Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Andy Tarpinian <evildead@n...> 
wrote:
> Yea I really don't get why you cant record the joystick since you 
are modifying parameters that are possible to record by other means.  
I don't have my mono yet but one would think if you are manipulating 
a filter by moving the joystick say left why couldn¹t it record 
parameter locks for the filter as if you were turning the filter 
knob? Maybe I'm not understanding how things work. To me it seems 
like a no brainer to have it record but I guess there are reasons for 
not having the ability. Especially since you can use any 
joystick/pichbend controller to send info to change parameters, how
is this different in that it doesn¹t record parameter change
info?
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The reason Daniel gave is that pitchbends, which are something like 
12 bits cannot be recorded as parameter locks which have 8 bit 
resolution.  To which I replied something like "pitchbend be damned! 
I don't play guitar, and I don't need no freekin' whammy bar on my 
synth"

Really... if you could record everything except pitchbend, I'd be 
more than fine with that, and I suspect that the majority of the 
people on the list would be too.  Maybe it warrants a survey?

Which do you prefer:
a) A joystick that you cannot record parameter locks with
b) A joystick that you can record everything but pitchbend with

I would be really surprised if anybody answered a)

-gerald