Awesome. Good to know. On 10/30/05, Art Hunkins wrote: > > Chuckk, > > Further researching how buttons work on the UC-33 - whether momentary > contact or toggle - I found this: > > On p.38 of the manual there is a list of "extra" CC's for the buttons. The > UC-33 uses CC147 for momentary contact Note on/off, and CC148 for toggle > note on/off (nothing happens on release). So, this is good; I had written > this down in my docs, but working with as many boxes as I do, had > completely > forgotten how to do it. > > Buttons should always have the option of momentary contact or toggle - > best, > with accompanying LED's. > > Art Hunkins > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Art Hunkins > To: Chuckk Hubbard > Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 2:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Csnd] Searching for my ideal MIDI slider bank for live > Csound > > > Chuckk, > > As you know, I'm pleased with my UC-33 as well. > > My buttons *all* work as toggle note on/note off. This is the *only* way > they work - no momentary contact mode. I wouldn't have the slightest idea > how to get anything to happen on release (which is fine with me anyway - > particularly as the LED registers either 127 or 0 when you push a note > on/off). > > Art Hunkins > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chuckk Hubbard > To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk ; Art Hunkins > Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 10:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Csnd] Searching for my ideal MIDI slider bank for live > Csound > > > I got a UC-33e, and I'm pretty pleased. The knobs have some room between 0 > and 1, but the resolution is okay, the controls don't stick, and it's > completely programmable. There is also drawbar mode, which reverses the > faders. Although it seems that if a button is set to the standard note > on/off cc, it will not toggle, it sends note off on release. I had to set > it to cc 119 to get it to toggle. I'm guessing that's not a problem for > you, using Csound. > Also, you can set a global MIDI channel which affects all controls set to > channel 00, but controls not set to 00 are unaffected. I don't know if > that's standard, but it's a cool idea. > > > > On 10/29/05, Art Hunkins wrote: > Does anyone know of a MIDI slider bank (control surface) that meets the > following criteria? I can't seem to find one, though a few come close. > > 1) USB, deriving power from computer. (Wall-wart/AC power supplies are a > needless nuisance, and performance on a laptop is a requirement today.) > > 2) At least 16 CC sliders arranged linearly or in two stacked rows of 8. > Sliders should be 60mm throw or more. CC numbering should be consecutive > in > banks of 8 (i.e., some configuration should permit this). > > 3) At least 8 buttons arranged linearly, preferably under corresponding > sliders. Buttons programmable for *toggling* note on/note off. > > 4) Buttons have corresponding LED's to show state on or off. > > 5) Compact footprint. (This rules out any units incorporating even a > 25-note > keyboard. Portability is again important.) > > > The *closest* units I've seen so far are: 1) the Niche Automation Station > (long since out of production), which has everything except USB. (It's > basically a Peavey1600 with LED's.) 2) The Evolution U-Control UC-33, > which > is limited to 9 sliders, but has *3* other nicely aligned sets of 8 rotary > pots. (No LED's, and the buttons are *not* user-friendly in their > arrangement.) > > Any hardware info (recommendations) to share? > > FWIW, the above hypothetical unit could perform *all* the live Csound > pieces > I've done - portably, on a laptop. > > Art Hunkins > > -- > Send bugs reports to this list. > To unsubscribe, send email to csound-unsubscribe@lists.bath.ac.uk > > > > > -- > "It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of > knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters." > -Friedrich Nietzsche, "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" > > -- > Send bugs reports to this list. > To unsubscribe, send email to csound-unsubscribe@lists.bath.ac.uk > -- "It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters." -Friedrich Nietzsche, "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"