I think you can look at SHAPER as a compressor or limiter with variable slope and offset but for MIDI data
I use MIDI slewing in all kinds of ways in my rigā¦ itās incredibly useful.
I use Drambo to do it, as a MIDI processor between my controllers and the rest of my gear.
Besides the slewing, it can do so many things, the ultimate toolbox for a studio. Highly recommend it!
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Thank you for the Drambo recommendation. Have been meaning to check it out for ages.
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I am loving the Poly Arp! Iām getting some really interesting results. Does anyone know what this device might have been based on? Any recommendations for something like this in Ableton?
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Send them an e-mail if you havenāt. When I sent them an e-mail requesting more drum lanes, they responded on the same day. The more requests they get the higher it will be on their priority list.
Could you describe how exactly it helps you with the Octatrack? (I also got one)
Eh, I donāt know that thatās necessarily true. At a certain point if they know itās a thing people want and itās on their roadmap the only thing left to do is wait.
How can they measure the interest if you donāt tell them?
New Hapax OS beta out this morning:
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Is it fairly easy to change between the release and Beta OSās?
Asking for a friend. 
Itās very easy to update / change Hapax firmware. See update instructions here:
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Unless for some reason, you get a shiny new Hapax, and donāt own a SD card readerā¦
Yes I was caught off guard by the inability to mount the Hapax SD on my PC. Guess I need another thing.
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Just remember not to save any projects, because they wonāt open again on the older OS!
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Is the beta stable? I would like to try the drum lane pitch, that makes it finally useful, also possibly with the tempest.
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Granted, I havenāt pushed it to the max, by any means; but BETA 2.10B seems stable enough to me, thus far anyway.
Itās worth noting, however, that if you aspire to use the Hapax to sequence the Tempest, each pad on the Tempest responds to a different note number, all on a single MIDI channel; therefore, while you could now āsound lockā per step, using a single drum lane on the Hapax (certainly useful), you would still not be able to play each sound on the Tempest melodically, like you otherwise can using its internal sequencer.
Cheers!
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Dang, i think i remember something like this from the manual, thanks for reminding me.
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Ya, itās a bit of a paradox, and easy to forget.
The Tempest is setup to receive MIDI triggers like a classic drum machine, wherein each pad is addressed by note number, and responds to gate and velocity only, all over a single MIDI channel.
Yet, you can put the Tempest into 16-Tunings mode and record each sound melodically to the internal sequencer, like an Electribe for instance, as though each pad is being addressed on a separate MIDI channel. So, unfortunately, melodic sequencing is strictly a proprietary function.
With 32 pads, the latter wouldnāt have been possible anyway.
You could, however, copy the same sound to all 16 pads of either Bank A or B on the Tempest, tune them to a scale, and sequence a melody using a single drum lane on the Hapax that way. Then you could do pseudo āparameter locksā too.
Cheers!
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Dual question here.
Can the Hapax do any form of Hocketing?
I would love to be able to send each subsequent note in an an arp or chord to a different midi or cv channel.
Either randomised, in a certain direction, or to set note ranges so that notes above a threshold are sent to one channel and below sent to another.
It seems like such a simple and easy āwinā of a feature. Not range especially would make for some very interesting arpeggiations when combined with randomised octave up.
My second question was more general.
Just wondering what people enjoy most about the Hapax or what you are experimenting with lately.
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Iāve also been hoping for that feature, specifically for use with the OT ā and now Itāll be perfect with the OT! I run the OT and its midi channels on a separate midi out of the Hapax (midi out C), 8 tracks on Midi channels 1-8 ā but now I can finally auto slice the audio on each track, then use the pitch per note to put the OT to work 
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I just want the āautomatically load empty templateā option upon powering the machine. I could do that on Pyramid
To play the slices? I didnt use the drum lane yet as rytm plays itself, but he can profit from midi lfo. Lots of applications. Even macro control via lfoā¦ very inspirational device.
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