#393

Hang in there! Sounds like yours in behaving very similar to mine. And now I’m getting the hang of it nicely. Did you try following the instructions I posted earlier for setting up a simple loop? Sounds like you might already have loop engaged when you’re trying to get started. Try disengaging it before setting up a new section.

#395

I’ve had this as well. As I’ve said, changing tapes and rebooting works for me, whenever it is not working as expected.

#396

Did that, no difference. Of course, I’m not sure how to tell if it was successful, so perhaps i just waved my hands in the right motions and it didn’t actually change the tape.

#397

Ok, it kinda (?) works… I was able to create a loop, but ‘monitor’ mode won’t turn on any more, so I can’t actually hear what I’m looping unless I monitor it separately, is that expected? (I guess I would expect that once I am recording, I would hear it on the output)

#398

Had all kinds of luck the first day, then couldn’t figure out the first thing last night. Haha

Thanks @ghost for the plain instruction. Can’t wait to get home and play more!

Fun imagining each struggling person breaking through with their module and finally listening to all the music they accidentally recorded.

#399

It took about 7 reboots but it remained stable for a bit and I was able to use it sort of as expected. It was pretty neat for about 5 minutes of noodling against some numbers station recordings… and then it hung. :slight_smile:

But at least I can see what the fuss is about. Pretty cool.

Thanks everyone!

#400

@MCPM I actually have monitor mode off and listen to W/ and the source sperately so I can’t really comment on this I’m afraid. Glad you got a bit of fun out of it at least :slight_smile:

@altoaiello you’re welcome. I think that kind of instruction will be useful until some kind soul makes us a tutorial vid!

#401

Yeah, that’s one of the changes i had to make. Thanks!

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#402

I think I’ve found some undocumented features (or at least I couldn’t decipher them from the manual)

In play mode put an offset voltage into THAT, the manual tells us that this will effect the behaviour of overdubbing, which it does. However, if we disable R ecord this voltage offset will change the modules volume.

if you then the press P lay the offset then effects the playback speed, and even allows us to reverse playback at will. The top right led will turn off to indicate this. Hit play again to return to normal playback speed.

I think there is probably a lot more going on with THIS and THAT.

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#403

I think here you are switching to NAV mode in which THAT controls tape speed. From what I understand it maintains the overwrite/overdub level that you were previously on which is a handy feature!

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#404

Yeah! You’re right. It somehow has only just occurred to me that you can record in modes other than play.

You do seem to be able to set the volume in play mode using THAT. If you set it then switch to NAV the volume setting is maintained once you remove the patch cable.

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#405

You can record while rewinding or fast-forwarding.

Also, there is a page in the manual which explains the change in volume level when sending negative voltage into That.

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#406

Well, after a day of playing with one I’ve managed to get the frustration level about 50/50 with the “oh, so that’s how it works” moments…

I can definitely see how this is going to be a great addition to the instrument once I finally figure it out completely.

#407

Any compare/contrast comments from people that own both the Morphagene and W/? Or about using them in tandem.

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#408

i wonder if this is the start of a modular mlr

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#409

As an owner of both W/ and Morphagene, I would say that there is no significant overlap of the modules in the way that I approach them. Sure, they both function as SOS, tape-emulating modules, but when confronted with the same input, I want them to do different things. Morphagene is more immediate in its response to a desire for granularization and smearing, while W/ would need to be coaxed to accomplish the same effect.

Where W/ is shining for me at the moment, it is in how the record/playback environment is manipulated in NAV and Play modes, i.e. using LFOs and CV offsets to change Overwrite-to-Overdub while recording. This manipulation can lead into absolutely gorgeous glitches and manic playhead effects into the splices. I spent an hour yesterday taking the same stupid piano sequence from the simple exploration above, recording, cueing, looping, and playing with gate patterns and CV into THIS and THAT respectively. I wish I had been recording its evolution as it glitched and pitch shifted itself into something entrancing while keeping the dumb sequence at its heart. Note to self: always record the output when playing W/.

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#410

This is very interesting! Thanks for the insight. I’m going to have to pick one up eventually, that overdub just makes it so interesting. The promise of future additions also makes it highly appealing.

#411

Has anyone worked out a way to clear a tape? I know we have 8 hours but at some point that will run out… Mainly I’m interested in how to remove all the cues as I believe they’re not written over when recording fresh material?

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#412

I’m also hoping this will be added soon. @Galapagoose mentioned an update today, Monday, with a command to clear a tape - hopefully that will include Cues. EDIT - Actually he just said Documentation - so may not even require a firmware update.

Four of my ‘tapes’ are mostly unuseable now, due to too many cue marks.

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#413

Yes, I’m suffering from that too. Deleting cues is a drag.

I’m making some lovely tape delays though. I’m really starting to gel with this module.

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