User 905133

Having played around with the Meldway Piano a bit yesterday and today (and to a lesser extent Dream Machines) I have moved the purchase of a larger SSD up on my list of priorities to be able to use them. (Until then, I might offload a bunch of GBs from another company's sample playing synth to my external HDD.) BTW, on my PC MSF works well within Tone2's nanohost.

Personally, I would prefer to see (1) per button enable/disable switches and more importantly (2) the ability to store and restore those preferences with Workspaces. I can see some personal workflows where I would like some buttons animated and would like to have different Workspaces for the different workflows. Having to switch animations (all or some) on and off by navigating the Preference settings (including switching between theme variations with different animations enabled/disabled) would be more intrusive than just switching Workspaces.

Not everyone who creates their own custom themes (or who uses custom themes) would want animated buttons.

Thanks for letting those of us who don't get the e-mails know. BTW, I checked, and there was an update for SampleTron 2. Oh, I also checked my profile and deleted my home address in case that's why they haven't been sending me e-mails. BTW: On my computer I am still finding the correlation is off between A/B/C UI switching and MIDI switching. (The switching of the virtual selector knob (A/B/C) and the virtual tapes themselves do not happen for me at the same time.)

Call in the man with the expert ear:

I always thought that was because 960 was a multiple of 96 ppq (a standard) where as 120 wasn't.

(1) Its a matter of individual taste and sonic goals. Personally, I like filter sweeps, including resonance sweeps (including a range from subtle to wild) and sometimes static resonance settings. (2) I just did a very simple test and found that Yes, the resonance knob had an effect on various filter modes in Syntronik (pre-2) with the 6dB filter. Simple Test: Open Syntronik > Minimod > A Deep Sweeper. Select M-Type Filter and 6 dB Slope. Try different Modes. WARNINGS: Do not do this with headphones on. When testing, start with the volume low.. Trigger some notes and play with Resonance and Cutoff. ============== Just my opinion: I applaud oqpoil's dedication to uncovering quirks and sharing his results with the community here. I appreciate Peter's efforts to inform users of information he has, even when he is just passing on information others have given him. I think the factory presets are well designed to ignore the quirks and to showcase a wide range of presets. I think the quirks can be used extremely creatively. Pun ("extremely") definitely intended. Despite all the quirks, $49 is a very nice price for the functional equivalent of Syntronik 2 MAX.

Better late than never, like some of us consumers.

Is your objection that they are text-based with sub-menus that open up instead icon-based?

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I keep forgetting--"Just post the video and don 't worry that people might not get the association." ?

Connection: "Hey, Murray, is it true . . . ?"

Now I am wondering where my first MIDI interface is. It was a Sequential (for the Commodore 64). That led me into dabbling with assembly language programming with MIDI on the C-64. The interface "manual" (more of a guide/booklet) had all I needed to understand how to access and send MIDI data using the chips. Not 100% sure, but I seem to recall it also had asm code segments (setting the chips, reading the registers, etc.). Thank you, Dave Smith!

Re: GUI Unfortunately, the fonts (and images, too) used in Syntronik 2 are still way smaller than Syntronik. Wish they had font/image scaling. Nice to see some of the filter and other parameter issues fixed.

Thanks for the link to the prior discussion. I see that I called the "Input Echo" button a midi thru button (based on my experience with hardware modules).

Correct me if I am wrong, those are switches. It is unclear if by "go between" the OP meant an on/off controller or a continuous controller.

Yes, that's one that does show up, but there were others, too. The ones I had in mind might be buried because of the proliferation of sites related to DAW-based PRV that weren't on the internet 10-12 years ago. Not sure I bookmarked the ones I looked at back then. Who knew they would become buried.

Congratulations on getting the changes to work on Channel 16 so the style changes work!

That's a failing score in my gradebook.

No need; I don't do anything with Python, but thanks for the offer. Moreover, I was expressing hope that you can successfully create an *.ins file that lets you use the midi commands to do style changes. It made the workflow easier for me with the Roland Intelligent Arrangers.

If you are talking about the SYN2GB and you want all the Multis, I didn't get them added to my products until I chose all of the "freebies." Since I already had Syntronik 2 Full, once I picked up the 11 new ones I really didn't need another set of licenses for the SYN2 versions of the "Classic" Syntronik Instruments--except to get the Multis. Disclosure: I did not learn this from IK Support; I learned this from the good people at the Cakewalk Forum. So, I don't know if IK subsequently changed their system, but if you are talking about the SYN2GB and you don't have the Multis listed under My Products but you do want them, you might want to select all the freebies.

I remember a previous discussion about this. As I mentioned my experience with style changes was with some Roland Intelligent modules. These were relatively easy to understand and implement compared to what I read in the PA600 manual. It was rewarding being able to embed midi commands to change styles and related controls. I hope you can master the PA600's controls.

A few years ago (maybe 12-15?) someone at a neighborhood yard sale was closing up shop, so I made an offer on the lot of piano rolls he had left just so he didn't have to cart them back into the house. Clearly, they are the antecedents to MIDI. Does anyone not know that? "Play notes X, Y and Z. Stop notes X, Y, and Z." BTW, there are some dedicated fans of piano rolls who have developed methods for converting them to MIDI. Fascinating stuff, if anyone is interested.** **UPDATE: HOLY CRAPPOLA!!! I haven't looked up "How to convert piano rolls to MIDI" in quite a while and the internet now seems to have become overrun with webpages about DAW-based piano rolls. It is hard to find the sites I had in mind. There used to be a number of excellent sites, including details on how people have built piano roll conversion hardware.

Based on information that comes up with the search for "Jonald Blip," I recommend that this thread be closed. Not saying that all threads from hit-and-run posters should be closed if they don't reply within an arbitrary, just this one based on all of the info that's "out there."

A very important person with a Ph.D. did a video on a live stream a day or two ago and made it quite clear that VST2 is dead (Experience Neutron 4 by iZotope with its Developer Dr. Cory Goldsmith).