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Startyde posted:Good thing, that's Old Testament, real wrath of god type stuff. You'll need another 18U of VCAs.
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so with those modular sequencers with all the switches and stuff what determines the pitch of a step? I can't really get my head around these things
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# ? Mar 11, 2015 20:41 |
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My Pro 2 just arrived. This is one fantastic synth.
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A MIRACLE posted:so with those modular sequencers with all the switches and stuff what determines the pitch of a step? I can't really get my head around these things A knob allows you to select a voltage per step. There are usually multiple voltages per step. One of those can be pitch.
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Oldstench posted:It really looks like you're hung up on discrete-time vs continuous-time re: a very pedantic interpretation of analog vs digital. someone asked my opinion and i gave it. thats hardly a hangup, is it? there are distinctions between digital and analog, and they only really matter in terminology, hence definitions. im glad you enjoy your digital modules, some of my favorite hardware is completely digital. but sometimes its fun to let oscillators drift for days. thats why i like my vcos
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renderful posted:On that one it looks like there are 4 voltages that come out per step. Each of the four knobs selects a voltage, per step. In case your next thought is "isn't it hard to get those knobs right on a particular pitch?" the answer is yes and that is why you almost always use a sequencer alongside a quantizer so that you can quantize those knobbie pitches into musical pitches. Or if your quantizer is rad and you are one bad dude, nonmusical, microtonal pitches!
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# ? Mar 11, 2015 20:52 |
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Man Kraftwerk had it rough.
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# ? Mar 11, 2015 20:57 |
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Mutable is going to get all my tax money this year.
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toadee posted:In case your next thought is "isn't it hard to get those knobs right on a particular pitch?" the answer is yes and that is why you almost always use a sequencer alongside a quantizer so that you can quantize those knobbie pitches into musical pitches. Or if your quantizer is rad and you are one bad dude, nonmusical, microtonal pitches! Okay cool that's basically what I was asking. Most of the videos I've seen are just a lot of nonmusical farting noises so I was wondering (don't kill me) if anyone ever used these things for actual songs
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A MIRACLE posted:Okay cool that's basically what I was asking. Most of the videos I've seen are just a lot of nonmusical farting noises so I was wondering (don't kill me) if anyone ever used these things for actual songs lol. No. We didn't buy these to make music.
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Psh speak for yourself. Didn't say it was good music though.
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# ? Mar 11, 2015 23:32 |
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All RadioShak had to do was start selling 200-in-1 synthesizer kits and they'd have been gol-- wait that LittleBits stuff, never mind.
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# ? Mar 11, 2015 23:36 |
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Mr. Sharps posted:Psh speak for yourself. drat this is so good!
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# ? Mar 12, 2015 00:12 |
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Voting that we no longer describe oscillators in terms of their analogness, but rather in terms of their crescent freshness.
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# ? Mar 12, 2015 00:30 |
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fashionable oscs made by voog
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# ? Mar 12, 2015 00:33 |
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Sizone posted:Voting that we no longer describe oscillators in terms of their analogness, but rather in terms of their crescent freshness. Flatulence. As in, "Don't you know that VCO's are far more flatulent!?" (raises eyebrow)
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0dB posted:Flatulence. As in, "Don't you know that VCO's are far more flatulent!?" (raises eyebrow) Nah, if we're co-opting terms instead of using intentionally nonsense ones, I'd prefer cis. "Those oscillators can't do genuine hard sync, they are cis"
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I don't know, couldn't we use a scale with a cool Bondesque abbreviation or something? These Oscilators rate 34.41 F.A.R.T.Z
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Sizone posted:Nah, if we're co-opting terms instead of using intentionally nonsense ones, I'd prefer cis. "Those oscillators can't do genuine hard sync, they are cis" Edge trigger warning this poo poo
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Startyde posted:Edge trigger warning this poo poo Please don't talk about F.A.R.T.Z. as it triggers traumatic flashbacks of my time in the jungles of 'NAMM. When I close my eyes I can hear the sound of littlebits, like the blades of a huey tearing up the night sky.
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Mr. Sharps posted:Psh speak for yourself. Dude, that sounds great. I'm trying to be in the same camp - don't get me wrong, I do like the occasional atonal experimental soundscape and all, but I'm still trying to use my modular to make music in the more traditional sense, because there's a special feeling in taming robot farts until they sound beautiful. Also, and this is just me, I feel like I'm getting a better measure of musical progress, learning, experience etc. with modular by trying to play within traditional musical boundaries because it gives me a better self-evaluation between "I'm experimenting with an ultimate goal in mind" and "I'm plugging in all of my patch cables, tweaking the knobs and calling it an experiment". Not that others can't, but it keeps me more honest, and hopefully this doesn't result in the 100 page argument they had over at muffwiggler on this.
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Mr. Sharps posted:Psh speak for yourself. I just watched a bunch of your videos and that thing is really cool!
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Mr. Sharps posted:Psh speak for yourself. i'm desperately trying to avoid getting into modular synths and you're not helping.
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Mr. Sharps posted:Psh speak for yourself. I didn't mean to cause another stupid derail with my flippant comment. Your melodic stuff is very nice.
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Mr. Sharps posted:Psh speak for yourself. This case is really cool, what is it? Did you just dump a system into a case for something else?
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# ? Mar 12, 2015 17:15 |
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Tell us about your rig Mr Glass! Looks like he's using the Synthrotek 6U + 1U case. I've got one as well, quite a good enclosure for a small system
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Dotcom Jillionaire posted:Tell us about your rig Mr Glass! i don't have a modular rig (yet). perhaps you meant Mr. Sharps? in which case this was linked off of the video: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/67852
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# ? Mar 12, 2015 17:47 |
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I like that it looks like it's in a tackle box. Have you ever taken your modular out fishing accidentally?
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# ? Mar 12, 2015 18:02 |
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Wait, what in the hell? Roland just released a new System-1 plug-out that emulates a vintage Roland synth I literally didn't even know existed until 5 minutes ago? Please don't take away my fanboi card, Roland. I feel like Neo must have felt just after taking the red pill.
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Radiapathy posted:Wait, what in the hell? Roland just released a new System-1 plug-out that emulates a vintage Roland synth I literally didn't even know existed until 5 minutes ago? Pro Mars are pretty neat - kind of a one-voice Jupiter Four. Or the only "Jupiter Monosynth."
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Mr. Glass posted:i don't have a modular rig (yet). perhaps you meant Mr. Sharps? in which case this was linked off of the video: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/67852 Yes yes, too many Mr. on this thread. Thank you
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it's a really bad idea for me to ask this (because ), but what's the bare minimum i would need to get started with eurorack? should i start with just a VCA, VCO, filter, and maybe a sequencer or midi-to-cv module, or should i get something somewhat self-contained like this and add stuff over time?
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# ? Mar 12, 2015 19:56 |
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bare minimum would be just an oscillator
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Mr. Glass posted:it's a really bad idea for me to ask this (because ), but what's the bare minimum i would need to get started with eurorack? should i start with just a VCA, VCO, filter, and maybe a sequencer or midi-to-cv module, or should i get something somewhat self-contained like this and add stuff over time? It entirely depends on what you hope to do with this system. You could do a tiny doepfer case with an oscillator and any CV modifier and be good to go for "bare minimum." It's so odd to me that we're in a post-Mutable Instruments world where you could literally have like, a Braids and be totally good to go. We're almost evolving backwards in euro world to the ROMpler nineties (interface wise).
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Mr. Glass posted:it's a really bad idea for me to ask this (because ), but what's the bare minimum i would need to get started with eurorack? should i start with just a VCA, VCO, filter, and maybe a sequencer or midi-to-cv module, or should i get something somewhat self-contained like this and add stuff over time? A Intellijel Atlantis is basically a semi-modular SH-101. You could do much worse starting out.
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# ? Mar 12, 2015 21:11 |
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I'm in love with glassy/watery tones. None of that 8 bit poo poo. What do I need to make this tia.
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BonoMan posted:I'm in love with glassy/watery tones. None of that 8 bit poo poo. What do I need to make this tia. "Glassy" screams FM to me. "Watery" makes me think of Korg-like filters. Everyone else will have a different idea.
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net work error posted:I like that it looks like it's in a tackle box. Have you ever taken your modular out fishing accidentally? I haven't taken it fishing but I have it on good authority that it makes a great flotation device in the event of an accident.
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BonoMan posted:I'm in love with glassy/watery tones. None of that 8 bit poo poo. What do I need to make this tia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj-BPvcf5sw
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Oldstench posted:"Glassy" screams FM to me. "Watery" makes me think of Korg-like filters. Everyone else will have a different idea. But we all know yours is the only one that matters. So I'm runnin' with it.
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