Loque wrote:Would it make sense to add a note and gate input or use it as an instrument? A transpose to midi notes could be interesting, even if it is mono (with Distributor i can make it poly)
It can be played as an instrument, here's how! (actual song files and demo can be found at the end of the next post below).
We're going to actually "play" grains by using Gate and CV signals from a Thor to control Fritz's Semitone function. The range is C1 to C5.
The Note CV doesn't map to a 24 semitones scale, so we're going to use a little trick to coerce one into the other: we will take the Note CV output from Thor, split it in 4, then merge those 4 signals together to add them (which is equivalent to multiplying the CV by 4). Once that is done, we'll scale the result by 95% to fit perfectly to the 25 steps scale of the Semitone knob (one middle note, 12 above and 12 below).
Create a Combinator. Inside, drag a Fritz, a Spider CV and a Thor (in this order). Flip the rack around, and unfold the combi's programmer.
On Thor:
- Drag CV1 Modulation Output to the Spider's Split A Input.
- Drag CV2 Modulation Output to the combi's Programmer CV In 2 and set it to "Unipolar".
On Spider:
- Split A Output 1 goes to Merge Input 1
- Split A Output 2 goes to Merge Input 2
- Split A Output 3 goes to Split B Input 1
- Split B Output 1 goes to Merge Input 3
- Split B Output 2 goes to Merge Input 4
- Merge Out goes to the combi's programmer CV In 1.
It should look like this:
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Flip the rack back.
On Thor:
- Reset Thor (right-click and choose "Reset Device").
- In the Modulation Matrix section, route "Midi Key -> Note" to "CV Output 1" with an amount of 95, and route "Midi Key -> Gate" to "CV Output 2" with an amount of 100.
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On the Combinator:
- Open the combi's programmer by clicking on "show Programmer".
- In the "Key Mapping" list on the left, select Fritz (it should show the name of the currently selected patch).
- In the list on the right, change the first source to "CV In 1" and set it to "Pitch Semitone"; change the second source to "CV In 2" and set it to "Emit Gate".
It should look like this:
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(to be continued in next message because of attachments limit)
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