This sounds marvelous for an ePiano!
Any particular reason why this can’t be added as a standard PD preset?
Zynthian kit was still shipping pi3 until recently? Someone hasn’t done a pull request? I guess the issues I noted in my post above are still current?
Is this still being looked at?
I am interested in both setups, as i find the amount of pd patches by default could be improved
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Sweet! This builds a very nice sounding electric piano using my branch of HVCC → GitHub - Wasted-Audio/hvcc: The heavy hvcc compiler for Pure Data patches. Updated to python3 and additional generators
Thanks to Distrho Plugin Format we can have dssi/ladspa/lv2/vst2/vst3 versions if needed 
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I don’t use zynthian, so that wouldn’t make much sense to share my x86_64 lv2 bundle.
Ok toolchain looks like:
# install hvcc
pip install hvcc
# there is your build dir: EP-MK1/_main.pd
cd EP-MK1/
# create a file called meta.json
{
"dpf": {
"project": true,
"description": "electric piano based on EP-MK1.pd",
"license": "WTFPL",
"midi_input": 1,
"midi_output": 0,
"plugin_formats": [
"jack",
"lv2_dsp",
"vst2",
"vst3"
]
}
}
# run hvcc
hvcc _main.pd -n EP-MK1 -g dpf -m meta.json -o .
# clone dpf develop branch
## for vst3 and some general fixes
## otherwise omit vst3 from meta and use regular dpf
git clone -b develop https://github.com/DISTRHO/DPF.git dpf
# build dsp and plugins
make -j
# you should now have
EP-MK1$ ls -l bin/
total 552
-rwxr-xr-x 1 dreamer dreamer 302392 Mar 8 19:49 EP_MK1
drwxr-xr-x 2 dreamer dreamer 4096 Mar 8 19:49 EP_MK1.lv2
drwxr-xr-x 3 dreamer dreamer 4096 Mar 8 19:49 EP_MK1.vst3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 dreamer dreamer 252408 Mar 8 19:49 EP_MK1-vst.so
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Thanks @dreamer !
I will try it.
BTW, i was testing the MK1 PD patch on zynthian and i must say that it works pretty well on RBPi4, so i decided to spend some time adding MIDI controllers and writing a yaml config file.
It’s available on testing and stable branches. In testing, the yaml file uses controller groups, that is a new feature that i just implemented for PD:
Here the screenshot:
and the yaml file:
main_file: " EP-MK1.pd"
General:
volume:
midi_cc: 7
value: 127
tune:
midi_cc: 17
value: 64
alt. scale:
midi_cc: 19
value: 0
labels: ["OFF", "ON"]
ticks: [0, 1]
is_toggle: True
Tremolo:
tremolo enable:
midi_cc: 20
value: 0
labels: ["OFF", "ON"]
ticks: [0, 1]
is_toggle: True
tremolo shape:
midi_cc: 21
value: 0
tremolo rate:
midi_cc: 22
value: 3
tremolo depth:
midi_cc: 23
value: 2
Tine:
tine ratio1:
midi_cc: 33
value: 7
value_min: 0
value_max: 30
tine ratio2:
midi_cc: 34
value: 20
value_min: 0
value_max: 30
tine HPF:
midi_cc: 35
value: 15
tine decay:
midi_cc: 36
value: 32
tine level:
midi_cc: 37
value: 40
tine pick send:
midi_cc: 38
value: 4
Tone Bar:
tb decay:
midi_cc: 41
value: 64
tb release:
midi_cc: 42
value: 1
tb level:
midi_cc: 43
value: 70
noteoff level:
midi_cc: 44
value: 6
hammer level:
midi_cc: 45
value: 11
sustain:
midi_cc: 64
value: 0
labels: ["OFF", "ON"]
ticks: [0, 1]
is_toggle: True
PickUp:
pickup gain:
midi_cc: 51
value: 43
pickup attack:
midi_cc: 52
value: 14
pickup LPF:
midi_cc: 53
value: 10
pickup symmetry:
midi_cc: 54
value: 52
buzz phase:
midi_cc: 55
value: 1
labels: ["OFF", "ON"]
ticks: [0, 1]
is_toggle: True
pickup level:
midi_cc: 56
value: 35
buzz level:
midi_cc: 57
value: 70
@MikeMorenoAudio , i have problems with some toggle-controls that doesn’t work as i would expect when connecting a MIDI CC to them. Could you help me with this? Here is the modified pd file:
EP-MK1.pd (834.9 KB)
The problem is that the sound changes differently when the toggling from the pd’s UI and when sending MIDI-CC, in fact it changes more aggresively when sending MIDI-CC.
BTW, when everything is “perfect” with the zynthian integration, would you accept a PR?
Thanks … and enjoy!
Hello @jofemodo, I really like the new controller groups feature you added. I’ll make use of it in future pd patches for zynthian.
I found some time today and I’m working on improving the midi cc’s for the tremolo controls in EP-MK1. If you’re interested, let me know and I’ll be happy to share the revised file.
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Make a PR, please!!
using , sustain (CC 64) does not work even if I set it ON and associate with MIDI LEARN to CC=6EP-MK14
it is a pity because EP-MK1 sounds really good
Hi @piattica !
You are right. There was a problem with the MK-1 PD patch and the sustain pedal. It’s now fixed, so please, update and test. Please, not that you still have to learn the pedal because PD-patches has not auto-learning implemented yet.
Thanks!
now it works! many thanks
What I have to do with my issue #943 opened last week ?