Re: [LAU] LinnStrument on Linux

Thank you for the reply, Paul.

It would be truly wonderful with MPE/Linnstrument support in Ardour.
But I fully understand your position, if there are no free devices
supporting it yet.

A rather confusing mistyping snug into my post. The second sentence on
Zyn should read:
"Sending only on one channel, and setting PWheelB.Rng to 2400 cents, I
*can* get the sliding to work, but only when playing with one finger."

All the best,
Thomas

Den 17-07-2016 kl. 18:07 skrev Paul Davis:
> MPE is a relatively new way to use MIDI, and almost no pre-existing
> MIDI receiver can use it correctly.
>
> I have looked into what it would take to get Ardour to work well it,
> and concluded that I would put if off for a while. I actually Roger in
> Berlin last November and greatly enjoyed interacting with the
> Linnstrument and talking to him.
>
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Thomas Poulsen <thomas@email-addr-hidden
> <mailto:thomas@email-addr-hidden>> wrote:
>
> Dear list,
>
> I recently bought a LinnStrument from Roger Linn Design:
> http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument.html
>
> It is a great isomorphic midi-controller, and as such it is
> immediately recognized on Linux.
>
> The distinguishing feature of the LinnStrument is that it senses 3
> degrees of freedom on each note: x-direction, y direction and
> z-direction (pressure). The x-direction is mapped to pitch-bend,
> and y-direction to CC74.
> A cool feature is the "slide", where the pitch-bend is used to
> slide between all notes in a row.
>
> To allow individual pitch and CC74 values for each note, it sends
> each note on a separate midi-channel ("MPE"):
> http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/implementing-mpe.html
>
> Bitwig has added support for this, and there is 20 presets in
> version 1.3.11, where this is used (tag: linnstrument). The
> LinnStrument controller is not recognized automatically on Linux
> in version 1.3.11, but it can be configured manually, and then it
> works fine. Note that both midi-in and midi-out has to be
> configured, if not there is no sound! It should look like this:
> https://ibin.co/2msBJVgpKtf9.png
>
> Now I would like to also use it with the free Linux synths.
>
> Here's what I have been able to make work this far.
>
> Synthv1:
> PME works reasonably well: I can play polyphonic in MPE mode, but
> it tends to miss the "note off"s.
> I can get the slide to work, by setting
> <param index="36" name="DEF1_PITCHBEND">2</param>
> <param index="78" name="DEF2_PITCHBEND">2</param>
> is a preset.
>
> Zynaddsubfx:
> I can not get MPE to work.
> Sending only on one channel, and setting PWheelB.Rng to 2400
> cents, I cant get the sliding to work, but only when playing with
> one finger.
> If I enable MPE on the LinnStrument there is only an occasional
> sound, when it happens to send on the channel, that Zyn is
> listening on.
>
> I'll love to hear if other LinnStrument users have been able to do
> more with any of the free synths on Linux.
>
> All the best,
> Thomas
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