DIY DAW Control Protocol

[MrG{UK}]

hey all!! have a project in the pipeline that requires integration into a DAW of some nature, but am lacking in the knowledge required to understand the processes required and steps needed to take digital control messages from a DIY 3rd party software into a DAW.

I know the typical method is via MIDI Protocol, but would love to build a rudimentary HUI emulator as to facilitate finer control.

i would prefer to use pro-tools as the DAW, with Logic as the optional fallback if thats not possible.

would love a chat with anyone with relevant knowledge in any fields pertaining to this.

this is for a degree level academic project.

ohh btw...

Areas im also looking into to really do this project justice are:

High Precision Linear Slide Potentiometers 100mm or larger (preferably larger)

Small scale ADC converters up to 24bit, single channel (not for audio fidelity)

Microcontroller boards (BSC/Arduino/PIC)

Ethernet shields (Xport/WizNet/Rabbit)

Pure Data or pd for short (program to be used for networking/data handling)

If anyone has experience in these fields please get in touch!

cheers! :)

Graham

[ssp]

go here, read up: http://ucapps.de/midibox_lc.html