How do I make EQ 8 that accepts MIDI note values?
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:52 am
I am working on a monophonic custom instrument rack that plays (unpitched) noise/drone/wind/traffic/rain sounds via simpler. It sounds like natural noise being played melodically (but slowly). The purose is to introduce layered harmonic noise texture to some synth presets I am working on.
At the end of the rack I have EW8.
Instrument Rack >>> Series of Simpler Noise/Wind/Drone/Traffic/Rain sounds (unpitched) >>> Utility >>EQ8 (harmonics) >> EQ8 (notch) >> Simple Delay >> Glue
Utility is set to -15dB
EQ 8 (a and b) has the following settings
8 Bands Active - Q set very high on 4 of them, Q set to about 1 oct for other 4 - Gain Set to -15 (and decreasing according to harmonic order)
For Note 'A' EQ8 harmonic band series is 440 +15, 880 +7.5, 1320 +3.7, 1760 +1.9 , etc
For Note 'A' EQ8 notch band series is 440(HPF), 660 -24, 1110 -24, 1540 -24, 1760(LPF) (each band in middle is notched to emphasize freq)
Scaling set to 200%
Macros A - Harmonic Control)
Knob A: Harmonic Power (0% (harmonics are notched),50% normal harmonic distribution (like a soft sawtooth form), 100% Harmonics are boosted beyond regular range
Knob B: Harmonic Width (0% (very sharp Q setting), 100% (very wide Q setting))
Knob C: Notch Width (0% (narrow notch Q), 100% (wide notch Q))
Knob D: Harmonic Blender (0% = Original Sound, 100% = Only Harmonic EQ sound)
Knob E: Delay Blend (0% = No delay Artifacts, 100% = Only Delay Signal)
Knob F: Delay Time (0% = 1ms, 100% = 300ms)
Knob G: Delay Feedback (0% = 0, 100% = 95% feedback)
Knob H: Input Volume (0% = muted source, 100% input source at -3dB) - this way the delay will create a natural decay time
Macros B - ADSR and Mixer Control)
Knob A: Wind Gain
Knob B: Rain Gain
Knob C: Noise Gain
Knob D: Drone Gain
Knob E: Attack Time (controls attack time of all source sounds)
Knob F: Decay Time (decay time of all source sounds)
Knob G: Sustain (Sustain level of all source sounds)
Knob H: Release (Rel time of all source sounds)
Macros C - Modulation
Knob A: Sine pitch vibrato depth of source sound (bidirectional)
Knob B: Pitch Vibrato Freq.
Knob C: Sine amp tremolo depth
Knob D: Amp tremolo frequency
Knob E: Sine filter wah depth
Knob F: Filter Wah frequency
Knob G: Sine Stero image modulation
Knob H: Stereo image modulation depth
For this to work I need to make EQ8 accept MIDI note values relative to its harmonic distribution of the input note.
How can I link midi note number to EQ8 frequency band AND Midi Velocy to EQ8 harmonic gain?
At the end of the rack I have EW8.
Instrument Rack >>> Series of Simpler Noise/Wind/Drone/Traffic/Rain sounds (unpitched) >>> Utility >>EQ8 (harmonics) >> EQ8 (notch) >> Simple Delay >> Glue
Utility is set to -15dB
EQ 8 (a and b) has the following settings
8 Bands Active - Q set very high on 4 of them, Q set to about 1 oct for other 4 - Gain Set to -15 (and decreasing according to harmonic order)
For Note 'A' EQ8 harmonic band series is 440 +15, 880 +7.5, 1320 +3.7, 1760 +1.9 , etc
For Note 'A' EQ8 notch band series is 440(HPF), 660 -24, 1110 -24, 1540 -24, 1760(LPF) (each band in middle is notched to emphasize freq)
Scaling set to 200%
Macros A - Harmonic Control)
Knob A: Harmonic Power (0% (harmonics are notched),50% normal harmonic distribution (like a soft sawtooth form), 100% Harmonics are boosted beyond regular range
Knob B: Harmonic Width (0% (very sharp Q setting), 100% (very wide Q setting))
Knob C: Notch Width (0% (narrow notch Q), 100% (wide notch Q))
Knob D: Harmonic Blender (0% = Original Sound, 100% = Only Harmonic EQ sound)
Knob E: Delay Blend (0% = No delay Artifacts, 100% = Only Delay Signal)
Knob F: Delay Time (0% = 1ms, 100% = 300ms)
Knob G: Delay Feedback (0% = 0, 100% = 95% feedback)
Knob H: Input Volume (0% = muted source, 100% input source at -3dB) - this way the delay will create a natural decay time
Macros B - ADSR and Mixer Control)
Knob A: Wind Gain
Knob B: Rain Gain
Knob C: Noise Gain
Knob D: Drone Gain
Knob E: Attack Time (controls attack time of all source sounds)
Knob F: Decay Time (decay time of all source sounds)
Knob G: Sustain (Sustain level of all source sounds)
Knob H: Release (Rel time of all source sounds)
Macros C - Modulation
Knob A: Sine pitch vibrato depth of source sound (bidirectional)
Knob B: Pitch Vibrato Freq.
Knob C: Sine amp tremolo depth
Knob D: Amp tremolo frequency
Knob E: Sine filter wah depth
Knob F: Filter Wah frequency
Knob G: Sine Stero image modulation
Knob H: Stereo image modulation depth
For this to work I need to make EQ8 accept MIDI note values relative to its harmonic distribution of the input note.
How can I link midi note number to EQ8 frequency band AND Midi Velocy to EQ8 harmonic gain?