Re: What is the absolutely Per?

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:43 PM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> 
wrote:
>> As I understand it you first press a LG switch to send a MIDI note on
>> (or some other event) but this MIDI note on is not sent until you use
>> some other MIDI controller to send another (or the same) MIDI note on
>> to the LG.
>
> Near enough... basically you're saying you have no use for *any* complex
> stream of
> commands from the LG.

"Near enough" ;-))  I'm definitely have use for complex streams of
MIDI control data but I'm not certain the LG2 is the best option to
handle synchronized sequencing of MIDI events going out. I would
rather set it up in software on the receiving send and "playing it
safe" with the LG2 by just sending simply notes to trigger sequences.

> In software, though, you'd use a Midi Note from the Ewi to trigger a
> sequence?

Indeed and I'm already doing that! Not sequences though, but multiple
commands with different unique scaling targeting a bunch of
simultaneous functions in the software; and triggered from one
incoming MIDI Note. Sometimes I play that note on the EWI but on other
occasions I "play" the triggering note from the LG2.


> Xavier tells me he just received his Mac, so the mac editor is one big 
>step
> nearer to reality.
> afaik he's working on the next "big upgrade" which will fully
> use the hardware improvements of the LG2 over the LG1.

Yes, I heard that - great news! :-)

> I think Xavier's pretty much committed to coming up with the
> goods for inventive musicians like Mark.

I think so to and I trust Xavier to decide whether something is
technically possible or not to implement. We have to remember though
that not only real-time loopists use the LG2 (see my recent example
with the two shorter sweeps that hijacks the full pedalboard - great
for many multi media application but problematic for a looping
musician)

>>
>> Im not sure either that the solution we have figured out is quite what
>> I had in mind, although it does open up lots of possibilities... I
>> really want to just set a series of commands to be played in synch
>> with my loopers, and this seems very EDP specific, basing it, as it
>> does on those rather obscure midi notes that are send on bar and beat.
>> If thats the only way, then OK.. but maybe it needs some more thought.
>
> Yes, I don't like the edp specific part.
> ..but I'm thinking there's other uses *not* to
> do with Quantise, and they could relate to anyone
> using a midi instrument with a hardware setup.

Yep, the "long sweep" (4 minutes) is my fav that I want to test out
with my LG2. There are still few softwares that let you kick off a
four minute gradual value sweep while still keep up the work during
the sweep's duration. I think it is really powerful to have that
available on the pedalboard, as you can address any target in software
or other MIDI hardware gear to be "swept".

best regards
Per