[A6] NRPN with Sonar

[Larry Pham]

... I would love to have that solid performance which the older systems seem
to have but I like the new functionality of the modern programs too much :-)
So how are you able to control the NRPNs in Cakewalk 4.5? With envelopes? I
am very curious about this as it might mean a possible alternative which I
never considered.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael E. Caloroso" <analoguediehard at att.net>
Cc: <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [A6] NRPN with Sonar


> Um, I beta tested the A6's NRPNs with Cakewalk Pro Audio v4.5 and had
> zero problems getting them to work.
>
> Mind you, my Cakewalk v4.5 is circa 1993 running on a 486 PC with
> Windows For Workgroups 3.11, all 1993 vintaj computer stuff.
>
> Me upgrade?  Why fix something that isn't broke?  I got off the upgrade
> treadmill YEARS ago.  Plus I use SMPTE to sync MIDI sequences to analog
> tape, and the Music Quest MQX32M card I use was orphaned by
> Opcode^H^H^H^H^H^HGibson Guitars years ago and thanks to those
> butterfinger buffoons there are no WIN9x/NT drivers for the card.  To
> this day no one makes a MIDI/SMPTE PC card as good as the Music Quest
> MQX32M.
>
> Latency?  Not on this system; WFW311 drivers don't get in the way of
> MIDI near as bad as WIN9x/NT drivers do.
>
> That's my _MUSIC_ PC; I have a _SEPARATE_ PC for everything else that is
> running WIN2K.
>
> MC
>
>
> Larry Pham wrote:
> > After many attempts at controlling and editing the NRPNs with Sonar, I
can
> > now say that it is NOT possible to control or edit the parameters of the
A6
> > (the ones that uses nrpns) within Sonar! Sonar does have envelopes which
you
> > can assign to control NRPNs but the A6 requires at least two numbers
(MSB &
> > LSB) to control any one function therefore... I have givin up all hopes
that
> > any sequencer will be able to handle the A6's NRPNs properly :-(     I
was
> > just about to buy an older version of Sonar just for this fearture too.
> > Thank god for demos! I guess all I can do now is nag Steinberg to
implement
> > it in their future updates.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry Pham" <alienpsyche at rogers.com>
> > To: "Larry Pham" <alienpsyche at rogers.com>; <a6 at code404.com>
> > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 8:05 PM
> > Subject: Re: [A6] NRPN with Sonar
> >
> >
> >
> >>... don't mean to be a bother but does any Sonar user know how to
control
> >>NRPNs?
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Larry Pham" <alienpsyche at rogers.com>
> >>To: <a6 at code404.com>
> >>Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 7:58 PM
> >>Subject: [A6] NRPN with Sonar
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hey guys. My apologies but I can not remember who I was talking with
> >
> > about
> >
> >>>using Sonar to control NRPNs, so this is a question for him or who ever
> >
> > is
> >
> >>>familair with Sonar. I just downloaded the demo of Sonar from the
> >>
> >>Cakwalk's
> >>
> >>>site and thought I try out this marvelous feature of controlling the
> >
> > NRPNs
> >
> >>>with an envelope. I have figured out how to call up the menu to select
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>envelope type, (this case being NRPN) but there is also an option to
> >
> > input
> >
> >>>the control number. Now reading the A6's sysex manual, there are more
> >
> > then
> >
> >>>one number to control any one function. So I trried controlling FILT_1
> >>>FREQUENCY POT which is
> >>>
> >>>Parent (MSB) 18,
> >>>Child (LSB) 0,
> >>>NRPN ON,
> >>>Sysex Only default 0.
> >>>
> >>>.... I tried inputing 18 as the control number in Sonar but this does
> >
> > not
> >
> >>>seem to do any thing. How does it work? I am especially confused when
it
> >
> >
> >>>comes to certain functions like FILT_1 RESONANCE POT which uses MSB,
LSB
> >>
> >>and
> >>
> >>>Sysex Only defualt. Can some one please explain how they can control
> >
> > these
> >
> >>>NRPNs.
>
>
>
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