Hi Gerhard, On 17/09/2021 18:16, Gerhard Wolfstieg wrote:
I wish to find the best way to play live on a MIDI keyboard with softsynths and plugins in my linux notebook (avlinux or debian – or another if someone knows a better one for this purpose) with a good USB audio interface (komplete audio 6, which is running very well with jack1 (possibly changing to jack2)) Mostly I have to be able to switch between preconfigured sets of sounds quickest and easy.
had the same problem to solve this year to switch between different presets using Pianoteq and setBfree as softsynths. After some testing I stuck with MidiLayer. Unfortunately it seems to be abandoned and it does not work together with Jack's MIDI ports so I have to use virmidi to create virtual midi "hardware" ports to be able to connect Jack's ports to MidiLayer. I compiled latest MidiLayer version from SourceForge without big problems (using Mint BTW). You can send Program Change messages to ML and decide freely about keyboard splits, note transpositions, which of up to 4 midi input streams goes to which softsynth and which Program Change messages are to be send to the individual softsynths. From the Readme: MidiLayer is a simple and easy to use application designed to enhance your live performances. Manage slots and channels, adjust the velocity and the volume, customize the note range and connect with modulation wheels and other types of controllers, all with the help of MidiLayer. For sending the Program Change messages I created a small hardware device with an Arduino like micro controller, push buttons and LCD display. This way, after setting up all the programs by bash script I can close the lid of the laptop during live performance. Any MIDI controller will be able to perform the same task though. I furthermore use jmess and jack_connect to create all the necessary conections in qjackctl. Feel free to ask further questions if you decide to try that route. Gerhard _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
