Re-Think your workflow with a piano

A simple experiment using Ruby to catch MIDI signals from a master keyboard and execute commands on your computer.

The talk:
https://youtu.be/KbxMFzp9OIc

The slides:
https://speakerdeck.com/damln/re-think-your-workflow-with-a-piano/

The code:
https://github.com/damln/rubyboard

Transcript

1. Geeksters
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2. 01 HELLO
   Re-think your workflow with a
   Geeksters
   Piano
   

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3. 01 HELLO Geeksters
   I’m Damian, CTO at Geeksters.
   github.com/damln
   twitter.com/damln
   Intro
   

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4. 02 CODE Geeksters
   USB
   MIDI
   CMD
   Architecture
   

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5. 02 CODE Geeksters
   Possibilities: 26 simple combos
   7 notes 5 sharps/flats 14 chords
   C = DO C# CM Cm
   D = RE D# DM Dm
   E = MI - EM Em
   F = FA F# FM Fm
   G = SOL G# GM Gm
   A = LA A# AM Am
   B = SI - BM Bm
   

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6. 02 CODE Geeksters
   The loop
   

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7. Demo
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   02 CODE
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8. 02 CODE Geeksters
   Usages rand()
   ๏ Build
   ๏ Deploy
   ๏ Switch
   ๏ Image editing
   ๏ Audio editing
   ๏ Video editing
   ๏ Copy/transform/workflows
   ๏ Business specific applications
   

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9. 03 INSPIRATION Geeksters
   Akai 25 49€ link
   M-Audio 32 49€ link
   Miditech 32 43€ link
   Hardware
   

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10. 03 INSPIRATION Geeksters
    Alesis V-MINI 70€ link
    Alesis V25 85€ link
    CME XKEY 98€ link
    Hardware
    

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11. Roli Seaboard
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    03 INSPIRATION
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euoNphLUvxU
    

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12. Quadro (app)
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    03 INSPIRATION
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    http://quadro.me/
    

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13. Lightroom
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    03 INSPIRATION
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    https://www.tirages-pro.com/blog/2016/09/accelerez-lightroom-avec-un-controleur-midi/
    

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14. Vim Clutch
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    03 INSPIRATION
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    https://github.com/alevchuk/vim-clutch
    

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15. MacBook Pro 2016 ?
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    03 INSPIRATION
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16. Geeksters
    Keep in touch
    04 CONTACT
    Damian Le Nouaille
    CTO
    dam@geeksters.co
    @damln
    We hire (Paris)
    Our stack:
    • Rails
    • Android/iOS natif
    • Unity 2D
    https://github.com/damln/rubyboard
    

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17. Thanks! :)
    Geeksters
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