Re: MIDI "Controller" Support
Re: MIDI "Controller" Support
- Subject: Re: MIDI "Controller" Support
- From: "Angus F. Hewlett" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:07:36 +0100
At 02:39 PM 7/14/2003 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
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As for the "new" feature of midi-learn - hardware synths have had
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reassignable controller functionality since at least the DX7-II (and
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lets not forget the analog patch cords)... so in some respects soft
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synths are actually just catching up to their "hardware" brethren... In
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fact one of the most common complaints about soft synths that I hear is
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their lack of controllability (which I take to mean "I choose this
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patch, move the mod-wheel/press on the keyboard (sometimes even the
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pitch bend wheel) and nothing happens")...
True, BUT in the case of a softsynth running via a typical plugin API,
there is already the automation / parameter-map API which the synth exposes
to the host. In an ideal world, it seems like the host should provide some
kind of support for mapping the (hardware-world) MIDI-parameterspace on to
that. Otherwise, you run the severe risk of having two overlapping,
conflicting parameter-spaces. No plugin API I've seen yet addresses this
properly.
Regards,
Angus.
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Angus F. Hewlett, Technical Director
FXpansion Audio UK Ltd -
http://www.fxpansion.com
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