FARMPAD for padKontrol now v 1.3.1 !!! !!!

[delicioso]

delicioso.... check out the txt file that monstrejumo posted a few back up... this is what im working with and its on my desktop...

This doesn't work?:
farmpad -c ~/Desktop/default_settings.txt
If not, then I'm not sure what could be wrong with your setup. I would try emailing farmpad (at) farmaudio.com

[benjamingordon]

what should happen? what should i see? what should terminal do at this point?

[delicioso]

what should happen? what should i see? what should terminal do at this point?

Then you should see padkontrol pads flash twice to indicate farmpad is running.

[benjamingordon]

yea i do see this....

please watch this video...

http://files.me.com/benjiboko/w2b1mv.mov

[benjamingordon]

what im saying is what should terminal say or should i see happen when i type

farmpad -c ~/Desktop/default_settings.txt

you can see from the video that ive changed the txt file to make the midi channel 10 but even when i type the command into terminal like you say ableton shows that the midi channel is 1....

very bizarre...

[delicioso]

what im saying is what should terminal say or should i see happen when i type

farmpad -c ~/Desktop/default_settings.txt

you can see from the video that ive changed the txt file to make the midi channel 10 but even when i type the command into terminal like you say ableton shows that the midi channel is 1....

terminal should also show something saying farmpad is running. i don't remember exactly what as I don't have a padkontrol anymore.

[benjamingordon]

did you watch the video?

as soon as i type farmpad... the korgs lights flash twice...

but when i type the command to link the new default txt file nothing happens and it isnt working...

has anyone got any idea on how to sort this out?

it seems very complicated...

monstrejumo?

[delicioso]

did you watch the video?

as soon as i type farmpad... the korgs lights flash twice...

but when i type the command to link the new default txt file nothing happens and it isnt working...

has anyone got any idea on how to sort this out?

your video doesn't work for me. but i think i know what you're doing wrong from the way you're describing it. you only need to launch farmpad once. so after it runs and padkontrol flashes twice then there's nothing else you need to do. so just use the command that includes the txt file to launch (which would launch both farmpad and the config txt file together).

[benjamingordon]

yes i have been doing this but it isnt working...

chmod +x ~/Desktop/default_settings.txt does nothing and when i launch the txt file i get the "do not have the access privileges' error...

?

[delicioso]

yes i have been doing this but it isnt working...

chmod +x ~/Desktop/default_settings.txt does nothing and when i launch the txt file i get the "do not have the access privileges' error...

?

Nope. Just do this and nothing else:
farmpad -c ~/Desktop/default_settings.txt

[benjamingordon]

ah cool so that worked! i havent managed to turn the txt file into a command file so it does this automatically but i think for now i can live with that...

the only thing is that the midi pad (x-y pad) works differently that before...

with farmpad it doesnt have a note off message when you take your finger off it...

i had it setup with beat repeat so that when you touched the x-y pad it turned on but as soon as you take your finger off it turns off...

is there a way to config the x-y pad in farmpad to do this?

thanks again!

[supamonsta]

cool you sorted this

the "chmod" tip is only to make a kinda shortcut with a second txt file that contains the stuff you need to type in terminal to launch the 1st txt file (your config).

For this BIG misunderstanding, it is my fault, I thought the default_settings.txt was always loaded with farmpad, as a file that would be read when lauching farmpad, but this default_settings.txt seems to be just a copy of whats written in the farmpad program itself...

I thought you could just change stuff in this default txt, and then just type farmpad to have this config loaded...


My bad... (I don't know what happened to me, I'm quite sure I did something like this one day... but I'm using personal config files since ages... dunno... but you can see I tried something because all midi channels are set on 2 in the default_settings.txt I provided, and it is normally 1, so I HAVE done this change once... and I'm sure I didn't have to type the command to load it, as it was automatically loaded with farmpad, as a default stuff should be... )

Anyway, you got it.

The chmod stuff is easy to manage, once you understand you need 2 files:

- the "benjamin_live_farmpad_config.txt"
- a little .txt with the command 'farmpad -c .../.../benjamin_live_farmpad_config.txt"

this 2nd "command txt" you can "chmod", and then replace the extension .txt with .command (and even replace the icon with a png file of your choice (don't ask me how, I can't remember, just visit the korg forums, threads about "farmpad", the tip is there).

then you'll just have to click on this icon / command to load terminal/farmpad/your config.


For your X/Y problem I don't know, I'm using it with the 3 buttons on the right to ON/OFF the fxs that are tweaked with the X & Y values...


Now you ARE using a personal config for farmpad, and you can spend time reading the manual and examples configgurations, and I'm pretty sure you'll be creating complex stuff in a few weeks !

Have good times

cheers

[benjamingordon]

thats cool man... no probs... i appreciate your time anyway...

so how to i change my method of loading up terminal and typing the farmpad -c~/Desktop/default_settings.txt into a command?

where does the 'chmod' word need to be typed... in the text file somewhere?

or do i simply need to change the default_settings.txt file into a command by changing the file extension?

where is this other forum on farmpad? maybe i could post there also about my x-y pad issue... that is now the only thing stopping me from using farmpad!

thanks again....

[delicioso]

so how to i change my method of loading up terminal and typing the farmpad -c~/Desktop/default_settings.txt into a command?

Try this:
type this into a plain text file in TextEdit:

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farmpad -c ~/Desktop/default_settings.txt

save it as runfarmpad.txt (or whatever you wanna call it). Then rename it as runfarmpad.command
Make sure the default app to open it with is Terminal (use Get Info)
Then make an Automator workflow (actually making it an application instead of workflow would be better in this scenario) that opens the ranfarmpad.command file which will launch Terminal and run farmpad.
Now all you have to do is to double click on the Automator application.

What I had going was I had it all automated with QuicKeys so that whenever Live was launched it would launch the automator workflow, and then it would automatically launch an applescript file that hid the Terminal out of the way. I also had it so that when Live quit, Terminal was unhidden and brought into focus to quit farmpad and then finally quit the Terminal.

[benjamingordon]

ill try that and get back to you...

what do you think about the x-y pad issue...?

i just want it to turn on when i touch it and turn off when im not...

any ideas?