#71

yeah but i think it would work better on ansible so you have enough CV + gate outputs to do 4 voices.

#72

It’s the “shapes stuff” that attracted me to Earthsea in the first place. I’d be happy to use Ansible for 4 cv recorders in partnership with Earthsea tho…

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#73

yes, better on the ansible if running 4 osc 4 gates, but you could always generate gates using a comparator or slope detector if using Earthsea. Or just use 1 Osc / Gate and use the other 3 cv recorders to modulate other stuff. The attenuators on those 3 cv recorders would be very handy for scaling up/down.

Earthsea would be a good choice as an ASR similar to the Quantimator, then use the knobs to scale the pitch and the edge as Trigger out.

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#74

Fugue functionality in general using Ansible would be a great addition

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#76

I was searching the forums to figure this out but couldn’t find anything - what is producing the sounds after 4:20 in the Ansible video? I can’t tell if that’s Just Friends or Mangrove (I don’t have either, but considering both). The timbral shifting and movement is really great.

#77

two mangroves! they are the best.

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#78

Probably mostly a question for @tehn – Is there any plan to bring Earthsea to Ansible? Or a version of it?

I’m considering getting my 3rd Ansible so that I can do Meadowphysics, Kria, and either Cycles/Levels all at once. Would love to be able to add the Earthsea type functionality into the mix as well.

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#79

Brian mentioned this here:
http://llllllll.co/t/monome-production-status-october-2016/4918

There is a healthy amount of interest in getting some variant of Earthsea on Ansible. Not sure if I could pull it off, but I’ve been looking at the code for both modules to learn how they work - a good learning experience so far. Perhaps somebody like @scanner_darkly or @ngwese would be up to the challenge.

#80

Of all the original three monome modules, Earthsea seems to benefit most from the hardware knobs, and so might not be a great candidate for porting to Ansible. I recall some comments to that effect from @tehn on some earlier thread…

In terms of priorities for Ansible porting however, I also understood that Orca was perhaps higher on the list? I could be wrong.

#81

while i agree that earthsea’s shape memory cv macros are a big part of what makes that module so interesting - there’s something to be said for having “keyboard” type functionality on the grid with realtime pattern recording and playback. that function alone would be worth porting. additionally, with 4 channels of cv/gate, ansible could theoretically run 4 layers of earthsea patterns…

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#82

indeed, 4 track pattern recorder, yummy! has crossed my mind too.

#83

I agree with @shellfritsch. With that being said, I do think that there could be a way to implement CV output without knobs - you could have a page/screen similar to the Kria tempo setting. 4 layers of patterns would probably make the most sense instead though.

#84

I bet there would be a way to do this using some combination of buttons? or as a TT expansion option?

#85

@sakul, @emenel, @bobbcorr, & @shellfritsch - the ES firmware (ported to Ansible) could be modded to us a TELEX input expander for the four hardware knobs. The i2c code is in the common library, so it would be fairly easy for an enterprising individual to wire up. (Note: my plate is totally full. I’m not volunteering to ever do this - but I’d be happy to help an interested party with the TXi integration - if they need it.)

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#86

How would that work, as afaik there’s no way for Ansible to pull data via i2c? You could allow it to be set from a teletype command, and grab the value from TXi.

#87

@GoneCaving,

There are a number of ways it could be done - a little research would be required.

Right now, the expanders are slave devices. If the Ansible acted as a master, it could request the values of the four knobs at some reasonable frequency. i2c busses can support multiple masters - but I’m not sure offhand if the Ansible’s chip and underlying AVR library allows it to be both a master and a slave.

Another way would be to modify the TXi firmware to act as a Master and to send out values to Ansible when a knob changes position. This way the Ansible can stay as a slave and i2c chatter would be minimized. This would be a fairly trivial firmware modification for the TXi. I’d be happy to do it if someone was working on the ES port.

#88

or an arc? imagine an expanded 4 channel earthsea with grid and arc control…

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#89

Arc would be AMAZING!!!

Exclamation points for excitement at the idea and whatever the minimum character limit is. :wink:

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#90

If there’s any way to help make this happen I’m all in.

#91

Methinks this needs a new thread, folks.

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