[Musix-users] Re: Musix 0.50
Sean Edwards
cybersean3000 at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 22 15:25:38 CEST 2006
Thank you for the reply.
--- Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hey Sean, I have this email as in my TODO list, just
> wait me a few days,
> please, thanks
>
> El Jueves, 17 de Agosto de 2006 22:12, Sean Edwards
> escribi�:
> > I play guitar and sing in a couple of bands.
> In a few
> > weeks, I will be going out of town to play
> and sing.
> > Unfortunately, I am on my own, neither band
> can
> > travel. So, I will go by myself with some
> backing
> > tracks.
> >
> > Did I mention that I play guitar? Even
> though there
> > is great software available for playing
> audio files
> > (ecasound is my favorite), I can't use my
> hands. I
> > have a very powerful MIDI foot pedal, the
> FCB101 from
> > Behringer, but there is no software that I
> have found
> > to control the loading and playback of audio
> files via
> > MIDI.
> >
> > After years of searching, I came across
> dispmidi from
> > Div Slomin:
> >
> http://www.sreal.com:8000/~div/midi-utilities. I am
> > not a developer, but I was able to hack the
> code to
> > output MIDI information into a useful
> format. So,
> > there it was, a utility to parse the
> incoming MIDI
> > stream from my foot pedal and launch a file,
> any file.
> > Here are a couple of commads I used:
> >
> > dispmidi /dev/midi | grep Program | cut -f 4
> | xargs
> > -i script.sh {}
> >
> > dispmidi /dev/midi | grep Program | cut -f 4
> | xargs
> > -i ecasound {}.wav
> >
> > The first command takes the program number
> and pipes
> > it into a script via xargs and the script
> launches the
> > file.
> >
> > The second command actually launches a file
> named with
> > the number of the MIDI program number. When
> that MIDI
> > program number is detected, the
> corresponding file is
> > launched.
> >
> > So, there it is. MIDI controlled (well,
> more like
> > started than controlled) playback of audio
> files.
> >
> > As I said before, I am not a developer, but
> I have
> > some enhancements I would like to make:
> >
> > 1) Read a configuration file to set MIDI
> channel and
> > directory where the playback files reside
> >
> > 2) Make it alsa/jackd aware so as to be able
> to send
> > out MIDI signals. For example, be able to
> send a MIDI
> > sequence in real-time, synchronixed to audio
> file
> > playback
> >
> > 3) Keep it a command-line utility. It
> doesn't take a
> > lot of computing power to stream a .wav file
> through a
> > sound card so it would be useful task for
> older
> > hardware. Also, I plan to run this headless
> and it
> > would be easier to do this from a command
> line rather
> > than having to set up some GUI frambuffer
> application.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > -=Sean Edwards=-
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Marcos Guglielmetti
> <marcospcmusica at gmail.com>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > El Mi�rcoles, 16 de Agosto de 2006
> 23:50, Sean
> > >
> > > Edwards escribi�:
> > > > This is turning into a project and
> will have
> > >
> > > to wait
> > >
> > > > until next week. Last night I
> just received
> > >
> > > enought
> > >
> > > > parts to build another PC, so I
> will put
> > >
> > > 0.40 on that
> > >
> > > > and try the upgrade.
> > > >
> > > > Also, if you have the time and are
> > >
> > > interested, I would
> > >
> > > > like to discuss a package addtion
> to Musix
> > >
> > > that I am
> > >
> > > > working on.
> > >
> > > Ok, come on
> > >
> > > > -=Sean Edwards=-
> > > >
> > > > --- Marcos Guglielmetti
> > >
> > > <marcospcmusica at gmail.com>
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > El Mi�rcoles, 16 de Agosto de
> 2006
> > >
> > > 14:44, Sean
> > >
> > > > > Edwards escribi�:
> > > > > > But, if you want to try
> now: just
> > >
> > > boot with
> > >
> > > > > Musix
> > > > >
> > > > > > 0.50, clic on "Install"
> icon,
> > >
> > > select knoppix
> > >
> > > > > method,
> > > > >
> > > > > > select package
> upgrader.... then
> > >
> > > choose a
> > >
> > > > > hard disk
> > > > >
> > > > > > partition where Musix or
> Knoppix
> > >
> > > is
> > >
> > > > > installed and
> > > > >
> > > > > > Synaptic will appear,
> choose your
> > >
> > > packages
> > >
> > > > > to be
> > > > >
> > > > > > upgraded, and apply
> > > > >
> > > > > And then try to upgrade all
> musix-*
> > >
> > > packages from
> > >
> > > > > internet using apt-get
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Marcos Guglielmetti
> > > > > * Director del desarrollo de
> Musix
> > >
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> cosas en:
> > > > >
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> >
> >
>
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> >
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