Is there a way to turn off all sensors via a MIDI button? I am trying to use SP2 in the beginning of my performance and then turn it off via a Nanokontrol2 (MIDI) button so I am solely acoustic while allowing effects and samples to play out from my previous set, and then turn it back on for the end of the performance. Haven’t figured out where to place the MIDI assignment to make this happen but seems like it should be fairly straightforward.
Thanks!
Hi @bustinbikes,
I think the easiest way to set this up would be to add a blank set to the end of your session and then make an assignment to either the “next” button or the set number selector (outlined in green and orange in the image below).
Since it sounds like you want the sounds of the previous set to ring out, you’ll just need to set the set cutoff mode to Samples & Effects Play Thru
Hopefully that does the trick for you!
Thanks for the info. Yeah that’s how I have it set up. The problem I’m running into with this is that all samples and effects from the first set turn off when I switch from the empty second set to the third set. Is that supposed to happen? If not, any ideas on a fix for it?
Ah, I see.
Yes, so I think the cutoff mode only works for the set to the right and to the left of the selected set – I could be wrong about that, I will test/confirm tomorrow and update here.
The feature is that way to save CPU: in order for the Samples & Effects Play Thru feature to work, Sensory has to have multiple sets loaded at once, which can be very CPU intensive. So there is a restriction: the tails will eventually cutoff if you change sets enough times.
I don’t know if the sets you are working on are particularly large, but if not, you can probably keep everything loaded inside one set and use a sequencer set to “manual” mode and make your MIDI assignment to the sequencer next button. Add a blank step between each section in order to turn off the Sensory sounds when you only want your acoustic kit to play.
If your set becomes to CPU intensive, you may have to come up with a hybrid solution, in which a portion of your performance is stored in one set, and another portion is stored in one or more other sets.
The sequencer is a pretty good idea for a workaround. I think I can make that work. Thanks!!
