EdrumulusGui.py idea to improve

[ocimjr]

Hi,

I don't not it is viable or not, but when using edrumulus you have first be sure that you create EdrumulusIn and Out port before start this program. And in mac you have also to use another program to convert serial to midi messages like hairless midi etc..

Looking for a replacement on mac I found this, https://github.com/RuudMulder/SerialMidiBridge/blob/main/SerialMidiBridge.py
So, you can create midi in and out port and also connect to serial to use edrumulus

Instead of having 2 programs, and since edrumulus use python, we could only start edrumulusGui and it would take charge to create ports needed and serial connection.

Thanks.

[corrados]

Good idea, actually. I wonder if such an implementation would work on all OSs, i.e., Windows, Linux and Mac. I'll have a look at it sometime soon.

[ocimjr]

You can create a midi port so in your daw you can select this new port

In fact thinking, you could see if there is already a port with Edrumulus In or Out, if so you connect if not you create

[corrados]

There is an experimental implementation available on new branch esp32_direct_serial_connection.

You need to modify the correct device name (I only tested it under Linux because my Mac is too old):

edrumulus/tools/edrumulus_gui.py

Line 667 in b3fcd30

ser = serial.Serial("/dev/ttyUSB0", 38400)

Start with:
edrumulus_gui.py serial

[corrados]

FYI, I just merge the changes to the main branch.

[ocimjr]

Cool, thanks l will test this weekend.

[corrados]

I succeeded in running it on my old Mac. It worked with
./edrumulus_gui.py serial /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART
using the latest code on main branch.

[corrados]

@thijstriemstra I just implemented something which will be very interesting for you. It is currently on my branch use_pytemidi but it will be merged to main, soon.

You can now run: python edrumulus_gui.py serial COM7 on Windows and you do not need to run any other tool like loopMIDI or Hairless MIDI anymore:

[corrados]

It's on main branch now. use_pytemidi is deleted.

[corrados]

If it works for you as well, we might have to re-write the following section in the Manual: https://github.com/corrados/edrumulus/blob/main/doc/manual.md#setup-for-esp32-under-windows
Most of the description can then be removed...

[corrados]

I just changed the default for edrumulus_gui.py so that it should work with the direct serial connection on each platform (Windows, Linux, Mac) without having to use any command line argument.

[thijstriemstra]

Nice! could you also document the various connection options in https://github.com/corrados/edrumulus/blob/main/doc/manual.md so users don't have to inspect the source code to check the various options?

[corrados]

Any volunteers? ;-)

[corrados]

BTW, can you please give some feedback if it works for you? Could you successfully connect your DAW to the new edrumulus_gui.py virtual MIDI port?

[ocimjr]

For me it's all working as should. Thank you

[thijstriemstra]

BTW, can you please give some feedback if it works for you?

For sure! TBC