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I'm not sure about the Expressionmate, since I don't have one, but 
the D*epfer one can generate a MIDI message with pitch bend that does 
not generate multiple note on/note off messages as you slide up and 
down the ribbon. You would have to program your MIDI synth on the 
receiving side to have quite a wide range of pitch bend if you wanted 
to cover several octaves. Otherwise, I would just have the ribbon 
generate some continuous controller message and use that over the 
full width of the ribbon.

At 6:06 PM -0400 2005/07/30, ivancu@... wrote:
>Right, but how can you get it to control a MIDI synthesizer so as 
>not to play individual notes when sliding up and down the ribbon?
>
>Ivan
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Juskiw <scott@...>
>To: ivancu@...; motm@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:07:51 -0600
>Subject: [motm] Re: Ribbon Controller - Kurzweil Expressionmate
>
>  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?
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