Hello,

I would like to send midi notes to [notein] from a box number, so that when I scroll the box number, I simulate a chromatic scale performed with an external MIDI keyboard.
I tried with [noteout]: the notes are sent correctly but they accumulate...they don't stop.
II need to figure out how to handle the noteoff events.
Essentially, when the number changes, the previous note must stop.
[pd 0.54 on Linux + jack]
notein.pd

Thank you,
a.

Try to undestand the patch and read the manual, esp. 2 control.examples / 08.depthfirst.pd

look at "make note" you connect makenote to noteout
. also, note out doesnt send to note in.

@willblackhurst said:

look at "make note" you connect makenote to noteout

I tried [makenote] but I think something's missing...
I mean, it works, but the durations are fixed... instead I need to figure out how to make the note off only happen when I change the number...
Any tips?

notein_2.pd

Thanks,
a.

@atux said:

I tried [makenote] but I think something's missing...

Now I managed it without using [makenote]. The goal was to make each note persist until I change the number. In this way, by moving the slider, you obtain tied notes.
Now it works.

notein_3.pd

But now the problem is this: for example, the values ​​60.0, 60.1, 60.2 inside the number box always get the same note. Is there a way to make all the notes sound at their true frequencies? In this way you can obtain a true continuous glissando.
Thanks for any tips,

a.

@atux said:

But now the problem is this: for example, the values ​​60.0, 60.1, 60.2 inside the number box always get the same note. Is there a way to make all the notes sound at their true frequencies? In this way you can obtain a true continuous glissando.

No. 1/ MIDI note numbers cannot represent microtones. 2/ else/sfont~ ignores fractional note numbers too (so even if you bypass notein/noteout and put fractional note numbers directly into the sound font player, you still won't get microtones).

Basically: MIDI is outdated and boring, and we're still stuck with its 80s limitations

Rant incoming... Actually, the VST framework has an extra data field for detuning, but I'm aware of only one plugin that actually implements it (the old VST2(!) version of Plogue's sforzando). I used to use that for microtuned sampler instruments, but then I had to migrate to yabridge instead of direct WINE support, and... yabridge ignores the detune field too so that's gone. So what's left? sfizz = nope (and sfizz also makes it impossible to use MPE because "hey we're just a plugin, we'll never have to respond to MIDI through hardware so we're going to ignore MIDI channel completely, so, no MPE ever! We're stuck in 2015!") There's a cute sampler plugin called Decent Sampler which does support MPE, but it doesn't handle pitch bend right, and they ignore bug reports, so... for now, don't even think about continuous pitch in sampler plugins, at least not in Linux.

hjh

Hi @atux
This is not really the answer, but it does simulate glissando in sfont~. Maybe it will help.
copy theremin.sf2 from else/sf to the same folder as this
theremin.pd

@Balwyn said:

This is not really the answer, but it does simulate glissando in sfont~.

Yes, I adapted your patch to mine, and it works fine!
It's funny that I was just working on solving the continuous glissando problem using the [bend $1( message as well, but in a slightly different way, maybe more clumsy... .
If I manage to get it to work, I'll post my solution too.

Thanks a lot,
a.