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Sustain pedal finished

Sustain pedal finished

2008-11-21 by Michael Hawkins

Yep, the sustain pedal now changes the EG decay according to an offset parameter.

And sweet it is, even if I say so myself.

At this point, the Poly 800 just became a much more expressive synth by virtue of the sustain pedal.

You can actually play a nice tune on it now.

:-)

Mike.

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From: Michael Hawkins
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:32:47 PM
Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal

with the MIDI CC's for parameter editing and the NRPN support, you can do this with the HAWK-800 kit right now.

Can anyone point Dave at a link to a MIDI foot pedal?

Mike.

From: David Mochen hotmail.com>
To: korgpolyex@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 3:24:28 PM
Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal

One crazy thing I had thought about is patching some sort of a potentiometer pedal and assign it to a parameter so as to be able to modulate it with your foot :) imagine, for instance, asigning cutoff -- instant wah-wah like effect...
dave
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 3:36 PM
Subject: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal

Hi Poly fans,

This new feature is one coming from out of the blue.

I have implemented a sustain pedal function. The original pedal jack is for incrementing the patch numbers. That is something that I NEVER used.

So I've implemented a new global parameter (17) that allows you to make the pedal jack into a sustain pedal.

At the moment, it only holds the notes at the sustain level. When you release the pedal the notes that you have let go are then released. The pedal is basically "holding" the notes.

Now I am going to try to implement a second sustain pedal mode that will not only hold the notes at sustain point but will also change the decay of the EG's. I will be trying to add an extended parameter that allows setting the decay offset for the sustain pedal. This offset would be added to the set decay. And then another mode will add the offset to the release too (maybe we need a second extended parameter to determine the release offset).

I'll let you all know how that works out.

Mike.



From: "electrohead2000@ yahoo.com"
To: "korgpolyex@ yahoogroups. com" ups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:38:41 AM
Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] AtomaHawk preorders!

I will be ordering both kits at the same time :)



On Nov 17, 2008, at 8:41 AM, "korgpolyex800" <korgpolyex800@ yahoo.com> wrote:

I am now ordering parts for the AtomaHawk kit.

But before I do, I would like to get an idea of...

How many of you would be about to order the HAWK-800 along with the
AtomaHawk when I announce the AtomaHawk is ready?

And how many of you that already have the HAWK-800 will be ordering
the AtomaHawk?

Mike





Re: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal finished

2008-11-21 by Atom Smasher

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Michael Hawkins wrote:

> Yep, the sustain pedal now changes the EG decay according to an offset 
> parameter.
>
> And sweet it is, even if I say so myself.
>
> At this point, the Poly 800 just became a much more expressive synth by 
> virtue of the sustain pedal.
>
> You can actually play a nice tune on it now.
=================

cool. maybe that will even be useful to non-musicians, such as myself (i 
prefer the term synthesizerist).

i'm guessing the same functionality can be had via MIDI CC 64 (0x40)?


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Re: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal finished

2008-11-21 by Michael Hawkins

Well, actually I have to rewrite my MIDI implementation for changing the Poly mode first.

Because I picked using MIDI CC 64 to switch the Poly into Hold mode.

That was a mistake that now needs to be rectified.

But it won't take long to fix.

Mike.

From: Atom Smasher To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:24:13 PM
Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal finished

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Michael Hawkins wrote:

> Yep, the sustain pedal now changes the EG decay according to an offset
> parameter.
>
> And sweet it is, even if I say so myself.
>
> At this point, the Poly 800 just became a much more expressive synth by
> virtue of the sustain pedal.
>
> You can actually play a nice tune on it now.
============ =====

cool. maybe that will even be useful to non-musicians, such as myself (i
prefer the term synthesizerist) .

i'm guessing the same functionality can be had via MIDI CC 64 (0x40)?

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Re: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal finished

2008-11-21 by Alex Drinkwater

That's half-way to my Accent function, actually....
If it could just increase VCF Env.Mod amount too...

Good work, anyway.

a|x




--- On Fri, 21/11/08, Michael Hawkins <korgpolyex800@...> wrote:
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> From: Michael Hawkins <korgpolyex800@...>
> Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal finished
> To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, 21 November, 2008, 2:10 PM
> Well, actually I have to rewrite my MIDI implementation for
> changing the Poly mode first.
> 
> Because I picked using MIDI CC 64 to switch the Poly into
> Hold mode.
> 
> That was a mistake that now needs to be rectified.
> 
> But it won't take long to fix.
> 
> Mike.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Atom Smasher <atom@...>
> To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:24:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal finished
> 
> 
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Michael Hawkins wrote:
> 
> > Yep, the sustain pedal now changes the EG decay
> according to an offset 
> > parameter.
> >
> > And sweet it is, even if I say so myself.
> >
> > At this point, the Poly 800 just became a much more
> expressive synth by 
> > virtue of the sustain pedal.
> >
> > You can actually play a nice tune on it now.
> ============ =====
> 
> cool. maybe that will even be useful to non-musicians, such
> as myself (i 
> prefer the term synthesizerist) .
> 
> i'm guessing the same functionality can be had via MIDI
> CC 64 (0x40)?
> 
> -- 
> ...atom
> 
> ____________ _________ ___
> http://atom. smasher.org/
> 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808
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> 
> "We must learn to live together as brothers
> or perish together as fools."
> -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Re: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal finished

2008-11-21 by Michael Hawkins

So you want VCF env. depth to be varied by note on velocity? Or something else?

I can also integrate that into the sustain pedal.


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From: Alex Drinkwater
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:20:52 AM
Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal finished

That's half-way to my Accent function, actually....
If it could just increase VCF Env.Mod amount too...

Good work, anyway.

a|x

--- On Fri, 21/11/08, Michael Hawkins <korgpolyex800@ yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Hawkins <korgpolyex800@ yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal finished
> To: korgpolyex@yahoogro ups.com
> Date: Friday, 21 November, 2008, 2:10 PM
> Well, actually I have to rewrite my MIDI implementation for
> changing the Poly mode first.
>
> Because I picked using MIDI CC 64 to switch the Poly into
> Hold mode.
>
> That was a mistake that now needs to be rectified.
>
> But it won't take long to fix.
>
> Mike.
>
>
>
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
> From: Atom Smasher <atom@smasher. org>
> To: korgpolyex@yahoogro ups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:24:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Sustain pedal finished
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Michael Hawkins wrote:
>
> > Yep, the sustain pedal now changes the EG decay
> according to an offset
> > parameter.
> >
> > And sweet it is, even if I say so myself.
> >
> > At this point, the Poly 800 just became a much more
> expressive synth by
> > virtue of the sustain pedal.
> >
> > You can actually play a nice tune on it now.
> ============ =====
>
> cool. maybe that will even be useful to non-musicians, such
> as myself (i
> prefer the term synthesizerist) .
>
> i'm guessing the same functionality can be had via MIDI
> CC 64 (0x40)?
>
> --
> ...atom
>
> ____________ _________ ___
> http://atom. smasher.org/
> 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- -
>
> "We must learn to live together as brothers
> or perish together as fools."
> -- Martin Luther King, Jr.


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