#21

Just wanted to give a heads up as I now know this’ll definitely be happening…

After bouncing ideas back and forth a bit, Jon’s figured out how to implement an idea I’ve had for a while but unsure how was best to approach it.

With the coming update, we’ll be able to set envelopes to be triggered in full or act as they do currently where they respond to gate (like envelopes normally do)

We’ll also be able to set the source of the gate / trigger to something other than note on/off with up to 8 other sources (CC / CV / internal envelopes / LFOs)

This sounds like a pretty simple update but the range of possibilities it adds are massive

I’d recently been working on trying to emulate the 303’s accent behaviour within the Motas by modifying various settings via CC, this wasn’t ideal as it’s hard to get the smooth curve shape that gives the accent that WOW sound but now with being able to trigger an envelope with a CC, I should be able to get waaay closer to this goal.

Another use (this one’s got me the most excited) is that I’ll now be able to use the Motas as a drum machine with up to 6 independent voices (3 VCO’s, noise, 2 resonant filters) other than the lack of individual outputs, I actually think this’ll turn the Motas into one of the best analog drum machines available due to the large number of options we have for shaping sounds.

There’s so many more possibilities than the two mentioned above, you also have things like being able to use the envelope as a tempo sync’d and very flexible LFO by triggering it rhythmically however you choose.

Anyway… I think this is going to be huge, I’ll be sure to get some demos of some of the things I make once the update’s out. In the mean time I’d be really curious to hear what others think of this update and any ideas for uses you may have?

(copied this post from other forums I posted it on but wanted to add):

It’s a shame this synth hasn’t got more notice here on lines, I feel like it’s the perfect analog synth for this crowd as there seems to be so many tech savvy people here… The things possible with the Motas in conjunction with know how in computers / coding etc are huge.

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#22

Been so busy with things the last couple of weeks so I’ve not had as much a chance for this update as I’d have liked but I’ve started playing around with it now the last few days and it’s just so amazing to see what’s possible with this update, I’d initially thought that I’d be able to get 6 voices max out of this but I now realize that if you utilize AM you can get up to 9 voices out of the Motas I think…

Anyway… Here’s a couple of recordings I did with the new firmware:

In this first one, I wanted to show how much movement you can get to your drum utilizing all the modulation on there so I didn’t tweak the motas at all during recording apart from at the very end where I changed some gain settings.

in this second one, I just recorded myself tweaking a patch so it may drag a little… I mainly messed with stuff around towards the end of the signal chain so things like feedback / AM / filter stuff as I think this is again one thing that makes the Motas very special when it comes to drums as you can take quite basic drum sounds and completely warp them in lots of ways.

These patches are really basic compared to what’s possible here but I just wanted to show a bit of the potential for anyone who might have overlooked this update :slight_smile:

#23

Made a quick thing with a drum patch I made this morning, drums and the plucky SQ patch are both from Motas-6’s

I’m really impressed with the Motas as a drum machine, there’s so many ways to approach it and again I’m still just barely scratching the surface of what’s possible here together with Architect.

Bit of a noisy recording for some reason, not sure why that was but it’s not from any of the synths but probably some weird gain staging I did on my mixer or maybe the BBD delay I used.

#24

From over on MW " Today I have released v1.00 of a new “How To…” guide for Motas-6.

I plan to expand this document over time adding more How To… tips and tricks.

If any users of Motas-6 have their own tips or tricks that they wouldn’t mind sharing then please contact me and I may add to a future revision!"

I think a lot of people are sleeping on this one, I think its sound is at least on par with some of the best classics and having that and all the sound design options just blows my mind every time I sit down with it. Here’s a little jam I threw together quick last night after playing around with a drum patch on one of my units.