#181

So I did figure out a semi-elegant half solution to get a few presets for Morphagene pitch, using one stage of Stages. Set the Stage on Stages to just output a voltage source, orange mode. Run that source into Morphagene pitch. I’m trying to quickly jump up an octave and back to root really quickly. So turn the pitch knob fully clockwise. With zero voltage from Stages into the pitch input that’s an octave up. Push the fader on Stages all the way up for full voltage and adjust offset on Morphagene to equal the root, green, on the Morph. The offset knob is adjusting the pitch on one extreme of the voltage source from Stages and the master pitch is adjusting the other. So you can quickly flip flop between at least two preset pitches on Morph with minimal patching. You could do this on Maths too, but for the current patch I was working on I already was using both of those channels for something else.

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#182

I think making choices with what you have is kinda part of the fun BUT when I’m setting up a patch for a live performance that hierarchy changes compared to when i’m at home. I like to give myself the most amount of flexibility for improvisation when playing live and Pressure Points works so well for guestural playing that it’d be a waste to use it for preset voltages one Morphagene. For example, I have one pad of preset voltages going into Marbles where on the press of a pad I can completely pull the composition into free time and make it random, and quickly pull it back again into a something predictable. I also would want the ability to change octaves on the Morphagene while that is happening so that’s why I’d need another solution. Maybe I do need another Pressure Points. Lol.

#183

Maybe a second skiff would be a wonderful/terrible idea?

:sunglasses:

#184

OH NO! Not going there. I just got through an upsize back to a downside and feeling good. ha. 2020 is hopefully going to be the year of just learning my system as it is and if there are changes, it will be swaps but no growth in the modular department. I’m thinking of trying to buy a pedal steel though. Lol.

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#185

FYI - I’m not able to do this. I don’t want to turn this into a firmware downgrade support thread but at the end of my playing the 155b wav file the left side of my varispeed is red. Proceeding through the steps yields the MG booting into 157. I guess I’ll wait for 158…? Has anyone else been successfully able to downgrade?

#186

Yup, I had to roll back to 155b

#187

You were able to successfully do this?

#188

yes, I think I have read quite a few comments from people here on //// that did it successfully.
I am sorry you are experiencing issues in the process.Have you tried playing back the firmware audio file with different devices?

#189

Thx! I haven’t yet but I will.

#190

I remember having trouble when 155 was first released. I had to skip it and await 157. I had two failed attempts this time, but switching devices (as @Mattb suggested) worked.

Not sure why it worked.

#191

FWIW in response to this thread I went back and forth between 155b and 157 several times. You can definitely switch between them.

I imagine you’re already looked at this, but if not: I found this video helpful (and I imagine it’s also embedded up-thread):
https://youtu.be/EXNENVZaQqE

Be sure to do the little calibration procedure after loading the firmware and power cycling.

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#193

Hi all. When I run a mono source into my Morphagene, and I run stereo out of Morphagene, I only get audio in the left channel, except for when I max the Morph knob - the pitched up morphs are in stereo. Is this typical behavior? Tried all sorts of different cables, outputs, etc. It’s definitely the Morphagene. Has anyone else had this issue? Or is it just that you need stereo input to get stereo output?

#194

I’m fairly certain that is by design. Maxed out morph knobs gets you random pitch shifts and placement across the stereo field. Apart from that, you can effectively run the L and R channels of Morphagene as completely separate audio channels.

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#195

Definitely not an issue with your module. If you check out this video: https://youtu.be/2q0f3gq65Z8 you can see the use of two channels on morph for two different recordings. The higher morph settings will end up in crossover of the audio from one channel to the other, which is why you get the random panning effect.

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#196

New firmware launches today at noon Eastern:

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#197

Exciting!!! Can’t wait!

#198

Ha, I literally just downgraded to 155 this morning, because I was annoyed with 157… Hopefully this adresses those issues.

#199

Gain adjustment updates are very appreciated. The pitch adjustment of the Morph looks rad too.
Thanks!

ps. For the record, in a comment from Make Noise on Youtube, they did mention that the SOS feature has the gain levels returned to what they were on mg155. I got a little time to mess around with that this morning after I downgraded to 155 and it functions way better. This whole time I had 157, because I bought the unit not too long ago and I was always frustrated with the SOS but its much more useable in the 155 version, and hopefully the newest as well.

#200

Great upgrades all around, hats off to MN!

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#201

Here is the full changelog:

  1. New options added. They are on the “options.txt” file which is found on the root directory of any microSD card that has been mounted in a Morphagene. See the MG155 changelog on page 34 of the manual for more information on this file.

The new options mcr1, mcr2, and mcr3 allow user-definable Morph Chord Ratios (detuning of 2nd through 4th Genes with Morph at its highest settings). Historical settings have been 2.00000 (+1 octave), 3.00000 (+1 octave & 5th), and 4.0000 (+2 octaves). Now you can set any ratio from 0.06250 (-4 octaves) to 16.00000 (+4 octaves). Ratios are accurate to five decimals. You can also make one or more individual Genes play in reverse with this setting by using negative numbers. A value of 1.00000 results in unison (no detuning). A list of 12-TET ratios is provided as comments in the text file for easy copy/paste.

  1. The Auto-level procedure has been replaced with an improved input gain staging, accessed with a 4-step gain selection (blue-green-orange- purple). To use, Hold Record, and Press Shift to step through the gain settings: Blue: low -3db, Green: modular level, Orange: medium +6db, Purple: high +12db.

  2. Playback gain is reverted to pre-mg157 level to improve TLA and Record-Into-New-Splice functions.

  3. Internal processing improved to work with (2) and (3) to significantly improve signal-to-noise ratio on input and playback.

  4. Minor bug fixes.

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