Prophet 5 midi retrofit options
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:54 pm
There currently appears to be only two options:
Kenton, and Wine Country.
Anyone have any experience with either that they'd care to share?
Kenton looks better specified..
From the web sites...
Wine Country:
""Prophet â„¢-5 MIDI kits
USD$229
A Sequentialâ„¢ MIDI kit for the Revision 3.2 or 3.3 Prophet-5 offers MIDI IN and OUT jacks, with operation in OMNI & POLY Modes over 16 MIDI channels with program select & alternate release, plus response to incoming pitch wheel data in 3-ranges & current program MIDI data dumps. Instructions included. Estimate 2 to 3 hours for MIDI kit installation by a competent service technician. ""
Kenton:
GBP£275
""This retrofit kit for the Prophet 5 rev 3.2 adds the following MIDI control:
For incoming MIDI:
Any MIDI channel can be selected
Notes (MIDI note numbers 36 - 96) - transpose possible
Program change (numbers 1 - 40)
Pitchbend - (bends up and down a fifth)
Mod Wheel
Filter cutoff frequency (of low pass filter)
Resonance
Volume
Sustain (decay on-off)
By default:
pitchbend is controlled by pitchbend messages
mod wheel is controlled by Mod Wheel (CC#1) and also by Aftertouch messages
filter cutoff is controlled by CC#16
resonance is controlled by CC#17
Volume is controlled by MIDI volume (CC#7)
Sustain is controlled by Sustain (CC#64)
however, any controller or aftertouch or velocity can be mapped to control other things so for example velocity could be mapped to control volume.
For outgoing MIDI:
Any MIDI channel can be selected
Notes (MIDI note numbers 36 - 96) - transpose possible
Program changes 1 to 61 can be sent using a button press followed by a key press
No other MIDI can be sent - the retrofit is primarily intended to allow the synth to be played from a MIDI master keyboard or sequencer.
Hardware:
MIDI In, Out & Thru sockets
Push button (for programming the MIDI setup)
Setups are stored in non-volatile memory (Eeprom)""
Kenton, and Wine Country.
Anyone have any experience with either that they'd care to share?
Kenton looks better specified..
From the web sites...
Wine Country:
""Prophet â„¢-5 MIDI kits
USD$229
A Sequentialâ„¢ MIDI kit for the Revision 3.2 or 3.3 Prophet-5 offers MIDI IN and OUT jacks, with operation in OMNI & POLY Modes over 16 MIDI channels with program select & alternate release, plus response to incoming pitch wheel data in 3-ranges & current program MIDI data dumps. Instructions included. Estimate 2 to 3 hours for MIDI kit installation by a competent service technician. ""
Kenton:
GBP£275
""This retrofit kit for the Prophet 5 rev 3.2 adds the following MIDI control:
For incoming MIDI:
Any MIDI channel can be selected
Notes (MIDI note numbers 36 - 96) - transpose possible
Program change (numbers 1 - 40)
Pitchbend - (bends up and down a fifth)
Mod Wheel
Filter cutoff frequency (of low pass filter)
Resonance
Volume
Sustain (decay on-off)
By default:
pitchbend is controlled by pitchbend messages
mod wheel is controlled by Mod Wheel (CC#1) and also by Aftertouch messages
filter cutoff is controlled by CC#16
resonance is controlled by CC#17
Volume is controlled by MIDI volume (CC#7)
Sustain is controlled by Sustain (CC#64)
however, any controller or aftertouch or velocity can be mapped to control other things so for example velocity could be mapped to control volume.
For outgoing MIDI:
Any MIDI channel can be selected
Notes (MIDI note numbers 36 - 96) - transpose possible
Program changes 1 to 61 can be sent using a button press followed by a key press
No other MIDI can be sent - the retrofit is primarily intended to allow the synth to be played from a MIDI master keyboard or sequencer.
Hardware:
MIDI In, Out & Thru sockets
Push button (for programming the MIDI setup)
Setups are stored in non-volatile memory (Eeprom)""