Eigenharp Pico - anyone??

[Andrew Tarpinian]

On Mar 9, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Jay Vaughan wrote:

>> Here's the rub, its not a simple MIDI controller that you can just
>> plug into your daw like a keyboard.
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> *sigh* how I yearn for those days ..

apparently midi is not able to contain all the data it can transmit.

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>> It's got a whole software environment that it runs in on your
>> machine. I'm having trouble really finding info on how it works, but
>> it seems like you would then need to route audio and MIDI to your
>> daw if you wanted to record parts in your daw. I think, at least.
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> Its got a sort of patchy backend, using: PUREDATA!!

Duh faq's

Routing midi -
http://www.eigenlabs.com/faq/eigend/how-do-i-route-midi-from-eigend-into-a-digital-au/
http://www.eigenlabs.com/faq/eigend/can-you-record-and-edit-audiomidi-in-eigend/

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>> What I would like to do is say load up a nice bass patch in Massive,
>> control asdr with the breath controller, notes with the keys, pitch
>> bend on the up and down key movement, LP filter cutoff with the side
>> to side key movement and lfo speed with the touch strip. Or
>> something like that :) I think you can do this.
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> You can, but you'll need some 'shim' plugins to make it work as
> smoothly as you want.  Don't forget to load those damned shims every
> single time you want to jam!

Internally in the software seems pretty simple -
http://www.eigenlabs.com/faq/eigend/how-do-i-route-the-eigenharps-controllers-eg-stri/