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braj · Post by **braj** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:11 am

I am trying out the W2 Harmonizer again, it is pretty sweet, it works well with Catanya in Reaper. I'm hoping to see what you are working on soon, and hopefully whatever difficulties you had with support are resolved.

standalone · Post by **standalone** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:37 am

Great news, Catanya is fantastic. I'm hoping for four lanes, swing or groove lock and the option of not retriggering the sequence when changing chords. Keyswitchs to change presets could be great too.

If Catanya had all this it would be perfect. An update with at least a couple of those features would be very, very good too.

Rajah · Post by **Rajah** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:04 am

Igor Polóny wrote:Hi ,
I really apologize for keeping you waiting so long on my answer, but we had some serious unexpected personal problems in our Customer Service but now everything is all right. Our company ist not „dead".
It's really good to hear that you are interested in our product. We plan to release new version catanya and w2 harmonizer with new features and new presets and many other cool improvements that will be compatible also with Mac and 64 bit Windows. It will be really amazing stuff. We hope it will be soon.If you have any further questions do not hesitate to contact us.
So once again, thank you for patience. Keep your fingers crossed!

Have a nice day!

Igor Polóny
Customer service
7aliens

Nice.. Well, I guess this wil finally give me the push to upgrade from XP to Win7 64 now..

Spitfire31 · Post by **Spitfire31** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:36 am

Igor Polóny wrote:…We plan to release new version catanya and w2 harmonizer with new features and new presets and many other cool improvements that will be compatible also with Mac and 64 bit Windows. It will be really amazing stuff. We hope it will be soon.…
Igor Polóny
Customer service
7aliens

Yay! Mac version! Now you're talking!

I'm already standing in line, VISA card in hand…

Nice of you to keep us posted with such good news, Igor!

Best,

Joachim

Igor Polóny · Post by **Igor Polóny** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:14 pm

Hey you guys, thanks for a big support! It's great that we have so much fans. But it will take some time to release new version and of course we accept your ideas for improvements. Please be patient but I hope that you still have a lot of fun with catanya 32 bit version that can really helps in recording studios and support creativity.
Have fun and enjoy the music!

PS: Share with us with your creations or experiences with catanya! Also write when you have some problems, we are here for you all!

Igor Polóny
Customer service
7aliens

Rajah · Post by **Rajah** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:54 pm

standalone wrote:Great news, Catanya is fantastic. I'm hoping for four lanes, swing or groove lock and the option of not retriggering the sequence when changing chords. Keyswitchs to change presets could be great too.

If Catanya had all this it would be perfect. An update with at least a couple of those features would be very, very good too.

I think Standalone sums it up for me... +1

nemydom · Post by **nemydom** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:34 am

I use Catania with Sonar X1. Is there a function which most other arpeggiators have, called 'HOLD'? I use a midi keyboard to trigger chords. When I press and hold a chord, Catania does the job. But as soon as I release the chord, it stops sounding.
Is it possible to use Catania in a live mode, without writing the chords in sequencer? I need HOLD button, please!

braj · Post by **braj** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:31 pm

nemydom wrote:I use Catania with Sonar X1. Is there a function which most other arpeggiators have, called 'HOLD'? I use a midi keyboard to trigger chords. When I press and hold a chord, Catania does the job. But as soon as I release the chord, it stops sounding.
Is it possible to use Catania in a live mode, without writing the chords in sequencer? I need HOLD button, please!

There's a free plugin here called midiNoteToggle:

http://thepiz.org/pizmidi/?p=pizmidi

I haven't tried it myself but it should give you some sort of 'latch' functionality.

braj · Post by **braj** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:38 pm

@Igor: It would REALLY great to get some sort of legato functionality in W2Harmonizer. ToneSpace does this so I'm guessing it isn't impossible. Anyhow that is my big feature request

it would make it much more musical. I tend not to use W2 because of this limitation, timing is too tricky but you have many more scales available than ToneSpace. i'd love the 'best of both'.

i guess another request would be for a force to scale feature and transposer allowing not just the chords but a normal melodic note mode. Right now I'm using midiScaleChanger from http://thepiz.org/pizmidi/?p=pizmidi to do this, but it seems a natural feature to include with W2. I'd basically love to use W2 to play chords or scales mapped only to the white keys starting from C in whatever key I select. I am lazy but I'm also disabled so it would help me immensely, and having everything in one tool would be so much easier to use. Thanks!

Optomadic · Post by **Optomadic** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:49 am

Spot on news!

nemydom · Post by **nemydom** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:48 am

braj wrote:
There's a free plugin here called midiNoteToggle

thanks. I downloaded it, but it doesn't work... I am not sure how to use it - it is not a user-friendly plugin.. Anyway, it is not what I need according to the description: "midiNoteToggle - Notes (optionally within a selected range and/or channel) are toggled... play a note once to turn it on, play it again to turn it off." It is a bit different: I don't want to play the same note again to turn it off...
I am sure it should be another, easy solution! MIDI-experts, please help me! Every single arpeggiator has 'latch' or 'hold' function! I am sure there should be a solution in Sonar or in Catania it self! Please help!

nemydom · Post by **nemydom** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:16 am

Optomadic wrote: - Sustain/Hold would also be useful for the 'Gate Haters' although latch mode is great right now.

Could you please explain, what do you mean by "latch mode"?

Spitfire31 · Post by **Spitfire31** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:03 am

"Latch mode" generally means that when you hit a chord on your keyboard and then release it, the arpeggiator keeps on playing that same chord as a base (even after you've stopped pressing the keys). It keeps right on playing until you momentarily hit the next chord.

/Joachim

nemydom · Post by **nemydom** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:30 am

Spitfire31 wrote:"Latch mode" generally means that when you hit a chord on your keyboard and then release it, the arpeggiator keeps on playing that same chord as a base (even after you've stopped pressing the keys). It keeps right on playing until you momentarily hit the next chord.

/Joachim

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!!!!
That's exactly what I need!!! But I can't achieve it with Sonar + Catania! I am happy to use another DAW + Catania, please let me know how to get to "Latch mode"!!!!
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To put it simple: How to turn 'on' the "Latch mode" in Catania?
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braj · Post by **braj** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:02 pm

There is no latch mode in Catanya.

The plugin I mentioned needs to be in front of Catanya in the signal chain. I don't know how Sonar routes things, but in Studio One for example it would go on a track, and Catanya would be on another, and you set the Catanya track to use that as its midi input. Then you arm both tracks. Similarly I imagine to how you are having Catanya drive your vst. Anyhow it still may not be what you need but this is along the lines of what you should need at least.

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