piz midi plugins (windows/linux/mac)

[-PIKU-]

if you want to control the pointer with a joystick, something like this AutoHotkey script might be better: http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/scripts/ ... kMouse.htm

i use a custom made midi controller with an arcade joystick sending midinotes... i use it a lot for zoom controls in various programs, but i would like to use it as a pointing system, for precision pointing...

[insertpizhere]

ah, well i've been looking at how autohotkey does fake mouse movements, and i think it will help me improve my method.

[insertpizhere]

i made a few small improvements to the Big Clock. now it should be sample-accurate up to a hundred billion hours or so... please test

http://thepiz.org/xt/Big%20Clock.zip

[insertpizhere]

ok, i'm uploading a somewhat sucky version of the midi looper.

- always in sync
- only loops whole numbers of bars
- optional input quantize, but only to 16th notes
- can apply a velocity scale and transposition to the loop (may cause hanging notes)
- no GUI
- only stores one loop
- optionally starts looping when you stop recording
- no other trigger modes, but at least you can automate the play parameter
- has internal support for writing the loop to a midi file, but this is disabled. in fact, there is no way to save the loop in this version, but i think i'm going to use standard midi files as the native format

http://thepiz.org/xt/midiLooper.zip

[ethnix73]

Great news insertpizhere...I've been looking for a kind of live midi sampler/looper since a long time.

[Lagrange]

ok, i'm uploading a somewhat sucky version of the midi looper.

- always in sync
- only loops whole numbers of bars
- optional input quantize, but only to 16th notes
- can apply a velocity scale and transposition to the loop (may cause hanging notes)
- no GUI
- only stores one loop
- optionally starts looping when you stop recording
- no other trigger modes, but at least you can automate the play parameter
- has internal support for writing the loop to a midi file, but this is disabled. in fact, there is no way to save the loop in this version, but i think i'm going to use standard midi files as the native format

http://thepiz.org/xt/midiLooper.zip

:shock::shock::shock::shock: OMFG!!! Gone to try this now!!!!HOLY CRAAAAAPP

PIZ you need to start a new thread for this one!!!

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[Lagrange]

HOLY S**T THIS THING IS AMAZING!!

Now attempting to run multiple instances into one another.....

So far so good PIZ thanks !!

PIZ please make the save format standard .mid format..

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[Lagrange]

Wow 2 or more instances run really lite so its cool to have 3 or so running like a pseudo sequencer.. Going to attempt re-recording the patterns back into the sequencer..

BTW PIZ I've been meaning to mention that it's impossible to change the Receive MIDI channel on your the GUIless plugins cause there not resizable in XT(I could be wrong about this)..

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[insertpizhere]

Wow 2 or more instances run really lite so its cool to have 3 or so running like a pseudo sequencer.. Going to attempt re-recording the patterns back into the sequencer..

soon i'll make it store more loops, so you could do this with one instance.

BTW PIZ I've been meaning to mention that it's impossible to change the Receive MIDI channel on your the GUIless plugins cause there not resizable in XT(I could be wrong about this)..

that's true. i don't really want to add a parameter for that, but maybe i could make it only show up in eXT 1.x...

however, my way around this is to use this autohotkey script to resize the window. it uses alt, so i change it to the windows key to still use alt-click to enter notes.

by the way, it will eventually have a way to record all 16 channels into separate slots simultaneously, and then trigger them individually. so i will probably add a receive channel per slot.

[insertpizhere]

PIZ please make the save format standard .mid format..

it already is... it's just commented out in this version. the hard part will be opening arbitrary midi files as loops, but i'm going to try it.

[Lagrange]

BTW PIZ I've been meaning to mention that it's impossible to change the Receive MIDI channel on your the GUIless plugins cause there not resizable in XT(I could be wrong about this)..

that's true. i don't really want to add a parameter for that, but maybe i could make it only show up in eXT 1.x...

however, my way around this is to use this autohotkey script to resize the window. it uses alt, so i change it to the windows key to still use alt-click to enter notes.

I know AHK inside out but to me it seems that it would be 100 times easier just to make the plugins resizable wouldnt it?

by the way, it will eventually have a way to record all 16 channels into separate slots simultaneously, and then trigger them individually. so i will probably add a receive channel per slot.

I dont know that seems like it would push the simplicity factor into complexity no? I think the thing thats going to make the MIDIlooper amazing is ease of use. If I need to do overly complex multichannel operations I'd rather just use the sequencer. Thats just me though . IMO allz it needs really is a sticky slider for the memory slots, a way to save the loops (either a MIDI pool folder with an autonaming feature or a single file with everything to keep it easy), support for less than a 1 bar loop and maybe a way to drag and drop MIDI files into empty slots.

Just a thought..

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[Lagrange]

Just recorded several instances back into the sequencer with no problems!! This thing has me giddy like the Nintendo christmas kid !

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[insertpizhere]

I know AHK inside out but to me it seems that it would be 100 times easier just to make the plugins resizable wouldnt it?

if jorgen would make the gui-less vst window resizable, yes. otherwise every plugin would have to be given a gui just to make the window big enough...

by the way, it will eventually have a way to record all 16 channels into separate slots simultaneously, and then trigger them individually. so i will probably add a receive channel per slot.

I dont know that seems like it would push the simplicity factor into complexity no? I think the thing thats going to make the MIDIlooper amazing is ease of use. If I need to do overly complex multichannel operations I'd rather just use the sequencer. Thats just me though .

well, the multichannel mode would be optional. normally it would record all channels to one selected slot. hopefully it will still be easy to use.

IMO allz it needs really is a sticky slider for the memory slots, a way to save the loops (either a MIDI pool folder with an autonaming feature or a single file with everything to keep it easy) and maybe a way to drag and drop MIDI files into empty slots.

i'm still thinking through the details here, but it will save the loops to separate files in a folder. drag and drop will be there.

[maki]

this can not be true!!!!
I have been waiting for this since I was born and now it's not working on my setup!!
What did I do wrong? I am using energyXT 1.4. And how can I configure system to start recording when I press sustainpedal and to end recording and start looping when I release it?
Piz! If you want to use your precious talent to make midifile import function remember that MidiPart already has it.
You already made our planet much better place for living but make it even better by making options we do not have!

[insertpizhere]

new thread in the instruments forum