Tinker CV Math Assistant - Now Released (free)

[Pepin]

As announced last month, Tinker CV Math Assistant is now available in the shop for free
This was an interesting project for me to develop, and I hope it sparks some ideas.

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Tinker is a free Rack Extension for entering mathematical formulas to manipulate CV signals. A formula can contain numbers, variables, constants, operators, functions, and parentheses. The result of evaluating a formula is clearly displayed, and an integrated help menu lists all available functionality for quick reference. Tinker also supports patch loading and a configurable patch description.

You could use Tinker to perform arithmetic between different CV inputs, generate a tempo-synced waveform, build branched routings using the built-in knob and switch, and more. Explore endless possibilities!

Shop link: https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... assistant/

[Loque]

Excellent work, Pepin!

And thank you for your effort and generosity!

[jam-s]

An interesting and flexible device. I think the UI could be reused/extended to host a bytebeat engine (info + examples) which would make it a very nice geeky synth as well.

Also thank you very much for your generosity.

[Stamatz]

Thank you very much Pepin!

[ljekio]

Nice work, a lot of thanks

[Bes]

so great, many thanks

[rorystorm]

really looking forward to playing with this. Thank you!!!!!

[edit: ok, so just a small amount of manual-reading and fiddling.
I have to admit I'm not that great with math so some bits are sadly over my head.
BUT the 'select' and 'lerp' functions alone are going to be incredibly handy.
Thank you again].

[MuttReason]

Pepin, thank you for this, super useful for some of my more out-there CV routing madness. Really generous of you to make this available for free, much appreciated.

[moneykube]

THANK YOU !!!!

[crimsonwarlock]

Now we have to wait and see what crazy things Poohbear is going to do with this

[Synthopathe]

Thanks

[Iapetus 9]

Damnit Jim, I'm a musician, not a mathematician! I guess I should peruse the manual, and maybe fire up the fractal software. Thanks!

[moneykube]

Now we have to wait and see what crazy things Poohbear is going to do with this

a crazy mind blowing setup no doubt

[_andreypetr_]

Pepin, much love for this present for us!

[reasonosaer]

thanks, great work

[muckmclane]

As announced last month, Tinker CV Math Assistant is now available in the shop for free
This was an interesting project for me to develop, and I hope it sparks some ideas.


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Tinker is a free Rack Extension for entering mathematical formulas to manipulate CV signals. A formula can contain numbers, variables, constants, operators, functions, and parentheses. The result of evaluating a formula is clearly displayed, and an integrated help menu lists all available functionality for quick reference. Tinker also supports patch loading and a configurable patch description.

You could use Tinker to perform arithmetic between different CV inputs, generate a tempo-synced waveform, build branched routings using the built-in knob and switch, and more. Explore endless possibilities!

Shop link: https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... assistant/

I was wondering if there is way to convert Desmos equations, into something Tinker can work with.

1 example:

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[Bes]

what is g(x,a,b) ? is it a 3dimensional coordinate? why not just plug it in and find out

[muckmclane]

what is g(x,a,b) ? is it a 3dimensional coordinate? why not just plug it in and find out

It appears correspond to a Desmos graph. The formulas as stated in the graphs, would need to be converted to something Tinker can read. As is, I will always get the message "Error: unknown token."

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[Pepin]

A lot of those equations can be represented in Tinker. Depending on the complexity, you might need multiple devices.
For the particular example you gave, you'd need multiple devices to fit all the g terms.
You'd want to use t (time) wherever x is used in the equations.
You'll also need to tweak Tinker's rate and scale the output, depending on the use case.

To give you an idea, you can formulate each term g(t, A, B) in Tinker like this

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A/(1+pow(e,60*(-t+0.5*B)))

Either replace A and B with the specific numbers, or send a constant signal with those values to the A and B variable inputs.

The full Rick Roll equation at the Desmos link is much longer than just those four terms, so you'd need to use many devices to recreate it. I think it would be tedious but nevertheless possible.

[Bes]

oh thats the rick astley song, looks fun drawn out like that. tinker is great