Waldorf Rocket

Patch Editor

This patch editor is meant to work with the Waldorf Rocket with Firmware Version 1.01 installed. Be sure to update your Rocket to that. It fixes arpeggiator bugs and adds two more parameters.

Communicating with Edisyn
The Rocket communicates with Edisyn over a mixture of Sysex and CC (or what the Rocket manual calls "MIDI Controller Numbers"). This has two complications which you must overcome in order to communicate properly with Edisyn.

Saving and Loading Files
The Rocket doesn't transfer patches via sysex, but via CC. Thus Edisyn will save and load patches to files using its own proprietary sysex format. You won't be able to dump these files directly to Rocket, but Edisyn will understand them.

The Wave and Tune Dials
The Rocket has a great deal of functionality packed into the Oscillator Wave and Tune Dials. Edisyn tries to clue you into what the dials are doing at any particular time by changing their labels. Additionally, the values of the dials have certain cues:

The LFO Depth and Arpeggiator Range Dials
On the Rocket front panel, these are the same dial: but in fact they are separate parameters with separate dials in Edisyn. The LFO Depth dial shows depth with a D and Semitones (for Pitch only) with an S. If the target is set to Arpeggiator, the LFO Depth dial doesn't change anything, and just displays a Cutoff-style LFO Depth. The Arpeggiator Range dial shows Octaves with an O, and Patterns with a P.

The LFO Speed and Arpeggiator Tempo Dials
On the Rocket front panel, these are the same dial: but in fact they are separate parameters with separate dials in Edisyn. I at present do not have precise information about the beats or tempo information from Waldorf on these dials, so they just go 0...127.

The LFO Shape and Arp Direction Choosers
The Rocket front panel has only one switch shared by both LFO Shape and Arp Direction. But in fact these are separate parameters and Edisyn can set them separately.

The Semitone and Detune Dials
If you look carefully, you'll notice that the Rocket has no dials named "Detune" and "Semitone". These are features only available via CC (and only with the most recent firmware).

Gotchas

By    Sean Luke
Date    March 1, 2021