Glide and pitch control the current note pitch.

Press controls amplitude and filter resonance.

We've set the ensemble to use 15 voices so that the ensemble will respond to each of the Seaboard's MPE channels.īy using basic multiplication and addition modules we can easily map the Seaboard's 5D Touch to expressively control our simple synthesizer. We've chosen a simple subtractive synthesizer using a few basic Reaktor modules, including a Sawtooth oscillator, a Ladder Filter, and an ADSR Envelope. Now that we have received and routed the Seaboard's data in our Reaktor ensemble, we can map it to a synthesizer.ĭownload the ROLI-Seaboard.ens Reaktor Ensemble attached below.

Step 3: Map the Seaboard's data to a synthesizer The Seaboard macro outputs the following information across 15 Reaktor voices:Īdditionally, the macro has outputs for the following: The Seaboard macro combines the 5D Touch information from these MIDI channels and assigns each note's expressive data to one of fifteen voices in the Reaktor ensemble. The other instruments each receive one of the remaining fifteen MIDI channels (2–16), which the Seaboard uses to transmit notes and their accompanying 5D Touch data. One instrument receives MIDI Channel 1 of the Seaboard's data this is the Global Channel, which the Seaboard uses for the XY Touchpad, Touch Faders, and pedal. To do this, we'll create a new 'Seaboard' macro:ĭownload the Seaboard.mdl Reaktor Macro attached below. Reaktor makes it easy to control synthesizers polyphonically, although to use it with the Seaboard we'll need to first receive and interpret the Seaboard's MPE data. Step 2: Receive and route the Seaboard's MPE data Take a look at the MIDI and Pitch sections and select: Open ROLI Dashboard from your applications/programs folder. We'll pair this instrument to a simple subtractive synthesizer, showing how to incorporate the Seaboard into your Reaktor creations. This tutorial will introduce a new Reaktor instrument that supports all of the Seaboard's MPE channels as well as the RISE's XY Touchpad and Touch Faders. The ROLI Seaboard Aggregator includes support for up to 10 channels of the Seaboard's MIDI data, and MultiExp uses this to pair it with a semi-modular synth in an ensemble designed for MPE instruments like the Seaboard. The 'Midi Polyphonic Expression' Reaktor Block, for example, allows you to use eight MPE channels in a Reaktor Blocks patch simply set ROLI Dashboard's MPE mode to ON and a Channel Range of 2–9. Several uploads in the Reaktor User Library include support for MPE. ( Click here if you'd like to use Reaktor with the Lightpad or Seaboard Block.) With just a bit of programming you can easily integrate the Seaboard RISE and GRAND into your Reaktor ensembles.

Native Instruments' Reaktor is a powerful and flexible software environment for creating, modifying, and playing synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, drum machines, effects, and more. Modified on: Wed, 24 Oct, 2018 at 7:33 PM Solution home Using with Third Party Products Desktop Apps Reaktor: Using the Seaboard RISE/GRAND with Reaktor

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