☝️ The playing menu of External MIDI Mode has only been made available with firmware version 2.0. If you are on a firmware version 1.x, you won't have access to the functionality described below. We recommend an upgrade to version 2.0 to every Osmose owner.

 

The Playing menu gives access to advanced features that interpret your raw playing gestures in intelligent ways. After accessing the Playing menu with the fourth Menu button, turn Value Encoder 1 to choose either Pressure Glide, the Arpeggiator, or no playing feature at all.

freeze playing function

Pressing the Tab Selector in Playing Menu switches the Playing Freeze ❄️ on and off. When Freeze is enabled, the current playing settings will be kept across MIDI configuration preset changes, no matter what is saved in the MIDI configuration you dial up.

pressure glide

Pressure glide in External MIDI mode functions the exact same way as Pressure Glide used in internal Sound Engine mode, except you can use it with any external hardware and software synth that supports MPE.

 

 

To learn how to use the pressure glide, please refer to the pressure glide section of internal Sound Engine mode.

mpe arpeggiator

The arpeggiator of the External Midi mode functions the same way as the one in internal Sound Engine mode, except it is meant for usage with external hardware or software synths. 

 

To learn how to use the arpeggiator, please refer to the arpeggiator section of internal Sound Engine mode. Please note that arpeggiator presets are saved separately for Sound Engine and External MIDI mode.

 

ℹ Since an arpeggiator typically plays monophonic lines that don’t require the “polyphonic” aspect of MIDI Polyphonic Expression that much. Osmose’s arpeggiator can actually sound very lively with non-MPE, legacy instruments as well. Just bear in mind that as soon as notes are overlapping in a non-MPE context, parameters like pitch bend will stay global and affect all sounding notes at once.

 

ℹ The internal sound engine of Osmose doesn’t use MIDI Velocity (MPE Strike) at all, but when using the arpeggiator of External MIDI mode, MIDI Velocity is derived from the Pressure position of a key: A slightly pressed key will send minimal MIDI velocity and a key that is pressed to the maximum of the Pressure key travel (no need to enter Aftertouch) will send maximum velocity.