#2188

Fair counter-point. In the end it depends on what you want to do. There are similar alternatives that tick all or most of those boxes, and then there are alternatives that go in very different directions. One thing about the Dixie II+ that I love is the octave switcher, but I’m not so keen on the switch they used for it!

Not per se. When you say “CV control over octave” do you envision controlling that with triggers or with some sort of 1v/o voltage source?

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#2189

I was thinking with a LFO or random voltage to shift the octaves. I have a quantizer in my rack i easily can achieve this with, but would be nice to have it built into an oscillator so i can use my quantizer for other things.

#2190

The Dreadbox Hysteria: https://www.dreadbox-fx.com/hysteria/

The top of the variable waveform output is a sine.

When you have the ‘quantize’ button set, the ‘octave’ and ‘semi’ faders and CV inputs transpose the signal by octaves or semitones, respective. This is in addition to the 1/VOct and FM CV inputs which remain un-quantized. When the ‘quantize’ button is unset the ‘octave’ and 'semi faders / CV become un-quantized coarse / fine tune.

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#2191

Does this also apply to Tides v1?

#2192

Now that it’s been out for a while, does anybody have an opinion on the IME Kermit Mk 3? I have 95% of a MN Tape and Microsound system (everything but the XOH) and from the demos, Kermit the Third seems like a good way of rounding the system out since it’s so versatile. I’m usually leery of menu-diving, but the Kermie’s ability to be a VCO, CV, clocks, etc seems like a decent trade-off for the hp.

#2193

More or less, the idea / concept is the same, although signal path has been redesigned on v2: the most noticeable difference to me is the fact that on v2 you can now shift in amplitude, time, phase or frequency

#2194

Quinqas’ Kermit Mk3 video is worthwhile. It’s obviously a very powerful module. The question is whether it’s your style or not, and that question only you can answer. It’s not to my taste.

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#2195

I got the mkiii Kermit, and I’m giddy about the fact that it’s in my rack :smiley: I’m no stranger to dense modules, but I am pretty put off by difficult modules. My initial reaction with the Kermit has been that it’s surprisingly approachable. I’d rather navigate it than, say, a Pam’s New.

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#2196

Simple question I can’t seem to figure out: Lets say I’ve created a tremolo effect by patching an LFO into a VCA. Now I want to control the strength of that first LFO (the tremolo effect) with another slower LFO. How can I do that without the second slower LFO bringing down the volume of the audio signal entirely? Right now I’m patching the fast LFO into a VCA, the slower LFO controls the faster LFOs strength, then that goes out to the VCA my audio signal is in. Wondering what I’m missing here.

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#2197

if I understand your description correctly, you need to control the slow lfo with an attenuator, so that it doesn’t manipulate the strength of the fast lfo too much (attenuate it down from 0-5v to something more like 1-4v). an offset might also work, but will give a slightly different result.

#2198

I think you may need to define “strength” here, because generally that does mean VCA attenuation.

#2199

The intensity. I would like to control the “amount” of the tremolo effect that is applied to the audio signal. Or the “range” of the tremolo effect. Right now when I do this it also controls the overall volume of the audio signal.

#2200

I think you need to use a second vca if possible:

Audio into VCA1

LFO1 into VCA2

LFO2 into VCA2 Control

VCA2 into VCA1 Control

Edit: I‘m honestly not sure if I understood the issue correctly. So if it doesn’t help, just ask again.

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#2201

Does anyone here have experience with the ADDAC 105? It will be great for percussion but I actually want to use it for choral/voice sounds. A few square waves and a real low setting on a LPF and you’re there. The v/Oct input is iffy, I hear, but for a drone it should be fine…

#2202

I guess while lowering strength you are lowering LFO voltage level, from 0-10(5) to much lower, or to a narrower range around 0 if it’s bipolar. And if it’s the only thing controlling your volume then it’s naturally going down. You need to offset volume to where you want it to be without tremolo, and apply reversed LFO to vca, so it will go from your level down a bit and then back again.

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#2203

So this is what I did. But here is an example of how I want it to behave:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v56ugbfm2a000bg/What%20I%20want%20to%20happen.mp3?dl=0

vs. what happens when I patch it the way you just described:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/knbtbe2juu2ubfv/What%20happens.mp3?dl=0

Does this make more sense now?

#2204

Yep this was the issue. It required an offset. Thank you!

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#2205

question for WMD METRON users: any problems with recalling presets? i suddently lost all of my presets, impossible to recall them.
last two things done before i discovered this tragedy:

  • updated firmware to v1.4
  • created + saved a custom “roll pattern”

already done/tried the following:

  • reformatted the card
  • tried a new card
  • retrieved previously saved presets
  • reverted to previous state of METRON.WMD file
  • reverted to firmware v1.3
#2206

If you have backups of the preset files from before you reformatted the card, you should be talking to WMD about this one. They should be able to look at the files and determine what can be done.

#2207

yep, i wrote to them yesterday, i asked here just to check if it happened to someone else.