me too
You can rewrite all of the patches, and IIRC a factory reset will bring them back.
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Are anyone elseās Monologue OSCsā sawtooth waveforms tuned an octave higher than the other waveforms?
On both my OSCs that is the case.
It doesnāt bug me but I wonder if itās an intentional quirk or a defect.
(EDIT: Nevermind. Watching Marc Dotyās video, this is intended.)
What a cool synth.
Iām loving how you can mute steps of automation independ by of the notes.
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How would you compare Monologue to Mother 32 which I currently own now. Should I ditch the Moog for it?
Decided that iām probably not gonna go on modular route for now, and if I do I would probably end up selling M32 anyway.
If you value patch/sequence memory, and motion sequencing, then yes.
Otherwise, the M32 is a great synth.
I never tried an M32 but I gelled with the Monologue quickly and Iāve had it since it right when it came out so its been a longer love affair than some of the othersā¦ lol It can do things like assigning cutoff freq to how hard you play the keys and the quirky joystick is assignable to more than just pitch so itās a cool tactile synth to grab and play expressively
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The sequencer wasnāt fun for me on the M32. The sequencer on the Monologue is fun.
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sounds of the future coming from the mothership. 
Pretty tempted to replace my MS20 mini with a monologue. How stupid am I?
Yeah, I just feel like the patch memory and seq would make it a much better live tool. Iāll probably miss the weirdo self-generating bubblers but hey, maybe I can replace that side with System 55 or something.
Haha, I meant the iPad app! Probably has a different name.
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My realtime workflow is in love with the Monologue sequencer.
The ability to mute/activate motion sequence steps independent of note steps is marvelous.
Iāve been heavily modulating decay, wave shape, and resonance with the motion sequencer.
Tweaking these parameters in realtime while activating/de-activating the steps that have that motion sequencing can take a single 16 step pattern/patch to so many places.
The switches for LFO and ENV type are fun for quick variations. As is assigning the mod stick to atypical parameters. I love how you can assign just one OSCās pitch to it. Great for a quick realtime sub-OSC creation.
I keep a blank sequence/patch in the next slot to the one I am tweaking so that I can just quickly go to it and back to my main sequence/patch as a pseudo-āreload saved programā function.
What an axe!
It is everything I wish my old BS2 were. Somehow the Monologue sequencer implementation and overall synth design makes up for it having less filter options, 1 less envelope, 1 less LFO, and no sub OSC or ARP, when compared to BS2.
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If youāre timing is right, you can kind of switch two patches back and forth with the program knob, while the sequencer is playing, to hear how theyād sound chained together.
This all sounds like tons of fun. How quick is it to respond to prog change for chaining sequences?
Iāve been doing this. It can be done! Great for variations.
responding externally, I canāt say.
when chaining programs standalone, it stays quantized but sometimes mutes one step if your timing is off.
I imagine with a properly micro timed/nudged program change from DT, you could avoid that.
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Via the monomachine it snaps to prog changes instantly, and also jumps pattern mid stream if its sequencer is running. Solid behaviour, though would be good to have an option to play from start of pattern on patch change as well.
Has anyone had any luck loading custom tunings?
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Great read. His comments could could make many additional people buy a monologue, volca sampler and volca fm 
Me included 
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