Three hundred synths, 3 hardware projects, and one app

Demo from the post - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8B4DuDFt2w

Wow. This post covers a lot! As a non-synth/midi person I kinda bounced off and thought it wasn't for me but there's really so much cool stuff in here. The video was what caused me to scroll back and read more closely.

It seems like two apps if you include penbook (https://condukt.app/ being the main app). The title really describes the content but somehow undersold it for me.

Is there a midi device novices start with like a recorder for gradeschool students? The HiChord always looks so enticingly simple but I don't even know if that is the same type of device?

OK, call me too synth nerdy, but have you guys ever longed for a project that allowed you too match stuff like envelope times and between synths?

E.g. (totally made up values in this example) if you want to approximate the amplitude envelope from SH-101 to Bass Station 2, if the attack knob is at 5/10 position on 101, that's 500ms, which means you need to set attack knob to 6/10 on Bass Station 2 to get same attack time?

I hope this gets made one day, but I'm too poor and stupid to make it.

Anyways, this sort of system would make it much easier to create "universal" patches that would work between synths.

This looks like a really great project.

I naively thought that with 300ish synths covered they'd have everything I own but I can see that's not the case.

I've got Alesis, Casio and Yamaha equipment that's missing. Time to dig out the manuals and get a PR ready.

It's easy to forget how successful the MIDI standard is. It might be the most stable and still relevant digital standard of all time.

My oldest bit of kit is a Casio CZ-5000 from, I think, 1985. That I can plug it into the latest equipment without drivers and it still works is amazing. 5 pin DIN for the win!

Thanks! I have never heard of it. Need to buy my son a new ipad so I can use this with his old one.

Very cool project. I am impressed by the ability of the different format downloads like Hapax. Kudos!

Glad to see this on here. I've been using an iPad as the "brain" in my music setup and found this project not long ago. I've since opened PRs for a couple of Line 6 pedals I've got. I've also got a Novation Launch Control XL 3, for which Ben (the creator) has made an editor available to make targeting specific devices much easier. I've had a few email correspondence with him regarding the idea of open-sourcing that editor and he's a super nice dude.

Thanks again, Ben! (if you're reading this)