On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:11:27 +0100 Harry van Haaren <harryhaaren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Renato <rennabh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I'm curious, how do you plan to use such a device in a linux audio > > environment? What will you map the buttons and faders to? > > > > There's quite a range of options for working with a controller of > that type. None of the solutions are perfect, and all require some > adapting of the workflow to the tools. Eg: SooperLooper & JackRack > can do quite some damage, as can a combo of Seq24 (with clip launch > buttons) and some softsynths running Ardour busses for automateable > effects.. yep, that sounds like it could work well. Keep us up to what you manage to do :) >Also I'm working on coding a live looping tool myself for a > while now... :) do you plan to release anything? > Although I quite like the midiFighter, its price is astronomical for > 16 buttons. Ya could build it using an Arduino and some parts for 1/2 > the price. yeah, I said it was cheaper before looking, because I thought "it's only some buttons, it's gonna be cheap"... but 170$ isn't cheap. Even cheaper/easier than the Arduino would be rewiring a joystick/joypad (though you'd need something on the software side to make midi). cheers, renato _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
