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By Lampdog Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:47 pm
I control my rack emu turbo phatt with my 4k. It's not hard, you just have to be pro active and jump into midi.

mekanik909 wrote:I did read it but I didn't understand a word!!!
I just want control filters and parameters don't respond !! None!!


What exactly have you tried with midi?
By mekanik909 Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:00 pm
I know how to set midi on mpc cause with other synths it working perfectly ..
But when I enter parameters in the mpc to emu orbit doesn't respond !! And then aswll I don't understand how the orbit have more then 127 cc when mpc max arrived to 127 and Mac also!?!? And of course none working!!
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By Lampdog Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:35 am
R u sure your orbit is functioning properly?

I had to dig into my turbo phatt in order to check out all the good midi stuff.
Do you have an orbit manual? Both are machines are similar but I can't help with the 1k intracacies. Emu manual is VERY informative and I highly suggest getting into it deeper. I think it's one of the most informative manuals I've ever read, everything is explained in detail.

You say it works with other synths, that leads me to think orbit is the problem.
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By bliprock Wed Jul 17, 2013 5:21 am
yea i agree with above, you half way there if you got the other synths working, and its seems more like the orbit is not responding to those MIDI CCs. Some synths aer different CCs, there is kinda of a standard but not all follow it. My Novation synth is a good illustration of this as instead of CC71 for filter it is CC104. So double check you got the right CCs and that your synth has the CC input read on. Some synths you can disable or reassign the CC for that parameter

So yeah keep at it, you almost there
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By SimonInAustralia Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:01 am
Read the f'ing manual!?! :Sigh: :Sigh: :Sigh:


Page 27 of the F'ing Manual wrote: MIDI Controller Assign

Orbit allows you to assign up to four realtime control sources from your MIDI controller. These control sources could be modulation wheels, data sliders or whatever.

In this screen, you set up which controllers will be received by Orbit. What effect the controller will have is programmed separately for each preset. The Orbit MIDI controllers are each assigned a letter, A-D. Each controller letter can be assigned to a MIDI realtime controller from 00-31. Note: If controller numbers 7 or 10 are selected, they will override the standard MIDI volume and pan control routings.

CONTROLLER# ABCD
01 02 03 04


Page 52 and 53 of the F'ing Manual wrote:Common realtime controllers such as the modulation wheel, volume, pan and pressure are pre-programmed to their proper destinations.

Your keyboard may have other realtime controls such as a control pedal or data slider which can also be programmed to control most of the parameters on Orbit.

Orbit is equipped with a sophisticated MidiPatchâ„¢ system, which allows you to route any continuous controller to any realtime modulation destination. The MidiPatch system is also very easy to use. First, you must know which controller numbers your keyboard can transmit.


Let's say for example, that you are using a Yamaha DX7 as your master keyboard. The DX7 has pitch and mod wheels, a breath controller, a data slider and a foot pedal, all of which transmit their values over MIDI. The standard MIDI controller numbers for the controls are listed below (the pitch wheel has a dedicated controller, PWH). First, we would go to the Master menu, MIDI Controller Assign and define the 4 MIDI controllers that we wish to use. Assign each controller number to one of the letters A-B-C-D.

01 - Modulation Wheel A
02 - Breath Controller B
04 - Foot Pedal C
06 - Data Entry D

To complete the connections for a particular preset, go to the Edit menu, Realtime Control, and route the MIDI A, B, C, D to the desired destinations. These could be patched to any 4 destinations or even to the same destination. The MIDI Controller Amount menu, (in the Edit menu) allows you to scale the amounts of each of the controllers by a positive or negative value. The signal flow is shown in the diagram below.

The MIDI controllers A-B-C-D must have both a source (0-31), and a destination assigned
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By Lampdog Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:58 am
What things in the Orbit are you controlling with your mpc?