Tyrell N6- 96 semitone bend range for Realtime Audio to MIDI

[randygeorge]

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Hello u-he and users, I've got a very specific feature request for Tyrell N6.

Very soon, I will be releasing a standalone application that can do real-time 1:1 monophonic Audio to MIDI conversion. It is called MIDI Merlin. The latency and tracking resolution are excellent and it works with a variety of clean input sources.

My main instrument is the theremin (I play professionally). I developed MIDI Merlin specifically to augment my analog control of the instrument... I wanted a data pipe that could sustain a 1:1 relationship of pitch and amplitude to the output, and I wanted to use MIDI.

Ok, so the request is: +/- 96 semitone bend range option.

There are a few reasons why I need this, but the most important reason is so that I can get a smooth transition when performing glissandi of greater length than the current maximum of 24 semitones. I have implemented a temporary fix to overcome the current limit, but there are audible side-effects. Check out the video for a demonstration.

(I am new to KVR, so I guess my video can't be linked yet...) Here is the youtube url (copy/paste):


Have you ever wanted to control a synth with your voice in real-time and maintain full continuous expression? MIDI Merlin makes it possible.

more information: http://randygeorgemusic.com/midimerlin/ (http://randygeorgemusic.com/midimerlin/)
(pages will be updating soon with graphics and screenshots)

[Echoes in the Attic]

So a total bend range of 192? Is that even possible given that there are 128 midi notes? The maximum I've seen is +/-48, so 96 total. U-he's newer synths have that, and I'd love to see that in Tyrell, but I'm not holding out much hope, as they have a log going on and haven't even done that to most of their paid synths yet. I can't see Tyrell getting nay attention any time soon, but I'd love to be wrong.

[randygeorge]

The forthcoming MPE spec should be including an option for 96, in addition to the 48. The only instruments that utilize +/-96 (as far as I am aware) are the Haken Continuum and the ROLI Seaboard Grand. 14-bit streams can accommodate a +/-96 semitone range with no trouble.

The 96 semitone range also serves as safety net to prevent the note-on retrigger when an occasional low or high frequency spike occur in the tracking data.

[EvilDragon]

They should just lock the spec already. It's too much of a moving target for everyone else to follow.


Also, I remember Urs saying that such huge pitch changes will pose a problem for certain sound generating algorithms (like aliasing and generally garbled sound), so I'm not sure how willing he will be to up the range to +/-96