Re: midi controller

[Rob Davies]

I think you're right with it not existing for free software, have only seen it for photoshop and lightroom via plugins. I was hoping that it was part of digikam, shame though as I like the idea of using physical knobs and buttons.

Thanks for your help on that.
Rob

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Mica Semrick <mica at silentumbrella.com>
>  To: Rob Davies <rob at robdavies.net>, digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
>  Subject: Re: midi controller
>  Sent: 14 Jun '17 18:08
>  
>  One of the darktable developers had started on midi support for that
>  application. The problem is that you need some sort of midi
>  translation service that'll take the midi knobs and sliders values and
>  apply them to the modules.
>  
>  This does not exist so far as I know, for any photo application in
>  the Free Software world. I'd certainly love to be wrong though, as I
>  do some music production and having physical knobs is just so nice.
>  
>  Best,
>  Mica
>  
>  On June 14, 2017 10:51:53 AM PDT, Rob Davies <rob at robdavies.net>
>  wrote:
>  
>  > Thanks for your reply.
>  >
>  > Sorry, my mistake. What I meant was does digikam support midi
>  > interfaces? Has anyone tried to get a midi interface working with
>  > digikam.
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  > Rob
>  >
>  > -------Original Message-------
>  > From: Mica Semrick <mica at silentumbrella.com>
>  > To: Rob Davies <rob at robdavies.net>, digiKam - Home Manage your
>  > photographs as a professional with the power of open source
>  > <digikam-users at kde.org>
>  > Subject: Re: midi controller
>  > Sent: 14 Jun '17 15:58
>  >
>  > I was not aware that digikam supported midi interfaces. Can you
>  > point
>  > me to the documentation that explains it?
>  >
>  > Best,
>  > Mica
>  >
>  > On June 14, 2017 8:33:22 AM PDT, Rob Davies <rob at robdavies.net>
>  > wrote:
>  >
>  > Has anyone tried using a midi controller with digikam for editing?
>  > Like this one
>  > http://www.dawsons.co.uk/akai-midimix-usb-midi-mixer-controller
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  > Rob
>