#458

Ah super - you can control the level from CV input. Thanks, @desolationjones! That sounds like it’ll work exactly as I wanted :slight_smile:

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#459

could anyone explain the best way to reset a eurorack sequencer so when clocked it always starts on bar one? i’ve had the same issue with the DFAM and now having trouble with the Verbos Multistage, ideally i’m looking for away to do this automatically without the need to send a gate to advance steps forward until i reach the beginning of the sequence. i’m obviously missing something, what’s the simplest way to do this? :slight_smile:

#460

Your sequencer needs to have a reset input, which the DFAM does not unfortunately. I’m not totally positive about the Verbos (I’ve never used one) but it doesn’t have a reset clearly labeled on the panel either. The lack of a reset on a sequencer is definitely annoying - I never understand why a manufacture would leave it out.

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#461

The Verbos Multistage lets you jump to any stage when the strobe input is triggered. The stage is selected by the knob labeled “analog” so if you want to reset it, you would set “analog” to 0 and trigger it at the start of you sequence.

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#462

Thanks very much, I will try this!

#463

That’s a pretty great feature - much cooler than a standard reset input.

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#464

Hey folks. Looking for some advice getting into modular from some people who know their stuff! This is crossposted from another forum.

Hey guys. Im looking at diving into the modular world and have planned out a small intellijel pallet case. I thought starting small would be a good place and this would help keep costs down (yea right). If this isnt the place to ask for advice let me know and I will relocate!

Ultimately I would use this case for sound design and some fun stereo sideband effects with the xpan and stereo filter by endorphins

I have a grandmother and keystep so any audio in, or midi cv will be handled by these, the grandmother’s modules would also be available for patching of course.

The disting and uO_c will handle very basic sequencing but any other sequencing I can input with my grandmother or keystep.

Some compromises I made:

I ended up swapping out a 2hp filter for headphone outs as a nice small case would be nice to have on my lap on the couch or at the table.

I also was trying to decide between the INSTRUO TS-L for a complex osc but ended up thinking the endorphins godspeed sounded a little better to my ears.

Looks like intelligel would use M3 knurlies?

What do you think? With such a small case I wasn’t able to look into sequencers, effects, audio processing, or expressive control, but at this point manipulating modulation sources should be more than enough to experiment with!

#465

Personally on this size of a system I would forego stereo and replace X-Pan with something smaller, like Intellijel Mixup which would save you 4hp compared to X-Pan plus I believe it can connect straight to the outputs of Pallette so you could take out the 1U tile too and replace it with 1U headphone output. With this space savings my personal choice would be to replace the 2hp VCA with something more ergonomic and flexible, maybe Make Noise modDemix which would allow for ring modulation and AM too. The actual module choice isn’t that important, but I just want to point out that when fully patched those tiny modules with tiny shaft-pots are not very fun to tweak.

#466

Not exactly a reply to your question, but I thought this might be an interesting watch in terms of functionality in a small case:

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#467

Thanks for sharing! Ive checked out this guys channel before but didn’t see he had a intelligel system. His seems to be more sequence based than I need but Ill take a look! Good perspective anyways.

#468

I do really want to experiment with am and audio rate panning so thats why I put in the xpan. But switching it out does save a lot of room. Ill think about it. Thanks for your input.

#469

Cold Mac would give you audio rate panning as well, for slightly less real estate and more additional functionality.

Or even smaller, a Ladik A-410 or Doepfer A-134-2.

Or: you could use Maths and that dual VCA for audio rate panning. Or even the Disting, I expect.

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#470

Wow cold mac looks pretty insane. It also would serve some functionality that I was going to use maths for. What would you think about saving some HP with cold mac + ALM’s 4hp attenuverter and pip slope instead of maths?

#471

I have the ALM O/A/x2 and it can be handy in a pinch but it is a bit tedious to work with. The knobs are very small and it can be difficult to completely zero out the offsets. Working with such a small case though, you’ll have to take a few trade-offs no matter what you choose.

Have you looked into Happy Nerding’s modules at all? They’re really nice for small systems, using dual concentric pots frees up a lot of space so they tend to do a lot more than other modules of the same size. 3xMIA is excellent, and you might be especially interested in their new Dual xFade module which gives you two linkable or independent crossfaders with onboard bias and bipolar CV control in 4hp, which is some seriously dense utility!

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#472

I’ve never actually used Pip Slope, but the lack of ability to control the curvature (without self-patching through external attenuators) or use it as a slew are marks against it IMHO. Though if you’re not too picky about adjustable slew rate, Cold Mac can handle that part.

I’d be more inclined to go for the Joranalogue Contour 1 than Pip Slope, though.

Other options I’d consider for a small case would be Stages (+ Shades or similar), or Zadar. Though to be honest, I think Maths is a pretty good setup in terms of functionality per HP and cost.

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#473

Not sure what the modulation depth is, that ColdMac expects. Pip puts out 5 volt envelopes which is good for digital counterparts, but in my experience sometimes limiting with analog modules like Mangrove, where you generally need 7-8 volts or more to fully modulate all parameters.

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#474

I think happy nerding’s attenuverters might fit nicely !

Considering some of the alterations above, I have made some potential changes and am still looking into the functionality of some of these new modules but its starting to look like a very full-featured little rig! I had to take out maths, but cold mac could handle some of the logic and my audio panning, and while zadar would give me lots of looping envelopes which looks great for such a small package. With the extra room from cutting some of the larger modules, I should be able to fit in a small effects module!

#475

Good to look out for! Thanks

#476

One big issue about Pip Slope is that with CV patched into decay or release the knobs act as attenuators which is a really strange choice for an envelope generator IMO. A common patch for a vc envelope is to use a bipolar cv to modulate either attack or decay time, which you can’t do with pip slope unless you use an external offset. Unless ALM is imagining using a sequencer to modulate the envelope length, I can’t think of a good reason to design it this way, and even then it’s a weird choice because you could achieve the same effect by setting attack or decay to minimum.

Sorry, rant over.

(edited to be slightly less negative)

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#477

That is very strange, along with lack of curvature cv slew, and issues with +5 and +10v scaling seems like a bad option even with very small footprint. I think the rant is well deserved haha!