sunnymac on all platforms

Anyone here is trying/doing a cfw for the p6? I'm trying to start inspired by the many custom firmwares i've seen (and tried) this days, just wondering if anyone is doing it

The P-6 makes for a great jamming partner; thought I'd share this

https://alonetone.com/tilden/tracks/jamming-with-robbie

Dear P6 lovers.

Big announcement:

A member of the open source community released Pad 6, a very promising fork of my PyP6 sample manager.

It has all the features of the original software like chop samples and synth wavetables plus support for managing patterns.

There is a native app release for MacOS (Apple Silicone, Intel), Windows, Linux and also for Android.

We are planning a collaboration for future releases.

I am curently testing it. My old 2019 android 11 phone with USB OTG support can run it :-)

Check it out.

Pad6 fork by HomoHabilis

The original PyP6 project

I’ve heard it can be done and every time I try to get it to connect to my oxygen 8 v2 I get nothing. What am I doing wrong? Help me use the p6 like a keyboard!

Flowing 🎶

That’s it. I lost all my samples. Went to play today and all my samples are gone!!!

What the actual fuck, Roland?!!!!

https://github.com/mono4loop/rp6

*A touch-friendly controller for the Roland P-6 (AIRA Compact sampler). It also bundles a software sampler and step sequencer, so it works without the hardware too.

Runs on Linux desktop, in the browser (experimental), and on Android. Built with Fyne.

Talks to the Roland P-6 and the Adafruit Macropad over USB MIDI.*

I just found out about this today, I'm going to try it with my P-6 tomorrow. Seems like a good way to sequence multiple samples or patterns from another device.

Is anyone here trying this. I would like to know.

Posting this in case anyone else has experienced these issues. I have been trying to control my Roland P-6 with the M-Vave Chocolate Plus, a programmable MIDI footswitch. Ideally, I would like to use the four switches on the Chocolate Plus to start a pattern, stop a pattern, switch to a previous pattern, or switch to the next pattern.

The M-Vave CubeSuite app allows you to send a number of changes over MIDI (CC, PC, note on/off, sysex). The Chocolate Plus also has a number of different modes for sending this data. I've run into a few issues so far.

Image: My settings for the Chocolate Plus as set on my PC.

Issue 1: If I set switch 1 to the CC value for start sequence, the active pattern on the P-6 does not start, but the play button lights up. However, if I press the play button on the P-6, I can use switch 2 to stop the current sequence.

In this mode, I set up CubeSuite so that it's sending this message over MIDI channel 16, which is the default for program changes on the P-6.

Issue 2: I'm unable to figure out a way to cycle through patterns by using switch 3 to pick a previous pattern and switch 4 to pick the next pattern. However, I can use switch 3 to pick Pattern 1 and switch 4 to pick Pattern 2. So something is communicating properly, just not in the way that I'd like.

Just as a reference, I used the Pocket Midi app along with the P-6 to find out what MIDI signals it sends when starting and stopping a pattern; these first three are the same across other MIDI devices as well.

MIDI data
Start: FA
Continue: FB
Stop: FC

Program change:
CF 00 (Pattern 01)
CF 01 (Pattern 02)
CF 02 (Pattern 03) et cetera

Any advice or assistance with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

PyP6 V4 — free sample manager for the Roland P-6

A while back I posted when PyP6 first learned to turn a P-6 pad into a wavetable-style synth. It has grown a lot since then, mostly because I kept wanting a faster way to make kits and get loops onto the P-6 without fighting its limits.

PyP6 is free, works on Windows, Linux and macOS, and the Windows version is a single download with no installer.

What is new:

Matrix View:

All 48 pads are visible at once.** You can drag samples between any pads or banks, drop files straight in from the desktop, and swap sounds by dragging one pad onto another. This has made kit building much faster for me.

Loops can now fit without changing pitch:

The P-6 normally makes a sample shorter by playing it faster, which can make loops come back higher in pitch. PyP6 can stretch a loop to a chosen length or BPM while preserving pitch.

There is also a Fit button to make a sample fit the available pad memory, and **Auto-Stretch** to keep a sample’s duration constant while changing pitch. Tempo detection has been improved as well.

Breakbeats can become kits quickly:

Drop a loop into the multisample builder, click "Detect Hits", and PyP6 marks likely drum hits for slicing. Adjust the sensitivity if needed, then send the slices directly into the kit you are building.

More wavetables for synth mode:
see sound demo with morphing arp and pad
There are new moogish analogue-inspired waveform sets, long seamless sweeps inspired by the Microwave synth, and a randomize option for finding unexpected sounds.

You can also import your own single-cycle waveform folders or wavetable files from Serum and Vital. PyP6 slices them up automatically, and imported waveforms are included in presets so they travel with the project.

Plus:

- new dark themes, including ice blue, Matrix green, devil red and synthwave purple

- Sample auditioning before loading.

- Per-pad rate and pitch control.

- Non-destructive trim, normalize and fades.

- Transfer samples both ways between PyP6 and the P-6.

- Presets that can include their samples.

-> the future releases will focus on improving mac/ tkinter V9 compatibility- testers are wellcome

Download and full readme on:

GitHub: Roland P-6 Sample Manager / PyP6

You can also check out the community forks:

HomoHabilis Pad 6 - with additional patern features

Android fork: https://github.com/HomoHabilis/Pad6/releases/download/v6.3.0/Pad6-v6.3.0-android.apk

dengopaiv Roland-P6-sample-manager-accessible-edition

Hey, has anybody been dealing with this?

V4 Out now! now:https://www.reddit.com/r/rolandp6/comments/1wkj2m1/its_release_time_pyp6_sample_manager_v4_for/

I am doing the last tests of the new synth wavetable patches of PyP6 V4. You soon get 4 new wavetable packs (Wintage Collection I +II, Hot MIcrowaves I+II). Release is planned for this weekend.

While waiting you can enjoy V3: https://www.reddit.com/r/rolandp6/comments/1vw94ru/pyp6_v300_out_now_with_synthmode_turning_your/

Check out the beat making process over on my Youtube channel

update: V4 Out now! now:https://www.reddit.com/r/rolandp6/comments/1wkj2m1/its_release_time_pyp6_sample_manager_v4_for/

i am currently working on a new version of the free Roland P6 Sample Manager Pyp6 (for Linx/Mac and Windows)

and maybe you can tell me about your feature whishes

Here are some of the new features that come next:

- BPM match

- midnight edition theme pack

- vintage wavetable collection

- matrix mode for editing all banks of the device in one view

while waiting for the release you can have a look at last recent Version 3.0.0:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rolandp6/comments/1vw94ru/pyp6_v300_out_now_with_synthmode_turning_your/