#2078

unfortunately, morphagene does not perform any conversion. as stated in the manual, it only works with one file format, bit depth, and sample rate.

there are some utilities out there that can help with conversion to morphagene format, such as this commandline script.

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#2080

Hi guys, I am trying to interface my Keystep via MIDI with Doepfer A-190-4 Midi to CV converter but nothing is happening. Do I need to change any settings for my keystep or what?

#2081

Does anyone have experience with the Clouds quasi-clone called Monsoon?

Like probably many, Iā€™ve been waiting for the successor from MI, but apparently thatā€™s on indefinite hold for very legit reasonsā€¦

Iā€™m thinking about trying a Monsoon and was hoping for some insightsā€¦

Thanks!

Edit for typo

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#2082

Should I buy a Strymon Big Sky to go with my Eurorack or a module like Make Noise Erbe-verb?

#2083

Mine should be arriving on Monday! Iā€™ll let you know how I like it.

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#2084

I have a Monsoon that was built by CalSynth (on Reverb, aka ZZ Ardoz on that other forum website) and I love it. I bought it to replace my Michigan Synth Works uBurst because I got tired of using the Blend button, and it does a good job, but then I never got rid of the uBurst either because it turned out having two Clouds is a very nice thing. Sometimes I wish it had attenuators on the inputs, of course, but then itā€™d have to be way bigger.

IMO it does a good job of packing in so much more control than the original in less space. I find the sliders to be nice and playable, and on my build the slider LEDs are bipolar red & green, which is helpful, and the blend mode mini pots are secured to the panel, so theyā€™re as just as solid as any ā€œfull-sizeā€ pots.

I canā€™t say I often taken advantage of the simultaneous CV control over multiple blend modes, but during a performance, being able to adjust one blend mode manually without interrupting CV control over another is really useful and I wouldnā€™t want to go back.

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#2085

Are you using it with Parasites firmware or the OG? Unsure of what a first time clouds user should experience first? If Iā€™m not mistaken parasites has the original firmware on it as well, or maybe not.

#2086

In the same vein: does anyone already have experiences with microcell?
Wondering if it would be a better choice than a monsoon.
Unfortunately itā€™s missing the attenuation the supercell did have, making the normalized random/noise a lot less useful (it defaults to off in microcell, but you can enable it).

#2087

I use a version of Parasites that I make small edits to occasionally. Thanks for the reminder that Iā€™d been meaning to make it public.

I started off with Parasites, so I havenā€™t spent much time with the stock firmware, but I donā€™t believe you lose much from the original if you use Parasites. The one exception is that on Parasites, the pitch knobā€™s ā€œzeroā€ position is slightly off center (this drove me insane, so itā€™s what led me to start making firmware edits myself).

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#2088

Iā€™m assuming yours is made to work well with the monsoon hardware then too! Would love to give it a shot for you once mine comes in :slight_smile: Thanks for the info!

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#2089

legitimately when I had clouds with parasites I thought that I had permanently messed up the calibration or something! glad to hear it was the firmwareā€™s fault :joy:

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#2090

I was seriously looking at Microcell or Supercell in the last couple of days ā€“ mostly for the Parasites delay though.

I decided that, at least for now, it doesnā€™t fit with the more focused approach I want to take and Iā€™m better off with a simpler delay. But if I decide Iā€™m not going to hang onto the T-Resonator and/or Panharmonium I might give it a shot. Thereā€™s got to be a reason why Clouds is so popular :slight_smile:

#2091

i have two of them, both running parasites, love them dearly. Very playable and the extra slider controls make them much easier to handle than og clouds. The leds on the sliders help w/ cv control. The microcell seems cool but honestly I think the monsoon is a better design.

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#2092

This is my perspective of someone with an Erbe-verb who hasnā€™t tried the Big Sky.

Erbe-verb is a bizarre instrument into itself and less of an end-of-chain effect, though it can sound very lovely in certain sweet spots. It responds well to CV.

BS seems more end-of-chain, ā€œcleanerā€, and has more options.

Do you want to save 20hp or is the space worth extensive CV control?

#2093

Thank you for the detailed reply. My setup is made of a 0 coast going into a Boss Delay pedal, a Mother-32 going into a TC Hall pedal reverb, a moog grandmother and my doepfer system. Since I like playing with effects and I would like to do some ambient music I was thinking that the Big Sky was the right choice for my modular system but now I am having doubts

#2094

Me too ā€“ it was only when I got the Monsoon and noticed its pitch knob was also weird, in the exact same way, that I ended up taking a closer look at this line: https://github.com/mqtthiqs/parasites/blob/master/clouds/resources/lookup_tables.py#L148

This is good to hear, and I like to think I would agree if I had the chance to use a Super/Microcell. I like that the Monsoon just gives you easier control over the features that are already there.

#2095

I feel like thereā€™s no reason not to use Parasites really. If youā€™re gonna be using the reverb at all itā€™s nice to have it so that it affects the dry signal as well as the wet.

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#2096

I have supercell and recently got microcell as well. I thought Iā€™d like microcell and let go of supercell to free up HP, but, at least for me, the attenuators and larger knobs on supercell make a big enough difference that Iā€™ll be letting go of my microcell. I find that dialing in the right levels with supercell is just so much more enjoyable. Iā€™ll just have to suck it up on the HP.

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#2097

Thanks for the info!
Are you missing any features of supercell as well? Or is it purely the more hands on controls?

#2098

other than than attenuverters at the inputs, I canā€™t say that there are any features missing. for me I suppose its just a personal preference to have bigger knobs. I always struggle between saving HP and functionality. While I do make the choice for ā€œmicroā€ for some modules, at least for me, dialing in just the right settings with the minipots is frustrating, and leads me not to use the module.

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