#792

Rene + Tempi was my main sequencing block for a while and they truly were made for each other.

The pairing is obvious for clocking the x&y axes with different clock divisions, but can really come alive when you start feeding the logic inputs with different clocks, as well. The ability to control the duty cycle of the clocks in the logic inputs will have lots of implications on how each axis will advance. Running a set up like this and manually turning on and off access to certain stages can get you far. Not saying you need Tempi, but having lots of clocks available will open up a lot of uses.

Or an alternative: clock one axis with a gate pattern and the other with a slower clock for more variation. Also, clocking one axis and playing the other by hand is fun. Also also, you should watch all of @jamescigler 's Rene videos if you havenā€™t already!

Finally, Iā€™d recommend playing with the CV inputs for the axes (keep those attenuators low). One time I patched two phasing lfos into the CV ins that gave a cool circular motion through the grid.

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#793

Iā€™m looking to add some additional hands-on interaction to my Eurorack rig. Iā€™ll be ordering a Grid soon, and an Arc when theyā€™re back in stock.

Iā€™ve got a Rene now and a Pressure Points before longā€¦

Any experience with Tetrapad or Planar2 to share?

Thanks!

#794

Iā€™ve got a basic question where googling terms is failing me:

If I want to stair-step CV across a given range, effectively quantizing to some number of divisions (ex: 32 divisions across a 5+/- range), what am I looking for?

Itā€™s kind of bit-crushing, kind of division, kind of quantizing, kind of camparator? Iā€™ve implemented it in Teletype a few times, but Iā€™m curious about dedicated hardware options for this purpose. Thanks! :sweat_smile:

#795

Sample and hold is what you want pretty much. Steps are set with each gate/trigger.

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#796

I quantizer would work. Something ornament and crime.

#797

I think he meant like a quantizer but with a definable number of divisions.
I donā€™t know any simple module that does that with a non-fixed divisions numberā€¦

#798

If thatā€™s the case a sequencer could do the trick too. Itā€™s giant for the use case, but a Rene would do this

#799

Yes, I mean like youā€™re saying: essentially a quantizer with a definable number of divisions rather than specific v/O values. Rounding voltages to fixed values within a range of values. It sounds like there probably isnā€™t an obvious tool Iā€™m overlooking?

#800

That would probably be easy to add as a mode in the new Ornament and Crime alternate firmware thing whose name I forgot (the one that makes it behave as a dual module).

#801

Hemisphere, right? I donā€™t have O_C, but Iā€™ve beem considering it.

#802

Hi lines, Iā€™d be curious about your opinions and observations of the all-DIY 6U x 84HP rack Iā€™ve been slowly planning for a year and building for a few months.

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I have panels and PCBs for all the modules shown. When the last few parts arrive this week, I will have completed the Anushri, Pusher, Rampage, Levels, o_C, 6MIX and output, and am pretty sure that will be enough to start having some fun!

The long-term plan is to either sell or relocate the Anushri to itā€™s own case and replace it with whatever I decide I need based on my experiences. I might do the same with Elements, replacing it with a Rings + something, or something completely different depending on how I like it. Iā€™m pretty sure I will replace the 6MIX with an attenuated Nearness, and am on the fence about the micro-braids, especially as itā€™s a bit of an awkward build (maybe a triple sloth there instead?). Iā€™m also considering swapping the passive Levels out with some flying attenuators if I decide that itā€™s ergonomically awkward to have it racked.

My goals are to create a playable standalone instrument for creative sound design, to contrast my more conventional ā€œMIDI-controlled subtractive analog-ishā€ Shruthi and Ambika, with the side-goals of experimenting with self-playing/generative patches, and experimentation with my MIDI hurdy gurdy.

Are there any obvious gaps, things you think I missed, or suggestions for useful modules (DIY and/or open source only please!)

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#803

Shot in the dark question. My Bastl TEA KICK is responding to triggers too slowly. If I send too many triggers to it, the TEA KICK begins to skip triggers. I do not like this behavior. Is this normal TEA KICK behavior or is my personal TEA KICK busted? Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

#804

I like to make Maths self oscillate and feed it into Clouds. Maths doesnā€™t really track like a regular oscillator but it does produce some interesting harmonic content to sculpt via Clouds.

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#805

Sounds like you may have moved on from Rene and Tempi, which I am about to get into (I already have Rene, Iā€™m completing a Shared System Plus). Did you replace them, or add to them, or what?

Thanks!

#806

I went the grid + ansible route. Iā€™m especially interested in phasing and polyrhythms, so Kria and Meadowphysics were of much interest to me. There are things about Rene I miss (sold it, couldnt afford to hang onto it and not use it), but a number of factors made grid + ansible more advantageous in my situation (i.e. hp constraints, live performance abilities, and someone Iā€™m collaborating with also uses grid + ansible).

#807

Thanks, very helpful. Iā€™m also going to be ordering a Grid and Ansible, but planning to hang onto the Rene and Tempiā€¦

#808

Iā€™m interested to figure this one out, too. Can you be more specific with what your intended use would be? LIke, chopping up an LFO, or a manual voltage output from an offset?

One thought is you could rig up something with Frames and a S&H, placing frames wherever you want to establish a zone and triggering the S&H with the frame step output.

#809

The XAOC Drezno is an interesting option for processing CV, something Iā€™ve been considering.

Serge Random Source NCOM might also be of interest in generating stairstep voltages.

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#810

Have you checked with Bastl already? Iā€™ve heard they are very nice to deal with.

#811

In theory, if I understand your requirements, you could do this with a custom scale in Quartermain on an O_C. Set each step of the scale to the CV you want to ouput and then remap incoming CV to those like you would a normal quantizer.

http://ornament-and-cri.me/user-manual-v1_3/#anchor-quantermain

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