[linux-audio-user] Re: Raton-Conductor - Linux-audio-user

21 Jan 2005

On Tuesday 18 January 2005 18:03, linux-audio-user-request(a)music.columbia.edu 
wrote:
...
  I recently created a Python module that taps right
into the ALSA sequencer,
 and it makes it possible to build MIDI applications very quickly. Your
 suggestion sounds like a neat project to do with such Python techniques, 
Like to have a look!

...
  but I'm afraid I don't fully understand it yet
(I tried googling for
 MagicBaton, but all pertinent websites seem to point back to a defunct
 product page). 
Yes, I think the whole thing, many years dated, is now defunct. I had fun with 
the program but only made use of it once to "hand-sync" a MIDI sequence into 
and around a solo voice with very much rubatto.

...
  So, the idea is to conduct something using mouse
motions, but what exactly
 are you conducting? Are you affecting the way a .mid file is played, or
 does MagicBaton provide some sort of virtual orchestra, or what...? 
MagicBaton came with a few synphonic MIDIs, some Mozart, Beethoven, etc.One 
could "rehearse",. that is, effect one channel at a time, and save the 
results (best use disabling tempo changes). Then, after being satisfied with 
the dynamics of the modified MIDI, one could conduct the whole thing.

The program either simply played or enabled editing the MIDI files using the 
mouse as a baton.