Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] Virtual device consoles?

[Hiroo H. <hir...@co...>]

Joe,

I think what you are proposing is a generic fader controller. I vote for
your proposal.

Joe> Some of the sysex-capable devices I have define some sysex messages to 
Joe> let your emulate button-presses on the device itself. For example, 
Joe> sending a certain sysex command to the synth might make it behave as 
Joe> though you had just pressed the "bypass" button... or the cursor-left, 
Joe> or whatever.
Joe> 
Joe> What this would enable someone to do is to make a photo-realistic 
Joe> console on your PC... where you had an image of the device, and you 
Joe> could click on the buttons in the image and have them actually affect 
Joe> the real device. Of course, you wouln't have to make it photo-realistic. 
Joe> You could have a frame with a bunch of swing buttons in it which did the 
Joe> same thing.
Joe> 
Joe> Has there ever been any discussion or desire to do this with JSL? I 
Joe> guess you could do it with Senders, but... in this case, the buttons 
Joe> you're pressing don't necessarily cause any changes to a patch (like 
Joe> with cursor movement... or bypass... or panic), so it might not be 
Joe> entirely correct to put something like this in an Editor. Maybe there 
Joe> could be a ConsoleDriver or VirtualConsole class or something.
Joe> 
Joe> Does this concept appeal to anybody else? Or should I just forget it?
Joe> 
Joe> - Joe
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Hiroo Hayashi