Hallo, Sampo Savolainen hat gesagt: // Sampo Savolainen wrote: > Does anyone have experience controlling Ardour with an physical daw > controller? I'm looking into either midi or usb devices. Ardour doesn't (yet) support USB devices directly. I should file a Mantis feature wish for that, because things like the Powermate or the Shuttle Xpress, which I own, would make a great addition. Ardour does however support Midi controllers (including of course USB-Midi devices via ALSA). You could get the USB-HID devices to work with Ardour by using Pd and the "linuxevent" external (plugin) for Pd, then let Pd convert this to midi output that you can feed over a virmidi card usign aconnect to Ardour. Sounds complicated, but isn't actually. > Optimal would be a small USB controller, with maybe 4 configurable > sliders, a wheel and transport control. I would prefer not paying for > audio features, but it would be nice if the controller would double as a > midi interface. I don't know any USB midi controller with just 4 sliders, let alone an added wheel inclusive. But with the mentioned Shuttle Xpress, which isn't that expensive (~ 60 $/EUR) you'd get shuttle/jog wheel and 5 extra buttons. I still have problems using mine with my VIA board, but it works fine on my Intel-based laptop. Or go directly with something like the Evolution UC33, which is very cool if you need some more sliders, buttons and knobs. Being a buff of that stuff, I use this as well. And of course gampads - you just gotta love USB. ;) Ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
