tonespace setup in Ardour

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tonespace setup in Ardour

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I tried to set up tonespace http://www.mucoder.net/en/tonespace/ in Ardour

There is a tutorial for Logic Pro: https://youtu.be/cfCz7pivcHY

I created a midi track to load tonespace as VST plugin and another midi track to record the chords played in tonespace. In the midi connection manager of ardour I connected the tonespace out to the record-midi track in. Unfortunately there is no input detected on the record midi track no matter which midi out option I select in tonespace.

Is a computer keyboard midi controller like in the video available in linux?
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Re: tonespace setup in Ardour

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Hi,
right now I've created 2 midi Ardour tracks (first with tonespace), connected midi out of first track to midi in of second in qjackctl graph, set midi out in tonespace to vst host, armed second track for recording, pressed record, play and it recorded.
If you've selected correct output in tonespace and track isn't receiving midi, I think the problem lies somewhere in connections between tracks.

As for keyboard, I didn't tested it, but I think jack-keyboard (http://jack-keyboard.sourceforge.net/) may be something that you're looking for.
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Re: tonespace setup in Ardour

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If you create a MIDI track and first load tonespace - "host" sync - and then load a synthesizer, Ardour will record the MIDI notes from tonespace, right?

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Re: tonespace setup in Ardour

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These are my connections:
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as you can see, I have connected Tonespace midi out to Synth midi in.

But - no recording:
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Same Problem if I load both tonespace and synth into one midi channel.

Thanks for the jack-keyboard and the step entry I didn't know that :)
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Re: tonespace setup in Ardour

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It looks like Tonespace has a config option, "MIDI Out", which you need to set up as "VST Host" in order to record the output in Ardour.

http://www.mucoder.net/en/tonespace/v02 ... /Index.htm
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Midi Out is already set to VST Host in tonespace. You can see if you enlarge the screenshot :)
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Also "midi in" to "VST/AU host"?
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Re: tonespace setup in Ardour

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khz wrote: Wed Apr 22, 2020 4:56 pm Also "midi in" to "VST/AU host"?
It was not, but I set it know. Didn't help.

Whren recording every time clicking on the tonespace midi-keyboard an xruns occurs

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JackEngine::XRun: client = PulseAudio JACK Sink was not finished, state = Running
JackEngine::XRun: client = ardour was not finished, state = Running
JackAudioDriver::ProcessGraphAsyncMaster: Process error
JackEngine::XRun: client = PulseAudio JACK Sink was not finished, state = Running
JackEngine::XRun: client = ardour was not finished, state = Running
JackAudioDriver::ProcessGraphAsyncMaster: Process error
19:09:43.102 XRUN callback (5 skipped).
19:09:44.298 XRUN callback (102).
JackEngine::XRun: client = ardour was not finished, state = Running
19:09:51.262 XRUN callback (103).
19:09:53.138 XRUN callback (1 skipped).
19:09:53.235 XRUN callback (105).
JackAudioDriver::ProcessGraphAsyncMaster: Process error
JackEngine::XRun: client = PulseAudio JACK Sink was not finished, state = Running
JackEngine::XRun: client = ardour was not finished, state = Running
JackAudioDriver::ProcessGraphAsyncMaster: Process error
19:09:55.145 XRUN callback (3 skipped).
19:10:06.662 XRUN callback (109).
19:10:07.962 XRUN callback (110).
19:10:09.220 XRUN callback (1 skipped).
19:10:09.365 XRUN callback (112).
JackEngine::XRun: client = PulseAudio JACK Sink was not finished, state = Running
JackEngine::XRun: client = ardour was not finished, state = Running
JackEngine::XRun: client Carla finished after current callback
JackEngine::XRun: client jack-keyboard finished after current callback
JackAudioDriver::ProcessGraphAsyncMaster: Process error
19:10:11.232 XRUN callback (4 skipped).
19:10:11.270 XRUN callback (117).
I am sending all audio signals to jack as described here: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=20776
Could that be a problem?
OS: Debian 10 DAW: Ardour 6.2
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