Ribbon Controllerby sebber

Question

Bronze

MIDI Target Manufacturer(s): Original, Generic
Summary: This is an original creation, and a very outside use of MIDI Designer Pro 2: "this is not a complete layout but a controller to append to an layout. It's a ribbon controller that controls pitch horizontally and velocity vertically." We're very glad to have it, thanks Seb!

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Hi all,

this is not a complete layout but a controller to append to an layout. It's a ribbon controller that controls pitch horizontally and velocity vertically.

Cheers
Seb

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Comments

Fascinating. Any chance we could get a video (of any quality, of course) showing this in action?

Great work! Thanks.

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Hi, there wouldn't be much to see: if you slide with your finger horizontally it's like doing a glissando on a keyboard. Vertically it can be anything, in this patch it's set to volume.

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Hmmmm... I guess I didn't realize that you were pouring this work into this Ribbon Controller, @sebber, and you asked about this elsewhere (perhaps via support)... in 1.6.1 we have a Control Type (or Subtype, some inconsistency there) called Transpose for a supercontrol. That would allow you to do with this 126 less buttons. SORRY for the late notice on this one. I'm not sure if 1.6.1 wasn't out yet, or if I just didn't realize what you were trying to do.

Anyway, glad to have this layout, but I guess we'll need to have a response layout using transpose, too.

Thanks!

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Thanks for your comment. If I'm not mistaken the transpose function doesn't work the same way because for the transposition to take place one needs to send a note on signal. That means: press button, change transposition, press button, change transposition... holding a note on button and then changing transposition does not change the pitch. Or am I doing something wrong here? I see the (octave) transpose buttons more like the feature on keyboards to transpose into another key. You cannot slide up and down with it. I would be curious if I make a mistake here. I used a note on/off button and a knob as transposition super control.

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No, you haven't made any mistake. But it does suggest a different type of transpose key that we could do, or an option for transpose that is resend note-on....

Great dialog, thanks!

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Try it with multiple fingers, very interesting effect.