MIDIbox SEQ V2.2 is now available. From the ChangeLog:
- a drum mode has been implemented which allows to play three drum lines per track (makes up to 48 drum lines which can be played in parallel)
In this mode, each layer contains one drum line.
Limitations: each line has a dedicated note and gatelength. Only two velocity values can be specified (normal and accent)
The accents can be set when the FAST button is activated.
More details are described in Tutorial #3:http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_seq_tutorial3.html
single events can now be triggered multiple times (up to 4 times per step) with a delay value of 1-31. The number of triggers and the delay can be selected in the gatelength layer.
This feature allows to play doubled, triplet and quadrupled notes, which is especially useful for drumrolls, ratterbeats and flams.
More details are described in Tutorial #3:http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_seq_tutorial3.html
Note: the new definition of the gatelength makes old patterns incompatible to previous releases (better to do it now than never) - the gatelength has to be divided by 4 in old patterns
a humanizer function has been added which allows to add/subtract random values from the 2nd MIDI byte (e.g. Note), from the 3rd MIDI byte (e.g. Velocity, CC value, Aftertouch…) and from the gatelength.
The humanizer mode and intensity can be selected in the Groove menu
two additional gate trigger pins are now available for the AOUT option.
The 3rd gate is located at pin RC0 (CORE::J6::RC)
The 4th gate is located at pin RC1 (CORE::J6::SC)
These pins are only used when no AIN multiplexers are connected (which is normaly the case when no pots are used)
Hum, it looks like a spaghetti plate, but I will arrange all that with some colson cable ties.
I’ve also one remaining problem, the LCDs are a bit pale. I check the negative voltage tips, but it’s not the problem and the vendor told me that it works with positive voltage between 0 and 1V.
tatapoum :my LCDs was a bit pale too , with not enough constrast , so i change the voltage of the supply to a bit more than 9v (9,3v) and tweak a bit the two variable resistor on the core : all go fine (but i use a led matrice for the step ,so i was thinking that there is too many leds (and i use orange ones) for the standard voltage…
i’ve spend the last evenning playing with my seq and the new drum mode ,it’s a bit “bizzaroid” but very effective after understanding how it work!!!
But i’ve notified that some time steps of different layer are “exclusive” ,if you turn one , the same on layer two won’t be played ,it’s the bug you fix on the new release of MIOS ?
the matter maybe come from the way the synth i drive with the SEQ deal with its drums patch ,but i haven’t notified any polyphony problem before, so ?..
another thing : why the trigger mode stop the playing? here is way to avoid that?
But i’ve notified that some time steps of different layer are “exclusive” ,if you turn one , the same on layer two won’t be played ,it’s the bug you fix on the new release of MIOS ?
the matter maybe come from the way the synth i drive with the SEQ deal with its drums patch ,but i haven’t notified any polyphony problem before, so ?..
thats exactly the problem which has been fixed in v2.2a
another thing : why the trigger mode stop the playing? here is way to avoid that?
as mentioned in another thread, I will add this to the ToDo list
Drum mode is really excellent. I just regret to have ordered the front panel the day before the news in order to write on it the button function. But don’t care with that.
However the All function is a little bit strange in this mode. It change note and the accent… I also not understand why it change some GP leds state.
More generaly speaking, I think that a normal setup of the encoder (the binary thing is fun but not really usefull) and the use of, by example, the Menu button to navigate between the other parameters should be easier. Maybe it’s not possible to do such a thing. Just an idea. I don’t have assembler skills to understand how to do that myself.
Another point, why not to write Note before the note set ?
Thank you, it’s a really nice piece. I don’t have yet receive the front panel but I’ve played with it for 2 hours…
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