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h1. Overview

7up is an application written in Java that enables the 40h to communicate with Jeskola Buzz + any midi-enabled software synth. The primary goal of 7up is to create a self-contained music composition suite where all instruments/controls/samples/loops/etc are intuitively accessible from the monome itself, eliminating the need meddle with software on the computer.

7up can be seen in action in the following videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmWsTD62AFY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMBPe2c9LDQ

Due to the current setup complexity, it has not been released. However this page will work as a scratch pad to document its progress in the hopes that a released version will become available.

h1. Software Requirements

* Jeskola Buzz (Win32 only!)
** BTDSys SGrid 2.0 beta
* MIDI Yoke
* Java Runtime Engine
** RXTX Java Communication API http://www.jcontrol.org/download/rxtx_en.html
* Any old midi software synth (I prefer Reason)

h1. 7up "Modes"

7up comes with 8 "modes" accessible from the interface

# Pattern Mode
** Create up to 7 patterns of samples that are triggered
# Sequence Mode
** Sequence and arrange your 7 patterns
# Control Mode
** Create banks of preset control knob values
# Sample Mode
** Trigger samples in real time
# Loop Mode
** Play looped samples at any offset and length
# Loop Rec Mode
** Record your loops being pressed
# Melody Mode
** Choose a scale and key to play/record MIDI signals to software synths
# Mater Mode
** Look at an overview of all the modes and trigger higher-level changes

h1. Roadblocks to Release

Here I'll list out my roadblocks to releasing the software and hopefully knock them down one by one
* Jeskola Buzz is notoriously difficult to setup and maintain
** Looking into Buze as an alternative
* Buzz MIDI mappings are not transfered in the BMX, would have to come as a separate registry file?
* No interface within 7up to discover connected devices and connect to a single one (all hard coded)
* No interface within 7up to choose MIDI device / channels (all hard coded)
* RXTX DLL needs to be re-copied into your JRE folder every time it's upgraded
** Maybe connect through MonomeSerial or some other pre-existing app?
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monome wiki app (Java) 7up

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