Re: [LAU] MIDI Input of LAU Applications

Paul Davis wrote:
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Crypto <crptdngl71@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>> What I would like to do in a first place is "simply" control MIDI applications
>> that run on my notebook via these MIDI messages. Or, if you will say it like
>> that: I need a MIDI link from my MIDI organ to the applications running on my
>> notebook. The commands are sent after triggering/switching/moving the turning
>> knobs/pushbuttons/drawbars.
>
> at LAC 2006 (? it could have been 2005 or even 2004) there was a
> presentation of an app that converted MIDI into X Events, allowing
> MIDI to be used to control any X Window application even if it did not
> use MIDI itself. i don't know if this app is still available, or how
> well it worked, though the demonstration certainly did. You could make
> MIDI trigger arbitrary buttons on the screen, move knobs, faders etc.
> i'm not much of an advocate of this kind of approach, but its worth
> being aware of.

lac 2005, MidiKinesis, by Peter Brinkmann of TU Berlin:

http://lac.zkm.de/2005/papers/peter_brinkmann.pdf
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