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soft synths a fad?

2004-05-11 by mike

yep that sounds about right realm, do you rember us talking about 
this alot about a year ago? what you say is also true for hardware 
as well.

Just a thought

Mike G.


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> The main problem with using the XX-7 as a controller (and I do it 
all the 
> time), is that as soon as you change VSTi's or even patches on the 
VSTi's, 
> the knobs no longer reflect what the current settings are on the 
new VSTi 
> (patch).  So before you can tweak anything, you need to reset all 
of the 
> physical knobs so that they match the knob positions on screen 
each time 
> you change presets.  It's not Emu's fault, this is something that 
all 
> controllers currently have to deal with.  Thus why I said you 
almost need 
> a seperate control suface for each VSTi.
> 
> rEalm
> 
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> 
> The XX7 is really cool hardware controller i have a lot of fun 
with 
> console 
> + vstis, console let you map directly any cc to any controllable 
soft 
> synth 
> parameter, so if you want to set up the controls at your softsynth 
like 
> the 
> knobs at the XX7 you didnt even have to look at the softsynth 
manual, 
> console does mapping the way you want to... once you linked your 
set of 
> instruments and fx like you want to have it there is the 
possibility to 
> store over-all presets, containing all the vst, vsti and mixer 
settings, 
> so 
> you didnt have to close your set and open a new one to keep 
playing a 
> different preset-set.
>  
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