#2119

Praga is great. The soft clipping on the output is a nice feature. The Hrad expander adds even more functionality if you want it.

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#2120

Hi guys, I noticed that my doepfer LFO is making stong clicks in audio rate when I use it to modulate VCOsā€¦do you know why and do you know what could I do to remove that unwanted sound?

#2121

Interesting, how so? Which oscillator are you modulating? Have you tried attenuating the lfo on itā€™s way into your oscillator? What lfo waveform are you using?

#2122

(question mainly for @n-so but this seemed the most appropriate place to ask so would love to hear other peopleā€™s opinions too!)

whatā€™s been your experience with autodyne? i noticed itā€™s one of the few non-make noise modules that made it into your set up @.@

interested in peopleā€™s opinion on compression inside the rack and using it in general in non-techno/thumpy music

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#2123

I was using a square wave LFO to modulate an A-110 VCO to create a techno kick. Yes I did try to attenuate it but the click was always there

#2124

Itā€™s not a MIDI channels issue?

#2125

What do you mean? I am not sure I understand

#2126

can you explain a bit more?
you write audio rate, so your lfo is not used as lfo but as audio rate modulator for the the a-110,
frequency modulation i assume?
how do shape your kick. clicks usually come from unsynced oscillators in such scenarios, adjust the envelope so the attack isnā€™t immediate or try to sync the a110 with the gate that opens the envelope.
square waves have two hard edges, as modulator in audio rate this is always harsh sounding, in lfo rate it results in clicks.

#2127

Is the Keystep MIDI channel sending on the same channel as the A190-4 is receiving? Youā€™re using the MIDI DIN sockets right? Use Shift+Octave+Bottom F note to set Keystep to MIDI channel 1. Use the menu on the A190-4 to do the same.

#2128

This is becoming interesting. Iā€™m such a noob I did not sync the oscillator and I donā€™t even know what that means but Iā€™ll make sure I know that! Thanks a lot. Yes, the LFO was going into the CV2 input on the A110, so it was definitely FM. By the way, the VCO was not even going through the envelope but straight through the VCF and then the mixer

#2129

I realised that the problem was I had the switch in the back of the keystep set to MIDI, while it should have been to Internal instead

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#2130

they syncing i meant is just to make sure, that your main oscillator starts at zero when the envelope opens the vca (or pitch envelope, for kicks usually necessary). but if you donā€™t even used envelopes then you just have a free running oscillator with fm from a square wave oscillator right? and that results in clicks? if so then i donā€™t know the answer to the problem, clicks shouldnā€™t occur this way. maybe itā€™s the polarity of the modulation signal, the lfo is bipolar? the cv2 input wants unipolar signals i thinkā€¦not sure, and not sure what happens if you feed it bipolar signals. so try to offset the lfo signal so it is above zero and then feed it into cv2, maybe that helps?

#2131

I will try that thanks

#2132

Iā€™ve been using the Disting triangle to sine shaper in feedback paths as an alternative to the Instruo Tanh3. It works fine but I want to free up my Disting and Iā€™m wondering if anyone here has used the Doepfer A-184-2 for this, and if it behaves as well as the Tanh3. I donā€™t really need the 3 channels that Tanh has, and the cross fading section of the 184-2 could be great for dynamically controlling the saturation it provides.

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#2133

So I finally sold enough stuff to be able to build on my rack (i.e. the own module I own, Pamā€™s New Workout), this is the skiff I planned out and I think I have enough to buy two of these modules now. I was considering the Morphagene and QPAS to start off with because I feel that they can be enough to get me started on making some songs on their own either by processing my guitar/0-coast/Lyra or by loading samples into the morphagene. I make mainly ambient/drone music, so I think theyā€™d work in that context from what I heard in the demos. Does anyone have better ideas/recommendationsā€¦etc?

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#2134

ā€œbetterā€ is super subjective:)
What kind of creative process do you want/prefer?

#2135

Yeah, youā€™re right. What I meant by better was whatā€™s more conducive to generating ideas/inspiring to work with. I like messing around with sound, but I want to do that with purpose (i.e. finishing songs/albums).

#2136

Iā€™m not sure you can compare morphagene to Digitakt:) Morphagene is very hands on and can produce a lot of happy accidents. What effects do you plan after it?

#2137

What I meant by including the digitakt in there, was more like or would having a stand alone unit be a better idea that persevering with the idea of building a rack in general, not the morphagene in particular. I think Iā€™ll edit that bit out.

#2138

Iā€™m very much biased towards modular workflow instead of programming and menudiving of something like Digitakt (though I donā€™t have much experience with it).

Btw, erbeverb is mono input, while all other modules in your planned rack are stereo.

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