[sdiy] modular/softsynth interface [was: Synth UI]

[Tom Wiltshire]

> I suppose a stupid question is: Do things like ADSR envelopes  
> generated by a softsynth come out as a MIDI signal or is it just an  
> internal thing that has nothing to do with MIDI?
>
> I confess that I don't know as much about the MIDI protocol as I  
> probably should.


In general, no, envelopes don't come out as MIDI signals. You get  
Note-on and Note-off, which together amount to a gate signal with  
velocity. This triggers an envelope in the softsynth.

However, there's probably a softsynth out there that lets you route  
control signals like envelopes or LFOs to a MIDI CC message output.  
 From there, you're a MIDI->CV convertor away from having it back  
into the analogue domain. So it can be done. Like Scott said, it  
depends who wrote the software.

T.