self generating blofeld patch?

wishniak · Joined: Jan 05, 2009 Posts: 27 Location: berlin, germany

hi all - just getting into the world of waldorf with my first blofeld and am amazed at the sounds ive got so far.

a question; has anyone managed to get any self generating patches going? ie: LFO triggering envelopes / chords / arpeggiators - without any midi input?

also - who has one of those editors / librarians running on a current osx os?

thanks

egw · Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:19 am Post subject:

I wanted to do this too. As far as I could tell, you need a note on message to get any sound out of it.

wishniak · Joined: Jan 05, 2009 Posts: 27 Location: berlin, germany

a shame - ive been getting some really nice self oscillation happening with the filters (+ LFO + arping). but i guess it needs to get triggered somehow.

namnibor · Joined: Apr 26, 2012 Posts: 59 Location: Ohio, USA

My studio is in disarray right now as am making things more ergonomic, so have not tried this on my Blofeld keyboard; has anyone tried reassigning the expression/volume pedal input to a midi cc like breath control, as one of many examples, and see if that works rather than a note-on message, esp. when wanting to "play the filters" with lfo's and envelopes?
If you have the Keyboard Blofeld, it does have a midi in where perhaps an external lfo or envelope in midi chain could do this? Just a few ideas. Midi is often overlooked as a great bag of tricks Twisted Evil

namnibor · Joined: Apr 26, 2012 Posts: 59 Location: Ohio, USA

Waldorf placed Random Patch Generators on my XT, Q, and Pulse...am I missing something hidden in a really deep menu or does this simply not exist on the Blofeld?
Am pretty sure I saw it as an option on Waldorf Nave, but have only had it since last night so I could be confusing it with another function.

Wonder of Waldorf could implement a random patch generator on Blofeld in an O.S. update, if it's not already there and missed it?!