200e

rreprobate wrote:


--- In 200e@yahoogroups.com, "r" <datacult@y...> wrote:
> Midi - do u know a 'time table' for getting this done?  I use MAX
for lots of things...and was thinking I could do more things with
> midi..but midi seems to be lacking (from the outside world at this
> point)

If this is in regard to midi implementation (how deep midi is used as a
control for specific modules), right now there's no published ichart, but
you can do it by other means (more on that n a second).

If this is in regard to just using midi to control the 200e, then i have to
say that this isn't really a true statement.  The 200e responds generously
to external midi (more on this in a second, too)

What the 200e can't do it GENERATE midi TO the outside world.

It can receive and use it from anything. From a Marimba Lumina, from a
keyboard, from a sequencer, from your computer, from anywhere - even from
tiny data gloves designed to fit a hampster if you wish (!).

<<Hi, could somebody go into more detail?

What aspects of the advertised MIDI features are not implemented yet?

None.

<<I play a Marimba Lumina and would like to be able to control a 200e with
it>>

Can do.

<<Does the internal midi bus work?>>

Yes

<<What about the midi-to-cv note and controller features>>?

As far as the internal busses, there are 20 in the 200e.  16 of these
convert the midi to voltages before you can get to them, 4 keep them as
midi, and you can't get to them accept to tune them for the specific need -
let me explain.

On each bus you can set the receiving channel (1-16), you can set it up as
Mono or Poly, you can falvor how it responds to gate information and you can
detune. 

The first four midi buses on the 225e remain midi and are hardwired as
follows:

Bus 1 Pitch to VCO1, velocity to LPG 1, gate to EG1
Bus 2 Pitch to VCO2, velocity to LPG 2, gate to EG2
Bus 3 Pitch to VCO3, velocity to LPG 3, gate to EG3
Bus 4 Pitch to VCO4, velocity to LPG 4, gate to EG4

You can't get to these as patch points on the 225e. They are hardwired
within the machine.

The remaining 16 busses are converted to voltages or gates and go to the
faceplate jacks of the 225:

Busses E, F, G and H have pitch, vel. and gates (three jacks per bus)

The last 12 buses only pass controller information, again as a voltage

My suggestion though would be to contact Buchla and Associates - they are
very responsive to these types of questions.

hope this helps.


- P






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