New to monome, and monome + modular: ask questions here

Seth_Rosson · 2019-07-17T19:55:35.701Z

Thanks so much for taking the time to explain these out a bit fuller. Monome’s site can get be a bit vague. Really appreciate the explanations.

Best

yams · 2019-07-20T22:56:27.434Z

so… JUST TYPE GEODE IS AMAZING!!! Seems heavily under-discussed but earlier today I had a lot of fun playing with geode as the main control source for my 6u and it is wild. I’m curious if anyone has ideas on it – specifically slower envelopes, or a more detailed understanding of how the knobs effect the out-coming shapes. I don’t have a scope and watching the lights only gives so much info + the studies don’t go too deep into it (there’s a lot of language like ‘in the usual way’ but… considering the multi-modality of the module I’m never sure what ‘in the usual way’ quite means).

Have been deep in study and deliberately avoiding posting open questions for almost a year now. Tons of growth and development but this feels like a ‘stand on the shoulders of giants’ situation, given the lack of information out there on this wondrous mode…

gnome666 · 2019-08-07T18:50:39.482Z

Quick question regarding ansible/ARC…

When in Cycles mode, are the “offset” and “range” functions available as they are in Levels mode? i.e. can I offset and attenuate the voltage created by my triangle/saw waves from ansible/arc while remaining in Cycles mode?

alanza · 2019-08-07T19:57:08.332Z

According to the docs, it doesn’t appear that Cycles has that functionality?

gnome666 · 2019-08-07T20:16:47.037Z

thats what I thought too. But, when I’m in Cycles and go through the same config steps as described for Levels, I get what seem to be 2 more “pages” of options…I think one of themacts like an attenuator, but not sure what the other one does. Would be neat to have that capability on Cycles to IMHO. Maybe I’ll pop over to the beta ansible firmware disc…

Justmat · 2019-08-07T21:04:58.039Z

There is definitely an attenuation page. I don’t think you can add offset, but I am not able to test at the moment.

gnome666 · 2019-08-07T21:30:47.871Z

Justmat:

There is definitely an attenuation page.

Thanks for confirming.

yobink · 2019-09-03T22:25:57.098Z

Quick question - If I buy older modules like Earthsea and Meadowphysics will they work with my new 128 grid? Thanks

michael_matos · 2019-09-03T22:32:34.311Z

Yes they will. Enjoy!

yobink · 2019-09-03T22:38:53.023Z

Great! And are they redundant if I get a new Ansible/Teletype?

michael_matos · 2019-09-03T22:51:57.015Z

I don’t think so. I still use all the early monome modules. Ansible can wear many hats, but only has one head so to speak.

chorus7 · 2019-09-05T11:33:33.000Z

Is there an app for Ansible that would turn it into a basic keyboard when Grids is attached? So you could use your Grides to play your modular?

desolationjones · 2019-09-05T11:34:34.240Z

Polyphonic earthsea for trilogy/ansible and er-301/just friends/txo Monome

this is polyphonic earthsea. it takes what was in ansible earthsea and expands it to: ability to run on any of the trilogy modules (white whale, earthsea, meadowphysics) or ansible simultaneous multiple pattern playback up to 8 voices direct control of er-301, just friends and telexo via i2c octave, transposition and volume can be set individually for each output for telexo you can also set attack, decay, waveform (individually as well) each voice can be assigned to any combination of device…

csboling · 2019-09-05T13:29:33.657Z

You can also use regular Earthsea on Ansible 2.0.0 to patch gate/CV to whichever modules you like. Polyphonic Earthsea has more advanced capabilities and is particularly suited for controlling I2C-capable modules (Just Friends, TELEXo, ER-301) as voices, but is a separate firmware that you would have to reflash onto Ansible. I have experimental support (posted as a beta build here) for adding I2C leader support to Ansible, so you could use Kria, Meadowphysics, or Earthsea to play TXo or ER-301 (JF still needs some work).

You may also be interested in using the Grid with a computer as a Linnstrument-style isomorphic keyboard that talks to a DAW via this program.

chorus7 · 2019-09-06T16:09:16.027Z

Thanks for the reply’s! Really appreciate it…

lanserdj · 2019-09-19T15:07:53.436Z

Random newbie modular question here:

Planning out a modular setup right now, and i’m interesting in running a white whale alongside an ansible. I’m going to be getting the make noise bus case which has 1A of 5V power. I don’t have anything else planned that would pull 5V power. Looks like white whale pulls 42mA of 5V power.

Is it safe for me to assume that i’m ok here, and won’t require a switch? Very new to modular so I don’t want to make any assumptions.

Edit: looks like the pull is 600mA with a grid - Still should be enough to power it, right?

csboling · 2019-09-19T15:23:11.148Z

As long as this is all that’s on your 5V I think you should be fine, though some users have still had issues with electrical noise from the grid coupling into their euro supply. Since Switch is discontinued I believe the recommended solution at this point is to use this “ground loop adapter” cable and a >= 1A USB power supply to power the grid, which is a pretty inexpensive option for peace of mind.

lanserdj · 2019-09-19T16:16:14.295Z

Awesome. Thank you!!

GoneCaving · 2019-09-20T12:47:53.850Z

Depending on the version of the board, I would advise caution. I’ve blown the earlier version of the Make Noise busboard with WW and a 128 grid. I’d definitely recommend powering the grid by other means.

lanserdj · 2019-09-20T16:02:35.187Z

Yikes. thats good to know. Thinking about going to the Intellijel Performance case instead to get some more 5V power. Either way, think i’ll power it externally because i definitely don’t want to fry the board.