Introducing the Shroud of Turing by FlatSix Modular

Shroud of Turing Deep Dive — Turing Machine-Inspired + Keyboard Controlled Chaos Tamer

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"Full walkthrough of the Shroud of Turing by FlatSix Modular. In this video I'll walk you through every feature of the module — from the basics of the Turing Machine-inspired shift register to scale quantization, pattern manipulation, and the CV keyboard mode."

Available now at: https://flatsixmodular.com/shroudoftu...

Inspired by the Turing Machine - https://github.com/TomWhitwell/Turing...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:34 Patching Up
03:41 Shift Register Concept
04:04 Random
04:24 Lock
04:44 Slip Mode
05:47 Double Lock
06:25 Sequence Length
07:06 Voltage Range
08:03 Quantization
08:59 Clear Quantization
09:24 Saving Scales
10:25 Loading Scales
11:03 Reset
11:43 Add/Subtract Bits
12:38 Rotate Sequence
13:54 Slight Of Hand Mode
16:38 Outro

➤ What is the Shroud of Turing?
The Shroud of Turing is a 1U Eurorack module built on the Nocturne Alchemy Platform. It runs a 16-bit shift register inspired by the Music Thing Modular Turing Machine, with the addition of a built-in scale quantizer you can program directly from the button matrix keyboard. The result is a module that can generate evolving random sequences, lock them into repeating patterns, and output perfectly in-tune musical voltages.

➤ Key Features:
16-bit Turing Machine shift register
Probability knob: 7 o'clock = Double (2x loop), 12 o'clock = Full Random, 5 o'clock = Locked loop
Sequence lengths: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, or 16 steps
Voltage ranges: 1–4 octaves (0–4V)
User-defined scale quantization (up to 6 saved scale slots)
Pattern reset (Shift + C#) for synchronized performance
CV Keyboard mode for direct note output with portamento
Calibrated 1V/octave output


Format: 1U Intellijel | 26HP | Eurorack

Platform: Nocturne Alchemy (Arduino Nano)

By: FlatSix Modular


The Shroud Awakens | Shroud of Turing Eurorack Performance
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"A live performance showcasing the brand new Shroud of Turing by FlatSix Modular — a 1U Eurorack module that combines concepts from the classic Turing Machine shift register but adds a fully playable musical quantizer with the ability to save and recall user scales on the fly as well as other sequence manipulation abilities.

Patch notes:
Main clock and subdivisions provided by Pam’s Pro Workout. Main voice is a dual patch on the Neutron Sound Dust of time consisting of a swarm oscillator, and pulse wave oscillator. This voice is being sequenced by the Shroud Of Turing which shares a multed gate input from Pam’s to the gate in on the Dust of Time as well as the Shroud Of Turing. The quantizer on the Shroud of Turing is having notes added in real time through the built-in keyboard, as well as having predetermined user scales loaded in over time through long-holding the octave up button and selecting one of the 6 user scale slots on the keyboard.

The Dust of Time’s output is running through a Noise Engineering Desmodus Versio with an open source firmware called “Multiversio” for delay duties. Midway into the jam, I use a switch in the case to shift the 16th notes triggering the Shroud Of Turing to a Euclidean based pattern to give a syncopated feel to the melody.

The second voice consists of Mutable Instruments Braids running a supersaw oscillator, being sequenced by the Seventh Summoner which is combining multiple sequences into one using the Summoner track. The supersaw is running through a Pittsburgh Modular lowpass filter and into a “Almicon Reverb” on a ALM MFX module. I’m modulating the filter to build the supersaws over time on top of some additional modulation form from the Ornament & Crime running the Phaserville Suite.

The first percussion voice is a snare and kick on the Erica Synth’s Drum being sequenced by a euclidian rhythm from the Pam’s and the audio is running through a DJ Filer on the Expert Sleepers Disting Mk4, and then into a Q-Bit Data Bender for glitching duties.

The second percussion set is coming from custom samples on the Teenage Engineering K.O.II which is synced to the small eurorack case through Pam’s.

Everything is then mixed down the Befaco STMIX mixer to a stereo channel so it could be captured in one take. (Three cameras were used to capture the different angles)

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