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Konduktiva Installation Guide

Using-Konduktiva-With-MIDI initial author: Renick Bell (renick@gmail.com)

initial creation date: Wed Jun 28 10:08:48 AM CST 2023

contributors: Yiler Huang (yiler7777@gmail.com);Steve Wang (stevesg168@gmail.com)

license: GPL 3.0

This document works as both a documentation and a tutorial about how to use Konduktiva and how to install Konduktiva. These sections follow in this order:

  1. The first part covers the installation process.
  2. Next, it covers the basics of just playing some sounds.
  3. Next, a part about (controlling music)[#controlling-musc], then how to put those configurations into the musical environment and about assigning players for music synthesizer sessions
  4. Finally, there is a section that might help if installation or playing music does not work and some configuration specifics about different operating systems.

Installation:

  1. Install Nodejs. If npm does not automatically get installed with Nodejs, install npm.

    1.1. Check if nodejs is installed by running this command in the terminal: 

     node -v

    1.2. Check if npm is installed by running this command in the terminal: 

     npm -v

    1.3. You can close the terminals you have opened prior to this step.

  2. Install Konduktiva by using NPM: 

     npm i konduktiva
  3. Install a Digital Audio Workstation. Ardour is recommended

Install Synthesizer

Konduktiva is not used to produce (synthesize the sound itself). This allows for users to be able to choose any sound producing software they want. In other cases, users can integrate non-audio software to Konduktiva too.

Surge is one recommended synthesizer

Here

Setting Up An Editor (VIM + TMUX)

Here

Tutorials:

Here

OS Specific Tips:

MacOs:

Launching surge:

When installing Surge music synthesizer, you get Surge XT and Surge ET Effects. Open this application called Hosting AU and choose surge as the instrument in the application. Surge will be launched automatically by Hosting AU

Debugging:

Issue 1:

MIDI configuration. Configure your system so that Konduktiva can detect midi outputs.

This is OS specific.

If Konduktiva cannot detect your midi devices you may have to manually connect them to Konduktiva.

First Steps With Konduktiva

Click here to start learning about how to use Konduktiva.