Hey guys, I'm new to the forum. I've only really been using PD properly since about September, and slowly getting my jumbled head around things.

Anyway, apart from filling you in on my boring life, i thought i'd chuck this out there for you to look at. I've recently picked up my launchpad again, thinking about ways to get it working that i'd prefer to work with, so thought i'd crack out PD and give it ago...

So this is my 'first' patch for it running a little bit like a step sequencer. I've zipped a load of other patches in there also that I made whilst trying to get this sorted.

I'll admit this is VERY messy. This is one of the reasons i'm posting it up, so anyone with a sound fresh mind can have a look and maybe give me some pointers?

I want to move on and make my own MLR patch (After just test driving the Nomome)

On a side note. If you open up the Zip and open LaunchPad Step Sequencer List.pd that's the one i've got furthest on. If you plug in your launchpad, set it to midi device 1 in and out, then use IAC to go out to any software going to midi channel 1.

Alllsssoooo, to change the notes it's activating delve into each row and you'll find it. Any questions feel free to ask and Critique

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/PD_Step_Sequencer.zip

I've attached my take on the step sequencer. Data is stored and played back from an array. I think this is more efficient, and also serves to make saving/loading sequences trivial.

I you disable the bang that recieves symbol "go" in drumguts, and open this patch along side yours, this patch will take over for instrument/track 1 in the sequencer.

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/stepSequencer_v0.1.pd

...all the link are broken, it's a pitty because are the same things tath i try to understand, build and use with pd and launchpad....

Hi to everyboy,

i forgot to post a better guide:

I tested this on linux ubuntu maverick:

before you have to install:

$ sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0
$ sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev
$ sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev

then extract the sources (from https://github.com/jiyunatori/launchpad, click Downloads, and take the .tar.gz)

cd in the extracted directory compile with:

$ make clean
$ make lpmidi

if you didn't get errors plug the launchpad and run:

$ sudo ./lpmidi

then open jack or alsamidi ports...and you'll find the launchpad midi device.

you can take the lpmidi apps and put where you want, and make a launcher (i put it on the gnomepanel)

I hope this works also for the linux user here, let me know....

All this instruction came from here: http://www.renoise.com/board/index.php?showtopic=26229

thanks

Hi to everyone, i found an application + library to get working the launchpad on linux and works.

I take the sources from here, downloadin the .tar.gz
https://github.com/jiyunatori/launchpad/archives/master

Then compile like this:

$ make clean
$ make lpmidi

you'll find (if it's all ok) the compiled application and run it with:

$ sudo ./lpmidi

I had to install libusb-1.0-0, libusb-1.0-0-dev and libasound

I tested with jack and zynsubaddfx and with a patch a 64step sequencer with leds on and it's fine....now i can work on this

I'm sure some pd-gui guru will be able to give you the exact answer to that question, but I believe to know that pd is not really made for this kind of gui trickery, so you will find doing yourself a lot of cumbersome interface patching.

A couple of things i've tried are: moving canvasses around (I don't know if you can move abstractions, you probably can) and re-using tables coupled with a canvas background-color change (so you can use 1 table as a stepsequencer, or modulation area for pitch, filter, note-value,...). This last thing involves using 1 display table on a canvas and n value-storage tables (used by the actual patch); depending on the selected function (stepsequencer, note-value,...) you recolor the canvas, copy the visible values to/from value-storage tables.

To simulate tabs you can always use the "canvas put over a slider" trick.

Sure, you can do nice gui's with pd (look at toxonic's stuff for instance), but if you want as advanced as a vst plugin, I wish you good luck...

D.

Ok, got it working.

• I replaced puredyne with ubuntu 10.10

• installed Jack from Ubuntu Software center

• installed PD-extended 0.42.5 deb for ubuntu 10.10

• added the ppa for August Black's readanysf~ found here https://launchpad.net/~reduzierer/+archive/rdz-pd-extra+deps

• installed pd-readanysf through synaptic
  NOTE: the external gets installed to /usr/lib/pd/extra/ but it should be in /usr/lib/pd-extended/extra/
  so make sure you move it there.

-Kai

Hi to every...

This is a sort of Ovation to all the PD comunity useres and developers....

....i am totally noob with this things but...i made somethings taking some patches made from yours and let it work in my mood....(this is the ovation)

This is an work in progress 64 step sequencer....i want to use with Novation Launchpad, in future......if someone need more explain...let me know (ididn't put any readme or similar...)

...you have to use an external midi-daw or midi-sampler or what else midi-based to heard sounds....

Thanks to all

It could be encouraginig to know it is (now) working in ubuntu 10.04...

i'm newbie, PD didn't work neither with jack but i followed the steps indicated here (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudioPreparation), i start jack, pd with the flags -rt -jack -alsamidi and the other softwares, phasex or zynaddsubfx, etc (i can even hear sounds and videos on firefox). i connect them all with Patchage and "en avant la musique"!

maybe an important detail (maybe not, ahem): i start ubuntu 10.04 with the "linux-realtime" from https://launchpad.net/~falk-t-j/+archive/lucid/+index?start=225&batch=75

voila

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/Patchage.jpg

Hi folks,

Been playing with a band for a while but been encouraged to start a solo project. here's a first track sequenced live on PD with a novation launchpad.

Makes heavy use of samples, beat cutting and of course my recently released minimoog style synth
http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-4087-minimoog-style-synthesizer
programmed via OSC.