On Sunday 28 May 2006 13:52, lanas wrote: > On Sat, 27 May 2006 19:35:25 -0400 > Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > If I use 5 pads to generate 5 different sounds on the PC, does it > > > work using 5 different MIDI channels ? How many MIDI channels are > > > there available ? > > > > the handsonic sends different note numbers for each pad, all on the > > same channel. the channel is generally channel 10, though it depends > > which program you are using. > > To illustrate this, if I use a Linux sequencer such as MuSE, it will > receive note data on channel 10. So everything I tap on the Handsonic > will be sequenced by MuSE. But how about if I do not use the Handsonic > built-in sounds ? Is it possible for the Linux PC to generate 5 > different sounds for this channel, for MuSE to know which note (MIDI > event) belongs to which sound, and then to actually playback the MIDI > events on channel 10 with all the different sounds ? I didn't follow all this but I gather what you are after would be possible one way or another with all sequencers. With MusE you would create a drum-map that would direct each note to a specific sound. Regards, Robert > > The Kat controllers looks quite interesting. The videos all have > people playing it with drumsticks. Do you know if it is possible to > play it with hands ? > > > Cheers, > > Al -- http://spamatica.se/musicsite/
