27 May
2006
27 May
'06
7:35 p.m.
On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 18:11 -0400, lanas wrote:
For percussion, I've looked at Roland's HPD-15
Handsonic and the Korg
padKontrol. The latter makes me think of a Roland drum device I once
had and whose pads were placed in a similar manner. And then, what's
ncie with the other, the Hadnsonic thing, is its shape which makes it
look a lot more natural to tap stuff with fingers. Much like tapping
on the armrests of a chair and stuff like that. But then, it has a lot
of sounds and features that could very well be ignored in the long run
(well, maybe some sounds can be used).
With such a device (either of them) is it possible to play it in a
Linux sequencer (such as MuSE perhaps) using the device's sounds and
upon playback, the device will play the sequenced MIDI notes using its
own sounds ?
If I use 5 pads to generate 5 different sounds on the PC, does it work
using 5 different MIDI channels ? How many MIDI channels are there
available ?
the handsonic sends different note numbers for each pad, all on the same
channel. the channel is generally channel 10, though it depends which
program you are using.
the handsonic is nice and a lot of fun; a drumKAT has better quality
sensors though less of them, no edge detection, and no samples. you
might find a cheap on ebay. it also has no D-beam or slide controls -
its a much simpler device but is also much more robust.
Also, if I only use sounds from the Linux PC
(generated by what
exactly - I only know presently of the synth you mentioned in your
last reply), is it possible to assign 8 sounds for the percussion
device, then playback those sequenced sounds (notes) and then add 10
more other sounds eventually coming from a MIDI guiatr controler, a
keyboard, etc... I.e. is there a limit on the number of sounds a Linux
PC can generated in response to a sequenced MIDI score ?
not really.