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thnx for the kind words, jon

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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