#34

role call: would anyone be bummed if I went down to 4 voices in the nxt version of anachronism ? I’m finding it’s more useful to focus on less (esp. with overdubbing between voices) & 8 voices feels like wasted real estate but happy to version stuff if it’s useful to others

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#35

i still haven’t used it but i almost always only focus on one buffer, 2 if i am feeling spiced out therefore is see 4 as luxurious and 8 as ridiculous.

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#36

yea I’m feeling u here

#37

I’ve liked using more than 4 loops that I can then bring in and out of a mix using either the volume control or the play/mute button.

So I’d vote for splitting the 8 voice into a different version (even if you focus development, bug fixed etc on the 4 voice version).

Although having said that, there’s nothing stopping me from just renaming the “old” 8 voice version…

#38

might as well just do that in the main repo tho ! easy to do, and there’s already multiple versions between the remote script & standalone anyway. just need to find a reasonable way of naming stuff so it isn’t painfully confusing

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#39

! added a 64 grid x 4 voices layout !

ignore the minor change in the 128 layout, forgot to update that in code. route button is still the 4th key from the end

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#40

I haven’t really checked this out thoroughly on my end but just quickly wondering if this might be the same bug (is sounds like the problem w/ anachronism also has to do with loop length)

#41

I doubt it. See the fix pr. First initializarion of subhead assumes 44100 samplerate, arbitrarily. Samplerate should be set explicitly after initialization. Bug on norns was recent - softcut reset func Re-ran the unit and stupidly reset the SR.

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#42

I can have a basic use of this device with my GS64 and it’s a lot of fun. So, thank you!
But I don’t understand the way to record and play-back buffers changes

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#43

tonight marks gorgeous success finally as i got this to work. the pic up top shows an implication of how everything should work and the gliss is bliss. thank you so much andrew. my grid is of course transposed but this time playback head from buffer shows clear as day on grid leds and for this i am grateful!

i am still trying to understand the “route” function and the remote/satellite aspect. but i need to keep poking. it just sounds too good to stop. combining with a rhodes and A64 -> assonance+egfollower and a tape emulator, convolution verb and @Rodrigo cloud.

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#44

i go back and forth between this and anaphora in terms of my “favorite” but combined with assonance and alliterate it’s been my favorite combo for awhile now (my modular has been gathering dust).

me too! i’ve not really dived into yet because (a) I can’t quite grok it conceptually and (b) I get very sidetracked/focused on enjoying anachronism/anaphora. Would love to hear some examples of the remote/satellite aspect if you start figuring it out.

#45

i promise to explain if grok materialization occurs.

this is what i am considering a very fun puzzle atm but i was hard sidetracked initially with these for various reasons so only now getting to functional setups.

theres sweet gold to be found in them there hills.

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#46

example from up top in case it got missed

essentially, I wanted a quick way to feed the output of a single track back into the input of all the tracks. this lets you use add delays to existing loops, add re-record loaded clips to other tracks, or do much weirder, feedbacky things

kinda confusing to implement in the multi-track version, should be more clear once it finds its way into the standalone/non-remote version (though, that won’t let you place effects in the feedback loop, which can be fun)

I’ve been using this technique live, it’s constantly surprising

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#47

Used Anachronism extensively for DJing with Spotify during this weekends community stream. Great little tool, and a good excuse to bring out the good old walnut 64 again. Thanks @andrew

This was the more minimal setup for yesterday’s stream.

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#48

nice ! I used the 64 app during the last 2 streaming sets I did. I’ve got a 128 but I’ve started liking having 4 tracks better than 8, especially with an arc for volumes

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#49

Absolutely. The simplicity of 4 buffers makes it easier to navigate. Especially when you have a lot of other stuff going on. I had it running on a return channel I Ableton so I could fade it in/out completely, and fade all the DJ stuff out when I was doing my set. Had each of the buffers volume mapped to sliders as well. Perfect for “ambient jams 2020 mixed by noiserock”. It gave all the intermission music a nice cohesiveness.

#50

Hi all - had some questions about this great patch:

  • For some reason, by default when i record on track 4 I am getting audio from tracks 1-3 also included. Anyone else?
  • How is it possible to assign buffers 5-8 to tracks?
  • What is the purpose of the buttons in columns 13 & 14 (on the 128 version)?
#51

the buffer assignments work in two separate groups of four

these toggle feedback routing from track outputs back into inputs, I’m guessing that’s what you’re observing

(not sure if I’m answering the right questions here, let me know if that clears things up)

#52

I think you’re answering the right questions, and thank you for the quick response!

Either I’m hitting a bug or there’s something else going on, because when I start a new session and instantiate a blank instance of anachronism, tracks 1-3 are automatically being routed to track 4 even without pressing anything in columns 13 or 14. I found that if i enable column 14 that stops the issue from happening. Can you elaborate on what the two columns do? What’s the difference between the two?

Also, is it normal for the previous tracks’ loops to restart when you record on a new track?

#53

I’m kinda fuzzy on the details honestly

unfortunately this device didn’t get the continued love of polishing & documentation & bug-fixing & it probably won’t, future iterations of this idea will be moving to norns where it’s easier for me to keep up with things :rainbow:

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