#1033

thanks @Jay and @EqualTemperament. how many voices can one control with ansible or TT (I have a grid and Norns) looks like 4 cv envelopes and 4 triggers but im not sure what the limitations are in practice. like the idea of storing sequences though.

#1034

A simplified answer: both teletype and ansible have 4 channels of gate and cv outputs. They can both store sequences.

The actual answer is less simple than that, and depends on how you use them. For example there are scenarios where you could use the cv outs to control gates/triggers as well, so you could control 8 voices of triggers/gates only with either device. Or if you connect ansible and teletype together over the i2c bus, you can use ansible as a teletype expander and control 8 voices of cv and gates with teletype.

teletype can store 32 scenes which each include 4x64 patterns. ansible can (for example with kria, which is one of 3 grid apps for ansible) store 8 scenes of 16 x 16 length patterns in flash memory. With either, though, if youā€™re willing to backup/restore to a USB drive the storage is really pretty much unlimited.

Those are just some examples - they are pretty deep devices.

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#1035

I was looking for a quad envelope while back and ended up getting the Mutable Stages and a Xaoc Zadar. I like both a lot, but end up preferring the Zadar for more traditional synth voices. On the flip side, Stages is a lot more versatile and even makes for an interesting oscillator.

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#1036

Stages does look very cool and versatile! Just for the sake of info sharing, Zadar and Quadrax can act as V/Oct tracking VCOs as well. Itā€™s amazing how versatile some of the current gen digital eurorack modules are.

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#1037

Can anyone tell me of a sequencer with which you can push and pull individual track sequences with, ie an LFO?

#1038

I also use a Zoom (the H5), but since you have the 4ms Listen, you could always just connect their WAV recorder module to it from rear jumpers!

#1039

Do you mean like adressing which step to go to via voltage or something else?

#1040

Yes. The track would follow the LFOā€¦or for instance backwards at minus voltagesā€¦

#1041

Voltage address is a feature on quite a few sequencers. I did a search on MG for sequencers with ā€œaddressā€ in the description:
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/modules/browser?SearchName=address&SearchVendor=&SearchFunction=11&SearchSecondaryfunction=&SearchHeight=&SearchTe=&SearchTemethod=max&SearchBuildtype=&SearchLifecycle=&SearchSet=&SearchMarketplace=&SearchIsmodeled=0&SearchShowothers=1&order=tag&direction=asc
Thereā€™s several to choose from in terms of what other features you prefer.

A sequencer like this wouldnā€™t run backwards on negative voltage though, it would run backwards as the LFO falls.

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#1042

Ah good to know key words. Thank you!

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#1043

Stages can also be six separate S&Hs, which to me is even cooler than six decays or six LFOs.

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#1044

I have a ā€˜blue knobā€™ Erbe, and I didnā€™t notice any noise until pretty recently. Updated the firmware and it made a HUGE difference. Itā€™s a great module and Iā€™ve been very happy with mine.

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#1045

With regard ā€˜pushing out multiple envelopesā€™ does any one have any thoughts on the Malekko quad envelope. which also has a simple sequencer. It seems a good level of control and complexity for the size / cost.

thanks

#1046

Well Iā€™m waiting for it now. It is a blue knob verb, but the person whoā€™s selling it said the same thing about the upgrade solving any noticeable noise issues.

Iā€™ve been doing some changes and sold several modules just before the quarantine started and the new ones I bought ended stuck with a friend in the US until flights are allowed again. So I guess in a few months I will have a ā€˜complete systemā€™ to play with. It turned out to be a good thing somehow. I got to finally calibrate both Mangrove and Three Sisters and they modulate each other beautifully.

#1047

Having some difficulty programming scales in marbles ā€“ the broader goal here is to jump to a position in a TT pattern based on the notes marbles is playing (which are themselves fairly simple / consonant). Trying to program the scale C D F G into marbles, feed those values to JF through TT, and then ā€˜readā€™ the interval between the notes to give TT there location of a third tone and trigger it.

Iā€™ve followed the manual to program the scale repeatedly, using two different sequencers (marbles and a keystep). I then have a read script in TT:

DEL 5: A / QT TI.IN 1 N 1 N 1

this should give me the value of the note playing in marbles in semitones. There is, deliberately, no half-step motion in this scale. However, I am receiving the following readings for A:

3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11

Spread and bias at 9 oā€™clock, marbles T side in green mode (although these half-step movements persist in yellow mode), steps at noon.

Does my TT script do what I think it does in collecting the A value? Is there some trick to programming scales in marbles that Iā€™m missing? (plug pitch into spread, gate into T clock, hold input mode until scale selector blinks indicating current scale, play at least fifty notes, press input mode when done). Is there another potential point of failure?

#1048

I have a marbles and I love it, but custom scale functionality frequently confounds me. I often get notes that werenā€™t programmed in. Sometimes it seems to work, possibly depending on the scale. Not sure if itā€™s a bug?

I tend to quantise using O_c if itā€™s acting up. I would love if someone could enlighten us as to what exactly is going on though.

#1049

My one thought is that your gate might be hitting before the CV has hit the new note? That could cause Marbles to round your not down. Try introducing more delay experimentally?

I havenā€™t tried the feature myself, but I could if it continues to confound. I also have Marbles and TT.

#1050

So I gave it another shot with a shorter gate length from the keystep (I donā€™t know what it was at previously) and it seems to have worked. Thankfully this is a task one performs infrequently. Thanks for the suggestions :slight_smile:

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#1051

Anyone have any experience with the ProModular MIIIIX mixer? Iā€™ve been looking for a small mixer with solo and mute. Iā€™ve been using my ADDAC quintet (12HP) for a long time, but the solo on it is more like a B channel. It doesnā€™t actually mute everything else when played. Thatā€™s itā€™s one flaw.

This, for reference, is the MIIIIX . There are some expanders for it, too, including CV control for both mute and solo.

#1052

Hi all! Firstly, Iā€™m sorry if this is the wrong place to ask these questions - Iā€™m new to Lines but have really come to love the community.

Iā€™m coming back to electronic music from about a decade out (I was a computer music academic so have a background in PureData, SuperCollider, Max, etc.) and these days work in tech so kept the dev skills sharp(ish), and would love to make code part of my creative process.

I know I want to get into hardware for the physicality but keep the things I liked about working in software. Which has led me to modular in its 2020 form. After a lot of sketching out I think I have what will meet my goals which range from gentle, generative ambient to more heavy, polyphonic wall-of-sound stuff.

A lot of reading has led me to an emphasis on CV sources, sampling, rich sequencing and multipurpose modules and utilities in a relatively small case. This is my ā€œend goalā€ system: https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_1207295.jpg

The acquisition would probably start with Teletype, utilities and the Mannequins modules then adding o_C, PNW and finally Crow and the ER-301 as itā€™s the most complex beast. Iā€™d be intending to spend a while with each module to learn it before getting another, so itā€™d be a year or so of building and learning.

This is also complemented by an OP-1, a Fates and some pedals, which have been a gateway drug back to music after a long time away.

Iā€™d love your input, especially if Iā€™ve done something dumb or could choose modules that would help meet these goals better. I donā€™t really want a bigger case as I like keeping it fairly sane and hope this will prevent GAS. Thank you all.

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