Joined Github & forum links

[Beanow]

@skconrad wrote:

Great work!

Just leaving a comment to let folks know Ive finally joined Github.

so "skconrad" = elantric @ VGuitarForums

Here are the known applicable URLs

• Katana - Not 5 but 28 (Sneaky) Amps and Bright setting in the Katana
  http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=20609.0

• Gumtown's Katana FxFloorBoard Editor
  http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=20625.0

• KATANA - Snhirsch's Katana MIDI Bridge for RPI / BeagleBone SBC
  http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=19782.0

TGP Thread: BOSS KATANA 刀 amplifiers (where the users are)
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?posts/23891522/

[Beanow]

Welcome @skconrad, your signing up here kind of reminds me Katana development discussions are scattered around and could be more consolidated. I'll put some effort into this, see what I can do.

I copied your comment here as these issue trackers work best when used for very specific issues or discussions. In case of #1 it is about quickly changing patches. So it's better to create a new issue.

On that subject, you mentioned creating a bug tracker for something. What is it you want to track? I can suggest and/or create a setup.

[Beanow]

It was on the Katana Floorboard thread http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=20625.msg148954#msg148954

So did you mean tracking bugs for the katana floorboard?

[skconrad]

Just observing that as i monitor all the URL threads above, ( and wading through the "signal to noise" of the posters ), some folks do offer high value in their content with hands on use and error reporting,.

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/boss-katana-amplifiers.1744135/page-354

I admit i let the cat out of the bag over regarding "Sneaky Amps" and posted a link to here:
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=20609.0
on The Gear Page a week ago, but it has provided the developers valuable beta user feedback swiftly.

( but tough to help those who have no experience with zip files
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?posts/23930080/

For example on The Gear Page - " Meesha has been providing excellent bug reporting / documenting the errors he experiences, However, often he omits re-posting bits of important info at Vguitarforums., I took the liberty of augmenting his VGF posts - adding the missing bits he mentioned only on his TGP posts.

and Scatabrain is the one person who has used Steve Hirsch's Katana MIDI Interpreter and loaded into a Beaglebone Black on the the Katana USB port, and via 5 pin MIDI he is using a FCB-1010 foot controller to access more the the presets.
Important post here
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?posts/23928466/

IMHO - Perhaps we each have different visions of what the "end goal" is for "Katana Dev ".

• DIY solution, for embedded computers (Raspberry PI / Beagle Bone) to support

• Turn key solution for Katana owners? ( PrimovaSound MIDX-20 with updated Katana MIDi interpreter)

• Katana FX Floorboard?

IMHO - most Katana users will soon realize they will hit a wall without third party computer or small embedded computer

and still each day there are disgruntled folks at TGP who can not get the sneaky amps zip file to load
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?posts/23928927/

[Beanow]

IMHO - Perhaps we each have different visions of what the "end goal" is for "Katana Dev ".

To me Katana Dev could be the hub for all of the above.
From hardcore MIDI specs to easy to understand guides and FAQ's.
From experimental / DIY to MIDX and FloorBoard level of polish for general use.

I admit i let the cat out of the bag over regarding "Sneaky Amps"

I'm glad you do these things. Really happy with all the feedback, it's been very helpful to read even for me while I'm not directly working on software atm. But right now everyone (developers and users alike) has to shift through the noise to know what's happening.

Gumtown says

I am getting conflicting and fragmented information of which do or don't work.

CodeSmart asks

could describe a little bit more about the addresses for dual effects per knob implementation in your document, saving us some time in case everything is fully clear to you.

If important folks like them don't have the latest on the Katanas who does right?

Thanks to you and other active folks, both forums are doing an outstanding job of bringing everyone together. So I would like to keep that going to way it is. My experience is having to make a github/bugzilla or anything else account is a huge barrier to give feedback for most people. So it'd be a waste to try and move to a different platform for that.

But we can bring the developers together to showcase their work and their knowledge in a single place. It will naturally become a very good starting point for every Katana owner to go beyond the manual.

[skconrad]

My "vision" is install a BeagleBone Green Wireless in a small box on the back of the Katana
https://beagleboard.org/green-wireless

this will connect to the Katana USB port.

Since the BeagleBone Green Wireless supports MIDI over Bluetooth Low Energy (MIDI BLE), a wireless MIDI controller could be employed to become a floorboard controller for the "Expanded Katana"

For debug, Ive acquired a few MIDI over Bluetooth Low Energy (MIDI BLE), a wireless MIDI controllers for testing

but it might be simple to use a FCB-1010 with a another BeagleBone Green Wireless board on the "front of stage controller" end as well - to wirelessly communicate with the Beaglebone located on the Katana Amp.

BeagleBone Green Wireless is $45 each
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GKE8F10/ref=psdc_3015426011_t2_B01AIC5AP4

[skconrad]

But we can bring the developers together to showcase their work and their knowledge in a single place. It will naturally become a very good starting point for every Katana owner to go beyond the manual.

We need Gumtown and Codesmart to become members here on this thread at GitHub

[Beanow]

I love the wireless idea. Although be careful with range and reception. I've had poor experiences with bluetooth before. Wifi is longer range and harder to jam by accident, but in some locations you get swarmed with home networks. Like in my apartment, gaming or streaming video on my laptop has gotten impossible to do smoothly on 2.4Ghz bandwidth due to there being too many networks. Nothing beats a good old cable when it comes to reliability.

So, if you will be writing code for this or have other projects files you want to share, I'll create a repository for that. Just give me the heads up.

[Beanow]

@skconrad http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=20693.0 started the thread here since all devs I know of are on the forum.

[skconrad]

thank you!

and I sent invites to all parties to join us here at Github

[skconrad]

KATANA- Condor's Katana AMP GUI Control (MIDI over USB) with Android
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=20234.0

[gumtown]

Here is another project I have been working on, started a few months ago.
KATANA PATCH LOADER a software which Opens/Loads a Tone Studio (*.tsl) bulk patch file of up to 128 patches, select the Katana and midi controller in the midi settings, plug in a midi foot controller, and access each patch on the Katana.
http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=20421.0

download for windows, Linux, mac
Katana_Patch_Loader:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fxfloorboard/files/experimental/

source code is also available, requiring Qt5 framework to build on.

[Beanow]

@gumtown it might be worthwhile to write a shared library for common sysex, patch and tsl operations in C. C would allow ctypes Python bindings for @snhirsch bridge script as well as my http://das.nasophon.de/mididings/ plans and even android using the NDK and to C++ ofc for your Qt work.

[Beanow]

@gumtown I think I will have a go at that library. Where can I find the latest floorboard / loader source? Would like to see how you implemented things. I did see an earlier source for the loader so I do have a general idea of how it works.

[CodeSmart63]

I'm here now with you guys, created an account as per @skconrad invitation.