Comments on: Yo-yo tuning; tangible audio

By: Roo Reynolds - Rocking Outside the Xbox

Roo Reynolds - Rocking Outside the Xbox — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:30:04 +0000

[...] talked about MIDI, and it’s trendier younger brother OSC, here before. Since these items showing up in ControllerMate, (including Wiimotes via Bluetooth and Guitar Hero [...]

By: Roo

Roo — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:38:09 +0000

Not really. If I were you, I’d try it with a lower number, just to see if that’s causing the problem. After that, I’m afraid you’ll need to try the reactivision forums. Good luck with it though.

By: flashfoto

flashfoto — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:29:37 +0000

hey Roo

Cool stuff and great fun. I have all I need now to put a small setup together.However when I invoke reactivision with my midi device the microsoft midi mapper device keeps opening.As you know this is device zero.My device is 19 and midi yoke (which I could also use) is 10.I am invoking with the command >reactivision.exe -m midi\demo.xml -midi-device 19 but only the midi mapper opens.

Do you have any suggestions?

Regards
Flashfoto

By: Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Cambridge - Brighten the Corners » Blog Archive » Sentinel

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:48:11 +0000

[...] while back, Roo Reynolds posted about his experiments with Reactivision. Reactivision is a really neat way of building what’re called tangible user [...]

By: Roo

Roo — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:12:18 +0000

Ok that worked, thanks.

Excellent.

Any idea on how to use it wor computer control? Volume control, etc?

Sorry, I don’t know what you mean. If you’re having trouble with REAPER, try the manual. If you’re struggling with reacTIVision, the post at the top of this page is what I did, and it worked for me. After that, the user forum is probably a good place to start.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:37:24 +0000

Ok that worked, thanks.

Any idea on how to use it wor computer control?

Volume control, etc?

By: Roo

Roo — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:19:38 +0000

MIDI notes and contollers can be assigned to all sorts of actions in Reaper. First, make sure the MIDI device you’re using is set up for use as a control input, as well being enabled.

Options | Preferences | Audio | MIDI Devices

Right click on the MIDI input device you’re using (in the list in the top half of that screen) and make sure it’s enabled for control messages.

To assign actions to controllers, go to

Options | Preferences | General | Keyboard/Control | New…

Then, with the ‘Shortcut’ field highlighted, [move a MIDI control so a MIDI message is generated and the editor knows which controller (or note) you’re talking about. Then you can pick an action in the ‘Action’ dropdown. For example, “Track: Set volume for track 01″.

The other area to explore is in Reaper’s FX chain. Almost every action in every plugin can be assigned to a MIDI note or controller. Look for the ‘Learn’ button in the top right of the FX plugin editor. Pick a control for that plugin, and teach it will invite you to teach it which MIDI controller you want to use by changing that control. It should be pretty easy once you get the hang of it, but fiddle with the different settings to see what works for you.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:52:46 +0000

Ok, ive gotten reaper to recognise thw midis and play music, but how fo i get it to react to the turning and sliding????

hit me up:

tyeo098[at](yahoo)[dot]com

By: Heather R.

Heather R. — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:08:47 +0000

Neato! A classmate and I are using Reactivision for our final and am having a lot of trouble with the camera’s calibration. We’re using a unibrain i-fire and plexiglass, both of which seem to be causing problems. We’re doing it with visuals in Processing instead of Midi. Any advice you could provide would be much appreciated! Again, good work. That’s awesome.

By: Roo

Roo — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:19:54 +0000

Thanks Tom. I appreciate the comment.