Velocity sensitive
2009-01-09 by Michael Hawkins
The only part of this list that is not doable given the CPU cycle constraints is probably the one most ppl might want the most which is... Velocity to Amplitude. I can't do this because it would require a massive rewrite of the code and a massive increase in CPU cycles (of which there none to be had). I don't think it's worth doing break point, sustain level etc and the math is so complex, I don't think I want to take it on anyway. The rest I will parse through and think about, although most of them look doable on immediate examination. What's more important though, is that everyone that has a HAWK kit now should try to put all of these into some sort of priority. So here I post the list again (with my suggested priority) but now can people reorder them and see if we can come up with a consensus on what should be done first. Vel > filter cutoff Vel > resonance Vel > FM-800 Vel > EG1/2 attack Vel > EG1/2 decay Vel > harmonics mapping Vel > oscillator interval Vel > oscillator detuneVel > LFO speedVel > LFO wave change Vel > EG1/2 release Mike. ________________________________
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From: David Mochen <davidmochen@...> To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 9, 2009 1:06:51 PM Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] best hardware arpeggiator Hi, *Vel > Eg 1, 2, 3, and 4 Amplitude (not sure if this is the best techie way to describe it but, basically, the harder you hit, the louder it sounds/the more the VCF opens up/the more EG4 affects global pitch/noise) *Vel > all EG steps (att, dec, brk p, slope, sus, rel) or at least some of them *Vel > filter cutoff and reso *Vel > FM-800 *Vel > oscillator interval *Vel > oscillator detune *Vel > LFO speed *Vel > LFO wave change *Vel > "muting/unmuting" the different harmonics? Say, play lightly, only first harmonic is heard... play harder, a more sawtooth-like sound is heard as the remaninig 3 harmonics are engaged. Dunno if it is feasible, though. (if any other ideas come to me, i'll let you know) BTW, all the above should be possible to be assigned both positive and negative modulation on the targets. Also, some sort of keyboard tracking would be cool. Who knows? maybe the Atomahawk 800 will end up as a poor-man Oberheim Matrix 12? Ha, it feels so nice just asking The Man for more... like a kid in a candy store... dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Hawkins To: korgpolyex@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] best hardware arpeggiator OK, this is great feedback. I've been making good progress going back over my code and collapsing certain parts of it into reusable functions so that the memory use is actually dropping right now. I also have been thinking about the ARP too. It is not on the top of my list that is for sure. I think a simple ARP is a good idea for those of us who don't use computers or a hardware sequencer. But how many of us are in that position? Since I was able to get the sustain pedal working and actually change the EG1/2 sustain in real time according to the pedal, it is now quite possible to change any part of the EG parameters according to velocity. I believe I can do the same for EG3. So I can see that altering attack on EG1/2 or EG3 might be things we'd like to change according to velocity. What other parameters might we want changed according to velocity? Mike ________________________________ From: David Mochen <davidmochen@ hotmail.com> To: korgpolyex@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Friday, January 9, 2009 9:09:53 AM Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] best hardware arpeggiator i'd say the HAWK-800 is well on the way to "killer" without a sequencer or arpeggiator. somewhat disregarding my own personal wish-list (LCD & sysex for panel events), i think velocity sensitivity is the *only* thing the kit is "missing". -- ...atom 100% agree. Dave