Can Rack Extensions control hardware?
I know a little bit about programming and often wondered if dipping my toes into rack extensions would be worth it. As an owner of a Juno-106, it would be amazing to have an Juno Editor as a rack extension. But I have the sneaky suspicion this is outside the scope of what Rack Extensions can do. Am I correct in assuming this?
any thing you plug into external midi instrument will work in a ltd way
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I am specifically thinking of archiving and automating sound design parameters. There are VSTs that do this, but can Rack Extensions do this?
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You can not run a specific midi editor/library for an external synth as an RE.
But you can control external synths via normal midi and the 128 ContolChange messages from RE.
No sysex support.
But you can control external synths via normal midi and the 128 ContolChange messages from RE.
No sysex support.
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Bummer, I wonder if they'll ever implement sysex support. It would be amazing.SoundObjects wrote: ↑03 Oct 2019You can not run a specific midi editor/library for an external synth as an RE.
But you can control external synths via normal midi and the 128 ContolChange messages from RE.
No sysex support.
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They can, if you write a special Remote Codec. Haven't tried but even Sysex should work. It won't be very timing stable though.
For example, you could take a Newtron 16 from Hamu as a control surface, lock a Remote Codec you have written to send Midi to a port you setup in the preferences to it and then it sends that Midi.
You need to apply to the Remote SDK and have to dig a bit deeper as it is a pretty special way to use it.
For example, you could take a Newtron 16 from Hamu as a control surface, lock a Remote Codec you have written to send Midi to a port you setup in the preferences to it and then it sends that Midi.
You need to apply to the Remote SDK and have to dig a bit deeper as it is a pretty special way to use it.
OK, all that just went straight over my head. I'll translate that as "A really experienced programmer could make it work somewhat". I guess there's a reason there aren't any hardware controller Rack Extension in the shop.electrofux wrote: ↑03 Oct 2019They can, if you write a special Remote Codec. Haven't tried but even Sysex should work. It won't be very timing stable though.
For example, you could take a Newtron 16 from Hamu as a control surface, lock a Remote Codec you have written to send Midi to a port you setup in the preferences to it and then it sends that Midi.
You need to apply to the Remote SDK and have to dig a bit deeper as it is a pretty special way to use it.
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Pretty much that. Though you dont have to be THAT much of an experienced programmer as lua is "just" a scripting language. You could even start by fiddling around with a standard codec where you can see the input and output Midi.tallguy wrote: ↑03 Oct 2019OK, all that just went straight over my head. I'll translate that as "A really experienced programmer could make it work somewhat". I guess there's a reason there aren't any hardware controller Rack Extension in the shop.electrofux wrote: ↑03 Oct 2019They can, if you write a special Remote Codec. Haven't tried but even Sysex should work. It won't be very timing stable though.
For example, you could take a Newtron 16 from Hamu as a control surface, lock a Remote Codec you have written to send Midi to a port you setup in the preferences to it and then it sends that Midi.
You need to apply to the Remote SDK and have to dig a bit deeper as it is a pretty special way to use it.
OK, but as I'm really wondering about a small, easy project to dip my toes in, I'll hold off on trying to write a hardware controller rack extension for now.electrofux wrote: ↑05 Oct 2019Pretty much that. Though you dont have to be THAT much of an experienced programmer as lua is "just" a scripting language. You could even start by fiddling around with a standard codec where you can see the input and output Midi.
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The Remote soultion would be kindof a workaround anyways and it would only work in Reason standalone.
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