Using Poly Cinematic with Ableton Live CV

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Really enjoying the sounds . I'm trying to connect Poly Cinematic to Ableton CV gates and pitch through Expert Sleepers

ES8. I'm getting audio and everything is ok until I try to run calibration through Ableton Live CV instrument.

To calibrate the module, Poly would have to be C3 but sometimes the note comes in to Ableton as G#.

Has anyone tried to connect Ableton CV tools with Poly Cinematic ?

Is there a way to set the Poly at C3 ?

It would be great to get the gate and pitch working.

I no longer have my Beatstep pro and running Midi control thru Ableton Push 2.

Thank you

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pharcydetv

Mar 29, 2023

Did some more diving today. Used Ableton's tuner along with CV Tools concurrently to get the Poly to register at C3.

Once we had the Poly at C3 on CV Tools and Ableton Tuner clicking calibration it jumps to F1.

Once calibration does not work there is no way to control pitch from ES8 via CV tools.

I'm able to control pitch via Midi and gate via CV Tools

jason mayo

Mar 31, 2023

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The pitch from poly cinematic is dependent on the chord memory. So to get a C3 out you’d need to play a C in via midi and store that ( shift and Trigger) The C you played in midi can be played via CV of 0volts. You can Also use the pitch knob to offset the pitch, since poly cinematic doesn’t accept negative CV you must pitch down an octave with the knob and then 1volt becomes your C.

pharcydetv

Apr 03, 2023

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Thanks for pointing me the right direction.

I was able to get it working. Had to figure out how to make the voices sound more in unison. I'm going to try and check if I recalibrate the Poly if it will allow me to take the sustain down but once the sustain decreases audio doesn't seem to trigger from midi controller.

I added a picture so everyone can see the settings that allowed me to calibrate the Poly.

I'm sure I'm missing some sound texture with sustain fully going but Im able to go up and down the scale via Push 2.