Curious about modular synthesis, electronic music, and sound design, but unsure how to get started? I have something for you! Join my free "intro to synthesis" mini course here: www.soundandsynthesis.com/firstpatch2022 PS: You don't need any special gear to do this-just a computer with VCV Rack (which is free to download).
I'm a big fan of the MPE experience. I used to have a Linnstrument200 - very expressive piece of hardware. Now, I'm fully immersed in the Hydra..... Very deep. Nice that you're taking the time to walk people through this, as there are a lot of people out there, who've never had this experience personally.... I've seen a few people using the Sensel Morph set ups, very interesting.. I think you've done a killer job of showing the potential of this amazing duo of real time expressive capabilities....Great upload,, thanks
So far, the only thing that looks a bit frustrating to me, is that if you use multiple Morphs, the 'keyboard' overlays have a gap between notes, potentially making it difficult to play chords, etc. Not a big deal, but potentially an issue...
This is soooo inspiring!! Thank you Sarah!!! I finally got my Kenton from Perfect Circuit, the mail person "left a note", was sitting in the post office for days...for anyone that is new to both Morph and Hydrasynth as I am, I will point out that Sarah first chooses the OSC1 button (far left) to get to the Wavescan Screen and then Mod Matrix button (far right). Don't forget to give the delay somewhere to go...I know this patch is good because Pickles started honking his rubber pig along!!
As an old man trumpet player and synth geek, I was delighted to see your video! Ha! My Steiner EVI was pretty cutting edge in ancient times. :) Great video!
@@sarahbellereid I will watch anything you put out! Jeff Kaiser was my first trumpet teacher in sixth grade. I think you guys may know each other but I'm not positive. Anyway, love your stuff.
I recently bought the Roli Studio Player, on sale for $40 through Plugin Boutique, and discovered MPE. And as a studio geek and an FX junkie I fell over ga-ga with it's potential. And it just so happens that Hydrasynth is on my shortlist. Thanks for your superb info and presentation. I'll be watchin' you.
This was awesome... Very informative. I just got a hydrosynth, didn't know about the morph actually. Thanks and would love to see more videos exploring this combo!
This is a great explanation - thank you! I have the Hydrasynth and I'm interested in microtonal playing, so this Morph thing is something I'm going to need to check out.
Great overview of the features and lovely demonstration. This is so sooooo tempting for one such as me with all of the other pieces of the jigsaw at my fingertips. Thanks for posting :)
Fantastic video and thank you. I have been researching MPE for some time and I'm just about to make the leap with the Sensel. This video cinched it for me as before I was leaning towards the Roli but this fits my brain better as primarily I am a drummer, bassist, guitarist. I'm subscribing and will check out your music. I think it's in alignment with where I'm coming from.
MPE has intrigued me for a long time, though the controllers that interest me most, are too far out of my budget. (Looking at you, Haken Continuum!) … Morph looks like a great entry point, though for a full time driver, I’m most looking forward to Osmose.
fantastic tutorial this has pretty much made my mind up - with the Hydra firmly in my sites, however: kb vs desktop? Already have a nice kb on my Digitone keys)...so, Hydra and the Sensel it shall be. I want this level expressiveness! (and...I knew it was kismet when you thumbs upped the Kenton which I JUST ordered and recieved :) :) )
Hey Manolo. We have a bunch of videos on this you might find helpful - th-cam.com/play/PLsWyZNIPvUrfU7hVl1R9YU1h9v4DFONV5.html , th-cam.com/play/PLsWyZNIPvUrcuQWRzSaLvmLCjgNawV5_U.html
Just by way of pedagogy, the Ensoniq company made several MPE-capable synths in the early '90s!! Also, the most recent collection of synths from DaveSmith/Sequential are capable of receiving MPE (I have an OB6 and it works)
Great introduction Sarah,, I didn’t realise how detailed the Sensel could be in assigning parameters. Is it possible that there would be , i.e. 12 parameters per sensor, that break the Y - Axis up with more fields that can crossover to add another dynamic to the pad... eg. Splitting the pads Y Axis into 8 assigned regions to extended multi morphing on/off performance, then the right side equivalent/mirrored sensor may be a more angled inversion of the functions.
I don’t believe you can get quite that detailed on the pre-fab overlays (unless you run the data into another program like max and then do your conditioning/parsing) but... you should check out the “innovators overlay” because it allows you to make custom overlay designs and layer different things on top on one another... maybe a good topic for a future video?
Sarah Belle Reid , AHA... I’m not a programmer, but I like customisation of you gals and guys that do the ground work, thanks. You open my eyes to the potential of Sensel morph, I hope they get you into future advert to spread the Gospel of MPE . I love sound & sound design, Im recently being braver ( less lazy ) and enjoying the performance of getting to a sound, getting the parameters of new sounds to be a part of the performer, the dialogue of one being the sound. I guess we all look forward to your tutoring on how one extends this to the surround sound . Light bulbs in space . I’m so glad you are doing this series, thank God for your many gifts..... especially innovation.
I was eyeing the sensel morph for a while. Still new to a lot of this so figuring out what I like. I did see Ableton 11 has MPE and it lets you go back and edit it afterwards. You could do a performance recording everything there and then do like a live playback of the doctored data to get a recording, or loop those gestures. Might be cool.
As usual, great video Sarah ! Yes I was totally wondering about this sort of controller (Senel Morph and ASM Hydrasynth), I've seen it in on quite a few of the Buchla 203 performances including yours and Steve H. I'm going to be doing pitch bend with the upcoming Joyst-JV1 that's being created in Ireland as a sort of game joystick accordion. I can also do some pitch bending with the Atriphon Orba, which btw got me hooked on creating digital music. My friend Chris actually builds the software for the Orba, yeah small world...we met via Soundcloud while I was digging his music. I need to learn more about MPE, I believe it has touch gestures like vibrato and radiate. I am curious to how much further you were able to explore with the Morph and your Eurorack.
Thanks Milo! I’ve definitely had a lot of fun exploring the combo of morph and Eurorack. I haven’t published anything yet with Eurorack but I did recently do a video with perfect circuit (on their channel) where I use the morph with a buchla easel command. Happy exploring!
nice breakdown on MPE with the Morph - I've been usimg various Roli product for years for MPE but haven't setup my Morph for that yet - I was using it wit Premiere and Photoshop. :-) I just got the Hydrasynth keyboard and I'm going to try the Morph with it as well as my Seaboard Ruse 49 - thanks again unrelated trumpet question - what do you think of the trumpet/wind alternatives like the Steiner EVI, Morrison Digital Trumpet, or the more recent Yamaha EZ-TP or the Sylphyo (with trumpet fingering)? seems like a lot of cool options now for "wind" and "brass" MIDI fun I used to play trumpet and euphonium in 5th/6th grade, and violin in the 4th grade - now I'm a synth/keys guy but I like the alternative controllers like the Sylphyo I just got and the old Casio MIDI sax/various breath controllers, and the theremin
Very cool stuff Sarah! I just got my Thunder and seriously want the Hydrasynth. I'm curious which software instruments (not DAWs) are your fav to use with the Thunder? I use Ableton exclusively and obv it's not MPE compatible so I'm considering running Kontakt with software like Slate and Ash alongside it until I get some hardware....Would love to know your thoughts!
Thanks Laura! So far I have mostly been using the Morph with Max/MSP and hardware instruments... but I have been wanting to try it out with Madrona Labs software instruments (Aalto and Kaivo).. seems like those would be super fun too. Maybe something to explore? :)
Hey Laura. Some of our favorites are Aalto, as Sarah mentioned, Quanta by Audio Damage, and Falcon by UVI. All of them are fantastic! There's an expansive list of Soft synths on ROLI's MPE page: roli[dot]com[slash]mpe. Or you can just talk to Peter and he'll tell you everything you need to know. 😃
I was wondering if you could help me out with my Hydrasynth - I bought a demo version from sweetwater - and I just want to make sure that its functioning the way its suppose to - The patch knob wobbles back and forth (clockwise and counterclockwise) about 2 mm before it actually grabs. Is this the way its suppose to behave - a little wobbly or is your patch knob more stable? Basically, there is some give before it changes the parameter. Thanks for any help :) other than that it sounds beautiful and every synth th needs to be designed this way - very intuitive.
Your explanation of MPE at the beginning is slightly lacking I think... doesn't explain the 1984 Oberheim XK1 + Xpander (has voice stacking, so chords can hit different voices, same is true with a lot of workstations) or Polyphonic aftertouch which can control many aspects on a decent synth with in depth modulation.
What do you use to interface between the device and the Hydrasynth? I have the HS module and I use Ableton to send MIDI to it via an "external instrument" plugin. I just borrowed my friend's Roli Seaboard and I can send MIDI regularly but when I switch the HS into MPE mode in the settings I no longer get any signal, not sure if it's an Ableton thing or what. Wish I could just plug the Roli into the HS but that's not an option. For the first time in a while regarding equipment, I'm stumped :( Edit - I see what you use now. I missed it. I guess there's no way to do it using the computer or Ableton, hmm.
Xavier Xavier I did, while testing I was only sending out MIDI over ch1 which wasn’t producing any signal. As soon as I sent on ch2 or higher the Hydrasynth responded. I then made a series of channels with in from roil ch 1 out to hydra ch1 in from roil 2 out to hydra 2 and so forth, bussed them all to a channel with my host plugin “external instrument” which sends to the hydra and it worked as expected!
@@BIG_PASTA I sorted it now, I had my midi channel set to 1 in my daw with external instrument i changed it to all and then it worked makes the hydrasynth come to life you have use the mod matrix to assign parameters.
"in general this is not something that every midi controller can do" Well that's the understatement of the frickin century. Barring the ones you mentioned already, there's almost *no* other controllers with MPE capabilities. Furthermore, the ones that can are astronomically more expensive than the sensel Morph. Morph = best bang for your MPE buck
I went through this 4 times. The only thing my Sensel controls is the pitch. All of my settings match yours on both devices, but no response to XY or Z. My Sensel works 100% with soft synths. Is there a master midi setting I need to adjust in the Hydrasynth?
Lol, works best with 2 Laptops and 4 hands. A little bit strange, using such a device for controlling the Hydrasynth, when there is a keyboard version with polyphonic aftertouch, that allows you to do modulations by note, in a really expressive way.
Totally! The keyboard version of the Hydrasynth is awesome too. I’ve been having fun using the X & Y position on the MPE controller to modulate stuff, but it’s surprising how much nuance you can get just from aftertouch alone
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Curious about modular synthesis, electronic music, and sound design, but unsure how to get started? I have something for you! Join my free "intro to synthesis" mini course here: www.soundandsynthesis.com/firstpatch2022
PS: You don't need any special gear to do this-just a computer with VCV Rack (which is free to download).
Wanted to say I really appreciate the way you present this -- just straightforward, engaging and informative.
Thank you!!
I'm a big fan of the MPE experience. I used to have a Linnstrument200 - very expressive piece of hardware. Now, I'm fully immersed in the Hydra..... Very deep. Nice that you're taking the time to walk people through this, as there are a lot of people out there, who've never had this experience personally.... I've seen a few people using the Sensel Morph set ups, very interesting.. I think you've done a killer job of showing the potential of this amazing duo of real time expressive capabilities....Great upload,, thanks
Thanks so much! I have really been enjoying this duo as well and am super happy to share my explorations/process with other folks!
Yeah, it's strange. SO MUCH amazing gear out there, and yet, once in a while, we find inspiring combinations that just fit...
So far, the only thing that looks a bit frustrating to me, is that if you use multiple Morphs, the 'keyboard' overlays have a gap between notes, potentially making it difficult to play chords, etc. Not a big deal, but potentially an issue...
I have. Roli 25 & seaboard block needs repaired Roli has the worst service waste of money
I recently bought a Joué board. Works nicely, very well constructed. You might want to check them out. (made in Bordeaux, France)
Shoutout to your incredibly well organised storage rack.
This is soooo inspiring!! Thank you Sarah!!! I finally got my Kenton from Perfect Circuit, the mail person "left a note", was sitting in the post office for days...for anyone that is new to both Morph and Hydrasynth as I am, I will point out that Sarah first chooses the OSC1 button (far left) to get to the Wavescan Screen and then Mod Matrix button (far right). Don't forget to give the delay somewhere to go...I know this patch is good because Pickles started honking his rubber pig along!!
Thank you. I have wondered about this controller.
As an old man trumpet player and synth geek, I was delighted to see your video! Ha! My Steiner EVI was pretty cutting edge in ancient times. :) Great video!
Holy hell. This rabbit hole is neverending. If only my wallet was... 😜 Love your work!
Haha! I feel the same way!! Never-ending indeed..... :P Thank you for watching!
@@sarahbellereid I will watch anything you put out! Jeff Kaiser was my first trumpet teacher in sixth grade. I think you guys may know each other but I'm not positive. Anyway, love your stuff.
@@mikeparker9595 Oh how cool!! Yes I know Jeff, of course :) He released my first album on pfMentum ("underneath and sonder") Love the small world!
Lots of love to you all. I'm stuck in Phoenix now but grew up in Ventura and I miss my homeland, as it were. Peace, love, and chicken grease! ✌
Well explained and nice graphics explaining the difference in single midi channel pitch bend vs MPE. Good job.
Thank you!!
Can't believe I'm just finding your channel. Lovely editing and shot composition!
thank you!
Wow that was well explained!!! Thank you Sarah!
Super happy to hear you enjoyed it! :)
Great demonstration of this cool technology-thanks for this detailed video!
Thanks for the MPE overview - it's definitely something I need to incorporate into my setup.
ohhh wooooow im so greatful for your explination and demo of mpe. Im not bright but have such love for this. thank you!!!!
You're welcome! Thank you for watching!
I recently bought the Roli Studio Player, on sale for $40 through Plugin Boutique, and discovered MPE. And as a studio geek and an FX junkie I fell over ga-ga with it's potential. And it just so happens that Hydrasynth is on my shortlist. Thanks for your superb info and presentation. I'll be watchin' you.
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
Very informative!
Subscribed and looking forward for all the future and past videos!
Thank you so much!!
This was awesome... Very informative. I just got a hydrosynth, didn't know about the morph actually. Thanks and would love to see more videos exploring this combo!
Hey Phil. Thanks for your interest! We have a playlist that you might find helpful - th-cam.com/play/PLsWyZNIPvUrchjXojOW-0A-PSwpkiWsU0.html
Wow, great job! Now, manifesting money to get this setup haha
This is a great explanation - thank you! I have the Hydrasynth and I'm interested in microtonal playing, so this Morph thing is something I'm going to need to check out.
Thanks. What a great video, really clearly done. I am now off to buy a sensel morph to pair with my hydrasynth and modular. 👍
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
Amazing content! Came for the Sensel, stayed for the Hydrasynth.
Thank you for watching!
Great overview of the features and lovely demonstration. This is so sooooo tempting for one such as me with all of the other pieces of the jigsaw at my fingertips. Thanks for posting :)
I like that ode to Buchla overlay
Fantastic tutorial! Thanks so much for creating this. Well done! 👾🐙
Thanks! Thanks for creating cool midi controllers 🤓✨
Oooh! Thank you, this was very instructive. I can’t believe I didn’t fell on your channel before!! Subscribed ;)
Thank you!
Fantastic video and thank you. I have been researching MPE for some time and I'm just about to make the leap with the Sensel. This video cinched it for me as before I was leaning towards the Roli but this fits my brain better as primarily I am a drummer, bassist, guitarist. I'm subscribing and will check out your music. I think it's in alignment with where I'm coming from.
Thanks! Happy explorations ahead with the Morph :-)
very cool
MPE has intrigued me for a long time, though the controllers that interest me most, are too far out of my budget. (Looking at you, Haken Continuum!) … Morph looks like a great entry point, though for a full time driver, I’m most looking forward to Osmose.
Inspiring and clever done video...thx 🎼
Thank you!
I'm gonna pick up both!
You get one?
SO COOL!
Oh
the
possibilities......
I have the Hydra keys...the ribbon is a whole different cauldron of lemurs, but the nature of the synth shines through regardless.
Cauldron of Lemurs? I love that.
Super useful and super informative video - thanks for posting ... (subbed) ... :)
fantastic tutorial this has pretty much made my mind up - with the Hydra firmly in my sites, however: kb vs desktop? Already have a nice kb on my Digitone keys)...so, Hydra and the Sensel it shall be. I want this level expressiveness! (and...I knew it was kismet when you thumbs upped the Kenton which I JUST ordered and recieved :) :) )
Exciting! I wish you all the best in your Hydrasynth explorations! :)
Fantantic Sarah!! For when a tutorial with morph Thunder + msp ? Thanks a lot
Hey Manolo. We have a bunch of videos on this you might find helpful - th-cam.com/play/PLsWyZNIPvUrfU7hVl1R9YU1h9v4DFONV5.html , th-cam.com/play/PLsWyZNIPvUrcuQWRzSaLvmLCjgNawV5_U.html
Just by way of pedagogy, the Ensoniq company made several MPE-capable synths in the early '90s!!
Also, the most recent collection of synths from DaveSmith/Sequential are capable of receiving MPE (I have an OB6 and it works)
Not true. Sorry, but you are confusing polyphonic aftertouch with MPE. Yes, polyphonic aftertouch has indeed been around for many years.
Great introduction Sarah,, I didn’t realise how detailed the Sensel could be in assigning parameters. Is it possible that there would be , i.e. 12 parameters per sensor, that break the Y - Axis up with more fields that can crossover to add another dynamic to the pad... eg. Splitting the pads Y Axis into 8 assigned regions to extended multi morphing on/off performance, then the right side equivalent/mirrored sensor may be a more angled inversion of the functions.
I don’t believe you can get quite that detailed on the pre-fab overlays (unless you run the data into another program like max and then do your conditioning/parsing) but... you should check out the “innovators overlay” because it allows you to make custom overlay designs and layer different things on top on one another... maybe a good topic for a future video?
Sarah Belle Reid , AHA... I’m not a programmer, but I like customisation of you gals and guys that do the ground work, thanks. You open my eyes to the potential of Sensel morph, I hope they get you into future advert to spread the Gospel of MPE . I love sound & sound design, Im recently being braver ( less lazy ) and enjoying the performance of getting to a sound, getting the parameters of new sounds to be a part of the performer, the dialogue of one being the sound. I guess we all look forward to your tutoring on how one extends this to the surround sound . Light bulbs in space . I’m so glad you are doing this series, thank God for your many gifts..... especially innovation.
I was eyeing the sensel morph for a while. Still new to a lot of this so figuring out what I like. I did see Ableton 11 has MPE and it lets you go back and edit it afterwards. You could do a performance recording everything there and then do like a live playback of the doctored data to get a recording, or loop those gestures. Might be cool.
I love her. Impresionante
holy good grief, what is going on here? And I only made it 1 minute in!! Will finish when I'm not dozing off on the couch. 👍🏼👍🏼
🙂 let me know if you have any questions (once you’ve woken up a bit!)
Really nicely done. I like how you explained the routing and setup. It makes the whole process seem more accessible and less mysterious. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@cold_fashioned happy to hear that! :)
I dunno .... she had me pretty mesmerized, to the point that I had to view it again to take in what she was saying ... ;)
As usual, great video Sarah ! Yes I was totally wondering about this sort of controller (Senel Morph and ASM Hydrasynth), I've seen it in on quite a few of the Buchla 203 performances including yours and Steve H. I'm going to be doing pitch bend with the upcoming Joyst-JV1 that's being created in Ireland as a sort of game joystick accordion. I can also do some pitch bending with the Atriphon Orba, which btw got me hooked on creating digital music. My friend Chris actually builds the software for the Orba, yeah small world...we met via Soundcloud while I was digging his music. I need to learn more about MPE, I believe it has touch gestures like vibrato and radiate. I am curious to how much further you were able to explore with the Morph and your Eurorack.
Thanks Milo! I’ve definitely had a lot of fun exploring the combo of morph and Eurorack. I haven’t published anything yet with Eurorack but I did recently do a video with perfect circuit (on their channel) where I use the morph with a buchla easel command. Happy exploring!
I just got the Hydrasynth and I was like, "Okay GAS is over for the next year." Shouldn't have watched this lol.
Same
How do you make the connection from the morph to hydra synth as the hydra synth has a USB b input ?
nice breakdown on MPE with the Morph - I've been usimg various Roli product for years for MPE but haven't setup my Morph for that yet - I was using it wit Premiere and Photoshop. :-)
I just got the Hydrasynth keyboard and I'm going to try the Morph with it as well as my Seaboard Ruse 49 - thanks again
unrelated trumpet question - what do you think of the trumpet/wind alternatives like the Steiner EVI, Morrison Digital Trumpet, or the more recent Yamaha EZ-TP or the Sylphyo (with trumpet fingering)?
seems like a lot of cool options now for "wind" and "brass" MIDI fun
I used to play trumpet and euphonium in 5th/6th grade, and violin in the 4th grade - now I'm a synth/keys guy but I like the alternative controllers like the Sylphyo I just got and the old Casio MIDI sax/various breath controllers, and the theremin
Very cool stuff Sarah! I just got my Thunder and seriously want the Hydrasynth. I'm curious which software instruments (not DAWs) are your fav to use with the Thunder? I use Ableton exclusively and obv it's not MPE compatible so I'm considering running Kontakt with software like Slate and Ash alongside it until I get some hardware....Would love to know your thoughts!
Thanks Laura! So far I have mostly been using the Morph with Max/MSP and hardware instruments... but I have been wanting to try it out with Madrona Labs software instruments (Aalto and Kaivo).. seems like those would be super fun too. Maybe something to explore? :)
Hey Laura. Some of our favorites are Aalto, as Sarah mentioned, Quanta by Audio Damage, and Falcon by UVI. All of them are fantastic!
There's an expansive list of Soft synths on ROLI's MPE page: roli[dot]com[slash]mpe. Or you can just talk to Peter and he'll tell you everything you need to know. 😃
I watched this video I can do without the Sensel Morph but now I want a hydrasynth.
rad. great tutorial/ education video. Just sub'd
Thanks Sarah for another great video. I'm rushing out to buy a Morph and Hydrasynth. I hope you're on commission?
redid the previous promo video for my Ambient Hydrasynth sounds:
th-cam.com/video/u-PoTzktPos/w-d-xo.html
I was wondering if you could help me out with my Hydrasynth - I bought a demo version from sweetwater - and I just want to make sure that its functioning the way its suppose to - The patch knob wobbles back and forth (clockwise and counterclockwise) about 2 mm before it actually grabs. Is this the way its suppose to behave - a little wobbly or is your patch knob more stable? Basically, there is some give before it changes the parameter. Thanks for any help :) other than that it sounds beautiful and every synth th needs to be designed this way - very intuitive.
Hmmm I just checked mine and you’re right it does have some give before latching. I didn’t even notice! But yeah, seems like your hydra is all good :)
N B This does absolutely not sound right to me.
intuitive instruments exquis is the right Controller for that...or Joué play...
Hi, what is the stand for the Hydra Synth?
Your explanation of MPE at the beginning is slightly lacking I think... doesn't explain the 1984 Oberheim XK1 + Xpander (has voice stacking, so chords can hit different voices, same is true with a lot of workstations) or Polyphonic aftertouch which can control many aspects on a decent synth with in depth modulation.
What do you use to interface between the device and the Hydrasynth? I have the HS module and I use Ableton to send MIDI to it via an "external instrument" plugin. I just borrowed my friend's Roli Seaboard and I can send MIDI regularly but when I switch the HS into MPE mode in the settings I no longer get any signal, not sure if it's an Ableton thing or what. Wish I could just plug the Roli into the HS but that's not an option. For the first time in a while regarding equipment, I'm stumped :(
Edit - I see what you use now. I missed it. I guess there's no way to do it using the computer or Ableton, hmm.
im getting the same problem I use logic x you got it solved ?
Xavier Xavier I did, while testing I was only sending out MIDI over ch1 which wasn’t producing any signal. As soon as I sent on ch2 or higher the Hydrasynth responded. I then made a series of channels with in from roil ch 1 out to hydra ch1 in from roil 2 out to hydra 2 and so forth, bussed them all to a channel with my host plugin “external instrument” which sends to the hydra and it worked as expected!
@@BIG_PASTA I sorted it now, I had my midi channel set to 1 in my daw with external instrument i changed it to all and then it worked makes the hydrasynth come to life you have use the mod matrix to assign parameters.
Good stuff although a bit over my head
Thanks :) it’s all a bit mind-bending for me too, but fun nonetheless! If you have any questions let me know!
Anyone getting stuck notes? I haven't seen an All Notes Off built into the Morph. Might just make a fast one...
you just tipped the scales, Sarah... i've been going back and forth between a sequential pro 3 and a hydrasynth. it's got to be the hydrasynth
I got the Hydra keys and an Arthurian Minibrute 2 to stave off the Pro 3 GAS
"in general this is not something that every midi controller can do"
Well that's the understatement of the frickin century. Barring the ones you mentioned already, there's almost *no* other controllers with MPE capabilities. Furthermore, the ones that can are astronomically more expensive than the sensel Morph. Morph = best bang for your MPE buck
'That's Debil music, Bobby"
I went through this 4 times. The only thing my Sensel controls is the pitch.
All of my settings match yours on both devices, but no response to XY or Z. My Sensel works 100% with soft synths. Is there a master midi setting I need to adjust in the Hydrasynth?
Yes, you need to set your Hydra to MPE. (System settings.)
I only trust peoples expertise, if they have a Vectrex.
Lol, works best with 2 Laptops and 4 hands. A little bit strange, using such a device for controlling the Hydrasynth, when there is a keyboard version with polyphonic aftertouch, that allows you to do modulations by note, in a really expressive way.
I guess for the 2 controllers in the demo + overlays, you could get the keyboard version or the Hydrasynth, Instead of the Desktop version.
Totally! The keyboard version of the Hydrasynth is awesome too. I’ve been having fun using the X & Y position on the MPE controller to modulate stuff, but it’s surprising how much nuance you can get just from aftertouch alone
To much talking than playing