#161

Yeah I have Pressure Points, so I definitely could use that, but its a pretty big waste of space for a patch to just have the Pressure Points be changing pitch IMO. I could also rig something up with Stages, where I set up a sequencer with some preset voltages and have the abiltiy to cycle through these with a gate, but again, not ideal. Does anyone make a miniature Pressure Points, like 8hp or under that just has like 4 stored voltages and ability to switch between?

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#162

Lightstrip ls1, maybe?

#163

Iā€™m pretty sure you could set up the disting mk4 to do that using voltages stored on the SD card. Let me dig into the manual. (If you donā€™t already have a disting mk4, I strongly recommend it anyway - the number of times Iā€™ve been puzzling over something and realised that the disting can do it!)

#164

Just had a quick look at the manual. Probably the programmable quantiser mode in the disting would do the trick, but it might also be possible to just use one of the record functions on the disting to record a steady CV and then use one of the looping playback functions to output it again. Then you could have a recorded file for each of the different CVs you wanted to output and switch between them quite easily. The newest firmwares make it easy to switch between record and playback from the SD card on the fly. (I havenā€™t tried recording CVs but I think it should work fine as the disting ins/outs do lots of CV duties as well as audio stuff.)

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#165

Ha, I had a Disting but sold it. Doh!
I keep thinking I need to pick one up again. This would be a good reason.

#166

Guys, its not about external voltage, its about having it on the module itself as a ā€œquality of lifeā€ improvement.

reaching out to their support email is probably our best bet.

#167

Agreed that a quantization for octaves and maybe even fifths would be awesome. Yeah I could do it with teletype pretty easily, but I also agree that having it built in would be ideal. I love having morphagene in small systems and would rather not have to waste valuable space on a module for precise external voltage.

Seems like it would be totally doable given the v/octave quantization option available.

#168

I thought asking @walker was the fastest option.
What do you think, is it possible to limit pitch knob range just to octaves as a firmware option?

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#169

Maybe Iā€™m missing something but if itā€™s just about going an octave up and down again, I find it pretty easy to dial in on the fly with the colors.

#170

I think itā€™s tape slowdown, speedup sound while you find the right spot that bothers people.

#171

itā€™s theoretically possible. i do not think it will happen though. the v/oct is a bonus, the main point of the Vari-Speed control is to be similar in response to a tape machine.

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#172

a 5ths / octave quantization option would be amazing to have available, though i donā€™t mind the way it currently works at all.

#173

why not? I bet many people would appreciate this, Iā€™m sure it can be done in a day, if not in an hour.

#174

Yes, but every tape machine iā€™ve ever used with a varispeed has at least a preset center detent or something that designates where its running at its correct speed for the set ips. On the Morphagene sometimes you can blow on the pitch knob and deviates off of green, if that happened on a real tape machine no one would buy it. I can respect the no octave thing, but to not have something in place that really gets you back to zero without any deviation, should I think have be done from the get go.

I say this a big fan of your stuff, please take this as constructive criticism btw!

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#175

Iā€™d appreciate if the mode switching was doable on the module itself, even if it meant learning cryptic key combos. Or if the settings were available on per-reel basis. Of course several cards is an option, but a bit of a hassle, especially given how small those micro sd cards are.

Recently Iā€™ve used Morphagene quite a lot as ā€œgatewayā€ for building sound library on the computer. I patch some cool drone, percussive sequence, bleep bloops or whatever on the modular, record bunch of variations into Morphagene, repatch and repeat. Later I come back, patch up with Morphagene and those recordings inside it as the main star and record bunch of stuff to DAW. I think with Morphagene in the middle I accept some ā€œhuman aspectā€ easier, where everything doesnā€™t have to be in sync or in perfect tune and so on, and of course everything sounds better slowed down. And that slowing down feels so much better when turning down the vari-speed compared to slowing down inside the DAW.

#176

Yeah my guess is that with all of the references to Musique Concrete that Make Noise makes that the majority of the source material people are using is probably non-pitched, and doesnā€™t need to have a snap back to the original pitch. However, a lot of the stuff Iā€™m doing with Morphagene, Iā€™m doing things the fall very neatly into western scales. A lot of the time I just use is as a granular looper to mangle what Iā€™m currently playing, and there have been countless times Iā€™ve bumped it with my fingers while Iā€™m patching and a semi-tone of offset even at the 1 v/0 setting doesnā€™t necessarily aways give the intended affect you want. Lol. Iā€™d love to be able to seemlessly jump between octaves both fowards and backwards like you can do on the Nebulae. Right now I have to fade out the Morphagene a little if Iā€™m playing live, then hunt for the right octave and bring it back up. I donā€™t usually want to hear those pitch slides either, its not usually an aesthetic Iā€™m going for.

#177

Im rocking the dual 100 grit with my morphagene/mimeophone combo. Sometimes I run mono-1 pre and 1 post. but the touch points and nasty filter/distortion make this tape system pretty amazing. Iā€™m most certainly adding a ochd to this once they are back in stock

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#178

I donā€™t want to poke you too hard about this, but ā€œnot wasting spaceā€ seems like a strange thing to prioritize when patching. Trying to eke out the maximum functionality from each module in every patch can be pretty paralyzing for me.

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#179

What I meant was that I usually have Pressure Points doing more performative duties. If I used Pressure Points to do what I wanted it to do for Morphagene, Iā€™d have to buy another one, as Iā€™d have to assign every pad to switching between an octave or reverse. Thatā€™s a waste of resources in my head, for a 6u 104hp system.

#180

I hear you; hence why I didnā€™t wanna push it too hard. Being forced to make choices between functionality isnā€™t much fun. Choosing between putting my Just Friends in shape vs sound mode is a big source of angst here :joy:

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