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Reading midi input from nanoKontrol 2 in python, using python-rtmidi and jack-audio
#!/usr/bin/python
import rtmidi, time
buttons = {
58: 'track_left',
59: 'track_right',
46: 'cycle',
60: 'marker_set',
61: 'marker_left',
62: 'marker_right',
43: 'rwd',
44: 'fwd',
42: 'stop',
41: 'play',
45: 'record',
32: 's_0',
33: 's_1',
34: 's_2',
35: 's_3',
36: 's_4',
37: 's_5',
38: 's_6',
39: 's_7',
48: 'm_0',
49: 'm_1',
50: 'm_2',
51: 'm_3',
52: 'm_4',
53: 'm_5',
54: 'm_6',
55: 'm_7',
64: 'r_0',
65: 'r_1',
66: 'r_2',
67: 'r_3',
68: 'r_4',
69: 'r_5',
70: 'r_6',
71: 'r_7'
}
knobs = [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23]
sliders = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
def buttonDown(button):
print "Pushed button %s" % (button, )
def buttonUp(button):
print "Released button %s" % (button, )
def twistedKnob(idx, value):
print "Twisted knob %d to %d" % (idx, value)
def slidSlider(idx, value):
print "Slid slider %d to %d" % (idx, value)
def midiCallback(message, data):
control = message[0][1]
value = message[0][2]
if (buttons.has_key(control)):
name = buttons[control]
if (value == 127):
return buttonDown(name)
else:
return buttonUp(name)
else:
try:
idx = knobs.index(control)
return twistedKnob(idx, value)
except ValueError:
pass
try:
idx = sliders.index(control)
return slidSlider(idx, value)
except ValueError:
pass
print "Control: %d, Value: %d" % (control, value)
midiin = rtmidi.MidiIn()
port = midiin.open_port(0)
port.set_callback(midiCallback)
while True:
time.sleep(100)
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Underbart!

@scholi
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scholi commented Jun 27, 2018

tack

@floo12
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floo12 commented Feb 10, 2024

i ge a error installing the rtmidi lib

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tolnem commented Feb 12, 2024

@floo12 Sorry to hear that, but I'm not sure how I can help. This gist is just a quick piece of code I posted ten years ago, I haven't really used python-rtmidi recently.

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