2004-05-20 by droolmaster0
--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, blip wrote: > > > Explain 'mouser'. LOL! Somehow I think I should know what that is. > > > > Again - forgive my rudimentary knowledge of electronics - it is ok to > > get a higher voltage than specified? > > ahhh... i should've read "rea
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2004-05-20 by droolmaster0
--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, blip wrote: > > > Explain 'mouser'. LOL! Somehow I think I should know what that is. > > > > Again - forgive my rudimentary knowledge of electronics - it is ok to > > get a higher voltage than specified? > > ahhh... i should've read "rea
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2004-05-20 by droolmaster0
I'm not sure what you mean by polarity in this context. (don't laugh, at least not at loud) --- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, Dave Magnuson wrote: > This is a very common power supply... there should be no problem getting > one at the Shack. Just make sure you get the co
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2004-05-20 by droolmaster0
--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, blip wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2004, droolmaster0 wrote: > > > Well, I'm sure this is a ridiculously basic question, but I'm quite > > ignorant about stuff like this.. > > > > I have a ready made p3 arriving soon, and I need to pick up a U
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2004-05-20 by droolmaster0
Well, I'm sure this is a ridiculously basic question, but I'm quite ignorant about stuff like this.. I have a ready made p3 arriving soon, and I need to pick up a U.S. power supply for it, described by Colin as 9v DC @ 500mA, on a 2.5mm barrel connector. Is this a common enough i
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2004-05-19 by colinfraser_com
Folks, If you're feeling lucky (well, are you ?) there's a P3 PCB/CPU kit up for grabs in the raffle at the upcoming Synth-DIY get together in Cambridge: http://www.modulus.synth.net/SynthDIY_UK/synthdiy_2004.shtml This is an annual meeting of members of the Synth DIY mail list a
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2004-05-16 by Paul Nagle
On Sun, 16 May 2004 09:04:06 +0100, "Colin f" wrote: >If you want to sequence patterns of notes and controllers, especially >across more than one instrument, I think you'll find a real analogue >sequencer rather limited and frustrating. As an addendum, I sold one of my ARP sequen
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2004-05-16 by Colin f
> ----- Original Message ----- > > Does anyone care to describe the pros and cons of the Q119 > and the P3? > There are > pros to the Q119. There must be. Not having used one, i > dont know them. IMO the pros with a 'real' analogue sequencer compared to P3 would be the CV/gate ou
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2004-05-16 by Julian
----- Original Message ----- > Does anyone care to describe the pros and cons of the Q119 and the P3? Im just off to bed, so im going to be brief - The list is not endless, but certainly large. Ive jsut had a look at the q119 page, and it looks like a fairly standard analogue seq
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2004-05-15 by moog_freak
Hi, Does anyone care to describe the pros and cons of the Q119 and the P3? I'm a newbie...so please keep it simple :-) Harry --- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "moog_freak" wrote: > Opps!!! I guess that I stumbled across the wrong sequencer site!!! > > Does anyone on this
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2004-05-15 by moog_freak
Opps!!! I guess that I stumbled across the wrong sequencer site!!! Does anyone on this site have a Q119 or has had one? Harry
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2004-05-15 by colinfraser_com
Folks, For those of you waiting on ready-built units or machined cases, I've added a couple of new photos to the gallery page on my website: http://www.colinfraser.com/p3/gallery.htm The second picture down is a ready-built P3 using one of the standard (or 'type 1') cases machine
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2004-05-10 by Gert van Santen
Colin f wrote: >> Awesome - so Colin, did you licence the P3 to be the new Moog 960? >> The latest Voyager accessory? > > Godamit, why didn't I think of that... > It's never too late... Moog 960-P3 sounds cool... :-) Gert www.waveworld.tv
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2004-05-10 by Colin f
> Awesome - so Colin, did you licence the P3 to be the new Moog 960? The > latest Voyager accessory? Godamit, why didn't I think of that... Colin f
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2004-05-10 by Paul Nagle
On Mon, 10 May 2004 04:36:49 EDT, cikira@cikira.com wrote: >Off topic, so sue me :-) > >Just in case our P3 hero wasn't going to brag to us here about rubbing >shoulders with the greats: > >http://www.colinfraser.com/mini/me-and-bob.htm > >What a cool idea that was, Colin! Hooray
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2004-05-10 by cikira@cikira.com
Off topic, so sue me :-) Just in case our P3 hero wasn't going to brag to us here about rubbing shoulders with the greats: http://www.colinfraser.com/mini/me-and-bob.htm What a cool idea that was, Colin! Hooray!! --Amanda __________ / / ### / \ l [O] [0] SynthSights! l |=| ----v=
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2004-05-09 by scd
> and then looking at this large box that just > arrived and pondering whether I have time to smoke the afternoon away > or should open it... What's in that box Paul? :-) Boele
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2004-05-05 by Sayer
--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Colin f" wrote: > I haven't thought about 'remote control' of P3 much, but I suppose receiving > controller messages on a separate channel for selecting parts and banks, and > muting or unmuting tracks wouldn't be too difficult. > One f
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2004-05-05 by Colin f
> I do something kind of similar with the Korg ER-1. I set it to a > blank patch/pattern which gets in sync and then send a patch change > when I want it to start. It works quite well. > > Can there be a way to control this via a midi message? I've not used > the P3 in conjunctio
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2004-05-05 by orgon1
Hi all Im new to the list 2 and am waiting for colin to get some cases in my particular preference would be for the wooden cheeks ends case and round buttons but my main want is the sequencer its self anyway just my 2 penerth are there any advantages to 1 case or the other in the
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2004-05-05 by Sayer
--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Colin f" wrote: > this would be an uneditable part, with all tracks muted, and a gbar > length of 1 (maybe gbar could be an editable setting for the null part). > You could select it with some key combination (FUNC+STOP maybe?) > When e
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2004-05-05 by Colin f
> Assuming it uses up an existing part, then it doesn't seem so > attractive. However, if this was the *only* way it could be > implemented in the space constraints, then yes, I could live with it. It wouldn't use an existing part - it would look like there were no part selected
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2004-05-05 by Stoffel
> I have a feeling that this can be implemented such that it would behave just > as you expect suspended start would behave. This sounds very cool to me. In addition I still like to have the "treat continue as start" behaviour, if possible. Stoffel
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2004-05-05 by Andy Wilson
On 5 May 2004 at 10:03, Colin f wrote: > > It wouldn't use an existing part - it would look like there were no part > selected at all. OK, that's cool. > A user config option for 'null part on start' would do the same thing I > think. You might well not want to lose the current p
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2004-05-05 by Colin f
> The 'Suspended Start' mode still looks like a winner though ;->) I was thinking about how to implement that one last night, and had a notion that an easier to implement functional equivalent would be to have a 'null part' - this would be an uneditable part, with all tracks mute
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2004-05-05 by Robert van der Kamp
On Wednesday 05 May 2004 11:24, Colin f wrote: > > The 'Suspended Start' mode still looks like a winner > > though ;->) > > I was thinking about how to implement that one last > night, and had a notion that an easier to implement > functional equivalent would be to have a 'null p
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2004-05-05 by Andy Wilson
On 5 May 2004 at 9:24, Colin f wrote: > that an easier to implement functional equivalent would be to have a 'null > part' - this would be an uneditable part, with all tracks muted, and a gbar > length of 1 (maybe gbar could be an editable setting for the null part). > You could
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2004-05-05 by bgerkes
on 05-05-2004 10:11, Andy Wilson at andy@techman.synth.net wrote: >> That's a relief... >> I thought I was going to have to start reviewing my code ;-) > > The 'Suspended Start' mode still looks like a winner though ;->) Yes, and deep inside Colin, deep inside, you actually *want
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2004-05-05 by Andy Wilson
> That's a relief... > I thought I was going to have to start reviewing my code ;-) The 'Suspended Start' mode still looks like a winner though ;->) Andy --- Andy Wilson http://www.techman.synth.net andy@techman.synth.net
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2004-05-04 by Colin f
> Well, I don't know what I was on at the time, but you're > right. If the 'start' message is > stripped out of the realtime midi, then the P3 does indeed > revert to internal clock, and > does not sync to the incoming midi clock. I've just verified that. That's a relief... I tho
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2004-05-04 by Andy Wilson
Colin, Well, I don't know what I was on at the time, but you're right. If the 'start' message is stripped out of the realtime midi, then the P3 does indeed revert to internal clock, and does not sync to the incoming midi clock. I've just verified that. Doh! -- Andy Wilson http://
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2004-05-04 by Julian
> That's not something I'd be too keen on I'm afraid. > Sysex strings need to be at least 5 or 6 bytes long, and midi bandwidth is > in short enough supply. >...attempting to do sysex edits from > within a pattern made it cough and stutter really badly. Somthing i should have tho
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2004-05-04 by Colin f
Hi Julian, > What about enabeling sysex strings as possible aux. events? That's not something I'd be too keen on I'm afraid. Sysex strings need to be at least 5 or 6 bytes long, and midi bandwidth is in short enough supply. I don't consider sysex to be a 'realtime' part of the mi
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2004-05-04 by Julian
A request / sugestion: What about enabeling sysex strings as possible aux. events? That would allow some interesting stuff with my matrix 1000 and akai s6000 (i know the 6k has some facility for CCs but the sysex is way more comprehensive) What would be very good would be a learn
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2004-05-04 by Sayer
--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Colin f" wrote: > I've just remembered a discussion I think I had with Paul Nagle about this - > I was going to add a 'suspended start' mode, where the P3 would track > incoming midi clock, but not actually start running until you hit s
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2004-05-04 by Colin f
> Does it? wow, if that's the case, then when I'm filtering out the > start message, that implies that the P3 is free running when I'm > doing overdubs. Seems to stay in sync though!!! Really ? I don't think it should, but I could just be forgetting some change somewhere. You're
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2004-05-04 by Colin f
> > It could be quite hard to hit start on exactly the right clock pulse > > though. > > Still, I would *love* to see this feature as well! I've just remembered a discussion I think I had with Paul Nagle about this - I was going to add a 'suspended start' mode, where the P3 would
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2004-05-04 by Colin f
> OK, it's not the clock *source* I want to switch. Auto clock setting > is OK for me. I do want the P3 to follow external midi clock when > it's available, but what I *don't* want is for the P3 to > automatically start or continue each time I start the recorder. I > want to be a
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2004-05-04 by Andy Wilson
On 4 May 2004 at 10:41, Colin f wrote: > > Does it? wow, if that's the case, then when I'm filtering out the > > start message, that implies that the P3 is free running when I'm > > doing overdubs. Seems to stay in sync though!!! > > Really ? I don't think it should, but I could
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2004-05-04 by Andy Wilson
Colin, > > I've just remembered a discussion I think I had with Paul Nagle about this - > I was going to add a 'suspended start' mode, where the P3 would track > incoming midi clock, but not actually start running until you hit start, and > then it start on the next global bar or
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2004-05-04 by Andy Wilson
> You'd need to be able to switch the clock source manually because at the > moment the switching is in response to the midi start message. If it ignores > the start, it won't switch source. Does it? wow, if that's the case, then when I'm filtering out the start message, that imp
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2004-05-04 by Robert van der Kamp
On Tuesday 04 May 2004 11:19, Boele Gerkes wrote: > > It could be quite hard to hit start on exactly the > > right clock pulse though. > > Still, I would *love* to see this feature as well! Quantized on quarter notes, this should be very possible indeed. - Robert
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2004-05-04 by Boele Gerkes
> > It could be quite hard to hit start on exactly the right clock pulse > though. Still, I would *love* to see this feature as well! Boele
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2004-05-04 by Colin f
> I like where it is going. Although I would rather have the funtion > keys directly below the display. Me too. I could bring the display down, and put the data/tempo knobs above it, but that would make it more likely that the display would be obscured by a right-handed user twea
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2004-05-04 by Andy Wilson
Hi Colin, > Many moons ago, the sync source in P3 had to be manually set. > When I made it automatic, I was pretty sure it would be a problem for > some people. > A manual over-ride won't be too hard to do, I'll just need to find > somewhere to stick the options. > There's a cloc
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2004-05-04 by ch.³l
> That's it. That the feature we want :->) ..i agree. that'd be way cool...
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2004-05-04 by Paul Nagle
On Mon, 03 May 2004 22:55:56 -0000, "colinfraser_com" wrote: >Does this seem like the right direction ? Pretty much agree with Chiel. You're getting pretty close to the ultimate P3 incarnation methinks. Paul --- Paul Nagle - SoftRoom Music - www.softroom.co.uk Bogus Focus Records
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2004-05-03 by Sayer
I like where it is going. Although I would rather have the funtion keys directly below the display. Will you need to squeeze the knobs closer together to gain the extra room for the rack ears? --- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "colinfraser_com" wrote: > I've been messing
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2004-05-03 by Colin f
> Something that I have found to be a PITA, is that when > syncing the P3 to my Yamaha > AW16G multitracker, I don't always want the P3 to start with > each midi start or > continue message, but they can't be selectively turned off > from the DAW. Many moons ago, the sync source
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2004-05-03 by ch.³l
> I've been messing about with PaintShop Pro... hi Colin, i like the recessed back panel; i have some gear that has that and it's great when rackmounting. the place the tempo/data pots are now looks a bit weird. looking at my other gear, most of them have the 'data'-type control
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