how to start a thread, when i already have said a lot, in another thread, a quite old thread.
it is strange that biotek 2, has no video's on tracktion website... only for biotek (1), it seems.
the manual is very outdated.
and it is has MPE!!
it can only quote yellowmix from that other thread:
"I feel like they're not promoting the synth well. It's ridiculously deep and very expressive."
why? so little attention, it almost slipped through my fingers, but i have it now. for a ridiculous low price! (novation giveaway of biotek 1, and upgrade in sale..)
the MPE is quite new, yellowmix mentioned that, ok. but still. nothing on the website.
o well, i got it. i will work with it. make patches!
Tracktion Biotek 2 is a... MPE synth! and other unknown features?
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- KVRAF
- 3017 posts since 8 Jun, 2018
Primoridal Music: sadà\exposadà - Indusrial & Expanding Your Mind Hurts: Sound Brut
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3017 posts since 8 Jun, 2018
the release notes, they are in the installer, i know now...:
V2.1.5
- Added MPE Support. Quick how-to:
- Activate MPE in the Global Menu. This is a global switch that is saved in the
preferences.
- On the Instrument Edit page there are three new buttons that add MPE to an
instrument quickly and quite effectively:
- "Activate MPE On All Layers" activates MPE on each Sound Layer of the loaded
Instrument.
- "Activate 'MPE Ch Press To Ring X' On All Layers" and "Activate 'MPE Timbre
To Ring Y' On All Layers" route pressure to the X axis of the Ring Pad and the
Y position of a note to the Y axis of the Ring Pad.
Now you can play notes or chords with MPE. Aftertouch modulates a note as if you
would have moved the Ring Pad dot on the X axis, changing the Y direction of the
played note modulates it as if you had moved the Ring Pad dot on the Y axis.
Note that the dot doesn't move on the user interface. This wouldn't work since it
is a polyphonic modulation so every note has a different X/Y position.
You can also set up your own MPE modulations: On the "Sources 1" panel you find a
new section called "MPE" where you can set up the MPE-to-Ring-X and MPE-to-Ring-Y
modulation individually for each Sound Layer.
For fine-grained MPE modulation independent from the Ring Pad, use the "Ch Press"
Assign button and the "Timbre" Assign button. With those, you can assign these
polyphonic modulations to any continuous parameter of BioTek 2.
If you feel that a different response curve would work better, use one of the
Modifiers to alter the input. You would set it up so that source one would be
either "Ch Press" or "Timbre" and as an operation, you would use e.g. Switch,
LinExp, LinLog, Quadratic, Cubic, Step, Reverse, Threshold, Saturate, Filter,
Lag or Ramp. Then you would assign this to any number of destination parameters.
V2.1.4
- Added buttons to each edit page to switch off any active Assign buttons and close the Assignment page.
- Added MPE Support. Use the MPE switch in the Global Menu to activate or deactivate it globally. To activate MPE in a specific Sound layer, activate MPE on its Sound page.
V2.1.5
- Added MPE Support. Quick how-to:
- Activate MPE in the Global Menu. This is a global switch that is saved in the
preferences.
- On the Instrument Edit page there are three new buttons that add MPE to an
instrument quickly and quite effectively:
- "Activate MPE On All Layers" activates MPE on each Sound Layer of the loaded
Instrument.
- "Activate 'MPE Ch Press To Ring X' On All Layers" and "Activate 'MPE Timbre
To Ring Y' On All Layers" route pressure to the X axis of the Ring Pad and the
Y position of a note to the Y axis of the Ring Pad.
Now you can play notes or chords with MPE. Aftertouch modulates a note as if you
would have moved the Ring Pad dot on the X axis, changing the Y direction of the
played note modulates it as if you had moved the Ring Pad dot on the Y axis.
Note that the dot doesn't move on the user interface. This wouldn't work since it
is a polyphonic modulation so every note has a different X/Y position.
You can also set up your own MPE modulations: On the "Sources 1" panel you find a
new section called "MPE" where you can set up the MPE-to-Ring-X and MPE-to-Ring-Y
modulation individually for each Sound Layer.
For fine-grained MPE modulation independent from the Ring Pad, use the "Ch Press"
Assign button and the "Timbre" Assign button. With those, you can assign these
polyphonic modulations to any continuous parameter of BioTek 2.
If you feel that a different response curve would work better, use one of the
Modifiers to alter the input. You would set it up so that source one would be
either "Ch Press" or "Timbre" and as an operation, you would use e.g. Switch,
LinExp, LinLog, Quadratic, Cubic, Step, Reverse, Threshold, Saturate, Filter,
Lag or Ramp. Then you would assign this to any number of destination parameters.
V2.1.4
- Added buttons to each edit page to switch off any active Assign buttons and close the Assignment page.
- Added MPE Support. Use the MPE switch in the Global Menu to activate or deactivate it globally. To activate MPE in a specific Sound layer, activate MPE on its Sound page.
Primoridal Music: sadà\exposadà - Indusrial & Expanding Your Mind Hurts: Sound Brut