Check if the Expressionmate can do either of these:
1. Can it output a continuous controller message instead of note on/off?
2. Can it output note on/off with pitch bend?
Either of these modes should be able to produce a reasonably smooth
portamento from MIDI messages. The brand D ribbon controller supports
both of these.
At 10:26 AM -0400 2005/07/30,
ivancu@... wrote:
>I had bought an Expressionmate when they first came out and was turned
>off by the fact that it output info as pure MIDI notes, so instead of a
>continuous "portamento" it was a "glissando." Of course later I
>realized that this is a function of MIDI, where it is designed around
>discrete notes rather than continuous variable voltages.
>
>Is there a way to get around this?