I've got my Sylphyo turned on and paired with my Link.
Pressing the Up and Down (^ and v) buttons seem to do nothing. I was thinking that they should change the Link to output the next / previous sound setting on the Line Out and phones channels.
The Up/Down buttons themselves seem to work physically, since holding them both puts the Link into pairing mode.
What am I doing wrong??
When I first set up the Link, I was scratching my head a bit looking for the ASIO driver. Did not realize the USB connection was MIDI-only (it is MIDI-only, yes?)
Are there any plans to promote the Link to an audio interface? I am currently running the Line Out to an RME Interface on it's own USB port.
If it is not possible to run the Link on its own ASIO connection, I could re-wire the MIDI out of the Link into the the RME Interface and save a USB connection. My laptop only has three USB connections, and I'm guessing that using a USB hub would be a no-go for audio work.
Does the Sylphyo accept MIDI patch change commands from external sources?
I would love to use an external controller to change patches abd base keys without having to with the (admittedly easy) patch change and key change interfaces on the instrument itself.
Could you tell me whether the Line In and two Line Out connections on the Link are Balanced (TRS) or Unbalanced (TS)?
Any advice on taking the Sylphyo on commercial airliners? Does anyone have experience taking a Sylphyo through an airport security check?
I routinely fly with a flock of Native American flutes - wood flutes in a cylindrical case. I always board early (by standing in line) and store them in the overhead. U.S. law requires airlines to accommodate musical instruments if they fit in an overhead compartment (of any cabin class) at the time you board the aircraft.
So I guess the big issue is the security check. My flute cases are PVC or aluminum and the flutes are wood. Here is the current aluminum case I have now ...
... and here are the cases I have available ...
These XRay well and the security folks do not seem too bothered (although I sometimes have to take them out and play them).
Should I add my Sylphyo to my carry-on case? The sight of a stick full of wires and electronics on the XRay screen might cause issues ...
@Laurent_AODYO said in Support for high-resolution MIDI?:
requiring twice the bandwidth of a standard MIDI message
Watching the messages fly by, I suspected as much ...
I believe (hope) that the "server side" solution for Kontakt that I described above, as provided in the Native Instruments forum, is the complete solution. It does require the sampler to have such a custom envelope facility, and I have no idea if other samplers offer that.
Another "client side" ("Sylphyo-side") solution might be to offer another choice for Breath => Curve ... maybe a "Hyper-Logarithmic" or "Log-Log" or "Log-Squared" (Log^2) curve? That would probably approximate what I am doing in Kontakt ...
Here's (what appears to be) a solution for Kontakt. It was provided in the Native Instruments forum in post #6 of this thread:
https://www.native-instruments.com/forum/threads/high-resolution-breath-controller.442309/
In addition, I did find that in Kontakt 6.4.2, I am able to use the Volume modulation in the Amplifier section by using a Flexible Envelope. (I don't know if Flexible Envelope is available in all/earlier versions of Kontakt).
Using a Flexible Envelope - either using Bezier curves or the Table option - I can then define any curve I like. With a very gentle rising slope from the left (CC2 = 0) end of the range ... I have reduced the stuttering to almost inaudible.
As Stephen23 pointed out ... "You'll find 7-bit control entirely adequate".
(However, I just found out that Kontakt 6 does not handle 14-bit BC MIDI commands ... Sigh.)
No Luck. Setting MIDI Mapping => Note-off delay to 1ms is substantially worse. Values of 20ms and 75ms are no improvement. I reset it to 10ms.
I also experimented with setting Breath => Filtering to Off, which made this stuttering issue much worse. Setting Breath => Curve to anything other than Log made the stuttering issue worse. Log-Lin was worse and Linear was much worse.
I have also been experimenting with various MIDI filters in Cantabile to try to minimize stuttering, with no success ...
I am thinking that any solution short of 14-bit BC commands will inherently be prone to stuttering at low volumes.
What are the prospects for 14-bit Breath Controller output from the Sylphyo?
I looked into this recently. GigPerformer and Cantabile seem to be the front-runners on Win10 systems.
I've been using Cantabile (for no particular reason - could not find an authoritative comparison of the two), and so far I have been very happy with it. Did a recording session (a pianist playing a MIDI keyboard rendered using a dozen massive virtual pianos in Kontakt) as well as one live gig on the Sylphyo (one piece only - just a test run) in the first two weeks. Cantabile performed with no glitches!