accelerometer to send 1 note on/1note off

Question

hI,

apologies if this is a very basic questions, but I am trying to send a simple command (to animoog). Yours is an Amazing program, loving it.

I have created a button, it is note on/note off. accelerometer currently works to send note on and off.

The problem: It sends many notes, whether in toggle or momentary.

I simply want "constant" note, or "held down" effect. Instead, it sends many on off commands, even if I use "note on" only switch.

Am i doing something wrong?

thanks,

dp

Comments

If you use super controls you can get the accelerometer to be applied to only selected controls and not be applied to your NoteOn/NoteOff control, that way the NoteOn/NoteOff message will be sent only when you press the super control and the effects will have the accelerometer applied to them.

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Hi,
Thanks so much for the speedy comment!
Actually, I can isolate what I would like to do via supercontrol, maybe you can help guide it a little? Again, sorry if its super noob.

Basically, it is an if/then statement:
If knob sends value >1, then button is on. Else, button off.
Button is constant, not retriggering after each value is sent.
So its a radial button that sends 1 value. That value is Note ON.

My problem is that even with 10 ticks from knob, it retriggers button each time.

Again, any thoughts are great, thanks so much,
dp

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It be better if you explained what you wanted exactly in the form of  "I want the accelerometer to perform expression on a note after I press it" , that way it be easier to show you how it's done so you can get a handle on setting up NoteOn and effect combinations.

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Hi,
Thanks again, so fast!
So I will try to explain what I hope to happen.

I want the accelerometer to trigger a note on to animoog and sustain this note when the accelerometer detects its first movement.  
So if the ipod touch is stable, there is no sound. If it moves, a sustained note occurs. Not multiple triggers, but 1 sustained note.
That's it! Again, sorry if it is super basic, but I couldn't seem to get it to happen on my own, and thanks again for the help.
dp

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You want the accelerometer to send a note when it starts accelerating and to send a note off when it stops accelerating but not to send while its accelerating. No it's not a noob thing, it's a mode that's not available at the moment. You'll have to request that feature.

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Cool, thanks.
What I want is when it is at angle 0 it sends note off.
When it is above or below angle 0 it sends 1 note on. just 1 note.
So it is a note on, or note off. If angle greater than 0, then play 1 note.

Sounds like I'll request that feature, thanks again!
dp

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I was wondering why you don't play the note and let the accelerometer do the sustain bit?

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yes, it is an installation, so it is meant to behave on its own, only initiated by movement. nobody touches the screen, which is hidden.

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Sequential controls might do it , I think you might be able to set a range as well for note on and off, I will look into it tomorrow but check them out your self as well.

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thanks, I'll check them later and let you know if I figure anything out!

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It's really difficult to explain this procedure but pretty easy to do.

Imagine a row of about 10 dominos where one of the dominos is a NoteOn/NoteOff and depending which way the dominos are falling will depend when a NoteOn or a NoteOff is sent, basically you set up a row of sequential controls where one of them is going to be a NoteOn/NoteOff with only two ticks and the less ticks the control that's going to do the domino effect (accelerometer control) the less jitter you have incase you make NoteOff/NoteOn the middle domino.

We just use 3 dominos to get you started.

Create 3 dominos (Rotary Controls) and put them in a row, double tap the middle one and set it as a NoteOn/NoteOff ,set its ticks to 2, set the note to the one you want, might as well name it to Note so you can easily find it when you want to move it to a different position in the domino chain.

Create another control (rotary or slider) that's going to be a SuperControl for the dominos, add all the dominos as sub controls and make sure the super control's "option as super" has sequential set to on. Set this super control's ticks to about 40, the less it is the less jitter you get for a small number of dominos, turn the super control's accelerometer to on and select the axis you want.

I think that's about it for a template.

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I found a different method you might find useful without using sequential controls for the NoteOn/NoteOff part.

Create a rotary button for the accelerometer and set its ticks to 4, add a NoteOn/NoteOff as a sub control and set its ticks to 2. This has no jitter at all ,
only thing here is you need to create a separate slider to do the sustain effect that can be a single rotary with accelerometer.

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wow, thanks, I'll definitely try these out. I had a version running with 1 knob and a button which kept the sustain, but it was a little jittery for sure. Thanks so much, great help!

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Glad to see this discussion moving forward. If it gets to the point where you cannot find solutions in MIDI Designer, we might be talking about a feature-request (suggestion), or something that can be with Bomes of MJDJ.

Thanks!