Basic sample and launchpad help

[djaychela]

Hello All

I'm new to Hollyhock, I've taken a look a few times, but never taken the plunge, but now I have a job that I could do with it (although I could do it another way, I fancy a challenge), and while I can see that it has amazing capabilities, I'm having a hard time getting started, so I'd really appreciate some help.

The job is to play various audio samples for an event. Some are long (>30 minutes, sound beds), others are short (sound FX). I've been able to play one using a sampler, but now I want to control this using my launchpad.

I've got two (current!) problems:

1) - I've assigned the sample play button to a button on the launchpad. When I press it, it works, but the problem is that I get a re-trigger when I release the button on the launchpad - each one generates a Note On message, so that makes sense, but I need to find a way to stop it.

2) - I'd like the launchpad button in question to light up when the sample is playing. I've managed that OK, but it never turns off. I take it I need some form of logic to send a Note On with Velocity of 0 when the sample stops playing (this is how the light gets turned off), but I can't see how logic is done.

I'll be honest - I've found the online help/manual not very helpful; it's probably because I've got completely used to my normal DAW (Cubase) which I've been using and teaching on for years, and being totally at the bottom of a (steep!) learning curve is hard work. I've spent about 4 hours trying to get this going, and not got particularly far, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Once I have one patch which works, I'm planning on re-creating it for each sample, and then altering the MIDI note number, so that should be straightforward, but getting these two issues fixed first seems important to me.

[djaychela]

OK, update - I've made progress... using a NOT and two MIDI generators, I've fixed #2. Just need to sort the "de-bouncing" of the button, as it were....

[nay-seven]

Welcome djaychela

have you test the patch sixteen pads and padkontrol in the library/pads ?
sixteen pads for example is made for a launchpad

[djaychela]

Thanks - I hadn't seen that, but Sixteen Pads appears to raise as many questions as answers!

I've taken a look through, can see the sampler and the samples (and can alter the samples, etc), and can see the settings for many of the options, but I can't see why this patch doesn't "double trigger" (note on and note off (velocity 0)) on a sample?

I'm finding the program somewhat impenetrable at the moment, to say the least!

[djaychela]

Ah, found it (by comparing screen shots!) - MIDI mode - Toggle does the trick for #1. Excellent!

Thanks for the point in the right direction, nay-seven.