11-Polyend Dreadbox Medusa-Part 11: Grid Performance B

Here is part two of a two-part demonstration of the performance functionality of grid present on the Polyend Dreadbox Medusa.

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The theme was created using a Polyend Dreadbox Medusa for all sounds and parts except for the drums.

[lowrentdirty]

Hi Marc, after watching all of your videos I have ordered one ... dam this thing is hot. sold my DSI Tempest awhile back got in a bit of a rut after owning it for many many years. The Medusa's pad section is crazy .. would love for you to expand and get deeper into the grid section.
Thank you so so much
You are definitely one of the best gear demos/tutes guys out there.

[IkkyPikkyPmusicproductionHelle]

Hi thank you for such a good lessons. What I’m looking for is how to get legato sound, I’m new to the Medusa and I have watched your videos. Probably I have changed the x y z by mistake because I have staccato when I play.

[sronedgecustom]

if your using in conjunction with an external synth, is the scale mode on the pad transmitted via MIDI as well or only the half steps per pad? Manual is not clear on that!

[metabeard]

Is there a way to set the range of effect for each assignment? Like the pitch bend sounds like a full octave, but could it be set to +/- 1 semitone or +/- one 5th?

[MadelnMachines]

Is it just me or is that filter resonance quite horrible?

[steveelbows]

EDIT - I got the following ALL WRONG, please see later replies for an explanation. I got a Medusa yesterday and I'm afraid your description of the expressive x & y pad stuff is a bit wrong. Because unlike other MPE controllers, these pads are not sensing the position of your finger in x and y on the pads, rather they are detecting pressure being applied to the pads in those directions. Its sort of visible in the video that this is how it actually works. Which also means that your comment about how the pitch of notes will be wrong if you have it in absolute mode and dont hit the middle of the pad is also wrong - you can hit these pads wherever you like and it makes zero difference, the difference will only come when you start to apply pressure in those directions - again this is kinda visible in the video. I also note you dont demonstrate z pressure being assigned to anything in this video, and if your experience of the device is anything like mine, I think there is a good reason for that - at least with currently available firmware, the z pressure stuff is really quite terrible on this device, pretty much useless. For 2 reasons I suspect, firstly the range of pressures it detects is not very wide, but also the range which actually makes a difference is simply way too close to the minimum pressure needed to trigger/sustain a pad at all. I hope they can do something about this in firmware, but I sort of suspect it might be an issue with the hardware used.