#21

I’ve been thinking for awhile about purchasing one. I’m a sucker for hardware multitimbral synths. Are they back to shipping currently? When I last looked, it appeared the lead time was fairly high.

#22

No, still looks like they’re weeks away still according to their site.

I ordered from Perfect Circuit (MEMORIAL10 discount code was still working as of a few days ago), not sure if their ETA is the same or what, but I can wait. I’ve had a Wavestate on backorder since April and gold TD-3 on preorder open since February…

#23

Bit of a necrobump,
I am thinking of getting a GR-1 and I have been trying to find out if it is possible to use the audition mode as a simplistic ordinary sample player. I am hoping for something like the functionality of the Radio Music module so that when I don’t want to use it as a granular machine I can still trigger samples. Any help or pointers to help is greatly appreciated.

#24

Yes, the audition feature acts like a sample player (without the grains). You can pitch it up and set loop in/out without the granular (I attached a screenshot of the manual–you can also access this engine from the Global menu–as opposed to a key combo). I’m not familiar with the Radio Music module, so I’m not sure what kind of functionality you’re trying to replicate.

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#25

Cool,
Radio Music is just a simple sample player for Eurorack. Besides choosing the sample all it really does is trigger, and set start point. Sounds like the GR-1 is perfect.

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I reposted your image as I was forced to download - just to keep the thread intact.

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#26

But how quickly/often do you want to switch samples? Do you want to trigger them from another device?
I don’t think that the GR-1’s audition mode would be a great mechanism if you are trying to randomly scrub through a bank of samples. (as you have to hit play and use a rotary encoder to navigate a kind of arcane file structure). If you are trying to layer longer samples (up to 4) it can be kind of cool in standalone mode.

#27

I am only hoping for simple triggering so it sounds like it will be great. If you have any things you have done with the GR-1 I would love to hear.
My tastes run towards Pierre Henry and mid century sampling so my small ideas are splicing sounds in a Daw and scrubbing loops or triggering sections.

#28

well, i think the er-301 is just perfect for what you desribed (plus an universe more)

#29

I have looked and listened to the er301 and it seems too distant, filled with layers of complexity… for me.

It’s lack of directness causes my eyelids to droop - it is the shallow layer of complexity that makes me have interest in the GR-1. YMMV
Also, it is mostly unobtainium.
Unobtainium

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#30

that arcane file structure and painfully slow loading was infuriating. I spent many hours with my GR-1 and finally bounced it. Great for making patches but found that it was not as flexible as i thought it would be.

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