Expert Sleepers Silent Way ES-4 Controller v1.7.2 - Manual (Page 7)

Current Limitations
The current release of the ES-4 Controller is an early version of the software, released to
support the first customers of the ES-4 modules. It is anticipated that the software will ma-
ture quickly in response to customer feedback. Also, there are a number of features that
are definitely required that have not yet been implemented:
• The MIDI/CV channels need a trigger output, as well as a gate output.
• The MIDI/CV channels don’t have a generic MIDI CC response (e.g. for mod wheel),
though you can achieve the same thing by using the DAW’s MIDI parameter control
to drive the direct output controls.
• There is currently no pitchbend support.
• While the plug-in has now been integrated with the rest of the Silent Way suite, giv-
ing access to the powerful Silent Way LFO, we may build LFOs and envelopes into
the ES-4 Controller itself.
A note on MIDI channels
The ES-4 Controller packs a lot of functionality into one plug-in, and to address all of that
functionality via MIDI, the various blocks of the plug-in let you choose which MIDI chan-
nel they respond to.
However, not all DAWs pass MIDI to plug-ins on multiple MIDI channels. Ableton Live,
for example, always passes MIDI to plug-ins on channel 1, no matter what the MIDI chan-
nel of the messages arriving into Live itself.
The exact implications of this will vary from DAW to DAW, but it’s worth bearing in mind,
if things don’t appear to be working as you expect.
Gate Expander outputs
A number of the plug-in’s controls let you choose ES-4 Gate Expander outputs. These are
listed as a pair of numbers e.g. “1/6” is gate 6 on the Gate Expander connected to the ES-
4‘s channel 1; “5/2” is gate 2 on the Gate Expander connected to the ES-4’s channel 5.
Plug-in variants
The ES-4 controller is supplied in both ‘instrument’ and ‘effect’ variants. These are identi-
cal; they simply appear in different places in your DAW’s plug-in lists, and are provided to
allow maximum flexibility in how you use the plug-in.