[PD] pd + controller - uploaded tutorial to pd.info

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Derek and Adam are the editors, so they set the tone.  I think it  
would be useful to have more in the chapter on MIDI, but also it would  
be useful to have a section on making a synth that is MIDI-controllable.

.hc

On Apr 25, 2009, at 4:26 PM, donotreply wrote:

> I made myself a user and uploaded the tutorial to
>
> https://puredata.info/Members/fgadea/using-pd-with-a-midi-controller/at_download/file
>
>
> I´m not able to add it to the FLOSS manual till next week (I belive  
> I will have a few free days then).
>
> Wouldn´t it be better if I include it in the "Controlling the  
> synthesizer" chapter instead of the midi one?
>
> I also managed to built a quite usefull adsr filter with the four  
> parameters working, and I could make a tutorial for it in some weeks  
> from now. I know that this things I´m doing are really basic stuff  
> compared with the things one can do after reading the book in https://puredata.info/Members/puls/new%20Pd%20book%20released 
>  , which I find great.  Shouldn´t the floss manual refear to that  
> book for further learning?
>
> best to all
>
> nan
>
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>> donotreply escribió:
>>>
>>> Well, then I will add it to the FLOSS manual in a few days when I  
>>> got some free time again, and I will upload it to puredata.info  
>>> probably this weekend if not tomorrow (thankyou Hans-Christoph for  
>>> the tip). I would like to be shure that the english I used is  
>>> correct but I guess that if it is not someone will fix it.
>>>
>>> In the future I belive I will have to expand the tutorial adding  
>>> information about the ctlout object, in order to show how to send  
>>> back the midi data, something easy and really helpfull when  
>>> working with motorized controllers or such (like the bitstream 3x  
>>> named in the patch provided by Xose, which is not motorized but  
>>> uses the midi feedback in order to avoid data jumps).
>>>
>>> nan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hans-Christoph Steiner escribió:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Looks nice, it would be great if you added it to the FLOSS  
>>>> manual.  You can just sign in and start editing.  It seems like  
>>>> it should be its own section in the "MIDI" chapter.
>>>>
>>>> You could also host the file on puredata.info, just sign in and  
>>>> upload it to your folder.
>>>>
>>>> .hc
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 21, 2009, at 4:04 PM, donotreply wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I wrote a little tutorial about the ctlin object. It is quite  
>>>>> simple, and as my born languaje is not english i hope there is  
>>>>> no ortographic mistake.
>>>>> You can download it from
>>>>>
>>>>> http://rapidshare.com/files/224126003/pd_controller.zip.html
>>>>>
>>>>> If you have any problem downloading it from rapidshare  (it is  
>>>>> limited to 10 downloads) i´ll use my site, but I am having  
>>>>> problems with it (luck of use) so I could send it directly to  
>>>>> any interested.
>>>>>
>>>>> As you will see there you´ll find the text in .odt and .pdf,  
>>>>> along with the patches, in case you need to correct anything (if  
>>>>> you want to use it for the FLOSS Pure Data manual).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you again
>>>>>
>>>>> nan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Derek Holzer escribió:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like just the kind of tutorial we need in the Pd FLOSS  
>>>>>> Manual! Anybody want to write it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://en.flossmanuals.net/puredata
>>>>>>
>>>>>> D.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bjørn Nielsen wrote:
>>>>>>> As a fellow newbie, I know you problem. My method was to go  
>>>>>>> the help
>>>>>>> files for different midiinputs and see if turning the knobs did
>>>>>>> trigger anything. The ctlin, as Andrew suggested, did work for  
>>>>>>> one of
>>>>>>> my controllers, but you could also try pgmin, midiin, notein  
>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>> As a sidenote, I just found out, that if you connect two  
>>>>>>> different
>>>>>>> controllers at the same time, the second one will be added 16  
>>>>>>> to it's
>>>>>>> channel number.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /Bjørn
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 04:16, donotreply
>>>>>>> <donotreplytothissendermailbox at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi to all of you people. I´m new in the list, and quite a  
>>>>>>>> newbee in pd too.
>>>>>>>> I´ve been searching the web for explicit info and tuts for  
>>>>>>>> assigning
>>>>>>>> controls behaviour in pd to midi events coming from a midi  
>>>>>>>> controller (with
>>>>>>>> faders and such, not a keyboard) and I wander if you can tell  
>>>>>>>> me where that
>>>>>>>> info could be found, cause I found nothing clear about it,  
>>>>>>>> only some answers
>>>>>>>> to some problems, not really explicit.
>>>>>>>> I looked it up here in the list but I didn´t find it. (I´m  
>>>>>>>> not saying it is
>>>>>>>> not there.The answer could be under my own nose, so forgive  
>>>>>>>> me if I am not
>>>>>>>> aware of that)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> nan
>>>>>>>>
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