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    Not nearly as awe-inspiring as autoflavour's but progressing nicely.

    I have a really tight hybrid setup now using CV tools in Ableton and the Expert Sleepers ES-9 audio interface module in the rack. Everything in Ableton can be run through the modular - CV pitch and gate sequences from Ableton into oscillator / envelope modules, audio tracks from Ableton into modular effects and back into Ableton. Outboard synths via USB midi. The flexibility is nuts. And weirdly, no syncing or latency issues. None.

    I'm also awaiting a MI Beads and an intellijel Dual ADSR and I'm trying to shift the 1010 Bitbox sampler to fund a Morphagene.

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    • (Usually a lot more patch cables plugged in but I just last night I shifted things around a bit and had to unplug half of them.)mort_
    • nice.. some fun bits of kit there.. I haven't really ventured too far into Ableton interaction past simple midi clock out. I'm a bit of a luddite in that regardautoflavour
    • im a little on the fence about the intellijel ADSR.. I think I just need a bit more time with it, but its not been what I was anticipating out of the box yetautoflavour
    • and yep, beads.. fuck.. I ordered that in March.. but foolishly clicked land shipping from Canada.. its on a boat somewhere.. slowly making its way.autoflavour
    • didn't even leave Canada until late mayautoflavour
    • what's driving your quad vca? I just picked up a quadrax the other day to replace my quadra.. can recommendautoflavour
    • Using the envelopes on Tides and Peaks with the VCA as stop gap while I wait for the dual ADSR. Is it the lack of CV control on the ADSR that you didn’t like?mort_
    • Quadrax looks pretty awesome.mort_
    • @auto if your audio interface has DC coupled outputs, you’re good to go with CV tools. My Focusrite didn’t so had to change it for the ES-9.mort_
    • Don’t have DC coupled outputs.. but it’s not like Im lacking cv .. im very much a wham bam kinda guy.. don’t go too deep on things now daysautoflavour
    • It’s all super fast and loose.. record a bunch of takes and then just move on. Short attention spanautoflavour
    • As for Adsr, just still getting the feel for it.. just yet to get it do exactly what I want when I wantautoflavour
    • Wish I'd got the Quardax now - looks so much more versatile. I'll see how I get on when the ADSR arrives. Bought it used so should resell without losing much.mort_
    • I do love the idea of sliders for ADSRs though - a visual representation of the envelope.mort_
    • yeah kind of why I got it also.. look don't let me discourage you, I am still learning pretty much everything.. my to learn list for this rig is like 70% of itautoflavour
    • im still trying to get my head around Marbles.. and that's not that hardautoflavour
    • just picked up at RND STEP from SSF and Div Kid.. super fun. the OCHD he did also is great.. just simple random funautoflavour
    • and I'm sure I am just not using the ADSR right.. or the quadrax for that matter. or any of it.autoflavour
    • Yeah same. I picked up Marbles because it came up locally for a great price. It will remain a mystery until I read the manual and watch some tutorials.mort_
    • Wow, Mort, you've totally gone for it. Nice set up man. So much analohgue!Ianbolton
    • Cheers Ian. There's actually a healthy mix of both analog and digital in there.mort_
    • I think I might have got something somewhat useful out of the marbles last night.. nothing ground breaking but at least kind of musicalautoflavour
    • Nice! Now do a Marbles video ;)mort_
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