Posted: 14 Jun 2016, 09:43
Hello All
I'm new to Hollyhock, I've taken a look a few times, but never taken the plunge, but now I have a job that I could do with it (although I could do it another way, I fancy a challenge), and while I can see that it has amazing capabilities, I'm having a hard time getting started, so I'd really appreciate some help.
The job is to play various audio samples for an event. Some are long (>30 minutes, sound beds), others are short (sound FX). I've been able to play one using a sampler, but now I want to control this using my launchpad.
I've got two (current!) problems:
1) - I've assigned the sample play button to a button on the launchpad. When I press it, it works, but the problem is that I get a re-trigger when I release the button on the launchpad - each one generates a Note On message, so that makes sense, but I need to find a way to stop it.
2) - I'd like the launchpad button in question to light up when the sample is playing. I've managed that OK, but it never turns off. I take it I need some form of logic to send a Note On with Velocity of 0 when the sample stops playing (this is how the light gets turned off), but I can't see how logic is done.
I'll be honest - I've found the online help/manual not very helpful; it's probably because I've got completely used to my normal DAW (Cubase) which I've been using and teaching on for years, and being totally at the bottom of a (steep!) learning curve is hard work. I've spent about 4 hours trying to get this going, and not got particularly far, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Once I have one patch which works, I'm planning on re-creating it for each sample, and then altering the MIDI note number, so that should be straightforward, but getting these two issues fixed first seems important to me.
I'm new to Hollyhock, I've taken a look a few times, but never taken the plunge, but now I have a job that I could do with it (although I could do it another way, I fancy a challenge), and while I can see that it has amazing capabilities, I'm having a hard time getting started, so I'd really appreciate some help.
The job is to play various audio samples for an event. Some are long (>30 minutes, sound beds), others are short (sound FX). I've been able to play one using a sampler, but now I want to control this using my launchpad.
I've got two (current!) problems:
1) - I've assigned the sample play button to a button on the launchpad. When I press it, it works, but the problem is that I get a re-trigger when I release the button on the launchpad - each one generates a Note On message, so that makes sense, but I need to find a way to stop it.
2) - I'd like the launchpad button in question to light up when the sample is playing. I've managed that OK, but it never turns off. I take it I need some form of logic to send a Note On with Velocity of 0 when the sample stops playing (this is how the light gets turned off), but I can't see how logic is done.
I'll be honest - I've found the online help/manual not very helpful; it's probably because I've got completely used to my normal DAW (Cubase) which I've been using and teaching on for years, and being totally at the bottom of a (steep!) learning curve is hard work. I've spent about 4 hours trying to get this going, and not got particularly far, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Once I have one patch which works, I'm planning on re-creating it for each sample, and then altering the MIDI note number, so that should be straightforward, but getting these two issues fixed first seems important to me.