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Originally Posted by
Arcadia
Just got a Pro-1 today from Thomann. Pitch bend works fine as long as you are holding the note down with the key, but if you set a long release and take your finger off it and try to bend you get this weird low-pitched sound. Completely unusable in this way. Can anyone confirm their Pro-1 DOESN'T do that? Not sure what CV issue there are? Have been using mine only with USB MIDI so far. Enlighten me and I will test with my SQ1.
Yep that's the issue. The low note is the lowest C that the Pro-1 can play via midi.
By my count we are around 6 for 6 showing the issue now, with no one reporting a unit that doesn't do this.
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Originally Posted by
The Elf
If it's the same problem as the Model D then pitch bend stops when you release a note. To most people it's probably no big deal. Other than that, pitchbend works fine on the D.
It's not quite the same. On the Model D if you set the pitch bend range to the default it works as expected, if you select a different range and release a key while bending, it jumps back to the last note pressed. That's not ideal, but it's still usable. The Pro-1 drops to the bottom C, it sounds bad. The big difference to me is that Behringer have owned the issue on the Model D. I got told to return my Pro-1 because it was faulty.
I'm hoping if it gets reported enough they'll fix it in a firmware update.
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Originally Posted by
lindelltodd
Pitch bend works fine on my unit with the latest OS installed
*edit, when i release any note with pitch bend still engaged it forces the note down to the lowest C. But, I can't think of a scenario that *I* would do that while playing, so not a big deal for me.
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Originally Posted by
Jamie munro
yes it is kind of a thing that has never got to me either, i normally release my wheel before my key but i know we are all different and certainly i am no wizard with keys, i wonder if its a playa thang
no offence to players kfhfkh
So yeah, it's not going to bother everyone, in fact it is pretty clear only the minority of owners use it this way!
I'm not exactly shredding endless Edgar Winter synth lead solos myself, however I've found it noticeable even if you don't have a long release on the lead sound, all it takes is for you to lift your finger off a key for a moment while bending and you're dropping to bottom C, that gets in the way.
What I do like to do reasonably often is let a long note ring out and just pitch it down a little on the tail, sounds good with a lot of reverb / echo. I'd have to modify the patch to do this over midi with the Pro-1, and keep the key pressed the whole time.
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Originally Posted by
varntvar
The question is, can you bypass this problem by deactivating variable PB range/leaving it wide open in synthtool like you can on the D?
Do you know if it's possible to use pitch CV to offset to a lower octave then play in the lower octave with MIDI?
I tried a bunch of ranges on the first one I had, as well as changing note priority, and none of those changes made a difference.
I'm not sure about the CV offset, but I suspect it will just jump to the note value you transmit over midi. I can give it a go when I have a chance.