It's not what you think. There is nothing complicated or sexy going on here. It's just setting my SP1200(Master) at one BPM and then setting the Command Station(slave) at half the speed. As I said, for some weird reason the PX-7 ignores what the master clock is and just ticks along and it's own internal speed but still clocked by the master. But if I reverse the setup up, the PX-7 will take over the SP1200' clock to whatever I have dialed in on the PX-7. Fail. That's not what I want. So i kinda stumbled on this. I've tried the MV-8800, MPC-3000, and only the Schaltwerk (stiffest and grooveless sequencer ever made) and PX-7 do it. I never tried it with the Octopus (biggest buyers remorse feeling ever). There was a dedicated box out there for a while in the marketplace that did the same thing. Where you could subdivide the tempo in half and in quarters to get the same effect. I talked to the developer for a while and he was releasing it soon. But I lost touch with the guy. But like a lot of this obscure weird gear it was more of a science project and only a one-off was made. And I think there is more than one way to skin a cat with this stuff. I'm sure there are other ways to get clock dividers implemented in your setup. Now to split up Sync 24 clock for my 303 would be cool. Anything that clocks (effects, filters, etc) I am just all over that. Without having to rely on software.. I mean.
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Matt <somatt@...> wrote:
Hi
How do you subdivide the tempo? I love doing this but don't know how to do it with MIDI / px-7
Thanks
MattOn Dec 31, 2010 10:57 PM, "James Ulibarri" <jamesulibarri@...> wrote:
> Anyone use the command station with the yamaha A4000/5000?
> Someone said they did and hated it. But I also hated the S6000 and I
> don't think I can get stoked on any Ultra samplers. Same old filters
> and waveshapes on every new school Emu sampler/module. I've read
> that every parameter is CC'able on the Yamaha and what better machine
> to trigger it with than the CS. The other reason I don't nuke my PX-7
> for an RS7000 is because when I clock the command station from my
> sp1200 it clocks perfectly but somehow ignores the incoming master BPM
> and runs at it's own tempo but still keeps time. So I can subdivide
> the tempo to like 64 verses 128 bpm on the 1200 and get some
> interesting polyrhythms going on there, verses other boxes that just
> mirrors the incoming bpm exactly from the master.
>
>; Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 31, 2010, at 9:22 PM, Matt <somatt@...> wrote:
>
>> This is awesome.
>>
>>; On Dec 31, 2010 7:25 PM, "D F Tweedie" <bienpegaito@...> wrote:
>> > Oh hail the Prince of zeros and ones!
>> >
>> > DF
>> >
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>> > --- On Fri, 12/31/10, woodsworth1 <woodsworth1@...> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > From: woodsworth1 <woodsworth1@yahoo.com>
>> > Subject: [xl7] FLASH SIMM update
>> > To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
>> > Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 3:38 PM
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Just so you know its not forgotten...
>> >
>> > I managed to get hold of some SAM7SE microcontrollers (they were
>> the thing that I thought I already had, but discovered that I didn't).
>> >
>> > I altered the CPLD programming so that the dip switches make more
>> sense. There are four switches which allows for 16 combinations. To
>> understand them, I'll just clarify the operation a little:
>> >
>> > The FLASH SIMM has 7 addressable 32+4MB regions [32MB for wave
>> memory, 4MB for preset memory which holds the presets, beats, demos
>> etc]. The SIMM is physically in one slot, and can emulate a ROM in
>> the other slots. If you place the FLASH SIMM in slot 0 [NOT any
>> other slot!!!] then it can operate as:
>> > a ROM in that single slot 0 only
>> > two ROM in slots 0 & 1
>> > three ROMs in slots 0 & 2 & 3
>> > four ROMs in all slots
>> >
>> > Notes:
>> > if the SIMM is acting as a single SLOT ROM then you can put it in
>> any physical slot (or in an ULTRA sampler)
>> > the corollary is, that if you place the SIMM In any slot other
>> than slot one, it won't behave properly unless you have it set to
>> not emulate other slots
>> > if the SIMM is emulating a slot then you can't have another
>> physical ROM in that slot.
>> >
>> > Examples:
>> > virtuoso 2000 -> put the orch1 & orch2 ROMs in slots 2 & 3 and put
>> the FLASH SIMM in slot 0 and allow it to emulate slot 1 as well
>> > xl7 -> put the extreme lead ROM in slot 1 and the FLASH SIMM in
>> slot 0 with emulation of slots 2 & 3.
>> > multiple FLASH SIMMs -> arrange them as you wantfollowing the
>> rules, but only the one in slot0 should emulte other slots...
>> >
>> > The CPLD programming allows you to make use of the DIP swithces to
>> select which region is used for the physical slot, but the emulated
>> slots are hard coded to a predefined region - basically not enough
>> DIP switches ;-). The DIP switches also effectively enable/disable
>> slot emulation.
>> >
>;> > If enabled, slot 1 emulation will always be region 2 on the FLASH
>> SIMM. If enabled, slots 2 & 3 emulation will always be regions 3 & 4
>> on the FLASH SIMM respectively. However, the region used for the
>> physical slot can be selected from those not being used (so if you
>> have slots 1, 2 & 3 being emulated, the DIP switches will allow you
>> to use regions 1, 5, 6 or 7 in slot 0 [only one at a time of
>> course!]). In that way you can make the most of the images that are
>> written into the FLASH regions. MORE IMPORTANTLY if emultion of
>> slots is disabled (perhaps if you have more than one FLASH SIMM and
>> are using the second one [not in slot 0]) then you can assign any of
>> the regions to be used for the physical slot - this would also be
>> useful in an ULTRA sampler.
>> >
>> > The DIP switches only set the region being used at start up. It is
>> possible to write to the CPLD to select any of the regions for any
>> slot - emulated or physical, but that requires modification of the
>> OS to allow the user to change that "on the fly". A task for another
>> day.
>> >
>> > It is also possible to expose the dip switch settings to the
>> outside world using wires (so you can change them without access to
>> the SIMM itself) but that would require soldering wires to the SIMM
>> and would necessarily void your warranty :)
>> >
>> > -----------------------------------
>> >
>> > I have been over the schematic and layout so I can be reasonably
>> confident that the number of 'non-conformances' is limited. Once the
>> fabrication plants are back up after the holdiay break I can send
>> the PCBs off for manufacture. Should have them back near the end of
>> January.
>> >
>> > After that I need to write some software (for the SIMM to allow
>> them to be programmed, for the PC to program them, and for the
>> programmer board to read them).
>> >
>> > In the longer term I need to write software to allow anyone to
>> create their own regions from whatever they want [new waves, new
>> presets, new demos, new arps and beats] (also I would like to merge
>> the protozoa and holy grail ROMs into one, since there's no real
>> point in having 16MB ROMs anymore...)
>> >
>> > Just for your information - the micro with the USB interface uses
>> full speed communication (about 1MBps) so transferring a complete
>> region [ONE ROM IMAGE] may take about 40 seconds so you're better
>> off not having to change them too often even though you could write
>> to them 100,000's of times.
>> >
>> > Also, the SIMM is disabled during transfers (so you won't be able
>> to generate sounds from it during the download. Also if you change
>> the contents, the existing OS won't know about it until after the
>> module is reset.
>> >
>> > AND it is not-likely that the existing OS will write to the FLASH
>> SIMM (preset memory only) and if it did it would destroy everything
>> other than the preset information. so to put your own stuff on them
>> (without a modification to the OS) you would need to generate
>> presets on the module, transfer them [eg sysex] to your PC and then
>> incorporate them into a region image.
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > So there is some forward progress...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>;> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> >
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