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  • December 22, 2009 at 3:00 am in reply to: voice box vs v256 #105589
    jdragon
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    Okay, I’ve experimented some more. The external controller (in my case the EA-1), does NOT run the V256 internal synth UNLESS the controller is set to output CC messages on MIDI channel 16. On 16 the music programmed in my EA-1 (Electrotribe) sequencer plays havoc with the vocal output of the V256. Here’s the rub: Vocoding works best with a drone or simple slowly evolving melody and sounds like warbling crap when the pitch of the synth varies too quickly, such as in a programmed pattern phrase or “loop”. KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) seems to rule the day!

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    I’ve been playing with my V256, feeding it’s internal synth with the MIDI output of a Korg EA-1 MKII on MIDI channels 1 & 2. Seems to work although I do have some questions since the V256 instructions say the V256 comes factory preset to Omni Off mode set to channel 16. How does one access the V256 MIDI setup? Can that channel 16 be changed to another MIDI channels, such as 1 or 2? Can Omni Off be changed to Omni On? You got me. Is there a secret combination of buttons to push or are the MIDI perimeters “fixed in place”? What MIDI channel(s) are you using to communicate with the V256, using your A-station?
    December 16, 2009 at 3:31 pm in reply to: voice box vs v256 #105441
    jdragon
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    I’ve been playing with my V256, feeding it’s internal synth with the MIDI output of a Korg EA-1 MKII on MIDI channels 1 & 2. Seems to work although I do have some questions since the V256 instructions say the V256 comes factory preset to Omni Off mode set to channel 16. How does one access the V256 MIDI setup? Can that channel 16 be changed to another MIDI channels, such as 1 or 2? Can Omni Off be changed to Omni On? You got me. Is there a secret combination of buttons to push or are the MIDI perimeters “fixed in place”? What MIDI channel(s) are you using to communicate with the V256, using your A-station?

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    I used an external synth (novation A-station) as input (carrier) for the vocoder, and then you have the ultimate control over the sound of the vocoder: The external synth AND the knobs on the V256 can be used to create the most extreme effects.
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