GOLSequencer, HarmonicTable, and MidiReference on GitHub
With just a little trepidation I have checked in the code for all of my free software goodies into GitHub. I was getting several requests to provide access to the source for several of my old projects, so rather than emailing code around on a case by case basis, I have simply checked everything in [...]
RWMidi, GMS, and GOL Sequencer: Adventures in Social Coding
Many moons ago, I created a little tool called the GOL Sequencer Bank. You can read more about it here, and here. In order to create the tool, I used RWMidi, a Java/Processing library created by Manuel Odendahl of Ruin&Wesen. While creating the sequencer bank, I discovered that the RWMidi library had no support for [...]
Harmonic Table 0.5: Midi Input & Lit Keys
While I thought the GOL Sequencer Bank would get the bulk of my attention this Winter, it turns out I’m getting far more requests to update to the Harmonic Table controller. Among them were Midi Input capabilities, buttons lighting up, and some bug fixes here and there. All that completed, I give you Harmonic Table [...]
HarmonicTable 0.3
Bit slow these days with work and other stuff to get around to some of the changes I’m been meaning to make to these projects, but here is a quick 0.3 stab. I had more changes planned for this release, along with some stuff for playing back patterns and keyboard playback support, but for now [...]
Processing HarmonicTable 02
Mac users pointed out some problems with 01, so I fixed the following: When dragging notes, the note would only sound once until the mouse was released. The software would not start up automatically on many Macs unless the java version was set to 6 Unreported: Notes would only sustain as long as the mouse [...]
Processing HarmonicTable 01
UPDATE: This is no longer the latest version, I fixed some bugs for Mac users and reposted. To get the latest version click here. Since I don’t have a touchscreen to test this with, I’m releasing the 01 version with mouse functionality, along with a few GUI functions to change the midi out port and [...]
Processing HarmonicTable: Part 2
Since the last post I’ve had to make far more changes than I expected. If you looked at the previous examples, there was using a loop to create the hex buttons, making translations to relative to other translations on the screen. In the process I completely lost track of the absolute position of the button, [...]
Processing HarmonicTable: Part 1
Earlier this year while reading Harmonic Experience by W. A. Mathieu, I was introduced to the concept of lattices to represent tones, chords and keys. These lattices can be used to represent the basics of music composition in a visual way that makes more sense than standard scales on staffs. Here is an example: The [...]
