Controlling Macbeth M3X via midi out G2 engine

Zone

Hello,

I am trying to control my Macbeth M3X synth via the midi output of a Clavia G2 Engine. I would like to use the G2 Engine as an external sequencer and employ the huge (sequencing and modulation) possibilities of the G2 the control the M3X. Due to inexperience I can't get it to work properly. I have used a very basic sequencer patch (please see picture) from the manual to start with, and I have set the midi channel on both devices on 16: I have done this on my M3X with is built-in Kenton and on my G2 (synth settings, midi send + CtrlSend module channel on 16), but it doesn't work. I hope someone here could give me some advice concerning what I might be forgetting or doing wrong? Thanks in advance!

Best wishes, Z.

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blue hell · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:13 am Post subject:

Basically this should just work, can you post the actual patch you work on?

Zone · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:14 am Post subject:

Blue Hell thank you for your reply! Here is the actual (basic) patch I used as a starting point. The midi receive channel of the Macbeth M3X is set to 16.

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blue hell · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:58 am Post subject:

The patch should be OK ... in Synth Settings (in the NM editor) you have checkboxes for Controllers one for Receive and one for Send, you checked those?

modulator_esp · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:21 pm Post subject:

your patch doesn't appear to be sending any gate information

blue hell · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:24 pm Post subject:

The patch uses a CTRL send module, which will send whenever the input value changes.

Zone · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

Blue Hell wrote: The patch should be OK ... in Synth Settings (in the NM editor) you have checkboxes for Controllers one for Receive and one for Send, you checked those?

Yes (please see attachment). If the settings of the G2 are correct, then it must be the Macebth M3X I guess

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blue hell · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:33 pm Post subject:

Looks good to me, one thing you can try ... you use midi channel 16 which also is the global channel, maybe try to turn global off, for a test at least (off = 16 + 1).

modulator_esp · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:39 pm Post subject:

blue hell · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:45 pm Post subject:

modulator_esp · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:46 pm Post subject:

True, I just sort of assumed that's what the original poster meant, but I may be wrong Wink

Zone · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:28 pm Post subject:

modulator_esp, thank you very much for your patch! I hooked an LFO into the clock input of the level sequencer and everything works just fine now! Thanks for all the help!

modulator_esp · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:12 pm Post subject:

obviously there are a few extra bits in there like the key quantise and offsets you might not need, but it's a start

blue hell · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:15 pm Post subject:

modulator_esp · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:18 pm Post subject:

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