ogguitar wrote:Phuzzy856 wrote:Spent the night in 'regular' Mode3.
WTF?
1) Control tempo (DIR1)
2) Step variance (DIR2)
3) 1-3 playback heads modulated (DIR3)... is this like 1/2 way thru it goes to 2, and then all CW it's 3?
So, if I record 1-and-2-and-3-and-4-and (8 notes), leave DIR2 at '0', and DIR3 at '0', will DIR1's 'repeats' slow down/speed up as I twiddle the DIR1 knob?
And then with DIR2, is that going between single notes, two, three, four,... and so on?... like a 'scale'?
All I know is that I set it up, recorded something, and this rush of notes came back, in all registers, it was... unbelievable!!!
Again, since Ct5 doesn't 'remember' settings, I wasn't just yet able to dupe last night's awesomeness.
Either way, I guess I've figured out that Modes 2-3 do 'do' anything UNTIL you record 'something'. Is that correct?
Mode 3 is 3 playback heads for one sample or really short loop. Forgot if it's 4 sec or 8. Record a loop then Dir 1 is speed/pitch/direction for head 1 from +1 oct/2x speed reverse at CCW, through -1 oct/0.5x speed just before noon then -1 oct/0.5x speed just after noon through +1 oct/2x speed at full CW - and everything in between. Same sweep as other modes.
Dir 2 and Dir 3 both have the same sweep as Dir 1, and all knobs control the exact same thing but for 3 different playback heads. E switch activates 1 playback at top, 2 at middle, and all 3 at bottom. So you can have say one arpeggio or riff playing at 3 different speeds and pitches with in both forward and reverse.
That's the gist of it. There's quantization, playhead volume, etc. as well with more advanced controls. IIRC you get one overdub. If you do a second overdub you'll lose the original sample, then whatever was oldest if you keep overdubbing. Think of it like the Sith Rule of Two.
Hey ogg... I know you from TGP, right? lol... this seems funny, haha!
Anyhow, ok, I spent a 2nd night with Mode3, and just read your description.
I guess my initial reaction is ... IS THAT IT???? At least, that's where I was getting last night. SO-
1) I record an '8 note riff' (slowish, @4sec)
DIR1 = forward, no Pitch fluctuation
DIR2 = Oct +1, forward
DIR3 = Oct -1, forward
OK, so now I hear the 'regular' one at regular speed, the +1 at double-speed, and the -1 at half-speed.
So, now I have all 3 secondary functions at '0'
DIR1 = speed at which the Repeats(?) cycle thru (kinda like Zellersasn?)
DIR2 =
DO I HAVE TO QUANTIZE IN MODE2 (Transcendence), AND THEN GO TO MODE3- CUZ ALL THE 'NOTES' I'M GETTING BACK ARE ALL 'OUT OF TUNE'/TOTALLY RANDOM It literally sounds like scary Avant-Garde Classical music from the 60s! I just can't get ANY 'in tune' notes AT ALL?
DIR3 = I just can't tell 'where' on the dial the 2nd and 3rd Voices come in... sometimes it seems @10:00, sometimes @4:00.
I have been Muting DIR2 to see how 3 is functioning, and Muting DIR3 to see how 2 is functioning.
LOL, I NEED TO HEAR AN EXAMPLE OF ITS USE..
OVERDUBBING: It seemed to me that it just keep on overdubbing and overdubbing endlessly, until there was a BigMush. Mode TWO definitely erases each time you re-record. Here it SEEMS to just pile on (could be wrong, but the density just kept getting thicker and thicker)
I'm just not sure I have a practical use for this? What to do with it? huh... (scratches head)