Re: [AN1x-list] Control Matrix (Jon again, Gary..)
2000-08-10 by jondl
Hi G. - it's Jon again. Unless you object I'm going to repost your reply to this thread along with my own on my site. I'm inspired this week! Jon Gary Gregson wrote: > > Hi Mango, > > > Does the AN1x manual go in-depth about the Ctrl Matrix and give examples > > of it's various uses? If not... would anyone who is experienced in this > > share some (preferably a lot ;-) of example-situations of it's various > > possibilities? > > The Control Matrix is perhaps one of the most powerful features of the AN1x. > Unfortunately it appears to be overlooked by most people when creating > voices. This is a shame, as it can add so many dynamic possibilities to a > voice. > > The basic purpose of the Matrix is to map incoming (CC) continuous > controllers (1 - 95) and other standard MIDI controllers (e.g. After touch, > Pitch Bend) and keyboard specific controllers (e.g. Knobs, ribbon etc) to > AN1x parameters. > > In this way you can configure a whole bunch of 'controllers' to control a > bunch of AN1x 'parameters' in real-time! What's more its very flexible....so > for instance you can have a single controller affect multiple AN1x > parameters simultaneously....or a number of different controllers affect a > single AN1x parameter. Or different controllers affecting different scenes > etc... > > There are two basic scenarios where the power of the function can be > realised: > > a) When playing the synth live - you can have a set of foot controllers etc > (or the on keyboard controllers; knobs, wheels, ribbon etc) configured to > perform real-time voice modifications. This can give you significantly more > expression, timbre and dynamic control over the voice. > > b) When playing the synth from a sequencer - you can setup a bunch of > standard controllers (which are easily edited by your sequencers built in > functions e.g. controller curves etc) to edit the voice during playback in a > reproducible manner. Using this method is significantly easier (both for > entry and modification) than attempting to embed lots of sysex data edits in > the body of a song! In fact if you carefully create a matrix for each voice, > you can effectively dispense with having to run AN1xEdit and your sequencer > together......just use normal patch select and controller messages instead! > > If you are using AN1xEdit (as you should be :-) you will find all Control > Matrix parameters laid out in the Matrix view. Each scene has its own 16 > controller mappings, together with specific controls for setting pitch bend > up/down ranges. In addition their are a pair of Voice Common mappings that > are global to the whole voice (but are displayed in the scene matrix for > ease of access) > > The Source value determines which input controller is used (if you look at > the popup list, the selections should be self explanatory). > > The Parameter value determines which AN parameter is affected by the input > controller. Again the popup list of possible selections should be pretty > much self explanatory. However it is worth noting that not all controllers > can be mapped to all AN parameters. Where a parameter cannot be mapped it > will be shown in red within the list (you can select such parameters...but > they will have no affect in use). > > So for example you could have the keyboard after touch response increase the > resonance of the voice filter: i.e. SOURCE=AFTERTOUCH, PARAMETER=RESONANCE > > The Depth parameter determines the actual scaling of input source controller > range to the range of the selected parameter. Obviously, most standard CC's > operate in range 0 - 127. However, different AN parameters have different > operating ranges e.g. LFO1 Delay has a range of 0 - 127 whereas LFO1 Speed > has a range 0 - 255. So in the first case you do not need to scale the CC's > values, but in the second case you may wish to scale the input to achieve > the full output parameter range. Hence the Depth control allows you to set > the scaling...either positive or negative by some value....or to leave as is > (DIRect). > > The possibilities available within the matrix are endless...so no amount of > examples will really do it justice or explain all the possible nuances you > can achieve. Therefore your best option is just to experiment. As always a > good place to start is with some existing voices that have been configured > to use the Matrix (take a look at the Best Of Yamaha set). Check out the > Matrix mappings in each voice, and experiment with manipulating the > controllers that are assigned as sources! You should soon get the idea!! > > Also make sure you check out the real-time parameter editing features of the > FreeEG and Step Sequencer!! > > Regards > > Gary > Email: > gary@... > http://www.yme.co.uk/yme > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mango [mailto:j.kolling@...] > > Sent: 20 July 2000 23:53 > > To: an1x-list@egroups.com > > Subject: [AN1x-list] Control Matrix > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To email plain text is conventional, to add graphics is divine. > We'll show you how at www.supersig.com. > http://click.egroups.com/1/6811/9/_/663009/_/964175138/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Community email addresses: > Post message: AN1x-list@onelist.com > Subscribe: AN1x-list-subscribe@onelist.com > Unsubscribe: AN1x-list-unsubscribe@onelist.com > List owner: AN1x-list-owner@onelist.com > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.onelist.com/community/AN1x-list -- http://www.jdlx-musique.com/ Featuring support for the Ensoniq ASR-X Pro Sampler and Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer