Feature Request: Modulating internal Hapax parameters

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There already are quite a number of requests centered on being able to control various Hapax features and parameters either via MIDI from an external or internal source, probably via the ModMatrix. The main problem is the small number of destinations, especially internal Hapax parameters. A few destinations I’d love to see:

  • Note parameters: Microtime, Chance, Roll, with the destination being a track, or a track and a row (very useful for drum tracks)
  • Chord and Chord Modifiers, to be applied to the destination track live
  • Transport controls: especially useful if the Hapax is used to sequence gear located more than 1-2 meters away. Currently, start/stop/rec can only be controlled remotely via a footswitch with a cable, instead of a simple portable controller via WiDi. I can use an app on my phone to control my DAW from anywhere in my studio and if MIDI transport control was possible on the Hapax, it’d be super easy to do that too.
  • Track mute/solo/toggle: easy to implement via CCs on a single channel: 3 CCs per track x 32 tracks means 96 CCs
  • Pattern, Section and Song controls. The ability to change patterns or sections via external control would be very useful especially in live settings.
  • The ModMatrix itself: Depth, Polarity, Consume and Offset amounts, per modulation slot and track.

Another great reason for doing this: some of these parameters can only be currently controlled via the Hapax’s stepped encoders, instead of a dedicated controller with presets such as the Novation Launch Control. While the controllers are quality and awesome for most use cases, when it comes to going through 128 values with a turn of the wrist, it takes a long time compared to a dedicated controller.

I don’t know the best way to implement this, maybe it’s via new Effects, maybe it’s via preset modulation slots (Mod 1,2,3…n) assigned at the destination (for example row microtime can be either 0-100% or Mod 1-32), maybe it’s also via a dedicated section in the settings menu for device-level destinations (mutes/transport).
What I do know is that opening the Hapax’s internal parameters to modulation would be super useful for a lot of people with very different use cases and extend its possibilities enormously. Thanks for all the great work you’ve done so far in extending the Hapax’s capabilities, and hope you’ll dedicate an update to implementing this.

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these are great ideas. i would also love to see these implemented. i have voiced my wishes many times via the contact form directly to squarp. im sure theyre abundantly aware of my wishes! they have answered me directly so its no mystery that they heard me over and over. and of course the more people that contact them this way the better. they have chosen to do it this way for the time being at least so i hope you are also planning a visit to the form. or at least to mention them with a @squarpadmin

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Hello everybody,

First of all many thanks to all of you, this discussion is what I needed to make up my mind :). Here’s what we decided.

No votes on feature requests. I was already not keen on them, and you finished convincing me lol. Popularity was never our roadmap, that’s why we never did votes so far, and I agree with you, it would mostly lead to frustration. I will try to read feature request tags. In any case what helps us the most is still the musical situation behind a request.

As you’ve probably noticed over the years, we can’t be on the forum every day. The contact form stays the way to reach us directly. But when someone mentions @squarpadmin, we’ll now keep an eye on it. And rather than answering the same question again and again, we’ll write a FAQ for each product, starting with Hermod+ and Core, built from what people actually ask here.

I’ll start the category changes this week, in small steps, and I’ll post here when the new look is ready to preview.

Thanks again, really.

Benoit