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Showing posts with label TouchOSC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TouchOSC. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Yamaha FS1R Editor for iPad


Update: you can find a TB MIDI Stuff port here that does not require The Missing Link.

TouchOSC editor for the Yamaha FS1R. 80 pages and months in the making. This editor was made with TouchOSC and is currently mapped for The Missing Link. You can, however, re-map it for Osculator or other, but it is fairly large - over 1000 parameters. Every single parameter controlling sound on the FS1R is covered. You can find the editor here and on The Missing Link forum here.

Click each pic for the full size shot.

The full editor is actually split into five editors, one main editor and four Operator editors (one for each part). Pictured here are the unique editing screens to give you an idea of the sheer number of parameters available on the FS1R. This is one massive synth consisting of FM, Formant and subtractive synthesis.

Main editor (16 pages/tabs): fseq editing, common controls, Part1 control (if you look at the tabs you can see Part2 - 4 as well), LFO & Filter, Formant Algorithm selection, FM Algorithm selection, Reverb, Variation Effects (two pages), Insert Efects (three pages), and EQ.

Operator editor (16 pages/tabs x 4 editors): Below EQ are two screen grabs for the Operator edit pages. Each of four parts on the FS1R has a total of eight voiced operators and eight unvoiced operators. Each voiced and each unvoiced operator has the same set of parameters.

Note there are a couple of quirks to this editor. The FS1R has a few parameters that are higher resolution than The Missing Link supports. You can get from 0 to max, but fine tuning is best done on the FS1R itself.

Some parameters are only applicable based on other parameter settings. I tried to capture these, however I did a much better job with the effects section and later in the editor. If you look at the FX pages you will see color coding for each slider. This is because the effect parameters on the FS1R share the same sysex but do different things depending on which effect is selected.

If you use the editor and find any other quirks let me know.

The great thing about the editor, in this case specifically, is that it will allow you to explore the FS1R without hunching over the rack and flipping through menus. It's all laid out in full screen in front of you. You can flip through pages and just explore and try things out. For a synth this complex it really does help in learning how each parameter effects a given sound. You can set the mix levels down for all but one part, focus on it and then bring other parts back in.

As with all TouchOSC based editors, you can also jump values, while on the FS1R there is no number pad so you have to go the full range from point a to point z. If you look at the Algorithm screens for example you can see with this editor you can directly select any algorithm you want.

If you look at the top screen you can play the fseqs start and end times like an old school sampler - think Akai S612 sliders.

The one thing I do wish the FS1R did was update it's screen to the parameter being edited, that way you can use both. If anyone knows if this is possible, let me know.

Click each screen to get a taste of what the FS1R can do.

TouchOSC - hexler - iTunes
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Prophet VS Editor for iPad

Update2: you can find a TB MIDI Stuff port of the editor in this post.
[Update: the Wave screen to the left has been updated with additional waveform names in via Jason Proctor. Updated screenshot below.]
TouchOSC editor for the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS. Click each pic for the full size shot. This editor was made with TouchOSC and is currently mapped for The Missing Link. You can, however, re-map it for Osculator or other. You can find the editor here and on The Missing Link forum here. Note in order for your Prophet-VS to responds to MIDI Sysex parameter changes you need to set "MIDI Parameters" under "MIDI Option Select" to enabled. Your MIDI device also has support MIDI Sysex.

The cool thing about this editor vs. editing directly on the Prophet VS is you can jump values. With the VS you select a parameter and use the slider to adjust, meaning to get from 15 to 120 you have to scroll through all values from 15 to 120. With this editor you can switch directly to 120 or any other value. I also created an XY pad for waveform selection, so instead of being limited with the onboard joystick for mix levels of the four oscillators only, you can use the additional XY pads for waveform selection (see bottom pic). Again you can jump parameters with the XY pads for both mix levels and waveform selection. This is not possible on the Prophet VS directly. And of course you can jump other slider values like cutoff frequency, resonance, and others. This allows you to play parameters in real time including creating manual rhythmic effects not possible on the VS directly.


TouchOSC - hexler - iTunes
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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Glowing tribute

Glowing tribute from Eldancer on Vimeo.


"One pass real time Buchla & Touchosc + Ipad
overdubs with the living room"

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

How to Edit Mass Parameters in TouchOSC



If you remember my FS1R TouchOSC editor post from yesterday, I mentioned that it would be a while before I completed it due to the sheer number of pages and parameters that needed to be manually edited. You can copy and paste a page in the TouchOSC Editor, but then you have to click on every single control and edit. I wished there was an easier way to simply copy and replace. Well... It turns out there is!!! Hans of The Missing Link came to the rescue via a tip from control_man here. Apparently TouchOSC files are XML files and can be edited as follows:

1. add a .zip extension to the TouchOSC template filename
2. unzip - this will give you index.xml
3. edit index.xml
4. zip index.xml into an archive
5. change filename + extension of index.zip to templatename.touchosc

Note that Touch OSC requires a unique name for each control (click the above image so see - BTW, that is the very start of my FS1R editor), so I did the following to make it easier:

1. I created blank pages in my template for those I wanted to duplicate in the TouchOSC editor itself
2. I opened the template in XCode
3. I grabbed the chunk between the Page tags for the page I wanted to duplicate
4. I pasted that into TextEdit
5. I did a search and replace all for name=” with name=“0
6. I did a search and replace all for the hex values I wanted to change, in my case 0x60 0x02 to 0x60 0x03
7. I did a control all and pasted it into the first new blank page in XCode
8. I repeated steps 5-7 for each page substituting name=” with name=“1 0x60 0x02 to 0x60 0x04 and so on.


I was able to create five new pages pictured to the left in under ten minutes. This is literally going to save me days worth of work.

Thank you Hans!!!

Note this is also being covered in the hexler forum here.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Control test [TouchOSC Meets Buchla]

Control test from Eldancer on Vimeo.


"Testing Touchosc and Buchla"

TouchOSC - hexler
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Thursday, July 21, 2011

iPad controlling two synths (TouchOSC, Evolver & Nova)


YouTube Uploaded by RanKirlian on Jul 21, 2011

"For this experiment with my iPad I designed a basic layout for TouchOSC to help me control 2 synths at same time. To do that, I create a keyboard and 2 XYpads on the layout. The keyboard points to channel 1 (the novation nova) while the touchpads goes to channel 2 (DSI Evolver).

Using a Camera Connector I can drive coreMIDI to a midi interface with USB. The one I'm using here is an ESI Miditerminal M4U, that gives me 4x4 midi ports and 1 USB port. By doing this, the Miditerminal get both midi signals and power thru the USB from the iPad, and let me send midi signals thru different ports. The last step is to configure on each synth which midi channel will they receive, so there I had to set channel 1 on the Nova and 2 on the Evolver. Try yourself and enjoy!"

TouchOSC - hexler - iTunes
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Friday, June 17, 2011

"iFighter" - MIDI Fighter Controller for iPad / TouchOSC / Traktor


YouTube Uploaded by mauricenorris on Jun 17, 2011

"A short dubstep mini-mix, demonstrating the "iFighter" template for TouchOSC / Traktor / iPad.

The template (created by SloanY) is based on the DJ Tech Tools 'Instant Gratification' mapping for MIDI Fighter, with a few extras thrown in.

Download the template for free here: http://digitaldjtools.net/news/traktor-touchosc-template-for-ipad-ifighter/

You can buy TouchOSC for iPad / iPhone for £2.99 from the App Store: http://goo.gl/xL714

Watch the original video by Ean Golden on the Instant Gratification mapping for MIDI Fighter here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrNqFXnI_Pg

Music:

Headah Freaq EP - "Twinkle" (Available from Stupid Fly Records: http://goo.gl/YbDGM)

D-Jahsta - "Evil Freddy" VIP (Originally a free download from Soundcloud: http://goo.gl/fs206)

Feed Me - "Strange Behaviour" (Available from Beatport: http://goo.gl/ArbVP)

Headah Freaq EP - "Douchebag" (Available from Stupid Fly Records: http://goo.gl/YbDGM)"

hexler - TouchOSC
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

iPad / Traktor 2 Virtual Guitar & Wobble Synth - "Thrashy" for TouchOSC


YouTube Uploaded by mauricenorris on May 25, 2011

"A template for TouchOSC on iPad, allowing control of a guitar 'virtual instrument' and synth. Features LFO 'Wobble' (controllable via 8 buttons), fader cut button, filter, gater, ring modulator and pitch controls. Also features a 'Ploop' button, allowing further control over pitch.

Download the TouchOSC template and the guitar samples for free at: http://digitaldjtools.net/tools/touchosc-traktor-2-virtual-instrument-templat..."

hexler - TouchOSC on iTunes
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

iPad, Konkreet Performer & Traktor 2 - Dubstep Wobble Experiment


YouTube Uploaded by mauricenorris on May 18, 2011

"An experiment using an iPad and the Konkreet Performer app to control dubstep wobble / LFO sounds and drum effects in Traktor 2.

Download the Traktor 2 and OSCulator template files for free at http://digitaldjtools.net/news/traktor-mapping-for-konkreet-performer-wobbula..."

Konkreet Performer - Konkreet Labs - iTunes
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Traktor 2 iPad Controller - "Mashy' v2 for TouchOSC

Uploaded by mauricenorris on May 16, 2011

"A simple, yet powerful TouchOSC iPad layout for Traktor Pro 2, allowing simultaneous control of effects with hotcues, beatmashing / slicing, loops and sample decks.

To download this and more Traktor / TouchOSC templates for free, visit: http://digitaldjtools.net"

TouchOSC - hexler - iTunes

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Reaktor Loupe for TouchOSC on iPad

Reaktor Loupe for TouchOSC on iPad from Peter Dines on Vimeo.


"Coming soon - a new version of Loupe with bidirectional OSC mappings for TouchOSC - the slice / note settings update as you play each note so you see the settings at a glance. Grab all three filter parameters with your fingers and drag them around, navigate the waveform with your ears instead of your eyes.

More here:

modulations.noisepages.com/​2011/​05/​loupe-1-5-for-reaktor-now-with-bidirectional-osc-mappings-for-touchosc/​
"

hexler - TouchOSC
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[Re-posted. This one was a casualty of the recent Blogger outage.]

Reaktor Loupe for TouchOSC on iPad

Reaktor Loupe for TouchOSC on iPad from Peter Dines on Vimeo.


"Coming soon - a new version of Loupe with bidirectional OSC mappings for TouchOSC - the slice / note settings update as you play each note so you see the settings at a glance. Grab all three filter parameters with your fingers and drag them around, navigate the waveform with your ears instead of your eyes.
Re-posting. Look like this one was a casualty of the recent Blogger outage.
More here:

modulations.noisepages.com/​2011/​05/​loupe-1-5-for-reaktor-now-with-bidirectional-osc-mappings-for-touchosc/​
"

hexler - TouchOSC
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011

hpsounds TouchOSC & Max for Live Patchers


hpsounds TouchOSC layout v1b30
Max for Live – HPS DronePads patcher
Max for Live – HPS MIDI controller patcher

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

3 minutes of Scapes


YouTube Uploaded by kKryptum on Apr 27, 2011

"Experimenting with Twisted Tools Scapes using the Touchosc template."

hexler - TouchOSC on iTunes
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

TouchOSC Adds Native MIDI Support

It looks like TouchOSC has added native MIDI CC and Program change support. No sysex at the moment. What this means is you can use TouchOSC direct from iPad to your MIDI hardware sans PC. You will of course need the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer or CoreMIDI with a class compliant USB MIDI device and the camera connection kit.

via hexler - iTunes:

"What's New in Version 1.7

1.7
===========================
- CoreMIDI support (iOS 4.2 or greater)
- Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer support
- New control: Time display
- New control: Battery charge display
- Rotary controls now show initial position marker
- Raised MultiFader limit to 64
- Improved multi-tasking support
- Various bug-fixes

Please download the updated TouchOSC Editor to be able to configure MIDI mappings and use the new controls. Also available is an updated package of default layouts with added MIDI mappings: http://hexler.net" The editor is version 1.5.

hexler
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

MP16a - Now with TouchOSC Template by h3xl3r and Twisted Tools


YouTube Uploaded by twistedtools on Apr 20, 2011

"Twisted Tools has updated *MP16a to v1.2, featuring this amazing fully featured TouchOSC template with controller feedback.

TouchOSC Template by h3xl3r in conjunction with Twisted Tools
MIDI Learnable Amount Knobs
Next/Previous Snapshot via MIDI
Various Fixes and Enhancements
Updated Kore and Maschine Templates
Name change to MP16a

*MP16a is available to all registered users of the product 'Richard Devine's Analogue Microcosm' as additional content in the downloads section. If you haven't registered your product, you will need to login and register your product here to gain access."

TouchOSC - hexler
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Monday, April 18, 2011

Music for a found Launchpad - O Superman


YouTube Uploaded by evenfloyd on Apr 18, 2011

"Launchpad x 2 / iPad / UC33e
Ableton / mlrV / TouchOSC

extracts from:
O Superman - Laurie Anderson
Main Theme (from the Eternal Sunshine of a spotless mind OST) - Jon Brion"

hexler - TouchOSC on iTunes
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The source:

Laurie Anderson - O Superman

Sunday, April 17, 2011

TouchOSC Custom Twisted Tools Buffeater & Colorflex iPad Templates

via Joshua Jackson:

"You have to own the ensembles to be able to download the templates. They are under the user created content page."

TouchOSC - hexler
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

M-Audio Venom Review and Interview with Product Manager Taiho Yamada


A quick note: This review is long. You can jump to sections that interest you vs. reading it straight through if you prefer. This review focuses primarily on the synth engine for one single patch on the Venom. The Venom supports Multi mode with up to four multitimbral parts. Not only can you layer sound programs but you can set global parameters for the set. Be sure to see the Multi mode section of "Tips and Tricks via Taiho Yamada" at the end of this post. Taiho is the Lead Project Manager of the Venom and served as my contact during the review. I want to thank Taiho for his help and enthusiastic generosity. He is a true synthesist and the Venom is his baby.

Synth connections: Taiho previously worked at Alesis on the Andromeda A6. The DSP developer of the Venom worked on Radikal Technologies' Spectralis and the Accelerator. People that contributed to the presets via sound design include Richard Devine, Francis Preve, Mark Ovenden (Avid's AIR Instruments, ProTools VIs), Joerg Huettner (Waldorf, Access, Alesis), and of course Taiho Yamada.

*Don't miss the "Q&A with Taiho" section towards the end of the review. Also keep an eye out for "Taiho's Tips and Tricks" throughout the review in grey. You can find the consolidated list below the Q&A section.

Friday, March 18, 2011

TouchOSC Template for the M-Audio Venom



You can find the TouchOSC template here. Note this does require The Missing Link to work as it uses OSC to MIDI for sysex support.

You can find a TB MIDI Stuff port of the editor which does not require The Missing Link here.

video here

The template covers single mode for the M-Audio Venom. Click on each image for the full size shot. You can see every single editable parameter of the Venom in single mode. Note the Venom does have 16 modulation slots. I stopped at 10 as that is good enough for me for now.

The template is mapped for The Missing Link. You can however map it to OSCulator or other so it should at least save you some time if you are on those formats. Update: You can find a TB MIDI Stuff port of the editor which does not require The Missing Link here.


See this post for a video - note I switched to the Venom color scheme for the template. It looks much sharper than the rainbow colors I originally had.

Friday, March 11, 2011

M-Audio Venom Distortion


YouTube Uploaded by matrixsynth on Mar 10, 2011
follow-up to this post

http://www.m-audio.com/ - Venom
http://wifimidi.com/

"More fun with the M-Audio Venom. Note this is not a proper demo. I am creating a TouchOSC template for all editable parameters in single mode of the Venom and I thought I'd throw this video up. The Venom is turning out to be a surprisingly deep synth. In this video I'm just tweaking the distortion parameters in the Insert FX page of my editor. Wireless control is via The Missing Link. Sliders from left to right: Depth, PreGain, PostGain and High Cutoff. The bottom end drops out in the video as I am still using the mic in on my Canon T2i. No time to sync audio and video just yet. Trust me, it sounds MUCH better live. The more I play with this synth the more I am impressed. I don't want to give too much away before my proper review, but it sounds really, really good. There are things you can do with this synth that you simply cannot do with others. This is a deep and powerful synth. Note this is Single mode with only one patch. The Venom supports Multi mode with up to four patches active."
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