alex stone wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Patrick Shirkey > <pshirkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pshirkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > alex stone wrote: > > From time to time, as the inspiration comes, i find the need > for a quick, simple, midi editor. > I currently use RG, and it does a fine job, but my question is: > > Is there, in Linux, a standalone midi editor, which can handle > banks, patches, event changes etc... for editing a couple or > few bars. > > I record quite a bit these days, straight from LS into Ardour, > but more complicated passages, requiring patch changes, (i.e. > Up and down bows, NR and R samples, etc..) and are unplayable > live from a keyboard, need to be 'constructed' within a midi > editor. > > As these runs, phrases, etc, are often only a bar or two long, > i wonder if a simple standalone midi editor would suffice. > (i.e. A standalone matrix editor, with the ability to apply > event changes.) > > I would then record the edited phrase or run, and keep the > midi files generated in the Ardour project folder. > > Is there such a thing? > > I don't know of a stand alone app for this purpose. However it is > probably already possible with ardour 3.0 if you want to play with > the svn version. > > > > Cheers. > > > > -- > > Patrick Shirkey > Boost Hardware Ltd > > > Patrick, > > The 3.0 SVN doesn't build/install for me at the moment, but the > installation process, as i understand it, is being worked on. > > OK, > here's a short list of suggested features, in case there IS a > standalone midi editor, or a dev is thinking of something along these > lines. > Have you tried non-sequencer? http://non-sequencer.tuxfamily.org/ > Midi keyboard, qwerty, and CC input (for keystrokes as well) > Normal matrix view of a max of 8 bars. (User definable number of bars > as default, but can be increased on the fly) > Event list view, and tabbable on the fly with the matrix view, by > keystroke, as well as mouse. (The RG event list editor is excellent, > so these parameters and layout would be useful) > Single track. > 16 midi channels, with a popup note properties dialog (keystrokable), > in which the user can edit by bank/patch/channel. > Able to import, and export mid files. > Jackmidi port in. > Tempo map, ala RG. > Able to save to a directory. (Possible use being saving the mid files > in the Ardour project directory.) > Able to add controller lanes, with bezier curves for finetune volume > and expression. > Quantize for those who want it. > Able to move edit cursor by grid definition. > Keystrokes for moving from note to note (forward and back) for > editing/insertion/removal purposes. Each note becomes active/editable > in turn, with the previous note becoming inactive as it ceases to > become the focus. (Seperate keystrokes/mouse marquee function, for any > desire to make more than one note active at once. Keystroke example > being hold shift down while navigating with left/right arrows, which > 'adds' notes to the active range.) > Default keystrokes up/down for parameter changes, example being > velocity. If CC numbers can be make keystrokable, then the same > parameter change up/down keystrokes could be used for other CC > controller definitions as well. Other examples include, Volume (using > a keystroke to define volume as the 'active' CC control), patch > changes (Same keystroke framework. Select the patch change keystroke, > and that becomes 'editable', with up and down keys.) > > Etc... > > Alex. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Parchment Studios (It started as a joke...) -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
