Gavin Stevens wrote: > Hi Bob, > >> Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:56:45 -0700 From: Bob van der Poel >> <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: MIDI controlled slideshow? To: A >> list for linux audio users <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Message-ID: <484C71BD.1090806@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: >> text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed >> >> >> I'm sure I'm not the first to think of this ... but I haven't found >> anything on google, etc. Must be searching wrong? >> >> Anyway, I was wondering if there was any software out there which >> would let me control a slideshow from a midi track? I'd like to >> have the midi going out to a synth and dedicate one channel (split >> out) to display images on my monitor. >> >> Ideas of existing software for this?? > > This could be worth a read: > > http://www.gimp.org/unix/howtos/gimp-midi.html > > It's something I'm interested in doing myself, but haven't had the > time to try it yet - I'd be interested in your thoughts on GIMP & > MIDI. > Interesting. I really must admit I have no idea why I would want to control Gimp using a synth ... but, I guess there could be uses :) The idea came to me the other night. I was playing "Smile" which was originally written for a Chaplin movie. So, I thought that while my accomp. track was plinking out chords and I was doing my sax thing it would be nice to have some pics of the little tramp on my computer screen. My thought was that in MMA I could dedicate a track to "multimedia" and have commands sent to a display program. Really just a matter of splitting out the midi so that one track goes to simple "display" program. I see lots of references to midi lighting setups ... I have no idea how they work, I'd guess that various note events are purloined to turn specific lights on/off (fade, etc). -- **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
