[sdiy] MIDI CC with Pots

gordonjcp at gjcp.net gordonjcp at gjcp.net
Mon Oct 6 17:19:16 CEST 2014


On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 04:06:22PM +0100, Paul Maddox wrote:
> Richie,
> >recording.  The sequencer then feeds these CC messages back out
> >it's MIDI OUT port and they arrive back at the synth's MIDI IN
> >port, where they presumably get acted on and set the filter cutoff
> >frequency inside the synth again!
> errr, why?
> 
> Sorry, most synths I know when they receive a CC don't send it "out"
> again, only to the 'thru' port.
> 

And even if they did, it would be setting the value back to what it's already set to.  I'd still consider this very buggy behaviour.  The Ensoniq Mirage has a software switch to turn the OUT into a THROUGH but then you lose any OUT data, so you still don't have that problem.

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Gordonjcp MM0YEQ




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