EricK wrote:SteveD wrote:With a setup with multiple moogerfoogers, a Voyager, and an LP - if you want to use an expression pedal for adjusting certain things while you play -it is likely that you would need multiple pedals. That takes up a lot of space and demands a bit of "choreography" in getting from one pedal to the next. Another option would be to have a single expression pedal, and re-patch it to the inputs that you want when you need to use it. In performance, that's not very convenient.
So in its most basic function the MP-201 is a single expression pedal with four outputs, and you can select which of the four outputs are used. You can output on all four channels simultaneously, or just one at a time. Or anything in between.
It gets more advanced than this - you can program the depth and even the direction of the outputs - Say one output goes 0 to +5, one goes +2 to +1, one goes +4 to +5, and another goes +5 to 0. This is all from the same motion of the one expression pedal on the MP-201. This is how you can "morph" from one group of CV settings to another. With a single moogerfooger, like the ring mod - you can think of it as having presets for your moogerfooger, and having the ability to morph between "presets" of the moogerfooger.
Beyond that the outputs can also be configured as LFOs, with the expression pedal controlling either rate or amount. LFOs on different channels can be independent or synced together - and there are several waveforms to choose from.
So there's a LOT this thing can do for any CV setup.
There is also a MIDI output so most of the same things (except fast LFOs) that can be output by the MP-201's CV outputs can be output as MIDI CCs.
Hope that helps a little - it's a deep product! There's even more it will do, but that's a quick synopsis... You have to use your imagination to come up with ideas that are useful to your music.
SD
Talking about a product that will be awesome for a modular setup.....this sounds like its it.
I agree with this post, though I too was waiting for a sequencer, ASDR, Pitch to CV or other mf'er.
My brother and I had concepted this same idea, to connect 1 expression pedal to a switch box so that you could control multiple parameters with 1 very nice exp pedal (like the Alesis F2, or a modded Ernie Ball...).
Of course, the kicker is you'd have to develop some circuitry that can "remember" the CV of say, delay feedback so that when you switch away from it, the parameter remains the same. Probably not too difficult, we were chatting with a friend about how to do it..
We didn't get much further in a few months than a few bar meetings and logic diagrams on a paper napkin before the news about the MP-201 came out.
It's all that and more - for live use, being able to recall settings without trying to "dial them in" is pretty awesome if you are someone with multiple foogers, and who uses different settings in a show situation.
So we both ordered one, (it'll be a few months) and I'm anxiously awaiting the shipment (I think April?).
We aren't abandoning our idea though, the MP-201 is quite expensive. MIDI interface is cool, but alot of people won't use it. So our idea is still a valid one, and would sell for a hell of a lot less.
Col. Monk
Sequenser that everybody (incl. me) has asked for.
