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Future Impact now available!! WAS: deep impact reissue!!! interested?

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@Andras Szalay two other things:

Not sure I’d this is a hardware limitation, if so, this would be a good time to redesign this aspect - have note-on level and note-off level control be a per-preset setting as opposed to only global. (An optional global override of the per-preset setting would still be a good idea too.)

For an eventual CV on the MIDI port, the adapter would need to be designed such that it still allows the MIDI out port to be used. So it should have three output wires - the two CV ones plus a standard 5-pin female MIDI out.

In software, would be great if one can choose what gets sent out over the CV - one could then use envelopes, LFOs or whatever needed. Probably a per-preset thing.
 
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@Andras Szalay I’ve already suggested this but worth repeating:

would be good to be able to switch off the option which sends out the previously-detected note before the new pitch has been detected. It’s very useful for lots of uses but it would be good to be able to disable/set it on a per patch basis. Would also be good to have this accessible via the top panel and via dedicated MIDI command so that behaviour can be set quickly according to the user’s immediate needs.
 
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@Andras Szalay while we’re here, if there’s scope, adding a third (user-assignable) footswitch might be cool. Perhaps at a raised height in Y and/or Z axis to aid access/avoid accidental presses of the existing switches.

Also, a pitch CV with +/- octave offset of at least up to to two octaves. Could be tied to the input signal. Or could be slaved to one of the FI oscillators as that would make the pitch more stable (taking advantage of the pitch locking).
 
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@Andras Szalay also, would a stereo audio output jack be possible? Could then have some oscillator/dry signal panning options added in software.

Would also allow for the delay and chorus effects to be made stereo!

Could even have a pseudo layer detune between the stereo outs (there is a user on the Facebook group who has created something which does this).

Maybe even a stereo input so that you could have a sidechain function added to the envelope triggering.

These could be TRS single jacks or stereo pairs of TRS jacks if possible.
 
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Quatschmacher said:
As for CV, if there is a way to direct the envelopes to the CV port so that they could be used to control the expression/CV input of an analogue filter pedal, this would be a HUGE improvement that would create something I’ve been asking pedal manufacturers to make for ages.
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+1 to this part...
 
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I'm heavily invested into envelope-driven effects, mostly using expression pedal inputs, but most of the expression pedal inputs also accept CV input. Having the effects driven by an envelope CV off the FI would be pretty awesome. I won't pretend to understand the technical specifics of how that might happen, though, you guys are way deeper into it than I am... (the FI and the C4 are the two most "wow, it's bigger on the inside" pedals that I own).
 
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squish said:
This laptop only has a USB-C port that has kept me from connecting to the pedal. Unless something has happened recently, I understood that Andras wasn't pursuing a solution for this.
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Can’t you just get an interface that does USB-C-to-MIDI? If not, get a one with the standard connector (such as Roland UM-One MK2) and simply use an adapter to convert to USB-C.
 
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squish said:
I have tried that Roland connector with adapter but they just don't talk... I'll give it another try and report back.
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Did you install the correct driver before attempting plugging it in? Did you make sure it was set to “computer” (not “tab”) using the switch on the side of the central box?
 
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goran said:
I love everything about the pedal, there are only two things that I'd like changed:
  1. Put it in a smaller enclosure to make it more pedalboard friendly
  2. Add a USB connection
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This sums it up for me as well. USB connection would be a killer quality of life improvement, and while I don't mind the current enclosure size, a smaller enclosure would be icing on the cake.

@Andras Szalay - Thanks for making such an amazing pedal, and it sounds like you're planning on making it even better! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

5sg.
 
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Quatschmacher said:
Would phantom power on the MIDI port also be a possibility?
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What is meant by this? The FI as it is already can power a WIDI Jack over its MIDI ports, so I assume it is properly wired for the MIDI standard for passing power, unlike some other devices (looking at you, Source Audio Reflex).
 
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