via the seller: "Monome Grid 64 built from a kit in a custom wood enclosure with blue LED's. Works perfectly, all buttons light up. I am the only owner: it has been used only a handful of times and has always been handled with care in a smoke-free house. The images are of the actual items.
Also included are the White Whale and Switch Eurorack modules. The White Whale is a grid-enabled live probabilistic step sequencer for Eurorack modular synthsizers. White Whale is controlled by a Monome Grid that is plugged into the front panel. The Switch module is an external power and context switch for Monome Grids connected to a Eurorack modular synthesizer. Both modules are in perfectly working and cosmetic order. The only blemishes are slight rack rash.
The ext5v is a small USB connector which allows inline power Monome Grids. The ext5v works great. The Monome Grid 64 can be powered by either the ext5v or the Switch module.
Included are 2 USB cables and the power adapters for the Switch module and ext5v.
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no computers to mediate. no complicated setup. plug into a front-mount usb jack and it’s ready to go. a new form of gesture, live performance, and deep data is now possible within this intuitive and expansive system.
we’re happy to announce white whale, the first in a series.
white whale
grid-enabled live probabilistic step sequencer
september 2014
retail price: $280
requirements: monome grid controller (see note below *)
format: eurorack
width: 6hp
depth: 40mm (“skiff friendly”)
power: 12v: 18ma, -12v: 17ma, 5v: 42ma (grid unconnected), up to 600ma (grid connected, see note below **)
white whale is the culmination of methods and experiments based on a decade of step sequencer design for the grid.
a monome grid is plugged into the front panel of the module, serving as a complete interface. the sequencer continues running when the grid is disconnected, facilitating both live performance and precomposed playback of generative systems.
a sixteen step loop is the foundation. 4 triggers can be toggled per step, along with two separate cv values. 0-10v cv can be dialed via a parameter knob, copied from other steps, and tuned up and down via the grid. a cv map mode is provided for creating scales, and preset scales are recallable.
a probability index is provided independently for the triggers and each cv channel. these can serve as step mutes (at 0 or 100 percent) or chance possibility per step (for fills, emergent melody generation, etc). each cv step can be set to have a choice of several values.
sixteen patterns are quickly accessible. for longer sequences these patterns can be strung together in any determined order, including chance possibilities between pattern selection.
sets of patterns are storable to internal flash memory for instant recall on power-up.
timing can be internal (controlled via a panel pot) or externally triggered. loop lengths and positions can be set intuitively on the grid.
many subtle additional features make this instrument incredibly versatile yet approachable, introducing possibilities far beyond the standard step sequencer."
Some modulations from the Xaoc Devices Batumi (Expert mode)
All sequences from Ableton Live, controlled with the Monome Grid through Endorphin.es Shuttle Control
All the other pads is background noises are from Plonk & Rings, but mangled with (mainly) using the Make Noise Morphagene. Morphagene also function as a input from Ableton
Recorded in one take, onto one track in Ableton Live, and added some slight eq, compression an limiter using the Izotope Ozone 7
1) Monome 64 running 'The Party Van' in max runtime which is playing back the chants (yes that's me singing..) I recorded into it with manipulation just over active and start point and some granularized Tibetan singing bowls and chimes
2) Monome Aleph w/Stasis scene into which I've recorded Mutable instrument Braids' various physical models (trig & pitch from Makenoise Brains/Pressure Points) and then cut up and tweaked with some echo. The playback points, grain size, pitch and various other parameters are mapped out to the different encoders and switches. Bigs ups to Duncan Speakman for writing this fantastic scene, it's blowing my mind!
3) Eurorack modular:
Bass - Mutable Instruments Braids sequenced by Makenoise Brains/Pressure points going into Makenoise MMG then into an Optomix. Envelopes from Makenoise Maths triggered by 4ms QCD (clock div/mult ranged from -8 to x5)
Mid Range Arp - Tip Top Audio z3000 mk. 2 sequenced by Makenoise Wogglebug into Intellijel uscale 2 in channel 2 of the Optomix with envelopes again from Maths trig'd from QCD then into Makenoise Echophon with a mulitplied clock from the QCD
Mid range Seq - Osc's 1 & 2 of Harvestman Hertz Donut mk.2 sequenced by Pressure Points into Makenoise Modemix with envelopes for mult'd Maths and Function triggered from Maths EOR.
All sounds going into an Allen Zed 10 with Eventide Space in the FX loop.
Boom!
Enjoy."
Playlist:
phonogene aleph 266 madness
Monome Grid, Aleph & Eurorack patch w/ Cat (The Game of Life)
aleph patch 2 (n vape)
vape n synth..5?
vape n synth 3
vape n synth 2
vape n synth
boner jams '03
"First encounter with the Monome Arc. Coincidentally, the card I randomly pulled from my box of Oblique Strategies said 'Abandon normal instruments'. That's got to be a sign..."
"A short, quick second encounter with the Monome Arc, this time with a small Eurorack setup consisting of the Monome Ansible module, Mutable Instruments Rings + Clouds, Make Noise Morphagene, and the Erica Synths Black Hole DSP."
the third monome module. see http://monome.org/modular"
"grid-enabled shape memory pattern instrument
december 2014
retail price: $320
requirements: monome grid controller (see note below *)
format: eurorack
width: 6hp
depth: 40mm (“skiff friendly”)
power: 12v: 18ma, -12v: 17ma, 5v: 42ma (grid unconnected), up to 600ma (grid connected, see note below **)
earthsea is a platform for playing, looping, and manipulating control-voltage gestures, which may take the form of melodies and timbral transformations.
a monome grid is plugged into the front panel of the module, serving as a complete interface. looped patterns continue to run when the grid is disconnected, facilitating hot-swap connection to other monome-enabled modules during performance.
built upon a map of tones, the grid becomes a playing surface for melodies. the edge output provides various gating modes including a fixed interval and drone mode.
multi-press gestures invoke shape-memories. three channels of cv memory are set by turning panel knobs per shape. instantly recall cv sets with different shapes, or glide between them with independent slew per channel and shape.
patterns of notes and shapes can be recorded into a bank of sixteen slots. gate, retrigger or loop playback while performing additonal notes or shapes atop. recall previous patterns from the bank, or perform the bank directly. patterns can also be performed across the keymap with arpeggiate mode, shifting the root note and retriggering the pattern.
shape-memories and all recorded patterns are storable to internal flash memory for instant recall on power-up. eight full presets can be stored and dynamically loaded.
additional magic shapes for pattern modulations make this instrument profoundly versatile."
"Live instrumental ambient track using a Monome isms system. Sound source is 2 Mangrove oscillators sequenced by Monome Kria sequencer on the Ansible module triggered by Just Friends. Effects are DLD, Erb Verb, Malekko Echo 600 dark and RML fuzz."
And one more:
Shinkansen by mudlogger
Published on Jan 2, 2018 mlogger
"Live modular track using a monome isms eurorack system"
"PATCH NOTES:
The whole patch is controlled by the Monome White Whale with one CV channel controlling the Mutable Instruments Braids in WMAP mode, and the second CV channel controlling the Mutable Instruments Rings. One gate channel of the White Whale triggers the Tip Top BD808 bass drum, the second gate channel triggers an envelope which controls Braids's output through a MakeNoise Optomix. Another gate channel triggers Strum on the Rings. The fourth gate channel triggers the Reset of the MusicThing RadioMusic, which plays a one note guitar chord sample which then again is being sent through the Mutable Instruments Clouds. Intellijel Quadra LFOs do some modulation on Braids and Rings, and the Evaton Technologies RF Nomad through the second OptoMix channel provides some noisy percussion.
"Multi-tracked Eurorack modular with Monome and OB6.
This is a composition that I first started last year, based on two Max patches: Electric Dharma Wheels and Polygome. I have reimagined that piece and recorded several different parts on a couple eurorack systems (I have access to one at work and a system at home) and on a DSI OB6…and also on my little travel Eurorack when I was at my parent’s home for Thanksgiving. :)
The Max patch Electric Dharma Wheels is programmed to fire off a note every time a wheel on the Arc4 crosses 12 O’clock. Additionally, you can define multiple notes and give each one a probability. The patch is playing four voices on the eurorack (Cwejman, Cloud Generator, Braids, and Modcan Triple Osc). You hear this as the ambient ‘tone’ that starts the track and then comes in and out throughout. The whole thing goes through a Cwejman MMF2 and Intellijel Rainmaker.
I did two percussion patches. The first one is based on MI Grids in Euclidean mode. It plays a combo of some percussion modules and also some noise-based synth voices…like a BLD, and an Audio Damage Neuron. The second patch is from a Circadian Rhythms, also playing a mix of drum modules and noise sources. There was a Jomox Modbase in there as well. Always such a SOLID low end!
Now we come to the real meat of the meal. Polygome is another clever Max patch by Stretta. I programmed a few arpeggiation patterns. Monome Grids then plays these patterns, starting on whatever note you select, so you can get some fun poly-rhythms and harmonic things going on. I set up a dumby soft synth and recorded a one-take improvisation that I captured as midi.
I then spit that midi track out to the trusty OB6, and recorded a take with all the generated notes firing, as is. Sometimes there are 4 or 5 notes playing at a time.
Then I divided that dense midi track into two mono tracks. A lead and a bass.
The lead is played by an Atlantis through the Rainmaker. It comes in at :55.
The bass also comes in at :55, and is the Atlantis again, but with a Dixie II for more of a dual-oscillator ‘Moog’ sound.
I did a fair amount of editing of the percussion tracks (including the use of Audio Damage Replicant doing some randomizing), but other than that, not much was done effects wise in the box. So 98% of what your hearing is just as things came off the synths."
"Finally, I own the most inspiring machine I ever met since the past three years. Monome did an awesome work with the Norns, can't wait to explore it in depth! Let's dive into this first soundscape . Here you can hear "Fall", an incredibly sounding script from @Ambalek _: pink noises and triangle waves meet the magical flavor of @Noise Engineering Desmodus Versio, creating the main atmosphere of the jam. @mutableinstruments Plaits is going into Beads, both modulated by Monsoon Looping Dealy for some juicy little distant grooves on the stereo field. I just love this combo.
"I've added Crow support to Zellen, my sequencer for Monome Norns, so now Zellen can talk to eurorack via Monome Crow.
The first part of the patch is the alternative CV sequencing Mangrove, that is processed through Cold Mac and then looped (via "Freeze") in Bastl Thyme. The second part is the CV out and trigger pinging Three Sisters. Everything goes through Bastl Thyme for delay.
"First flight with Monome Crow. This is Crow's 'first' sequencer, sequencing Mannequins Mangrove and a self oscillating Three Sisters. Just Friends is only used as a clock source in this patch. Everything goes through Bastl Thyme. EHX Catehdral adds reverb in the mixer's."
"crow speaks and listens and remembers bits of text. A scriptable USB-CV-ii machine.
crow connects to norns and computers running Max, Max for Live, and other serial-enabled applications. We’ve created various norns scripts and Max for Live devices which require no programming, and we’ve also created tutorials and studies to get you started quickly programming your own ideas into this tiny, powerful module.
crow also stores a complete script, so that without a USB connection it can continue to run, responding to CV input and ii messages.
A collaboration by Whimsical Raps and monome.
Specifications
Eurorack, 2hp width, 41mm depth
Power consumption: 60mA @ +12v, -15mA @ -12V, no 5V
2 input, 4 output, 16bit [-5V,10V] range
Rear panel digital communication bus (ii)
full Lua scripting environment"
an extensible electronic instrument and composition system
emcompassing generalized practices and inter-ideological patterns
a mannequins + monome collaboration
isms is a eurorack modular synth case with an integrated top row of fundamental circuits. we've packed a ton of functions into the case itself so you can focus available space on control and synthesis modules. rear-mount jacks are integrated into the case, providing the feel of a beautifully contained standalone instrument.
functions → output mixer (3 input) with integrated rear jacks — headphone driver (independent level control) — spring reverb send/receive with mix level — external signal input with gain, envelope follower, and gate — 3 gates (vca/lpg/lpd modes, vactrol based) — 2 attenuverters (also serve as voltage source) — noise (pink and white) — LFO (tri and square) with voltage controllable rate — active mixer with attenuverters and offsetting — 3 bus points with LED indication — USB switch
"A live, semi-improvised hardware performance, and inspired by late-night collaboration. Tim Rich (aka Crooked Walking) was kind enough to host me as we stumbled our way into making a song from scratch. I handled some of the bones of the structure, and Tim was masterful in detailing the song with rich, unpredictable modular sounds. He also took advantage of the ContinuuMini (and its EagenMatrix internal synth engine) to make a great lead voice. I'm super pleased with the results of our night of hanging out.
At the end of the session, we decided we'd both take the audio and video and mix it in our respective ways. As such, please check out Crooked Walking's version of the audio and video here!: [below]
Written and performed in a 3-hour period, and uploaded as is, with only a little compression/limiting on the master.
Elektron Octatrack MkII — Drums, bass, ambience, MIDI sequencing for the Deckard's, effects for the Deckard's, master-level effects and scenes
Black Corporation Deckard's Dream — Three synth lines
Crooked Walking's setup, in order of appearance (thanks to Tim for writing this):
Morphagene – I caught an interesting loop in the 4ms Dual Looping Delay while I was running a different Quanta patch and recorded a couple variations of the patch into Morphagene. The Gene Size and Slide parameters are being manually controlled from the left two sliders on the Intellijel Tetrapad. The morph and Organize parameters are being modulated by the Malekko Voltage Block.
QuantaPercussion – This is a drone coming from Quanta on the iPad running one of the new Hainbach test equipment patches. The Quanta is set to drone a few notes that are then run into the modular. They are patched through a VCA with a Intellijel ADSR envelope being triggered by the Monome Grid running the Kria software on the Ansible module. The output of the VCA is then run into the 4ms Dual Looping Delay which is being controlled manually throughout the video (top right of the eurorack). The output of the Dual Looping Delay is going into the Intellijel Planar for some panning effects modulated by an LFO from the Monome Arc4. Finally, it’s being output into the Make Noise QPAS. The stereo width controls are being modulated by the Malekko Voltage Block. The filter cutoff is being controlled manually from the right most slider on the Intellijel Tetrapad. The high pass output from the QPAS is then recorded.
ContinuuMini – The ContinuuMini is running a choir preset from the EaganMatrix directly into Ableton. There are several plugins on the patch, most notably Ableton Echo for delay and the XLN RC20 Retro Color emulating an old cassette tape to lower the fidelity of the otherwise pristine sounding ContinuuMini.
Kick – The Intellijel Plonk SubKick preset is being triggered by the Monome Grid (running the Kria program on the Ansible module as described above in the Quanta Percussion description). The output is running through the LoFi Junky and, most importantly, through the Klangbau Rohren Tube VCA.
https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com"
Crooked Walking x Jay Hosking | Modular, Deckard's Dream, ContinuuMini, Octatrack +
Published on Jan 31, 2020 Crooked Walking
"This is my first full track in a long time, and I'm so excited that I got to make it with Jay Hosking. Some recent major (positive) life changes have kept me from making music, but I've finally got my new space setup and am back to making sounds.
Jay is a wizard with the Octatrack and really built the structure of this piece. The first two minutes are mostly him performing with Deckard's and the Octatrack."
"I've just finished porting Monome Kria from the eurorack module onto the Norns platform so it can drive MIDI (& other Norns things). This is such a deep and powerful sequencer and I'm quite excited about exploring it outside of Eurorack - written by Tehn from Monome it provides 4 separate tracks - every part of it has its own clock divider and length , there is also an alternate note page and an octave. Each track can produce quite incredibly complex sequences and with 4 going together you can make an a lot of music!
Here I have three channels of Kria driving some instruments from the wonderful Spitfire Tundra, and the 4th channel driving Diva. I'm also playing Noise SWAM clarinet from the seaboard (which you will note irritatingly loses it's connection at one point) . It's all recorded into Ableton but that's just hosting the instruments - no sequencing going from that side at all.
I'm going to be submitting the PR in the next day or two so any Norns users will have access to this fantastic sequencer"
via the seller: "Monome Grid 64 built from a kit in a custom wood enclosure with blue LED's. Works perfectly, all buttons light up. I am the only owner: it has been used only a handful of times and has always been handled with care in a smoke-free house. The images are of the actual items.
