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These are looking and sounding very good. Really pleased they scaled down Chord(that can now load custom wavetables!).

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#2

For me, the critical thing they (seem to) have done with Chord 2 is introduce the polyphonic mode where each oscillator is individually addressable. Iā€™m trying to get confirmation, but it seems the v/oct, bass, quality and voicing CV jacks become 1/vo inputs. This feature makes it possible to use Chord 2 with other quantizers.

I admire some of the creative thinking in Bloom and Prism, although I am not likely to embrace either.

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#3

Yes thatā€™s another great new feature. I believe youā€™re right about the cv jacks becoming 1/vo.

Same on Bloom and Prism. They are not suited to my workflow, but Iā€™ll will wait and see what happens when users get their hands on them before ruling them out completely. Prism seems like a great tool to add some texture to softer sounds like, for example, samples coming from w/

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#4

I see two ins and two outs on Prism. Is Prism stereo?

#5

Waiting on a direct audio demo of Chord2 but my initial impression of the sound is not too hotā€¦ The workflow looks good though!

#6

I donā€™t expect the sound to be special, but for chords and pads, Iā€™m not sure I need (or even want) anything that remarkable. Some wavetables with not too much harmonic content but some interesting movement (when modulated) could be nice. I look at the Chord 2 as a smaller, cheaper, more useful alternative to something like the A-111-4.

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#7

Bloom looks amazing to me but I do not hand-write or hand-program melodies. For melodic content, I now use WMD Arpitecht (which slays) but could easily see swapping it out for Bloom, which seems like it gives both more control & more potential for creative chaos.

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#8

Ah, theyā€™ve shrunk! Iā€™m not a big fan of micro modules that donā€™t leave space for fingers and knobs, but the previous Qu-Bit stuff for the most part has kept me away because itā€™s been so wide in ways that did not seem necessary to me. Iā€™ll at least give these a look and listen once theyā€™re racked up in the local shop.

#9

these all look worth a touch but iā€™m definitely interested in getting to know Bloom

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#10

Well you are only listening to the raw sound. Once you send it through filters with some modulation Iā€™m sure it will sound fantastic.

#12

Yup. Love it.

Havenā€™t tried messing with custom wavetables yet, but I likely will down the road. Also really looking forward to the firmware update that will allow for more auto-harmonization options. I pretty much have it permanently in auto-harmonize. I hoping to make better use of voicing in the future. Soundwise, I love the original wavetable, but the organ one is killer as well.

I wish the module was a little bit bigger though. I enjoyed the orignial, but felt the panel space was really too much. With V2, I have occasionally bumped the pitch knob when scanning the banks/waveforms. A little more breathing room for the knobs would have been nice, but otherwise itā€™s really hard not to love. Canā€™t meet everyoneā€™s expectations! Seems like v2 will be a classic for a long time to come.

Any patch notes for your videos?

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#14

I think I have, but my theory game is weak. I tend to leave it in Triad mode because adding the 7th makes it sound ā€œoffā€ to me. I just assumed it was my ear. Have you measured it? I should do that. I am curious.

re:Voicing - Iā€™ve had some really pleasant moments when feeding it massaged random stepped voltage from Pamā€™s, which leads me to believe sequencing would lead to richer results. Again, my theory game is weak, so Iā€™m not sure how to use them intentionally beyond identifying transitions I enjoy. V2 also lacks the tidy labels, so I doubly have no idea. :sweat_smile:

Itā€™s even trickier, as my focus is improvized, so Iā€™m hoping to work out some simple tricks to add interest.

And thanks for the notes. : D

#16

Anyone here have experience with Prism? Been on my radar for a couple weeks now. Seems like a fun little moduleā€¦

#17

Itā€™s ton of fun and you can get a lot of great sound out of it, especially if you need some chirpy glitch in your life.

Mine never leaves clocked mode and I use it constantly.

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#18

Wonderful! I feel like itā€™d be a great pairing with Morphagene. Glad youā€™re having a good experience with it!

#19

I have a nebulae en route that I think will also pair well with it. Iā€™ve fed it a lot of tape loop style samples via my bitbox and it does wonders.

Honestly I think itā€™s a lot of bang for the buck. Solid filter, with freeze, bitcrush, and a delay. The bitcrush can get harsh but it has its merits. It has definitely surprised me more than once and is a great source of texture.

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#21

Yep, this was the one portion of the module that I was unsure of, but honestly the filter and delay seem like a great complimentary module to both my three sisters & blackhole dsp! Happy to see great reviews on it so far, it really seems like you canā€™t beat it for the price!

#22

I love my Prism. Quite a versatile module.

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#23

id be 100% stoked on the thing even if the decimator wasnt there. Its still a great value IMO. I will say that just lightly bringing decimation in at times, especially if youre already deep in a heavily reverbed and delayed sound, will introduce all kinds of welcome noise and texture.

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#24

Bumping this because these have been out for a little while now and Iā€™m looking for more samples/impressions of chord v2. 14hp is just the right size for me and Iā€™m considering replacing one of my Rings with it, but Iā€™d love to know if people are finding that it requires filtering, has any bugs or other quirks, and what some interesting tricks youā€™ve found might be.