Just a few words to tell that I managed to get a decent solution until a buy some audio interface.
It is in my TODO to explain here what it is about to help in someway anyone who is interested, but I've been so busy this past weeks that I couldn't do it.
In short, I used an old qwerty keyboard as a MIDI-keyboard and an old mouse as a trigger-pedal thanks to this:
http://lsmi-all.sourceforge.net/
Thank so much to you all.
2009/10/14 Carlos Sanchiavedraz <csanchezgs@xxxxxxxxx>
Going back to the topic[1], here are some more links I had in my bookmarks:
Touchpad 2 Midi (it seems it's free but not as in freedom)
http://www.livelab.dk/touchpad2midi.php
fijuu : Fijuu is a 3D, audio/visual installation. Live perfomance using a PlayStation-style gamepad
http://fijuu.com/
Linux pSeudo MIDI Input
http://lsmi-all.sourceforge.net/
The Wiinstrument
http://screenfashion.org/releases/the_wiinstrument/
[1] I would like to achieve something until I buy some decent interface2009/10/12 Carlos Sanchiavedraz <csanchezgs@xxxxxxxxx>
Hi Michal,2009/10/12 Michal Seta <mis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Hey,
Here's my take at adapting a USB joystick (purchased second hand, $20
for a pair) as a "controller" for my guitar. I actually performed
with that thing. The thumb sticks were replaced by photocells so that
by waving my hand in front (and changing the intensity of light
reaching the components) I could control some continuous parameters.
The buttons of the pad were mapped to various things, depending on the
"preset".
http://tinyurl.com/yzgrzvp
It was all hooked up to pd in which most of the audio processing took
place except for some presents where the buttons controlled a
sooperlooper instance via OSC.
What a guitar-attached-controller! ;) It might be good for controlling fx, but maybe a little tricky to start recording a loop at the time you play with your right hand.
Anyway, really nice. Do you have the project available.
I have now decided to give up the USB joystick on that instrument and
try to figure something out with the wiimote which is a lot of fun to
play with. The other usual contender is an iPod Touch/iPhone even if
mostly used in connection with OSC.
Have fun digging, there are a lot of fun projects around.
Talking about wiimote and MIDI, keep track of a project I'm involved that I mentioned some time ago, wiimidi:
http://github.com/fontanon/wiimidi
It's in its first steps, but I hope at the end it would be really easy and useful for every kind of user.
Thanks.
./MiS
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Carlos Sanchiavedraz
<csanchezgs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi dear folks.
>
> I would like to do some kind of a survey to know about configs, setups,
> controllers, etc that you have come to over the years and based on your own
> experience. (Well, I already know some of yours for your mails on the list)
>
> It's usual to see piano keyboards and controller boards, i.e. Behringer
> BCF/BCR2000 or FCB1010.
>
> But more than this kind of consumer products, which I know many of them, I'm
> rather interested in something like (inexpensive and) strange MIDI
> controllers, pedal boards, Arduinos, DIY HW... that allow controlling and
> have interaction with applications, whether it's Ardour, Rosegarden,
> Freewheeling, Sooperlooper, Pd, Supercolider, Mixxx ...
>
> Why this? I've been willing for a long time now to buy an audio interface
> with MIDI and maybe some controller, but at the moment I'm still stuck with
> just my keyboard and mouse; it's ok with DAWs but an inconvenient when using
> live loopers (most of all when playing guitar, and without a MIDI
> interface).
>
> Thanks in advance.
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