Hi, tl;dr: Is there a cheap midi hardware that just gets midi information in > and routes it out, except on a different, single, channel which I can > change easily up and down directly on the hardware? >
There is hardware stuff out there. Have a look for "hardware midi filter" or "hardware midi event processor". This one for instance: http://www.midisolutions.com/prodevp.htm I have never used any of these so I can't say much more about them. I know I can do the channel routing directly on my linux computer, after > receiving the data and before sending it to a sampler. But that is > inconvenient. > You could write something in mididings that would could route the incoming midi data to different channels depending on what you press on your footpedal: http://das.nasophon.de/mididings/ Regards, Kaspar On 22 March 2012 20:54, Nils <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello list, > > tl;dr: Is there a cheap midi hardware that just gets midi information in > and routes it out, except on a different, single, channel which I can > change easily up and down directly on the hardware? > > Long version: > Recently my master keyboard broke. It was just a cheap, used m-audio > keystation 49e. I did not buy a new master-keyboard because I have a Roland > HP207e digital piano here which is vastly superior when it comes to actual > playing. Sadly not to control midi data. > > I have a Behringer BCF2000 here which I connected to my keyboard now, so I > should be able to do something with it, but there is one thing missing: > Channel Changes. > > Anybody who worked with Linuxsampler knows that channel switching is very > important to switch instruments, while program changes are neglectable. > > So maybe there is a way to use my piano, which always sends on the first > channel (except I dive into inaccessible menus) if > a) I find a way to shortcut the "change channel" command, but I don't know > how. It has midi in and a usb connector, but that is not used to control > it, just to send and receive midi data. Incoming data gets interpreted like > a sampler does. > > b) There is a way to use my BCF2000. I am very inexperienced with that > thing. > > c) There is a cheap standalone hardware, just a "little box", I can plugin > between my linux box and the piano, which re-routes the midi data, like I > mentioned in the short version above. > > d) I build something myself, a small linux plug computer where I somehow > attach two buttons (ch up and dow) and use the usb connections. At least > the cables are cheaper :) But this is the most unrealistic method, > although it might be the most interesting one. > > > Maybe you know something? > > Nils > > P.S. I know I can do the channel routing directly on my linux computer, > after receiving the data and before sending it to a sampler. But that is > inconvenient. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev >
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