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Title: Minibrute as Midi-Controller Plus
Post by: reevus on August 13, 2015, 04:36:46 pm

A question for the Forum:  I know the Minibrute can act as a midi-controller for another synth (or at least I think that's the case) - but can it do that while having its own synthesizer function under control of another unit, say a sequencer. 

An example might be:  would it be possible to use the MB as midi-controller to play a Waldorf Blofeld synth while at the same time using a Doepfer Dark Time sequencer to control a different pattern through the MB synth itself (via CV/Gate)?

Related to this - if used as a midi-controller for another synth, can the apreggiator of the MB control the other synth as well as playing via the MB keyboard?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Minibrute as Midi-Controller Plus
Post by: Koshdukai on August 13, 2015, 04:47:00 pm

Yes, MiniBrute accepts MIDI CC 122   (Local On/Off Switch) (http://nickfever.com/music/midi-cc-list) so the synth part "disconnects" from it's "controller section" and then it's only playable from CV and/or MIDI DIN/USB while the controller section becomes just that: a controller-only MIDI output section.

Be aware that only the note keyboard (Note, Velocity and Channel Aftertouch) and the Pitch and Modulation wheels output MIDI, everything else (sliders+knobs) are hardwired to the analog section of the synth, so there's no MIDI output from those.

Title: Re: Minibrute as Midi-Controller Plus
Post by: reevus on August 14, 2015, 05:03:06 pm

Thank you, very helpful.

Title: Re: Minibrute as Midi-Controller Plus
Post by: felman on October 30, 2015, 11:49:55 pm

Quote from: Koshdukai on August 13, 2015, 04:47:00 pm

Yes, MiniBrute accepts MIDI CC 122   (Local On/Off Switch) (http://nickfever.com/music/midi-cc-list) so the synth part "disconnects" from it's "controller section" and then it's only playable from CV and/or MIDI DIN/USB while the controller section becomes just that: a controller-only MIDI output section.

Be aware that only the note keyboard (Note, Velocity and Channel Aftertouch) and the Pitch and Modulation wheels output MIDI, everything else (sliders+knobs) are hardwired to the analog section of the synth, so there's no MIDI output from those.

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