Future Impact v3 and now V4

[Quatschmacher]

16 minutes ago, LawrenceH said:

Hmm I had no idea about that! A strange and annoying quirk that seems like it would cause all sorts of problems. Can't remember if it has been open or not tbh. Will have another go, thanks for flagging that!

It’s a really annoying Windows limitation - it only allows a single USB-MIDI device to be active at a time. 

[LawrenceH]

Boring midi problems aside, I'm interested to know the current progress on implementing portamento/glide on audio trigger. For me that is still the number one feature limitation (as opposed to quality of life issue) of the FI4.

[Quatschmacher]

6 minutes ago, LawrenceH said:

Boring midi problems aside, I'm interested to know the current progress on implementing portamento/glide on audio trigger. For me that is still the number one feature limitation (as opposed to quality of life issue) of the FI4.

Already done and working. 

[MacDaddy]

5 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

On a pedal that can do a billion different things - What’s “that” sound? 

 

The first preset. There are demos of it in the MXR synth pedal thread.

[LawrenceH]

32 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

Already done and working. 

Brilliant! Can't wait to give it a go.

 

Amidst all the focus on preset management, I hope the idea of changing a subset of the default presets (ideally the first bank) to some of your more 'classic' bass sounds hasn't fallen by the wayside for any upcoming release. For obvious reasons I'd think it a particular selling point if one of these was a sound with e.g. square/pulse and saw layered. 

[LawrenceH]

I also have a more general question about tracking and strings/instrument EQ. Are spanking new roundwounds likely to track better than older? How about flats? What about the effect of tone controls on the instrument itself? Or pickup position? Any safe generalisations?

 

It's possible I've asked something similar before, in which case forgive me.

[Quatschmacher]

7 hours ago, LawrenceH said:

Brilliant! Can't wait to give it a go.

 

Amidst all the focus on preset management, I hope the idea of changing a subset of the default presets (ideally the first bank) to some of your more 'classic' bass sounds hasn't fallen by the wayside for any upcoming release. For obvious reasons I'd think it a particular selling point if one of these was a sound with e.g. square/pulse and saw layered. 

Yep, that suggestion was taken on board. Since parameters can’t be edited from the panel, I’ve also suggested creating some basic presets which use common combinations of waves which would be suited to get the maximum variation from the onboard parameters. 

[Quatschmacher]

6 hours ago, LawrenceH said:

I also have a more general question about tracking and strings/instrument EQ. Are spanking new roundwounds likely to track better than older? How about flats? What about the effect of tone controls on the instrument itself? Or pickup position? Any safe generalisations?

 

It's possible I've asked something similar before, in which case forgive me.

Strings with a strong fundamental are preferable, so flats and broken-in strings. New roundwounds have a lot of high end which, depending on how you play, could cause strong overtones that might confuse the tracking.

 

As for pickups, I use only P basses now, but have used it with PJ and JJ configurations. Neck pickups give better fundamental but bridge pickups seem good for ever so slightly faster note-on triggering. I used to play dual pickups and favour the neck for the fundamental but dial in a bit of the bridge to help the note-on triggering. Mostly using flatwounds. 

[LawrenceH]

3 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

Strings with a strong fundamental are preferable, so flats and broken-in strings. New roundwounds have a lot of high end which, depending on how you play, could cause strong overtones that might confuse the tracking.

 

As for pickups, I use only P basses now, but have used it with PJ and JJ configurations. Neck pickups give better fundamental but bridge pickups seem good for ever so slightly faster note-on triggering. I used to play dual pickups and favour the neck for the fundamental but dial in a bit of the bridge to help the note-on triggering. Mostly using flatwounds. 

Excellent, that suits me as though I use rounds I'm a very reluctant string changer! I was concerned that fast mode might use more of the overtones to make a guess at the note and old strings can be a bit dicey there.

 

Thanks as always for the sage advice and keeping us in the loop. Looking forward to the new update!

[Kiwi]

5 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

As for pickups, I use only P basses now, but have used it with PJ and JJ configurations. Neck pickups give better fundamental but bridge pickups seem good for ever so slightly faster note-on triggering. I used to play dual pickups and favour the neck for the fundamental but dial in a bit of the bridge to help the note-on triggering. Mostly using flatwounds. 

I agree with everything, have also found single pickup basses generally track better and Stingrays too but with a the bass dialled back a little.

[Quatschmacher]

1 hour ago, LawrenceH said:

I was concerned that fast mode might use more of the overtones to make a guess at the note

No guesswork involved; fast mode simply spits out the previously-detected note until it fully reads the new one. It’s the same underlying detection routine in both modes though.