First, SPEM. A lot of people know KRON is awesome, but SPEM solved an issue for me that I needed fixed, and it also added a ton of extra functionality.
I needed a volume control device that can be triggered via gate, and when that gate is triggered, it turns the volume on or off. Nope, I don't want to place an entire mixer into my combinator to do that. Nope, don't wanna use Alligator. I wanted a simple mixing device that does just enough. A simple trigger gate. Sure, there might be a few, and yeah, you can probably do it with Thor. No, that's not how I want to work. I want a designated device. Picky picky me.
So, I test this SPEM device, and lo and behold, it does exactly what I want. It also does a wide variety of other things that go above and beyond.
1. Main volume control in AND out
2. Gain in
3. Dry/wet level out pre main volume out
4. 4 separate channels to mix extra effects in and out - not mixer channels.
5. CV volume control for each of the 4 channels AND the main out
Earlier, I had created a glitching combinator that does glitch like how I want it to be, basing my results off of Max/MSP apps Cconfin, 2020 Beat Machine, and djrone. Less granular, more stutter and gate, but not boom-boom music stutter and gating - microsound stutter and gating. I can also add in granular and bitrate devices if/when necessary.
As a side note, the only delay that I have (and I have approximately 8 delays) that accurately emulates the Max/MSP delay is the kHs delay. A cheap thing that is clear and doesn't do the analog round-off at the end. Also, when I switch the timing via CV, there is less pitch-shifting going on. I was looking for a delay that sounds like Max/MSP, and that's pretty close. Also, it's got the Boss DD7 delay pedal vibe, where you can get the stutter effect less pitch-shift. I don't play guitar, but I like that effect.
Now I can remove the Ochen K. Glitch RE, and replace it with finer control using SPEM. I control SPEM with KRON
KRON is the LFO machine I should have gotten years ago. It's got lots outputs, lots of inputs, lots of ways to control CV that go way beyond any of the LFOs I've purchased in the past. It modulates the modulators in so many ways, I am at a loss to express the amount of happiness this device provides. In and of itself, it is a modular device. I'm able to control glitching audio much in the way I have using Max/MSP apps. Clicks and cuts, pops, smears, repeats, and very atypical versions thereof. It's important to me to be able to do such a thing, and now I can. Another brick sealing me into the Reason environment
So, thanks to both Bcase and Alien Seed. Damn fine devices. Useful when you're breaking away from the typical.
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