Analog Lab and mapping a bipolar (versus unipolar) midi parameter such as Joystick X/Y

Software Instruments Analog Lab
#1

When I add a Prophet VS V Plugin (the main standalone plugin from vcollection) and I want to use my Korg NanoPAD2 to control the lovely joystick thingy, it is easily done in standalone plugin, by mapping the MIDI CC for the X axis and Y axis to the relevant Joystick X, and Joystick Y setting in the MIDI LEARN panel. So far so good.

However it seems that the parameter is called something ELSE when you are inside Analog Lab and there’s a limitation of range to 0…1.0 for the midi CC 0 to 127 data values, as opposed to a range that is bipolar (-1.0 to 1.0) within the Prophet VS plugin.

The net effect is that the joystick can only operate over fifty percent of its horizontal range, and fifty percent of its vertical range.

This appears to be an annoying bug in Analog Lab V (Analog Lab PRO) version 5.12.1

Has anyone seen this? How should I report the bug? Is it a known issue?

#2

Hi @The_80s_Synth_Nerd ,

Do you use Generic MIDI Controller setting?
Do you use Generic midi Config in Analog Lab?
If you choose Generic 9 knobs and 9 faders as MIDI Controller, then you can see the Prophet VS V joystick x and y both are mapped to a fader each. Joystick X fader is in the Generic factory midi config mapped to midi CC 73 and Joystick Y is mapped to midi CC 75. Both work full range for the joysticks movement with Min set to 0 and Max set to 1.

Does’nt it work this way for you?

The P1 and P2 in the Analog Lab midi configs just show if it’s the instrument in Analog Labs part 1 or part 2.

There seem to be an issue where the midi config is’nt being updated when you select a part until the mouse is over the configs. At least here. I can’t test this right now. I’m not by my controller right now. It should not matter unless it’s a Analog Lab multi instrument preset.

I hope this helps.