#1257

Yep. The Genesis one is generally much noisier thanks to a very odd internal DAC design, but the Soundblaster is more steppy in terms of operator amplitude and has its own characteristic grunge. The Soundblaster chip also has more waveshapes available.

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#1258

That was my favorite example. Super Clicks&Cuts, Alvo Noto vibes at the beginning. I actually am starting to like the master mix knob. Sort of Cold Mac esc in that you can really push an entire patch to a new area, mess about, and then bring it back with all your adjustments

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#1259

After watching this video as well as a bit of DivKid’s Soundstage one for good measure, I’m kinda finding myself addicted to this flavor of spatial/frequency carving and all the associated experimental hijinx around it. Really tickles my ears in all the right ways, especially since I have good audiophile-ish headphones for it. I’m having trouble figuring out if actually seeing the routing on the module is providing me with some added enjoyment because it aids my brain in situating sounds and helps me focus on each one individually within the mix. In any case, it’s almost like I don’t want to hear music that isn’t made this way now.

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#1260

Counterpoint: sometimes I just want my music to be like mashed potatoes

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#1261

(psst in addition to the other three sisters tips I sent you on slack, it’s great for spatial/freq mixing :wink: )

The sequential switch patch there is major. ALM has really made a lot of options for different flavors of small systems, and they do a great job with their demos. Any one of their modules feels like it demands another of their modules because of how well they seem to play with each other. I wonder if they have other stand alone systems in the works.

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#1262

I’m really impressed by this, so many features in a small footprint. The stereo image is fantastic even on my laptop speakers there’s very distinct separation

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#1263

The feedback patching in the last quarter of the Jumble Henge introduction youtube video sounds great. Its a use I probably wouldn’t come up with on my own and is another cool selling point. Has me thinking of some possible 3 sisters feedback loops too…

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#1264

I’ve become a huge fan on bandpass filters and “special” EQs, all started with R*S Serge ResEQ and that whole idea of sculpting long, evolving drone-ish type of sounds to fit together this way is a staple technique for me currently. Sine waves, wavefolders, big saturation and isolating frequency bands has been very, very inspirational. I’m a fan of using ResEQ in stereo with Comb outputs, Jumble Henge could be really really cool tool to expand spatiality further.

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#1265

hii all, anyone have a xaoc katowice and a res eq in their system? i adore my res eq and wonder how those two would compliment each other… from what i understand the katowice doesn’t self oscillate, yet i can’t help imagining how it would react to feedback patching.

#1266

That’s something you can do with SoundStage. Obviously when you’re working in the analogue domain more features need more panel space and more circuitry behind the panel, so certain things couldn’t be included to keep the size and price where we wanted them to be.

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#1267

Curious about the “revised design” of the forthcoming Monome Grid.

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#1268

It’ll be a grid of round buttons :exploding_head:

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#1269

It’s a Grid called the “Cheat Codes Lover’s Deluxe,” aka the @dan_derks Signature Grid. It’s the size of an extra-large square pizza, shipped in a pizza box with artwork from @dan_derks’ wife. @Voiron27 is right: it’ll be a grid of round buttons, which light up red like little pepperoni. It’s the largest Grid yet, with 512 buttons, and a special version of cheat codes to take advantage of all the special sauce you get with the extra buttons.

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#1270

maybe velocity/pressure sensitive? a boy can dream :sweat_smile:

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#1271

I would expect the “revised design” is more of a technical nature rather than a functional one.

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#1272

In addition to 256 levels of brightness, each Grid key now has individually controlled temperature, density, and loudness.

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#1273

512 you say?

Not mine, popped up on reverb.

#1274

… and height, which is variable up to a full two feet, due to some clever pneumatic button extension technology. In addition to doubling as a braille interface, individual keys may now suddenly extend out and jab you in the eye if copyright violation is detected or your work is heuristically determined to be in ‘poor taste’. Well… probably not.

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#1275

Installation of houseplants can mitigate this unwanted behaviour. So I’ve heard :grinning:

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#1276

It was just brought to my attention that it’s National Pizza Day in the US. My comment couldn’t have been made on a more appropriate day.

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