Analogue-sequencer

Just a quick one.

I want to sequence my Macbeth M3X (analogue mini "clone" from Ken Macbeth)
with the P3 so that it glides like a 303 when I tie steps with the P3, but
is does NOT glide when notes are not legato/tied.

the M3X has a legato function on the envelopes, so when tieing steps
together it will NOT retrigger the envelope, which is what I want really,
however, for portamento, the M3X needs a controller number (say #65) to tell
him to turn the portamento on or off.  The actual controller # can be set up
to what I want (the M3X has an integrated kenton pro-one MIDI to CV
interface)...
So far I've been recreating the tie-gliding character of the 303 by setting
up an aux controller number and basically replicating by hand what happens
on the Tie line onto the Aux line. but it's a bit of a pain and a much
simpler way could be to tell the P3 to send such MIDI controller accordingly
to what happens in the Tie event sequence.

so here's the question : does the P3 send MIDI event of any kind for steps
that have their tie status activated ?
if not, which is what I believe (after all, from a MIDI perspective a Tie is
just a note off message carried one step further), then can I set the P3 in
such a manner (say using an Aux events that would get the Tie status of the
step and act on my controller number 65 ?)

I had a quick look at the reference manual yesterday and from what I can
read , there is no way to do that at the moment...

I was thinking maybe Colin could give us some thoughts as to how this is
possible ?


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> I want to sequence my Macbeth M3X (analogue mini "clone" from 
> Ken Macbeth)
> with the P3 so that it glides like a 303 when I tie steps 
> with the P3, but
> is does NOT glide when notes are not legato/tied.

> however, for portamento, the M3X needs a controller number 
> (say #65) to tell
> him to turn the portamento on or off.  The actual controller 
> # can be set up
> to what I want (the M3X has an integrated kenton pro-one MIDI to CV
> interface)...

The Pro Solo MkI appears not to have an auto- or legato-glide mode, which is
what you need to use tie for activating slide.
This is a common feature on better MIDI to CV convertors, and was indeed
added to the Pro Solo MkII.

> So far I've been recreating the tie-gliding character of the 
> 303 by setting
> up an aux controller number and basically replicating by hand 
> what happens
> on the Tie line onto the Aux line. but it's a bit of a pain and a much
> simpler way could be to tell the P3 to send such MIDI 
> controller accordingly
> to what happens in the Tie event sequence.

There's no way to do this automatically at the moment.
It's the sort of thing I could add as a user config option.
I'll put it on the list for the next time I have a look at the P3 OS.

Best regards,
Colin Fraser
Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
http://www.sequentix.com

> > So far I've been recreating the tie-gliding character of the 
> > 303 by setting
> > up an aux controller number and basically replicating by hand 
> > what happens
> > on the Tie line onto the Aux line. but it's a bit of a pain and a much
> > simpler way could be to tell the P3 to send such MIDI 
> > controller accordingly
> > to what happens in the Tie event sequence.
> 
> There's no way to do this automatically at the moment.
> It's the sort of thing I could add as a user config option.
> I'll put it on the list for the next time I have a look at the P3 OS.
> 
> Best regards,
> Colin Fraser


that'd be great Colin ! I see some sort of User Config for choosing to
have a special behaviour for CC65 in Aux events, 
such that it would automatically be 127 if Tie is on, 0 if Tie is off.
something like that. 

beside benefiting the M3X or Kenton Pro Solo mkI owners I believe
loads of other synth users would benefit from this. My Alesis Ion has
this legato setting for portamento for those 303-like sequencing
moments, but I take it that this is not as common a feature on other
synths ?

thanks anyway for the quick answer !

Olivier