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Can anyone confirm this for me?

Velocity Morph is acting very odd via MIDI. I'll take this step by step to try and avoid confusion.

1) When LOCAL is on and using the NL4 by it's own keybed, velocity morph DOES accurately control assigned functions in the Delay/Reverb Section.
2) When LOCAL is either ON or OFF and controlling the NL4 from another MIDI source, velocity morph works with everything EXCEPT the Delay/Reverb Section in which there is zero response to settings.
3) When LOCAL is OFF and the NL4 keybed is being echoed through a MIDI sequencer (Sonar X3, Reaper 4, external hardware sequencers)... ALL velocity morph assignments work EXCEPT the Delay/Reverb Section in which there is zero response to settings.

So it short... the ONLY way the NL4 Velocity Morph is successfully affecting the Delay/Reverb section is with it's own keyboard and set to LOCAL.
I can see this being a major issue for NL4 rack owners but it's also adversely affecting a sequence I've been working on.

Anyway.. can anyone confirm this? I'm assuming this is a bug. Clavia can make some odd decisions sometimes but this just seems to inconsistent to be intentional.

Thanks for the feedback!
-C

no one?

y'all sell yer NL4's?

Nope. I'll never sell it. Yes, I replicated the bug. No variation of delay tempo based on velocity from a MIDI controller.

thanks prof! just wanted to verify it wasn't something on my end! hope they aim to squash this on the next update!!!

just a heads up for those interested, this bug has also been confirmed by Nord.

you think they'll release a round of bug fixes this year?

chvad wrote:you think they'll release a round of bug fixes this year?

I think there is a good chance they'll release one more. Clavia seems to be adding updates to all of their products recently. It seems like they are tidying things up a bit perhaps before the next set of product releases next year? Indeed the Nord Lead 4 kind of just had an update, but I'd say they'll likely dish out another one. We'll see.

Still no news in 2024

Hello everyone,
I just bought a Nord Lead 4R in almost mint condition. Very quickly I realized that velocity morph does not work with "dry/wet" from delay/reverb.
Nor does it work with "Amount" in the FX section. Otherwise, Velocity Morph works perfectly with all other parameters.
Both are a great pity and limit the possibilities somewhat.

Now I read here that the error was already known and reported in 2015 - but apparently nobody at Clavia took care of it anymore.
I'll write to them, even if I have little hope that someone will take care of the firmware of a discontinued device. But it doesn't hurt to ask.
Of course I have the latest FW 1.32 on it, but obviously only the USB driver has been updated.