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Subject: Re: An1x consoles for performer/dig performer

From: sophalicus@...
Date: 2000-11-10

thnx for the kind words, jon

---

christian


--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, jondl@j... wrote:
> Christian,
> Just a quick email to applaud your effort! This is terrific and I'll
> bet all the MOTU Performer users out there will appreciate it.
>
> Regards,
> Jon
>
> --- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, sophalicus@h... wrote:
> > hello people,
> >
> > i got kinda bored today and decided i was gonna finish up my
> > consoles
> > for the an1x. all total there are 5 of them. one for the synthy
> > parameters using the second control matrix. i initially was
making
> > them with sysex strings, but then someone on the list enlightened
> me
> > to the two control modes. you just gotta remember to fire up the
> an
> > with the function button held down to get into the second mode.
> the
> > next 3 are for each effect block. performer's consoles aren't as
> > thorough as i'd like them to be, but suffice it to say i think i
> did
> > as good a job as they will get. you can't tell exactly what the
> > values are unless you've navigated your an1x to the particular
> > parameter your tweeking or in the case that your one of those
> people
> > who can multiply and divide 3 digit numbers in their head, on the
> fly,
> > there are tables which correspond to real world values in the
> second
> > manual.
> >
> > what is nice about the sysex for the efx section is that each
> sysex
> > string works universally for every parameter in each
> > algorithm(msb-lsb), what
> > isn't so great is that there are different parameter change values
> > between the different efx algo's parameters. so i had to set each
> > knob
> > or slider to whatever the highest parameter value was, between the
> > algo's(gosh, shoot me now). another disadvantged thing about
> > performer's consoles is that any parameter change rougly above
1000
> > will step coursely. this problem only affects the delay console
> and
> > it's delay and feedback times. these both have 6599 different
> values.
> > soooo....they unfortunatley step in increments of 8 all the
> time(will
> > have to talk to motu about this) :(. the parameter names
> themselves
> > you'll have to refer to the table i put beside the knobs and
> sliders
> > for the variation efx and delay efx consoles, most are roughly the
> > same, but some efx have different functions. it's a little
akward,
> > but that's the price you pay for getting on screen efx tweeking in
> > your sequencer! bleh bleh bleh, the last console is one for the
> > onboard partially parametric eq. most of these consoles only give
> > you
> > a rough idea of what values your tweaking to, but i much prefer
> > sliders and knobs and only roughly knowing what their value is
than
> a
> > few dinky rocker switches and rotary knob and knowing the value,
> > sometimes...that is hehe.
> >
> >
> > hasta luego,
> >
> > ---
> >
> > christian