#10

Stages can do EOR and EOC :slight_smile:

A modulation source that can be envelope-like, sequencer-like, LFO-like, or fader-like. It can also process CVs: sample+hold, delay, slew, trigger-to-gate, sequential switch. And you can separate it into multiple independent parts by patching it.

So it can be one 6-stage sequencer, or an ADSR and two simple LFOs, or 6 decay envelopes, or a trapezoid LFO and a delayed copy of the same LFO, or 3 LFOs and a 3-step sequential switch that selects between them, or an ADSR where the sustain stage is an LFO… etc.

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#11

…and there’s another module masked out on the left hand side. Olivier has been busy!

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#12

uh, that sounds promising. Can’t wait to see some demo videos.

#14

This module makes me hot under the collar! I’m excited to start with 1, but boy-howdy does it seem like it’d be easy to use 2… or 6!

#15

Yes well observed! :slight_smile:

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#16

I’ve just been spending all morning wondering if this is a great partner for Just Friends… or the greatest partner for Just Friends…

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#17

Going to c/p what I wrote elsewhere:

I read the manual. The hybrid of envelope/sequencer is nice… but the behaviour of single stages is super-smart - single decay envelopes, or LFOs, or sample/hold SH.

And six is such a good idea for a number of stages, for the combinations it allows: gets you an ADSR+AD, or three ADs, or a pair of AD envelopes and two LFOs, and makes all manner of Buchla-y odd-number-sequencers possible. (I lie: it makes two possible, a 3-step and a five-step).

It feels rich and and full of possibilities - properly lower-case-m modular! It excites me in the way that Tides does.

It is easily my favourite out of the new-three, and it’s making me reconsider things in my case harder than before.

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#19

Also:

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#20

@burn - Not with TX/RX lines. Not everything with three wires is I2C! If it’s one way transmit/receive, might be simple UART. (I2C is ground, data, clock.)

#21

I can see myself eventually owning at least two, if not three. This is turning out to be more of a spendy season than I thought though, and I really should wait and see how my incoming gear settles in. Until then, one will do :slight_smile:

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#22

I had the same thought, I could see ending up with two or three of these, but for now I’m going to order one and see how it plays with the modulation sources I already have.

#23

I have had a Stages for a little bit, and I had this exact same question the other day. Unfortunately it is not. From Olivier:

No, it’s serial at a fairly high speed (921600 baud)

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#24

So this is the final new release for a while, right? Gotta admit, I’m gassing for each new module.

#25

Quick question for one of the beta testers:

Can someone more explicitly explain the relationship between the slider [C] and the CV input [1]? The documentation merely lets us know that they are related, but now how.

#26

Does anyone know what the longest cycle time is for LFOs/ envelopes?

#27

I think 16 seconds according to the manual. Not sure if that can be extended with CV though.

#28

Is it 16s per stage? i.e. 32 for 2 etc…

#29

CV and slider are always summed, up to the max 8V level. I suspect but am not actually sure that the CV input is bipolar, and I’m at work now and can’t test.

#30

The slider controls a parameter that depends on the selected mode. So if a section is set to ramp, for eg., it controls the ramp time.
Let’s say you make a 2-segment AD envelope, the slider will control the attack time on the first segment and the decay time on the second. The CV input will act on that parameter, so you can modulate the decay time with a sequencer (eg. the other 4 segments you are not using).
As Starthief said, it’s being added to the slider, which acts as an offset. I also can’t remember what happens with negative voltage but maybe I can quickly test later.

#31

This is the first of the new set to really pique my interest. I need to sell some stuff. :moneybag: