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Showing posts with label SDS Digital. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SDS Digital. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 05, 2022

Is this module better than Morphagene?


video upload by Jameson Nathan Jones

"A look at the [SDS] Reflex LiveLoop and comparison with the Make Noise Morphagene. Is it a legitimate alternative? In this video I walkthrough some of the features of both modules and examine their strengths and limitations.

Free Rev2 sample pack: https://bit.ly/Rev2_ResSamples
Dfam Loops sample pack: https://bit.ly/DfamLoops_complete

Video Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:29 - Similarities with Morphagene
5:40 - Differences in Sound
8:23 - Storage (and lack of)
9:29 - Peak Slicing
9:48 - Splicing vs Slicing
12:27 - RLL PlayFX
15:28 - RLL Built-in EQ
17:34 - Final Thoughts
20:44 - Sample Packs
21:43 - Outro (RLL jam)"

Tuesday, January 05, 2021

Sequarallel TRAX Tracker Remote MIDI CC Step Sequencer Control feature


freshnelly

"This demonstration/tutorial video covers the TRAX Tracker Remote extension for MIDI CC control on the TRAX remote MIDI Channel.This feature is different from recording notes into the tracker from a keyboard in that it's similar to traditional Sequencer control of each step.We think it's a good addition to the Sequarallel and have decided it should stay! Enjoy the video S*"

Sunday, December 27, 2020

SDS AutoPlay Piano Music Box!


freshnelly

"This project is a 1-off gift for my parents. It began as an experiment with the SDS Accord Melisma module's core. Outside of a module rack the hybrid synth must provide all of the signals you would normally patch, in the way they might be patched allowing autonomous operation as a stand-alone composition.

The piano also has a fairly large Flash memory and sequencer system similar to the Accord Sequarallel module (some of the SW was stolen from the Sequar!) in order to play recognizable songs that have been recorded in. I included a couple of Sequarallel's FX, and would have added more if time permitted, but as is usually the case, time ran out and I had to wrap it up and send it on it's way in time for Chrissy.

The piano has some settings, primarily the "mood" selector which will bias randomization of song types toward this selection. i.e. Mood=Summer, then there's a good chance a Beach Boys tune will start playing, followed by "Sunny Days" or "La isla Bonita". Like Christmas, "Melisma" is one of the moods and will either compose it's own music from banks of progressions in any one of the 8 PROG memories, or will take an existing song and apply Sequarallel FX to it, thus completely changing the way it sounds. (It's the perfect plagiarism tool I'll tell ya!)

On top of all of this, the keys on the piano animate thus making it a player piano! I'll be honest, the keys don't match actual chords even though the original design was for just that. Due to circumstances beyond my control parts didn't arrive so I had to wing it with what I had around the workshop. It would have been nice, but only to someone that plays piano, I doubt anyone else would even notice!

The project wasn't without disastrous goof-ups though. I managed to fry most of it by passing 12 volts through everything, AFTER recording in over 200 songs. Luckily I had backed up over 100 songs so it only took 2 days get the rest in. Then there was the "I have no idea how electromagnets interact" crisis which was a result of making a bad decision under stress from Canada post losing my order or whatever happened. That's covered in the video.

All in all this was a fun & challenging project which pulled me away from the intense programming I had been slaving on for 3 months prior, thus offering a holiday without leaving the farm, which is double bonus these days. Wow am I ever refreshed and ready to just back into it, both feet tippy toes down.
Cheers!
Enjoy the video!"

Friday, September 04, 2020

SDS Digital Melisma Firmware V.1.5!


freshnelly

"Here we are 1 week later and already another update?
Some really great feature requests and ideas popped up a day after the previous release and to be honest were to cool to be hidden for long!
This somewhat laid-back video covers some of the new features in a basic way, but not reverse Spread or CC CV & LINK MIDI control of LHAND's Bass Octave. (Those weren't added yet!) so that'll be a future video."

Update:

Melisma-Firmware V.1.5 Part 2

Here's the last two additions to Version 1.5 released yesterday.
Reverse Spread:
This new "hidden" feature adds a way to play a chord in reverse order, which is done quite often while playing a keyboard, so it only makes sense to add this capability. Spread already had note order presets but not true reverse!
LHAND Bass Octave Break-out:
Now you can control the Octave when LHAND is in trigger (bass) mode. CC CV has the option + it has been added to the MIDI CC list for remote control.

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Accord Melisma - Non-C Note Custom Chords


freshnelly

"I must admit, I have been really enjoying the new Custom chords feature since V.1.4 and have come up with some interesting methods like this one...

This is an interest video made just after the release of V.1.4 using Custom Chord Editor to make chords that don't follow the "rules" of music so much.
I have added 3 versions of a 7 chord, which is originally a preset 4 note C E G Bb. and popped in duplicate notes (+ 1 octave) etc as:
E1 Bb1 C2 G2
G1 Bb1 C2 E2 Bb2
Bb1 E2 G2 Bb2 (no C at all!)

Inversions +1,+2 etc act differently too of course. Expansion hasn't be shown here but changes quite a bit because it relies heavily on the number of notes in a chord but also repetition of notes, will cover in future video..
Generally though, 7 chord over 2 octaves @ 7 notes makes for a very different expand :)"

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Accord Melisma-New Remote CC's!


freshnelly

"This video is about a new addition for the upcoming V.1.4

There are 5 new MIDI CC remote controls!

Root & Chord Progression windows, Inversion, Expand, and Gate override.

This allows flexibility when using Melisma's LINK in from a MIDI breakout and desktop controller what-have-you.

This also frees up assigned MIDI CC jack to control other internal or external functions and enables footswitch control of the Gate (i.e. note stretching during progressions or direct control of chords playing during no gate or progressions)

V1.4 should be out in upcoming week or two pending de-bugging and numerous other improvements and additions"

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

#SUPERBOOTH20 Special Reserve Livestream 1


Published on Apr 22, 2020 HAINBACH

"In which Single Malt Synthesis and our friend DivKid welcome boutique manufactures from the world of synthesis to show their wares live on stream. It's like Superbooth, but no one has to wear hard pants. Join in the stream and ask your questions, we will try to answer as many as possible.

TIMELINE
17:30 Patch Point
18:00 Purrtronics
18:30 SDS Digital
19:00. Music Thing Modular
19:30 Koma Elektronik
20:00 Gould Caseworks
20:30 LPZW Modules
21:00 Single Malt Synthesis hangout with special guests"

Monday, March 30, 2020

Sequarallel TRAX Tracker: SHIFT


Published on Mar 30, 2020 freshnelly

"This short video demonstrates the TRAX (using #2) Tracker's Shift feature, shifting individual lanes and inadvertantly Recording in a short progression via MIDI. Shift rotates all notes in a selected lane with each click of the encoder.

The Shift can be used in conjunction with "SKIP" to only shift every 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc. step. As it destructively updates the sequence, changing the SKIP setting and re-shifting can jumble the orders up with surprising results!

Shift can be used to shift all lanes together, and possibly using the RANGE parameter to only shift within a certain area (TBD)

This can be achieved now by simply changing the Start/End parameters found further down the QB pop-up SHIFT is in."

Friday, February 07, 2020

SDS Digital Melisma Progressions Reset Options


Published on Feb 6, 2020 freshnelly

"The final installment of the Accord Melisma Tutorials. This one explains the usage of various ways to reset the Root and/or Chord progressions (when pulsing the CV's progressions happen)

If anyone has a suggestion for extra videos, I'll gladly make a video on the subject in question...even though I think everything covered.

Cheers!
..and thanks for watching!"

SDS Digital Melisma posts

Tuesday, February 04, 2020

SDS Digital Melisma Progression Pause


Published on Feb 4, 2020 freshnelly

"This video, which was going to be the last of a tutorial nature for the Melisma module, covers Progressions and pauses. Pauses turn a simple progression sequence into a more complex iteration based on rules of pause symbols inserted into the progression steps.

This video was supposed to also cover progression reset methods but it would have made this video too long so that will be the next (and final) tutorial!"

SDS Digital Melisma tutorials

Monday, February 03, 2020

SDS Digital Melisma Percussa LHAND Mode


Published on Feb 3, 2020 freshnelly

"This is the long-awaited Percussa tutorial video! I'm certain that there's been some head scratching out there so hopefully this clears things up some. It's really quite simple and if not, then it's a lot of fun to use!
Just gotta know some of the basics ;)"

Friday, January 31, 2020

SDS Digital Melisma - Spread Knob & CV


Published on Jan 30, 2020 freshnelly

"This tutorial covers the in's and outs of the Spread function, use, and it's modifiers. (Note order/Swing/Randomize)
Enabling or disabling the Spread Quantization is quickly done from The Spread Quick-Box button. Spread can quantize to the GATE, ACLK, Progressions, and LHAND timing, in any combination, making the rhythmic possibilities pretty much endless."

SDS Digital Melisma

Thursday, January 30, 2020

SDS Digital Melisma CC CV Internal Functions


Published on Jan 29, 2020 freshnelly

"This video/tutorial demonstrates all of the internal functions the CC CV input can be assigned to control (rather than MIDI functions).

These greatly expand possibilities of methods of sequencing chords and changing dynamics of chords, arps, and LHAND"

SDS Digital Melisma

Sunday, January 05, 2020

SDS Dual LFO Concept Module


Published on Jan 4, 2020 freshnelly

"This little 4HP puppy was made by me for me as part of my Skiff-Gift for Christmas! I decided to take some time off and make a portable rack for the long waits at the ferry terminals (going both ways) and the long ride across. This will keep me busy I'm sure!

The LFO is a dual variety and not super intuitive to start, but performs very well and remembers all of the settings (which is important right?)
I like the little thing!"

Monday, November 04, 2019

Select Bus Breakout/Storage/Test Module


Published on Nov 4, 2019 freshnelly

"The mystery continues!! The very useful Select Bus or modular MIDI CV line bus has a lack of masters so I decided to make a module while waiting for the PCB's for the Melisma & Sequarallel to get here (which will both have Select Bus features).

Not sure about the zoom feature. I saw it work somewhere but now can't find that video and thought there was a certain MIDI message for that but can't find that either. Basically I'm calling out for help on zoom!
I'm going to drop it into the demo rack soon enough so will video findings then."

Thursday, October 24, 2019

SDS MIDI Merge Build 3x3 Arduino-based


Published on Oct 24, 2019 freshnelly

"At last, I got around to making a MIDI merger!
It did take 4 days of programming and even after filming this video I found 3 more bugs (well during the video as they always show up then!)

It's a nice little unit with Clock routing, channel re-defining, 3 way keyboard split on each input, up to 10 user configurations can be saved, Input to Output blocking of transport messages, Program changes, and CC's.

The SPLIT is the really cool part as instruments (PC) can be assigned to each region, note offsets (start note) per region, any channel, any output per region, and a 0 to 14 note upward overlap setting. One SPLIT can be assigned to each input so theoretically, you could have 3 splits fanning out to 9 synths.

The output drive is 25mA so hard wire splitting between 2 MIDI synths is easy. I have tried 3 but you get one that's a pig and it's game over ;)

I will be posting the .ino, 3D Print .stl, and some diagrams & data on parts etc. It's really simple as there's hardly any parts.
The OLED is i2c (wire) 128x32 chinese type.

The whole thing is guitar pedal powered but also runs for a long time on a 9 volt battery... well several hours, not really sure

Links:
Program:

http://www.freshnelly.com/midimerge/M...

3d Print files (obj & stl):

http://www.freshnelly.com/midimerge/3...

Info & manual (doc):

http://www.freshnelly.com/midimerge/S..."

Sunday, September 29, 2019

Sequarallel Module with the Reflex LiveLoop Sampler!


Published on Sep 29, 2019 freshnelly

"At last I got around to connecting the Sequarallel's MIDI out to the Reflex LiveLoop's (w/Flash8 exp) MIDI control input. The results were not disappointing!
I used a demo sequence created a while back for the Flash-8 when it came out, but modified it to play MIDI drums and added 8 Loop Markers for the Seqarallel (Note#121).

What it does is records a few seconds of whatever audio is at the inputs by creating 10 slices (there can be up to 400!) then playing them and twisting them with PlayFX, granulizing, stuttering etc.
This is all from the Seqarallel which is running under the modular clock rate so it's all in sync.
I mixed the input with the MIDI percussion being played so when recording, the beats are always there at the start of slices, thus acting as a rhythmic beacon. This means any audio coming in will sound great! And it does :))

After recording it in, away it went. Jumping around the sequence was fun, but transposing produced really unpredictable stuff to happen as many of the Reflex's functions are note dependent (like PlayFX button, Record button etc) so that's probably a no-no.
Otherwise it was amazing.
Jumping to Loop 0 of course starts recording a new sample slice set."

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

SDS Digital Sequarallel Module Test Composition & Patch!


Published on Sep 10, 2019 freshnelly

"Well today I made an effort to create a decent patch to use with the Sequarallel. I wanted to include the Melisma, and I did, but it's a "dumb" connection and follows gates and bass notes to send chords to a Korg synth.
The RIT_M's are doing nothing more than acting as clock multipliers really in this.

There's a couple of SDS_VCO's and percussion modules etc but got the PWM modulation for the VCO's by recording an LFO into the Reflex LiveLoop and then playing it back at rates controlled by the same LFO but much slower. Ahhh what can be done hey?

So yeh, this is a collage of sound based around a simple trance-like composition I did in FL Studio this morning and recorded in this afternoon. It uses 3 MIDI channels and 1 Percussion channel.
Now it's trapped within the Sequarallel forever mwa ha ha ha!

It's really amazing to have this in the demo rack. I'm going to put one of the production units in my big case but the demo rack has become a legacy collection of sorts and I do so enjoy it. (Plus there's no holes like in the big one bluk!)"

Wednesday, September 04, 2019

SDS Digital Sequarallel Sequencer Eurorack Module Tests 2


Published on Sep 4, 2019 freshnelly

Sequarallel

"This week (now the 3rd) started of with getting the Loop Markers working. I like to call them "Magic's" from when I designed the Pedal-7, so magic notes (Note #121) inserted anywhere in the longer sequences or songs become the Loop points rather than bars.

In this video the Transposing is easier because there's more time. Each Magic is 2 bars apart in the 16 bar sequence making 7 total possible. The start and end of the sequence is also used so really there's 8 loop markers.

The JumpTo quick-box (button) can be used to jump over to other loops as 0=start of sequence, 1=first marker etc. but is bar quantized still so longer loops can be escaped from to allow a "bridge" or "fill" using drumming terms, or a refrain / alternate in musical terms.
JumpTo will be in the next video as it wasn't completed at the time of shooting. ;)"

Friday, August 30, 2019

SDS Digital Sequarallel 8HP MIDI2CV Sequencer Module!


Published on Aug 30, 2019 freshnelly

"Well, I'm at it again! I have long wanted a decent sequencer that uses recorded to MIDI to make sequences for modular without a computer.

It started out as a simple MIDI2CV but then my trademark "what if..." kicked in and here we are. I just had to show it off a little.

This video is rather hap-hazard and was just testing a couple of functions, Bar looping and Transposing.

In FL Studio I made a 16 bar test sequence with changes every couple of bars from 1 channel to 2, then 3 & 4 channels (and very different parts although stuck with the same key) to test the various CV-MIDI Channel modes and note-order selection (Time, Range, Cycle). That was mentioned to explain why the instruments and cadence changes so much from one bar to another.

There was also 3 program changes on channel 1, and a couple of percussion sequences.

There is only 1 VCO hooked on Gate/CV 3 here but it's pretty funky with all 4! It plays certain notes when in certain channel/order modes as you can hear in the video.

In percussion mode, where up to 12 triggers are brought to the panel, the display changes to visualize that. Note numbers are in each percussion box. Eventually the fixed notes can be set to automatically assign Jacks as they come in.

The really cool thing about this module is that the sequences are played internally, under modular clock control, just as they were recorded. So some channels may be recorded that, if not blocked, can come out of the MIDI jack, plus play when a different Channel Mode is selected (1+1+1+1, 3+1, 2+2, All 4)

This sequence has no loop points (Note#121) in the sequence or manually assigned Loop/JumpTo points so looping just defaults to inside the present bar. Even this was a lot of fun though!

This sequence took about 1% of the memory so I think it would be possible to get near 100 sequences in there.

It's a powerful little module and has been a bit of work over the past couple of weeks but now seeing results."
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