This page is read from MIDI Instrument Definitions, a Python library used in the author's other projects, in which every number is traced to a document its maker published. Its source is on GitHub.
Soma Pulsar-23 MIDI implementation
The MIDI implementation of the Soma Pulsar-23: what it answers to, and the 1 control it offers.
At a glance
- Firmware
- Not recorded.
- MIDI channel
- Not recorded.
- Voices
- Not recorded.
- Notes
- Each note plays a drum of its own, assigned by the player.
- Note range
- Not recorded.
- Velocity
- Received.
- Aftertouch
- Not recorded.
- Pitch bend
- 12 semitones.
- Program change
- Not recorded.
- MIDI clock
- Received.
- Start and stop
- Not recorded.
- Control change
- Assigned by the player, apart from the 1 control below.
- NRPN
- Not recorded.
- System exclusive
- Not recorded.
Controls
In the order the definition gives them, by group. Under each control is the name a program calls it by, once pymidiinstrumentdefs.load("soma/pulsar_23") has loaded them.
Bass synthesis module
| Control | CC | Values |
|---|---|---|
Portamentoportamento |
5 | 0-127 No knob on the instrument |
Where these facts come from
Source documents
- PULSAR-23 MANUAL (ENG), version 1.2 (2020), its user manual, read on 13 September 2026 (the file read).
How they were read
User manual, version 1.2 (2020), 32 pages: the MIDI section at p. 5, the clock section at p. 7, and the BASS synthesis module at pp. 14-15.
NOT RECORDED: note range, and the channel anything answers on, since each channel is learned along with its key or controller.