2013/11/9 Julius @ Wikter <wikter@...>
To some extent E-mu 2000 line does it as well - IIRC CC#7 & CC#10 are always interpreted as Volume &; Pan, and you don't have to assign them in patchcords. However, CCs are just CCs - messages with sound-agnostic data. How particular synth interprets them, depends both on global configuration and on preset settings. If you don't define how the synth (globally) or patch react to CC #63, what's going to happen if the synth receives it? Nothing, I believe.
E-mu architecture assumes a set of 12 (or 16 - depends on devices) controllers, and while their CC numbers are defined globally, they can be freely interpreted *per layer*, as well as per preset (see layer/preset patchcords). Also, presets in E-mu don't define CCs, but internal controllers A-L (or A-P), and you can assign any MIDI CC numbers (at least those defined as "open" by standard) to your internal controllers.
I cannot really compare it to the Kurzweil architecture, and the reason is quite simple - I don't have any K2*00 synth. What I can say though, is that I really like the fact that you can easily define "dead zones", for instance Mod Wheel opens the filter cutoff, but only for values above 40 etc. It makes it possible to create very complex and vivid sounds.
Cheers,
Bruno
NO, I mean K2000 can receive and respond to ANY midi CC simultaneously, not only those preset defined CC's.
To some extent E-mu 2000 line does it as well - IIRC CC#7 & CC#10 are always interpreted as Volume &; Pan, and you don't have to assign them in patchcords. However, CCs are just CCs - messages with sound-agnostic data. How particular synth interprets them, depends both on global configuration and on preset settings. If you don't define how the synth (globally) or patch react to CC #63, what's going to happen if the synth receives it? Nothing, I believe.
E-mu architecture assumes a set of 12 (or 16 - depends on devices) controllers, and while their CC numbers are defined globally, they can be freely interpreted *per layer*, as well as per preset (see layer/preset patchcords). Also, presets in E-mu don't define CCs, but internal controllers A-L (or A-P), and you can assign any MIDI CC numbers (at least those defined as "open" by standard) to your internal controllers.
I cannot really compare it to the Kurzweil architecture, and the reason is quite simple - I don't have any K2*00 synth. What I can say though, is that I really like the fact that you can easily define "dead zones", for instance Mod Wheel opens the filter cutoff, but only for values above 40 etc. It makes it possible to create very complex and vivid sounds.
Cheers,
Bruno