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If I recall correctly, I installed with a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 with no problems.
There is this one for €135.
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/offers/view/3379
If you search modulargrid for “midi to cv” you should get every option around and a few that aren’t.
For your money, you get way more with a Muc!
http://www.edv-technik-ts.de/html/muc-models.html
I want a Muc-810!
I was looking at the Vermona Qmi too, but also found the Doepfer a-190-5 for a little cheaper. Haven’t ordered anything yet. Be aware that there is a QMI v2. I can’t find any info on what the difference is though.
Just ordered on of these though!
http://www.synthcity.nl/midi/midi-to-trigger-interface.html
MIDI to 24 trigger outs!!! Will probably only use 16 though.
Wondering if I can hack into power inside the bcr and build the whole thing into it (could wire midi out b straight to it). Looking for cheap jacks now.
I can’t wait to try this!
I’d love to be able to limit velocities in a ratchet with a fade. I usually don’t want my drum velocities to go much below 70 or even 90 at times.
@Tommy, I think if we can use your idea of offsetting, every possible inversion of every rhythm should be included there. I could be wrong. Brain hurts.
Here are the rhythms. Which encoders they get assigned to… That’s another question! I’ve been grouping them by how many non-muted beats in a row.
1=note, .=mute
11111111, 1.1.1.1., 1..1..1., 1…1…, 1….1.., 1…..1.,
11……, 11….1., 11…1.., 11..1…, 11.1…., 11…11., 11..11.., 11.11…, 11.11.1.,
111….., 111…1., 111..1.., 111.1…, 111.1.1., 111..11., 111.11.., 111.111.,
1111…., 1111..1., 1111.1.., 1111.11.,
11111…, 11111.1., 111111.., 1111111.,Ok now I’ve got 31? Anyway, there may be mistakes, and this all depends on offsetting, which Christian hasn’t even confirmed is possible! Hasn’t even said he wants this at all actually! (And hopefully he is having a nice day off after just releasing the latest firmware!) But that’s what I came up with anyway.
Now to get REALLY annoying…
Christian, is it possible to define the loop point based on how far you turn the encoder (i.e. The first quarter turn gives an 8 step loop, second quarter gives a 16 step loop, third=24, fourth quarter=32)? This would be good for rhythms like 1..1..1.-.1..1..1-..1..1..-1..1..1.
Holy crap I’ve been doing binary math all day and my brain is going to melt. As far as I can tell, there are 28 different rhythms that you can create with 8 steps (if you can offset the beat,100 of them are doubles of these 28). All of the Euclidean rhythms must therefore be included in this set.
The unfortunate problem here is that these are only 8 step loops (spread over all 32 of course). If you want something like a clave rhythm, it would need 16 steps. But they are only meant to be a quick starting point anyway. You don’t want the thing to write the whole song for you, do you?
Having an offset encoder would solve a major problem I just discovered. I was writing rhythms like this: first row of encoders= 8 different rythme starting on the 1, second row=8 rhythms starting on the 2, third row…(you get it)
Lots of really usable rhythms, but many were just offsets of others! This means a LOT more preset rhythms! I’d challenge someone to come up with ten good rhythms that weren’t already on the list!
And don’t be a preset hater
there are no rhythms written that have never been done before. And you are in control of the melody. Maybe we should ask for everyone’s most used rhythms, and figure out which encoder makes sense. There are easily 32 important rhythms and their variations.
Like encoder nr3 could be:
..1..1..-..1..1..-..1..1..-
..1..1..
Encoder nr6:
..1..1..-1..1..1.-.1..1..1-
..1..1..
Of course, we will also have to fit in somewhere:
1..1..1.-1..1..1.-1..1..1.-
1..1..1.
And
1..1..1.-.1..1..1-..1..1..-
1..1..1.Is it possible to program it like this? I’ll bet if we ask everybody, those encoders will fill up fast!
I was thinking about this today while I was programming a hi hat rhythm. I held the hat button and turned the first encoder to fill all the beats, and thought it’d be great if turning the 2nd encoder filled just the off beats. But what if you turn the third??? Or forth? Maybe this is how we can fit in all those crazy rhythms? After all, the Euclidean rhythms could just be programmed in.
Had a great play with this today! Awesome work!!! Thank you!!!
If one of those modes was:
1-8,9-16,1-8,17-24,1-8,9-16,1-8,25-32,
That would be my 64 note cheat request taken care of
Changing modes on the fly would be amazing too!
Instead of adding shift buttons, you could push in the knob while turning it so… Push and turn 1st knob= all odd notes (1,3,5,7…) are effected. Push and turn 2nd and even notes are effected. 1st and 2nd= all notes. 1st and 5th, 1,5,9,13…
I was just wishing for this today! So exited for the next update! +1 for Alien Brains deminishing repeats. I’d like to be able to do a snare drum drag (like Jojo Meyer), where the velocity decreases with each repeat. (Would be awesome to have a reverse fade as well!)
Thanks for this amazing sequencer!