Just curious how you guys and girls transpose a melody
I usually use an iPad as my main Euro sequencer so all the transposing happens in the iPad software (Cubasis for example).
But now I'm thinking of buying Seek or Disting to play a midi file and use a quantizer with transpose CV (2hp tune?) and trigger the transpose with some random like A-149.
Seek can transpose a sequence on-board, and I think you might be able to choose between pre and post quantization. Read through the manual, that moduale can do lots of cool stuff.
I like to transpose in real time, playing the second sequencer instead of clocking it. I use q-bit octone to write a sequence up to 8 steps, then I use meng qi voltage memeory in its manual mode like a keybaord to transpose the sequence. I use a nice cheap diy module PAMT to add the votages, which is also fun for performance as it has momentary octave buttons you can use to play with the octices as the sequence is running.
Here's and video example of it. Using the arp mode on the voltage memeory here where if you press more than one pad it arps between them!
This ones on sound cloud too: https://soundcloud.com/brandon-logic/mo ... hbook-8-27
Also it's fun to transpose sequences that aren't clock synced
Here's another example using just a 2 step sequence and the vm
esmeets wrote:Thanks so far!
No one here using a quantizer with transpose CV?
Sequencer (quantized pitch cv) --> quantizer (only for transpose) --> VCO
yes, I use it on my quantizers.
but lately i prefer to modulate (adding cv offset before quantizer) or both
I also use precision adder, transpose in some sequencers, unity mixer, etc
to this day i have never used a sequencer for melody and rely on random voltage and S&H. now that i have ornament and crime for quantization it is working alot better. soon i will be using the digitakt into yarns for midi sequencing once it comes out.
I currently use the doepfer a-185-2 along with a secondary cv source (pressure points, silent way, sq-1, random cv, or just an offset) if I want to transpose BEFORE the quantizer so I can shift within the current scale. If I want to transpose the entire scale I do that with the transpose input of the a-156. Sometimes I'll use the a-185-2 post quantizer if I want scale transposition that I can turn on and off (or I'll use the a-151 to switch the transposition on and off).
brandonlogic wrote:I like to transpose in real time, playing the second sequencer instead of clocking it. I use q-bit octone to write a sequence up to 8 steps, then I use meng qi voltage memeory in its manual mode like a keybaord to transpose the sequence. I use a nice cheap diy module PAMT to add the votages, which is also fun for performance as it has momentary octave buttons you can use to play with the octices as the sequence is running.
Here's and video example of it. Using the arp mode on the voltage memeory here where if you press more than one pad it arps between them!
This ones on sound cloud too: https://soundcloud.com/brandon-logic/mo ... hbook-8-27
Also it's fun to transpose sequences that aren't clock synced
Here's another example using just a 2 step sequence and the vm
Thanks for throwing down super knowledge. Got lost in your Instragram feed for the past hour checking out your patches and tips - loved learning about the Warps delay mode in the Parasites firmware!
I have an ATmega with a bunch of A/D and D/A connected to it running a Forth, and have programmed a Forth word which recognizes incoming control voltages as notes, transposes them and outputs the result. It can do both chromatic and scalar transposition.
would multing out a sequence CV and sending it through an offset be a simple and viable way? if it's a attenuator/offset, presumably you'd have realtime control over the range of notes as well?
Timely thread. I've just started doing this type of thing and I don't really have the modules to support it. I'm looking specifically at the new Tirana, a unity mixer and a transposing quantizer like O_C. However since I don't own any of these I tried using what I have to get there which is the two step sequencers on the BSP.
What I did on this sequence is I have the main melody line playing out of seq2 multed to a couple different sound sources and one of the inputs on a Triatt. I have seq1 going into a second input on the Triatt and the sum of those going to the v/o of my VCO. I wasn't sure how stable the tuning would be but I was pleasantly surprised. The result being seq1 being transposed by seq2.
esmeets wrote:Thanks so far!
No one here using a quantizer with transpose CV?
Sequencer (quantized pitch cv) --> quantizer (only for transpose) --> VCO
Thanks so far!
So no one is using a quantizer to transpose?
I use Ornament & Crime now, but prior to that I always transposed through my Qunatimator via pressure points, A-149, or another sequencer like the Erica Pico Seq. The Pico Seq has internal quantization, so I was able to program transpositions/chord progressions no problem. The A149 is also fun for the surprises and you can also control the randomness. Occasionally I patched A149-->Pico Seq-->Quantimator for random changes that are diatonically confined.
