#311

Just checked my email correspondence with MN at the time. The older board only supplied 250mA on the 5V rail, so hardly surprising that I toasted it! But as others have mentioned the other downside of powering the grid that way is the addition of noise.

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#312

Confusing myself doing research about Ansible…

Can someone tell me if Ansible is able to run without a grid plugged in like white whale and teletype can?

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#313

Yes. Ansible will continue to run whatever you have sequenced when the grid is unplugged.

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#314

Correct me if I’m wrong but don’t you need to get Ansible started with a grid plugged in, at least for the Grid apps?

In other words, if you want to run Kria or Meadowphysics or Earthsea, you need to have a Grid plugged in to initialize the patterns… I don’t think that is wrong…

I believe it’s the same with Arc apps…

You should be able to run one of the MIDI modes without a Grid at all…

But for my purposes the MIDI modes are a bit underwhelming compared to the Grid apps…

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#315

In order to run the different sequencers you need either a grid or arc to control what notes are being played, but once that sequence is up and running it will continue to run if you unplug the grid/arc. You can save the sequence and power down your case, ansible will continue playing the sequence you had running when you power back up and you don’t need the grid/arc plugged in when you boot up for it to play. But if you want to change anything about the sequence you need either the grid/arc or a teletype.

#316

Thanks for the clarification regarding the sequence surviving a power cycle, I wasn’t aware of that!

However my impression of the original question was whether an Ansible could be used without a grid at all. I may have misunderstood that question…

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#317

I have a grid so ideally i would like to set a pattern, unplug from ansible and then plug into teletype to use it live on teletype. This should be doable, right?

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#318

Yup. For instance you can fill your ansible with different kria presets and unplug the grid and plug the grid directly into the teletype and use the grid-ops to meta sequence the kria presets in your ansible. You may need a newer teletype/grid, I think there were power issues before, I got mine both this year.

#319

Perfect. Thanks!!

@eblomquist - i should’ve ellaborated - i do have a grid already. Thanks for the help!

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#320

yes. when you first power on it will run the last state it was in when it had a grid connected and was powered on. i.e. I can run ansible in “Kria” mode, set up a sequence with grid connected, and after I unplug the grid it will still continue to run the same sequence. As long as that pattern was saved, even if you turn off the modular and than turn it back on again, ansible/kria will automatically be running that last sequence.

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#321

I better learn how to save then!!!

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#322

Hello,

Does anybody know if the ES-8 works directly with the monome grid? Can i simply plug and play?

#323

No. The Grid talks OSC over a serial connection via USB, that isn’t something the ES-8 (or similar devices like the Endorphines Shuttle Control) know how to handle. Or to put it another way, the Grid doesn’t communicate in musical terms. It only thinks in terms of sending button press messages, and receiving light on messages. If you take a look at the Grid Studies, this might become more clear.

#324

Ah thanks, so can I do Grids -> MAX -> ES8?

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#325

Yes, absolutely. Grids connected to laptop, running Max, and interpreting the signals from the Grid, and running some sort of Max patch to control the ES-8, yes, pretty sure that can be done.

#326

I’ve done this very thing extensively. Grid - m4l device of your choice - vcv - es8 is also mind boggling

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#327

This might be a basic thing I missed so far only having played with grids -> ansible but what’s the app running in the grids video on the monome page?

#328

Ah cool, would it also work with Squarp Hemond?

#329

I love my Er-101/102 combo - the level of precision and deepness of the modules - and that you can make “of grid” sequences. Have been considering Grid/Ansible combo as well; they seem so playful, fun and intuitive. Did any of you guys have both and how do you experience Grids sequences compared to the Er-101 ?

#330

That’s would be mlr.

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