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Post by interstar on Feb 1, 2023 12:07:10 GMT
Seeing the new Volca-sized case, I started dreaming that maybe this would be a nice complement for a Volca Modular
Basically for travelling or live. For ambient with a slightly noisy pulse.
What does everyone think? Would you change anything?
BTW : I need to save up some more pennies before I start on this special case, but I already have the VM Bridge in my current AE and I'm already loving the possibilities of hooking Volca Mod into AE and cross patching / processing each others' sounds etc.
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Post by interstar on Feb 1, 2023 13:23:07 GMT
Only thing is it's a shame there isn't room for a filter ...
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Post by ampersands on Feb 1, 2023 14:47:12 GMT
Just an idea but you could replace the 2U Kaestle Drum with a 1U core.AE running the KD firmware, that would leave space for a filter |
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Post by interstar on Feb 1, 2023 15:45:28 GMT
Just an idea but you could replace the 2U Kaestle Drum with a 1U core.AE running the KD firmware, that would leave space for a filter Yes.
It's a bit of a trade-off. It would be nice to have that in 1U but I suspect you'd lose some of the patchability and variation possible from the full Kaestle Drum. (I don't currently have one, just the Kastle 1.5, but AFAICT from YouTube, the Kastle Drum has a pretty wide range of variation accessible through patching. Also more knobs.)
Also, if you were to go for a 1U programmable thing, I wonder would Grains be a better option? It's not really a rhythm machine, but it could presumably be programmed to be. I'm not quite sure how the spec compares to the core. But I think it might have a slightly more powerful microcontroller in it. And I like that it has USB for programming. So a Grains plus, say, a Kuzmin filter might be pretty good too. |
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Post by ampersands on Feb 1, 2023 16:05:17 GMT
That's true, you'd definitely lose some of the patchability and hands on nature of the full KD module.
Don't forget that the Kastle and AE use the same voltage specs and are cross-patchable, so you could even get the standalone Kastle Drum and patch it directly in. Of course, that means more stuff/less portable. But you'd save 2U in the rack!
I think grains might be a bit more powerful than core.AE, yeah, seems like it has enough oomph to do basic audio FX which I think is beyond the Core's ability.
edit to add: not sure what gear is needed to do this, but I believe you can flash the Kastle Drum firmware onto the Kastle 1.5 you already have, should you wish to!
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Post by pol on Feb 1, 2023 16:29:51 GMT
I don't know the Cirrus module at all, but I had similar thoughts to you re a case to put with my volcas; the main different was I was thinking the Solina and a filter. Depending on which filter was selected you would still have 1 or 2 module spaces free if removed the cirrus!
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