Doepfer R2M Midi-Ribbon-Controller - Manual (Page 15)

R2M User's Guide V1.11 Page 15
Normally the pitch bend range or pitch bend scale can be adjusted in the Midi
receiver. For older Midi devices it may be fixed to a certain value too. Please look at
the user's guide of your Midi receiver for details.
Remark: Unfortunately there exists no absolute pitch message with high resolution in
the Midi specification. This is why the relative pitch bend messages have to be used
alternatively. But this requires that the pitch bend scales of transmitter (R2M) and
receiver are matched.
The pitch scale parameter is used to adjust the conversion of the position data from
the position sensor into Midi pitch bend data so that they correspond to the setting of
the Midi receiver. It is recommended to set the pitch bend range or scale in the Midi
receiver to
± 5 octaves or to the maximum value if this is not possible. Otherwise the
Midi event c (note & pitch relative) of the R2M cannot be used over the full range of 5
octaves. Then the pitch scale parameter of the R2M is adjusted so that best result is
obtained.
R2M transmits the pitch bend data in high resolution mode (i.e. two Midi bytes are
used for the pitch bend information). If your Midi receiver does not support high
resolution of pitch bend data quantizing of pitch bend caused pitch change may
occur. The reason for this behaviour is not the R2M but the Midi receiver. Please look
at the user's guide of your Midi receiver if high resolution of pitch bend is supported
by your device.
This parameter has no influence to CV1 but only to the Midi messages.
Menu 4: Mode
number of parameters: 4
This menu contains is used to choose some basic parameters of the R2M.
4-1 Quantization
Range: 12Tone – MinorChord7
The continous voltage coming from the position sensor can be quantized, i.e. only
certain values for CV1 are generated. The quantization takes effect only if note mode
b is selected (see chapter 2-1).