Knob quantise in the Ti a good thing? - Page 2 - The Unofficial Access Virus & Virus TI Forum

hatembr · #11 30.12.2004, 08:17 AM

well this is not really a must (as a new feature) since it is already possible to achieve this effect by mapping cutoff to velocity, but it is cool to have it done automatically....

hatembr · #12 30.12.2004, 08:21 AM

forget it

Timo · #13 30.12.2004, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sleepwalker

Cool! Well, I clearly understood the stair steping effect, but using it only on the cutoff aint that impressive to me,

It sounds more impressive than you think. Especially with the resonance whacked up in this context. All Viruses allow you to turn off the "Smooth" setting that morphs between the midi values, but even so, the Virus still sounds relatively inocuous as the aliasing between the "steps" isn't all that pronounced or great.

However, I've made an example of my MC505:-

(turn your speakers down before listening to it, as the resonance is quite high).

[505 stepping] 389kb MP3

The aliasing is much cruder, and you can really hear the stepping when I slowly swept the cutoff knob when using a peaking-type filter. It's really pronounced.
High resonance was used, and I ran it through a distortion effect to give it bite.

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Originally Posted by Sleepwalker

Can you use it on all the controllers, and have different step resolution on them?

Not sure. Best wait for the detailed spec's to come out, or for someone to test one for real.

Come on Access, release those TIs so the pre-order guinea pig beta-testers can knock us up some MP3s for us to wank over!

Smag · #14 30.12.2004, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Timo

Come on Access, release those TIs so the pre-order guinea pig beta-testers can knock us up some MP3s for us to wank over!

Yeah, come on Access

DIGITAL SCREAMS · #15 30.12.2004, 04:09 PM

LOL

DS

Juho L · #16 30.12.2004, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Timo

However, if you quantised it to 128, then it would get rid of the smoothness, and it would step from one value to another at 128 different points. (Similarly like many older digital synths did by default, such as my MC505).

I don't think the quntisising is just reducing the read points. It's more like reducing the reading frequency. The knob movements aren't updated as fast as usual.

Timo · #17 30.12.2004, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Juho L

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Originally Posted by Timo

However, if you quantised it to 128, then it would get rid of the smoothness, and it would step from one value to another at 128 different points. (Similarly like many older digital synths did by default, such as my MC505).

I don't think the quntisising is just reducing the read points. It's more like reducing the reading frequency. The knob movements aren't updated as fast as usual.

Ah, I get ya. So it's more like a Sample & Hold, except you control the cut-off frequency (or whatever) at whichever point in time it takes the sample as well as being able to set the gate/hold time in relation to the tempo?

jasedee · #18 31.12.2004, 05:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Timo

However, I've made an example of my MC505:-

Thanks for that mate!!!! Much better than drawing a picture......

I really had no idea what all this was about until u posted that clip, and it makes much more sense now. Sounds like it will be a pretty cool feature

Top marks for effort!