ESX8CV Instrument

by bhenry1790

Hack of the Ableton CV tools to work with Expert Sleepers ES...

Description

Hack of the Ableton CV tools to work with Expert Sleepers ESX-8CV Expander

Set Ext. Out to the stereo pair for your ES-5, then set the header to ESX-8CV

ESX-8CV Outputs:

1 = 1v/Oct

2 = Gate

3 = Envelope 1

4 = Envelope 2

5 = MIDI Expression 1

6 = MIDI Expression 2

7 = MIDI Expression 3

8 = Shaper

You'll need to add the es*encoder~ externals to Max for these to work.

https://www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/downloads.html

On a Mac the location for externals (windows will be similar):

Users/Shared/Max 8/Library/

If using with an ES8/9 as an aggregate device turn off DRIFT CORRECTION

Trigonometrie · December 27 2020
Hey buddy,
Great device!
Little bug report:
Unfortunately it is not possible to select the ES5 itself so set the expander output to 1...
Trigonometrie · December 27 2020
my bad ES 5 only puts out gates anyway...
gravitymike · January 13 2021
Thanks bhenry1790
tekktribe · April 13 2021
Hi bhenry!
First I wanna say thank you for all your great work!
I have a question......
Could you maybe make a version if the ESX8CV Instrument that can choose what outputs are used? This way we could for example use just 4 outputs on one expander with pitch, gate, env 1 and env 2 and leave the other outputs for other things or to have 2 synths voices controlled from one expander. Would love to have a dropdown menu for each output. I almost never use all 8 for voice.
This would save so much extra wiggling with extra channels and the track helper. all would be so much more organized. Think about it
bhenry1790 · April 13 2021
Hi tekktribe! Unfortunately (to the best of my knowledge) the ES-Encoder needs to encode all 8 of the ESCX8CV outputs simultaneously, so it's not possible to share the outputs across multiple devices natively.
However, there is a workaround! You can use the standard CV-Instrument and send the Audio Outs to the ESX8CV Track Helper. This method will allow you to use any combination of devices on the outputs.
Let me know if you have any troubles and I can make a step-by-step video tutorial