Developer Peter Postman let us know about RibbonToNotes, a new open-source MIDI plugin that’s designed to give keytar players new superpowers.
Here’s what he has to say about it:
“When playing the Keytar, your left hand can’t do much more than some bending and filter sweeping.
With RibbonToNotes, you can also play notes and chords on the ribbon (which many Keytars have). This is convenient for playing key-switches, bass notes and chords on pads, or sending chords to arrangers.
It is not just for Keytars. You can use it for any ribbon. So it is also useful for extending the possibilities of small keyboard controllers.”
RibbonToNotes is open source, created with JUCE for both Windows and Mac. Since it is created with JUCE, it should also be possible to make an IOS version, but currently only Windows and Mac installers are available at the GitHub site.
What video is the thumbnail from? It looks like a studio I used to work at in Olympia WA
is it Dweezil and Ahmet
This being released under the MIT license seems invalid. Normally, an Open Source plugin based on JUCE 8 must be released under the AGPLv3, or the developer must purchased a JUCE license for a proprietary plugin.
I managed to compile this on Linux, but I had to use Projucer to create a Linux Makefile build target and remove a macOS-specific header include in one of the source files.
Thank you for your feedback. I was told indeed that I used the wrong type of license. I will change it. Nice to hear that you managed to run the code for Linux. Which file contained a Mac specific header? I was not aware of this ( I have run the code in Visual Studio as well and don’t remember I had to change something).