I have a Sensel Morph and is a great device with an outstanding z-axis sensitivity. It comes with an app (unfortunately Mac/Win only) which lets you set the control type. [1] That way the sensel can act like a keyboard to the computer, or a MIDI device or a MIDI MPE device, etc. This is a powerful concept which allows to integrate the device in many different software environments without the need for a software adapter or plugin. This means the sensel morph is already usable and more than useful with Pd as is. When looking at the API level features [2] it's clear however that there is way more information available which can't be accessed through layers like MIDI, even with MPE extensions. Here is where the external would be very welcome. The functionality could be modeled after the existing max external(-s?) [3], [4] however they don't seem to be open source as far as I can see. Peter Nyboer wants some discussion about the specs of such Pd external. From my point of view it would be nice if it would adhere to current development tools like the lib builder [5] and be available via deken (and apt on linux). From sensel I would wish their app would be available for linux or at least there would be a way to change the morph control type from within linux. I also miss an OpenSoundControl control type.

m.

[1] https://guide.sensel.com/app/#control-types [2] https://guide.sensel.com/api/#api-data-output-description [3] https://cycling74.com/articles/content-you-need-sensel [4] http://www.roaldbaudoux.org/nouvelles/112-max-msp-jitter/100-sensel-morph-ma... [5] https://github.com/pure-data/pd-lib-builder

On 11.06.19 07:19, Julian Brooks wrote:

Nice. Don't normally get excited by gear but this actually looks useful...

On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 at 17:36, Peter Nyboer <p@nbor.us mailto:p@nbor.us> wrote:

I’m not looking for free work - I’d be happy to do it as trade for
gear or a mix of pay and gear. Whatever works. I would want to spec
out the behavior and have some  assurance of continued support for
it available.

Peter

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On Jun 10, 2019, at 4:45 AM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika@gmail.com
<mailto:danomatika@gmail.com>> wrote:

I'm wondering if anyone is interested in donating a Sensel Morph
or two as incentive for the development of a native Pd object.
This seems like the perfect kind of project for an advanced
student as well...

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On Jun 10, 2019, at 12:00 PM, pd-list-request@lists.iem.at
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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2019 12:33:44 -0700
From: Peter Nyboer <p@nbor.us <mailto:p@nbor.us>>
To:pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at>
Subject: [PD] Sensel Morph object development
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Hi All,

I’m wondering if anyone is interested in creating an object for
PD for the Sensel Morph. There’s an API in C on github
<https://github.com/sensel/sensel-api> with details in our guide
<http://guide.sensel.com/api/>.
There is an object for Max that works quite nicely - it would be
great to get a similar object for Pure Data. Send me a mail
atpeter@sensel.com
<mailto:peter@sensel.com><mailto:peter@sensel.com> and we can
figure out details.

Peter.

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Dan Wilcox
@danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika>
danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/>
robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>

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