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Hi,
Just to say I really love the Pico since I got it a few days ago. However, is there a way to turn off or change the pitch bend from the key roll? I might have missed it in the tutorial. I have Arturia Jupiter 8V plus either Alchemy or Cello active at any moment. And I can't find the option in Jupiter/Alchemy to assign pitch bend to other Pico parameter. So for example I know I can enable filter cutoff in key roll, but it still changes the pitch for Jupiter.

Any solutions?

Hi Ipiwek,

When the workbench is released you will be able to configure the pitch bend using Belcanto. We should be releasing the workbench shortly and will keep the forum up to date on its progress.

Ta

Aaron
Customer Services

Hey Geert,

Thanks to your suggestion from another forum post I purchased Bidule and immediately got it sending out OSC for all of the pico data, which was great. Thank you for the suggestion. Since I already use Max/MSP Bidule is a familiar and enjoyable paradigm for me.

I had previously had the thought that it might be possible to use Bidule to turn off the pico pitch bend. However I haven't really had the time to learn about Bidule to figure out how to do it. Can you post a screenshot of your setup that filters out pitch bend information, or simply point me to the documentation for what I might use to do it? It would really give me a head start on learning how to do things like this with it.

Thank you
Donovan

Hi,

The current scripts affect all scalers (instruments in the system). I experimented a bit and figured out how to only affect a single instrument. I added that script here: http://wiki.eigenzone.org/wiki/Scripts

Hope this helps,

Geert

I have tried the latest unstable release including scripts in an effort to turn off the pitch bend. Unfortunately, it does not work. I was able to navigate to the factory scripts folder, select the pitch bend script with "0 semitones," and it turned green indicating it was active. However, it had no impact whatsoever on pitch bend--i.e., pitch bend remained turned on even when the "0 semitone" script was activated. Please fix. I wish EigenD had some sort of System Preferences page that would allow one to make global changes to such important aspects of playability as pitch bend, etc. without having to search around for scripts.

With pitch bend turned on, the only instruments that I find musically playable are those that can accommodate slight microtonal bends. With the clarinet model, for example, having pitch bend capability on every button is wonderfully expressive. In sharp contrast, with synth patches, whether with the Alchemy AU or when I try to play my Moog Voyager via Pico's Midi Out, it sounds dreadful with pitch bend turned on. It would be more useful to assign pitch bend to the ribbon controller in such cases.

Hi all,

Geert is correct, you do need to activate the script within the Browser (either by tapping the scroll key or by clicking on the desired script) twice. When you first activate, the "status" will read "armed", and once activated a second time, look to make sure that the status reads "succeeded".

In response to barnone, the scripts for setting the amount of pitch bend on the keys should work on all Alpha and Pico Factory Setups - if they do not work for you please let me know.

Sam
Eigenlabs Software Department

Hi focusaurus,

I will post instructions on our Wiki article about Belcanto scripts and let you know when it is available.

Sam
Eigenlabs Software Department

Hi focusaurus,

I have updated the Belcanto Scripts wiki article to include instructions for the Tau.

Belcanto Scripts

If you need any more information please let me know.

Sam
Eigenlabs Software Department