[PD] seq (cyclone) object help patch not working - for midi file playback

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

You might be interested in xeq, it's like a suped up seq:

http://suita.chopin.edu.pl/~czaja/miXed/externs/xeq.html

Try [noteout] instead of [midiout].  What you say should be possible,  
but yeah, there aren't a lot of people using MIDI with Pd these days.

.hc

On Nov 16, 2008, at 6:04 PM, Rua Haszard Morris wrote:

> Thanks for the link, although that just looks to be a video of  
> someone playing with the help patch :)
>
> I am worried that I am trying to do something which is a bad idea -  
> I want to use PD to trigger little MIDI loops, and potentially  
> adjust the midi data on the way out, and/or change looping points  
> at runtime (etc). Is there a better approach to do this in PD, or  
> is [seq] the best way? Or is this something that noone does and I  
> may find is less workable than I was hoping?
>
> I am compelled by the idea of generating the midi loops elsewhere  
> in fully-featured sequencers, but utilising PD for interacting/ 
> triggering/looping/processing them in a more flexible manner than  
> sequencers allow... I would be grateful for any suggestions.
>
> I think it may simply be that midiout is not working too well for  
> me, I will further investigate that.
>
> Is it possible that not many people are using [midiout] either?
>
> thanks again
> Rua HM.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
>
> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org>
> To: Rua Haszard Morris <ruahm at yahoo.com>
> Cc: pd-list at iem.at
> Sent: Monday, 17 November, 2008 11:21:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [PD] seq (cyclone) object help patch not working - for  
> midi file playback
>
>
> I guess a lot of people don't use [seq].  This video looks useful:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHBMEpgzPDA
>
> If you improve the docs, please submit them to the patch tracker so  
> that we can include it in the SVN repository.
>
> .hc
>
> On Nov 16, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Rua Haszard Morris wrote:
>
>> I didn't get any responses to my previous message - was it  
>> filtered away due to links in my sig? Anyway, reposting with a bit  
>> more info. This all relates to pd-extended 0.40.3 on various  
>> platforms
>>
>> I am unable to get the seq help patch to work correctly for  
>> playback on linux. I am running 64studio, a variant of debian. The  
>> "test audio and midi" patch produces midi notes so I know that  
>> midi is working. Note that test audio and midi uses noteout,  
>> whereas seq test uses midiout.
>>
>> I have succesfully had the seq help patch playback notes on OS X.  
>> I tried on windows and was unable to get seq help to produce notes  
>> when playing back the test midi file; again, test audio and midi  
>> was successful.
>>
>> Any ideas? do i have a problem with the midiout object? The editor  
>> with seq shows some note data has been successfully read. Can  
>> someone give me some tips on how to work through this problem?
>>
>> thanks
>> Rua HM.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Rua Haszard Morris <ruahm at yahoo.com>
>> To: pd-list at iem.at
>> Sent: Thursday, 13 November, 2008 7:34:44 PM
>> Subject: [PD] [seq] object from cyclone - can't get it working on  
>> linux
>>
>> I'm having trouble getting seq to work - I'm using pd-extended  
>> 0.40.3 running on linux/debian/64studio.
>>
>> I have the midi outs of PD connected to amSynth via ALSA midi in  
>> JACK (QJackCtl).
>>
>> noteout in "test audio and midi" works ok, and plays notes on  
>> amSynth, but the seq test patch, routed to midiout, doesn't seem  
>> to produce any notes.
>>
>> It is producing something, as I connected things randomly up to a  
>> noteout and was able to make some noises..
>>
>> Can someone give me some pointers on why midiout (or seq?) might  
>> be misbehaving? Can someone else running 0.40.3 on linux check  
>> that the seq-help patch is working for them?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Rua HM
>>
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