#61

Can’t see any advantage but the lower price when you get one used and want mainly the MP functionality. But it’s sold out anyway and escape from noise doesn’t even have it listed anymore…maybe the trilogy fades away now?

#62

What about the ability to adjust the internal clock within Meadowphysics? Currently it is done with the job that is not on the ansible module.

#63

So I’m torn on what to do - I wanted to complete my Trilogy with a White Whale but now that Ansible is here I’m considering just going straight to that. I have exactly 6hp left in my case I’ve been saving for this.

Already have MP and Earthsea but I’m thinking I should have waited on MP to get Ansible. I would love to get an Arc someday but no plans for a large purchase like that right now. What would you guys do?

#64

Go over to Muffs and buy the white Wale that is for sale for $200. No affiliation with the sale, but that’s what you want and you will not be disappointed.

Down the line possibly pick up an ansible once you settle in with the trilogy and see how you get on with it.

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#65

mp module has a clock knob-- pretty useful.

mp on ansible has a grid-view for clock adjustment.

both are useful!

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#66

+1!

Besides clock, this knob could come in handy for alternate firmwares.

#67

depends on your system, but imo there’s value in having modules that do dedicated things. ansible is nice as a multi-functional kit, but you can’t run two ‘apps’ at the same time (even if you could, the I/O is limiting). if you need up to 8 clocks at any point in time, then MP is worth keeping; if you can live without having any dedicated clocks, then you might not need it.

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#68

I’ve just been checking out the Ansible as a Midi/CV converter. It works great when i change the settings to 4 pairs CV/Gates on Ansible and set to Midi channels 1,2,3 and 4 on an app. Here it is running on Fugue Machine on an iPad via an iConnectmidi2+

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#69

so i finally tried Ansible with a midi controller and was super taken with the four note polyphonic mode…
it got me thinking, how amazing would it be to have a polyphonic earthsea that mimicked that note allocation behavior? I think pretty fantastic.
of course earthsea running on ansible would mean losing the knob interface for the shape memories but i think it would be a fair trade off for having four sets of CV/Gates.
would this even be possible? thoughts?

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#70

this is exactly what i requested previously for an alternative earthsea firmware. 4 cv recorders and scrapping the shapes stuff

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#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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Ansible Earthsea