Novation Impulse 61

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Hello

at music/Zynthian at main · andreavitaletti/music · GitHub there is my attempt to develop a driver for the Novation Impulse 61

Basic functionalities work, nothing fancy, but effective for my purpose.

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Hi, Thank you, I own this keyboard. On GNU/Linux, it works directly; I haven’t tested it via USB on Zynthian, as I use traditional MIDI.

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Hello Melsiar. The Impulse 61 is a MIDI controller, so any software that parses MIDI commands works, including Zynthian. However, in some cases, you want “advanced control”. In Zynthian, you can achieve this goal either by mapping MIDI command through the MIDI learn https://wiki.zynthian.org/index.php/Zynthian_UI_User’s_Guide\_-\_Oram#MIDI_Learn , or you can develop a ctrldev, namely a kind of driver, simplifying the use of MIDI for specific purposes.

Long story short, I was not able to easily select a specific chain by my Impulse, so I developed a basic ctrldev :wink:

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Thanks Avitaletti for these details, which I wasn’t aware of! I’ll test your work when I can (I really don’t have the time right now, and it looks like it will be for a while).