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Plinky 12

Parameters
86
Sections
11
Pages on Karl
8
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  1. XY pad X position64
  2. XY pad Y position64
  3. High-pass cutoff64
  4. Low-pass cutoff64
  5. Resonance64
  6. Attack64
  7. Decay64
  8. Sustain64
  9. Release64
  10. Glide64
  11. PitchCentre
  12. OctaveCentre

Full CC map

XY pad

ParameterMessageRangeValues
XY pad X positionHorizontal position of the preset XY padCC 10–127
XY pad Y positionVertical position of the preset XY padCC 20–127

Filter

ParameterMessageRangeValues
High-pass cutoffCutoff of the non-resonant high-pass filter, placed before the low-pass filter (low value at the current XY position)CC 160–127
Low-pass cutoffCutoff of the resonant low-pass filter, also modulated by the envelope and velocity (low value at the current XY position)CC 170–127
ResonanceResonance of the low-pass filter, self-resonating at maximum (low value at the current XY position)CC 180–127

Envelope

ParameterMessageRangeValues
AttackRise time of the ADSR envelope (low value at the current XY position)CC 190–127
DecayFall time to the sustain level (low value at the current XY position)CC 200–127
SustainLevel held while the touch or gate is held (low value at the current XY position)CC 210–127
ReleaseFall time from sustain to silence after release (low value at the current XY position)CC 220–127

Pitch

ParameterMessageRangeValues
GlidePortamento time between notes, instant at 0 (low value at the current XY position)CC 230–127
PitchFine tune offset (low value at the current XY position)CC 240–12764: Centre
OctaveOctave offset, plus or minus 5 octaves (low value at the current XY position)CC 250–12764: Centre

Sound

ParameterMessageRangeValues
Sub oscillator / noiseBipolar source control, noise below centre, pitch-tracking sub oscillator above centre (low value at the current XY position)CC 260–12764: Off
Wavefold / saturationBipolar drive control, tape saturation below centre, wavefolding above centre (low value at the current XY position)CC 270–12764: Off
TimestretchBipolar timestretch without pitch change; minimum freezes the sample into a wavetable (low value at the current XY position)CC 330–12764: Centre
Sample startStart point of the sample; acts as wavetable position when timestretch is frozen (low value at the current XY position)CC 340–127
Sample lengthLength of the sample played from the start point (low value at the current XY position)CC 350–127
Chorus / wobbleBipolar effect control, random pitch wobble below centre, stereo chorus above centre (low value at the current XY position)CC 360–12764: Off

Voice mix

ParameterMessageRangeValues
Stereo spreadStereo position of the voice (low value at the current XY position)CC 280–127
Delay sendPost-fader send to the global tape delay (low value at the current XY position)CC 290–127
Reverb sendPost-fader send to the global reverb (low value at the current XY position)CC 300–127
Toad factorPitch-tracking sample rate reducer (low value at the current XY position)CC 310–127
VolumeLevel of the voice, before master volume (low value at the current XY position)CC 320–127
Sidechain amountBipolar sidechain control, duck receive below centre, sidechain send above centre (low value at the current XY position)CC 370–12764: Off

Random range

ParameterMessageRangeValues
High-pass cutoff rangeWidth of the random range for high-pass cutoff at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 440–127
Low-pass cutoff rangeWidth of the random range for low-pass cutoff at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 450–127
Resonance rangeWidth of the random range for resonance at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 460–127
Attack rangeWidth of the random range for attack at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 470–127
Decay rangeWidth of the random range for decay at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 480–127
Sustain rangeWidth of the random range for sustain at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 490–127
Release rangeWidth of the random range for release at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 500–127
Glide rangeWidth of the random range for glide at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 510–127
Pitch rangeWidth of the random range for pitch at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 520–127
Octave rangeWidth of the random range for octave at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 530–127
Sub oscillator / noise rangeWidth of the random range for sub oscillator / noise at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 540–127
Wavefold / saturation rangeWidth of the random range for wavefold / saturation at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 550–127
Stereo spread rangeWidth of the random range for stereo spread at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 560–127
Delay send rangeWidth of the random range for delay send at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 570–127
Reverb send rangeWidth of the random range for reverb send at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 580–127
Toad factor rangeWidth of the random range for toad factor at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 590–127
Volume rangeWidth of the random range for volume at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 600–127
Timestretch rangeWidth of the random range for timestretch at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 610–127
Sample start rangeWidth of the random range for sample start at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 620–127
Sample length rangeWidth of the random range for sample length at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 630–127
Chorus / wobble rangeWidth of the random range for chorus / wobble at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 640–127
Sidechain amount rangeWidth of the random range for sidechain amount at the current XY position (high value minus low value)CC 650–127

Mix

ParameterMessageRangeValues
Bass EQ / compressorLevel of the low band (20 Hz to 125 Hz) of the master EQ and multiband compressorCC 160–127
Mid EQ / compressorLevel of the mid band (125 Hz to 2.5 kHz) of the master EQ and multiband compressorCC 170–127
Treble EQ / compressorLevel of the high band (2.5 kHz to 20 kHz) of the master EQ and multiband compressorCC 180–127
Tape dryDry level of the internal tape (synth) voicesCC 190–127
Audio in dryDry level of the external audio inputCC 200–127
Tape delay sendSend from the synth voices to the tape delayCC 210–127
Tape reverb sendSend from the synth voices to the reverbCC 220–127
Audio in delay sendSend from the external audio input to the tape delayCC 230–127
Audio in reverb sendSend from the external audio input to the reverbCC 240–127
Reverb shimmerOctave-shifted feedback in the reverbCC 250–127
Reverb feedbackReverb feedback, acting like a size controlCC 260–127
Delay timeDelay time, quantised to musical divisions and synced to the clockCC 270–127
Delay feedbackNumber of delay repeatsCC 280–127
Reverb returnReverb return levelCC 290–127
Delay returnDelay return levelCC 300–127
Output levelMaster output level at the audio jack and over USBCC 310–127
Audio in sidechainSidechain amount applied from the external audio inputCC 320–127
Reverb sidechainSidechain amount applied to the reverbCC 330–127
Delay sidechainSidechain amount applied to the delayCC 340–127

Mix random range

ParameterMessageRangeValues
Bass EQ / compressor rangeWidth of the random range for bass eq / compressor at the current XY positionCC 440–127
Mid EQ / compressor rangeWidth of the random range for mid eq / compressor at the current XY positionCC 450–127
Treble EQ / compressor rangeWidth of the random range for treble eq / compressor at the current XY positionCC 460–127
Tape dry rangeWidth of the random range for tape dry at the current XY positionCC 470–127
Audio in dry rangeWidth of the random range for audio in dry at the current XY positionCC 480–127

Global

ParameterMessageRangeValues
TempoSong tempoNRPN 11:1200–16383
Raw XY position XRaw X position of the XY padNRPN 32:40–127
Raw XY position YRaw Y position of the XY padNRPN 32:50–127
State dump requestAsks Plinky to send its full NRPN state on USB MIDI port 1NRPN 32:1040–1270: No effect; 1–127: Request full state dump
Panel page selectSwitches the page of a MIDI Panel Maker panelNRPN 34:480–127

Musical state

ParameterMessageRangeValues
Key rootCurrent song key rootNRPN 33:760–127
Scale mask12-bit pitch-class mask of the current scale relative to the key root, bit 0 is the rootNRPN 33:770–4095
Chord rootCurrent chord rootNRPN 33:780–127
Chord note mask12-bit pitch-class mask of the current chord relative to the chord rootNRPN 33:790–4095
Chord scale mask12-bit pitch-class mask of the chord scale relative to the chord rootNRPN 33:800–4095
Voicing note 1Note 1 of the current chord voicingNRPN 33:810–1270: Terminator
Voicing note 2Note 2 of the current chord voicingNRPN 33:820–1270: Terminator
Voicing note 3Note 3 of the current chord voicingNRPN 33:830–1270: Terminator
Voicing note 4Note 4 of the current chord voicingNRPN 33:840–1270: Terminator
Voicing note 5Note 5 of the current chord voicingNRPN 33:850–1270: Terminator
Voicing note 6Note 6 of the current chord voicingNRPN 33:860–1270: Terminator