#959

ADDAC just announced a huge two-piece granular module set with impressive I/O.

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The manual is available, but no video as yet.

Granular is hot in 2021.

UPDATE: there are some video teaser clips on ADDAC’s Instagram.

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#960

It definitely had a hostage vibe, right?

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#961

Wow! That is insanely comprehensive. I’m pretty curious how the features compare to the usual list of granular module suspects (Morphagene, Arbhar, Nebulae v2, etc.) From where I’m standing it looks almost like what would happen if you took the full feature set of Nebulae v2, and moved all of the secondary functions and combo button presses and tricky UI stuff to their own dedicated front-panel pots and CV jacks. Which would end up roughly taking twice the space, so that tracks. And then adding more musically useful parameters here and there, a stereo line in input and separate output volume controls for dry/looper/granular, a handy “new rec” button/CV in addition to usual rec, and a minimalist screen to get around some of those basic problems like “where am I in the buffer” and “which loop is selected and how do I get to the one I want”. The 45hp of space hurts, but it’s a pretty tempting module. The first ADDAC I’m seriously considering, actually.

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#962

Love the way the CV section on this is laid out / categorized. It looks like it could be far more intuitive to use than the initial shock of all of those inputs might suggest. Pretty brilliant stuff.

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#963

ADDAC has to be one of the most truly “modular” companies. and they really do go against the grain of the hyper-mininizing in euro. Everything is modulatable and everything that is modulatable is visible. That said, people’s decisions in euro (including my own) seem to be heavily based on the aesthetic experience (i.e. smaller modules, less jacks/knobs), at which point you are usually accepting differing degrees of limitation to the interactivity of the instrument. Definitely good to see a granular instrument for all different persuasions in the hobby.

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#964

I would consider getting a small rack for just this and maybe an ornament and crime or øchd

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#965

You may find yourself needing more attenuators and offsets with this thing. Not clear to me yet.

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#966

It seems like a lot of the typical modulation duties could be handled by the various deviation parameters…really looking forward to learning more.

#967

Fitting that one of their final releases of 2020 was this module, which will likely come in handy with the new Looper / Granular Sampler:

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#968

is it a bipolar attenuator? It’s not passive…

#969

seems like it. I am confused what they mean with channel 1 is normaled into 2 & 3. Like the input or the output? And why is not 2 normaled into 3?

#970

A friend of mine got the Tasty Chips GR-1 not too long ago, he said he was frustrated by the lack of granular modules with a screen to see exaclty where you are on the waveform, obviously the GR-1 devlivers that in spades. But, this could really be great, getting something in euro format that has a screen plus all those features. The Arbhar was close, with the LED’s, but ugly as hell IMO.

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#971

Goodness, I’m reading through the manual for the ADDAC112 and it sounds like so many things that I’ve wanted in a modular sampler. I’m so glad they let it be huge–all those exposed controls and room to work, and so many small, basic touches that get neglected in exchange for panel space on other instruments.

What an exciting design!

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#972

i use this for that purpose, i bought it over a GR-1 and it’s great

https://www.pulsesynthesizers.com/loadrunner

seems like nobody is aware of it, I might do a video on it soon

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#973

I just ordered mine along with ADDAC306VC Transitions. It’s an instrument on its own, but luckily I have great companions for it :smiley:

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#974

Yeah but no audio in it seems? I like being able to pull in live audio. The GR-1 at least has usb for interface.

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#975

Definitely acting as an attenuverter with 12 o’clock being close to 0 output, clockwise being the signal attenuated, and counter-clockwise being the signal attenuated and inverted.

I assume the the input of 1 is normalled to the input of 2 if no cable is inserted on input 2 but it’s not clear. If the output of 1 is normalled to input of 2 then you would have to make sure that you don’t want the amplitude of 2 to be greater than that of 1, which might be… well… you might find yourself just using a multiple instead :wink: No mention of DC offsets when no input cable is connected, though the signal flow diagram sort of implies this more than it does any normaling between channels. I suppose it’s possible only input 1 is buffered which is why it’s normalled to 2 and 3 but that is just a wild guess (and maybe ignorant on a technical understanding level!)

Gotta hand it to makers like addac, though, still rolling out these big granular modules knowing clouds 2 is likely imminent, and has been for some time (different features, etc. etc. I know…)

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#976

Eh, luckily not all of us are onboard the Clouds train (I had one years ago, it was fine, I definitely prefer other modules for granular). Clouds 2 is still just a bunch of unknowns with too much pent-up hype; if it’s “same Clouds paradigm with a lot of improvements” I’ll likely not be too interested.

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#977

I would be inclined to say that whoever would be interested in buying the ADDAC granural instrument would possibly not settle for less control over all parameters.

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#978

Also, this:

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