you guys should come and join us at: www.ucapps.de (come to the forum, lot of nice projects going on) On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Salvatore Di Pietro <salvuz_78@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nathanael Anderson wrote: >> I've seen talk on the list before of people throwing around the idea of >> a linux based guitar, but haven't heard mention of a linux based >> stompbox controller. >> >> I just ordered what I think will make the perfect stompbox case from >> http://www.surplussales.com/Cab-RacksHardware/encl_2.html, they have a >> 12" x 24" keyboard enclosure with a slant on it, which is very similar >> to the shape of a standard fully featured fx petal. my plans are to put >> a x86 based board in it that'll easily handle jack, rakarrak, >> sooperlooper, and some ladspa effects. build midi in/through/out ports >> in to it and a 16 char lcd, some stompbox functions that'll be mapped to >> midi commands. i'll probably build a 15" lcd into a portable case I have >> so I can track loop status of sooperloop easily, maybe even go with a >> touchscreen. I also use a roland gr-20 guitar synth, which is midi >> equiped. Just throwing this out for feedback for now, I hope to hear of >> some other people that have done similar things. > > I built something like this a year ago! The "salvuzbox". Using a small > PentiumIII board+ a 512 MB flash disk in a metal case, running Slackware > 11 (it's toooooo handy for tailoring the system to your needs), jack, > sooperlooper and OmSynth for the DSP part. They use OSC for > communication and I needed something fast working, so I modified > slconsole to send OSC messages to both, using the keyboard, which I > mangled until I obtained a stompbox with metal buttons. For now I use > the (ex) keyboard LEDS to display the state of the looping, but I have > the intention to include a drum machine as well, and an LCD display > (when I'll spare some money...). When I'll get the time I'll put up a > website with photos and samples, and I hope to use it for my degree > thesis, surely after having improved it with real MIDI control and other > features. But by now, it is damn fun to use at least :) > > -- > salvuz > POST FATA RESVRGO > Linux registered user #291700 | machine #174619 > get counted on ---> http://counter.li.org/ <--- > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > -- .wmv , .wma , .pps along with all proprietary Windows formats won t be accepted and/or viewed.... _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
