AE and MIDI

Thanks Robert. I'll try and tell you how it goes.

yes, the oscillators uses the frequency knob as the base, and the cv 1 (e.g. from bus cv) as an offset.
so you need to tune the oscillator at the beginning. by playing a note via midi, and tune it.

what I do , is I play a note on my synth, and also send the midi to AE, and then tune by ear - so its pretty quick.
(this is 'normal' in the modular world, its the same on eurorack oscillators)

if might seem like a 'pain' but actually you can use it at times, e.g. to tune a second oscillator differently, to get an interval.

note: give the oscillators a few minutes to warm up , as initially they will be out of tune - the joys of the analog world  

I wrote the following as a very basic overview, so I apologize if it doesn't apply to you. So the following is assuming everything is working the way it should.

Each time you press a key on a midi keyboard, a couple of signals are sent: pitch, note on/off, and velocity (this has to be transmitted over midi CC20 for AE purposes). Each of these need to be patched to a module. The flexibility of a modular system means that patching these in are often taken for granted with most other synths.

Pitch often gets routed to a signal generator (like an oscillator), the note on/off gets routed to an envelope (like an ADSR, which then in turn is routed to a VCA [voltage controlled amplifier]), and the velocity info is often sent to another VCA.

Hi John, can you check if the envelope generator reacts correctly to the gate signal? I don't know your patch, but I assume you have a regular signal chain with a VCA controlled by an envelope (and this one triggered by the gate signal from the keystep) to shape the signal volume. The oscillator itself produces a constant note, that is his job ;-)