#8

triggering 2 Bastl Grandpas and setting off trapezoid functions with it is working well for me too.
I just added an EarthSea and a WhiteWhale and things are getting really interesting. I think i am going to grab an ARC if there are any orders left in this batch

#9

Now that I finally have both an Arc and a Grid, I feel compelled to urge anyone who is interested in expanding their ability to control their sound production to get a Walk. Obviously, it’s a bit overshadowed by the much greater sophistication of the two aforementioned instruments, but it’s partly because of that that it’s so fundamentally excellent.

In fact, I’ll go further and say that any committed Monome user is morally obligated to get one–and save yourself the trouble and just buy one with the pedals, unless you have them already.

It’s such a blindingly great way of expanding your input possibilities. Drummers, especially, will really get it.

I’m using it mostly in Momentary mode thus far, and haven’t even touched the logic aspect, but seriously, it’s the best $140 you’ll spend on Monome.

Both feet working rhythmically while your hands are Arcing or Teleplexing or Gridding or whatever is just…sublime.

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#10

I’m preparing for a tour to japan and in my constant mission to miniaturize things I settled on brining one foot pedal for walk and in the second port I just soldered a momentary push button to a 1/4” jack.
Very handy :slight_smile:

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#11

I’m getting a Walk. I need foot pedals. Do folks generally use the Yamaha FC5?

I think the M-Audio SP-1 has a polarity switch, which I think the FC5 lacks, but it looks like folks don’t generally like the responsiveness of the M-Audio as much as that of the FC5. I dug around a little. The Proline Standard Metal Sustain Pedal has a clear polarity switch on the rear, and the On Stage KSP20 has a switch, too, but neither of those have particularly positive reviews.

Thanks.

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#12

I got two of these and am very happy with them:

#13

Thanks. I’ll check it out. I’m a sucker for small. And, well, I don’t have a lot of space. :slight_smile: This looks promising:

#14

I just want to share my pain with you. Yesterday I added a Walk to my Escape From Noise cart but didn’t checkout, I planned to do it today. Now it’s out of stock :frowning:

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#15

Oh, that was me. Sorry about that :sweat:

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#16

YOU STOLE MY CART :sob:

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#17

I like the yamaha foot pedals and their flat black look. I would be too bothered by that loud FZONE logo. :rofl:

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#18

Thanks very much (and I agree about the logo thing). I think I psyched myself out by reading up too much and was concerned about polarity mismatch. I guess it’s with other hardware/software.

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#19

I usually have my Yamaha footswitches tabletop (for use with hands). This would be so much more sensible!

Where’d you find that button?

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#20

Radio Shack (R.I.P.)

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#21

Lemme just say, a few hours into it, how much I’m loving this Walk, and that’s with just one sustain pedal so far (Yamaha FC5). I’ve got it controlling the record of my Soundmachines UL1 microlooper, into which I’ve plugged my electric guitar via an A-119, and the Walk’s XOR is separately telling a low sine wave on my Hikari to play or not based on the same trigger. This is super. Much to explore.

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#22

I’m also very interested in a Walk. I’m thinking of using it with Pressure Points and a precision adder to transpose and expand the PP’s four notes.

I also had an eye on the one at EFN but missed it due to my hesitation. Now they seem to be out of stock everywhere.

#23

Analogue Haven?

http://www.analoguehaven.com/monome/walk/

#24

Thanks! Didn’t remember them.

#25

Sorry, that might have been me. I was afraid of missing it due to my hesitation too and then found a way to overcome the hesitation by purchasing a proper 3-way pedal for my piano action and needing something to recycle the simple pedal it came with…:slight_smile:

Though I mostly use it as a button on the table by now. Also might need a second pedal for the full potential. Anyway the hesitation was not vindicated.

#26

I’ve got a Walk question. I’m just getting the hang of using it in combination with my beloved lofi Soundmachines UL1uloop. I need to rerun some of my tests, but what I’ve found is that whether I use the M(omentary) or (T)oggle outputs to trigger, say, the UL1uloop’s Rec(ord) function, it takes several steps after each successful trigger to re-trigger it. I wanna run a few more tests, but figured I’d ask at this stage if anyone else has tried the combination. It’s not a big deal. I can click a few times and reset it. It would just be smoother if doing so weren’t necessary. Right now I’m using the UL1 to cull a bit of tone from my electric guitar, which is going into the UL1 via a few bands of spectrum from an ADDAC601 Filterbank, the original sound having entered the system via a Doepfer A-119 Ext In. Thanks.

#27

Are there any plans to make more of this module?

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