On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 16:03 -0500, Nathanael Anderson wrote: > and i've already got code for gamepad to cc/pc laying around. but > hydrogen is qt, which i'm quite unfamiliar with =|
"Alessandro Cominu (Comix's blog) [[email protected]] Maintainer, main coder" (http://www.hydrogen-music.org/?p=authors) I'm sure they will have a sympathetic ear regarding to your needs. Perhaps you should include 'Hydrogen' to the email's subject for LAD. - Ralf PS: Capability for freestyle improvisation is much harder than what I expect from a PC. I guess you not only wish to chose between a fistful of possibilities for drum patterns, while you're playing the guitar ;)?! > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Ralf Mardorf > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 22:58 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 14:27 -0500, Nathanael Anderson wrote: > > > Here is the setup i'm looking to do: > > > > > > midi master -> special program > > > ddr pad -> special program > > > special program -> hydrogen > > > > > > I've got a hardware midi device controlling the master > tempo. aseqdump > > > shows the tempo messages x times a second. > > > > > > I want to either find or make a program so I can use a ddr > pad (usb > > > gamepad) and assign different timed midi patterns to the > buttons, so > > > for example: > > > if the program is configured for 4/4 time, when I hold > down or toggle > > > a button > > > > > > if note 36 is a bass drum and 41 is a snare then you'd > have a basic > > > drum and snare beat when both buttons are held down or > toggled, of > > > course i'd like to be able to have multiple patterns bound > per button > > > as well > > > > > > button one is set to play a quarter note midi note 36, > then rest for > > > the remaining 3 beats > > > 1 - 36,quarter|rest,quarter|36,quarter|rest,quarter > > > 2 - 41,eighth|rest,eighth|41,eighth|rest,eighth|41,eighth| > rest,eighth| > > > 41,eighth|rest,eighth > > > > > > Each pattern would describe one measure, and the flow of a > live solo > > > performance could easily be changed on the fly, leaving > hands free to > > > play guitar. > > > > > > Anything out there like this, and I just don't know about > it? > > > > Perhaps a MIDI control change command could switch between > different > > drum patterns for a soft drum module like Hydrogen? > > > > IIUC you aren't searching for something like JACK transport, > you just > > wish to switch between drum patterns. > > > E.g. > > pattern one does > 36,quarter|rest,quarter|36,quarter|rest,quarter > > > pattern two does > 41,eighth|rest,eighth|41,eighth|rest,eighth|41,eighth| > rest,eighth41,eighth|rest,eighth > > > and pattern three does > 36,quarter|rest,quarter|36,quarter|rest,quarter > > + > 41,eighth|rest,eighth|41,eighth|rest,eighth|41,eighth| > rest,eighth41,eighth|rest,eighth > > > hence you only need to program an app that switch between drum > patterns. > Perhaps the used drum machine is able to switch by a CC > command. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
