Crypto wrote: > Hi @LAU people, > > I would like to open a discussion about the MIDI capabilities of LAU > applications here. > > There is quite a number of great LAU software of course and we have seen > frequent announcements of new versions or even complete new applications. > > But from a particular point of view their use sometimes is a bit limited. > > I have found that most applications require the user to work (record, program, > finetune etc.) from behind the computer on which the application runs. But that > limits the usability in case someone is actually playing an instrument with > MIDI interface, especially in a live playing environment, and needs something > more convenient to handle parameters etc. > > I have seen few applications that allow for using MIDI commands let alone > allow me to enter a custom made (be it SYS EX message or any controller > message) MIDI message to trigger a particular action within the application. > > There have been a number of hardware controllers available for some time that > come with numerous drawbars, pushbuttons and similar stuff to ease controlling > mixer applications, drum applications or anything else, so having a flexible > MIDI input interface (software) seems to me to be a really great idea. > > At the moment things I would like to do force me to use a MIDI programming > language instead of using all these new fancy GUI applications with much more > and much better options apart from their MIDI support than the simple > programming environment has. I have to program nearly everything on my own. > And I find myself running against walls because there are just too many things > that simply do not work. > > I wonder if noone else has a MIDI "Start/Stop" feature on their wishlist for > their favourite drum computer program, or "Fill > 1/Fill2/Ending1/Ending2/Variation" etc. (which applications like hydrogen do > not yet have but they are on their way). > > I wonder if noone else prefers a real hardware turning knob over a GUI mouse > slider (which cannot be moved from keyboard, as there is no MIDI controller > input for the slider...). > > What do You think? Anything worth adding for You here? Is better MIDI input of > applications worth asking for? > > Would like to learn more... In my particular case, as the developer of Jackbeat, MIDI support has been postponed until I get a clear idea on how to do it right. I would like to achieve something as user-friendly as possible, but that can still be adapted to various hardware. So, I need ideas and feedback, and yours would be appreciated as new tickets or by commenting the relevant ones: http://jackbeat.samalyse.org/ticket/20 http://jackbeat.samalyse.org/ticket/21 http://jackbeat.samalyse.org/ticket/19 Here are the questions that come to my mind: - what would be the best MIDI configuration system in Jackbeat? - how to achieve *both* easy and flexible bindings with a control surface? - should a hw knob control a fixed track and/or the current GUI active track? - what hardware do/would you use, and what are their peculiarities? -- Olivier _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
