Soft Takeover For Controllers

Want to move this to the wishlist since I found out it currently isn't implemented in SFP...

I am aware that the Creamware devices will respond appropriately to controllers with infinite dials. However, this is very limiting - as far as what controllers you can use with the system. I would rather not have to carry along more equipment (in addition to the keyboard I prefer to use as a controller).

SFP is suppose to be about ultimate flexibility, right. Therefore, I would like to see a soft takeover feature implemented in a future release of SFP. Many software synths have this - so why not SFP as well? It would benefit all users, because then you can use whatever controller you prefer without the problem of jumps.

im with you!!

It would definitely help me out a lot and I sure a lot of other users (or at least make their setup much more effective if they don't have a controller with continuous dials).

I wonder if a third-party device might be able to make this work. Possibly a device that would go inbetween the midi input and the synth/mixer that would read the current location of the virtual knobs/slider than filter out incoming midi data until it goes past the point where the virtual knobs/sliders are at. Is it possible?

Hi huffcw,

I replied in the Study Forum.

at0m.

Thanks for the reply - but how about setting this up in a virtual device for SFP that would convert any midi controller input to work this way?

The big thing here is being able to use any controller the user wants in SFP effectively. If there is a SFP device that could be placed between the midi input and the synth/mixer that would basically do the same thing as soft takeover or what you have described wtih the controller you use, that would be great.

I found out the Event Electronics EZBus digital mixer/control surface has a special feature for the sliders that allows no jumps. It basically filters out the data of the sliders until they move past the point where the particular software knob/slider is at. If this feature could be developed into a SFP module, that would be great. Then, any hardware controller could be used the same way as the EZBus even if it doesn't have the special feature (as long as the SFP module is placed in front of the device being controlled).

I got the same feature in my home made midibox, it is called snap mode... The midi value will snap to fader once you pass over it, so no jump happen... Only thing i wish SFP could send 'snapshot' to update midi value for all controller...