an idea ...

[Steve]

>
>  A great feature would be MIDI interfacing so that it could receive either
>  sysex - or, maybe even better - continuous controller - so that CC 64
>  would control parameter 64, etc...  - that way it could do double duty as
>  a MIDI->cv interface. Not to mention the ease of sending and storing
>  patches via sequencer. The only problem is that CC messages only have a 0
>  to 127 range, and you'd probably want to store at least a full 8 bit
>  value (0 to 255) for each parameter.
>

Since this is being designed from the ground up, what's to keep you from
using 2 controllers per parameter, one as MSB and one as LSB?  That way,
you'd have a coarse/fine adjustment (if there is one on the synth already,
such as for the oscillator tuning) as well as a more compact and
conventional way to store patches.


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