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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: is it possible/difficult to increase number of timbres ?

« on: October 10, 2017, 07:50:45 PM »

Midi channels are still in Menu=>Settings, but i have a proto with 8 timbres.
Let me know if you find any bugs.
I also didn't test it under heavy load.

Screen displays "8 timbres" when booting with the version 2.07 b1.

seems to work fine so far, have to do some more heavy load testing :-)

the timbre numbers 5 to 8 are displayed on the "home" screen as 1 to 4. so if you play i1 and i5 you only see that i5 is playing. theoretically there would be space one row below. this is not a real bug, more cosmetics :-)

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Is it possible to increase number of timbres ? [Yes, firmware in this thread]

« on: October 06, 2017, 05:06:28 PM »

yeah, to each their one i guess :-) for me open source and hackability is a must, so also much more likely to get a second preenfm2 at some point.

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Is it possible to increase number of timbres ? [Yes, firmware in this thread]

« on: October 05, 2017, 11:22:52 PM »

cool xavier! thanks so much for this. i'm abroad until sunday, but will try asap!

yeah...

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Bootloader for mac?

« on: October 05, 2017, 09:48:14 PM »

you start the boot loader on the preenfm while you power it on by pressing any key. you then get a menu to choose from, one of the entries lets you read the usb-stick on the pc. just connect the preenfm with an usb cable to your mac and you should be good to go.

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: is it possible/difficult to increase number of timbres ?

« on: September 29, 2017, 09:14:27 AM »

yeah, the we was attributed to xavier :-) but testing will be very welcome.

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: is it possible/difficult to increase number of timbres ?

« on: September 28, 2017, 10:34:01 PM »

i'm interested in this actually, since i also only use monophonic sounds. i would like to see 8 monophonic timbres, doable?

maybe if we/you redo the combo file structure for preset saving of midi channel and offset this can be adressed as well, would be great!!!!


as always, i am up for it, but i will need some first guidance :-)

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: custom extended firmware

« on: September 28, 2017, 05:37:29 PM »

nice!

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: custom extended firmware

« on: September 26, 2017, 11:39:01 PM »

this is an overclocked version, it's not difficult to make a normal version, why would you need it?

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Multi USB inputs..

« on: September 25, 2017, 10:50:50 PM »

Oh yes !
USB OTG (switch between host and device) is very complicated.
In fact USB is complicated, which is why it's so simple to use.

haha, nice one!

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Multi USB inputs..

« on: September 23, 2017, 01:22:47 PM »

there is a fundamental misunderstanding here.

the usb port on the back of the preenfm has no host facility, you can only plug the preenfm to a host (computer for example) you cannot connect keyboards or anything to it. if at all possible this would have to be added to the usb port inside the preenfm where the stick is inserted. support for usb-midi devices would be very nice indeed. Xavier, is this much work? (it would require usb hub support and usb-midi parsing)

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: custom extended firmware

« on: September 10, 2017, 09:47:45 PM »

ok, original post updated... is this different enough?

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: Thoughts about operator tuning

« on: September 09, 2017, 12:26:28 PM »

 

This is great news, I'll check it out as soon as I can!

Just took a glimpse at the changes, and I am very happy to have a reference for future fiddling with UI code (hope I find some time for that), thanks for that!

just be aware that you cannot simply add more ui elements to the preenfm2. you will have to change the preset file as well and make sure that old presets are loaded correctly and new presets are loaded correctly on older firmwares. it is a little messy. what i did involved no changes to the ui as such, i simply expanded a menu entry and used the same variables, that way the preset files stays the same.

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / custom extended firmware

« on: September 09, 2017, 11:32:17 AM »

hi there,

i am hacking the firmware quite a bit lately and have made a github fork to save my work.

find it here if you are interested:

https://github.com/lokkiikkol/preenfm2

the changes as of now are:

*hertz mode: in the oscillator settings, changes detune to hertz increment instead of cent, beating stays the same over whole range of the instrument.

*global midi channel: if enabled midi coming in to this channel will be sent to all four channels. useful for mpe instruments mainly.

*program change modes: enhances the program change options in the settings, off and cc are the old no and yes, bank combo and dx7a and b ignore banknumber messages and switch the choosen mode via program change. (banknumber lsb cc32 can still be used to choose bank number)

*usercc: set a cc number in the global menu (anything from 0 to 126) and choose that as a matrix source. be aware that there are many cc's taken for other things on the preenfm2, so best to check first if your desired cc is free.


i will try to keep this post updated with the latest info, and hope to continue to work a little on the firmware.

EDIT:xavier, i'm not sure if i should post a binary here in the forum, what do you think?

firmware is attached

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: midi offset etc, combo mode idea

« on: September 07, 2017, 10:11:53 PM »

ok, well so i hope this september goes over VERY quickly! 

have a good time

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preenfm2 and preenfm3 / Re: midi offset etc, combo mode idea

« on: September 07, 2017, 09:08:43 AM »

I'll have to work seriously on a 2.08.
Don't know when though 

ok, xavier, i'm getting impatient, haha...

do you have any suggestion where i could start? maybe adding the menu entries in the instrument selector menu? i could not find it in the "normal" ui, but i probably did not look close enough...