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Post by Lugia on Oct 23, 2019 22:46:03 GMT
This may be already requested, but it would be coo to have a CC to CV / CV to CC module. The same how the BUS CTRL works for cc20, but a couple of more (let's say 8?) would be helpful to integrate the AE modular a bit more into DAW automation/control desires. I'm kind of planning on doing this, but I'm relying on the combo of a Nanobridge + MOTU 828mkiii with Ableton CV Tools to make this work. It's possible to do some value constraint in the software, but the Nanobridge also has that "safe" circuit which constrains voltages as an extra safety. But yeah...doing much of that in software as CC automation lanes makes for very quick configuration work. |
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Post by Synths&Things on Oct 24, 2019 14:12:07 GMT
This may be already requested, but it would be coo to have a CC to CV / CV to CC module. The same how the BUS CTRL works for cc20, but a couple of more (let's say 8?) would be helpful to integrate the AE modular a bit more into DAW automation/control desires. I'm kind of planning on doing this, but I'm relying on the combo of a Nanobridge + MOTU 828mkiii with Ableton CV Tools to make this work. It's possible to do some value constraint in the software, but the Nanobridge also has that "safe" circuit which constrains voltages as an extra safety. But yeah...doing much of that in software as CC automation lanes makes for very quick configuration work. Would love to follow this progress! If you got anything working properly, with safety assured, I may give it a DIY go  |
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Post by NightMachines on Oct 26, 2019 17:32:19 GMT
A module with a small OLED screen, letting you play Conway’s Game of Life: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_LifeTwo pots for cursor X and Y position and a button to set your own live cells (or via X/Y and gate CV inputs) and then with each external clock pulse the game advances. If all cells have died, it simply loops from the initial state. Then of course CV and gates are derived from the game board state (e.g. number of live cells to CV, rows/columns to CV, raster of cells on the screen generating a trigger when live, etc.) Could be fun ... also as another Arduino DIY project. |
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Post by Lugia on Oct 26, 2019 20:38:13 GMT
I'm kind of planning on doing this, but I'm relying on the combo of a Nanobridge + MOTU 828mkiii with Ableton CV Tools to make this work. It's possible to do some value constraint in the software, but the Nanobridge also has that "safe" circuit which constrains voltages as an extra safety. But yeah...doing much of that in software as CC automation lanes makes for very quick configuration work. Would love to follow this progress! If you got anything working properly, with safety assured, I may give it a DIY go I'm actually following someone else's lead on the use of the Nanobridge...even the same setup, as I plan to mount it on a 4sp AE blank in the same manner. But given that the Nanobridge was designed for a very similar synth (the Soundmachines Nanosynth) that uses the same voltage protocols, this should be easy-peasy. |
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Post by Lugia on Oct 26, 2019 20:45:56 GMT
A module with a small OLED screen, letting you play Conway’s Game of Life: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_LifeTwo pots for cursor X and Y position and a button to set your own live cells (or via X/Y and gate CV inputs) and then with each external clock pulse the game advances. If all cells have died, it simply loops from the initial state. Then of course CV and gates are derived from the game board state (e.g. number of live cells to CV, rows/columns to CV, raster of cells on the screen generating a trigger when live, etc.) Oooo...OR...
Let's say you have Life running on an 8x8 grid (ie: 64 points) and that the module itself has some capability to clock-divide internally. With that, you can create an automata-based algorithmic trigger sequencer; set the division method up so that you can treat the points as 16th/32nd/64th notes, then allow an advance between point 64 and point 1. This moves the automata forward on each 4/2/1 bar pass, with the shift setting up a new-but-related pattern on each pass to be read thru sequentially.
That 64th-note pattern would _really_ have some abuse potential...you could create seizure-inducing trap hat lines with that!
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Post by NightMachines on Oct 26, 2019 22:11:58 GMT
That 64th-note pattern would _really_ have some abuse potential...you could create seizure-inducing trap hat lines with that! Haha, yes! I mean there are sooo many ways to generate CV and gate sequences from such a thing. Maybe it would be best in some kind of open-source DIY form as a study tool. |
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Post by Synths&Things on Oct 29, 2019 9:22:44 GMT
Another idea! Not an original one and perhaps this has already been said but; a matrix mixer! 3x3 or 4x4, depending on the size of the module, would be very awesome |
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Post by Gaëtan on Dec 7, 2019 14:14:45 GMT
I was watching a video for the new Doepfer A-111-6 Miniature Synthesizer Voice and I was thinking... Why not a full voice module In Æ ? I've always liked those, I think they're really useful. It could fit in a 4U module, and could even be sold as a tiny semi-modular in a extra-small 8U case with a master module and 2 blanks.
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Post by Synths&Things on Dec 13, 2019 11:13:18 GMT
Would love a keyboard module like this. Maybe, if it's possible, even with pressure option to patch to whatever cv input. Rather would like it horizontally though.  |
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Post by NightMachines on Dec 24, 2019 7:48:26 GMT
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Post by numans1 on Dec 29, 2019 15:57:21 GMT
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Post by deltasine on Jan 2, 2020 6:14:04 GMT
Hi all, I'm trying to buy or make a sequencer which can record midi in notes into multiple tracks then output them to corresponding CV and gate tracks.
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Post by MikMo on Jan 2, 2020 9:04:26 GMT
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Post by spacedog on Jan 2, 2020 10:15:25 GMT
Hi all, I'm trying to buy or make a sequencer which can record midi in notes into multiple tracks then output them to corresponding CV and gate tracks. Take a look at the Arturia Beatstep Pro. There is quite some overlap. There are possibilities in software, with the right interface, but I sense this is not what you're looking for. |
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Post by Lugia on Jan 3, 2020 6:03:44 GMT
Isn't this what's in the MASTER already, though? Granted, it's not bristling with conversion channels like some multichannel ones, but it can do the job...
However...these days, it may actually make far more sense to bypass the MIDI conversion altogether. Software such as Silent Way, Volta, and Ableton Live's CV Tools can send digital signals back and forth via DC-coupled audio interfaces, and it's easy and cheap to get older USB interfaces on the used market these days. Might not be as pristine for audio as the present-day ones, but for CVs moving back and forth between your modular and DAW, it makes a lot of sense and it's cost-effective. Plus, it eliminates having to convert CV/gate/trig to MIDI if you want to link modular processes to DAW events. Need more channels? Hit eBay, plunk down $100 or thereabouts, and you've got eight more.
Just add some I/O protection via the 4I/O and/or a Nanobridge, and there you are. And yes, you can easily side-by-side this with proper MIDI, too...
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Post by rodney on Jan 6, 2020 6:33:00 GMT
I would love to see a modification to the VCO to boost the triangle wave output so it is even with the others. I know triangles have to be quieter because maths but it would be nice to have, especially if the wave folder is my next port of call. Things like this make it easier for beginners to have a more consistent experience but, at the same time, I appreciate that it might not be so easy to do without adding another chip and running out of space.
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Post by rodney on Jan 20, 2020 5:33:17 GMT
I would like a module that lets me do this:
OK, that's a thinly veiled excuse to post some of my non-AE music.
However, I like the idea of using two voltages to traverse a data set, be it a wavetable or a bunch of rhythm patterns for franensteining (Topgraf! in 2D or 3D and beyond .... |
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Post by NightMachines on Jan 20, 2020 7:58:38 GMT
rodney: that makes me think of Tom Whitwell’s Radio Music module: musicthing.co.uk/pages/radio.html... which runs on a Teensy and could be a cool AE Modular DIY project. You have multiple audio files playing at once, like parallel tracks in a DAW, but you only hear one of them at a time. CV let’s you switch the audible audio file/track then (like a Y axis movement) and you can also jump to a point in time (like an X axis movement).
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Post by spacedog on Jan 20, 2020 10:06:43 GMT
rodney : that makes me think of Tom Whitwell’s Radio Music module: musicthing.co.uk/pages/radio.html... which runs on a Teensy and could be a cool AE Modular DIY project. You have multiple audio files playing at once, like parallel tracks in a DAW, but you only hear one of them at a time. CV let’s you switch the audible audio file/track then (like a Y axis movement) and you can also jump to a point in time (like an X axis movement). I'd looked at that one myself a while ago and I went to the suggested material on github and grabbed it. I came very close to buying it and then seeing if it would easily interface.
I have a non-advertised musique concrète project and even a blog that I started - sadly, both are a bit neglected, but I must get to it again. I went out and about collecting sounds using my mobile phone and a cheap microphone, which was surprisingly effective, and I have recently been considering one of those Zoom or Tascam hand-held recorders (with the advantage of it being a sketchpad for when I'm improvising).
I read, and was working my way though, " Composing with Tape Recorders: Musique Concrete for Beginners" by Terence Dwyer. Then I had the idea of drawing upon some of the words and conversations that exist around us via radio and I started to record my virtual travels around a web-based receiver. There are quite a few, with varying features. This one lets you start recording and then just move around, you never know what you might find. I used an odd conversation in Belgian that seemed to be very amusing to the people talking. I never worked out what they were saying.
The only thing that I've issued (so far) was my " Broadcasts of Interest" album, which used samples from The Conet Project, you can find the samples here. I have collected a lot of my own recordings as well as radio conversations, so I really should think about making it more of a realised project. |
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Post by rodney on Jan 20, 2020 12:14:53 GMT
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The only thing that I've issued (so far) was my " Broadcasts of Interest" album, which used samples from The Conet Project, you can find the samples here. I have collected a lot of my own recordings as well as radio conversations, so I really should think about making it more of a realised project. This is gorgeous. I love the 0-coast synth. I'm amazed at how much it can do on its own. I'm also happy to learn that Australia had its own numbers station until relatively recently. |
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Post by ean on Feb 2, 2020 0:34:20 GMT
I know the sample player is in development but I'd like a sample player that would allow the use of the ae filters and effect modules on a sound before it reaches the actual lofi sampling (presuming lofi option |
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Post by admin on Feb 2, 2020 1:32:36 GMT
I know the sample player is in development but I'd like a sample player that would allow the use of the ae filters and effect modules on a sound before it reaches the actual lofi sampling (presuming lofi option I think what you describe is more of a looper or real time sampler similar to the SampleSlicer from Ginkosynthese. The sampler that is development is more like the Musicthing Radio in that samples are stored on an SD Card and can be selected / rotated through via CV. |
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Post by persy on Feb 14, 2020 4:52:49 GMT
i would like to see some joystick and pedal I/O modules that are already on the OP list.
other suggestions would be a polivoks filter, serge resonant eq, dedicated bit crusher module.
it would be cool to see an Elta module that allows use of their cartridges. also, the ability to adapt 1u modules in an AEM system would be nice.
WHAT I WOULD KILL FOR - SP1200 filter/aliasing module PLEASE!!!!
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Post by dustbunnies on Feb 22, 2020 7:44:24 GMT
midi extensions: #6 TRS midi Type A on master module, would be great if there could be a dip switch on the back, to switch between type A and B. ... given the MMA has now adopted A as the standard, seems this is the future - but retaining backwards compatibly for arturia/novation support seems useful.
Just checking. I lost a whole day last weekend trying to get my Circuit (Type B) and my OP-Z (Type A) to communicate through a single TRS cable, when it turns out that the online resource I was using had a glitch in their data. I’d really like to avoid blowing another day off on such a bughunt if at all possible.
(P.S. this is a spec that really should be mentioned on the Wiki page for the Master module, IMNSHO. Not sure who’s maintaining that, though....)
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Post by dustbunnies on Feb 22, 2020 9:43:13 GMT
OBERHEIM-STYLE TRACKING GENERATOR
This morning, I noticed that Perfect Circuit had sent over one of their regular pieces of spam. Today’s message linked to an article profiling the old Oberheim Matrix-12. For nostalgia’s sake, I was scanning through it and was struck by the functionality of its Tracking Generator. I thought something similar would be a cool port for the AE Modular.
“SO WHAT THE HELL DOES IT DO?”
The Matrix-12’s Tracking Generator had the ability to take a modulation source — like an envelope or tracking from the keyboard — and map it to a curve defined by 5 values. The modulation source could then have its values remapped and manipulated by the Tracking Generator’s curve.
So, for example, let’s say you’re running the pitch CV from your keyboard controller into the Tracking Generator. Setting the TG’s curve-definition points to something like 0,15,31,47,63 should result in a linear mapping of input to output. Your keyboard’s pitch will pass as normal, C0-to-C8/left-to-right. However, reverse these values (63,47,31,15,0), and the curve will still be linear, but inverted. Your keyboard CV voltages would be reversed and would now play C8-to-C0/left-to-right. Your highest notes would now play down by your left hand and your bass notes up by your right hand, with all the key values inverted in-between.
That’s just one simple (and perhaps not very useful) example. But start playing around with the values that define the Tracking Generator’s remap curve and you can start to get some more interesting results. Continuing with keyboard CV, you could remap the pitches to produce microtonal scales. Or run another CV source such as an envelope or LFO and you’re going to be able to remap those control voltages into some really interesting shapes.
”MORE MODERN DEVELOPMENTS”
After reading the history article on the Matrix-12, I immediately became curious whether anybody had tried to implement something similar in the modular world. After a quick search on Modular Grid, I found this for Eurorack: the Klavis Flexshaper. The Flexshaper starts with the Oberheim Tracking Generator paradigm, then adds additional functionality such as Unipolar/Bipolar support & audio signal processing, individual CV control for the value of each of the TG’s curve-definition points, and a Gain function capable of squaring off the output waves. Using an audio input results in some really interesting waveshaping, while inputting an LFO or envelope source results in CV shapes you’d rarely find elsewhere, especially when the individual TG curve points are under CV or audio-frequency control.
Here’s a video walkthrough of the Flexshaper, showing some of its functions:
So I can see some really cool things that could be accomplished by porting something like the Tracking Generator over into AE Modular format. You wouldn’t necessarily need to transfer all the new functions from the Flexshaper (although those are definitely cool), but that product merely shows some of the creative possibilities inherent in simply remapping control values like this.
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