#448

I have my eurorack running through a Series 500 lunchbox.
You can output your eurorack from the VCA into whatever gear using 1/8" to XLR.
Or 1/4" jack to XLR from your output module also

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#449

I would think that perhaps youā€™d want a preamp or at least a direct box before going into a compressor. The impedance may not be correct. Also if the compressor has XLR in its balanced, so you def need a DI or a preamp to convert that as well, as the signal coming out of your modular is unbalanced.
I have a DI by Radial that works well, converts unbalanced to balanced and 1/4 to XLR. They make stereo ones as well.

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#450

I believe the outputs on the RIP are balanced. Thereā€™s some groupbuys going for parts at the moment since itā€™s been discontinued. I go out via a RIP myself and into a compressor type thing (OTO Boum).

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#451

It makes sense that a DI box would be needed. Iā€™ll take a look at that, thanks for the suggestion!

#452

Hi - Iā€™ve got a question about velocity as I believe there is something wrong in my system somewhere. Iā€™m running Ableton 10, using a MOTU 828es for midi, into a a Doepfer A-190-4 (I know I can use silent way, M4L instead of that interface, but Iā€™ve run out of audio outputs).

In order to take the velocity output from the Doepfer, I use the CV2 output (which is set to velocity) into a first VCA which is controlling the relative gain of an the envelope (generated by the Doepfer gate output). I know I need to do this to create an approximation of how midi synths would handle velocity.

But: I believe I would have expect a staircase waveform for the velocity CV - with the tops of the stairs representing the velocity values. Instead (on an oscilloscope) I can see the signal seems to be slewed, it is gradually rising and falling to the velocity peaks, and not reaching the value until after the envelope itself has finished! So in a VCA in series set up, this is adding additional attack to my gain envelope, rather than simply setting the maximum for that envelope?

Any thoughts? Does Ableton output velocity in a strange way? Is my interface broken? Thanks.

#453

As an update, Iā€™ve actually had rapid confirmation back from Doepfer that I had an earlier version of the firmware that applied slew to velocity. So I have the latest update to install.

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#454

Try without a DI box first. You might get a -6db volume drop if you only use one line of a balanced input but there shouldnā€™t be impedance issues from line out.

#455

honestly, depending on the way the studio rig is set up, provided It is a relatively short run (And not crossing any other cable) you might just be fine without one.I donā€™t at my home studio.

If anything a balancing unit would be more appropriate than a DI, but really try out a straight connection before spending money on a piece of gear you might no need

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#456

Hi all! I have a ā€œCan Pamelaā€™s New Workout do this?ā€ Type of question.

Iā€™m considering swapping my Temps Utile for Pamela. I read the manual but it wasnā€™t immediately clear to me how to set this up on Pamela or if itā€™s possible:

I want to trigger a fixed number of gates, as for instance quarter notes, with a random time between them. My goal is to play a little riff, with a random wait time between.

I set this up on Temps Utile using a burst timed to quarter notes, triggered from one of the other outputs set to random mode with some probability that fits my mood.

Does anyone know how I could set this up on Pamelas New Workout?

Thanks!

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#457

EDIT: I changed my mind, this is very achievable with PNW self-patched. You would set one channelā€™s clock divider and pulsewidth to get a gate output equivalent to the duration of your burst. Set that channel to have a random skip of desired probability. Have another channel which is simply quarter note gates and tie the CV input to level. Patch first channelā€™s gate output into CV.

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#458

Ah super - you can control the level from CV input. Thanks, @desolationjones! That sounds like itā€™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? iā€™ve had the same issue with the DFAM and now having trouble with the Verbos Multistage, ideally iā€™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. iā€™m obviously missing something, whatā€™s the simplest way to do this? :slight_smile:

#460

Your sequencer needs to have a reset input, which the DFAM does not unfortunately. Iā€™m not totally positive about the Verbos (Iā€™ve never used one) but it doesnā€™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 ā€œanalogā€ so if you want to reset it, you would set ā€œanalogā€ to 0 and trigger it at the start of you sequence.

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#462

Thanks very much, I will try this!

#463

Thatā€™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 grandmotherā€™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 wasnā€™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 isnā€™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 didnā€™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.