Future Impact v3 and now V4

[Kiwi]

1 hour ago, Quatschmacher said:

Doesn’t Enzo do some arp stuff?

Apparently, yes.  But I couldn't find enough information to confirm it does exactly what I want.  For example, zero pitch steps (pauses) and sufficient ADSR between steps so two steps of the same pitch don't blend into each other. Also getting some punchy attack helps with the analogue feel to the synth sounds too.  The step blending has been a problem with the Cooper FX Moment Machine and the Eventide Pitchfactor (both of which I still have).  I'm wondering whether the H90might also have the same issue with blended steps.  I also have purchased an Alexander Pedals Colour Theory earlier in the year which I'm investigating but the UI isn't ideal for complex editing, however the designer is responsive so I might bounce ideas off him too.   Failing that I'll probably get an SY200 like Al and draw a line under the whole expensive exercise.

[Quatschmacher]

23 minutes ago, AinsleyWalker said:

Apologies if this has been answered before, it's difficult to dig up answers in this thread due to the size.

 

Planning to get a Morningstar controller of some kind (MC3 or 6) to help navigate through patches, etc.  I'm running firmware v3.6 on the OG model.

 

I'd like to program the MIDI controller to select specific patches via 'Program Change'.  I'm new to MIDI controllers, I get the concept of sending a CC value to change banks (CC90 and CC91 respectively for the F.I.) but I'm not sure how to approach the first few options that have names rather than CC values. 

 

The user interface for the Morningstar seems to have a box where you type the CC value, would you simply type the CC name here instead?

Thanks!

 

The message types with names are just that and that’s how they appear in any MIDI controller (such as Morningstar). Program Change is just PC. Note-on/off are the messages sent when pressing and releasing a keyboard key; velocity is a value associated with that which is derived from how fast you press the key. These are messages you can also assign to button presses on a controller. Say if you want a Morningstar button to play a drone. 

[AinsleyWalker]

9 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

The message types with names are just that and that’s how they appear in any MIDI controller (such as Morningstar). Program Change is just PC. Note-on/off are the messages sent when pressing and releasing a keyboard key; velocity is a value associated with that which is derived from how fast you press the key. These are messages you can also assign to button presses on a controller. Say if you want a Morningstar button to play a drone. 

 

Appreciate the response, looking more into the Morningstar UI and it seems fairly straight forward.
Thanks for the help as always

[HoorayForAnonyms]

1 hour ago, Al Krow said:

 

Tracking on their latest release is very disappointing from online reviews.

I can confirm this. The Enzo X was a missed opportunity for them to actually take some of the bass market; which is admittedly minuscule compared to the guitar market but…

Edited 6 hours ago by HoorayForAnonyms

[LawrenceH]

7 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

Yes, an FM synth is on the road map for one of the two remaining partitions. The other partition could be more effects or a sample-based engine. 

This is exciting. If you could use both an FM and virtual analogue voice simultaneously, that would be even more so - a bit of moog underneath REALLY fattens up a dx7 bass sound.

 

Definitely another case where careful choice of presets will be invaluable; so many of the classic sounds were just factory presets in the case of FM, it is horribly unintuitive to programme.

 

I guess an S&S engine would be useful for some people, and very innovative in guitar pedal terms. Wavetable synthesis maybe even more so.

 

For digital multi-effects, imo they have to be very good indeed to make it much of a selling point. So many decent-ish utility units and modellers already available. A nice compressor model would help give the synth output an even more 'finished' sound based on my experience so far, but again 2 or 3 optimised presets would be essential. I'm a big fan of the one knob compression/saturation in the Strymon Deco I picked up recently, it really is very tape-like and sounds great on the FI4/VIP, just adds hugeness.