#1686

If they don’t offer to replace it, you can simply ask for the part number for the pot (it is most likely just a standard alpha 9mm b10k) and get it to replace yourself. If you are not handy with a soldering iron, you can find a local synth tech to do it for you, shouldn’t be too expensive. If you are in NYC, I’m happy to do it for you.

#1687

I am curious about how folks with mutable ears like to use it outside of running it into rings? I have had a lot of fun with using the gate out, running a po-12 drum into it and messing with the parameters to make a kind of jittery clock for the patch. Also lately having fun scratching it and sending that into a heavily modulated chronoblob for fun percussive delayed stuff. What other modules like to play with ears? Morphagene comes to mind but not sure if I’ll ever go that route. Maybe a W/ since my case is on the smaller side.

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#1688

I used it to run an upright bass into morphagene and clouds. The envelope modulated clouds, the gate on a hard note went to Play on morphagene.

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#1689

I do wish I could play around with it and clouds, I’ve kinda resigned to waiting for the successor in the future.

#1690

They’ll probably be willing to help for a small fee. I had a used Maths (v1) that I accidentally plugged in backwards after I switched my case around and Make Noise fixed it for around $40 which seemed pretty fair since it was way out of warranty (and totally my fault).

#1691

Just got my 7U case in and trying to plan out what it’s going to look like and this is what I’ve ended up with. Any thoughts on it? I feel like it should all work together nicely but I’d love outside input.

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#1692

Just got started and have noticed that I can get some pretty extreme frequencies out of my system, especially if I’m using a filter with its resonance cranked up to use as a sound source. Do people usually have some sort of neutral bandpass filter at the end of their chain to avoid those, or do they not care? I’m a little worried about the effect on speakers and on ears.

#1693

I think Mylar melodies talks about these types of strategies here @ 11:21

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#1694

Generally I’d practice exercising care. I don’t mean that to be pithy. You certainly can filter out frequencies, but I doubt many people are using much HP for hearing protection. MylarMels is using the Hipass filter to clean up his mix more than hearing protection, though I’m sure protection from the “invisible” low frequencies can’t hurt. Though he also tends to advocate for moving slowly and deliberately when playing your modular. That gives you room to protect your ears from things you know are dangerous like run away feedback and turning on your system with headphones cranked (which I have done more times than I would prefer). :wink: High filter resonance is certainly another.

Shit happens though, so if you want to put a limiter and filters at your end of chain, you certainly could, but I’d expect some coloration. Certainly an expensive solution, but maybe someone here does this and has recommendations? If you had a an ER-301 or a computer at your end of chain, it seems like you could do something clever around this.

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#1695

If I’m patching something with a lot of feedback and big jumps in volume I’ll use an envelope follower and a vca (with bias control) to make a pseudo-limiter/compressor. Instruo recently released a limiter circuit for this purpose but I find the envelope follower trick works well enough for me. Basically it’s this:
Source -> VCA with bias set to open the vca
Source (multed) -> envelope follower
Envelope follower output -> voltage inverter
Inverted envelope -> vca cv input
Adjust the bias and attenuation of the negative envelope until you get a good balance

I high-pass filter everything below 30hz (or even 40 sometimes) in Ableton to clean it up and my audio interface and mixer have AC coupled input so I don’t crazy stray voltages wreaking havoc on my monitors.

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#1696

late to this but i’ve used ears to open VCAs/LPGs, with particularly good results paired with my LxD, as I can open, open, open, then tap to send a gate to the strike input.

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#1697

Just want to remind others intending to do this that you can always use a rectifier+slew limiter if you don’t have an envelope follower or are using it for other purposes!

audio > rectifier > slew limiter
Slew limiter set to a very fast rise time, longer fall time. Tune these parameters to taste.
Slew limiter output = amplitude envelope (equivalent to envelope follower output)

Just thought I’d share since this is the beginner thread and people might not realize they have the tools for this already!

Of course, for those with Cold Macs - this is precisely what the envelope follower FOLLOW output is (though you don’t have control over rise/fall times).

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#1698

You can even omit the rectifier and still get decent results, as long as the input signal is roughly symmetrical around 0V.

#1699

Totally - I did this with Maths before I had an envelope follower. Taking it further here’s a patch from Make Noise where they even omit the slew limiter and still get it to work using a Low Pass Gate and a voltage offset. The vactrol in the LPG slews the signal.

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#1700

The Takaab 2LPG just came in the mail today. I played with it for 30 minutes or so and think it sounds great. The tone switch is a nice touch. I see what you mean about the jacks, not a deal breaker but definitely odd feeling.

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#1701

Does anyone know how long of a cable you can use to send clocks from one modular device to another before running into timing problems? Also where’s a good place to find long patch cables?

#1702

For long cables - especially if they are going to be used mostly for clocks and cv - I go to the cheap online cable companies. The one I used to use doesn’t stock them anymore but I found these 10ft cables with a quick google search and they carry them in sizes all the way up 100ft:

Clock signals travel close to the speed of light so you would need a really long cable to have any timing issues from your cable length! Reliability issues are another matter (I can’t vouch for these cables directly).

#1703

Most clock inputs can handle a wide variety of “messy” signals (even a sine wave) and still do the right thing with them. They just detect a rising edge going over some voltage threshold, and clock outputs are generally well beyond that threshold.

#1704

Awesome, thanks you two! I’ve been wanting to collaborate and play with other modular folks so it’ll be good to have a bunch of long cables around for sync.

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#1705

I like the Doboz TSNM. It’s a programmable touch sensitive keyboard, sequencer, arpeggiator.