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On a fine day, 21-06-2004, dan.antopolski@ wrote:

>Hendrik
>
>I have just done what you said and it works perfectly. A thousand
>thanks.

Glad it works -- and you're welcome.

>I have always wondered how to use transformers but they have seemed
>intimidatingly complex and there isn't very clear help in the manual -
>is there any more user-friendly writing on the subject?

Not that I know of...  However, I don't think transformers are really 
that difficult in themselves.  The difficulty is more in acquiring 
the mindset that enables you to use them.  Sounds silly, but I'm 
serious.  The basic idea is pretty simple: use Conditions that will 
match the required input data, and set up Operations that transform 
the input to the desired output format.  That's about it (minus some 
details such as the use of the top "mode" popup, and using the 3 
vertical bars that connect Conditions and Operations).  Using them 
however requires you to think somewhat like a programmer, which is 
probably not a typical musician-skill -- and _that_ is most likely 
the biggest problem.

But, if you're serious about wanting to learn how to do stuff in the 
with transformers, you can do 2 things, simultaneously.  First, build 
your own patches, starting simple -- like using a transformer to 
transpose all live mididata one octave up or down, or something like 
that.  Use your mod-wheel to control the EXS's filter cutoff. 
Etcetera.  Second, download small environments either from www. 
swiftkick.com or from my site, and dissect them and study them until 
you understand what happens.  Insert Monitor objects here and there 
in those patches to see what sort of data gets in and what comes out, 
etc. Takes some time, but imo this is the only way if you really want 
to learn to "program" using the environment.  The same holds true for 
genuine programming as well, again imo.

-- 
Hendrik Jan Veenstra   h @ k n o w a r e . n l
Omega Art: http://www.omega-art.com/