> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Renato <rennabh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:21:49 -0500 >> Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> this is what *CANNOT* be done sensibly on android: >>> >>> TC-11: http://www.bitshapesoftware.com/instruments/tc-11/ >>> Orphion: http://vimeo.com/35131490 >>> >>> watch them both, and prepare to weep. Orphion doesn't have the most >>> interesting synthesis, alas. >> >> couldn't they both be achieved if the tablet was used only as control, >> and synthesis was actually happening on a computer? > > perhaps, yes, although driving physical synthesis models with MIDI is > like driving a lamborghini with 8 pairs of ski gloves on each hand and > concrete overshoes on your feet. you can do it, but ... its just not > the same. :-) While I agree that Android is a complete nightmare when it comes to latency and realtime audio, work is being done now on the controller front at Fairlight Instruments. http://fairlightinstruments.com.au They have leveraged ADB on the Android platform to provide a usb connection to a Linux synth server which is controlled from an UI running on a Samsung Wifi-5.0 YP970. It's like a big ipod touch. I have built a custom ROM for them to provide a more aesthetically pleasing experience. Further work is being done to allow third party applications to have access to the synth server API among other things that I am not at liberty to share yet ;-) They were showing them at NAMM last month. I am not 100% sure ;-) but I think their reason for moving to Linux is that they are sick of dealing with that other platform and the often frustrating and buggy experience. Although Samsung have done their best to try to keep that flame burning on Android platform, the Fairlight guys are not looking back... Cheers -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
