Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Sounds good but I just discovered my JL Cooper Fadermaster does 
handle NRPNs the same way as CC, and I think all controller boxes do, 
and I think Atom mentioned that CC only have 7-bit resolution, 
whereas I read somewhere else that NRPNs have 14-bit resolution.  So 
you might want to check to see if there might be a benefit in using a 
few NRPNs?

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "korgpolyex800" 
<korgpolyex800@...> wrote:
>
> I am about to get serious about writing the code that implements 
MIDI
> controllers for all of the Poly 800 parameters. The controllers 
would
> edit the current sound parameters and would require "writing" to a
> specific patch in order to make the current sound permanent in one 
of
> the 64 patches.
> 
> Some of the controllers will be set up specifically according to a
> well known controller. VCF, resonance, portamento time, etc all have
> assigned controllers. I will write the code so that those specific
> MIDI controllers work for those well known controllers.
> 
> Now, given that there are about 50 to 60 original parameters to edit
> and another 64 potentially in extended parameters, I think it makes
> sense for us to just assume that we'll be dealing with about 128
> different controllers. Also, the parameters are kind of set up in
> blocks of eight. And furthermore, global mode uses up to 64 
different
> parameters too.
> 
> So I was thinking about assigning controller 22 to be a parameter 
bank
> select. Controller 22 would use a range of values from 0-16 
(anything
> above 16 would be ignored). Then Controllers 23 to 31 would be
> parameter controllers for parameter 0 through 7.
> 
> For example, set Controller 22 to 4 would select the EG1 parameters
> for editing. Then, you would edit attack, decay, bp, slope, sustain
> and release by using controllers 23-29 (30 and 31 would not be 
active
> because the EG parameter bank only has six parameters to edit). So 
23
> would edit the attack through to 29 would edit release.
> 
> If you want to edit EG2 parameters you would send controller 22 
with a
> value of 5. Then use controllers 23-29 to edit EG2 parameters. Once
> again, 23 would control attack through 29 would control release.
> 
> Using this model, we can use nine knobs on a controller to edit all 
of
> the parameter "banks". The banks would be 0-7 for the original
> parameters, 8-15 for extended parameters and 16 for global 
parameters.
> 
> So just about any MIDI controller that has nine assignable knobs 
could
> edit all of the parameters in the Poly.
> 
> Hmm, maybe I should just leave out the global parameters.
> 
> What does everyone think of that method?
> 
> Mike.
>