Re: [Bluemusic-users] alsa midi
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From: Steven Yi <ste...@gm...> - 2010-12-02 07:12:56
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Hi Alex, Getting the API to run with blue got a little trickier after 2.0. With Windows "it just works" if you use the Csound installer. With OSX there are issues and on Linux one may have to modify blue.conf in blue/etc directory to add the path to where the lib_jcsound.so is located. I think there's a thread in the archives related to setting it up for Debian (I don't recall the exact modification required at the moment). As for recording notes, this is something that was being worked on with blue's MIDI support but I have not managed to find time to implement it. There are ways to play instruments in realtime with MIDI keyboards through blue's MIDI system (vs. csound's MIDI system). There should be some information in the archive, or perhaps someone else here could comment. (Unfortunately, it's past 2am here for me and I still have work to do for my job...). Hope that helps and if you don't manage to find the information just reply here and I'll try to find that out for you. Thanks! steven On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:10 AM, alex stone <com...@gm...> wrote: > I've been hammering the manual, and as a very new user of Blue (and > csound) i can safely say my brain is melting. (woohoo, progress) > > My first questions are basic, but i'll add my setup, in the hope it > clarifies what i'm trying to do. > > Gentoo 64bit, Csound 5.12 built from a Gentoo ebuild ( including > java), and Blue, running from it's own dir. I'm using JACK as the > audio, and want to use ALSA as the midi (in the absence of jackmidi) > > I have Blue up and running, but although i've selected Csound API use > (via the checkbox), i get no terminal notification telling me i'm > using the API. > Is this a problem i'm storing up for the future? Should i be building > Csound direct from source to use this feature? > > As far as i can tell (at this stage) Blue seems to be running ok, and > i've managed to include the choice of using ALSA midi, without errors. > (rt-midi=ALSA) > What i can't find is the means to use ALSA midi input from my midi > controller driving the Reson6 synth, and record the output in a track. > > Which object would i use for this, and how do i get Reson6 to respond > to alsa midi input, to record notes? > > As per a previous post in the LAU list, i also note that the fine > jackmidi hasn't made it's way into Csound or Blue just yet, so i add > my enthusiastic voice to the masses clamouring for this request. (if > the masses are indeed, enthusiastic) > > My apologies in advance for the basic questions, but i hope i can keep > them to a minimum. I shall continue to try and source answers on the > interlink before asking here. > > Regards, > > Alex. > > -- > www.openoctave.org > > mid...@op... > dev...@op... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! > Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Bluemusic-users mailing list > Blu...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluemusic-users > |