John E. Finster Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Hi, I thought about this for a long time and want to throw some ideas around now. I really think this could be a very helpful feature. The feature I was thinking about is a dedicated expression layer within the parameter layers. This expression layer could provide fixed midi notes for keyswitching or note name maps. The notes showing in the edit screen could be named individually. The "expression maps" (hope this term is not protected by steinberg :happy: ) could be external text files stored on the sd card. They could be loaded when the expression layer is assigned to a parameter layer inside the track event page. Trk. Type Steps/ParL/TrgL Port Chn. Edit Layer controls Load Map G1T1 Note 256 4 8 USB1 01 Name A Expr Violin PRESETS INIT The corresponding text file ("Violin.txt" in my example) could be stored in a seperate directory on the sd card and look like this: // expression map for kontakt violin instrument // number name continuous 36 'sust' yes // sustain 37 'stac' yes // staccato 38 'pizz' yes // pizzicato .... In the text file there could be defined: - key - the name showing on the edit screen - whether or not the midi event should be hold until another event/switch takes over Possible usecases: - easier and more clear controlling of instruments with keyswitches without memorising hundreds of keyswitching notes for different instruments. - naming notes individually if an instrument is used that doesn´t require traditional notes (e.g. Reason Dr.Rex Loop Player. Instead of notes it could be more useful to see the slicenumber that is triggered, like 'sl01' for slice 1, 'sl02' for slice 2, ... Or maybe 'rev1' for reversed slices). - creating adapted note names for drum samplers which are more complex to be played with a regular drum track Like I said, these are just ideas, but I really believe many would benefit from this feature. Thanks for reading. my regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Let's take this into the Wishlist for the STM32F4 based "MIDIbox SEQ V4 Plus" Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Finster Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Thanks for considering this, TK. Looking forward to the new firmware. my regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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