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If I only lightly touch the keys, I only get a Note Off (twice) for the note, once as I touch, once as I release. Please can the Note Off....0 become a Note On?

Key touched
08:23:58.412 From Bus 1 Note Off 1 C2 0
08:23:58.415 From Bus 1 Pitch Wheel 1 -1
08:23:58.423 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
08:23:58.433 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
08:23:58.443 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
08:23:58.453 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
08:23:58.463 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
08:23:58.473 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
08:23:58.484 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
08:23:58.494 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
08:23:58.504 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
Key Released
08:23:58.508 From Bus 1 Note Off 1 C2 64

Also, do we need to spew so much Modwheel when it isn't moving?

Would it be possible for someone to create a short video to explain the best way to configure the PICO to work with GarageBand 5.1. It seemed to be working earlier but I am having some difficulties getting it working again.

I am happy to delete everything and start again.

Snow Leopard and 1.06 EigenD

Geert,

Yes - my son has an m-audio key studio and I would like to see if we could
play together and record it in Garage Band. He can use Garage Band so this
is more for him than me. I know the easy thing to do would be to join the rest of
the forum with some more professional software (which is likely) but for the sake of
of the Pico, I would quite like to push the Garage Band option as far as possible
to document and explore. Ultimately, I think Garage Band will be important
for the Pico in the Education environment.

Chad

Chad & Sam, I've got everything set up to record a how to video about GarageBand integration this evening. So you might want to hold off on looking into that :-)
I will also do a video about recording the Pico's audio output with JackOSX into GarageBand and Logic.
These will be posted at http://eigenzone.org

Here's the GarageBand integration video I promised:
http://eigenzone.org/2009/12/08/eigenharp-pico-playing-garageband-instruments/

Hi all,

Faye reported a bug about getting a MIDI Note Off message twice when you press a key very lightly. This has been fixed and the fix will be available in software release 1.0.8.

The information Faye provided also highlighted another bug with the sending of 14-bit MIDI modulation wheel data. The Pico Factory Setup sends modulation wheel data with the yaw movement of the keys. Previously only the coarse modulation wheel data was being sent (the most significant 7-bits), whereas the fine modulation wheel data (the least significant 7 bits) was not being sent. The fix for sending the modulation wheel data correctly will also be available in release 1.0.8.

Sam
Eigenlabs Software Department

Installed 1.0.8 and Everything seems much better! I can now play my midi instruments with the lightest touch!
There's still a modwheel issue. fine events are sent and coarse events 0 - 127 on rocking toward the left... rocking toward the right sends only 0 coarse modwheel events and no fine (as was happening for both sides before)

19:54:04.351 From Bus 1 Pitch Wheel 1 -1
19:54:04.352 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (fine) 111
19:54:04.352 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 104
19:54:04.363 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (fine) 15
19:54:04.363 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 84
19:54:04.380 From Bus 1 Note Off 1 C2 64
...
19:55:16.781 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
19:55:16.791 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
19:55:16.802 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
19:55:16.812 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
19:55:16.823 From Bus 1 Control 1 Modulation Wheel (coarse) 0
19:55:16.840 From Bus 1 Note Off 1 C2 64

Kore Player has come alive already though. I recommend anyone who wants some more free instruments for their Pico download it!

I see the same problem with the strip controller, but only if I swipe all the way down to the bottom before starting to swipe up. If I switch directions in the middle, then the values are sent correctly, but if I go all the way down to the bottom and then back up I get only zeros.

I would like the strip controller to work by sending a value of 0 to 127 depending on whether you touch it at the top or the bottom, thus you could say add in some reverb and keep it at a certain level, then slowly bring it down from that level. As it is now, it seems to keep at the final value you slide up to, but when you touch it again, the value jumps back down to 0.