#513

I would like to be able to input pitch cv with keyboard to be stored, rather than have to set a “scale” and then coordinate values with knobs. Would save a lot of time.

#514

I’ve never owned a Rene. I was thinking of picking up the V1 because they are so cheap now. In a nutshell what would I be missing in V2?

#515

I have not used the mkii, but I also picked up one once the prices dropped, and highly recommend it.
It was after all a full fledged sequencer on its own :slight_smile: and for low 200 money’s its a steal.

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#516

I’ve hardly used my René 2 lately, but I still want to have a René 1 and 2 in a larger setup, somewhat inspired by Alessandro Cortini’s old dual René setup wherein one is used for sequencing and one is used for stored quantized voltages.

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#517

I use a single PP and love it for the voltage, gate, and pressure outs. I have never used Rene though, and seldom use my SQ-1 or other sequencers, so I can’t be much help there. I will say that I look forward to eventually getting a second PP, which will most likely be uncoupled from the first.

Slightly wary of noting that I have no Brains :slightly_smiling_face:

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#518

So I had a PP and Brains, and sold them, then re-bought the PP without Brains. I prefer PP without brains. I think when it’s coupled to Brains it doesn’t perform in a way that I like as much. I have Stages now too, which can also sequence stored voltages, so really Brains are not necessary for me.

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#519

Ah right, get what you mean now. A TSNM could be a good option then, or Verbos Mini Horse?

#520

I’ve been using René 2 for quantizing, s&h, and some other stuff too. It’s a really handy “sequencer”!

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#521

I would like a dedicated Pendulum mode on V2. I don’t own the V1 but considering to get one.

#522

Tempi + Math (like this equation, not the function generator!) + mod inputs = Pendulum mode :laughing:

That being said it is something I miss from René 1!

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#523

I think Rene 1 is brilliant. I think Rene 2 is also brilliant, but it’s actually quite a different sequencer—despite appearances—and it’s pretty darn complex.

I had Pressure Points and Brains for many years—it was useful, but I never loved them. I don’t do well with pressure plates, so I didn’t use them so much, and Brains is kind of weak. A while back, I jettisoned both for a DniPro Metamorph, and have been much happier. Same size as PP, cheap, and—for some of us—more useful.

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#524

Wow, much love for the René 1 here. I’ve watched a few videos with the MK1 and the latch mode and manual Y selection(?) look really great for live performances.
I’m wondering if a René MK1 and MK2 would be a better combination than MK2 + Brains + PP. Even cheaper, but 10hp larger. What do you think?

#525

Yes absolutely, via Function and Direction preset. But it’s quite lots of math to achieve pendulum…

#526

I had a Rene 1 before I got my Shared System Plus, so I wound up with one of each.

I moved both out to a MN skiff so I could have them flat in front of the SS+ which is on a stand. Nice to have both.

I’m not too worried about hp, as I don’t gig (yet anyway)…

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#527

To elaborate on Rene 1 and Rene 2 being quite different, I wrote this (over on MW) back when Rene 2 came out, and I still think it’s pretty accurate:

As a long-time user of Rene 1, Rene 2 looks familiar enough, but also radically different.

Setting aside the little-loved memory feature, Rene 1 is an inventively re-imagined classic-style “analog” sequencer with a quantizer tacked on. Rene 2 is unapologetically hybrid (my parlance for what Tony calls “digital knobs”) and contains more-or-less three sequencers. Rene 1 was about carving different paths through a set of CV values, with some obscure gate processing features added. Rene 2 streamlines the gate handling situation and sort of deemphasizes it. Moreover, Rene 2 deemphasizes the use of the sequencer for general CV and emphasizes its use for pitch: the unquantized output is gone, and variable quantization settings per sequencer are front and center. I think Rene 2 is primarily —not exclusively, but where the sweet spot is located—about the juxtaposition of melodies . (That is also how Rene 2 is being demoed to the world.) This is a radical and surprising move from Make Noise, which in the past has not seemed specially concerned with melody.

Despite my mad-powerful allergy to “digital knobs”, I’m impressed with the design. Rene 2 looks fun, and more interestingly performable than Rene 1, because it solves the problem of what to juxtapose against: Rene 1 was an island, Rene 2 is a system .

(For the record, I never adopted Rene 2, myself.)

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#528

Interesting. So, I had SQ-1, but sold it and was never liking the fact that it sat outside of the rig anyway. Would you say that Rene v1 is a fancier SQ-1? I have Marbles already, I’m guessing Rene v1 would be a nice compliment?

#529

I’d say Rene is a bit different from SQ-1. SQ-1 can be divided into two separate sequences of different lengths, active steps, gates and CV that are clocked together. Rene v1 has one active step at a time (with both quantized and unquantized CVs per step) but a lot more options about how it travels from one step to another.

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#530

Never used MK1 but a big fan of René V2. I somehow can’t use musical things that have to be programmed, but René doesn’t feel like that at all. René is also good friends with Marbles.

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#531

Your description of the SQ-1 makes me miss mine even more. Lol. Maybe I need another one. They are so cheap, why the hell not!

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#532

It’s a fun, cheap little box with a lot to recommend it :grin:

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