MPE patch demo for UVI Falcon

[@Demonstrations_SP]

The latest version of UVI Falcon, 1.6, was released this October 2018. One of the new features of this new update is a bank of MPE presets that I created, including the one in this video demo. These are terrific new sounds with 5D expressive character and can be located in the 'Falcon Factory/Xtra MPE Presets' Folder. These can be identified by the "1.6" tag at the end of each of the preset names (meaning new for version 1.6). All Falcon owners and UVI Workstation owners using MPE devices such as the Seaboard should certainly check out these new presets!

[@torley]

AHHH! YOU made these? I'm enjoying the heck of out 'em with my Expressive E Osmose... thank you, several years on! yay longterm followup!

[@Demonstrations_SP]

@@torley Thank you! I'm happy that you are getting good use out of these sounds, but I'm jealous that you got your hands on an Osmose. Despite my having put down a pre-order on one months ago, I just learned this weekend that the initial run has already sold out and that I now have to wait another six months before the next shipment of this groundbreaking instrument. I would love to hear how you are using my Falcon MPE patches played on an Osmose. If you post anything, let me know. Also, if in the meantime you wish to sell your Osmose, please let me know, although I'm sure that you're not going to want to sell it.

[@torley]

@@Demonstrations_SP Oh gosh I hope you get your Osmose SOONER than later, it's truly lifemaking, gamechanging, and yes - groundbreaking! Do you happen to have a list somewhere of all the Falcon patches you did? Or other Falcon soundbanks you're selling. My overall understanding is that while Falcon is MPE-capable, patches need to specifically be setup for it, like yours, the Expressive E Collection, and a few other libraries. I wish I could easier remap all out-of-the-box, but have been exploring other synths that do things like remap mod wheel to the Slide (like second, deeper aftertouch layer) of Osmose. If it's any consolation, I placed my Osmose preorder YEARS ago when they first announced it. It's been one of those rare joybringers that's truly worth the wait.

[@Demonstrations_SP]

@@torley Well, I do have a bank of 64 presets available for the Hydrasynth, including a bonus bank with all the MPE features fully set up. The link can be found on my channel here. The Hydrasynth is fully MPE compatible as I demonstrate in one of the videos , and with its four octave ribbon controller could make an ideal partnership with the Osmose.

[@torley]

@@Demonstrations_SP Oh cool! I don't have one of those as I'm primarily focused on controlling software, but good to know if I ever have access to a Hydrasynth.

[@machettman]

Wow seaboard and UVI falcon is like a cheat code. amazing combo

[@criddyla696]

Superb Tutorial friend, very clear and instructional, thanks

[@thomasnorman453]

Thank you SO much!! Yours is the only guide on the entire internet right now on how to do this.

[@Demonstrations_SP]

I'm happy to announce that UVI has picked a number of my custom Falcon MPE optimized synth presets, including the one in this demonstration, to be included in the upcoming Falcon Factory update.

[@zzzang1231]

Excellent work Steffen !

[@GershyJazzy]

Wow! Really useful. Thanks!!

[@lofijoe5366]

really useful , thanks

[@ItsPBUH]

long shot, but I'm not getting any pitch bending, I though this would work by default with the mpe script, but apparently not. Am I missing something?

[@Demonstrations_SP]

The usual cause of this issue is that the MIDI channel(s) for the Part is not set appropriately. The default MIDI channel for a Part in Falcon is A1. That won't work for this purpose, so you need to change the channel setting for the part to OMNI, rather than just one channel. Try that and see if it resolves your issue.

[@kylekroeck9214]

For some reason I can't get Falcon to let me to use the Y-axis for modulating the Wave Index. I checked to make sure my Roli is picking up Y-axis movement in the Roli Dashboard and by using Equator but for some reason Falcon doesn't seem to be recognizing it even though I have the MPE script up and running just as you showed in the video. Any advice?

[@Song-haven]

Yes. It's a bit convoluted unfortunately. Even thought the Seaboard sends out CC#74 on it's Y-Axis, instead of selecting CC#74 for the parameter you want to modulate, select instead; "Script Event Modulation" found in the Layer section of the modulation options menu. Once this is selected, you will see a single knob control at the bottom modulation box that is labeled "Event ID". Set this to "1", which should match the ID number in the "Timbre Y-axis" box of the MPE event processor . These numbers need to match. Y-axis gestures should then work properly.

[@kylekroeck9214]

@@Song-haven Yeah I did that and it's still not working for some reason. :\ I followed every detail in the video but I just can't seem to get it to work.

[@Song-haven]

@@kylekroeck9214 The factors I mentioned in my comment to you, I did not include in the video. Maybe I should have, but I wanted to keep the video tight and not bogged down in technical matters. It is tricky! The only other factor I can think of is that in some cases the parameter that you wish to modulate might need to be initially set at the maximum level you wish to achieve with Y-axis movement. This might seem counterintuitive, as one would normally think it should be set to minimum such that the Y-Axis gestures would result in raising the modulation level. But in those cases, Falcon thinks the initial modulation level is the maximum it should go, when it's actually the opposite. I would suggest that you check out the factory presets I made, which are in the MPE folder (their names have an extension of "1.6"). Assuming you have a normal connection, Y-axis gestures should work on those programs and you can then go into edit mode and essentially reverse engineer how the modulation was accomplished. Good luck!

[@kylekroeck9214]

@@Song-haven Thanks for all the help. One last thing. Can you tell me the exact name of the patch that you make in this video? I don't seem to be finding it in the programs menu although I see a bunch of MPE programs with 1.6 extensions. THanks!

[@Song-haven]

@@kylekroeck9214 The final version of the patch demonstrated in the video is "MPEdaftMPE.1.6"