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MEC - surface mapping, thoughts? the technical aspects of MEC are now working. so I'm now turning my attention to surface mapping, aka splits , musical scales etc. I thought Id ask here for any ideas you may have... here are the basics of what Im planning, so far - multiple devices - configurable scales (allowing microtonal) - splits and zone switching/layering (note: the terminology may change, e.g. surface, perhaps will be 'zone'... and I dont like row/column, as its a bit confusing) the way I current envisage it is: device , something like a eigenharp/soundplane/osc/mpe, this exposes a number of 'surfaces' (e.g. keys as one, strip 1, strip 2 , breath as others), then mapped into other surfaces, then on to a musical scale (optionally) something like : eigenharp 1 | |- surface 1 | - surface 10 - > scaler 1 | | - surface 11 - > scaler 2 | |- surface 2 - --- -- --- -- --- ---- --- -- ...

a good illustration of Strobe 2's new MPE features. its a really good approach, allowing you to adjust response rates on all dimensions for individual patches, useful for all controllers. its interesting playing the roli patches on the Eigenharp (and Soundplane) as you can really feel the patches need to be adjusted to take into account their unique nature. this is not surprising, but its just so evident how much difference this really makes... and I can now understand why Roli and Haken are reluctant to release their synths for other MPE controllers... the presets just wont translate that well. anyway, great free update if you already have strobe 2 :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YqIsTY_EFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YqIsTY_EFw