i would try to reflash and double check there were no errors. two stuck lights normally indicates a blank chip or bad startup

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@csboling I’m powering direct. Reinstalled the firmware. All good now, thanks! Must have been an error as you said.

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So many thanks for this update !!!
I dreamed to control er301 with my arc + ansible !
Could you share please this JSON file for we can use the ansible as i2c leader to control er301 parameters ?
It would be so great !!
I haven’t a Grid, and can’t buy one ( sold out )…
It would be so great to manage this fonction without a grid :wink:
As the ability to tune the cv outs :wink:
I’m very interested by your proposition.

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I’m way late to the party; would you mind linking to info on this? I looked through the 3.1.0 documentation and didn’t see anything.

I sometimes find that the TT moves a bit faster than I’m able to realistically keep track of.

they are in the official doc under Maths section: https://monome.org/docs/teletype/manual/#maths
scroll down a bit (or just do a search for N.CS).

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I must’ve been looking int he wrong place. These are amazing! Gosh dang… That’s so freaking rad!

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What kind of UI do you think would be a good way to program this kind of thing with an arc? Seems possible to maybe tuck away a configuration page behind some panel button combination. I also think tuning with an arc seems like a really nice feature. The trick is figuring out what kind of ā€œmenu divingā€ makes sense with the existing arc apps.

Accomplishing this just with JSON files is doable if that’s the semi-permanent I2C configuration you want to use, it seems like a bit of a pain to change it this way. I can try and create the JSON settings but I don’t have an ER301 to confirm them with.

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Thanks so much for your answer ! And for these perfect solutions !
In fact, I think implementing these 2 configuration options would be so great and would have sens ( due to the power of the Arc and Ansible duo ).
It could be a master configuration, with impact on both Levels and Circle apps ( I like the idea that, with the er301 controled by Arc and Ansible, I can play live with the Circle or Levels switch, for to dynamically chage the er-301.
ā€œa configuration page behind some panel button combinationā€ would be perfect !
With an arc per i2c possibles outputs ( JF / TXo / er301 ), and a simple ā€œtwo choicesā€ ( on / off ) per ring ?
About my setup, I play with Arc > Ansible > crow > er-301.
I’ve ever write a lua script that sends prests ( tables ) to 16 SC.CV into er-301.
Does it still work if Ansible become i2c leader mode, please ?
Also, I plan to tell to ansible via crow to change Levels pattern. Could you tell me the perfect syntax for to do this ? I use ii.levels.preset(5)
Would it be possible to change also presets via crow ? To switch app ? And the Circles presets to ?
And also, When in i2c leader mode, It’s the same as when I send i2c from crow for my presets ? I must to add SC.CV objects in the er-301 ? Which adresses ?
Many thanks for your precious help !

Hi All. Wondering how difficult it would be to implement a random waveform in addition to the triangle and saw options in Cycles. Thanks!

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More wave forms would be super nice for Cycles! +1

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think that should be relatively doable - i dabbled in making an arc envelope generator for ansible earlier this year with moderate success, and consulting some of the firmware wizards suggested that it would just be a matter of mapping some predefined tables to the DAC output for non-linear waveshapes

would be happy to tackle such a thing (and maybe finish that envelope generator!) if time allows in the near future

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I just got a second Ansible so I can use one with grid and one with arc. More arc magic would be fantastic!!!

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I’ve just set up Ansible to work with Just Friends via i2c; this is great, thanks for all the effort that’s gone in to making this work.

I have a question - there is probably an obvious answer that I’ve missed. How do I change the tuning of Just Friends when connected to Ansible via i2c. The v/8 time pot is controlling the envelope length on Just Friends. The default is C4; I can transpose by +8 semitones in the Kria scales page; and octave shift in the config page. But this still leaves me with a number of root notes I can’t get to? How would I get Just Friends to play in a scale with a root note of A, for example? (I confess my music theory is somewhat sketchy though…)

Thanks!

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heyy everyone, i’ve got a little micro system going with ansible/ jf/ er-301/ 3s & a grid…

ii pull-ups for the ansible is coming from a tt busboard jr and is then connecting to jf and the er-301 via i2c

where do i begin here, how do i get ansible to become a leader?

RE: ok just noticed this…https://monome.org/docs/ansible/advanced/#ii-leader-mode 18

Hey! There are a few different approaches. Someone else may know more, but since it’s been a month… I’ma give this a shot :slight_smile:

One (this is my least favorite): Buy a Teletype

Teletype uses the JF.SHIFT N X command to shift JF by semitones. This is the one that is ā€œmost directlyā€ answering your question, requires that you learn nothing substantive about music, and gets you a teletype. Teletype is great, but it’s huge, expensive, has a big learning curve… don’t buy it just for this.

Two (if using Earthsea on Ansible): Use Scale Masks

The 2 X 8 rectangle revealed when you hold the second key from the top on the far left side of the grid is a scale mask setting, which produces an overlay for the grid. It’s based on the musical mode, and is always rooted at C. BUT every ā€˜mode’ is just an expressive dimension of a different key – I mean to say that you can think of the buttons not as ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian, locrian, but as C, Bb, Ab, G, F, Eb, Db). The brightest key will still be C, but the other keys will shift around. You can also save and program your own scales, or else just use the C Major (which is also the F Lydian) mask and approach it like a piano. This is my favorite solution because 1) it’s highly visual 2) it encourages reinforcing some theory foundation (which like… I can almost guarantee your favorite synthesists know their way around the diatonic scale, and that getting cozy with it will deepen your understanding and enjoyment; I was resistant to it for years and have just come around this past six months and WOW!!!).

Three (If using Kria):

Kria also has scale pages that you can use similarly, but you’ll have to keep in mind that your ā€œrootā€ will not be the bottom-most key on the interval page in the case that you are using some ā€œrotationā€ of the scale (since the bottom-most note will still be C which may be, for instance, the 5 of the F Lydian). You can also transpose the whole scale up, or edit the scale page in some other way you find compelling. Some people even perform with Kria primarily through the scale page (only using four notes but changing what those four notes are manually).

So yes, it’s possible, but it’s not gonna look quite the way you’re expecting! One cheaper / smaller option to TT is Crow, BUT the learning curve is steeper. I know that both of the other solutions may feel a little cognitively demanding, but you’ll be able to feel your way through it, bond with the instrument, and grow your intuition through greeting these minor challenges every time you step up. If you’ve been using Kria, I’d recommend switching over to Earthsea for just a little while and feeling out scale stuffs / shedding patterns to develop intuition (cuz then when you go to Kria you won’t be, quite literally, doing math to figure out what the fuck is going on on your scale page).

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I’ve been using Ansible leader mode and it works great! But I have noticed that if I disconnect the grid and then power cycle, Just Friends boots in synth mode, and I cannot make it go back to regular mode unless I connect the grid and put it back into normal mode.

It’s possible that I’m missing something obvious, but I thought I would ask since I couldn’t find an answer in the docs!

The only way I’ve found to have JF start up in normal mode is to put it into normal mode before shutting off the system. You have to put it into normal mode and exit the mode select page on the grid for this to work. If you don’t exit the mode page JF still starts in synth mode I recall.

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Right, it must be that I did not exit the mode select page then. Will try that as soon as I get home!

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Yeah, this is one of several design decisions I’m not sure I made the right call on, but basically I wanted to be able to turn on my system and play Kria -> Just Friends immediately. It’s actually Ansible storing this setting and immediately sending a message to turn synth mode on when Ansible loads your presets, Just Friends doesn’t save this setting in any persistent way.

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I think it totally makes sense to restore the last configuration. It’s just that I thought Ansible would remember me turning off synth mode, but I didn’t think of exiting the mode selection page first.