Actually some of those new D-50-based presets did use granular, didn't they? Not 100% sure if that was extra to the programmer or if they remapped something, probably the former. That's the thing... any of these options like granular are only ever a click away in Omni itself anyway, and that's a really important aspect of the Hardware Integration for me. Its not just the voluntary restriction of following other synths' sonics and architecture, there's the knowledge that you can then go wild with it in totally different ways. And the D-50 is a special case in a way, there there's the big draw of the sampled presets, and the attraction of using those within full-fat Omni, regardless of whether or not you're using a controller.Echoes in the Attic wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:05 pm Yeah I get what you’re saying but if I’m using a VA synth with a fun simple layout, I’d rather the authentic character of an old analog synth, like Repro, Odyssey, Tal Juno, a Roland cloud synth, etc. with Omni I’d like to take advantage of the hybrid nature of it and be able to use oscillators as well as samples and granular in particular. Don’t need access to everything but thenprophet x looks good because it lets you use a couple depending oscillators and a couple sample based sources plus two filters, some effects etc. D-50 profile might be cool too but I don’t think it controls granular.
I counted the controls of the Prophet X and I think there were around 300, which includes many buttons. I could probably make use of 25 to 30 per page on a Novation SL so 10 to 15 pages should do it. That’s not too bad really. And the nice thing with the SL is that you can hit a button to go right to a midi template page. So I’m thinking the Zero SL used in combination with something else with quick controls like Bitwig device controls on a push, or komplete kontrol, might give a great way to controlling a lot of Omnisphere entirely from hardware without owning an expensive hardware synth.
I am however very curious about how they mapped the Virus TI. Perhaps they assigned graintable functions to granular for example with could be really cool. I’d maybe buy a TI desktop if so, since I also wouldn’t mind having a virus.
15 pages on a generic remote.... sheesh, not for me. I've started work on the Moog Voyager, that one is really fun, there's the XY pad and idiosyncratic modulation options. It's pretty cool to me how just a relatively small number of controls (many of which are broadly common) can produce such different kinds of sounds. But the idea of a curated 2 page Prophet X or D-50 focused on big stuff is also quite fun though. Might take a look at the X next, while my enthusiasm for all this is still going strong. It's quite rewarding to solve problems and create a little bespoke UI.