#565

what is “Walk”, is it a Whimsical module ive never heard of???

#566

FWIW I had the same hesitation as a software engineer - I got into modular because I had stopped composing electronic music because I hated using computers outside of work. As a developer, it can be really interesting / satisfying to work in the constraints of the Teletype environment. It also helps avoid GAS - if I find myself wishing I had a module to do X, I can often build it using Teletype (for CV type duties, of course Teletype doesn’t have any DSP capabilities… which is why pairing it with W/ is so exciting).

PS: I’ve had Teletype for over a year now, and I still almost never use computers outside of work. I also don’t actively write scripts on Teletype that often, I usually just use the existing scenes I’ve written, which you can load/use without a qwerty keyboard.)

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#567

its a foot controller by monome


http://monome.org/docs/modular/walk/

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#568

the way w/ uses voltages to do different things with overdub and sound on sound, looks like its set up nicely with Just Friends triggered by Teletype using Just Type. You trigger and change the voltages of all the outputs on Just Friends with Teletype or just use Teletype independantly or with a Grid connected. Theres a few things i want to try when mine arrives with all these modules and Walk.

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#569

I’m a non coder type person and use a computer for email and database access at work and that’s about it. I was hesitant to add something like TT to my rack because I guess I felt it would constantly be underutilized based on what I was seeing other people do with it and the code they could write that I could not. Then Just Type was developed and I knew this was something I was going to have to get used to - there’s just too much its capable of. I’m still learning TT but don’t regret the change of pace and investment. It shores up a lot of things for me between being able to sync things a certain way, sequence a certain way, or add randomness, its just so immediately there. I actually need less I think. And now it can interface with all sorts of other instruments - it makes me wonder why I waited so long. Anyway…

I’m still waiting for a shipping notification on W/ (direct from WR). Looking forward to catching up to you folks :slight_smile: No hurry though.

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#570

Well…I just pulled the trigger on a Teletype!!! I figured that with w/ and Just Friends in my rack, there’s really no excuse anymore. A tad nervous about diving into this, but thrilled too.

Back to w/ for a sec:

In Live mode, while using negative CV into That for delay, I’m getting pretty significant and kind of intermittent clicking and popping when the loop restarts. Any way of minimizing that?

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#571

Has anyone figured out how to clear the entire tape yet to start fresh? I’m starting to get the hang of this thing, just want a clean slate after all the initial experimenting.

#572

I feel like i’m about 4 months behind you :expressionless:

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#573

I ordered one Philly release party at my studio your invited!

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#574

Does anyone know of a way to reset state on the module? not just ‘get Izzy back’ but actually refresh it? Is the firmware posted anywhere?

I seem to be unable to get out of Izzy mode, and unable to complete the tutorial, which means I have a $251 Izzy playback module :confused:

#575

I am completely making this up, but maybe Izzy is a special ‘tape’, and you can get to global mode and then change to another tape, and be free Izzy’s clutches?

#576

Which part are you stuck at?

#577

Probably this is all user error. I’m a programmer; it is usually user error. Though, not entirely sure.

I just figured out that you cannot do the tutorial properly if you start with a cable patched into IN. If you do, the tutorial does not understand that you have a cable plugged in, nor does it recognize it if you pull it out and repatch. That’s a bug, IMO, but that can be gotten passed by not having a cable patched in and starting from the beginning.

I now seem to be stumbling over “Nice! You’ve got the basics…” etc etc. “While auditioning, hold down and release play.” The tutorial has not named anything ‘auditioning’ up to this point. I’ve tried holding the switch up and down, pressing loop (nothing), pressing record (nothing), holding down play gives me what I would probably name ‘auditioning’, namely playing the tape only while play is held down. Holding the switch up or down in combination with any of the buttons does nothing. Pressing buttons in combination does nothing unless I press play, in which case it acts like ‘auditioning’.

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#578

Ah, flicking switch down seems to put a new beginning cue point on the loop. It moves it forward, so the loop gets shorter. However, I am not finding a way to move on.

#579

A ha. “hold down and release play.” is switch down, then let go of the play button.

A lot of this could have been improved with a different script, to be honest.

Ah well, in theory I have a module now! Thanks for letting me hash through this.

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#580

Woot! I think the firmware has a ‘happy path’ problem where as long as you’re doing what it expects, it does what you expect (kinda); but if you poke at it blindly it gets itself wound in knots. The end result is a short but steep learning curve before it settles down.

#581

<removed…I’ll spend some more time playing with the module and reading these threads before asking questions. Thank you for the discussion!>

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#582

Was just playing around with Tiptop ONE and W/. The trigger button on ONE is quite fun combined w/ w/.

Here’s a video: https://streamable.com/0lfqr

Please ignore my crappy timing :joy:

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#583

I feel like a lot of confusion about W/ mechanics stems from improper expectations about how different operations work. My guess is that the design philosophy of W/ has been to make it resemble an analog tape deck as closely as possible. That’s why you get all those pops and clicks and glitches, which is lovely by the way.
For instance, I saw a few people asking about resetting the tape and starting with a blank slate. Analog decks had no such functionality. If you wanted to clean your tape, you’d have to overwrite it with a blank signal, which is the way I suppose W/ handles the same function. I find that imagining myself, in my teen days, at the tape deck we had, works as a fair guidance on how to get the various behaviors I desire.
It might be helpful to try to operate W/ outside of the set of expectations that our experience with all things digital has taught us.

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#584

Resetting the tape is already possible, but we don’t know how. In my case I want it because a few of my tapes are glitched(not just a small part, but till the end of the tape, with digital noise.

I do agree that expectation plays a big part in understanding w/. I think it can do most things people expect, but not in the way they expect it.

Must say it’s a good feeling to get lost in a module like this.

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