MP-201 firmware in active development! Please read

:smiley: great news… we’ll be here waiting…

Thanks Amos.
This pedal is great. Can’t wait for the update!

critical bug is fixed… development is back in full swing.

Tap tempo working on all channels in all modes

ā€œone button at a timeā€ (Quad Mono) mode seems to be fully working

can send program changes one channel at a time now (when you turn on each channel it sends its own program change if you want) – perfect for Quad Mono mode

Can set Quad Mode as the default so the unit boots up into Quad Mode

Can send MIDI Notes from Gate channels

…more fun stuff on the way! No exact release date yet, but it should be Rather Soon Now.

Cheers,

Amos

:smiley: that’s some great news Amos… i’ll be waiting for this update

Update! Big stuff. Release soon.

I just finished implementing per-channel MIDI notes to Pitch-CV… with pitch-bend!

You can adjust the CV scale on each channel independently, to get all your stuff playing in tune… does true 14-bit pitch bend which you can set from 1-12 semitones… and it uses the CV scale per channel so all pitch bends will be in tune with each other, even across multiple VCOs that are not calibrated to each other! So, you can play an MF-102 and MF-107 oscillator via CV from a MIDI keyboard at the same time, and have them track each other, even pitch bend them both in unison! That is the idea, anyway…

Lots more good stuff but this is a big one. You also get any combination of MIDI note to Gate-CV channels, which can be set to Legato or Retrigger.

Also, I implemented the feature RAH requested… you can now set any channel to output only MIDI, only CV, or both… this is saved with your preset, so you can flip between MIDI presets and CV presets without unplugging any patch cords. Awesome!

OK, I’m stoked… lots more to do, and not much time until we’re ready to release.

More soon,

Amos

Ooh! Tracking ring mod via MIDI!

Great news Amos…keep it going… :slight_smile:

In order to be able to quickly and consistently switch between lfo’s, or lfo subdivisions, I have to use an A/B pedal, with multiple outs from the MP201 going to it, and then the single output from the A/B into a moogerfooger-- ie the LPF;

I’d really like to see a mode that allows you to use a preset and its 4 channels/footswitches all channeled through a single, or multiple CV outs. I’ll give two examples with the lowpass filter

Example1-- Preset #49, CV out 1 going into the MF101 Freq input (values represent 'fooger knob positions)

Footswitch #1: Freq- Triangle, whole, 60hz
Footswitch #2: Freq- Triangle, 1/4, 60hz
Footswitch #3: Freq- Triangle, 1/8ths, 60hz
Footswitch #4: Freq- Expression, 60hz

This would allow on the fly switching between multiple subdivisions and manual control of filter.

Example2-- Preset #50, CV outs 1-3, and the MF101; CV1 into Freq, CV2 into Envelope, CV3 into resonance.

Footswitch #1: Freq- Expression, 60hz; Envelope- 0; Resonance- 5 ----- sub-bass, manually controlling cutoff
Footswitch #2: Freq- Triangle, 1/8ths, 100hz; Envelope- 0; Resonance- 6 ----- triangle lfo
Footswitch #3: Freq- Ramp, 1/2 notes, 60hz; Envelope- 0; Resonance- 7.5----- slower ramp lfo
Footswitch #4: Freq- Fpedal off, 80hz; Envelope- 10; Resonance 8.2 ----- classic envelope filter



Unless Im missing something, the only other way to accomplish this would be to make 4 presets in a row, say 47-50, and switch between them- this is still quite effective, but not as efficient as the method I described; to get from 47 to 50 it would take 3 taps, versus being able to access any of the 4 presets directly.

Anyway, im just brainstorming so I hope this makes sense, and if there’s already a better way to do it, I’m all ears! :sunglasses:

That sounds fantastic. I’ve been having amazing fun w/ the 201 and this sounds like it’ll take it to the next level.

That’s so great. Gotta love a company that is so open and responsive to their customers’ input. Thanks again Amos and Moog!

I was thinking along those lines for quite a while and that’s the kind of thing I was waiting to read. If read you correctly, the MP201 can thus be used as a midi-to-CV unit for the OS (with Pitch, Gate and mod wheel)? How about the fourth CV for mod bus 1 ?

The emphasis on the product so far has been as a multiple expression pedal capable of CV output, but for mainly moogerfoogers, and with some midi programing features. And this is a product in itself.

But since this thing has everything hardware and software it needs, even if it was not the initial goal of the product, it can/could also serve as a complete midi-to-CV (Moog brand) solution for vintage synths and OS. Quite an original idea to put a midi-CD circuits directly in a box with 4 expression units at the touch of a switch.

Now that would be a sizzling hot pedal. I’ll take two. (and drop the Kenton or PAiA ?) :wink:

I also added an envelope generator :slight_smile:

So I think this is now in a class beyond the Kenton…

You can have 1 pitch-CV, one Gate, a Mod Wheel CV if you like, plus a freely-routable extra CV envelope…

Or all the CV to power a standard monosynth: Pitch, Gate, Filter envelope and Volume envelope! Just add your own VCO and VCF. I haven’t tried it yet but I think you could build a minimalist monosynth using only the MP201, a FreqBox and MF-101 lowpass! I’ll have to work out the details.

Certainly it is now easy to add a perfectly-tracking third (or fourth) VCO to your Little Phatty or Voyager, or a pitch-perfect tracking ring modulator (with modulation envelope)… The possibilities are pretty extreme.

-Amos

I need to get an MP-201. It sounds like you are really pushing it forward.

You added an envelope generator? I really wish the MF-101 had an envelope in jack but it looks like I’ll have to pick my second Fooger to really perfect my bass synth rig. That is a very cool feature.

This is very nice. Very nice, indeed. I will never have time to explore all the possibilities before I die…

But essentially, with this MIDI controlled Pitch CV I could definitely make a decent monosynth from the MF-107, MF-101, MF-103, MIDI MuRF, and two MF -102 'foogers in my rig…one space left in my rig…for the delay - ay -ay -ay-ay -y -y -

Thanks Amos. What an excellent investment I have made in Moog.

This is really cool :smiley: but i have my doubts in how to implement it… as i understand the pitch cv tracks the midi note that the MP is outputing, or it can track the note from an external synth?? i kinda confused here…

This update is going to turn the MP in a monster hope we can get it soon!! :smiling_imp:

It seems to me Amos is saying that it will convert and externally received MIDI note command and convert it to a Pitch CV and output that.

This MIDI to CV accepts MIDI notes IN to the MP201 from any MIDI keyboard, and puts out a 1V/Octave CV corresponding to your MIDI note.
So you can take any MIDI synth (or software synth, using MIDI output from your sequencer), and run the audio through the ring mod… scale the CV so that the ring mod is tracking pitch-CV correctly… then whatever MIDI note you play on the synth, the ring mod will track the notes correctly, changing by the same number of semitones.

:smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: this is great!!! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: thanx a lot, now i love my MP even more!!!

Awesome…Now, could you also use the carrier on the ring mod (or the VCO in the Freq Box) as a VCO and scale it so that it tracks 7 semitones above what you are playing on the Voyager (if you have the 351) and then further if have your Voyager hooked up to another Voyager or Little Phatty (Duophonically) and basically get a three voiced synth, able to major and minor chords?

Would that work or is that a pipe dream?