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  • HotStrangeHotStrange

    @Gavinski said:

    @wim said:

    @pedro said:

    @wim said:
    Well shit. Unless I’m missing something, surface builder is useless for pitch bend.

    Pitch bend seems to be much harder to implement in digital than analog. I guess that’s why all developers seem to struggle with it?

    Surface Builder does do pitch bend. The control for it was just weirdly hidden as a sub type of "rotary knob" widgets. It wasn't available as a "fader/slider" control where I figured it would be.

    It's not available as an axis in the XY controller of Surface Builder. I can agree with this design decision as it would be practically impossible to control the other axis without having jumps in pitch.

    There's nothing difficult about pitch bend from a midi perspective. I'm not aware of any synths that have problems with pitch bend. What are some examples?

    I have at times wondered though - why does the AUM keyboard not have at least an option for a pitch bend and mod wheel?

    Agreed. I would use the stock keyboard more if it did. I’m happy with Xequence Keys but I’ve always thought that was kind of a weird omission.

  • wimwim

    @HotStrange said:

    @Gavinski said:

    @wim said:

    @pedro said:

    @wim said:
    Well shit. Unless I’m missing something, surface builder is useless for pitch bend.

    Pitch bend seems to be much harder to implement in digital than analog. I guess that’s why all developers seem to struggle with it?

    Surface Builder does do pitch bend. The control for it was just weirdly hidden as a sub type of "rotary knob" widgets. It wasn't available as a "fader/slider" control where I figured it would be.

    It's not available as an axis in the XY controller of Surface Builder. I can agree with this design decision as it would be practically impossible to control the other axis without having jumps in pitch.

    There's nothing difficult about pitch bend from a midi perspective. I'm not aware of any synths that have problems with pitch bend. What are some examples?

    I have at times wondered though - why does the AUM keyboard not have at least an option for a pitch bend and mod wheel?

    Agreed. I would use the stock keyboard more if it did. I’m happy with Xequence Keys but I’ve always thought that was kind of a weird omission.

    Drambo, Loopy Pro and Audiobus also. I don't get it.

  • wimwim

    I guess they're focused on just sending notes, a different kind of midi message than pitch-bend. But still ... ?

  • EdZABEdZAB

    Here's an example of how it might look with a pitch bend wheel, a mod wheel and an X-Y pad in Surface Builder in AUM. If you are particular about the way the controls look, it offers a lot of control, although the knob styles for pitch and mod are fixed, and you can't change the color, however I put a box behind it to give it background, a text box over it to explain where to find the modules, and a background image from the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs provided by my daughter, just to show you some possibilities. The app is not for everyone, but I like it quite a bit. I like to have a visual for an app that shows what it looks like in action when comparing.

  • wimwim

    I think the option I find most satisfying is Loopy Pro. In under a minute I created a layout with pitch bend and mod wheel side by side in portrait mode just the way I preferred it. The only trick is to set the pitch bend control to reset to 50% on release. I used an XY pad with pitch bend on the Y axis and nothing assigned to the X direction, but it can be done with a slider or knob just as well.

    I especially like that you can set a ramp time for the return to 0 pitch bend.

  • HotStrangeHotStrange

    @wim said:

    @HotStrange said:

    @Gavinski said:

    @wim said:

    @pedro said:

    @wim said:
    Well shit. Unless I’m missing something, surface builder is useless for pitch bend.

    Pitch bend seems to be much harder to implement in digital than analog. I guess that’s why all developers seem to struggle with it?

    Surface Builder does do pitch bend. The control for it was just weirdly hidden as a sub type of "rotary knob" widgets. It wasn't available as a "fader/slider" control where I figured it would be.

    It's not available as an axis in the XY controller of Surface Builder. I can agree with this design decision as it would be practically impossible to control the other axis without having jumps in pitch.

    There's nothing difficult about pitch bend from a midi perspective. I'm not aware of any synths that have problems with pitch bend. What are some examples?

    I have at times wondered though - why does the AUM keyboard not have at least an option for a pitch bend and mod wheel?

    Agreed. I would use the stock keyboard more if it did. I’m happy with Xequence Keys but I’ve always thought that was kind of a weird omission.

    Drambo, Loopy Pro and Audiobus also. I don't get it.

    Maybe they initially planned on adding and then saw all the other devs making other keyboards with it? I’m not sure. Or like you said, just focused on only sending notes but at the time time, they market them as complete or mostly complete music environments. I dunno, just a weird thing to leave out.

  • espiegel123espiegel123

    The built in keyboards in those apps don’t have a lot of space for a usable pitch bend and/or mod wheel imo except maybe on large screens.

  • GavinskiGavinski

    @wim said:
    I think the option I find most satisfying is Loopy Pro. In under a minute I created a layout with pitch bend and mod wheel side by side in portrait mode just the way I preferred it. The only trick is to set the pitch bend control to reset to 50% on release. I used an XY pad with pitch bend on the Y axis and nothing assigned to the X direction, but it can be done with a slider or knob just as well.

    I especially like that you can set a ramp time for the return to 0 pitch bend.

    Loopy is such a gorgeous-looking solution compared to Surface Builder, tbh!

  • HotStrangeHotStrange

    @Gavinski said:

    @wim said:
    I think the option I find most satisfying is Loopy Pro. In under a minute I created a layout with pitch bend and mod wheel side by side in portrait mode just the way I preferred it. The only trick is to set the pitch bend control to reset to 50% on release. I used an XY pad with pitch bend on the Y axis and nothing assigned to the X direction, but it can be done with a slider or knob just as well.

    I especially like that you can set a ramp time for the return to 0 pitch bend.

    Loopy is such a gorgeous-looking solution compared to Surface Builder, tbh!

    Was just about to say that looks absolutely excellent. Loopy Pro is honestly a pretty gorgeous looking app lol

  • zilld2017zilld2017

    I too am looking for an XY pad, for use in ApeMatrix. The suggestions mentioned are good ones, with KB-1 and Rozetta XY already in my arsenal. Each presents its own problem/limitation for my purposes.

    Rozetta XY: no midi in, for occasionally using an external XY pad (Korg Nanokey)
    KB-1: seems to be the best solution, but any XY pad, including the single XY crashes in ApeMatrix (anyone other apematrix users experiencing this?). Appears to support midi in.

  • audiblevideoaudiblevideo

    @zilld2017 said:
    I too am looking for an XY pad, for use in ApeMatrix. The suggestions mentioned are good ones, with KB-1 and Rozetta XY already in my arsenal. Each presents its own problem/limitation for my purposes.

    Rozetta XY: no midi in, for occasionally using an external XY pad (Korg Nanokey)
    KB-1: seems to be the best solution, but any XY pad, including the single XY crashes in ApeMatrix (anyone other apematrix users experiencing this?). Appears to support midi in.

    You might want to look into TouchOSC or a dedicated midi toolbox like surface builder (4pockets) or MidiDesigner (light warning: it’s subscription)

  • wimwim
    edited March 24

    @audiblevideo said:
    You might want to look into TouchOSC or a dedicated midi toolbox like surface builder (4pockets) or MidiDesigner (light warning: it’s subscription)

    I haven't checked details, but a fairly significant subset of MidiDesigner features are available in the free version. The disadvantage of TouchOSC and MDP over Surface Builder is they're standalone apps.

    @zild2017 - I just tested Surface Builder and its XY pad can be configured to respond to incoming midi from the NanoKey Studio. However, auto-center doesn't work with external input. There's also no "pickup mode" so when you touch the XY pad on the NKS you get jumps in value.

  • drconfusiondrconfusion

    @wim said:

    @HotStrange said:

    @Gavinski said:

    @wim said:

    @pedro said:

    @wim said:
    Well shit. Unless I’m missing something, surface builder is useless for pitch bend.

    Pitch bend seems to be much harder to implement in digital than analog. I guess that’s why all developers seem to struggle with it?

    Surface Builder does do pitch bend. The control for it was just weirdly hidden as a sub type of "rotary knob" widgets. It wasn't available as a "fader/slider" control where I figured it would be.

    It's not available as an axis in the XY controller of Surface Builder. I can agree with this design decision as it would be practically impossible to control the other axis without having jumps in pitch.

    There's nothing difficult about pitch bend from a midi perspective. I'm not aware of any synths that have problems with pitch bend. What are some examples?

    I have at times wondered though - why does the AUM keyboard not have at least an option for a pitch bend and mod wheel?

    Agreed. I would use the stock keyboard more if it did. I’m happy with Xequence Keys but I’ve always thought that was kind of a weird omission.

    Drambo, Loopy Pro and Audiobus also. I don't get it.

    The lack of modwheel & a snap-to-center pitch wheel in the drambo keyboard baffles and irritates me to no end. No aftertouch either, if I remember correctly.

    Those omissions really create friction for me to want to use drambo in general.

  • zilld2017zilld2017
    edited March 25

    Thanks, @wim and @audiblevideo. I think I’m going to give surface builder a try. I’m a longtime Lemur user (😭) and this may be the partial,replacement I’ve been searching for. That or TouchOSC.

    In any case, for this particular use-case, I don’t need snap-to-center. Basically, I’m controlling the output of two instruments. ApeMatrix has a sort of XY tool in the Send MIDI plug-in but it’s too small when using the touch screen…
    EDIT: yes, a cross-fader. It’s early here and I’ve only had one cup-a-joe.

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