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Subject: Re: [AN1x] Ribbon Controller Problem

From: Ed Edwards <edward.edwards@...>
Date: 2006-10-08

>Yes. Disabling it in the Matrix Controller Setup. RTFM.


>Best Regards,

>Daniel Mandic

WTF?

So let's get your "advice" straight - you're saying that if the ribbon controller is not assigned to anything in the control matrix it will eliminate the problem of having it jump back to a center setting when a finger is released.

Great advice. If the ribbon controller isn't assigned to any parameter - OF COURSE it won't jump to center -- it won't jump to ANYTHING AT ALL because it's NOT ASSIGNED TO ANYTHING IN THE MATRIX. Just what page in the manual should I f∗∗∗∗∗∗ read?
From page 75:
When you select [RIBBON] controller "A.RbX" as the "Source" controller and Pitch
Up/Pitch Down as the "Parameter", the [RIBBON] controller value will be reset to
the center position when you release your finger from the [RIBBON]. The sets
with different Parameters (other than Pitch Up/Pitch Down) keep the position at
which you release your finger.

The problem is that this isn't true. I have many patches that only control the filter which return to center.

Jon,
I'm afraid that this question wasn't ever solved with a solid answer. An obvious experiment would be to A/B a couple of patches; one should perform "correctly" and not return to center and one should do the nasty. I'll get on my AN1x later and see if I can find any patch that performs "correctly".
∗∗ One note beyond - I run my AN1x in "mode 2" for the MIDI data because there are a few functions that work better with a guitar synth. IIRC someone said that the MIDI mode may have been the cause of this strange ribbon unpredictability.



∗Ed Edwards∗

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