28-02-21, 17:36 -
HI Hans & the whole community,
first off, thanks so much for your invaluable work on this project. I've been working on getting my samplerbox going on a Pi4, running Raspbian and Samplerbox through the Hans fork from the github repo, with an AudioInjector hat. It required quite a bit of hacking and debugging, and I aim to share the way of getting there (maybe not a bespoke image, but a fork of Hans' fork specifically for running it on Pi4.
Anyway, I'm trying to further complete my configuration of the box to a stable system before thinking of sharing.
This involves controlling the box (mainly: switching instruments, volume, toggling effects on/off, changing effects parameters) using my midi controller, which right now is the Arturia Beatstep pro. I thought this'd be ideal as it has a lot of buttons and pots.
I edited the ControllerCCs.csv file to represent the CC mapping in Beatstep. I've verified that the CC numbers I've entered here are correct, both using the arturia midi control centre software, AND the aseqdump utility in Raspbian. It looks like this:
As you can see, I'm somewhat confused as to what the 'Val' column represents. So I initially copied the approach taken by you in your ControllerCCs file, i.e. assigning an increasing 'Val' to each of the buttons. I did then try experimenting a bit with this, as the samplerbox was not reacting to any of the button inputs.
Further, I've edited the CCmap.csv in order to map to the controls I want, see below:
The interesting thing is that Pot_01 and Pot_02 work, i.e. they reduce volume and adjust pitch, respectively. However, none of the buttons or the other pot produce any reaction on the Pi.
For reference, here is some output from the aseqdump util, to show what my Beatstep Pro's buttons and pots are sending to the samplerbox:
Are the buttons perhaps sending the wrong information?
Any ideas on how I can identify what isn't working here? Most importantly, I'm talking about being able to change sample sets with the touch of a button.
Thanks so much in advance,
All the best
Nik
first off, thanks so much for your invaluable work on this project. I've been working on getting my samplerbox going on a Pi4, running Raspbian and Samplerbox through the Hans fork from the github repo, with an AudioInjector hat. It required quite a bit of hacking and debugging, and I aim to share the way of getting there (maybe not a bespoke image, but a fork of Hans' fork specifically for running it on Pi4.
Anyway, I'm trying to further complete my configuration of the box to a stable system before thinking of sharing.
This involves controlling the box (mainly: switching instruments, volume, toggling effects on/off, changing effects parameters) using my midi controller, which right now is the Arturia Beatstep pro. I thought this'd be ideal as it has a lot of buttons and pots.
I edited the ControllerCCs.csv file to represent the CC mapping in Beatstep. I've verified that the CC numbers I've entered here are correct, both using the arturia midi control centre software, AND the aseqdump utility in Raspbian. It looks like this:
Code:
Controller,CC,Val
# Testing config for arturia beatstep pro for use with the samplerbox.
# NL, 26/02/21
Pot_01,10,-1,
Pot_02,74,-1,
Pot_03,71,-1,
Pot_04,76,-1,
Pot_05,77,-1,
Pot_06,93,-1,
Pot_07,73,-1,
Pot_08,75,-1,
Pot_09,114,-1,
Pot_10,18,-1,
Pot_11,19,-1,
Pot_12,16,-1,
Pot_13,17,-1,
Pot_14,91,-1,
Pot_15,79,-1,
Pot_16,72,-1,
#Button_01,20,1,
Button_01,20,20,
#Button_02,21,2,
Button_02,21,21,
Button_03,22,3,
Button_04,23,4,
Button_05,24,5,
Button_06,25,6,
Button_07,26,7,
Button_08,27,8,
Button_09,28,10,
Button_10,29,11,
Button_11,30,12,
Button_12,31,13,
Button_13,52,14,
Button_14,53,15,
Button_15,54,16,
Button_16,55,17,As you can see, I'm somewhat confused as to what the 'Val' column represents. So I initially copied the approach taken by you in your ControllerCCs file, i.e. assigning an increasing 'Val' to each of the buttons. I did then try experimenting a bit with this, as the samplerbox was not reacting to any of the button inputs.
Further, I've edited the CCmap.csv in order to map to the controls I want, see below:
Code:
Controller,Type,Sets,Mode,#TAKE CARE: most keywords are case sensitive,
Pot_01,Fixed,Volume,Continuous,,
Pot_02,Fixed,PitchWheel,Continuous,,
Pot_03,Fixed,MoogCutoff,Continuous,,
Pot_04,Fixed,MoogResonance,Continuous,,
Button_01,Fixed,ProgramUp,Toggle,,
Button_02,Fixed,ProgramDown,Toggle,,
Button_03,Fixed,Moog,Toggle,,
Button_04,Fixed,Chorus,Toggle,,
Pot_05,Fixed,ChorusDepth,Continuous,,The interesting thing is that Pot_01 and Pot_02 work, i.e. they reduce volume and adjust pitch, respectively. However, none of the buttons or the other pot produce any reaction on the Pi.
For reference, here is some output from the aseqdump util, to show what my Beatstep Pro's buttons and pots are sending to the samplerbox:
Code:
20:0 Control change 0, controller 10, value 91 # pot 1
20:0 Control change 0, controller 10, value 92
20:0 Control change 0, controller 10, value 93
20:0 Control change 0, controller 10, value 94
20:0 Control change 0, controller 10, value 95
20:0 Control change 0, controller 20, value 127 # button 1
20:0 Control change 0, controller 20, value 0
20:0 Control change 0, controller 20, value 127
20:0 Control change 0, controller 20, value 0
20:0 Control change 0, controller 22, value 127 # button 2
20:0 Control change 0, controller 22, value 0Are the buttons perhaps sending the wrong information?
Any ideas on how I can identify what isn't working here? Most importantly, I'm talking about being able to change sample sets with the touch of a button.
Thanks so much in advance,
All the best
Nik