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Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Sequetron 14.06 Macro triggering with NRPN messages


Published on Jan 4, 2017 Phil Tipping

"Demo of new NRPN macro handling feature in v14.06. Many synths such as this Moog Sub 37 send NRPNs as well as (or instead of) basic CC messages when their knobs & buttons are operated so can now use many more of these for triggering Sequetron macros. More info on http://www.philizound.co.uk"

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Moog Sub-37 meets Sequetron & Waldorf streichfett


Published on Dec 21, 2016 Phil Tipping

"New toy (it's that time of year!) festooned with knobs so ideal opportunity to show how Sequetron macros can simplify some command sequences. In this example, the Noise Level knob and Glide Type button are used to switch the sub-37 keyboard between multiple synths, allowing concurrent looping & live playing. More info & downloads at http://www.philizound.co.uk"

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Streichfett string synth - first tests with Sequetron


Published on Jan 10, 2016 Phil Tipping

"New toy from Santa (aka Liz) so first dabbles with Waldorf streichfett string synthesizer driven by Sequetron with a Korg microKORG as a MIDI source. Streichfett can be configured to split strings & solo sections across 2 adjacent MIDI channels so Sequetron channel switching used to record/loop/play each section as reqd.
This is not an in-depth demo of streichfett, but very impressed with limited use so far - both sections can play chords so no note-stealing when sequencing. Simple but clever user interface - no menus :) - with morphing controls encouraging you to twiddle; sounds are richer and have more bass than expected. Headphones or good speakers recommended, although my YouTube playback doesn't do it justice for some reason - maybe my low-res download speed?
MicroKORG only used as a MIDI keyboard, so tried a simple ledge resting across it to hold the screen & streichfett. Not very ergonomic unless you leant over it, so made a sloping version for later shots.
Sequetron details & downloads from http://www.philizound.co.uk"

Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Sequetron 14.03 - 'Live Output' explained


Published on Jul 1, 2015 Phil Tipping

"Showing how the Live Output mechanism can be used to create interesting live effects independent from recording or looping, using force-to-scale/chord/notes functions as examples. The dynamic mapping system allows multiple functions regardless of keyboard size. Korg microKORG used for input & output. More info and downloads on http://www.philizound.co.uk"

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Scaling the modular - Sequetron 14.00 force-to-scale/chord/note demo


Published on Jun 18, 2015 Phil Tipping

"Demo of new forcing functions in v14.00 using modular synth for sounds. The 12 functions can be mapped anywhere for live playing of specific notes from the forced set of notes, regardless of the state of other recorded seqs. Conventional forcing is still available whereby keys are forced to their nearest valid note but this alternative avoids adjacent keys (depending on scale/chord) sounding the same pitch.
Input device is Korg i30 but anything which can transmit MIDI will do, and output device is Studio-22 from http://synthesizers.com but anything which can receive MIDI will do. Can also use self-contained keyboards as long as you turn off 'local control'.
More info and downloads at http://www.philizound.co.uk"

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Korg EMX-1 + Sequetron - Xmas Noodles


Published on Dec 24, 2014 Phil Tipping

Korg EMX-1 + Sequetron - Xmas noodle 2 of 2


"Creating some backing-track ideas from scratch using Sequetron. All you need is a MIDI sound module plus a basic MIDI source/keyboard and an old PC to run Sequetron. The computer screenshot shows it following my key-presses on the music keyboard, but it's not essential for normal operation.
See http://www.philizound.co.uk for Sequetron details & downloads."

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Korg EMX-1 + microKORG + Sequetron demo


Published on Dec 20, 2014 Phil Tipping

"Live recording/looping/noodling Korg EMX-1 from a microKORG keyboard via Sequetron, showing a few basic operations. The computer screen shows Sequetron following my key-presses on the music keyboard, but it's not essential - it's not even visible from where I'm sitting! Ditto for the mouse and qwerty keyboard. After a bit of practice the music key mapping becomes intuitive (you can configure it how you want anyway) so you find you rarely look at the screen and can concentrate on the music.
All sounds are from the EMX-1 synths & drums and the microKORG; the EMX-1 internal sequencer is not used. Sequetron seqs (tracks) are allocated to MIDI channels 1 to 5 and 10 to drive the EMX-1 synth & drum parts respectively. Seq 1 is allocated to a different MIDI port to drive the microKORG on channel 1, and both audio outputs are sent to a mixer.
Computer uses a MIDISport 4x4 midi-to-usb adapter with MK-out to PC-in-A, PC-out-A to MK-in, PC-out-D to EMX-in.
See http://www.philizound.co.uk for Sequetron details & downloads."

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Sampling modular synth oscillators with E-MU E5000 & Sample Aid


Published on Sep 27, 2014 Phil Tipping

"...or how to prove emu + ocd = rsi
Looping & truncating raw VCO waveforms with no attack, decay or filtering - previous video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87TS2...) [video 2 in the playlist below] showed how to sample complete voices so no looping was reqd. These waveforms can be used for building new voices inside the E-MU or by routing them back through the modular. They were captured earlier using Sample-Aid to step through each note, so the repetitive Arm & Place button pushes are still needed, but this time no auto-truncation was used so all samples are 1 sec. long.

The example shows one of the 40 pulse-width variations (10%, 12%, 14%... 88%, 90%) taken from the pulse output. Each sample is looped & truncated to approx. 2000 samples using E-MU's auto-correlate function plus manual tweaking by ear & watching the graph. The waveforms are simple so the tweaks were fairly consistent until the lower octaves where the size had to be increased. The lower notes were also harder to judge by ear, but it was easy to spot incorrect loop points on the graph.

Sampling this way may seem overkill but it avoids all compromises... you just need patience :)
Easier options would be to only sample every few notes, and/or truncate them to a single wave cycle, but you'd need to experiment with each waveform first to avoid audible artefacts.

Background music was a quick lash-up just to show what the raw pulse waveforms sound like with no further processing apart from the E-MU voice defaults. The E-MU was set to multi mode, with a few pulse variations assigned to different channels, and driven by Sequetron."

Sample Aid


Playlist:
Sample Aid 13.15 part 1 of 4
Sample Aid 13.16 part 2/4 - sampling a single velocity to EMU Ultra
Sample Aid 13.16 part 3/4 - sampling multiple velocities to EMU Ultra
Sample Aid 13.16 part 4/4 - sampling multiple velocities to EMU Ultra
Sample Aid 11.16 - Sample mode, microKORG, EMU Ultra E5000
Sample Aid 11.18 Velocity Cross-Fade microKORG on EMU Sampler

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Modular synth noodle with Supernova, EMU sampler, Sequetron


Published on Sep 13, 2014 Phil Tipping

"Just messin' again - a quick pattern created with Sequetron... plus noodle meter debut. Headphones/big speakers recommended."

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Sequetron 13.08 Multiple notes in metronome styles

Published on Dec 22, 2013 Phil Tipping·59 videos

"Rushed & scrappy video to beat the Christmas deadline - which explains the hat! Shows a snippet of the new multi-note feature in metronome styles. Other mods include 'tempo multiply' for speeding up individual seqs. More details in the mods history: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philweb/ph..."

Santa hat gets the holidays label!

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Modular synth & Sequetron - basic 2-voice record/playback

Published on Nov 21, 2013 Phil Tipping·58 videos

"Synth-only 2-voice demo with simple patterns recorded & controlled in real-time by a MIDI keyboard connected via Sequetron. Voice limit (2 x VCO/VCF/EG/VCA) gives interesting variations as seqs sharing the same voice steal notes from each other as they mute & play with different cycle lengths.

Also shows effect of adding a simple soft/hard clipping switch to dotcom's Q107 filter.
Equipment used: Customised Studio-22 from Dotcom, Korg i30 MIDI keyboard, Kenton Pro Solo II MIDI-to-CV, Sequetron 13.07.

Please contact me if you have a means of generating more than 2 CVs from a PC and are interested using (or have tried) Sequetron on your modular. I only had 2 single-channel MIDI-to-CV devices so you'd either need more of these or multi-channel ones, or something like the Expert Sleepers Silent Way system... and of course a synth with sufficient modules - currently outside my budget! :-(
Email address is on bottom of page on http://www.philizound.co.uk"

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Modular synth jam with Schaltwerk, MAQ, i30

Published on Nov 12, 2013 Phil Tipping·57 videos

"Live noodling using chord sequence from D.C. in A Minor Excursion (35:57 in http://youtu.be/qXDtcDm7WS0), using Dotcom synth, Schaltwerk, MAQ & Korg i30 arranger keyboard. Patterns from earlier MAQ video (http://youtu.be/mV91BvJFsxw) tweaked & transferred to Schaltwerk to free up MAQ for VCF control.
The unexpected syncopation from earlier video traced to fractional length pattern being gated on its off beat, so on-beat notes become audible when EG decay/release increased.
Korg i30 used in Arranger mode so backing style follows chords played with left hand; right hand plays melody.

Midi sync & clocks distributed from Sequetron to Schaltwerk, MAQ & i30 via Philip Rees MIDI Merge 2M unit used as a 'thru' device; can just squeeze 3 outputs from 1 input. The MIDI Thru W5 unit would be more logical but it wouldn't transmit MIDI sync/clocks; may have been faulty but wasted lots of time doubting the deopfer gear (and sanity) so didn't investigate further!"

Monday, September 30, 2013

Sequetron 13.07 with modular synth, drum machine & supernova

Published on Sep 30, 2013 Phil Tipping·54 videos

"Another quick live lash-up with Sequetron driving a dotcom synth plus drum machine & supernova to provide more 'voices'.
The 1st section shows the Sequetron ports, macros & drum style setup.
The 2nd section overlays live screenshots showing the seqs being recorded & looped in real-time, and the dynamic template/virtual keyboard along the bottom shows how the keys change functionality as notes are pressed on the music keyboard. No mice or qwerty keyboards are used.
View at higher resolution if screenshot writing is fuzzy.

Port 1 goes via Kenton Pro Solo to VCO3, Q107 filter, EG & VCA.
Port 2 goes via Q104 module to VCOs 1 & 2, Q150 filter, EG & VCA.
Port 3 goes to Novation Supernova synth.
Port 4 goes to DRM1 drum machine.

The 3 macros are triggered by 3 of the 5 Korg EC5 foot pedals to switch live output between ports 1, 2 & 3 (could also use normal port commands from the MIDI keyboard, but macros are a new feature!).
The macro definitions are:-
cc12, abs=127, [live] cmd, [command] live, [command] port-n, [digits] 1
cc13, abs=127, [live] cmd, [command] live, [command] port-n, [digits] 2
cc64, abs=127, [live] cmd, [command] live, [command] port-n, [digits] 3

The 'record attrib source' config option is set so that live's current port value is automatically transferred to the recorded sequence(s) when the recording starts.

The drum style used for the metronome is taken from the Drum Machine Patterns books by Rene-Pierre Bardet.
More info & downloads at www.philizound.co.uk"

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Sequetron 13.07 with Studio-22 modular synth

Published on Sep 29, 2013 Phil Tipping·53 videos

"Quick lash-up using Korg i30 as a simple MIDI keyboard into Sequetron which drives two MIDI-to-CV devices on two separate ports, giving 2 'voices' on dotcom modular synth.
Port 1 goes via Kenton Pro Solo to VCO3, Q107 filter, EG & VCA.
Port 2 goes via Q104 module to VCOs 1 & 2, Q150 filter, EG & VCA.

Sequetron uses 2 macros triggered by Korg i30 foot pedals to switch live output between port 1 & port 2 (could also use normal port commands from the MIDI keyboard, but macros are a new feature!). The 'record attrib source' config option is set so that live's current port value is automatically transferred to the recorded sequence(s) when the recording starts.

This type of synth is essentially monophonic so can't overlay too many concurrent notes as they compete for the limited VCO/VCF paths. You could buy more VCOs, VCFs, VCAs etc., but this is an expensive way of building a polyphonic synth. A cheaper option (although arguably not as much fun!) is to connect additional mono or poly sound devices on other ports. Can have up to 9 ports on current version of Sequetron.
More info & downloads at www.philizound.co.uk"

Saturday, June 01, 2013

Sequetron 13.xx Dev test individual note pitch-shifts

Published on Jun 1, 2013 Phil Tipping·48 videos

"Early development testing of pitch-shift operations on individual notes as opposed to all notes in selected sequence(s). Video shows lowest note being shifted by various offsets. Other options tba are highest note, lowest 2 notes etc.
Thanks to TonE for initial idea."

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Danse Macabre MIDI file on Korg Karma



Published on Sep 21, 2012 by philtipping

"Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saens
MIDI file sequencing - Jason M. Stone
MIDI player - Sequetron
Colours - TonE
Visualisation - Sequescope (Cartesian mode, vertical octaves)
Sounds - Korg Karma (GM sound set)"

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Sequetron 8.21

Sequetron 8.21 Quick Setup, part 1 - Stand-alone testing

YouTube Uploaded by philtipping on Jan 15, 2012

"Using the virtual keyboard & qwerty keys on a netbook PC"

Sequetron 8.21 Quick Setup, part 2 - Connecting a MIDI keyboard via USB

Uploaded by philtipping on Jan 16, 2012

"How to connect a MIDI keyboard & synth via a USB-MIDI adapter."

Sequetron 8.21 Quick Setup, part 3 - What makes it different?

Uploaded by philtipping on Jan 16, 2012

"Why is it not 'just another software sequencer'?"

Friday, July 15, 2011

Sequetron 8.12 Virtual Test Drive, part 6 - Play,Mute,Cyclic,Record


YouTube Uploaded by philtipping on Jul 15, 2011

"Exploring more commands in detail: Play/Mute variations, Cyclic modifier function, Record 'stop/play' controls.
Uses a virtual keyboard so you can try it out without having to connect a real one.
Follow developments on www.facebook.com/sequetron"

Saturday, July 09, 2011

Yamaha QY-100 + Sequetron


YouTube Uploaded by philtipping on Jul 9, 2011

"Convert a QY-100 (or any synth) into live multi-tracker/looper by connecting a Sequetron. Free download from www.philizound.co.uk."

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Multi-tracking Korg padKontrol & Yamaha DD14 drum pads


Uploaded by philtipping on Jul 5, 2011

"Using drum pads to record & multi-track themselves.
Korg padKontrol & Yamaha DD14 drum pads driving an EMU E5000 sampler via the Sequetron v8.10.
Download from www.philizound.co.uk"
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