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!

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."

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

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!"

Sequetron 8.06 Virtual Test Drive

YouTube Uploaded by philtipping on Jun 13, 2011

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"

Sequetron MkII Sweep demo with Supernova patches

YouTube via philtipping | January 30, 2011 |

"Sweep command operating on the program/patch-change number of a single-note sequence.
All commands entered in real-time via the music keyboard; no mouse or PC keyboard used.
Full info & downloads at www.philizound.co.uk"