baremountain wrote:retinal orbita wrote:Also if I were to say, buy one of those EHX sequencer pedals would that allow me to use the ring mod into a sequencer? I am a CV knooob. I will google, obv.
You'd ideally want something with a larger voltage swing than an 8-step sequencer. A Korg SQ-1 would be better, as it can send 0-8V, which is closer to the ~9V range the Outer Rings looks for at its inputs. Note, however, that you can still totally use the 8-step Program. With the knob at 0, it will reach up to about 2 or 3 o'clock on the knob face, and if you set the knob you're controlling via CV to about 10' or 11 o'clock, as the knob position adds an offset (same as adding + ~3V to every step of your sequence).
Also re: the gain, I think any blend of the ring mod is going to add what seems like a lot of gain, even at low gain settings, because ring mod is an inherently noisy effect.
That is really helpful, thank you. I have a small DIY mono synth that doesn’t have CV out but I’m thinking I could finally move into sequencer land via the CV out on the Outer Rings. The SQ-1 is quite reasonably priced too!
As far as the gain knob, I dig the fuzz sounds but I’m sure it will be able to clean up somewhat, but yeah, a little noise is no big deal. That Knobs video was great but I use RM in a much different fashion.