I have a full size midi controller keyboard that I use with Hermod. I also use Hermod and a midi thru box to route midi events to a couple of midi synths.
Given how the effects system works, I thought that it would be a trivial thing to split the keyboard, i.e. make different areas of the keyboard send out notes to different midi channels. Turns out - it’s not so easy (or maybe I am missing something?)
I imagined I could add a couple of midi outs, each one with a different range (this seems possible) and each one sending notes to a different midi channel (ditto) - but I cannot find a way to compensate the octave shift. If “midi out” had a “transpose” parameter, I could configure different octaves across my mid keyboard to play same notes, but on different channels. I think even a separate “transpose” effect would work (I could chain a couple of transposes and a couple of midi outs in the same effect rack). But I cannot find anything like that.
How would you approach the problem? Is midi split possible with the current HermodOS? Would that make a reasonable feature request (I think that “transpose” settings in midi out would solve all my problems).
Your solution does not work - for reasons stated in my original question
“scale” effect is not enough. It transposes, but also removes any chromatics (there’s no chromatic scale in the options);
“root note” in the main midi fx is for CV only; it’s the voltage of the root note, it does not affect the midi out.
The missing thing that’s needed to mak split work - is just a simple MIDI transposition. I was really surprised not to find it in a system that is built around the idea of MIDI effects.
Any of the features below would solve my problem:
adding a chromatic scale to “scale” (because then I could use the scale “transpose”)
adding a “transpose” option to midi out (it would be even better if we could have midi min and midi max there as well, because then I could do full midi split on a single track)
adding a “midi transpose” effect
If anyone has any other ideas, please, let me know
Ah, ok - there IS a chromatic scale! I’d say it’s well hidden - I tried looking for it in “intervals” color and never found it, because I assumed it would be a minor second, so first on the list. Turns out it’s there, but it’s last on the list, after thirds, fourths, sisths and whatnots
