#87

You’re hearing the low output through optomix (a low pass gate). Resonance was set to max :slight_smile:

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#88

Me and the sisters are now joining the party. So stoked!

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#89

I’m not so stoked anymore. It’s broken and must have been busted in the mail. I don’t know if this fits in the good wrapping category?

Edit: Obviously I bought this second hand

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#90

Ugh, the worst feeling. Hope you get it sorted soon. I’d say that does NOT fit in the “well wrapped” category if that’s all it came wrapped in!

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#91

I revisited this delightful patch today and was able to recreate it basically identically to your dry version using a DPO sine (may post clip tomorrow).

I really think the only difference is how I’m setting JF, the timing/notes of the sequence itself, and of course the effects. The whole approach of this patch made me think of JF and sisters differently in a very fun way so thank you again Dan :metal:

regardless I still want six sisters someday :joy: seems like so many quirky and beautiful patches could be opened up by that combo.

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#92

hell. yes. this is very exciting to hear + I’m glad sharing that stuff helped! happy to do anything to keep you creating, nick – very much looking forward to more of your work :slight_smile:

general q for folks: in *nested* + less concepts: album + cellular automata sequencer (norns, Mac), we’re talking about 3Sis as a primary oscillator. I’m only getting about an octave and a half of accurate tracking, which is totally fine for my pingy monophonic explorations (also, it’s not temperature-compensated, so definitely understandable), but I’m curious how well it performs as a voice in a larger system.

I’ve never re-calibrated from when I got it new a year ago and will tackle that tomorrow – but I’m wondering what others have experienced while using 3Sis as a primary voice alongside other oscillators?

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#93

I was wondering , is there a setting on 3sis where the filter would be inactive and 3 sources could be mixed without filtering and slight filtering dialed in? Or is there always a frequency alteration? I think so but thought i ask

#94

there’s always a frequency alteration.

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#95

You can minimize it by dialing zero on both quality and span, but yes as @alanza says there is still colouring. Formant will also make it a bit flatter than crossover as it’s three bandpass instead of lo mid hi.

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#96

Yes a slight coloring is fine. Thanks!
But i wondered if low, band and high will cut away frequencies allready at the input like a fixed filter, so a bass in high would be thinned for example.

#97

Yes it does kind of work like that, in the three different inputs. Even frequency fully clockwise, and span and quality anticlockwise low input will still dull some high frequencies.

#98

Will test with that. Thanks
A bit dulling i dont mind…more worried about thinning :smiley:

#99

Not in the lovely world of quality analog filters! Try one and see :wink:

#100

Christ on a cracker can someone please tell me what size of screw driver I need to get at the trim pot on this thing? I tried every object from my house that had a chance of doing the job last night and nothing worked. Planning to head to the hardware store after work tonight and pick up a proper screw driver, but I’m not going to take my module there and I want to make sure I get one that is going to fit.

#101

Get a small driver set. It will have more drivers than you will probably ever need but you’ll be set.

Nothing special about this one but I got it and have been very happy with it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FGQ1G6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_BMyaCb7GF5TS5

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#102

Hmmmm anybody else have trouble with the trim procedure on this? My Sisters is flat as hell, drops by about a semitone per octave. I tried trimming it but the screw was already at the max, I can only make it flatter…

#103

as an aside, I happened to patch Three Sisters and Mangrove as a layered voice last night and they stayed in tune together for the whole range of the piano!

@smbols, you’re probably doing everything right but just to check: you’re monitoring the low output?

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#104

Which out are you using? Only the low is meant to track 1v/octave.

(Edit: wasn’t awake enough to see @alanza had asked exactly the same thing.)

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#105

If the screw is at max, turn it back to the middle and use a sequencer to change octaves during the process. You’ll be able to see the accuracy of the tracking.

#106

In case you haven’t seen it, there’s a calibration guide here. If it’s flat at the top of the range, you actually turn the trim pot to make the current pitch flatter - it moves the 0v frequency flatter than e.g. the 2v frequency, so you are actually spreading out the range from 0v to 2v.

As @Jonny suggested, you want to choose an arbitrary root frequency for 0v, send in 2v, check to see if the new pitch is 2 octaves above, if flat, trim flatter, if sharp, trim sharper, then send 0v in again, tune 0v back up to the root frequency, send in 2v, trim again, rinse repeat.

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