SMDI tools v0.01 - http://nolv.free.fr
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This is a set of five command-line programs to exchange samples with an SMDI compatible sampler, by Olivier Doaré. nolv_@t_free.fr
These programs are based on the OpenSMDI library, by Christian Nowak, chnowak_@t_web.de
Released under the GPL.
- Installation
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In the smditools directory, type:
make
as root, type:
make install
Note : you must have the OpenSMDI already installed
Short documentation :
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smdi_gdl : get SCSI devices list
Usage : smdi_gsl numhosts
where numhosts is the number of scsi hosts on the system
This program lets you obtain informations about your scsi
chain, especially the host numer and the sampler number.
These are asked by smdi_gsl smdi_shr smdi_snd and smdi_rcv.
smdi_gsl : get a list of samples in an smdi sampler
Usage : smdi_gdl
smdi_shr : get detailed info of a sampleintothesampler
Usage : smdi_shr samplenumber
smdi_rcv : receive a sample from an smdi sampler
Usage : smdi_rcv SampleNumber
The file is saved in wav format with the name it has
into the sampler.
smdi_snd : send a sample to an smdi sampler
Usage : smdi_snd WaveFile SampleName
Bash scripts
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To use the three folowing scripts, you must have set the SMDIHOST and SMDIID environnement variables. Their advantage is that you do not have to enter the host and id number at each execution.
eg: add the folowing line in your ~/.bashrc :
export SMDIHOST=0
export SMDIID=1
Use smdi_gdl to obtain info on hosts and devices
smdi_send : send a sample to an smdi sampler
Usage : smdi_send Filename SampleName
File can be of type aiff(needs sox), flac(needs flac),
ogg(needs oggdec) or wav.
smdi_receive : receive a sample from an smdi sampler
Usage : smdi_receive SampleNumber
smdi_getsamplelist : get sample list (!)
Note on devices
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The OpenSMDI library assumes that the SMDI devices are /dev/sg[a-n] under linux. If this is not the case (that was mine, due to devfs i suppose), i suggest to do a symbolic link from the sampler device to /dev/sga.
As root, this should be something like (depending on your configuration) : ln -s /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/ /dev/sga
Good luck.
And if you make some good music with your sampler feed by SMDITools, let me know!