Quick tip for anyone using Cypher 2 with Linnstrument
If Linnstrument’s pitch is not responding the way you’re intending for it to, it’s because pitchbend (5D patch) on Cypher 2 is pre-set to 48 notes, and your Linnstrument by default will be set to 24 semitones.
Here are 2 solutions:
1. One solution is to follow what is on Linnstrument’s website, that is to increase the range from 24 to 48 by going to > Per Split Settings > Hold Pitchbend 24 button until you can see the value it is set to, and then increase/decrease the range to 48 by sliding your finger.
2. Goto Cypher 2’s 5D Glide page, and decrease the gain to 0.5, it’ll work perfectly with your Linnstrument with +/- 24 button selected (default 24 value), or 0.25 if you have +/-12 bend range selected on the Linnstrument.
If you just like using one vsti at a time, the first approach is great. But if you’re like me and you like layering different vstis, then some vstis don’t allow for more than 24 or 12 semitones pitchbend range, like Pianoteq, Omnisphere, Kontakt, etc., in which case you’d want to use the second solution
Cypher 2 and Linnstrument pitchbend range
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- KVRist
- 358 posts since 1 Jul, 2004
The second solutions also has the advantage that it maintains twice the pitch bend resolution.
Pitchbend can be thought of as a 14 bit number between -8192 and 8192 which is mapped to the amount of semitones defined. So for +/- 24 semitones you have 341 values to represent one semitone, with +/- 48 semitones it's half that - 171 values per semitone.
Have seen an interesting Continnuum video (*) where it is mentioned that a finger has fine control down to 30 microns. So for 19 mm per semitone that would require a resolution of 19 * 1000 / 30 = 633. So long story short - going with +/- 24 semitones (or even +/- 12 semitones at the expense of not being able to slide the full row) might still make sense (if the sensor can still measure that accurate).
But it's still good to have the option to set this to +/- 48 semitones. Helpful e.g. when jumping back and forth between different controllers, not wanting to reconfigure everything all the time.
*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0DpYHt6nGE (33:20)
Pitchbend can be thought of as a 14 bit number between -8192 and 8192 which is mapped to the amount of semitones defined. So for +/- 24 semitones you have 341 values to represent one semitone, with +/- 48 semitones it's half that - 171 values per semitone.
Have seen an interesting Continnuum video (*) where it is mentioned that a finger has fine control down to 30 microns. So for 19 mm per semitone that would require a resolution of 19 * 1000 / 30 = 633. So long story short - going with +/- 24 semitones (or even +/- 12 semitones at the expense of not being able to slide the full row) might still make sense (if the sensor can still measure that accurate).
But it's still good to have the option to set this to +/- 48 semitones. Helpful e.g. when jumping back and forth between different controllers, not wanting to reconfigure everything all the time.
*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0DpYHt6nGE (33:20)
