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> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 8:16 AM, danomatika <danomatika at gmail.com>
wrote:
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>> In regards to the whole Ableton vs/compared to Ardour+pd+etc, I find I
>> like using seq24 to do sequencing
>> outside of pd and pd to make all audio.  It is simple and does the job
>> without getting in my way and trying to
>> do too much for me.
>>
>> A few weeks ago I added midi song export to seq4 as a branch on
Launchpad<https://code.launchpad.net/%7Edanomatika/seq24/midi-export>.
>> Now I can make a song in
>> seq24 and then load and play it in pd using the mrpeach midifile object.
>>
>> Anyone else using seq24+pd may find this ability useful.  Please message
>> the seq24 devs on Launchpad to
>> get them to test and merge my changes to the main branch so it will go
>> into the next version of Ubuntu.
>> (that would be nice)
>>

looks like a nice approach, so I tried it today.
unfortunately i got the same result as similar things I tried before and
which involve midi sent over alsa or jack to/from pd: poor timing
(irregular)
I uploaded this little test file so you can hear what I mean:
http://www.archive.org/download/TestTimingJackSeq24Pd/test_jack_timing_seq24_pd.ogg
I connected seq24 to pd by selecting the 'midi bus' for the sequences.
I ran pd -jack and qjackctl, but i did not make any midi connections in
qjackctl itself, so I'm not sure if jack even has anything to do with
it...
I did this on ubuntustudio (hardy)
do you get better results ?

Tim

I've never noticed this before because I don't do any super strict/fast sequencing.  Mainly I'm planning
on using seq24 to create the midi control sequences that are read and played in pd using the
midifile object at show time.  Basically I want the flexibility of the interface for composing as opposed to
my gop toggle/slider sequence objects but with the same playback directly within pd for live performance.
I do not use seq24 on my wearable, the patches should just read the midi songfiles to control whatever
is in the patch.

hi again,
I did a second test, this time in pure:dyne.
I took an even simpler pattern and switch between [metro 60] and the 32nd
notes coming from [notein] to make the difference more apparent:
http://www.archive.org/download/TestTimingJackSeq24Pd2/test_timing_pd_seq24_2.ogg
gr,
Tim
So thats about 166.6 bpm with streams of 32nd notes?  I did the same test and the seq24 noteons seem to
"roll".  The devs are working on adding jack midi to seq24 which is sample accurate so that should help wait
a bit I believe, otherwise jump in and add it.

It seems this is a common problem with alsa-based midi anywho.

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Dan Wilcox
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