Split Keyboard Nightmare
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:22 am
I did this Prophet T8 emulation and absolutely beat my brains out trying to give it the proper split keyboard option, but to no avail. I tried everything I could think of with both of these modules I dug out of Spogg's Synthmaker's Greatest Hits.
I don't know if it's the fact that my project has two Preset Managers in it (first time I tried that!), or what the prob is. The Ruby-based one worked fine in simpler test schematics, but I just failed to get it to work in this schem. The other one works OK, but triggers the envelopes in both split zones.
So, without the split keyboard option here's T-forTwo.
The Prophet T8 was essentially two Prophet 5s (with polyphony of each reduced to 4) with extensive velocity and aftertouch controls, and an excellent weighted piano-style keyboard. The two 4-voice engines could be played singly, with keyboard splits or layered together. The two were sent to separate left and right outputs, or a summed mono out. So the plugin represents two complete synths, each with their own preset manager so any combination of two presets can be used - layered together in mono or panned in stereo.
I tried to make this as accurate as possible and the only major 'upgrade' is the addition of a third oscillator in each.
Twenty presets (mostly from the T8 factory preset patch sheets) are included in each 'Voice'; several are in pairs (suffixed 'I' and 'II') and meant to be played together in layers or splits.
If anyone cares to take a shot at getting this to have the keyboard split option, that would be great to have that feature, but I'm bald as a cue ball tearing my hair out over it. Utter defeat.
I don't know if it's the fact that my project has two Preset Managers in it (first time I tried that!), or what the prob is. The Ruby-based one worked fine in simpler test schematics, but I just failed to get it to work in this schem. The other one works OK, but triggers the envelopes in both split zones.
So, without the split keyboard option here's T-forTwo.
The Prophet T8 was essentially two Prophet 5s (with polyphony of each reduced to 4) with extensive velocity and aftertouch controls, and an excellent weighted piano-style keyboard. The two 4-voice engines could be played singly, with keyboard splits or layered together. The two were sent to separate left and right outputs, or a summed mono out. So the plugin represents two complete synths, each with their own preset manager so any combination of two presets can be used - layered together in mono or panned in stereo.
I tried to make this as accurate as possible and the only major 'upgrade' is the addition of a third oscillator in each.
Twenty presets (mostly from the T8 factory preset patch sheets) are included in each 'Voice'; several are in pairs (suffixed 'I' and 'II') and meant to be played together in layers or splits.
If anyone cares to take a shot at getting this to have the keyboard split option, that would be great to have that feature, but I'm bald as a cue ball tearing my hair out over it. Utter defeat.