Messages postés par Laurent_AODYO

Effectivement Marc, le Sylphyo est monophonique mais de fait il est capable d'envoyer chacun de ses contrôles sur chaque axe:
en alternative à ce que décrit Peter, sélectionner le canal 2 devrait fonctionner, il faut juste changer les assignations MIDI des gestes:

• Souffle => AT ? / Z
• PitchBend = PitchBend / X
• pour le Y il y a du choix entre Elevation, Roll, Slider ...

Nous n'étions pas au Synthfest pour consacrer un maximum de temps au Loom et à l'Omega. Ce sera pareil pour le SuperBooth.

On le regrette c'est toujours une excellente occasion d'échanger avec les musiciens mais c'est aussi particulièrement chronophage ...

We probably won't be either at Superbooth 2024 nor SynthFest France 2024 as we are quite busy and focussed on the Anyma Omega Development.

This is just an undocumented behavior we apply to the soundset list.
Each time you reach the top of the list you get back to the first one.

Tout dépend de ce qu'on entend par "via Anyma Phi".
A ce stade, les sons de l'Anyma Phi ne sont pas "directement" transférable dans le Sylphyo.
En revanche, il reste tout à fait possible de piloter les sons de l'Anyma Phi avec un Sylphyo en MIDI.

Hello Teknico

Interesting feedback. Thank you.

One thing to keep in mind is that the Anyma Phi being monophonic connecting MPE controllers to play it is not necessary the first use case.

The USB MIDI Host is meant to allow the connexion of MIDI Class compliant device but it seems that this "standard" is still subject to various interpretation among MIDI controller manufacturer.

What we tested on our side among MPE device though are 2 of the one you listed:

• ROLI Seaboard Rise and Seaboard Block are working with the Anyma Phi
• Haken Continuumini was also tested but with the result you described with this "not enough power" message on the Continuumini although the power provided should be enough. We made a few attempts to check this was a USB software protocol trick (by rising the available power message) but with no success so far.
• We do not have any Linnstrument in our workshop yet so we couldn't make any test on this one. We weren't aware of the various speed available on this one. (This could make it a valuable test unit for our tests with the Omega).
• USB Hub is not really something we expect to work as the device is intended to manage one controller device.

One thing to keep in mind is that the main target of this USB MIDI Host port is to allow the use of the Anyma Phi with a controller which does not feature any DIN connector, so the expected MIDI speed is currently the standard MIDI speed.

The Anyma Omega will be done using a new generation board so there will be much more ressources available to manage a higher speed MIDI (and the merge and routing of MIDI coming from the various MIDI port: USB device, USB Host, DIN MIDI In ... and the "internal" command coming from the keyboard and ribbons, the CV/Gate signal etc.).
This is part of the necessary spec for the MPE compatibility of the Omega.
Once this would be done, we could then check what could be transferred back from the Omega to the Phi.

@Peter-Ostry it is indeed the place for the dynamic mouthpiece connection and should be sealed..

It really looks like a hack.
I get through the recovery process and temporary put the site offline to let us find and clean the infected files on the website.

@AndyHornBlower We cannot "solve" this known problem on our own as it looks like a Ventura bug also reported to have impact on many other devices.
Hopefully, Apple will fix this.
Meanwhile, I do not think anyone has been left with a none working device. As far as I know @Lyricon succeeded to recover using the trick you provided.

Yes Simon, I found the bug and fixed it.
I still have to make a few more test before updating the files but as you guessed we are quite busy with the Omega today.

@reidid789 nice track.
I am always surprised and happy to ear the various and creative kind of music made using the Sylphyo

As you probably all noticed we were and still are currently quite busy on another front (Anyma).

I can confirm you that next update for the Sylphyo will be focussed on providing new sounds. I won't provide any release date before we think this would be ready.

As already stated, the Sylphyo is probably the electronic wind instrument that got the most numerous FREE firmware upgrade (21 upgrades between 2016 and 2021).

Other topics like new control features, software editor/backup tools or similar requires a complete firmware redesign which has already been started but with nothing we can release yet (even for beta testing). This one is a long term project with no timeline we can share for now. We already have a few ideas for further development, but nothing that could be achieved without getting beyond this milestone first.

A few other things somehow disturb our initial plans in the past 2 years (something to do with a strange pandemic situation, main Sylphyo component unavailable due to its use for breathing apparatus and then electronic component shortage). But we manage to get through all these and could find solutions to produce more Sylphyo units thanks to our local partners.

All this doesn't prevent any of you to keep on playing your Sylphyo. Please share the music you are making with it as @Peter-Ostry did recently and spread the word about the Sylphyo which would be the best support you could provide to us.

@ForeverTangent said in Meet Anyma Omega!:

@doul

I am thinking about backing the Anyma Omega on Kickstarter, but I am curious about the Additive Oscillator module.

Can you tell me more about the general design of the Additive Oscillator. Specifically:

• How many partials does one oscillator support?

• Does it allow ADSR over each partial?

• Can each partial be tuned in terms of ratio/frequency/phase?

• Can a waveform (sample) be resynthesized by the oscillator?

There are not many synths that have a really robust Additive Synthesis support, and I am trying to learn more about Aodyo's approach to the their take before I commit to supporting the project.

Thanks.

Stan

Hello Stan

This is definetly not the purpose of the Anyma Omega to become an additive synthesizer. The additive OSC are simple one with one partial with detune and bandwidth setting. Other like Organ Osc can mimic simple additive synthesis as do organs. The purpose of such OSc in the Anyma context is more to have various tone source to feed the resonators.

No resynthesis on board.

@pinbot3000 said in Meet Anyma Omega!:

How much would it cost to buy in US dollars? This looks like an extremely powerful synthesizer. Does it have built in recording capability?

Currently roughly 1USD = 1€.
Exclusive discount for pre-order on Kickstarter now.

There is no audio built-in recording capability and no sampling.

As @Peter-Ostry advise, I would advice you not to try anything @Clint.
Openning a Sylphyo without breaking it is not that easy (especially regarding the power on/off switch). Regarding the battery, this is indeed a standard 18650 protected battery for easier maintenance.

@simonbou I just checked the lookup table and there seem to be a bug somewhere compared to our internal beta ... I will try to find the problem and fix it

@Chris-0 we usually use the color as a way to "identify" the type of patch for the factory sound bank.
Grey color is associated with patches who have Ext at the end of their name which means they are meant to be used with the external audio input ...

Hi everyone,

We are releasing the v1.1.0 update of our physical modeling synth, the Anyma Phi.
We added 10 new modules to the Anyma phi including new WaveTable oscillators, new VA oscillators, 1 new Noise oscillator and a new LUT16 modulator.

Get it there:

Windows package (≥ Windows 7, 32 bit)
macOS package (≥ 10.9, Universal Intel & Apple Silicon)
Linux package (64 bit, limited support)
User manual (PDF)

After updating, it's important to turn your Anyma off and on twice.

Here's a quick video showing one of the new Wavetable oscillator first on its own, then blended after 15" into a simple 1 voice modal resonator:

Youtube Video

@Paul-Flute Ok so General Purpose 7 is indeed CC82 (52 in hex).
No idea why the Sylphyo would send such message with default setup
Default setup only use Pitch Bend/Wheel message plus this:

@Paul-Flute strange behavior you have there.
Could you please make a Midi Monitor capture, with Decimal number instead of Standard Name (MIDI Monitor Preferences) so that I could understand what these message are.

Maybe you should perform a factory reset which could fix a bad setting (please note down any specific adjustment you made in the setting prior to do this).

Could you also remind me which firmware version you are using with your Sylphyo ?

@Paul-Flute do you have similar message on the USB MIDI of the Sylphyo ?

@Clint there is no MIDI message transmitted when changing base Key ...

This type of use is quite specific, and not something we had in mind at the early design stage of the Sylphyo/Link. There is no data sent from the Sylphyo when changing base Key (neither any controller setting as breath setting or other control setting, all you can have on the Link side is the result of these settings).

Actually the Link is just currently replicating the Sylphyo internal Core. Wireless transmission goes from the Sylphyo to the Link and not backward (except for radio internal protocol acknowledgment message). Getting data back to the Sylphyo from the Link would be theoretically possible but this would also use radio bandwidth, make the radio protocol more complex and thus increase latency for realtime playing messages.

Changing anything on the Link without providing back information to the Sylphyo would probably not be so comfortable as you would have no feedback about the Link setup compared to the Sylphyo setup. So the most consistent way to make things work was to have the Link replicating the Sylphyo setup and status.

When the Sylphyo Core transmission code was written we had to optimize the data transmitted to get the best latency and radio range possible.

Program change message were added later. Base key was not an obvious MIDI message to be transmitted (and we would still have to figure out how to package the information in the MIDI flow).

Best latency optimized result should be possible when using wired MIDI rather than wireless to manipulate MIDI data.

Thanks for this use case description though as this could help us to think about a solution at some point.

@Paul-Flute did you setup any control to send "'General Purpose 7" MIDI CC in your Sylphyo ?

We made some early tests with both Touché and Touché SE.

Touché requires too much power to be connected on the USB MIDI Host of the Anyma Phi. But as the Touché also has a MIDI out, you can connect it to the MIDI DIN in of the Anyma provided you insert the right adapter cables.
Touché SE works on the the USB MIDI Host though as it requires less power.

You can setup CC message on both the Touché and Touché SE (using Lié software) and the Anyma Phi, just set this up to your needs and start experimenting.

By the way, one can indeed control everything in the synth by using NRPN CC Message but the easiest and most efficient way to keep a consistant behavior between various patch would be to use the main "realtime control messages" handled by the Anyma Phi (these can be modified by the user).
Here is the list with default settings for the Anyma Phi:

Up to 2 CC message can be mixed to control Expression Control A/B/C/D which means you can have an easy 5 parameters setup.
Keep in mind most of the time in the factory patches Expression is used and Control A (which is assigned to Morph), you would have to add some mappings to the patches to map Control B, C and D to any parameter that you would find interesting to control.

Hello

You should be able to download latest Linux version from here:
http://downloads.aodyo.com/anymaphi/anymaphi-linux.zip

This is possible. One just have to setup the patch to behave like this.

Easy answer is: yes we are working on new things for the Sylphyo. But don't ask us for a timeline.

We are still gathering evolution requests and check what is possible in the Sylphyo embedded software platform. As already stated, some enhancements require a full software platform rewrite which requires months of work.

Next firmware version will be available when we feel it would be ready for release (and probably provided to volunteer beta tester prior to this release).

Meanwhile, I wish any Sylphyo player to enhance his skills on the instrument and play good music (it would interesting to share links to the music you are playing with the Sylphyo).

@Clint Yes the Link only "remember" one pairing connection.

Unless you launch a pairing process from the Link side, it will just wait for communication from the associated Sylphyo.

(plural of Sylphyo is a good question. I would have used Sylphyos on my side. Similar question as how to name a Sylphyo Player - Sylphyonist ?)

Hi Clint

Yes each Sylphyo and Link duo should be on separate channels (more than 64 possible channels).

If both Duo would be paired on the same radio channel, this would probably lead to interference and latency in the messages due to messages collision.

There is currently no way to select a specific channel (the channel is decided on the Link side and there is no user interface to select a specific channel on the Link).

The second warm standby solution wouldn't work as the pairing between a Sylphyo and a Link can only be achieved between 2 specific devices (one Sylphyo and one Link sharing a common "key")

@sanji-bo Le mieux serait un retour dans nos atelier pour réparation mais pour pouvoir faire jouer la garantie il faut passer par le revendeur en précisant vos soupçons (de façon à ce que la panne ne puisse pas vous être imputée).

Il n'y a normalement pas de manipulation particulière pour activer la prise DIN In si ce n'est le choix du canal MIDI (qui est normalement par défaut sur All) accessible dans les menus via un appui sur le display encoder.
Une photo de la prise DIN cassé ?

Hello Fanch35,

First question: if you want to control Reverso or EVI-NER from your EWI Solo, why don't you plug the EWI Solo directly to your computer (which would be the easiest way).

As you connected your EWI to the USB Host Port, this should work unless the EWI Solo does not send any CC ???

Maybe you should check the type of MIDI signal sent by the EWI Solo with a Midi Monitor Software.

One thing though: if you intend to use both Sylphyo and EWI Solo from the very same Link connection there could be a trap there.
If the Sylphyo is configured to send CC11 as breath message and the EWI solo send CC02 and both are active, it could be that the EWI Solo is sending the correct message to Reverso and EVI-NR but as the Sylphyo has sent a CC11 with 0 value, this would lead to a 0 volume setting.
In such case assigning different MIDI channel to Sylphyo and EWI could be the solution.

@thehandoflenin

The Anyma Phi being a monophonic synth, what would you use MPE for ?

Hello.

a) Using external USB midi controller to play or remote control the Anyma Phi is the reason why we integrated a USB Host plug. Only thing to know is that we didn't had the chance to check every MIDI controller with the Anyma Phi but any class compliant USB MIDI controller should work.
We tested the Korg Nanostudio which is a superset of Korg Nanokey2.

b) MPE compatibility
As a monophonic synth, the Anyma Phi is not really MPE compatible but can be setup to behave as one MPE voice

c) yes adaptation of all the patch is possible to use the Piezo as a note trigger instead of external MIDI device

Hope this make things clear to you

Hello,

This is explained on page 56 of the user manual.

• Select the patch you want to copy using the display encoder.
• Press the display encoder and scroll down to Patch/Copy
• Select the patch number you want to copy the patch to
• Press the display encoder and scroll down to Patch/Paste

Hope this helps

Here:

https://aodyo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/factory-patch-anyma-phi.zip

And you would get 30 instead of 20

The Sylphyo/Link wireless connection doesn't use Bluetooth but a proprietary solution to get better latency and better range

Adjusting the volume is possible using the quick settings menu:

quick setting menu

Maybe also check that you plugged your headphone in the Phones output rather than in the LineOut output (which would have a much lower volume as there is no headphone amp on the Line Outputs.

Hello Clint,

No we wouldn't be at the Musikmesse Frankfurt 2022.

The last edition of the Musikmesse we took part were quite disappointing and we decided to get to the SuperBooth in Berlin in September 2021 instead.

Such shows are still complicated in the current pandemic context.

@marko did you get your Anyma directly from us or through one of our reseller ?

Feel free to sent us an e-mail to support@aodyo.com and we will check what would be possible to solve your power supply type issue.

only limitation to this feature is that the Sylphyo display won't reflect patch changes done from the Link as there is currently not status feedback through the wireless transmission.

You are not doing anything wrong.
The up/down buttons are only providing this next/previous feature when NOT paired with the Sylphyo. When you are using the Sylphyo this is achieved by the Sylphyo keys instead.

Hi there,

The main trouble about using high resolution MIDI is that it needs 2 MIDI messages to be transmitted thus requiring twice the bandwidth of a standard MIDI message. As there are many other MIDI messages to be transmitted (note on/note off, and all the various MIDI CC messages transmitted by the Sylphyo) using high resolution MIDI messages would double the resolution but would also lead to bigger time between MIDI breath messages and thus stepping effects would come back ...
Issue is there on the MIDI side but would also have similar impact on the wireless transmission which have to face similar bandwidth constraints.

Thank you for your feedback and suggestions Gergely.
We made some hidden step in the key management towards what you described but there are still some software/hardware tricks to find to achieve this.

Verification faite, c'est ne pas possible actuellement.
L'une des difficulté est de prévoir et mémoriser un paramétrage spécifique pour réaliser les routings MIDI ce qui est délicat du fait des risques de boucles MIDI notamment ...

Hello Troy,

This is definitely on our roadmap but this takes more time than expected.
Current situation doesn't really help us also.

We do have tools to design the Sylphyo internal sounds using various synth technics. This tool already made several step forward compared to what we had when launching the internal sylphyo sound engine.

Part of the work is also to achieve a user friendly version of our tool while still enhancing the possibilities of it.

Feel free to explain us your expectation so that we could check and explain what may or may not be possible.

Laurent

We should have something new in June ...

Si cela reste sans doute possible (à essayer - en fait ça n'a jamais été prévu pour ça mais il fort probable que ça marche), en désactivant le menu "Sans Fil Link" (ce qui coupe la communication radio du Sylphyo) dans le menu avancé et en connectant effectivement le Sylphyo en USB sur la prise USB Host du Link. Il faudra juste ne pas oublier de réactiver l'option au moment de l'usage en Live.

Pour la partie ondes, c'est aussi pour ça que l'on a opté pour notre protocole propriétaire (plus compact donc émettant moins longtemps) au delà de la réduction de la latence. Pour la batterie, c'est aussi pour ça qu'on s'est arrangé pour proposer un fonctionnement qui augmente leur durée de vie/usage.

Dans votre cas quel est le type de pédalier MIDI ?

S'il sort ses informations sur une MIDI DIN Out, il devrait suffire de la connecter sur la MIDI DIN In du Link et de connecter la prise miniUSB (f) sur l'ordinateur sans passer par la carte son (même si elle dispose de prises MIDI DIN, une connexion directe du Link sur un port USB de l'ordinateur serait plus simple).

Le Link fait déjà du MIDI Merge basique entre ses différentes entrées MIDI:

• entrée sans fils provenant du Sylphyo (Wireless MIDI)
• entrée de tout dispositif connecté sur la prise USB Host
• entrée MIDI DIN
  La seule limite de ce fonctionnement est la quantité de données MIDI à mélanger qui doit rester compatible avec le débit maximum du MIDI (à noter que comme le Sylphyo génère pas mal de données, il reste assez peu de place pour beaucoup d'autres messages simultanés).

Typiquement en usage MIDI (sans les sons internes du Sylphyo) et pour piloter un instrument virtuel on peut mettre en oeuvre ce type de setup:

Euh non, entre prise USB et DIN ça n'a rien à voir électriquement...
Une prise USB MIDI "transporte" une communication MIDI sur de l'USB mais il faut des interfaces pour passer de USB MIDI au MIDI DIN.