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V Collection - Legacy versions => Modular V => Modular V Users Community => Topic started by: Anonymous on March 05, 2004, 02:09:49 pm
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Promises are made to be kept. Here is a small wish list for possible enhancements in MMV (sorry but there's no way to have more than 10 items).
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This is a great list. I just wish I could choose more than one item. My favorites (in order) are: audio input, sample and hold, note off for sequencer, inverter for waveforms, one screen synth window, Schmitt trigger (if I have audio input, an envelope follower is essential)
I could be wrong but I thought some of these features were already locked in to a future version, such as sample and hold and inverted waves. (?)
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to extend past the more than one vote issue:
1) MiniMg V quality enhancement
2) Sample Hold
3) Undo latest modification (boy this would save time!)
4) "note off"
5) Schmitt trigger
6) Scroll window - ONLY if it doesn't eat up more CPU
*7) Having the start-up screen in keyboard mode.
*8) Lower CPU or a "live" option that allows use of it in a striped down version (from pre formatted patches) to cut CPU for live performances.
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My votes:
External audio input
Enhance Osc,Filter,Envelope up to the miniMg V quality
Sample and Hold
Inverter function for the waveforms
Schmitt trigger (envelope follower)
Ring modulator
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My votes
1) Patch change within the sequencer host
2) Enhance Osc,Filter,Envelope up to the miniMg V quality
3) Sample and Hold
4) Ring modulator
5) "note off" function on the sequencer
Daniel
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I would like to see the oscillator sync improved by allowing the 2nd oscillator to be set to any number of semi-tones rather than at octaves or fifths.
I don't understand the need for patch changes in a sequencer plug-in. The use of multiple instances is far superior. Also if you implement patch changes then you have to save the entire program bank with the song rather than just the current patch settings, inflating the song file size for no reason. Native Instruments do this and it causes all sorts of problems with different songs having different versions of your program bank, a recipe for chaos.l Surely these hangovers from hardware synths don't have to be carried over to software!
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Sorry, the sync comment refers to the CS-80V only!
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I don't understand the need for patch changes in a sequencer plug-in. The use of multiple instances is far superior. Also if you implement patch changes then you have to save the entire program bank with the song rather than just the current patch settings, inflating the song file size for no reason.
I guess that cklunar works in his studio differently to me. I like to set up midi tracks in SONAR and then tweak them before bouncing to a recorded audio track. The less bouncing I have to do before seriously mixing down the better. Stated another way, If I want to change a note in a track, I don't have to go back to the midi, do the change and then bounce again to an audio track. I just change the midi note and that's that.
I find that my machine (dual proc PIII 1GHz) is hard pressed to handle more than a couple ( and in some cases a single ) instance of certain CPU intensive MMV patches. ( Using SONAR 3.1.1 i.e. multiprocessor supported )
As for the final inflated size, the midi is only an intermediate step for me. On the other hand, several intermediate audio tracks (wav or mp3) soon add up to a significant amount of disk space by themselves compared to a midi file.
If you look at the sample Cakewalk Project 5 projects, you'll see those compositions re-use the same synth for different tasks at various points in the composition.
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1. Ringmodulator (I like these sounds)
2. Enhance Osc,Filter,Envelope up to the miniMg V quality (sounds like a good idea)
3. Sample and Hold (just necessary)
4. Schmitt trigger (envelope follower)
5. Inverter function for the waveforms
6. "note off" function on the sequencer
7. External audio input
8. Undo latest patch modification with a shortcut (Ctrl+Z)
9. One-screen synthesizer (scrolling window)
10.Patch change within the sequencer host (Cubase, Sonar, Logic...)
Ciao, Daniel
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I see I'm the only one who voted for the inverter function. Doesn't anyone else think it would be cool to have more waveforms? Actually I would satisfied with a reverse ramp, but it would be fun to run alternating sinewaves. Even the Mgerfoogers can do that.
Also I wish we could vote for three items rather than just one.
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I'd still like to change the rocker switches via midi!
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My wish list would be:
1) Patch change via midi patch change message.
2) Ring modular
3) Sample and Hold.
The patch change would be useful if your using the synth in a live situation and need to change patches via the midi keyboard instead of reaching for the PC and fiddling with the mouse to change patches.
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I would like to see future versions of MMV be more aware of dual monitor configurations as described below...
1. When launched as a VST the application starts in full-screen mode which is obnoxious for a dual monitor system. The problem is the right monitor is completely filled with dead space from the maximized window. I must first restore the window (which centers it across both monitors) then move it to the right monitor, then resize it to fill the monitor. This is one of those very simple yet annoying issues that could be easily resolved.
2. In the dual monitor configuration the menu command "Window | Tile" doesn't work. It lines one child up on top of the other on the left monitor and leave the right monitor blank (again).
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Okay, so when is voting done and when does the programming begin? Better yet, when will the next version be released?
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I can't say when exactly the next version will be released, but I am working on it
I can say more than 1 month, less than 1 year :wink:
Xavier
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Thanks Xavier! Good luck!
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I vote for (in order):
1) One screen synthesizer
2) Ring modulator
3) External audio input
4) Sample and hold
Please add that to the statistics however you see fit.
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Hi,
I see many votes for ringmodulator here, but only one that counts.
???
Ciao, Daniel
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I would like a way of patching up and previewing in my sequencer at a rate of 22k or 32k then when Ive got something funky I can then set the rate to 44.1k or 48k, then freeze the track.
Also a simple line representing a cable would do, the fancy cables seem to use up a lot of memory.
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I think it's absolutely essential that common parameters like cutoff frequency and resonance be accessible from Sonar and/or Cubase for automated filter sweeps.
It would be even better if we could assign a midi controller number to every knob you can twist.
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soundbutcher, Its already possible via the learn function. It's all in the manual :!:
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@Guest: I'm already aware that you can do a bit of automation with the controller wheel, but I think that's not what you meant. What exactly is "already possible via the learn function" -- to assign arbitrary controller numbers to arbitrary knobs?
This was obviously not mentioned in the quickstart PDF. If it's true, I might even buy the full version even if Arturia don't follow interface design conventions :wink:
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I would like to be able to pick and choose which modules I want in my system, which is a big part of modular synthesis. Also, I think arturia should include a list of all Mg modules to choose from, including the rare ones the frequency shifter and the string filter. Also, I think they should include new ones that they think will add more to the system, like the LFO's they have on the modular V. I think this would give the user a much better taste of modular synthesis.
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Voltage-Control over the individual envelope sections...
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I vote for simply for the unglamorous bug fixes that needed to turn the MMV into a truly usable product.
Please see my recent post in the thread called "A bug in MMV?". If you haven't encountered those bugs then you probably haven't really exercised the product and stick to relatively simple setups.
But thanks Arturia for having the desire to at least improve the features given!
Cold Steel
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I thought the ModularV’s sound was updated like the Mini for V2.0? :?
To make a top synth even better I’d have mod input for VCA panning, exponential curves for the XY joystick, mod input for envelope parameters, more assignable MIDI cc# for sequencer functions (namely step on/off) and improved high frequency filter modulation like the TimewARP if poss please! :D
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I absolutely love the MM.
I would like to be able to scroll up and down with the scroll wheel on my mouse.
Is that what the scrolling option on the poll entails?
Thanks
Max
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would like to see a little bit more flexibility with the modules. More than two lfos at a time, say like 4 or 6. the same for the formant module, possible to use it in only one instance.
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I can say more than 1 month, less than 1 year :wink:
Xavier
HA HA !!
Nice time estimate Xavier !
Au revoir !
KennethA
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How about just using less than 100% cpu per instance on a MacPro, thats what I would go for.
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How about just using less than 100% cpu per instance on a MacPro
you're joking? even on my old pentium M 1.73 GHz it's very reasonnable. How many voices are you using? what kind of patch?
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How about being able to build your very own Mgie without restrictions?
Just imagine you have a menu with every type of module at your disposal to put as many as you please on the screen. 9 oscilators do one hell of a work, but the complexity that could be achieved by using 20 or something, boy, that would be cool beyond words 8)
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i'd like to have the ability to place the cursor over a module and, with a mouse/key combo click, have that module expanded visually. i see fine, but after working with the MM for any period of time i do get fatigued a little trying to read the setting on the knobs.
BTW i love this thing
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With the 'delicate' design of the cabling process, it's all too easy to undo a connection by accident.
Trying to figure out where the cables were connected when you accidentally remove a connection is difficult and shouldn't be a problem at all.
Undo, Arturia! Undo. Undo. Undo. Undo. Undo!
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1. An enhanced video interface would be my first choice - a way to break up the modules and fit them on a wide screen monitor.
2. An alternate sequencer view - one that would allow numerical values to be entered for pitch. It would be easier to work with IMO.
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How about just using less than 100% cpu per instance on a MacPro
you're joking? even on my old pentium M 1.73 GHz it's very reasonnable. How many voices are you using? what kind of patch?
No Not joking, the problem is fixed in the new version though which is great.
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I've gone back to the previous version, but for those with the new one you desperately need to label the `save' and `save as' buttons. They were labelled before and it's just ludicrous to remove the labelling. It's asking for people to accidentally overwrite the existing edited patch instead of saving a new version. One mistaken click and the overwrite is done and the old version lost in a second.
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Right now I would like to see it just work. New registration sucks and my MMV is down because of it.
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1. A "zoom" function so that one may enlarge the size of the modules or a enlarge a particular section of the synth.
I find the tiny control images often too hard to see, and I have to strain to see where I've got various settings.
2. An "on/off" switch for each of the mixer channels. A solo function would be wonderful too.
3. A larger printed manual: the current printed manual has printing that is small and hard to read. The images in the manual are likewise difficult to see.
TH
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1. An enhanced video interface would be my first choice - a way to break up the modules and fit them on a wide screen monitor.
oh yes. It would be nice to expand to two cabinets if needed. Would be more eye candy as well.
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Smoother, 14 Bit Midi resolution for Midi knobs and faders. Like in Circular Mouse-mode. For all synths.
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the MMV responds well to 14 bit. I use NRPN with 1450 steps, and when I slowly move an encoder, I cannot hear any quantisation. But I can be mistaken, there are synths that I control with 7 bit and it is difficult to hear quantisation. Anyway, I found it advantageous to control the MMV with 14 bit.
The GUI does show steps when you rotate a knob, but this is just a graphic representation that does not have to correspond to the sound itself.
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Could you add a "talent" button somewhere for folks like me? ;)
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1. An enhanced video interface would be my first choice - a way to break up the modules and fit them on a wide screen monitor.
oh yes. It would be nice to expand to two cabinets if needed. Would be more eye candy as well.
Absolutely needed!!! I have 2 widescreen monitors side by side. Seems very silly to have MMV currently take up only half of one monitor and need to scroll vertically, when an interface that could be stretched horizontally would much more useful... (same for ARP2600V, BTW...)
Thanks!
G
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I've gone back to the previous version, but for those with the new one you desperately need to label the `save' and `save as' buttons. They were labelled before and it's just ludicrous to remove the labelling. It's asking for people to accidentally overwrite the existing edited patch instead of saving a new version. One mistaken click and the overwrite is done and the old version lost in a second.
I'm staying with the old version because it sounds better, but out of curiosity did this fault ever get fixed? The CS80V had the same fault in the later version (still using the old version of that one, too). If the eLicenser fault gets fixed with the Beta 2600V and it turns out to have this ridiculous problem as well when I run it, I'll be distinctly unimpressed.
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I've gone back to the previous version, but for those with the new one you desperately need to label the `save' and `save as' buttons. They were labelled before and it's just ludicrous to remove the labelling. It's asking for people to accidentally overwrite the existing edited patch instead of saving a new version. One mistaken click and the overwrite is done and the old version lost in a second.
I'm staying with the old version because it sounds better, but out of curiosity did this fault ever get fixed? The CS80V had the same fault in the later version (still using the old version of that one, too). If the eLicenser fault gets fixed with the Beta 2600V and it turns out to have this ridiculous problem as well when I run it, I'll be distinctly unimpressed.
Well, someone must know the answer to this. It's two and a half years since I notified Arturia of this issue. Was anything ever done about it?
BTW No-one has come back to me yet about the eLicenser problem I notified when I was asked to Beta test the latest 2600V.
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Allow the keyboard to be placed on a secondary screen and possibly allow for touch screen access to the keyboard.
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Hello
Though not on the list, a very basic request: larger GUI.
Regards
Krzysztof
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How about a second ARP unit? I know not on the list but