On Sunday, 14. May 2006 09:42, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> > Thanks, Qmidiroute seems to let me do at least some of the things I'm
> > looking for. But what's missing for me is, most importantly, the
> > ability to switch between different setups, controlled via midi.
> >
> > So if there's something that I can use in addition to (or instead of)
> > Qmidiroute to do this, please let me know!
>
> You could use Pd to build yourself a custom midi transformer. Pd can
> do everything, that qmidiroute does, as well, but you need to learn
> the Pd language a bit. It shouldn't be too hard, though. One afternoon
> with the manual and the example patches should be enough to let you
> build a midi router in Pd yourself (It only needs a handful of Pd
> objects anyway).
Somehow I knew when I asked this question that sooner or later someone
would suggest Pd ;)
I've never really looked into it, maybe now is the time to do so.
But I have to agree that a simple GUI tool to do these things would be a
very useful addition to the Linux audio desktop.
Cheers,
Dominic
