Yes I had fun.
You might remember the soundMatrix I coded back in the summer. Version 2 is ready! Touchable & with MIDI support. In the first version I used to trigger WAV samples; version 2 now sends MIDI!
There is a online version with samples available, have fun!
http://www.31media.de/soundMatrix/
For all those who want to know HOW to send MIDI via Flash:
You basically send OSC packets to a XML Socket Server. The FLOSC socket server has a output port that transforms the XML/OSC messages back to MIDI. I use a app called “Occam” for the MIDI transformation.
Update: people were asking where they can find “occam”: Occam was coded 1998 by C. Ramakrishnan at the University of California.
If someone needs Occan, contact me – occam is not online any more.
Update 2: Occam works with Snow Leopard! Nice.
Update 3: Occam is online again! Here is the url: www.illposed.com/software/
Here is the code:
package com.thirtyOne.core{
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import org.fwiidom.osc.*;
import caurina.transitions.Tweener;
public class MIDIGateway {
private var oscConn:OSCConnection;
private static const STR_LOCAL_IP:String="ZION.local";
private static const STR_REMOTE_IP:String="ZION.local";
private static const NUM_PORT:Number=6666;
public function init() {
//Initialize connection to the FLOSC server
oscConn=new OSCConnection(STR_LOCAL_IP,NUM_PORT);
oscConn.addEventListener(OSCConnectionEvent.ON_CONNECT,onConnect);
oscConn.addEventListener(OSCConnectionEvent.ON_CONNECT_ERROR,onConnectError);
oscConn.addEventListener(OSCConnectionEvent.ON_CLOSE,onClose);
oscConn.connect();
}
private function onConnect(evtEvent:OSCConnectionEvent):void {
trace("MIDI MODULE CONNECTED.");
}
private function onConnectError(evtEvent:OSCConnectionEvent):void {
trace("ERROR");
}
private function onClose(evtEvent:OSCConnectionEvent):void {
trace("CONNECTION TO SERVER CLOSED.");
}
public function sendMIDI(_note:uint,_velocity:uint):void {
//Send the actual OSC packet
///osc/midi/out/noteOnchannel (int)key (int)velocity (int)
oscConn.sendOSCPacket(new OSCPacket("/osc/midi/out/noteOn",[1,_note+"",_velocity+""],STR_REMOTE_IP,57117));
Tweener.addTween(new Sprite(), {alpha:1, time:.1, onComplete:function():void
{
// KILL MIDI NOTE:
oscConn.sendOSCPacket(new OSCPacket("/osc/midi/out/noteOff",[1,_note+"",_velocity+""],STR_REMOTE_IP,57117));
}});
}
}
}
