Saturday, July 31, 2010
Synth-Project presents: The OP-X Controller
YouTube via SynthProject | July 31, 2010
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"Do you remember the Oberheim OB-X ? Here is the OP-X Hardware Controller for sonicprojects OP-X VST Instrument.
A short demonstation of the Controller. More pics on:
www.synth-project.de
Have fun !"
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You gotta wonder if the resolution of any of those knobs or sliders is better than 7 bits. I never see this mentioned, so I guessing it isn't. This is a real failing of controllers of VST synths. Please enlighten me if it ain't so.
ReplyDeletebad url (prject)
ReplyDeleteand, jump was originally played on an obxa
7 bit (128 steps) accumulate completely, more usually has no meaning, Here the Backgrounds:
ReplyDeleteMost kids think, the great polyphonic Analog Synthesizers has klose step controller. Forget it. In all of these synths (Prophet 5, Jupiter 8, OB-X,
OB-8, Polymoog etc.) were the control of a processor (then usually Z80)
sampled, and save often in relatively coarse resolution to memory,
is especially evident in cutoff and high resonance values heard (I can at
my OB-X control the filter to happiness and externally with a foot pedal / pot
for continuous operation)
In the original OB-X is the resolution e.g. just 64 steps per controller
(6 bit?)
In the OP-X VST Instrument, the resolution is twice as high (128, so 7bit), and the course is smoothed in addition;
128 is the standard resolution for most VSTi's, but often also
smoothed.
Therefore, make more than 7bit no sense, unless the software
supports it.
Sorry for my english ....
macmajo (alias synth-project)
@ Adrien
ReplyDeletei don´t know if Van Halen use an obxa or obx. I do not mind either way. I only want to show the controller with background music. And jump is one of the presets in the Op-X VST Plugin, thats why i choose this song.
Greetings Macmajo, thanks and you are quite correct about the older hardware synths and the statement "more than 7bit no sense, unless the software supports it".
ReplyDeleteI should have stated the real failing is with the VST software, or more precisely the available range of control via external devices. You can easily hear the stepping in 7 bit range controlling pitch, and often in other parameters of sound, which is why smoothing is required. I can't help looking at your wonderful hardware interfaces and think about using the knobs as gesture controllers, rather than just setting levels.
I can't get any soft synth maker to comment on wither this is a problem inherent in the VST spec or just the way everyone implements it (for easy control). Does anyone implement NRPNs for control? Care to speak on this?