Sending arbitrary midi from keystrokes
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:57 am
Hi all
Does anybody know of an application (linux) that uses the computer's keyboard to send predefined sets of midi codes. I want to be able to change presents on the fly for azr3-jack (a hammond emulator) and it's controls are all based on CCs. To change 8 drawbars I would have to send 8 CC's - so the idea is to have a key (say "G") that would send a set of CCs to azr3 when I hit that key and "H" to send a different set. (Hope that all makes sense)
The reason behind it is that I'm going back to live performance with a band and they SOMETIMES need a hammond sound. It's not often enough for me to spend big money on a hardware instrument and I have some older PC's that will do the job well. I just won't be able to use a monitor and mouse when live but can have the PC and keyboard. I want to be able to set it up at the start, take away the monitor and just hit keys to get the few preset sounds that are needed.
Cheers
Graham
Does anybody know of an application (linux) that uses the computer's keyboard to send predefined sets of midi codes. I want to be able to change presents on the fly for azr3-jack (a hammond emulator) and it's controls are all based on CCs. To change 8 drawbars I would have to send 8 CC's - so the idea is to have a key (say "G") that would send a set of CCs to azr3 when I hit that key and "H" to send a different set. (Hope that all makes sense)
The reason behind it is that I'm going back to live performance with a band and they SOMETIMES need a hammond sound. It's not often enough for me to spend big money on a hardware instrument and I have some older PC's that will do the job well. I just won't be able to use a monitor and mouse when live but can have the PC and keyboard. I want to be able to set it up at the start, take away the monitor and just hit keys to get the few preset sounds that are needed.
Cheers
Graham