Gordius LG Updates (especially good for LP1 users)

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

The Gordius range now has a 
ShortPress Longpress
capability.


Every possible combination covered, this could greatly expand
what is possible with the Looperlative LP1 and software loopers.
(and EDP of course...but that already has plenty of longshort
action going on)

Longpress time is programmable to taste....per switch


Some likely combinations

Shortpress = Record, Longpress = Erase
In this case the Record command would be sent as
soon as the switch is pressed, 

Shortpress=Overdub LongPress= Undo/Redo
Overdub would be triggered when the switch is released 
on shortpress (accurate enough). Undo/Redo would wait till the switch 
was released for accurate control of timing.



The LEDS for the switches will display when the longpress time is reached.


...and Francombe, are you listening, there's now a way to
trigger the switches from Note-Ons...wasn't there some 
stuff you wanted to do syncing the to the EDP which could
have been done using those timing notes that the edp puts out?

Anyway, in short it's now possible to trigger any midi command
in hard sync with the edp...per beat...per cycle...per loop
(I didn't know Xavier was going to do this)

I can imagine it might be fun playing a keyboard where certain
keys could trigger ...well...anything you care to imagine.


For the future, it looks like the LG range will be able to 
have a limited functionality as a midi router, with it's
2 Ins and 2 Outs.


andy butler






ps Xavier's full list

- expression pedals get an extra dead zone between sweep range and
virtual switch trigger point. This is done only when the switch
engage zone is programmed to a non-zero value.
- support for "longpress/shortpress" functionality, with the option
to postpone messages after a long press till switch is released.
- keeping a patchgroup switch pressed for 1 second resets the
patchgroup to its first preset.
- "real" remote control of the LG2 switches is added :
a NoteOn/NoteOff message can trigger each of the switches,
Note value range is customizable.
- "loop detection" added to the firmware, in order to avoid
an instable system due to programming error
- Collapsible annotation fields added to the different tab pages of
ControlCenter. These allow to add general comment about the setup,
and specific comment about each preset, bank, song, banklist,
setlist, expr.pedal setup.