Re: rackmount midi sequencer

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

I'm sorry but I don't know what "ptp" means?

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se
www.perboysen.com



On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Claude Voit <c.voit@vtx.ch> wrote:
> ah great
> but does open beta means ptp cracks ?
> :=)
> there is also a windows version if you ask
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> Calude
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> Per Boysen a écrit :
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>> The other day I heard that SoundDiver is still available online as an
>> open beta version. Google it! But it doesn't seem it will ever be
>> released again for OS X (was OS 9 back in the days) because most users
>> gravitate towards using virtual instruments in software rather than
>> external devices.
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>> Greetings from Sweden
>>
>> Per Boysen
>> www.boysen.se
>> www.perboysen.com
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>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Claude Voit <c.voit@vtx.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>> yes I _have_ known that !!
>>> edp sys ex is simple, and, If you have (or know where to find) Emagic's
>>> (editor librarian) Sound diver, I have made a EDP sys module you could
>>> use
>>> to program your edp and also copy paste all the messages for edp sys ex
>>> sends. but, be aware that audio maybe interrupted if loop is playing 
>and
>>> sync may also drift.
>>> I only used sys to change params with sysex while in reset.
>>>
>>> It works fine but you'll have to dig in sys ex and in the manual, and,
>>> nobody can do it for you if you really want to be a power user...
>>> :=)
>>>
>>> Good luck
>>>
>>> Claude
>>>
>>> http://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/echoplex/echoplex.html
>>>
>>> andy butler a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> mark francombe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Question #2
>>>>>
>>>>> I havent tried to do this yet, and I could, but maybe Per remembers, 
>or
>>>>> Andy knows.... but one clever thing I thought of wopuld be to program
>>>>> the
>>>>> settings of the edp via a drum machine. So instead of changing 
>premade
>>>>> "presets", one uses the midi command for the PARAMETER button, and 
>then
>>>>> the
>>>>> midi command to select the parameter, then the command to change the
>>>>> parameter. Now if I did this... how FAST would EDP accept these
>>>>> changes?
>>>>> could I program each command one 64th apart, faster?
>>>>>
>>>> In theory, it's possible and fast enough, though I don't know exactly
>>>> how
>>>> fast.
>>>>
>>>> One problem that would make it rather fiddly though.
>>>> When you've pressed Param, you're scrolling through the settings, 
>rather
>>>> than being able to set an absolute value.
>>>> So a sequence of commands would change the parameters, but the result
>>>> would depend on what they were to start with.
>>>>
>>>> eg
>>>>
>>>> the button sequence Param>Param>Rec>Rec
>>>>
>>>> would change RecMode from SAF to SUS,
>>>> or from TOG to SAF
>>>> or from SUS to TOG
>>>> ...but would only do so if you weren't in Parameter Mode to start 
>with.
>>>>
>>>> ...and that button sequence would leave you in Param Mode, from
>>>> which you could only exit with a Long Press of Param, which means it's
>>>> 400mS before you can use any controls.
>>>>
>>>> Reliably set (say) RecMode to SUS under any circumstance you'd have to
>>>> do
>>>>
>>>> LongParam (in case you were already in parameter mode)
>>>> Param
>>>> Param
>>>> LongRec (set Record to TOG, as longpress sets to default)
>>>> Rec
>>>>
>>>> which is going to take >800mS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In short...it's very awkward.
>>>>
>>>> It seems it's possible to do exactly what you want with Midi Sysex.
>>>> Claude Voit would know that, ( well Matthias *might* too ).
>>>> It's *kind of* in the loop4 manual at the end,
>>>> but not very explicit.
>>>>
>>>> I have to admit that I've avoided looking into this,
>>>> and so far it's always been possible to do what I wanted without it.
>>>> I wouldn't be surprised if it's buggy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Having written all that...tell me *why* you want to change params so
>>>> fast?
>>>> It's almost certainly possible to achieve what you want without 
>changing
>>>> params at all.
>>>>
>>>> andy
>>>> ps
>>>> these days the Gordius LG has a lot of sequencer like features,
>>>> including sync to incoming midi clock.
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