#166

Yeah FF Chaos is awesome. I think I posted a review earlier in the thread. It relies on a gate input, so it ends up sitting well in rhythmic patches without trying to take over. My only complaint about it is that it was a pain to build. Lots of standing-up through-hole resistors.

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#167

Thanks @mrsoundboyking! That was indeed helpful!

Yeah. I can imagine this being useful now. Seems like it would do well with another more predictable clock/gate source and a logic module as well for additional interesting patterns. :thinking:

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#168

Is anyone here using a Statues? I feel like it could be a useful addition to my case, but the demo isnā€™t all that clear.

Same question also for Numberwang.

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#169

I rock a Numberwang.

In a broad general sense, it does to gates what Letā€™s Splosh does to CV (or audio, I guess). Putting gate signals into it causes different patterns of gates at the sixteen outputs. You can sync it to a clock (or whatever), too, to prevent overwhelming chaos gates.

The main question I would ask before acquiring a Numberwang is: ā€œDo I want to use sixteen mashed up gate signals in my patch / rig?ā€

Honestly, I havenā€™t used Numberwang a whole lot lately though talking about it makes me want to go home and play.

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#170

I dont have Statues (in few days) but I understand well the behavior of that module :
you have one input where you can put what you want (cv or audio) and you have 3 other inputs that can be used to select one of 8 outputs.
Itā€™s binary count, for example 1 = a high voltage in the input (gate), 0 = low input so you have 3 inputs :
000 = 0, 001 = 1, 010 = 2, 011 = 3, ā€¦, 111 = 7
When a output is selected via that 3 inputs, it copy exactly the input AND it hold all other outputs (i.e: you have an output voltage equals to the voltage before the output selected change), thatā€™s the twist of that module.
Hope I am clear.

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#171

Both Numberwang and Statues are binary-to-ā€œone-hotā€ encoders. Statues is 3-bit and Numberwang is 4-bit.

So basically, as @OlivierWah stated very well, both modules accept gate inputs for a binary address. This activates the ā€œone-hotā€ output of that address. Numberwang simply sends a gate at the active output, while Statues connects it to the CV input using a track & hold circuit.

Statues is a fantastic companion for clock dividers and random sources. Iā€™ve been using mine to send rhythmically related CV to semi-random inputs by feeding steady clock divisions to 2 of 3 address inputs, and a random gate to the third. Used in this lazy fashion itā€™s been a real time-saver.

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#172

Looks like he posted a Dual LPG using the blackbox concept:

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#173

What are peopleā€™s thoughts on Letā€™s Splosh in a small (104hp) rig? Is it overkill? Would a Neuron or two be a better bet if I want some difference rectifiers so smash up my CV? This is what Iā€™m working towards (still deciding on a nice filter):

#175

I just built a Splosh this past week and itā€™s wonderful. Iā€™ve got around 90hp currently and run out of modulation from my o_C pretty fast, so Iā€™ve started running quadraturia into the Splosh and bam Iā€™ve got a billion weird CV sources. I think a neuron in your setup would probably take up just as much space, but have much less output options. However, I think the neurons do a few other cool things too, so I dunno. I can definitely recommend the Splosh, though!

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#176

Jumping in to pile on the love for Splosh that I added to the rack just a few days ago. Havenā€™t used it for audio yet but it makes just the kind of CV I usually crave (a whole bunch of unpredictable stuff thatā€™s related to a few inputs). And the LED feedback is great. I watch them blinking for a few moments and then decide where I wanna send the output thatā€™s usually staying higher, or the one thatā€™s jumping all over the place, or the one thatā€™s not very active except for the occasional jolt, etc.

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#177

Splosh quantized by an Arpitecht for bleep bloop.

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#178

20 chars of bang tidy

#179

Any thoughts about Feague?

#180

Big fan of my feague. It makes for a really cool dirty LPF, and the quad LFO is pretty neat too. Havenā€™t got much use out of the sync input tho.

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#181

weird like what? iā€™m very interested in a splosh, but struggling to figure out exactly what iā€™m getting myself into. iā€™m down to this or a worng vector space.

#182

Does the Squid Axon output gates?

#183

20 characters of nope.

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#184

If you clock it fast enough, it will kind of output gates. Ignoring feedback, each output will be the signal delayed by 1 clock cycle.

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#185

just lots of sudden, crazy waveshapes. I donā€™t know if youā€™re familiar with the quadraturia mode on o_C but I really like to XOR the LFOs a little and get nice choppy shapes out, then feed them into the Splosh. Usually I get a good amount of all-over-the-place outputs, combined with some very occasional sudden spikes on others. Combining LFOs with an envelope is also pretty fun.

for me, itā€™s really just a great way to get a lot of modulation options out of a few resources.

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#186

How good are the more routine NLC modules (VCOs, VCFs) for more subtle applications? It seems a lot of the demos lean to the more esoteric and bombastic end of the scale, but Iā€™m hoping they can be tamed to produce more smooth sounds.