I don't think anyone really maps all the parameters of every soft synth to a controller. Just like with hardware once you get into complex sound design you start getting into menu diving. Synths that are pretty basic don't have menu diving and don't have a lot of physical controls as such it's very easy to map emulations of them in a universal wayI just don't see the point of trying to map all of the parameters to a controller, too many of the elements that make a particular synth unique are not universal, so having a logical layout of blind knobs isn't my ideal choice.......So IMO in general there is a distinct advantage to hardware synths in the sound design process as long as there isn't a lot of menu diving.
Take the GForce OB-1 the topic of this thread. It has two VCOs just like a ton of other synths. On the GUI itself you adjust various things with virtual knobs. There is a frequency knob, a fine tune Frequency knob, a knob to select the waveform, and two modulation knobs one for frequency modulation and the other for wave modulation, moving further along we get a mixer section and a noise generator level control and a knob to go between white and pink. We have two standard ADSR envelope generators, a filter section with a frequency knob, a fine tune knob, resonance, and two modulation knobs
If you are at all familiar with Analog Style synths at all you will find many of those controls are pretty much universal to every Analog synth, you will also find many deeper plugins while they might have hundreds of parameters to edit still have a lot of these basic controls
Create a template of the more universal controls you use frequently and just use that across all your plugins, for more unique things don't map them use a mouse, unless of course you use something a lot then go ahead and map it if you find it useful
Statistics: Posted by IvyBirds — Mon Jul 29, 2024 5:04 pm