpad?
The idea would be to send CCs to a sequencer or soft synth, but being able to
send it to an external hardware device would also be very useful.
--
Will J Godfrey
https://willgodfrey.bandcamp.com/http://yoshimi.github.io
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
This is Steinway_IMIS soundfont, version 2.2.
ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/sf2/Steinway_IMIS2.2
This version fixes the issue with loops. I hope this is the good one
and there are no more remaining major bugs.
Marcos is a little busy right now, so he asked me to make this fix. He
is thinking to make other improvements, so expect more updates soon.
Is anybody out here in LAU land have experience with PISound?
https://www.blokas.io/pisound/
I have just bought one and am having quite sever teething problems with it.
It keeps freezing for ~45 seconds when running X and I cannot get it to
use the full display.
cheers
Worik
--
If not me then who? If not now then when? If not here then where?
So, here I stand, I can do no other
root(a)worik.org 021-1680650, (03) 4821804 Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Dear list,
I recently bought a LinnStrument from Roger Linn Design:
http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument.html
It is a great isomorphic midi-controller, and as such it is immediately
recognized on Linux.
The distinguishing feature of the LinnStrument is that it senses 3
degrees of freedom on each note: x-direction, y direction and
z-direction (pressure). The x-direction is mapped to pitch-bend, and
y-direction to CC74.
A cool feature is the "slide", where the pitch-bend is used to slide
between all notes in a row.
To allow individual pitch and CC74 values for each note, it sends each
note on a separate midi-channel ("MPE"):
http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/implementing-mpe.html
Bitwig has added support for this, and there is 20 presets in version
1.3.11, where this is used (tag: linnstrument). The LinnStrument
controller is not recognized automatically on Linux in version 1.3.11,
but it can be configured manually, and then it works fine. Note that
both midi-in and midi-out has to be configured, if not there is no
sound! It should look like this: https://ibin.co/2msBJVgpKtf9.png
Now I would like to also use it with the free Linux synths.
Here's what I have been able to make work this far.
Synthv1:
PME works reasonably well: I can play polyphonic in MPE mode, but it
tends to miss the "note off"s.
I can get the slide to work, by setting
<param index="36" name="DEF1_PITCHBEND">2</param>
<param index="78" name="DEF2_PITCHBEND">2</param>
is a preset.
Zynaddsubfx:
I can not get MPE to work.
Sending only on one channel, and setting PWheelB.Rng to 2400 cents, I
cant get the sliding to work, but only when playing with one finger.
If I enable MPE on the LinnStrument there is only an occasional sound,
when it happens to send on the channel, that Zyn is listening on.
I'll love to hear if other LinnStrument users have been able to do more
with any of the free synths on Linux.
All the best,
Thomas
Ladies and Gentlemen,
hereby the Laborejo Software Suite releases updates for its programs in
the hope to be useful in your musical toolbox.
You can now download Patroneo in version 2.2.0.
https://laborejo.org/downloads/patroneo-2.2.0.tar.gz
All software is released under GPLv3.
Patroneo (Esperanto: /Pattern/) is an easy to use, pattern based midi
sequencer, a program that sends digital "notes" to software instruments
such as synthesizers and samplers.
Changelog Highlights:
* Add status bar to explain possible user actions (like "use shift + mousewheel to transpose
measure")
* Add step delay for individual measures. Shift an individual measures forwards or backwards in
time, within the boundaries of the measure. Optional: Wrap around.
* Add pattern augmentation/scaling. Make an individual measure shorter or longer overall. Optional:
Repeat shorter pattern to fill the measure.
* Various bugfixes and quality-of-life improvements.
You can find all releases as sources here. Also check your distribution
for packages in a few days after this announcement, please.
https://laborejo.org/downloads
For more information, a multi-language user manual, build instructions
and git access please visit
https://www.laborejo.org/patroneo
Greetings,
Laborejo Software Suite
https://www.laborejo.org
Ladies and Gentlemen,
hereby the Laborejo Software Suite releases updates for its programs in
the hope to be useful in your musical toolbox.
You can now download Agordejo version 0.3.0
https://laborejo.org/downloads/agordejo-0.3.0.tar.gz
All software is released under GPLv3.
Agordejo (Esperanto: 'place to set things up') is a music production session manager.
It is used to start your programs, remember their (JACK) interconnections and make
your life easier in general. It does not re-invent the wheel but instead uses the
New-Session-Manager daemon and enhances it with some tricks of its own, that always
remain 100% compatible with the original sessions.
Changelog Highlights:
* Remove "Quick" mode. As it turns out "Full" mode is quick enough. Port convenience features to
full mode.
* More buttons for session control, previously only accessible through context menus.
* Add a timeline above running session to show global jack transport position. Also add controls to
set the position.
Saving the timeline settings per session is done via nsm-data, which increases version from 1.0 to
1.1
* More functionality in the System Tray Icon (pure save, toggle individual client visibility)
* Double click on a crashed clients opens it again.
* Bugfixes, Quality-of-life improvements and data integrity checks
You can find all releases as sources here. Also check your distribution
for packages in a few days after this announcement, please.
https://laborejo.org/downloads
For more information, a multi-language user manual, build instructions
and git access please visit
https://www.laborejo.org/agordejo
Greetings,
Laborejo Software Suite
https://www.laborejo.org
Hello all,
Are there any of you here who are using AVB on Linux, especially with a
standard Ethernet port? What software or hardware are you using to do
this on your Linux machines? I am interested in playing with it and have
some AVB speakers to mess with, but I'm not sure if it is even possible
yet, especially with a standard laptop Ethernet port.
Tell me about your Linux AVB success stories!
Brandon Hale
Hello
I have two Presonus FireStudio Live firewire interfaces working in
daisy-chain mode for a total of 16 channel pre-amped inputs and they are
working great :-)
I am however sometimes running short on channels and thought it might be
worth looking into adding a cheaper interface, such as the Behringer
ADA8200 Ultragain, and hook that up to one the the Presonus interfaces
through ADAT to ensure full sample synchronization.
I have not been able find anything information on how/if this kind of
setup would work on linux and the ffado website seem particularly sparse
with information these days.
Does anybody have a similar setup and can share some insights into what
works and what doesn't - then it would be much appreciated :-)
In particular I would be interested to know how/if the extra channel
from the ADAT interface would show up in jack?
Kind regards
Bent Bisballe Nyeng
