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Christian,
Just a quick email to applaud your effort! This is terrific and I'll 
bet all the MOTU Performer users out there will appreciate it.

Regards,
Jon

--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, sophalicus@h... wrote:
> hello people,
> 
>  i got kinda bored today and decided i was gonna finish up my
> consoles 
> for the an1x.  all total there are 5 of them.  one for the synthy 
> parameters using the second control matrix.  i initially was making 
> them with sysex strings, but then someone on the list enlightened
me 
> to the two control modes.  you just gotta remember to fire up the
an 
> with the function button held down to get into the second mode. 
the 
> next 3 are for each effect block.  performer's consoles aren't as 
> thorough as i'd like them to be, but suffice it to say i think i
did 
> as good a job as they will get.  you can't tell exactly what the 
> values are unless you've navigated your an1x to the particular 
> parameter your tweeking or in the case that your one of those
people 
> who can multiply and divide 3 digit numbers in their head, on the
fly, 
> there are tables which correspond to real world values in the
second 
> manual.  
> 
>  what is nice about the sysex for the efx section is that each
sysex 
> string works universally for every parameter in each 
> algorithm(msb-lsb), what 
> isn't so great is that there are different parameter change values 
> between the different efx algo's parameters.  so i had to set each
> knob 
> or slider to whatever the highest parameter value was, between the 
> algo's(gosh, shoot me now).  another disadvantged thing about 
> performer's consoles is that any parameter change rougly above 1000 
> will step coursely.  this problem only affects the delay console
and 
> it's delay and feedback times. these both have 6599 different
values. 
> soooo....they unfortunatley step in increments of 8 all the
time(will 
> have to talk to motu about this) :(.  the parameter names
themselves 
> you'll have to refer to the table i put beside the knobs and
sliders 
> for the variation efx and delay efx consoles, most are roughly the 
> same, but some efx have different functions.  it's a little akward, 
> but that's the price you pay for getting on screen efx tweeking in 
> your sequencer!  bleh bleh bleh, the last console is one for the 
> onboard partially parametric eq.  most of these consoles only give
> you 
> a rough idea of what values your tweaking to, but i much prefer 
> sliders and knobs and only roughly knowing what their value is than
a 
>  few dinky rocker switches and rotary knob and knowing the value, 
> sometimes...that is hehe.
> 
> 
> hasta luego,
> 
> ---
> 
> christian