I don’t use Ableton, and I don’t have a Softpop (yet) but I’ll try to help.
Do you already have your Minilogue successfully controlling things in Ableton?
If so, did you make sure your Softpop is listening to the right MIDI channel that you want to control it with?
From the reference manual:
“Softpop can receive a MIDI clock to sync the sequencer. Hold the MIDI button and press one of the GATES to set the input channel. Press the selected channel again to select channels 9-16, and the light indication will invert.” https://bastl-instruments.com/content/files/manual-softpop2-web.pdf pg.38
You could maybe try Minilogue’s MIDI OUT into your Softpop directly too to confirm you could at least control it that way.
I tried to create some crunchy, percussive noise for drums. I obviously overdid it so people can hear. I am really loving my SP2 and I think it will only be more fun as I keep learning how to use it properly.
Great! This is my first semi-modular so all I am doing right now is trying to understand how it works, how I can control it and create unique sounds. I made an analog bass sound and it was the most powerful bass I’ve ever heard to be honest. Just beautiful! I really like the sequencing too. Very easy and creative.
Lately I am trying to understand these patches and how they work.
Another successful day! I was able to use the MIDI out from the audio interface. And Softpop 2 played the midi notes on my MPC Software!! Notice the MIDI led is on.
After selling my SoftPop (old version) I got the SP2, actually quite different, but a little bit of overlap, the sequencer on the 2 is miles better, and the 2 is more suitable for melodic stuff, the OG more suited for experimental and percussion things.
Right after I got comfortable with Softpop 2, this is the first track I made where I tried to use it as much as possible. You can hear a few textures in the background (noise, glitches, water dripping, lasers etc.), a little bit of the sub/bass layer and of course the very “weird” sub especially in the intro.
My latest experiment with using the Bastl Softpop 2 as a weird drum machine using its filter for “kicks” and triggered noise for a “snare” that uses the envelope follower to play along with semi-random granularized drum sounds coming from the Microfreak, patching them up with the Erebus to make a very weird band.
Totally random jam. All SP2 except kick, tom and clap. I played the background drone/synth (SP2) using a MIDI controller. The rest is SP2 being amazing itself…
So I decided to do a local trade for an SP2 and am looking forward to getting it tomorrow (though not to the fader graphics…).
Anyway I looking at a picture of the innards and noticed there seems to be a MIDI out header just waiting for a connector and the willingness to make a hole in the side with a dremel tool. Has anyone done the MIDI out mod, and if so what does it transmit? How about any other mods, given that Bastl has helpfully labeled patch points all over the board?
Turns out someone has already done a video on the hack points!
Didn’t find anything about the MIDI out, but it looks like I can get all the components for a few $ and the soldering is very basic so I will give it a try in a week or two.
