[A6] where are the Patch Archives??

[Richard]

I'm looking for the sysex document mentioned in the Tips and Tricks doc but
I can't seem to find the place to download, only upload -

 long day.......

Richard


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard" <richard at chorlton.com>
To: <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [A6] re: A6: Tracking Generator?


> so am I right in saying it can be set to output either linear (smooth) or
> non-linear (stepped) values? I'm trying to optimise the input from a wind
> controller so obviously only the possibilty to edit the resposne in a
linear
> manner is useful...
>
> Richard
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Evans" <dfevans at bbcr.uwaterloo.ca>
> To: <MelloT at aol.com>
> Cc: <a6 at code404.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [A6] re: A6: Tracking Generator?
>
>
> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 05:08:54PM -0400, MelloT at aol.com wrote:
> > > You set it to receive a signal input - and then TELL it what level
> output
> > > that will cause to happen. For example, you could say, "as they Mod
> Wheel level
> > > rises, make the output go Hi, Low, Hi, Medium, Low, Meium, Low." That
> would
> > > generate something that seems like a sequencer output with three
levels.
> It's
> > > almost like a Sample and Hold, but where you specify the output
> depending on the
> > > input...
> > >
> >
> >   I'd caution thinking of it in terms of S&H, since S&H has some sort of
> > temporal assocation ("when the clock signal appears, you sample.")  The
> > tracking generator provides a simple mapping: "when the input control
> signal
> > is at this level, output this other level."  You can think of it as a
> graph,
> > with the input signal's value along the bottom and resulting output
signal
> > shown vertically.
> >
> > > My theory is that it gets used less, because it's response is
less-like
> the
> > > organic world; it ouputs in a non-linear manner (if you set it up that
> way).
> >
> >   Tracking generators typically provide a specifically linear mapping;
> > I can't recall whether the one on the A6 does anything more exotic as I
> > haven't used it in over a year.
> >
> > --
> > David Evans          (NeXTMail/MIME OK)
> dfevans at bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
> > Ph.D. Candidate, Computer/Synth Junkie
> http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/
> > University of Waterloo         "Default is the value selected by the
> composer
> > Ontario, Canada           overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707
> Manual
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