#46

Pretty excellent way of combining sound and images!

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#47

Your point about the midi expander providing 16th, 8th, quarter, and whole note outputs was an eye opener to me. Is this the case regardless of the tempo? Or is this at a set tempo, like 120bpm?
Thanks,

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#48

It’s always at tempo, so it speeds up and slows down with the main clock!

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#49

Ah, that was what I was thinking… but had to ask the question to make sure my assumption was not off base. Thank you :slight_smile:

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#50

I use my Euro rig purely for live performances with a band. As such, The need to switch between one ‘song’ and another means I have to maintain a fixed architecture of sorts. However, I like to keep several modulation sources fluid to add in as and when I feel it and concentrate on playing with knobs and switches. I also like to wire up momentary switches between patch cables for quick bursts of modulation without the need for patching.

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#51

I always un-patch and start fresh, unless there was something I was working on that I wanted to record later or I’m rehearsing for a show. When its a new idea I need a blank slate, otherwise its too overwhelming. I inevitably re-patch many of the same ideas, but doing it over and over just reinforces my knowledge and improves speed. But, it also opens up a new variation I wouldn’t have thought of. Honestly, I also get bored very quickly and the nearly infinite possibilities of modular is one of the things that drew me to it. If I was going to leave it as one patch all the time, I’d probably prefer a fixed architecture synth as I feel its way easier to work with something that doesn’t have wires everywhere, plus you can save variations as presets. Ha.

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#52

Indeed!
Roland TR-606 - Intelligel uMIDI to Tempi Clock In
2 CH of Tempi to X & Y of René 2
1 CH Tempi to Doepfer 149-1

All 4 CH of Batumi - 4 CH of Samara

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#53

I generally don’t pre-patch, although it does have it’s merits (such as using the modular in a group setting).
I do perform some ‘songs’ in a duo, I find if I have to recreate the patch ex nihilo each time we have a gig , I get a little bit better at controlling and anticipating what comes out, although it’s never exactly the same.
I use a smallish Bugbrand modular mostly, and recently discovered that those Pomona shorting bars fit across some of the ins and outs, so may try experimenting more with fixed patches.

#54

I tend to leave my clocks and resets to mults in my rack. My endchain reverb & delay stay patched to my mixer effects sends and returns also.

#55

I have the 4ms wav recorder. I always keep the left-right outs from my Panmix-6 directly into the wav recorder left-right inputs. :slight_smile:

#56

agreed. this aspect makes playing a modular so lovely

#57

I have 2 Doepfer A-119’s that are always connected to my audio interface. One of them is always getting a rimshot on 1/8th notes from my default setup in Ableton. The output of this gate is always sent to my PNW as a means to keep my modular in sync with Ableton Live. Otherwise, I unpatch everything every time…But I also don’t keep a HUGE setup, so the act of re-patching is pretty trivial.

#58

the only thing i like to keep plugged are final i/o to speakers.

maybe i fall in the sergish camp in that i approach each section as something that can be purposed in many many ways. i almost always patch from scratch. these days the only reason i leave up a patch is after the fact i like the colors of the cables and my cohabitants seem to like those as well.

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#59

My pre-patched cables are always the short makenoise pink ones. Clock in to PNW and through to another clock divider. Then audio out from Txn L/R to Rip A/B. I used to keep rene patched to reset on clock start/stop, I should probably do that again because I always forget how to do it.

#60

When i start patching, options start to reduce, so i always prefer to start fresh. Let the unknown be part of the game.

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#61

I have a Modcan Quad LFO which has a sync mode. Gate input 1 should be normalled to the remaining 3 but it isn’t. So I connect them as 99% of the time I want the same clock to sync them… that’s all.

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#62

I do a weekly backyard modular session with Pittsburgh Modular’s Richard Nicol and always show up with my case pre-patched. Largely because of the fairly weird way I generate rhythmic patterns.
Also since it’s a live stream, it could get dull if I didn’t have something interesting up and running.
It’s every Sunday night at 8:00 US EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4dlbbvws7c

setup
setup4608×2176 1.43 MB

#63

cute little allen and heath, never seen that one before.

#64

Great thread, glad to see so many cool ideas here.

My “base patch” these days has Harmonic Oscillator > Monsoon > STmix, and Mangrove>Sisters>STmix. STmix>Octatrack. Octa is synced with Pam’s / Yarns, and modulation comes from Marbles, Just Friends and Maths.

I didn’t quite realize until I wrote this out, but my patch is actually pretty static - it’s been nice to have a sort of “instrument” vibe as opposed to a “playground” vibe. I still unpatch and repatch a bit different whenever I move my case though.

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#65

Ya, love the sound, feature set and form factor.
It is however pretty noisy and a little flakey.
A new version with PFL, mutes and a headphone
jack would be incredible.

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