Advantage of using native hardware over external midi?

[chidori]

Hi, I just got my Axoloti & it's incredible. Exactly what I was looking for so far.

I'm curious if soldering analog pots to the pins can/will yield a higher resolution than a 0-127 midi controller.
What advantages are there in using native hardware to external midi other than freeing up a midi port?

[fma]

The analog data has a considerably larger range (32 bit) so yeah, your resolution is going to be a bit higher than on midi (7 bit). I think this is the primary advantage of using the pins vs. midi.

[chidori]

The gpio/in/analog object says it's 12-bit. Am I missing something / is there a higher res object within the patcher?

[fma]

Sorry, you are correct, I was thinking internally. 7 bit v. 12 bit still stands though

[keyman]

this might help...

Midi and analog input (pots etc) Software implementation

Hi, First of all just wanted to say this is a great project. keep up the good work! Looking at buying my first core but first i have a few things i would like to clarify. Ok, so from what i understand you can assign a midi CC to a parameter to tweak in real time from a midi enabled input device. So when the core is running stand alone, you attach a midi knob bank to the hardware midi input of the core and tweak away.. ok cool. Now, if i were to add a hardware pot to the core, if i am cor…