SWITCHMATRIX freeform melody-sequencer
Mar 14, 2023 2:59:09 GMT
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Post by chillja on Mar 14, 2023 2:59:09 GMT
Title: SWITCHMATRIX freeform melody-sequencer
Ingredients: 1 SWITCHMATRIX 4x4, 1 LFO, 1 POLAMIX, 1 2CVTOOL, 5v (from master), 1 Mult (I used 4BUFFER)[/b]
Recipe: For the melodic part i first saved some patterns on (almost) all of the 64 SWITCHMATRIX slots. Then i put a triangle lfo (reset synced) through one of the 2CVTOOL before going into cv pattern-select on SWITCHMATRIX. This way I could somewhat choose the range (attenuverter) and placement (offset) of the pattern to be switched.
Second i multiplied the 5 volts and put them all into 4 the matrix inputs. From the matrix out i sent three into POLAMIX (and one the KæstL Pitch in). With the POLAMIX i managed to tune and adjust the voltages somewhat by ear. I mostly tweaked the 2CVTOOL to change the range of patterns the LFO selected on the matrix while playing.
Result: For me it had some potential. Hard to explain what exactly happens inside the matrix. From trying to mix audio with the SWITCHMATRIX it seems more like a passive mixer (non-linear mixing? Another topic that gave some interesting/beautiful results when trying to pan audio this way). Anyways my point is when two or more 5 volt* inputs get summed i'm not sure they add up perfectly (there are other modules for that) and i assume they will "bleed" to other active outputs from what i know from trying it with audio signals. I'm not sure.
Next i would like to try this with running different note sequences into the matrix instead of only 5v sources. Will it get too chaotic? Last resort is always to quantize after, it just does not seem as fun.
I also found that with very fast cv/audio into the cv control of the matrix it does not seem to keep up and does not accelerate past its maximum processing speed.
Anyways here is a raw video, hope it can give an idea, it got quite reverby and low volume in the mix.
Edit: * I realise 5 volt added should not in theory become anything else haha. Attenuating them or combining sequences i'm more interested in trying
Ingredients: 1 SWITCHMATRIX 4x4, 1 LFO, 1 POLAMIX, 1 2CVTOOL, 5v (from master), 1 Mult (I used 4BUFFER)[/b]
Recipe: For the melodic part i first saved some patterns on (almost) all of the 64 SWITCHMATRIX slots. Then i put a triangle lfo (reset synced) through one of the 2CVTOOL before going into cv pattern-select on SWITCHMATRIX. This way I could somewhat choose the range (attenuverter) and placement (offset) of the pattern to be switched.
Second i multiplied the 5 volts and put them all into 4 the matrix inputs. From the matrix out i sent three into POLAMIX (and one the KæstL Pitch in). With the POLAMIX i managed to tune and adjust the voltages somewhat by ear. I mostly tweaked the 2CVTOOL to change the range of patterns the LFO selected on the matrix while playing.
Result: For me it had some potential. Hard to explain what exactly happens inside the matrix. From trying to mix audio with the SWITCHMATRIX it seems more like a passive mixer (non-linear mixing? Another topic that gave some interesting/beautiful results when trying to pan audio this way). Anyways my point is when two or more 5 volt* inputs get summed i'm not sure they add up perfectly (there are other modules for that) and i assume they will "bleed" to other active outputs from what i know from trying it with audio signals. I'm not sure.
Next i would like to try this with running different note sequences into the matrix instead of only 5v sources. Will it get too chaotic? Last resort is always to quantize after, it just does not seem as fun.
I also found that with very fast cv/audio into the cv control of the matrix it does not seem to keep up and does not accelerate past its maximum processing speed.
Anyways here is a raw video, hope it can give an idea, it got quite reverby and low volume in the mix.
Edit: * I realise 5 volt added should not in theory become anything else haha. Attenuating them or combining sequences i'm more interested in trying
