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MIDI automation

DJ Fresh
Hi

I can’t find anything in the manual on midi automation apart from the section at the end where it mentions how to control the effects?

The other day in a session I resorted to just using the common midi controllers are available in Ableton which was only annoyingly pitch bend

When I relied on the mod matrix like this to create a modulation from Ableton I was very limited in terms of control options

I might be asking a couple of different questions here but I’m interested in the following:

How do I control synth parameters from Ableton without using the mod matrix?

Can I control anything? I wanted to control the filter envelope attack for a specific operator
KODAMO
When I relied on the mod matrix like this to create a modulation from Ableton I was very limited in terms of control options

What do you mean by limited ?

Voice-related parameters are controlled via the modulation matrix.
Standard workflow is to first select a CC as source, then setup a destination. After that the sound can be controlled by any external controller/DAW by sending that CC.

Also the EssenceFM will respond to a lot of pre-defined CC for channel/part related parameters: channel volume, pan, portamento time, pitch bend range, mono/poly mode, effect send levels, effect parameters...
DJ Fresh
How do you do that? I can only see the predefined controllers in the sources list in the mod matrix
DJ Fresh
Can you also confirm what would be the name for op2 filter envelope stage 1 (there’s nothing I can find in the manual explaining the abreviated naming convention used)
KODAMO
Selecting Control Change in the list will let you choose the CC you want.
Destination is Global > FltEG Sg1 Time (meaning "Filter Envelope Generator Segment 1 time")

op2 filter envelope stage 1

That does not exist, Filter is global to the voice, not tied to any operator. I assumed in my answer that you talked about the filter, not the operator 2.
DJ Fresh
Hi

Thanks

Sorry i made a mistake in my question .. its actually the amp envelope im looking to be able to automate stages of
If i wanted to automate the attack of the amp envelope for op2 .. is this possible?
KODAMO
Yes. You have a list of all possible modulations on page 22 on the manual : https://kodamo.org/doc/efm_user_manual_5.0_en.pdf
Under Per-operator destinations, Eg Sg1-5 Time do what you're looking for.
DJ Fresh
Brilliant, thanks so much for your answer!
DJ Fresh
One more question (je suis desole)

The source ‘Control Change (Any)’
This suggests I can map any CC number here but I can’t see a way to do this? Does this mean ‘All’ (any value from any cc will be the source)… otherwise how / where do you set the actual controller number

Ie. If I have a keyboard with a knob that is cc39 how would I map cc39 to this?
KODAMO
When you select Control Change as source you can then select any CC from 0 to 127 from a list. On the manual we wrote "Any" to avoid taking a few pages just listing all CC's

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