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Controllers should have a higher resolution. With only 128 values, filter sweeps have ugly gaps.

by ls15 4y ago

bzzzt 4y ago
Your 'ugly gap' is another man's 'characterful sound'.
- ls15 4y ago
  True, of course. :)
rewgs 4y ago
This is not an issue. Source: I am a professional composer.
- klodolph 4y ago
  Maybe you are not affected by it. I occasionally find it frustrating, in various scenarios… very slow sweeps by hand, or things like that. I only have problems with the limitation in certain scenarios with electronic sounds. It’s never a problem with sample libraries. MIDI has 14-value CCs anyway, it’s just that few controllers generate the messages. I don’t k ow how many synths respond to them.
- ls15 4y ago
  Composers are not really affected by this. Sound engineers are. It is impossible to create smooth filter sweeps with regular CCs without further smoothing on the receiving end, because the human ear can differentiate between many more than 128 frequencies.
  - rewgs 4y ago
    Should have been more clear. Professional film/TV/game composer. By definition we are producers and audio engineers as well. And yes it truly isn’t a problem, as plugin developers have long since interpolated the 128 steps. If it were a problem, you’d be hearing choppy sweeps in every song and film score out there.
    - ls15 4y ago
      > And yes it truly isn’t a problem, as plugin developers have long since interpolated the 128 steps. That's the point. It is not an issue for you, because it has been solved in certain receiving software that you use. That does not mean that the issue does not exist, but that it can be mitigated if you use software that allows that and smoothes the sweeps.
bluenomatterwho 4y ago
I don't know about 'ugly gaps' but its night and day compared to moving an analog knob with CV. Professional Composer guy may not have an issue. Perhaps indeed they are prolific in their marvelous, professional compositions (perhaps using CV)... but the limited expression of 128 steps is obvious to me. Source: I make techno.

Controllers should have a higher resolution. With only 128 values, filter sweeps have ugly gaps.

by ls15 4y ago

Controllers should have a higher resolution. With only 128 values, filter sweeps have ugly gaps.

bzzzt 4y ago

Your 'ugly gap' is another man's 'characterful sound'.

ls15 4y ago
True, of course. :)

rewgs 4y ago

This is not an issue. Source: I am a professional composer.

klodolph 4y ago
Maybe you are not affected by it. I occasionally find it frustrating, in various scenarios… very slow sweeps by hand, or things like that. I only have problems with the limitation in certain scenarios with electronic sounds. It’s never a problem with sample libraries. MIDI has 14-value CCs anyway, it’s just that few controllers generate the messages. I don’t k ow how many synths respond to them.
ls15 4y ago
Composers are not really affected by this. Sound engineers are. It is impossible to create smooth filter sweeps with regular CCs without further smoothing on the receiving end, because the human ear can differentiate between many more than 128 frequencies.
- rewgs 4y ago
  Should have been more clear. Professional film/TV/game composer. By definition we are producers and audio engineers as well. And yes it truly isn’t a problem, as plugin developers have long since interpolated the 128 steps. If it were a problem, you’d be hearing choppy sweeps in every song and film score out there.
  - ls15 4y ago
    > And yes it truly isn’t a problem, as plugin developers have long since interpolated the 128 steps. That's the point. It is not an issue for you, because it has been solved in certain receiving software that you use. That does not mean that the issue does not exist, but that it can be mitigated if you use software that allows that and smoothes the sweeps.

bluenomatterwho 4y ago

I don't know about 'ugly gaps' but its night and day compared to moving an analog knob with CV. Professional Composer guy may not have an issue. Perhaps indeed they are prolific in their marvelous, professional compositions (perhaps using CV)... but the limited expression of 128 steps is obvious to me. Source: I make techno.