The RYTM has this nice velocity mapping feature where you can route velocities to the sample start parameter! As you probably know, this can be used to trigger individual slices of a slice chain. However, you have to choose the correct numbers etc. to make it work perfectly as intended.
I’m using a MPD32 controller. With 16-level mode enabled, the MPD32 (as other MPC-related gear) sends different velocities depending on the pad pressed. It sends velocities as follows: 7, 15, 23, 31, 39, 47, 55, 63, 71, 79, 87, 95, 103, 111, 119, 127. The range of the sample start parameter on the RYTM ranges from 1-120 (explanation why this is the case by elektron somewhere in this forum).
Question: What is the optimal design of a sample chain, as well as the optimal settings on the RYTM (sample start parameter and velocity depth modulating the start parameter) for this setup?
I guess some silence is needed in the beginning of the sample (because the mapping on the MPD32 starts at velocity=7) and maybe less than 16 individual sounds, because when start is set to max (velocity=127), you won’t hear anything anymore.
Please help me out! I’m sure a solution to this problem will be interesting to quite a lot of other RYTM users as well! It will give you access to several complete drum kits per RYTM kit, controllable from an external controller, which the OT is still not able to, using just a few of those 128 sample slots!
when i did it, it didn’t seem as sample accurate as the OT but it was perfunctory, it’s not rocket science, all you need to do is establish where Elektron draw the upper line, ie circa 120 or 127 - so you know if it’s a 1:1 integer map or not, i’d guess the last few midi values are redundant, that’d be simplest, after that it’s just arithmetic - as ever, experiment, nothing detailed like this in the manual
Thx! If it’s just arithmetic though it should be possible to calculate how it needs to be set up.
Until then, I’m using a not completely precise setup that works well for samples in the middle of the chain (about 4-10), and that’s quite useful already!
watch the display when you increment the cc message 1 at a time, if you can do this with a controller or software, then the range will be obvious, if your steps on device are not falling nicely on boundaries of constant width then just figure out which widths will give the most reliable mapping - watching your device will be easier if you have a midi monitor running all the time - when i do things like this i map out me saying sequential numbers into a chain so i can be very confident the mapping is accurate
The values are mentioned above. Interestingly, my mapping works best at the moment with a modulation depth of 73. Maybe it’s just trial&error as you said in your other post.
This thing rocks! Slices or Slots controlled via an external controller, the OT can’t do that!
