Teletype - opinions

[Mark_Holloway]

Hi all,

Looking for feedback on Teletype. Seems hard to come by for now but I’ve come across an opportunity to buy one. I own a Monone 256.

Looks fun, experimental, like Aleph. The reference to Mod/Tracker makes me think of my old Amiga days.

Thanks,
Mark

[jasonw22]

Definitely try the forum search for “teletype”. Lots of threads.

This one is particularly great:

> teletype : code exchange

Let’s use this page to post, discuss, exchange, and share everything related to teletype code. _specific scripts you found particularly useful; _questions about certain commands that need elaboration; _functionality ideas that need scripting solutions; _etc. What do you say? mod edit august 2017: the TT script repository is on github; ask for write access in this thread. https://github.com/monome-community/teletype-codex

But these 7 tutorials are probably the best place to start for wrapping your brain around this lovely module.
http://monome.org/docs/modular/teletype/studies-1/

[shellfritsch]

it’s great. the extent of my code knowledge is basic html circa 2001 and i had no problem learning the ropes.

do you have any particular questions? perhaps ideas of how you’d like to use it?

4-track sequencing was the initial draw for me.

[tehn]

this is all you need to understand what you’re consider:

http://monome.org/docs/modular/teletype/studies-1

incredibly extensive, much work went into these.

also new edition of TT available widely ETA late next week.

[scanner_darkly]

are there any differences with the current edition?

[tehn]

same teletype as before!

[ether]

@tehn Except maybe the screw holes are in the right place???

If they are, any chance of getting a new panel for my v1 Teletype?

[madeinspace]

Is there a way to purchase a updated panel with the screw holes in the right place?

[papernoise]

I’d like a new panel as well if possible!

[chapelierfou]

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[frankchannel]

Me three…

[ether]

Send @tehn a message - I managed to get a replacement panel from him a while back. Not sure if they’re still available.

[jlmitch5]

Question for those that got a new panel.

I just transferred the LED diffusers over into the new panel and a few are a bit loose and fall out when the module is fully assembled. Any suggestion as to how to get them to stay in the panel? I know a dab of super glue would probably work but figured I’d ask before impulsively going off and messing things up hah.

[tehn]

try a rotate-push-in motion. i’m surprised they’d be loose because they are insanely painful to install new. hours and hours of hand/finger destruction.

if supergluing i’d use the tiniest amount possible

[jlmitch5]

Will make sure they were fully in there…thanks for the suggestion!

[jlmitch5]

@tehn, I made sure they were pushed in there as far as possible (no glue) and that fixed the issue. I shook the panel/tapped it before putting it back on and they don’t seem to be going anywhere. Thanks for the suggestion

[Ravel]

Didn’t want to start a new thread, this seems as good a place as any for my question…

Of late I’ve been strongly considering the Teletype. Initially dismissed because coding isn’t of great interest to me. However as I have accumulated compatible modules: Just Friends, w//, Earthsea, Whitewhale, Ansible and walk, I can’t help feeling that I’m missing an opportunity.

So what I’m trying to work out is… if I ‘just’ used TT to synchronise and arrange ES/WW/A + use JF in synthesis mode + trigger events from walk (+ whatever fruitiness comes from w//) - is it worthwhile for someone who is time-poor (young kids/busy job/limited energy reserves) ? Certainly these applications will be my starting point, perhaps pushing out into deeper water as time moves on. Can’t help feeling like I would be underusing in the extreme. Does anyone else use TT in this way?

Thanks,

[xeric]

I’m not sure that’s a great way to think about it, but I understand the feeling – Teletype is a very deep module, and honestly think it’d be difficult for anyone to use all of it’s functionality all the time. For instance, I sometimes feel I’m underutilizing the remote-control aspects of it, since I don’t have it connected to my White Whale or Earthsea. But ultimately that’s not really what I need it for, and that’s all that matters in my opinion.

If you have space for it in your rack, and think it will be a nice complement to your existing modules, I don’t think you need to worry about utilizing all, or even most of it’s features. In addition to it’s existing depth, since it’s an open-source project, new features are being added all the time by the amazing community, and I haven’t even scraped the surface of what some of those new features can do.

After having Teletype for a couple of years now, I can say it’s one of my most essential modules in my rack.

[Ravel]

Interesting perspective, thanks.