27 Sep
2013
27 Sep
'13
10:21 p.m.
Hi all,
I'm thinking of getting the Launchpad S and I was wondering if anybody had
any go at them with our favourite operating system:
- the Novation website says the S version of the Launchpad doesn't need a
driver ans is therfore compatible with Linux. Is it simply seen as a MIDI
device?
- Would Hydrogen or SooperLooper be compatible with it? I know it might be
a stupid question if it is a midi device, I'm just curious how it would
interact with the tools we have.
- It might be a misconception on my part, but from the videos available
online it looks like software can control the device to change colors of
the pads... I would be curious to know if say SooperLooper can control the
Launchpad a light up the corresponding pad if the loop is muted or not
Thanks for any information you guys and girls might have, I'd really love
to be able to use it!
Aurélien
28 Sep
28 Sep
12:01 a.m.
On Fri, September 27, 2013 1:21 pm, Aurélien Leblond wrote:
I'm thinking of getting the Launchpad S and I was
wondering if anybody had
any go at them with our favourite operating system:
- the Novation website says the S version of the Launchpad doesn't need a
driver ans is therfore compatible with Linux. Is it simply seen as a MIDI
device?
If you go to the website, select support->downloads and run a search for
"launchpad s" (which does not mean saucy on launchpad :) It will give a
list of things you can download. There are 3 of them that are pdf docs. I
grabbed them al, but it appears the one you want is launchpad-s-prm.pdf.
The programmers reference manual. The very first line says: "Launchpad S
communicates using MIDI over USB in both directions. This is the only
interface that the device supports. By describing the MIDI communication
format, this manual contains all the information you need to be able to
write software that is customised for Launchpad S."
So, You are being told that the Launchpad S appears to linux like a MIDI
device just the same as any keyboard would. The rest of the manual tells
you what the midi commands are that it sends and knows how to receive.
Compatibility with sw would depend on what you wish it to do. It may
require a program to send midi strings to it to set it up to send what the
sw you want to control needs to make it do what you want. The unit comes
with some setups that work with Ableton, but not any other windows sw.
however, because it is open, it should not be hard to set it up to work
with other things too.
--
Len Ovens
www.OvenWerks.net
1:35 p.m.
On 09/27/2013 10:21 PM, Aurélien Leblond wrote:
Thanks for any information you guys and girls might
have, I'd really
love to be able to use it!
I have the regular, old launchpad. It works well, although I have to
jumps some hoops to work around running status:
http://linux-audio.4202.n7.nabble.com/strange-behaviour-with-novation-launc…
--
Atte
http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk
2:17 p.m.
On Sat, 2013-09-28 at 13:35 +0200, Atte wrote:
I have to jumps some hoops to work around running
status
Years ago I ask to include an option to turn off running status for
Linux software, since old external hardware very seldom has got a broken
MIDI implementation. However, that new software has got issues with
running status is ridiculous, you should file a bug, the coders should
implement running status.
11:01 p.m.
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 07:19:11PM +0100, Kaspar Bumke wrote:
On 28 September 2013 13:16, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf(a)alice-dsl.net> wrote:
If the problem is the same as with the original LP, then
the ALSA driver can't do anything about it, unless it would
contain LP-specific code.
Ciao,
--
FA
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)
However, that new software has got issues with
running status is ridiculous,
The problem is in the alsa driver, thought the Launchpad's use of running
status is particularly retarded. 
8:25 p.m.
On 27 September 2013 21:21, Aurélien Leblond <blablack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
- It might be a misconception on my part, but from the
videos available
online it looks like software can control the device to change colors of
the pads... I would be curious to know if say SooperLooper can control the
Launchpad a light up the corresponding pad if the loop is muted or not
I actually was writing something I called "Soopadoopad" over a year ago to
use the old Launchpad with SL. It connected to SL via OSC and then
translated that to MIDI messages to control the Launchpad LEDs. It is a
wxPython app but I never got it to a release state. The code is on an
external hard drive at work I, I will grab it soon and put it up on github.
29 Sep
29 Sep
3:34 a.m.
On 09/28/2013 08:25 PM, Kaspar Bumke wrote:
I actually was writing something I called
"Soopadoopad" over a year ago
to use the old Launchpad with SL. It connected to SL via OSC and then
translated that to MIDI messages to control the Launchpad LEDs. It is a
wxPython app but I never got it to a release state. The code is on an
external hard drive at work I, I will grab it soon and put it up on github.
I did exactly the same today in chuck. It already on github, but I need
to polish it a bit...
It's part of a bigger whole that I'm hopefully gonna show off here
soonish :-)
--
Atte
http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk
30 Sep
30 Sep
8:09 p.m.
Here is mine anyway: https://github.com/kasbah/soopadoopad
I haven't tested it at all, I think if I were to start again I would take
the stuff in
LaunchPad.py<https://github.com/kasbah/soopadoopad/blob/master/LaunchPad…
go from there. This was a bit of a learning experience for me back in
the day.
On 29 September 2013 02:34, Atte <atte(a)youmail.dk> wrote:
On 09/28/2013 08:25 PM, Kaspar Bumke wrote:
I actually was writing something I called "Soopadoopad" over a year ago
to use the old Launchpad with SL. It connected to
SL via OSC and then
translated that to MIDI messages to control the Launchpad LEDs. It is a
wxPython app but I never got it to a release state. The code is on an
external hard drive at work I, I will grab it soon and put it up on
github.
I did exactly the same today in chuck. It already on github, but I need to
polish it a bit...
It's part of a bigger whole that I'm hopefully gonna show off here soonish
:-)
--
Atte
http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk
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