The Midi Aggregator - Vintage synth meet C++
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In addition to the Oric and Atari computers, I'm also interested in "vintage" audio equipment.
My few previous videos were about repairing them (like the MU100 sound bank problems or the TC800D belts), but that one is actually about making sound.
The "Midi Aggregator" (candidate name, may change) is a small tool I made for myself to be able to jam with my equipment.
Of course I did try Cubase, Ableton, Renoise, LMMS, etc... but they did not really click with my way of working, so since I'm a programmer, I decided that the next best thing was to reinvent the wheel. Not necessary the best wheel, but I wheel I would feel comfortable with... and even if it ends up being an ugly and impractical wheel, I would still have learnt a lot in the process!
So, my current equipment (presented in this video) is:
Input devices/controllers
- Yamaha Reface YC (2015)
- Akai MPK Mini mk2 (2014)
- Contour ShuttlePROv2
- Corsair K70 RGB
Synths:
- Yamaha TX7 (1984)
- Yamaha MU100 (1997) + PLG150-PC
- Roland SC88vl (1996)
- KORG NX5R (1999)
Effect processors:
- Yamaha FX500 (1989)
- BOSS SE-70 (1993)
Misc
- Rane SM82 Stereo Mixer (1989)
Direct video links: 00:00 Intro 00:35 A bit of history 01:19 Oric MIDI interface 01:41 MIDI enhanced gaming (MT-32, SC55, SC88) 02:23 The rest (NX5R, MU100, FX500, SE-70, TX7) 02:50 Yamaha Reface YC 03:50 Akai MPK mini 04:36 Midi OX 06:02 RtMidi and SFML 07:20 Current state of Midi Aggregator 08:10 Mapping knobs to midi events 08:20 Synths selector 09:18 Metronom 10:00 Effect selector 11:07 Track recorder 13:22 Device grouping 14:00 Future plans 15:13 Source code availability and portability 15:57 MIDI SysEx requests and documentation 16:50 Shuttle as a controller 17:50 NX5R and MU100 demo tracks
External links:
- RtMidi: https://www.music.mcgill.ca/~gary/rtmidi/
- SFML: https://www.sfml-dev.org
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DefenceForceOrg
- MidiAggregator video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYiqdwqLlUY
- MidiAggregator video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-aQrLtJUsA
As usual, feel free to comment if you have remarks, suggestions, questions, or ideas of topics you'd like to be covered in my videos.
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- The Defence Force blog: http://blog.defence-force.org
- The Defence Force forums: http://forum.defence-force.org
- The Defence Force games and demos: http://www.defence-force.org
we also have a twitter account and a facebook page
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DefenceForceOrg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DefenceForceOrg/
and if you want to code on the Oric, we have a Software Development kit for you:
- The Oric SDK: http://osdk.defence-force.org ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY0Q-AlWvaI
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