Sample as wavetable synth - with help from MIDIbro

[blackholesun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US4WeItgurE

Using the Korg Volca Sample as a very basic wavetable synthesizer. With major help from the Audiothingies MIDIbro (based on the Mutable Instruments MIDIpal). Not my most musical demo, but I wanted to show this function exists and that the Volca Sample has a hidden talent.

On the Volca Sample, I loaded some single cycle waveforms from the Adventure Kid pack (http://www.adventurekid.se/akrt/wavef...). Using the loop function, the waveform will loop rapidly, generating the synth sound.

The MIDIbro, a smart MIDI processor/swiss army knife, has a function where you can create your own MIDI filtering or mapping rules. With this, I was able to make each note on the Qunexus send a MIDI CC (#43 for the Volca Sample sample speed) , matching the note number. If I hit note#37, CC#43 speed would change to value 37 and so on. It allows you to play the sample on a keyboard, changing the pitch,, but it is not chromatic as the CC values are not measured in semi-tones.

Sorry if that is confusing, it took me a while to wrap my brain around it. It's a bit awkward to play, but it unlocks a key feature the Volca Sample lacked on release.

[laboratorio]

really interesting !

[chris-korg]

Can you connect the QuNexus directly to MidiPro or do you need to go first into the PC and from there to MidiPro?