Hi Lars,
Be careful here that you understand what you are controlling with your WC!
If you send out CC7 then you are not controlling "VCA Volume" of the PLGAN
card.....you are in fact controlling the volume of the MU1000 XG part that
is hosting the PLG card (i.e. the PLG return level to the MU internal
mixer!). In fact I am not sure that PLGAN has a default response to CC7 (it
may even be filtered from the PLG stream)...since it will always be acted
upon by the PLG host! Furthermore the XG devices tend to have a relatively
slow response to CC7!
Hence you need to set up your WC to provide a different
controller.....preferably one that the MU XG part does not respond to. I
would suggest you configure your WC to send Breath (CC2). Thereafter, use
An1xEdit to setup the Matrix feature of the voice to map CC2 to VCA Volume
i.e.
Source=2
Parameter= VCA Volume
Depth = DIR (or whatever value you prefer)
You should then get the kind of response you are after.
Regards
Gary
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Hello!
After mostly working with the VL70-m + EWI3000 for the last 2 years
I'm now shifting my attention to the PLG150-AN sitting in a MU100R. I
really like the sounds coming out of the PLG card. The whole concept
feels so much more straightforward than the often mystery shrouded
ins and outs of the VL70-m. Don't get me wrong, among other things
the VL does some emulations I've never heard before. Having worked
with analog stuff like the Oberheim SEM and Serge Modular since the
mid 70's, one definitely recognizes the different components. As a
fat bonus, many new great surprises take shape with the PLG. Still I
have noticed very few postings regarding AN1x/PLG150-AN in
conjunction with WC.
However when it comes to WC response, the PLG150-AN differs from all
other digital, analog, and hybrid models I've used together with my
different wind controllers, EWI, WX7, and Lyricon Wind Driver. It
doesn't respond well to the CC7 being generated by the wind sensor of
the EWI. It's impossible to get the same distinctive attacks like the
ones being generated by simple finger movements. It seems like the
whole attack portion disappears, just leaving a numb, very different
replica of the original sound. Fast tiki-tak-tata type of tounge
attacks has never been a problem with the VL70-m, it tracks easily.
Not so with the PLG. OK, when I turn off the EWI wind sensor output,
no problem. Then, the PLG is as fast as the VL70-m. I guess I can map
the wind sensor to do something different, but I'm really used to
control volume with it. Anybody has a remedy for this problem.
Regards,
Lars