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Re: rackmount midi sequencer



peer to peer.  i.e. bittorrent

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> Calude
>>
>>
>> Per Boysen a écrit :
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Greetings from Sweden
>>>
>>> Per Boysen
>>> www.boysen.se
>>> www.perboysen.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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Tony