960 sequencer with 962 sequential switch + doepfer quantizer and slew limiter
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2020
- First few minutes of trying out the 960 sequencer - I found the A-156 quantizer essential for getting a quick reliable chromatic pitch output with the small knobs. When used with the 962 you can have up to 24 steps in the sequence.
You can clock it from an external clock using the shift input and reset it to start on the first note if the external clock stop/starts by sending a reset trigger into step 8 ( I use the din sync start +5v and divided down clock from a Doepfer MSY2 midi to sync box, but not in this video). The A-170 adds glide to the CV out. The sound comes from two Doepfer Dark Energy MK1 synth modules which are gated from the 960 oscillator out and pitch CV via two multiples. It seems to work like the original Moog - 0v to +8v out in ranges +2v,+4v and +8v and the trigger outs are +5v. 
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Thanks for this. I have the exact same setup and this video is very helpful.
Thank you for demoing the Doepfer for a-156 with a sequencer, most demos use on LFO or some random voltage source into it.
It is a good reliable dual quantizer but all quantizers have failings - a perfect quantizer is hard to find
@@VykaarTones what would you say are its failings?
This sounds great. Massive...
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Very interesting!
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I'm a novice. Apart from the 960 what units do I need to get a good sequencer sound? I presently use a Crave, but I'd prefer to be able to change patterns on the fly.
I’m a bit confused on on how this sequential switch works, if I plug in cv to input 1 and 2 does that get summed into the output jacks?and the other output is just a duplicate?
No input CVs are not summed they are simply switched to the duplicate outputs when buttons are pressed or a SHIFT gate is applied.
I use the CP3A-O oscillator controller to sum CVs e.g. 960 pitch out transposed by Keystep CV out.
Notice you have both the 960 and the a155 How would you compare the two? Functionality, workflow etc.. This deserves a video on youtube as noone done it but an answer here would also be great. Many Thanks!
Noted!
Sounding great
Thank you Sir
I've just bought a 960 along with an A-160-5 and both are working perfectly. I'm now trying to sync these to an external drum machine (Behringer RD-8) but so far haven't been successful. Would you know whether this is possible and if so how please. Thanks.
I use a Beatstep Pro as my master midi clock and send midi from that to a Doepfer MSY2 midi to sync converter with a clock divider built in. I send the clock from the din out to the 960 SHIFT IN and the start/ stop from the din out provides a reset which goes to IN on step 9 so it starts on step 1 after the midi is stopped and restarted. On the RD-6 you can program HiTom out as a trigger which clocks the 960 perfectly if you have a beat on every other note. See in my new video below:
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@@VykaarTones Thanks for your reply, really helpful and much appreciated.
@@VykaarTones Hi, I'm finding it tricky to get perfect pitch notes from the 960 and was thinking of getting a Doepfer A-156 or maybe an Expert Sleepers unit with the digital readout.might be better to achieve this. Can I ask which one you use please.
I don't always use a quantizer - if you put the 2 volt range through an attenuator so it halves the range to one octave I find I can dial in pitch ok. The quantizers I have are A-156, Tubbutec uTune and a self built Barton Dual nice quantizer.
I get occasional glitches with all of them but the expensive uTune is the best I have.
@@VykaarTones Thanks, Tubbutec uTune looks very nice but expensive although it does have the Midi to CV/Gate function which could prove useful.
Nice, I've not found anyone with stock of this.
Bax Music have them
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Phil Tobin thomann has them.
Sweetwater should have them now
Do you find the quantizer makes the 960 sequencer more usable?
Yes, personally I like chromatically accurate pitches most of the time but the 960 is quite usable on the x1 range without quantizing if your ears are good.
@@VykaarTones You can also use an attenuator on the CV out to limit it to a useable voltage range so that the tiny tuning knobs are easier to adjust.
Yes this is a very useful comment - I sometimes use the 995 passive attenuator with the 960 in the 2 volt range and turn down the attenuator till I get a perfect octave between min and max settings on the 960 limiting it to a 1 volt range. I actually made my 995 clone myself as it is just 3 pots and 6 sockets on a eurorack panel.
I worked with analog sequencers without quantizer longer than 40years, you only need good ears for the tune. With quantizers you can edit sequences faster and while life playing also. Quantizers can do many more... its a pity to use it only as tuning-helper ;) (if you have more of them, thats fine!) :)
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These standard volt octave? They S trig?
1 volt per octave standard +8 volt max. Ranges +2v,+4v and +8v. Trigger outs are + 5volt NOT s-trig.
@@VykaarTones good, can use it with none Moog stuff then
@@TheSynthacon make a S-Trigger from a V Trigger is a piece of cake. The minimal "converter" is 1 transistor, better 1 transistor 1 resistor and 1 diode.
Material-costs: ~ 20cent if you can solder this by yourself, (www.synthtopia.com/content/2017/05/13/how-to-make-a-diy-v-trigger-to-s-trigger-cable/)
is that the internal osci??
Yes
@@VykaarTones (Sorry for the newbie in eurorack interrogation, but) you said "Two Doepfer Dark Energy", so the oscillator used here are 2 dark energy in multiples, no?
Sorry but I thought the internal osci question refered to the 960 sequencers internal VCO clock. Yes unusually and once only I used two Doepfer Dark Energy modules in this demo with CV and Gate split to both modules using a multiple. It would have been easier to use a single synth module.
Where is the base sound coming from
The sound comes from two Doepfer Dark Energy MK1 synth modules which are gated from the 960 oscillator out and pitch CV via two multiples. Eventide Time Factor delay and Space Reverb are also added.
Which Synth do you trigger in this vid?
Two Doepfer Dark Energy Mk1 synth modules
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