A stable release, version 15.01, of MMA--Musical MIDI Accompaniment
is available for downloading. In addition to a number of bug fixes
and optimizations, MMA now features:
- Works with Python 2.7 or 3.x
- Number of minor bug fixes
- TRIGGER function
- STICKY tracks which override grooves
- ORNAMENT enhancements and fixes
Please read the file text/CHANGES-14 for a complete list of changes.
MMA is a accompaniment generator -- it creates midi tracks
for a soloist to perform with. User supplied files contain
pattern selections, chords, and MMA directives. For full details
please visit:
http://www.mellowood.ca/mma/
If you have any questions or comments, please send
them to: bob(a)mellowood.ca
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Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca
WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
Hi,
Is it possible to choose different fonts for Bar and Beat number in
Ardour 3? The "1 2 3 4 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 4 2 3 4" sequence that I'm
getting at certain zoom levels when the same font is used for both looks
confusing and even made me suspect a bug at one moment when I mistook
beat numbers for bar numbers.
Cheers,
Artem
If a MIDI message is received calling for a voice bank that doesn't exist what
do people think should happen?
Leave everything exactly as it is
Chose a bank closest numerically to the one called for
Switch to a default bank
Any of the above with a warning message
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
Hi,
Just testing.
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the
oppressing." --- Malcolm X
Hi list,
I'm playing around with a no-longer-developed java-based editor for
Kurzweil syths called "VAST Programmer" (VP) and I have a question about
MIDI on my Ubuntu Studio 14.04 in order to use a MIDI keyboard together
with the editing software.
My MIDI hardware includes:
A Behringer UMX490 USB controller keyboard
Kurzweil K2000R Synth
Hammerfall DSP Multiface I.
Editing with the VP, which works by sending and receiving system
exclusive messages, requires that the K2000R's MIDI in and out are
connected to the out and in of the Multiface. The UMX490 therefore needs
to be connected to the computer via USB. Both the UMX490 and the
Hammerfall DSP multiface show up in Qjackctl under the ALSA tab as both
readable and writable clients.
When VP starts for the first time it asks the user to select from a list
of available MIDI in and outs. I selected the HDSP which is displayed as
"DSP [hw:0,0,0]". VP then opens and allows me to edit the K2000. VP does
not show up in qjackctl however and once connected to the HDSP I can no
longer make a connection between the UMX490 (readable client) and the
Hammerfall DSO (writable client) in order to play the synth. The HDSP
seems to be fully occupied.
It seems that I need a type of "MIDI merge" function to have the editor
and keyboard functioning at once. I remember back in the 80s(!) little
hardware boxes existed for this, but there must be a way of doing this
software. Can someone please send suggestions?
****
If anyone googles this and wishes to run VP on Linux, note that it was
necessary to create the directory "/etc/.java/.systemPrefs/com" and make
it user-writable with "sudo chmod 777 /etc/.java/.systemPrefs/com" in
order to get it to run. VP can be downloaded from here:
http://www.tangentcats.com/Downloads.htm
To run, expand the zip file, enter into the main directory of the
resource and enter: java -Xms256m -Xmx256m -jar "vastp.jar"
You'll also need a "VAST" type Kurzweil syth connected via MIDI for it
to run.
There's a MIDI "Midi Compatibility issue" patch on the download page
that didn't work for me - the GUI was sized strangely and unusable.
Hi list,
I'm playing around with a no-longer-developed java-based editor for
Kurzweil syths called "VAST Programmer" (VP) and I have a question about
MIDI on my Ubuntu Studio 14.04 in order to use a MIDI keyboard together
with the editing software.
My MIDI hardware includes:
A Behringer UMX490 USB controller keyboard
Kurzweil K2000R Synth
Hammerfall DSP Multiface I.
Editing with the VP, which works by sending and receiving system
exclusive messages, requires that the K2000R's MIDI in and out are
connected to the out and in of the Multiface. The UMX490 therefore needs
to be connected to the computer via USB. Both the UMX490 and the
Hammerfall DSP multiface show up in Qjackctl under the ALSA tab as both
readable and writable clients.
When VP starts for the first time it asks the user to select from a list
of available MIDI in and outs. I selected the HDSP which is displayed as
"DSP [hw:0,0,0]". VP then opens and allows me to edit the K2000. VP does
not show up in qjackctl however and once connected to the HDSP I can no
longer make a connection between the UMX490 (readable client) and the
Hammerfall DSO (writable client) in order to play the synth. The HDSP
seems to be fully occupied.
It seems that I need a type of "MIDI merge" function to have the editor
and keyboard functioning at once. I remember back in the 80s(!) little
hardware boxes existed for this, but there must be a way of doing this
software. Can someone please send suggestions?
****
If anyone googles this and wishes to run VP on Linux, note that it was
necessary to create the directory "/etc/.java/.systemPrefs/com" and make
it user-writable with "sudo chmod 777 /etc/.java/.systemPrefs/com" in
order to get it to run. VP can be downloaded from here:
http://www.tangentcats.com/Downloads.htm
To run, expand the zip file, enter into the main directory of the
resource and enter: java -Xms256m -Xmx256m -jar "vastp.jar"
You'll also need a "VAST" type Kurzweil syth connected via MIDI for it
to run.
There's a MIDI "Midi Compatibility issue" patch on the download page
that didn't work for me - the GUI was sized strangely and unusable.
I've done nothing with video except play them from YouTube.
I've noticed that YouTube separates HD1080 video from the audio tracks,
meaning I can't just download the HD1080 vid and watch it comfortably
using my USB sound card. But I can download the HD1080 vid and the audio
track separately.
Ideas? Thanks.
--
David W. Jones
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
http://dancingtreefrog.com
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Leonardo Gabrielli wrote:
>
> > In reality of the 16ms latency I mentioned, 5.3ms are the A/D and 5.3ms
> are the
> > D/A (48khz, 2 periods of 128 samples in JACK at both sides). The
> remainder
>
> That does not need to be. My 10 year old P4 was running an ice1712 at
> 48k/16/2 (.66ms) with no xruns.
The machine I'm referring to is a Cortex A8 using its own audio codec, and
I think the drivers are not exceptional. Lowering the period size was not
possible. I was using Debian Stable.
(going off-topic): what sound card did you use to get the 0.66ms latency
and what distro?
Other comments: network audio requires to serve not only audio card
interrupts but also NIC interrupts in case of ethernet, or USB/SPI in case
of wifi chips. The drivers must written very carefully. I've often seen the
NIC interrupt routine preempt jack audio clients. Furthermore, network
drivers are written for throughput, not latency. These two issues make me
wonder whether a general purpose OS could serve the purpose well. Or maybe
it's just I tend to prefer the low-level solutions...
One thing yet to check: the original 802.11 specifications allowed for a
contention-free period, still have to check whether current 802.11n and
802.1ac AP still allow for it.
Best,
Leonardo
