Re: [Rosegarden-user] MIDI Keyboard Functions

[Brett M. <idr...@ch...>]

D. Michael 'Silvan' McIntyre wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 December 2005 03:08 pm, Marek wrote:
> 
>>Hi there!
>>I finally got me a MIDI keyboard today. I hooked it up to my computer
>>and tried using it with Rosegarden - it worked immediately. However,
>>there are a few buttons on the keyboard which remain without function.
>>For example, there are buttons to remote control the sequencer (rewind,
>>fast forward, play, stop, record, etc) that I'd like to use. Is there a
>>way to get them (and the other knobs and sliders) to work?
> 
> 
> There may be with CVS.  Chris added some new functionality in this area, I 
> think.  I have absolutely no idea how any of it works though.

I think those extra controls work via MMC, which is still MIDI (not the 
same as MTC, mind you). A lot of the surface controllers communicate to 
software with MMC. Never tried it with Rosegarden, works pretty well 
with Ardour, which you can synch up with Rosegarden via Jack if need be.

-- Brett