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I disagree entirely with a manual scale entry approach. SCALAalready has all the scales I need captured in a standard format. Would Iwant to re-enter them all again on a limited user interface, 128 entries foreach scale? No way! That’s one of the reasons programs likeSCALA were created, to relieve the tedium of scale entry across differentplatforms. Other than panel space, having the USB/MIDI interface doesn’ttake away any real time modular features that you could have.
John Loffink
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From: motm@yahoogroups.com[mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of SteveMaietta
Sent: Monday, August 27, 200710:23 AM
To: motm@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [motm] Re: QuadQuantizer: need your inputs
First of all, its great to have a new module feature thread again,it's been so long!!
Regrading scale programming on a quantizer module, my thought isif the module came with 20 or so scale presets from the "factory"then I'd bet that 95% of users would just stick with those anyway, especiallyif they had to load some app to transfer scales via USB, or coax theirsequencer to send a MIDI scale dump or whatever.. so for most users itsprobably not even too important. But wait. .. unless programming scales became part of patching the module..usingya know, patchcords, cv's and gates...hmmm now I bet most peoplewould end up playing with new scales! Even if a user didn't really carewhat exact note was programmed, the modular experimentation-ability of themodule would of course, keep the users mind going and results fresh. Think less in terms of strict scales, but more of a user defined voltage memorybank.
So I propose this idea for those who are madpatchers, or those would want to experiment with different tunings, a mode ofoperation where you enter the "scale", note by note and then nameit(maybe) and save it all from the module panel. It would benice if no computer was necessary to program it, and no cumbersomeMIDI scale program messages would have to be attempted. Might need an encoder for this or a button or two, maybe not... but its anidea. And gives the freedom for real modular experimentation, andintertwinedness in a patch. Afterall, wouldn't you rather see it be ausable experimantal feature waiting to be (ab)used.. rather then just loading ascale, 1.2.3 done. (yawn..it came with 20 scales anywayright?)
So yes keep it in the patchcord realm... no midi/usbjack necessary, you patch up a voltage, tune it to just the rightpitch,(listen to an osc or use a MIDI/CV -if you're after a perfect pitch, youmight not be, its a modular afterall) press the button (or send a trigpulse) and it saves this voltage level as step 1 of user scale01, and then go to the next one. Program in an octaves worth and itautomatically spans it to the 88 key range or whatever. You mightneed an additional ADC channel for this.. But the best part isthinking of patches where the module is reprogramming itself as partof the patch.. wow the patching possibilites.. would it tend towardschaos or towards a single note?? :) and then yes you have 2 (or 4)of these in a single module.. wow..
Power to the people! Lets think "outsidethe box" and keep it "inside the box" - no computernecessary!
~Steve