Hollyhock II is a tinkerer's dream...
- KVRAF
- 6305 posts since 9 Dec, 2008 from Berlin
I simply do certain things in HH and others in BWS and then bring them together...
But I currently try to connect them via OSC (OSC4Bitwig on the BWS-side) which I have partly working (Usine starts to play when I start BWS and song tempo is sent too).
It also seems to be possible to sync HH to BWS with Midi Beat Clock but so far that didn't work in my tests, still investigating what I do wrong.
My audio interface has no problem running both Bitwig and Usine on Asio at the same time it seems (Scarlett 18i20 with latest beta drivers) so I can send audio through that directly.
But I'm not into perfectly synced music so your mileage may vary
Rewire for Usine is also planned, in that case it would be possible to use Rewire-VST in BWS with it.
Cheers,
Tom
But I currently try to connect them via OSC (OSC4Bitwig on the BWS-side) which I have partly working (Usine starts to play when I start BWS and song tempo is sent too).
It also seems to be possible to sync HH to BWS with Midi Beat Clock but so far that didn't work in my tests, still investigating what I do wrong.
My audio interface has no problem running both Bitwig and Usine on Asio at the same time it seems (Scarlett 18i20 with latest beta drivers) so I can send audio through that directly.
But I'm not into perfectly synced music so your mileage may vary
Rewire for Usine is also planned, in that case it would be possible to use Rewire-VST in BWS with it.
Cheers,
Tom
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- KVRAF
- 2874 posts since 22 Oct, 2002 from "somewhere between digital and analog"
Er, does this thing load VSTs??? I tried to get something in a rack but couldn't figure it out... Ha!
- KVRAF
- 6305 posts since 9 Dec, 2008 from Berlin
Of course: just drop a VST from the Browser Plugin-tab to a patch.
If the patch is empty and you select "Clear patch and open Plug-in", it even does all the basic connections for you.
Be sure to enter your VST paths in the preferences and "scan all" first though.
Cheers,
Tom
If the patch is empty and you select "Clear patch and open Plug-in", it even does all the basic connections for you.
Be sure to enter your VST paths in the preferences and "scan all" first though.
Cheers,
Tom
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- KVRAF
- 6305 posts since 9 Dec, 2008 from Berlin
Oh, and here's the manual:
http://www.sensomusic.com/wiki3/doku.ph ... nual:guide
And here are all the nodes:
http://www.sensomusic.com/wiki3/doku.ph ... al:modules
You can also click on the Questionmark in the inspector for each node to get that help.
Cheers,
Tom
http://www.sensomusic.com/wiki3/doku.ph ... nual:guide
And here are all the nodes:
http://www.sensomusic.com/wiki3/doku.ph ... al:modules
You can also click on the Questionmark in the inspector for each node to get that help.
Cheers,
Tom
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- KVRAF
- 6305 posts since 9 Dec, 2008 from Berlin
Ok, I have Midi Beat Clock working from BWS to HH:
In BWS, either use a script that is already sending out Midi Beat Clock or use the generic script "Midi Clock Transmitter" to send MBC to a virtual Midi Port of your choice. I use Loop Midi.
In Usine HH, activate that same (input) port in preferences, select the input in the Devices panel and in the inspector you will find a "Midi Clock" header under which you can enable "receive midi clock".
This works, although I get some drifting...
Cheers,
Tom
In BWS, either use a script that is already sending out Midi Beat Clock or use the generic script "Midi Clock Transmitter" to send MBC to a virtual Midi Port of your choice. I use Loop Midi.
In Usine HH, activate that same (input) port in preferences, select the input in the Devices panel and in the inspector you will find a "Midi Clock" header under which you can enable "receive midi clock".
This works, although I get some drifting...
Cheers,
Tom
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- KVRAF
- 9577 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
It should do, certainly supports multi touch on WindowsTabSel wrote:Does anybody use HHII on Mac with an external touchscreen? Does HHII support Multitouch/Touchscreens on Mac?
I use a Sharp LL-S201A with the TouchBase driver.
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- KVRian
- 1353 posts since 31 Aug, 2007 from wales
OT
@ThomasHelzle
interesting website you have there
dave
@ThomasHelzle
interesting website you have there
dave
- KVRAF
- 6305 posts since 9 Dec, 2008 from Berlin
Thanksdave dove wrote:OT
@ThomasHelzle
interesting website you have there
dave
It actually needs a massive update but since I do all the coding etc. myself, it takes quite some time to do a complete overhaul...
I want to switch from the "ModX" CMS to "GetSimple" since it's much lighter and doesn't need a database, but there is always so much other interesting stuff to do
Update on HH sync to Bitwig Studio: I tried the same setup with Ableton Live as sync-slave to BWS and it's very tight, so it seems that HH simply doesn't do a very good job with Midi Beat Clock sync. So bad in fact, that at first I didn't even realize it was working at all...
I hope this can be improved, I'll write a ticket to support.
Cheers,
Tom
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- KVRAF
- 6305 posts since 9 Dec, 2008 from Berlin
Very Good News:
I created a ticket yesterday about the sync-issues and Senso fixed it right away: the next release (.68) will have a stable Midi Beat Clock sync to other hosts.
Wow, that was instant service
With that, it should be relatively trivial to integrate HH into most setups, using virtual midi connections and - provided the audio driver allows it - sending Audio back and forth.
Sending OSC to Usine I have working as well (so I can for instance start and stop HH from Bitwig).
Somehow my system doesn't want to receive OSC from Usine yet, but it seems it's something with my system... still investigating.
Cheers,
Tom
I created a ticket yesterday about the sync-issues and Senso fixed it right away: the next release (.68) will have a stable Midi Beat Clock sync to other hosts.
Wow, that was instant service
With that, it should be relatively trivial to integrate HH into most setups, using virtual midi connections and - provided the audio driver allows it - sending Audio back and forth.
Sending OSC to Usine I have working as well (so I can for instance start and stop HH from Bitwig).
Somehow my system doesn't want to receive OSC from Usine yet, but it seems it's something with my system... still investigating.
Cheers,
Tom
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- KVRAF
- 6305 posts since 9 Dec, 2008 from Berlin
Ok, last problem solved:
The sending-OSC-from-Usine-to-Bitwig failed for two factors:
- I was using port 8001 for this which was already taken on my system (not sure by what).
- The OSC4Bitwig script has a bug where when you enter a receive port in preferences GUI, it's not actually used. I had to enter the port (8002 in my case) in the Config.js script that is part of OSC4Bitwig in line 21: Config.receivePort = 8002;
Now everything is working great, I can send and receive OSC and with the .68 update, Midi Beat Clock should be tight.
So there you have it - Usine Hollyhook II nicely integrated with Bitwig Studio
Cheers,
Tom
The sending-OSC-from-Usine-to-Bitwig failed for two factors:
- I was using port 8001 for this which was already taken on my system (not sure by what).
- The OSC4Bitwig script has a bug where when you enter a receive port in preferences GUI, it's not actually used. I had to enter the port (8002 in my case) in the Config.js script that is part of OSC4Bitwig in line 21: Config.receivePort = 8002;
Now everything is working great, I can send and receive OSC and with the .68 update, Midi Beat Clock should be tight.
So there you have it - Usine Hollyhook II nicely integrated with Bitwig Studio
Cheers,
Tom
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- KVRAF
- 1779 posts since 11 Jun, 2005 from Phoenix, Arizona
Thanks for this timely post Tom. I kept searching for this by clicking the device as it sat in the rack and wondered why I couldn't find it.ThomasHelzle wrote:In Usine HH, activate that same (input) port in preferences, select the input in the Devices panel and in the inspector you will find a "Midi Clock" header under which you can enable "receive midi clock".
- KVRAF
- 6305 posts since 9 Dec, 2008 from Berlin
Yeah, that is one of the things that happens a lot to me in Usine - there are so many contexts, sometimes I get totally lost. In this case I think the difference is, that in the Device Panel you are working on the "Master Device" while the device in the track is a mere "Instance"...UncleAge wrote:Thanks for this timely post Tom. I kept searching for this by clicking the device as it sat in the rack and wondered why I couldn't find it.ThomasHelzle wrote:In Usine HH, activate that same (input) port in preferences, select the input in the Devices panel and in the inspector you will find a "Midi Clock" header under which you can enable "receive midi clock".
Cool it helped
Cheers,
Tom
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- KVRAF
- 6305 posts since 9 Dec, 2008 from Berlin
A quick heads up:
Version .68 of HH is out and the Midi Beat Clock sync to BWS is massively improved.
I'm not sure if it's good enough for really tight stuff - Ableton Live as slave is still better - but it's a huge improvement from unusable to very close.
Cheers,
Tom
Version .68 of HH is out and the Midi Beat Clock sync to BWS is massively improved.
I'm not sure if it's good enough for really tight stuff - Ableton Live as slave is still better - but it's a huge improvement from unusable to very close.
Cheers,
Tom
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