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[sandy]

Not sure if this is how clock makes things sound or if I’m doing something fundamentaly wrong.

Clocks typically exist to be stable and metronomic so you’re not doing anything wrong! The behaviour you describe is exactly what would be expected.

I have no knowledge of how meadowphysics works but if you want to vary things a little bit look into clock swing. Vary things more - clock division/multiplication. Or consider a CV’able clock source and add a bit of modulation of its rate. There’s lots of ways to achieve clock variation depending on the modules you own.

[madeofoak]

Using the disting would probably lose you the “analog resolution” of which you speak.

Not to derail the initial question here, but I’d love any suggestions for analog monophonic pitch to cv modules, ideally to track non-synth sources. I adore the pitch to cv on the ms-20, but don’t own one and would love something that could produce similar tracking in 1v/oct / euro.

[jonsimon]

@madeofoak have u tried disting?

[kin.sventa]

thank you for the response. i was afraid this was the case. i just thought that since ansible / meadowphysics is a sequencer with a bunch of clock / gate outs and variable note lengths etc. then i must be miss-understanding something. thought it would be relatively simple to make it be on beat / in sync with song tempo without sucking all the life out of it. anyone have tips on using syncing ansible / meadowphysics ?

[ValleyHeights]

Looks like a fun set up!

Re: random / variation i’ve had a lot of fun with my Varigate 8+ which would pair nicely with your voltage block (on my list, to maybe swap out my rene). You can set probabilities (per step) that notes will fire, for note selection, the probability of glide, repeat, delay etc and then you can change the probabilities on the fly.

I’ve got a XAOC Belgrad filter, which I love, but i’m thinking Three Sisters would be amazing.
I love using my Mangrove for the lower end (usually) too.

If I were you, I would also wait for the Clouds successor, to see what that’s going to be

[Hlp]

Your welcome… the topic is an always active for me too.
I just dont want any glitchy synth solos that sound like a worn vhs cartoon

Iam also interested in other usages if fast clean tracking is out of reach. Even transposing would be ace!
But as mentioned i think sonicsmiths ACO is the most modern and working converter for this.

[Hlp]

Hey everyone i am about to finish my little diy 56 lunchbox
I ve a row power 30 and actually its flying bus board is a bit long aswell as power cables from some modules… so i need to fold a few ribbons a bit and tape with gaffa.

However my deepest module is the disting mk4 with 42mm. There is slight touch between it and a busboard cable (taped) also one module cells has a very long power cable and it touches the downside of the pcb…

With the sharp pins on most modules i dont think this is very secure is it?

I attach a pic so maybe you guys can tell me if this is fine or have some ideas.

Also there will be a little speaker module and i am worried about heat.

I did a power up test and all is fine for now, but how could i secure this more?

Here disting touching ribbon: no sharp edges so i suppose okay.

Here powercable touching rear of cells …probably not okay

And no the jumper isnt bent…just perspective doing her thing

[Plym]

Hmm. AFAIK Ansible is clocked by its own internal clock if nothing is patched to clock input (IN 1) - so I suspect your problem is that the signal that you’re feeding Ansible don’t work that well as a clock. I’ve had some similar experiences. Your best bet would be to get a module that can provide a master clock, and maybe some div/mult.

I use a plugin called Silent Way to create a clock signal in sync with my Ableton live set, and route it out with my ES-8. You can do that with any direct coupled interface (like the MOTU stuff). There’s also a plugin called CV toolkit with a bunch of similar features.

When speaking of ways to clock Ansible. I recently watched the 40 min Moogfest chat between @fourhexagons and @stripes (recommended!) - Emily mentions clocking Ansible with Just Friends, if I remember correctly. Haven’t tried that myself yet.

[Hlp]

I ve another one.

Recomend most usefull passive modules out there. For me its a very relevant case. Besides obvious LPG and Ringmod…attenuator, whats really powerfull in the passive corner? Passive filters rather suck?

[Justmat]

I only have a couple passive modules in my current setup. The DPLPG, a passive dual low pass gate in 2hp, and Please Exist 2, a balanced passive transformer I/O in 6hp. Both are from Meng Qi, and both sound really nice.

[mrsoundboyking]

“…a worn vhs cartoon”

I actually began my modular system with a mind to create sounds like that.

[Hlp]

Ofc that naming can have nice associations. But the shaky kind of aliasing sounds i refer to with glitchy pitch to cv arent nice in any sense i can imagine

[mrsoundboyking]

That makes complete sense. Just really enjoyed your description!

[fever606]

Think of amps as the capacity of the power supply rather than a fixed figure it throws out all the time.

Thanks you! This was the nugget missing from my understanding…

[philmaguire]

I had a similar problem with my case. I got a 4MS bus stick which sorted things. Might also be worth getting some shorter power cables made up so everything is neat and tidy

[eggnof]

Awesome, thanks so much! I’d love to add a Plaits but they seem to be pretty hard to come by at the moment. Hoping Oliver releases another batch soon! For the utilitiy modules when you say their not big on them, do you mean like the links/links/uJack/shades, or would you include Maths, stages, quad VCA in that category too?

Thanks again for the help and suggestions!

[eggnof]

Awesome, thank you! I actually just saw that my favorite synth shop is running a Memorial Day sale and had the Varigate 4+ in stock so I just placed an order for one. Do you know if it chains to the voltage block on the board with a bus cable, or are they linked via patching? What I’m not 100% clear on is if they are like Mutable’s Stages, where multiple units can be linked to act as one, or if they are two independent sequencers that can be synced to be same clock to work together. Thanks again for the suggestions, I’m very excited to see what Mutable will put out to replace Clouds. Hoping they release it soon before GAS convinces me to buy a used one on eBay.

[philmaguire]

What are people’s thoughts on FM voices? I’m working towards a small (~100hp) drone/timbre box. v/oct isn’t a consideration for me; I’m working on slow, microtonal, shifting drones, with plenty of fluff in the texture. I’d love to do this with FM and build some feedback patches, so wondering if looking at a synth voice module like Akemie’s Castle/Elements/Atlantis would work for me, or a simple handful of oscillators. Any thoughts? I’m not after anything super-clean; for pure sine wave stuff I’m going to keep that as a computer music project. The other thing I’m looking for is no menu diving at all, so something like a cheap second hand Braids or two is out.

[Starthief]

My favorite thing for FM is Hertz Donut. Second favorites are Double Helix (for slightly wild and woody analog expo FM) and E370 (for FM that is surprisingly weird and noisy for a digital module, bit it deos have menus and whatnot).

[alanza]

Akemie’s Castle in chord mode sounds ideal for this, to me, but I’m obsessed with DX-style FM and lo-fi sounds—maybe a child-of-the-nineties thing.