Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

>The problem is, there are 128 parameters just on the symth side of
>evolver..... which would leave no room for the normal CCs that everyone
>wants to use (vol, pan, mod, etc - which evolver DOES handle, by the way)
>And what about CCs for the sequencer?? that would also be cool.....

Not every parameter needs to come with an assigned CC.   Like most synths
these days, each parameter can have a user assigned CC.  Even the JP8000,
one of the early analog emulation synths has assignable CC's for all it's
parameters.


>So in order to use CCs, you'd need to go with NRPNs anyway. and in that
>case, you may as well be using SysEx, in my opinion....

Not with the setup above...


>Though maybe a couple of CCs hardwired to the main synth parameters would
>be >nice.... you could do a fair bit with envelope controls, LFO frequency>
and
>amount, filter cutoff, res, and env, and oscillator frequency, fine, shape,
>and level. oh, and the feedback and delay stuff..... that would take up
>what, 60-something of the free CC parameters?


Again as above, I don't NEED every parameter to have a CC assigned to it.
Just the ones I want to record, edit, automate in a software sequencer, to
which I could assign any CC I wanted to it.


>That said, I'm a bit hesitant to ask for this as an OS upgrade.. I think it
>would actually be a bit of a pain for Dave to do... he'd have to hook the
>new code into his existing software, in parallel with the SysEx stuff...so
>also some arbitration between the blocks of code needed,  more processing
>required, more load on the processor, more chance to create strange bugs.
>And for what? all you need to do to make it work right now is override the
>default MIDI mode of cubase....

I can't comment on what kind of work would go into implementing CC control
messages since I know nothing of programming.  But your solution to just
turn off Sysex filtering is not a solution.  I lose the ability to make
quick, easy edits b/c I'm dealing with sysex and not CC messages in the
sequencer.  I lose the ability to easily draw in my own control parameters
into a midi automation track.