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DigitalWhiteByte ·
I post here, but this is yet another request to complete the MIDI specification. I would like to use this card to make a project from scratch, based on software and control hardware, but if we do not have all the midi messages available to both inbound and outbound, will remain a dream. Flowstone is not only opportunity to combine software and hardware together. 😠 I think SynthMaker can have a good market if it is able to do that too.
trogluddite ·
Looks like a nice bit of kit - I've been thinking of making a custom controller for Soopa Loopa for a while (we make similar PICmicro embedded boards at work - but nothing as beautifully self-contained as that) I've never tried it, but I'm assuming that the problem is that the MIDI Event prim. etc. doesn't recognise the non-channel messages (i.e. if the message is not 3-bytes long)?
DigitalWhiteByte ·
You too,
MTC Quarter Frame Song Position Pointer Song Select Tune Request MIDI Clock MIDI Tick MIDI Start MIDI Stop MIDI Continue Active Sense Reset
I have verified that the midi output module, supports them all. Today, some hosts, like Reaper has the ability to manage through plugins, these MIDI messages, including sysex, both input and output.
aitch gee ·
have you ever looked at http://ucapps.de/ ?
trogluddite ·
Hi aitch gee, welcome to SM land.
Some nice kit there at ucapps, the Core_STM32 certainly has some real processing power. Worth getting a ready made board if possible, unless you have access to a reflow oven, I've done some SMD soldering by hand (making prototypes at work), and it's not for the faint-hearted (or shaky-handed!). Looks like they have a really good community of builders there too - always a bonus to know that you can get help when you run into problems.
Personally, I think I'm going to make my own PIC24 or dsPIC system. I'm fortunate enough to have used this stuff in my job for a couple of years, and I can get everything I need really cheap from the stock-room at work, including the MIDI interfacing and MCU programming software (and I have a workshop full of helpful engineers on tap when I screw it all up!)
Shame about these SM MIDI bugs though - puts a few limitations on how tightly you can integrate the hardware with the plugins.
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