Emax

This is great to hear. Let us know how things develop. I assign Filter and Q to the Mod 
wheel all the the time, My other favorite is to assign them to Velocity because I find that 
easier to manipulate in Cakewalk.


On 24 Oct 2003 at 8:57, Chris Strellis spoke unto me:

> Hi all and special greeting to Rob Keeble and John Silveria,
> 
> After downloading the Emax midi sysex PDF 
> 
> http://www.emulatorarchive.com/Manuals/ManualsEmax/manualsemax.html
> (thanks Rob)
> 
> and scrutinising it thoroughly, I thought I should be able to control
> my Emax SE and Emax II using my Peavey PC1600 controller (it's the
> original not the X version).
> 
> http://www.peavey.com/products/shop_online/browse.cfm/action/details/i
> tem/18017860/wc/1A1D1/fam/1D/tcode/1/1600x.cfm
> 
> (you will probably have to rebuild the link into your browser with cut
> and paste a few times)
> 
> I bought the Peavey nearly a year ago but hadn't got around to 
> programming it or using it until last night so I had to learn that as
> well!
> 
> I picked on just one control as a try out - the Filter Cut Off - a
> good one in my opinion :-).
> 
> I programmed the fader to send a MIDI string with the values all in
> hexadecimal:
> 
> F0 18 02 1A 00 57 02 1F pr F7
> 
> F0 - system exclusive
> 18 - E-mu id
> 02 - Emax id
> 1A - exclusive command to change voice parameter
> 00 - the lowest key number
> 57 - the highest key number (87 in decimal)
> 02 - affect both voices, primary and secondary
> 1F - Filter cut-off parameter
> pr - Value from the fader (0 to 120 in decimal)
> F7 - end of sysex message
> 
> I then connected the MIDI out of the Peavey to the MIDI in of my Emax
> II, loaded a Minimoog bass sound and...........
> 
> It worked!!!!
> 
> I could control the bass sound filter cut off just from the Peavey
> fader.
> 
> However, there are some limitations.  Just like editing the sound from
> the Emax data slider and buttons, the update doesn't happen unless you
> release the key and press it again.  If you play quickly, this isn't
> much of a problem. Also, if you have an arpeggio or sequence playing,
> then as soon as you touch the fader to alter the filter cut off, the
> playing stops.
> 
> I know I have assigned the right wheel to control filter cut off in
> the past and that changes the cut-off whilst a note is still held or
> if a sequence is playing.
> 
> Therefore, I need to assign my fader as a continuous controller to
> achieve this if I want or I can still use the wheel - shouldn't be a
> problem.
> 
> Furthermore, I shall now assign the rest of the faders, maybe 
> tonight, for Filter Q and VCA AHDSR and VCF AHDSR, LFO rate, Vibrato
> and LFO to Fc and Env amount - yep that's 16 faders!  Most of the
> controls of an analogue synth.
> 
> I'm thinking what to do with the 16 buttons?  Seq stop/start?  Play
> drum samples from them...?
> 
> Hope this is useful to some of you out there.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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