#1605

I just ordered one lol. I’m getting it primarily to use as a live sampler in an improvising context along with my guitar. I’ve been looking for a way to live record/mess with something in real time, and I need somewhere to apply my dormant Street Fighter Alpha 3 button combo skillz.

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#1606

I also don’t use mine. On paper I’m wild about it, but the awkward start threw me off and I have yet to return to it with the requisite headspace. I don’t want to sell it either, I’m hopeful we just needed some time apart and that a fresh start will pay dividends when I can summon the energy.

I also think extending TT integration would make a difference, hopeful that will continue to develop.

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#1607

Still learning mine, have come to enjoy it recently as a straightforward looper, using a footswitch to punch in and out, then playing with halving/doubling the tape speed. Always sounds great to my ears. I still am left wondering why it was made so small and button-combo-ey… even if it were just 4HP that would cut down on a lot of interface frustration because a knob could be added to achieve various things that you typically have to use an external offset to do.

(P.S. I’m potentially looking for a second one for some stereo ideas I have in the off chance anyone is thinking about selling :nerd_face: )

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#1608

i’m a fan. i found it to be a nice if finicky looping/delay device at first; with the ability to combine CV recording/output it became the kind of device I was always hoping for. being able to start a whole patch from a loop (with instant clocking via cues or cv ramp) is so great too.

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#1609

I’m definitely enjoying having it- actually have two in my rig right now. They’re fun and easy to work with since I use them for basic duties- one is a simple looper and one as a dedicated delay that I can pitch shift at a whim. I find myself doing what I used to do on a Morphagene on one of them- looping a couple parts sound on sound and patching an attenuator to lower the pitch and just listening for a while. It’s wonderful.

One thing I will say is that I do get crackly noises and pops from time to time but it’s always random when it happens. It’s when the loop will start over but some days it does it and some days it doesn’t. Some days I even enjoy it though haha so I would say that I’m a fan of the w/.

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#1610

I haven’t gotten into too much of the more advanced functionality (learning time has been spent elsewhere when I sit down with instruments) but it’s great for simple looping/SOS as mentioned above. the UX doesn’t bother me since that’s only like 2-3 things I need to remember and for my use case the size is a positive. it looks like we’ll have more control if connected to crow via i2c, at which point you might be able to write your own code to extend cue/etc functionality.

#1611

I don’t see how Crow makes any difference. Yes it will talk i2c but the issue is that W/ needs to implement the ops for Crow or TT to call.

#1612

yeah, hence my use of “might” :wink:

as of now it looks like the same ops as TT (tho I don’t have one, just guessing): https://github.com/monome/crow/blob/master/lua/ii/wslash.lua

#1613

Excited to spend time with it again now that my life settled down a bit

To echo many others, it has lasted a year in my case w/o me selling it off…or using it very much. My focus shifted once norns came out (i originally planned w/ to be my main sampler). Having portable battery powered MLR made me less willing to devote practice time to w/

Also expected to own 2 or 3 but i’d rather push the limits of the 1 i do own (in combination with other loopers) for right now

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#1614

I feel like I should explore it more as a CV looper than an audio looper, maybe

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#1615

Oh I didn’t think of this. Like that idea!!! Might have to try this out.

#1616

I don’t think you can?

#1617

alternate modes enable CV recording, and thus looping via THIS and THAT

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#1618

Ah, ok. I haven’t explored the latest update enough! That’s pretty awesome.

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#1619

I’ve had W/ for maybe a month and in its most basic application it’s a very flexible looper and as a looper contains just about everything Id like in a looper, not being a looper user. getting into it’s more esoteric relations via CV reveals plenty of surprise in what i’m working with. been a good new friend.

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#1620

and yeah I haven’t even touched the new features. always love having another page to turn.

I think this is a really successful module, and an good use of design thinking to accommodate design constraints.

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#1621

In many ways I see it as an instrument to be practiced, something that will reward as time passes.

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#1622

I’m not at all proficient in using mine, but am so happy I’ve added it to my small system. Haven’t gotten into the goodies from the new update, and to be honest rarely even exit live mode - I mostly use it in a relatively simple way, multing a melody into it and messing around with THIS/THAT to create a wonky pitched-up or pitched-down accompaniment (a nice Mangrove loop pitched down an octave is just such a heavenly thing to my ears… ). Maybe I’ll get bored of that someday, in which case I’ll get around to exploring the zillion other modes and options, but for now I don’t see myself getting tired of it : ) Even when I don’t use it, it gives me comfort seeing it tucked away in the corner of my case, gentle lights blinking…

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#1623

definitely as i’ve practiced more and more with the interface feels more playable, and less and less am I going “huh oh what?” even in spite of the sometimes pleasant surprise of switching modes with CV attached

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#1624

My favorite use case is still 2 W/s using dub.THAT and different loop lengths (or different divisions of the tempo going into sample.THIS), and using an LFO + Cold Mac to crossfade the sound source back and forth between each.

Another related variation I like (also known as “who needs rainmaker”) is to patch the sound source to CM OFFSET, patch W/ #1’s out to LEFT IN, and then LEFT OUT to W/ #2’s input. Similarly, W/ #2’s output goes to RIGHT IN while RIGHT OUT goes to W/ #1’s in. Mult LEFT and RIGHT outputs to your output mixer. You can also pass the LEFT and right outputs through attenuators before they reach the other w/ for better cross feedback control. When FADE is at -5v cross feedback is active and when FADE is at +5v the W/s feedback to themselves. I usually keep dub.THAT at +5v as things get a little crazy as more generations stay in each w/ but it’s something that could be played with more… also somewhere else I wrote about the trick for locking dub.THAT to a level and then accessing a different LIVE cv mode on that - would be fun to do that and get into transport.THAT but I haven’t tried it yet…

A similar setup with just one W/ lets you achieve an open feedback loop…

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