#528

I don’t know about Marbles but Rene has a quantised output that lets you pick the notes as well as an unquantised output. It’s a really good sequencer and the ability to clock the axes separately gives it a lot of flexibility. Also the touchpads add a lot of options.

#529

Marbles has a quantizer yes, with 6 scales built in and the ability to set your own if you choose. You can set the degree to which the notes are chosen, ie on the installed major scale you can tell it to lean towards octaves, fifths, thirds, or filling in all the notes, and then into semitones.

It’s very flexible and could be just want you want… It’s just not a sequencer on its own. But it can produce pleasing melodies that you can have a fair amount of influence over.

#531

Mimetic Digitalis is another option to look at – it’s sort of like a 4-channel Rene, minus the touchpads, in 10HP. You can’t program skips in it like Rene, but the 5 triggers and 4 CVs to address it, knob recording, etc. all work together nicely if you have a source of multiple clocks/gates (like Teletype, Marbles etc.)

#532

I’d like to be able to process electric guitar through my Eurorack.

I have a Maths and a Morphagene.

Has anyone been able to get electric guitar levels hot enough using either of these modules?

Thanks!

#533

While there are guitar/pedal specific modules available (SBG is used for interfacing in a send/return setup, but would work find just to bring a signal up to Euro levels), I’d suggest Ears as an affordable solution. It has an envelope follower and a builtin contact mic, as well as the ability to amplify line level signals.

#534

I use a mikrophonie (diy version of ears) for this. A tube vca also a good option. If you already run your guitar through a computer audio interface you can also pipe out via an ES-8.

#535

There’s this http://circuitabbey.com/Axis.html, which is specificially designed for guitars, with a 3 band eq.

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#536

I just picked up an o-tool today for tuning my oscillators. It’s working great on my standard oscillator but when I patch rings into it (playing a repeating note) the tuning jumps around like crazy. I’m guessing this is because rings is putting out such a harmonically rich signal. I tried putting rings into monophonic bell mode, but it’s still struggling to tell me the tuning. Does anyone have any tips for using tuners with rings, or tuning rings to their other oscillators? Does it just need to be done by ear, or am I doing something wrong? :slight_smile:

Any help is greatly appreciated!

#537

That’s exactly what I needed to hear/read!

I’ll watch those videos of the René and keep it in mind! I wouldn’t mind springing for a Mantis and René when my work bonus rolls in. It would be nice to have a little more control over the sequences.

#538

Rings is a challenge to tune using a tuner. It’s harmonically rich in ways that are concentrated in specific bands, which the tuner and/or your ears might pick up on instead of the fundamental; Karplus mode (red) seems to operate at a slightly different fundamental frequency than the other modes; changing Structure changes the apparent frequency or even makes it inharmonic. Even in FM mode, you can never cancel the FM depth fully so you have to tune the modulator to unison by ear before tuning the carrier.

Your best bet is to tune Rings by ear. :slight_smile:

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#539

I’ve been considering this module but it looks quite deep at 49mm- too deep for the Make Noise skiff?

#540

I use this technique I got from @papernoise

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#541

The Morphagene will boost the signal by using its auto-levelling function (hold record then shift).

I have never tried this with guitar but it should be no problem I’d think.

#542

Thanks! I’ll give it a try and post the results

#543

Should fit but perhaps not directly over the bus board

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#544

Awesome, thank you! I’ll give this a try.

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#545

Hello all just wanted to see if I could get some input from the collective brain lattice. Trying to figure out where to go from what I’ve put together so far. Here are some of the modules I’ve been looking at, but I’m completely open to other suggestions as well.

Drums
This is where I could use the most advice/input. I’m strongly considering just getting a second Pico Drums, but I wanted to see if anyone had suggestions for other Drum modules that might fit a similar role but offer more diversity & modulation.

Clocks/Logic

  • Doepfer 160-2 Clock Divider
  • Shakmat Time Wizard(Clock Divider)
  • Erica Synths Pico Logic
  • Optionally just wait for TXo to be back in stock

Modulation

  • Mannequins Just Friends

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#546

drums: don’t! external drum machines and samplers are more fun, is my provocation

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#547

I find Teletype and Marbles take care of most of my clocking needs, but also Circuit Abbey G8 is a pretty nice divider.

With drums it depends on what kind of sound you’re looking for. Basimilus Iteritas Alter is pretty fantastic. I find it fun to synthesize drum-ish sounds from things not specifically meant for it. (With FM, noise, filters etc.) But yeah, drum machines and samplers are kind of hard to argue with :slight_smile:

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#548

Haven’t tried it yet, but the futureretro transient could be interesting for you