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switchin' to glide

switchin' to glide

2007-11-21 by ceccles_ca

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Mark Pring <markpringnz@...>
wrote:
>
> Alas still tronless, if anybody knows how to do glides
> in m-tron please let me know.

Use the M-Tron pitch control. Midi sequencer or controller pitch wheel
should work with M-Tron as well. If you want to do Moog style glide,
you can, but usually sounds like shit with 'tron sounds.

Clay

Re: switchin' to glide

2007-11-21 by john barrick

Mark,
the thing to keep in mind is that M-Tron doesn't use the standard midi
pitch wheel channel assignment. Hopefully they supply you with the
channel numbers when you buy the software, if not, I can dig them up
for you. For me the best thing about M-Tron was that when I came to
grips with the fact that most of the sounds were pretty rank, it fired
my resolve to get the real thing. Thanks to the Mellotronists list, I
got 1407 within a year.

john b
>
> Use the M-Tron pitch control. Midi sequencer or controller pitch wheel
> should work with M-Tron as well. If you want to do Moog style glide,
> you can, but usually sounds like shit with 'tron sounds.
>
> Clay
>

Re: switchin' to glide

2007-11-21 by Bernie

I've never been able to get the pitch control to work from a midi
keyboard, but the volume control works fine.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "john barrick"
<astroboy@...> wrote:
>
> Mark,
> the thing to keep in mind is that M-Tron doesn't use the standard
midi
> pitch wheel channel assignment. Hopefully they supply you with the
> channel numbers when you buy the software, if not, I can dig them
up
> for you. For me the best thing about M-Tron was that when I came
to
> grips with the fact that most of the sounds were pretty rank, it
fired
> my resolve to get the real thing. Thanks to the Mellotronists
list, I
> got 1407 within a year.
>
> john b
> >
> > Use the M-Tron pitch control. Midi sequencer or controller
pitch wheel
> > should work with M-Tron as well. If you want to do Moog style
glide,
> > you can, but usually sounds like shit with 'tron sounds.
> >
> > Clay
> >
>

Re: switchin' to glide

2007-11-21 by john barrick

Bernie - I'll see if I can dig up the pitch control assignment for you
tonight. I was using an EMU X Board and it came with software that
allowed you to reassign your midi channels to any of the controls on
the keyboard. I ended up assigning Pitch to the Modulation Wheel so
that it would stay put rather than springing back to "0" when I
released it. Works like a charm.

john b

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Bernie" <kornowicz@...> wrote:
>
> I've never been able to get the pitch control to work from a midi
> keyboard, but the volume control works fine.
>
> Bernie
>

Re: switchin' to glide

2007-11-21 by Bernie

Thanks John. Much appreciated.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "john barrick"
<astroboy@...> wrote:
>
> Bernie - I'll see if I can dig up the pitch control assignment for
you
> tonight. I was using an EMU X Board and it came with software that
> allowed you to reassign your midi channels to any of the controls
on
> the keyboard. I ended up assigning Pitch to the Modulation Wheel
so
> that it would stay put rather than springing back to "0" when I
> released it. Works like a charm.
>
> john b
>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Bernie" <kornowicz@>
wrote:
> >
> > I've never been able to get the pitch control to work from a
midi
> > keyboard, but the volume control works fine.
> >
> > Bernie
> >
>