stuartm

Your favorite hardware-based sequencer
Midibox Seq V4, extremely flexible, but still intuitive with no excessive menu diving. Some key features for my purposes, e.g. MIDI Re-Sync while running (think MungoSync). Oh, and it’s DIY :-)

Comment by stuartm November 2012 permalink
Vocoders
I like vocoders :-) In Hardware, I got the Micro Modular and the K-Station, but recently I grew very fond of the Vocoder in Ableton Live. Also, a vocoder can be very musical if you try to let go that robot voice idea and try something different, …

Comment by stuartm October 2012 permalink
YM Doesn't save patches.
gotcha ! :-) but no time wasted, glad to help!

Comment by stuartm October 2012 permalink
Shruthi-1 Yellow Magic edition
For the record: just successfully complied and uploaded a custom 0.97 firmware to the YME. :-)

Comment by stuartm October 2012 permalink
YM Doesn't save patches.
Cant reproduce here. Successful writing on both patch and combo mode. n8bit: do you set the brackets around the ok (e.g. “[OK]”) and hit the encoder ?

Comment by stuartm October 2012 permalink
Main Encoder Defective?
Yeah, the YME encoder feels smooth at first, but can be a bit fiddly to set careful +/- 1 changes. Does it have more clicks per rotation ?

Comment by stuartm October 2012 permalink
Census of successfully assembled kits
Yellow Magic Edition done. Love the filter. Love the delay :-D Now off to uploading my custom firmware and doing comparisons with my first Shruthi (SMR-4 filter). /edit: filter demo here: http://soundcloud.com/stuartm/shruthi-1-yellow-magic-ed…

Comment by stuartm October 2012 permalink
Shruthi-1 Yellow Magic edition
got my parcel yesterday, just finished the filter board, a joy ! Two small comments about the LP2 building instructions: - “The 3x 100uF and 2x 220uF capacitors are polarized.” -> shouldn’t this be “5x 100uF” ? - there’s no mention of “now…

Comment by stuartm October 2012 permalink
Shruthi-1 Yellow Magic edition
Ordered a kit today – couldn’t resist the magicks of the yellow … :-)

Comment by stuartm October 2012 permalink
Little Miss Sunshine
Well, at least we got a good hint that it’s actually a synth.

Comment by stuartm June 2012 permalink
Shruthis on Matrixsynth
better use this link :-) http://m.matrixsynth.com/search/label/Shruti-1

Comment by stuartm June 2012 permalink
Help? Note stuck on with some patches
By default, i.e. init patch, mod matrix slot #9 is routing Env2 to the VCA, i.e. taming it down until you trigger it. If you change/remove that routing, you get a constantly open VCA, some people call that a “drone patch” ;-) /lol: Olivier was 1…

Comment by stuartm April 2012 permalink
MiniDarkBrutaurosaurus ?!?
check this out: http://soundcloud.com/mutable-instruments/mutable-instruments-double

Comment by stuartm March 2012 permalink
"Innovative Instruments Ribbon Tube Synth"
Dumb Question: what about the “128 presets” ? would it be legit for him to sell “his” instrument with the presets that ppl have contributed here and that made their way into the firmware ?

Comment by stuartm March 2012 permalink
set tempo to external - how do you handle this?
:D pleasure ! I agree with Olivier that getting the toolchain running is the most tricky part for unexperienced users (include myself here !), especially on Win. A few tips for doing a firmware build on a win machine can be found here: http://…

Comment by stuartm March 2012 permalink
set tempo to external - how do you handle this?
On another note: For my personal firmware mod, I’ve also changed the Sequencer mode to “SEQUENCER_MODE_RPS”, it starts up ready for sequence fun. My Shruthi-1 is now perfect :-)

Comment by stuartm March 2012 permalink
set tempo to external - how do you handle this?
Actually, I needed to change it to 35. 39 gives me the “/8” tempo, but I found out anyway (I’m using v0.95 from … last week?) I’ve uploaded the modded firmware to Sendspace, as other might be interested too (and I don’t want to send out dedicate…

Comment by stuartm March 2012 permalink
set tempo to external - how do you handle this?
Ouhh, nice tip there Olivier ! I will try to implement this later today. @Youkon: if you want, I can send you the modified firmware, just gimme a shout !

Comment by stuartm March 2012 permalink
set tempo to external - how do you handle this?
Conditioned myself to set it manually whenever I fire up the Shruthi. I was hoping for an option to save this with the global settings, but upon repeated question Olivier stated in the “firmware requests” thread that it would be too complicated: …

Comment by stuartm March 2012 permalink
How do I configure to boot into preset mode?
It simply starts on the preset browse page (S6) after powering on, “normal mode” means it start on the filter page (S2). On current v0.95, once you powered on with pressed encoder, it will always start with preset browse. To revert, power on with …

Comment by stuartm March 2012 permalink
SammichFM for sale.
“15 macro knobs … equations …” ^ now that’s a challenge for, dunno, 2013 ? ;-) But I perfectly agree with you on the “accessability” of FM synthesis.

Comment by stuartm March 2012 permalink
Features request for next firmware versions...
Thanks a lot Olivier, that works perfectly! Btw: how about a “custom firmware” thread ?

Comment by stuartm February 2012 permalink
Features request for next firmware versions...
Ok, understood. Just one other thingy: When the sequencer is running synched to an external MIDI clock, it doesn’t do anything when receiving another MIDI Start signal (well, ok, it keeps running). Most device would re-start at the beginning of …

Comment by stuartm February 2012 permalink
The Good Knob (and Pots + Encoders) Thread
Re’an Flexifit, got them via Conrad. Fits D-shaft and 6mm via an adapted. Very good grip and feel, comes in two sizes and red, blue or greyish colors, always with a with marking.

Comment by stuartm February 2012 permalink
Features request for next firmware versions...
Just again stumbled across the wish to have “save global sequencer settings”, any news on that ?

Comment by stuartm February 2012 permalink
Hex2Sysex Script Issue (manufacturer ID)
Ah, thanks for clarifying! I crosschecked with the ref. manual, which says 0x20 0x77, so I presumed this was the one you applied for. Anyway, gotta make some music Those fold / bit distortions sound lovely !

Comment by stuartm February 2012 permalink
A new sequencer idea...
Very interesting, and very musical ! I like to fool around with the Shruthi’s arpeggio warp patterns for similar results (1), but this is more controllable, and way more cool ! And yes: I’d love to see this in some kind of hardware ! note (1): …

Comment by stuartm February 2012 permalink
SMR4 mkII preview
Do I hear my “pythagor” preset in there ? :-) Nice one !

Comment by stuartm February 2012 permalink
Finally Playing my Shruthi-1
That’s a lot of Sundays since June – congratulations on finally making it to the Shrutiversum !

Comment by stuartm October 2011 permalink
Which EEPROM to order?
As it might interest others in future times: I’ve just successfully upgraded my Shruthi-1 with a AT24C512B from Reichelt, their part no. “ST 24C512 BN6”

Comment by stuartm August 2011 permalink

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