suggestions for first SDK project?

bgarlow · Post by **bgarlow** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:44 am

Hello all,

I'm looking for ideas for my first SDK project. Something simple but useful that would be a good way to get my feet wet. Any suggestions?

What are you guys working on? Does anyone feel like sharing their projects with the rest of us newbies; something we can use as a tutorial?

Thanks,
Brent

Music Manic · Post by **Music Manic** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:36 am

MIDI matrix sequencer with velocity control,MIDI channel choice etc.

Lima · Post by **Lima** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 12:11 pm

Hi! Why not making a midi delay?

A simple device that repeat the midi flow after a setted amount of tiks (or beats).

I think that scope needs some midi empruvements, so this is one...

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 12:20 pm

I don't think Music Manic has SDK ...

j9k suggested a small mixer. I would add: anything simple that you have missed. Personally, I found routing pretty straight forward (got to get my music PC up running again,so I can make that promissed 8 channel aby switch).

cannonball · Post by **cannonball** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 2:00 pm

hi

i have received the mine too
but is a pain at the moment

i 'd like to built an open
stereo channel or an
equalizer like peq4 with 8 band or
a mixer

ale

ale

bgarlow · Post by **bgarlow** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 3:43 pm

Thanks for the suggestions...keep them coming! I built a simple guitar distortion stomp-box this morning. Nothing I couldn't have built in Modular, but it was good practice. I only built the circuit, so maybe I'll work on a GUI for it tomorrow.

Cheers!

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 7:17 pm

that's the proper way of doing it

start with something you're familiar with in real world - analyze it's function and control chain - find the elements in SDK that could represent these items - arrange and check if it's behaving as expected.

Modify the flaws (which are likely to show up) and possibly look for alternatives that may replace existing blocks by new arrangements of simpler elements.

Don't bother with the user interface too much (in the beginning) - it's always the most sophisticated part

pretty obvious blurb, but it's often neglected by wanting too much.
The more systematically you study the simple blocks, the faster revealation shows up and things almost flow by themselves.
It has been mentioned here that music and programming aren't that different.

another suggestion from the midi world which would be nice to have and doesn't exist yet:

an omni-note changer - whatever midi note arrives, it outputs the same predefined note.
In case you wonder: all SFP drum modules (for example) rely on a certain note set for the instrument (voice).
If you have existing multi-channel patterns, you'd have to modify each stored note to the appropriate value for the desired instrument.
With such a device whatever is stored on a channel automatically triggers the right drum.

cheers, Tom

nitri · Post by **nitri** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:32 pm

Hello! Yesterday, I start to build a Mixer for live, with Mackie control, my second step will be make the same mixer but with transport control for Logic. I think in a filter for all commands except transport, markers and Jog. I see in the DSP window two modules called MackieFader Control an Button Control, but I haven´t any information of this.

nitri · Post by **nitri** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:35 pm

Another question: It´s posible write DLL´s or SCRIPT files?. I need process a algorithm for initialize the Mackie control.

Music Manic · Post by **Music Manic** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:58 am

On 2004-11-13 15:43, bgarlow wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions...keep them coming! I built a simple guitar distortion stomp-box this morning. Nothing I couldn't have built in Modular, but it was good practice. I only built the circuit, so maybe I'll work on a GUI for it tomorrow.

Cheers!

Can we hear it?

Lima · Post by **Lima** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:30 pm

On 2004-11-13 14:00, cannonball wrote:

i 'd like to built an open
stereo channel or an
equalizer like peq4 with 8 band or
a mixer

I vote for the peq8!

dr cold hand · Post by **dr cold hand** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:56 am

What about having a bash at this:

http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... forum=30&7

I don't know if it's simple.

decimator · Post by **decimator** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:30 am

Sorry if I have to say it again : for those who have Reaktor there are plenty of ideas / paths already explored, sure you can't do ( modules equivalents + ... ) and possibly are not willing to do 1:1 ports but there's quite some brain spilled there since some years !

It's the *only* reason, I'am hanging on my Reaktor license, for later ...

Also Synthedit creations to study and others ... ( insert names - ideas )