Re: [Rakarrack-users] usb midi controller

[Douglas M. <dmc...@fi...>]

On 01/22/2010 09:48 PM, Ryan Billing wrote:
> Thank you.
>
> That is an interesting idea. What MIDI parameters do you have in mind?
> For a push-button control like a number pad, you really need some kind
> of intermediate software solution to convert to MIDI, but once you have
> it, you could make such a thing to be quite useful.

Here is a page with some code written by friend of mine, for converting 
the HID signals from a usb rockband drumkit into midi signals to pipe 
into hydrogen.  (see rbd2midi.cpp, as well as the rest of the page).

http://www.jabberwocky.ca/~trans/projects/osc/

-dmc



>
> For Rakarrack, all you need is some kind of program that can send
> standard jack-midi instructions. Then all you do is connect the output
> of your software MIDI device to Rakarrack MIDI input.
>
>
>
> Renato wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:29:44 +0100
>> teza<tsa...@or...>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>> hi all, I found this interesting  tutorial  about  building  is  own
>>> foot switch  board  here
>>> http://cycling74.com/2007/10/16/making-connections-building-a-usb-footswitch/
>>>
>>>
>>> and I was wondering  if that could be and how use with Racarrack midi
>>> connections.
>>> Thanks for your help
>>> Regards
>>> Teza
>>>
>>
>> hello,
>> the usb keypad is a HID, it doesn't generate midi signals of it's own.
>> However, with supercollider (GeneralHID class) and I think also with
>> puredata, you can convert these events in midi. You
>> could then control rakarrack's parameters
>>
>> regards,
>> Renato
>>
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