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mrspiral · Post by **mrspiral** » Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:00 pm

Thanks for the enlightenment. I think I knew that but forgot it. Anyway, will try it at some point, but right now I am digging the MODAL SKULPT, which just added MPE and is playing beautifully from my LS128.

SteveElbows · Post by **SteveElbows** » Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:32 pm

mrspiral wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:00 pm Thanks for the enlightenment. I think I knew that but forgot it. Anyway, will try it at some point, but right now I am digging the MODAL SKULPT, which just added MPE and is playing beautifully from my LS128.

I enjoyed seeing how excited you got at the news that SKULPT now supports MPE! I just wish I hadnt mislaid mine! But then I have barely scratched the surface of MPE on the Hydrasynth so I should probably focus on that instead of wondering where my SKULT went lol.

mrspiral · Post by **mrspiral** » Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:15 pm

If it hasn’t gone to the Blackhole at the other end of the universe where all of our missing socks go, it will turn up eventually.

Go have fun with the hydra!

cryh4v0k · Post by **cryh4v0k** » Mon Jul 20, 2020 11:48 pm

When I play the Linnstrument with my Hydrasynth Keyboard in MPE mode, if I switch back to the Hydrasynth keyboard a bunch of the keys are way out of tune. This seems to happen with every preset and even with an init patch.

Any ideas? Am I missing something or is this a firmware issue with the Hydrasynth?

Edit: Pitch bending on the Linnstrument seems to be what causes it. Touching anywhere on the ribbon controller seems to fix it until you pitch bend on the Linnstrument again.

John the Savage · Post by **John the Savage** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:01 am

BobDog wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:41 pm Hi Guys,

The HS with MPE and mono patches is a bit buggy and these bugs were not fixed in 1.4.
So I got fed up with these bugs and wrote a little app that runs on the computer that fixes the issues when you run the midi through it, if anyone is interested they can grab it here: https://github.com/IOSAudio/HydrasynthMonoMPE

There are unsigned binaries for windows and OSX, or if you don't like unsigned stuff you can build it yourself.
Here is a vid showing the bugs and fix in action:

Hey Andy,

Do you still have your Hydra? Do you know if update 1.5 fixes the above issue with MPE?

Cheers!

mrspiral · Post by **mrspiral** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:49 am

I haven't updated my Hydra yet... I'm wondering if they fixed the damn vibrato.

BobDog · Post by **BobDog** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:42 am

I do still have it, I will update at the weekend and see if anything is fixed. Fingers crossed.

John the Savage · Post by **John the Savage** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:09 am

mrspiral wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:49 am I haven't updated my Hydra yet... I'm wondering if they fixed the damn vibrato.

Wait, what was wrong with the vibrato?

Cheers!

BobDog · Post by **BobDog** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:29 am

MPE bugs all still there

John the Savage · Post by **John the Savage** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:01 am

Unbelievable.

Well, thanks for reporting back, Andy. I appreciate it anyway. And so, we wait...

Might have to get an Argon8M instead. Assuming it's even working as advertised.

Cheers!

BobDog · Post by **BobDog** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 5:33 pm

John the Savage wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:01 am Unbelievable.

Well, thanks for reporting back, Andy. I appreciate it anyway. And so, we wait...

Might have to get an Argon8M instead. Assuming it's even working as advertised.

Cheers!

If you were going to get a HS how would you connect it up for playing, via the 5 pin din?

mrspiral · Post by **mrspiral** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 5:36 pm

John the Savage wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:09 am
mrspiral wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:49 am I haven't updated my Hydra yet... I'm wondering if they fixed the damn vibrato.
Wait, what was wrong with the vibrato?

Cheers!

In addition to all of the LFOs available for modulation, the Hydra has a special global LFO called Vibrato that's on the Voice tab. It's hard wired to the mod wheel and is defeatable; basically it's there so you can do a conventional mod/vibe without wasting an LFO. The problem is that the rate range is barely acceptable (no audio rate? really?) and the scaling and coarseness of the maximum vibrato amount is horrific. It goes from 0 to some number like 10 or 12, but anything beyond 1 sounds awful -- way too much, and basically unusable for actual vibrato that sounds musical for any but a very few specific situations, so you end up losing an LFO anyway. Blah.

John the Savage · Post by **John the Savage** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:57 pm

I see. Thanks, Mike.

Cheers!

John the Savage · Post by **John the Savage** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:01 pm

BobDog wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 5:33 pm
John the Savage wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:01 am Unbelievable.

Well, thanks for reporting back, Andy. I appreciate it anyway. And so, we wait...

Might have to get an Argon8M instead. Assuming it's even working as advertised.

Cheers!
If you were going to get a HS how would you connect it up for playing, via the 5 pin din?

Why do I feel like this is a trick question?

Anyway, um... Yes, that was my loose-knit plan. No good?

Cheers!

mrspiral · Post by **mrspiral** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:53 pm

USB also works. More and more common as an option these days.