Monday, 23 July 2018

Expert Sleepers - FH-1 - Midi Note On/off

Such a deep module.
It's so much more than a USB host
It can be a sequencer, a MIDI clock, it can be a bank of 8 LFOs, it can be an arpeggiator.
The FH-1 actually has two independent 4 lane sequencers

The manual is tricky to comprehend.
So maybe it's better to not mess with the scripts ... unless you know what you are doing.

Out of the box, the FH-1 should be able to handle most instruments with the initial A1 encoder setting.
 
The preferred approach is to configure your MIDI controller to send the right MIDI CCs to get the response from the FH-1 that you require.
 
On the Expert sleepers website there are two important MIDI charts:
1. MIDI Note On/Off (MIDI/CV conversion)
 
 

MIDI NOTE on/off

 
I'm using my Arturia Keystep (The Teenage Engineering OP-1, korg nano key and squarp pyramid also work well).
 

 
This is how you get Monophonic CV/gate pairs. 
MIDI channels 1-4 output CV/gate pairs on outputs 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 & 7/8 respectively
 

If the Keystep is set to  Midi Channel 1 
Pitch CV output is 1, and gate output is 2

If the Keystep is set to  Midi Channel 2
Pitch CV output is 3, and gate output is 4
 
If the Keystep is set to  Midi Channel 3
Pitch CV output is 5, and gate output is 6

If the Keystep is set to  Midi Channel 4
Pitch CV output is 7, and gate output is 8
 
 





 So a polyphonic MIDI keyboard such as the Arturia Key Step Pro should be able to handle
The CV/Gate for 4 independent voices if you set each sequencer to a different midi channel.
 
If you are just using the FH-1 (no expander)
you can get two channels of CV/gate/Velocity and one channel of CV/gate
by setting up your controller to midi channels 5, 6 & 7
 

 
 If the Keystep is set to  Midi Channel 5
Pitch CV output is 1, and gate output is 2, vel is 3

If the Keystep is set to  Midi Channel 6
Pitch CV output is 4, and gate output is5. vel is 6
 
If the Keystep is set to  Midi Channel 7
Pitch CV output is 7, and gate output is 8
 

Midi Channels 9 & 10 give CV, Gate, Velocity and aftertouch.
at outputs 1-4 and 5-8
 
 

 Midi channel 15 gives 2 channels of Poly CV & gate, paraphonic gate with poly velocity and after touch.

Midi channel 16 gives four CV/gate poly voices
 
 


Midi Channels 12, 13 & 14 cover triggers & gates
Midi channel 12 produces Trigger/accent pairs on keyboard  MIDI notes 64 - 95  
Triggers are generated on outputs 1, 3, 5, 7
Accents are generated on outputs 2, 4, 6, 8

• Triggers (no velocity). MIDI channel 13, notes 0-63. 
• Gates (no velocity). MIDI channel 13, notes 64-12
 
 • Triggers (with velocity). MIDI channel 14, notes 0-63. 
• Gates (with velocity). MIDI channel 14, notes 64-127.

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