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"A fantastic Sunday yesterday at Synth Explosion at Trattoria San Biagio !
Thanks to all the people involved, to the friends of NONO Modular , LepLoop and 51beats for being a lively and creative part of our community and thanks to Jolin for your continued collaboration!
Here, as always, some photos from the event!"
Don't miss the STELLARIA pictured below. According to Jolin, it's: "a synthetic flower made of sensors and electronic components. Its petals are light / temperature / pressure / moisture and wind sensitive. The sound generated is then processed into a modular synthesizer to create an interactive performance."
"I jumped at the chance to play with a prototype of Major Tom, NONO Modular's first Eurorack module, currently on Kickstarter (HERE - http://bit.ly/KickMajTom). It's very much still a prototype with updates already in place (beyond what I have here) and new ideas to be implemented as well.
NONO Modular have been in the Eurorack space for years with their cases (see those here http://nonomodular.com) but this is an impressive entry into the module space. Major Tom is 4 channel gate & CV sequencer with a unique polyrhythmic approach that places a 8th note triplet grid over a 16th note grid and allows you to sequence across both easily. There's also switchable variations per part, gate fragments, dynamic gate adjustments and plenty more.
If you're interest there's details and backing options on Kickstarter here // http://bit.ly/KickMajTom
**NOTE //** while I'm just making beats here, you could be using this for melodies, riffs and basslines or even 4 voice polyphonic work. These are just the things my quick playing led to.
*SUPPORT //* If you'd like to support work like this and the wider range of what I do, considering heading over to Patreon at https://bit.ly/DK-patreon and supporting for as little as $1 a month to gain access to the DivKid Discord community, plus lots of exclusives such as PDF patchbooks, videos and more. https://bit.ly/DK-patreon
*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS* 00:00 Hello & previews 00:33 What is Major Tom? Who are NONO Modular? 00:53 Feature run down 03:00 Live pattern variations - so fun the OG DivBaby got involved 05:03 Polymetric patterns with last step adjustments 07:39 ‘Shift’ a micro timing, gate delaying way to add groove and wonkiness!"
No audio in this demo - just the UI. Note the ring colors represent and match the Track A-D buttons. He sets the step points for A, holds A down for a couple of seconds to copy, then preses B, C, and D to paste. He then tweaks B, C, and D separately.
The event will begin with the classic Sunday lunch within the walls of San Biagio, we recommend booking your table on 031 631047.
From h. 4.00 pm it will be possible to visit small exhibition tables with the instruments and attend the presentation of the various manufacturers with descriptions of them.
Around aperitif time, a spontaneous and improvised performance will come to life. We are waiting for you! Enjoy your Synth Experience!"
"Small stringhy/electrokraut improvvisation where Major Tom plays some percussive stuff, stimulate the DELAY 1022 CG PRODUCT used as a resonator and control the very creamy FRAP TOOLS CUNSA filterbank which shapes the bass sounds."
"percussive session by gently pinging the Frap Tools Cunsa.
The truthfulness and "acoustics feel" of the sounds are incredible!
Cunsa reacts in a very organic and colorful way, starting the synthesis of the sound by sculpting the trig/gate, thanks to the characteristics of Major Tom, you get a very wide palette of sounds."
Major Tom is a eurorack sequencer designed for percussive synthesis in eurorack modular context. Technically it is a 4 track cv-gate sequencer (expandable up to 12 tracks with expanders modules) and with some unique features focused on rhythmic and polyrhythmic aspects.
In 1972, EKO COMPUTERHYTHM introduced the first programmable drum machine to the market and invented the 16 STEP writing, which would become a standard for all subsequent programmable drum machines and step sequencer and has remained unchanged until now.
50 years later, NONO MODULAR with his Major Tom, introduces a small but fundamental modification to this standard, that allows for easily creating more complex and groovier rhythms without losing the ease and immediacy of the classic system, thus expanding the possibilities we have had so far with hardware sequencers.
MAJOR TOM presents itself as a classic 16-step CV/gate sequencer but also implements triplet steps in parallel (the outer orbits of the 16-step circle), making it the only hardware step sequencer to offer this possibility and, above all, in such an immediate way.
It is a 4-track Eurorack CV/gate sequencer (expandable up to 12 tracks with 2-channel expansions) with a focus on writing rhythmic and polyrhythmic parts and on treating the width, length, and fragmentation of the gate for each step.
All these features are extremely useful for creating more dynamic rhythms, easily creating burst effects, rolls, ratcheting, and for precise work on percussive synthesis in the Eurorack modular context (for example, working with ping/ring techniques with low-pass gates and filters of West Coast systems or stimulating delays and resonators).
A quantized CV for each track allows you to tune or modulate your patches. Of course, the sequencer also allows you to work with drum modules and create classic melodic sequences like any other CV/gate sequencer.
ROUND COLOR DISPLAY A large round display allows you to keep track of everything that happens. For clarity, each track has its own color (white, yellow, blue, red, and white and green for expansions).
There are very few submenus in this sequencer, which presents itself with a very analog and "one button, one function" philosophy that helps with orientation and provides great immediacy in live performances.
Underneath what you see directly with your eyes, there are only quantization and clock dividing parameters, sequence group saving banks that are saved directly on microSD (to facilitate export, management, and backup), and various copy/paste/freeze tricks that are essential for both fast programming and performance/variation.
EXPANSIONS Each expansion adds two channels with all their respective controls and allows for expanding the sequencer tracks according to the need, up to 12 total channels tops, connecting by 4 expansions.
Expandability is not the only advantage of this structure because, in addition to expanding the available channels, it allows us to keep the project open and develop other types of expansions with different characteristics and different controls to meet other needs.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
• 4 CV/Gate tracks (expandable up to 12 with expansions) • 16-step sequencer with the addition of triplet steps (total of 24 steps) • 4 independent parameters per step, adjustable via dedicated button and encoder (3 for gate and 1 for CV) • LEVEL (gate amplitude, from 0V to 10V) • LENGTH (gate length, from a very short trigger of 1% of the gate to a full gate step) • SPACER/FRAGMENTER (gate fragmentation up to 10 parts and application of dynamic masks to the impulse group, such as increasing, decreasing, linear, random, alternating, etc.) • CV (Quantized voltage in different scales)
A large part of the module is dedicated to sequence controls in order to have direct and immediate contact and maximum playability.
3 performance controls and a colored button for each track: • LARGE VAR SWITCH KNOB with 10 positions switch where you can save 10 different sequences instantly switchable for use as variations. • LAST STEP SWITCH KNOB, allowing independent change of the LAST STEP of the individual track from 16 STEPS to 1, easily creating polyrhythms. • SHIFT KNOB to finely delay the entire sequence independently from others. • COLORED BUTTON, colored button to select the track to program. Other functions are associated with this button such as pattern copy/paste and track reset.
Additional features include: • Encoder for sequence speed • Start/Stop button and Reset button (general reset and individual track resets in combination with the colored track button) • CLOCK OUT and RESET OUT • CLOCK IN, RESET IN, and CV IN • MAJOR TOM is 42HP, expander IS 14HP , DEPTH is 3,5cm • MEMORY: hundreads and hundreads of “LIVE SCENE” can be saved and reorganized on SD (LIVE SCENE is the set of 10 patterns saved in the large knob of each of the tracks)
"Compact, foldable eurorack cases, which give the most while taking up little space, functional solutions for your modular systems.
Nono is a product line for eurorack modules, aimed at finding functional solutionsfor your systems, where the human-machine relationship is the focal point of the design, to improve playability, instrument focus and transportability. The products have a design that includes the charm of old lab machines, cast into the future, and the beauty of an object designed to be both useful and efficient. Space age e rationalism in modular Eurorack format.
SPACE CASE SERIES
These eurorack cases are designed to meet the needs of musicians who travel a lot and therefore need compact, foldable cases, which give the most while taking up little space. Efficient companions for your setup. Built and assembled with great care, with prime quality material, by expert craftsmen directly in Brianza,manufacturing centre of the best Italian design.
The series is composed of 3 case, 3 format for 3 space experience.
ROVER 1.60
A single 60hp row
Small format to gather ideas and a savoured module selection, For a mini modular setup.2 piezo pads mounted on the lid for rapid tricks.
A small device for agile moon landings
ORBITER 2.84
2x 84hp rows
Classic format, for vertical or horizontal use, robust and foldable while patched!
Ideal if you’re looking for an easy to carry, durable, high-quality case.
LANDER 3.84
3x 84hp RAW and a padded space for storing cables, power bricks, spring tanks and accessories.
Robust and foldable while patched.
Inspired by the design of old, glorious synths,
Lander has an original and innovative design.
The idea comes from the sum of a 1ROW skiff plus a vertical 2ROW case,
The vertical case is tilted for optimal focus on the modules,
The whole case can be folded for transport.
Compact and light
Folded size: 47x29x20 cm
Weight:. 5 kg
Plus, padded Storage space: 14x43, H from 4 to 7 cm"
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