I'd like to know if there is any way to increase the pitch bend automation range, as I find its small range (0-120 or whatever it is) unsatisfactory for the dramatic beat drops I wish to create.
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The 'range' of the MIDI Pitch bend messages is fixed: change the Pitch Bend range of the instrument plugin to get the desired result.
CCT
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The actual range of pitchbend is -8192 to + 8192, it's just scaled down for viewing and editing purposes. But, that range is meaningless, what it actually does is completely dependent on how the receiving instrument is configured.
Generally you can set the pitchbend range on an instrument from -1 octave to +1 octave (in some cases + 3 octaves), in semitones. The 16,384 steps are divided up over that set range. If you set the range to 0, well, nothing happens. If you set the range to + and - 1 or 2 semitones, the 16.384 steps are distributed over that range, so the pitch drop over the full range will indeed not be too dramatic, though very smooth. If you set the instrument to + or - 1 octave or more, things get more 'dramatic'. So the limits of pitchbending are completely determined by the set range (if it has any!) of the receiving instrument(s).
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You could have used much more words (& time) to say that!
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Hi Erik
You do that so much more eloquently ...
CCT
Need help on how enlarge the pitch bend range....
