Posts made by Peter Ostry

In the sound menu of the Sylphyo, after the "regular" sounds, the list repeats itself with names with a ° (degree) sign in front.

Is there something we should know about these duplicates or do we just ignore them?

@clint
So far I've seen this is not possible with the Sylphyo alone. Needs MIDI processing.

The elevation angle tells how much the Sylhpyo's bell is lower than the mouthpiece. Horizontal is 0° and only there you get 127. Fully down is 90°. When you have the elevation setting at 35° and start playing fully down, nothing happens until you reach 35°. From that point you get 1-127 until you reach the horizontal position (0°).

I would prefer from-to degree settings, where we can set an arbitrary range instead of dealing with given endpoints. But as a newcomer I don't dare to send two feature requests on the same day ;-)

I do not use Kontakt but this is sophisticated software. It should have something like input curves or other ways to scale input data.

If Kontakt cannot do it, maybe your DAW can. Which DAW do you use?

@Clint
The bank setting let's you select a sound bank number (for synths who require that) but afterwards it also sends the Program Change.

@support_aodyo
I see what you mean and it is somehow similar to what I do. Below is a draft of my smallest computerless setup (not tested yet).

The controller has 2 MIDI outlets that can be filtered by channel. For each sound change I send first the Sylphyo PC (which sets the 'wrong' Blofeld program) and after a short delay I send the Blofeld PC I want. The Gordius can do this automatically. This way I get one dedicated sound combination with a single footstep.

Manipulating the Sylphyo settings will still 'unset' the Blofeld program but I don't see a way to avoid this as long as the Sylphyo sends Program Changes. I could add a hardware MIDI filter after the Sylphyo but this adds another box and may cost additional 100 Euro or more.

@support_aodyo
Checked again and disabled the Sylphyo's movement CCs. Really cannot tell what is going on. Stuck notes, changing/losing the Sylphyo's internal sound (I mix with the Link's stereo input) and weird behavior overall. Turned everything off and on in different order – no change. Turned everything off, went back to direct MIDI connection and it worked fine.

Never mind. I believe some devilish ghost in a parallel universe prevents me from using USB hosts. A Keith McMillen host did not work here. A Kenton USB host didn't. Why should the Link do. I blame the ghost ;-)

MIDI over DIN works well, I will use this.

A shy feature request:
Could you please think about an option to block outgoing Program Changes in the Sylphyo?

The Sylphyo outputs PC at various occasions and often switches the other synth to some program it should not be. In my case I want to change the sound of both independently. Of course in other setups you want the programs strictly linked. Therefore the setting must be optional.

Blofeld Desktop.
It accepts anything. Notes, Pitch Bend, Program Change, most Control
Changes, Channel Pressure, Poly Pressure, SysEx and MIDI Clock.

@support_aodyo Yes, I think I was too early with narrow thumb space. It takes a while to handle that.

Is it possible to configure the Link's MIDI output as Out/Thru?

Would be fine for hardware synths, when the Link could merge incoming data with Sylphyo data at the output.

Two Sylphyo questions.

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Menu page "Movement", last setting: "Always on"
I wanted to use "Always on" for Roll and Compass control (MIDI out). But the function only works when the "Absolute" setting is ON. Is this intentional? The manual doesn't mention a dependency.
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Main menu page, Wireless: "LED"
What is the "LED" setting supposed to do? The light on the Link box does not change.
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I see that Compass control is in beta stage, so the following bug may already be known:

Rolling my Sylphyo more than about 45° to the side makes the compass (!) control jump to the min or max value, depending on the roll direction. Rolling to the right side kicks the Compass value to the lowest position and vice versa. I can reliably reproduce this by monitoring the MIDI data in Max.

It happens
... in a sensor-friendly playing position (Sylphyo horizontally)
... in all Roll modes (standard, bidirectional, absolute)
... with all Roll degree settings (5°–90°)

We can work around the problem by avoiding large degree values and/or extreme roll movements. But since one parameter (roll) triggers another parameter (compass) so hard, I thought you may want to know about it.

@david-lazzi Thanks, I know this video and already managed to use key-pitchbend according to Pedro's suggestions.

Sylphyo Bench does not run well on my machine but I have my own Max interface for optical feedback. There I see that the thumb-rolling bend does not always work initially.

But I think you are right, it should get better over time when I learn to set my fingers more accurately. I am not used to touch buttons yet.

I seem to have a problem with thumb-rolling pitch bend. It should bend down (standard setting) but when I start to play, it often refuses to bend. I have to tap or slide a little on the strip and eventually the bend starts working and then it continues to work. Did not find a reliable method yet.

Is there a common gesture you use to "initialize" pitch bend before you play or do I just need practice to place my thumb more exactly when I pick up the Sylphyo?

Does anyone here use the Sylphyo Link as an USB Host? I tried with my only USB synth, a Blofeld, and that does not work. Did not check the MIDI data, but sounds weird and notes get quickly stuck. Is it device dependent?

Actually I have bad experience with USB hosts of this kind. I think I am better off to forget about this possibility and rather stick to DIN MIDI which works well. Right?

@support_aodyo
Regarding factory reset: I do that quite often because I am working on a Max interface for the Sylphyo to control various synths with everything the Sylphyo offers.

Regarding 1.4.8 upgrade: Did it again, behavior remains unchanged. Key reaction 0 requires octave reaction 0.

@support_aodyo
Ha!
If key reaction time is 0 ms, then octave key reaction time must also be 0 ms. Feels like a bug, right?

For me it is ok, I am new to the Sylphyo and currently see no reason to make the reaction slower than instantly.

To your other question:
I am on the latest 1.4.8 version, I think. Upgraded yesterday and the 'Diagnostic' functions says v1.4.8

@support_aodyo No plug, the Sylphyo exit is open. I lowered capture delay to 10, 5 and 0 ms and the breath range to the default 600. No success.

New observation: My dynamic velocity works for legato but not for single notes. When I play a series of single notes with equal force, the velocity values are rather random.

After a factory reset – which parameters do I have to change to make dynamic velocity working on single notes? From this point I should be able to figure out what to do and what not.

(Firmware 1.4.8 on Link and Sylphyo)
When I set the key reaction time to 0 ms, my Sylphyo doesn't like me anymore. No legato playing possible and it misses many key changes. From 1 ms on it behaves normally.

Not that I would need 0 ms, just thought that it should be a valid setting.

(Firmware 1.4.8 on Link and Sylphyo)
Dynamic velocity does not work properly here. Seldom it follows breath. See the readout of Midi Monitor below, where I played 4 times from very soft to as hard as I can. Instead of expected velocity from almost 0 up to 127 I got 1, 19, 18, 4.

16:02:42.499	From Sylphyo Link	Note On	1	G3	1
16:02:42.625	From Sylphyo Link	Note Off	1	G3	0
16:02:43.777	From Sylphyo Link	Note On	1	G3	19
16:02:43.885	From Sylphyo Link	Note Off	1	G3	0
16:02:45.116	From Sylphyo Link	Note On	1	G3	18
16:02:45.379	From Sylphyo Link	Note Off	1	G3	0
16:02:46.713	From Sylphyo Link	Note On	1	G3	4
16:02:47.066	From Sylphyo Link	Note Off	1	G3	0

Maybe it depends on some settings?
Breath – Range 5-2000, Curve Log, Filtering OFF.
Keys – Reaction time 10 ms, More sensitive ON.
Velocity – Dynamic, Capture delay 20 ms, Max. velocity 127.