I’m not very knowledgeable with DIN sync but was wondering if the OT could be used to send it to my x0xb0x to get it to shuffle. If I had a sampled pulse and sent it 6 times per trig, would the trig repeater adjust the retrig rate based on the shuffle amount, so that on every other step the retrigs would happen a bit slower (since the x0x expects 6 pulses per step and every other step would be a little longer)? Also, what kind of cable would I need?
Have my OT shipped for service ATM so can’t test how the trig count function behaves when swinged.
Intriguing thought !
I’d just try to make a cable, so if that was outside your chops, then you can perhaps pick up one of the breakout midi cables from the likes of line6 or arturia -though off the top of my head i can’t recall if the default wiring would fall lucky for a DIN sync pulse and ground, that’s why diy is so handy, assuming a volt or maybe a bit more is hot enough to serve as a pulse then i’d just be happy to prove the straight sync before dabbling with retrigging whilst swung, i think expert sleepers may also have a breakout now i think about it, but again, not sure it’s the right one for your purpose
The ot is hot enough to drive a monotribe (so’s an iphone though)
nope
din sync and midi are completely different. don’t try using one cable or port with another or you risk blowing up equipment. Take it from someone who’s seen that done with a TR606 and a midi cable
The question was could? not should? - if done carefully there’s no risk of anything being blown up, I’ve tapped dinsync with a bespoke cable, the world hacks evermore every day, you just have to be considered in what you try !
DIN sync comprises of both pulses and a run high signal. I have used sample pulses to trig clocks on my modular but i don’t see how you would generate a run high message. This would be just a high +5v dc signal. Doubt that could be done, and I would be concerned about damaging something if done incorrectly. Not sure how the OT’s outputs would handle straight DC.
If it was possible how ever you would need a dual 1/4" to midi/din. I have made midi/din to dual 1/8" for my Analog RYTM to my trigger riot. This is identical to the expert sleepers din breakout cable. You can find the pin outs online.
The RYTM can generate DIN. Not sure how swing affects it. The OT does not generate DIN.
I got that, the cables i mentioned all have jacks at one end, the midi reference was only to cater for the plug type (i’d make my own) but some of those suggestions are bogus anyway due to the pinout difference, so only a fully wired midi cable would be of use to you to adapt, i’ve gone the other way from din-sync to audio/cv so i thought the idea was plausible, not sure if din-sync devices will play manually without the 5v start signal as mentioned above, my interest in the din-sync is to utilise the clock pulses, preferably divided by 6, so i could use the thru(set as DIN-sync) on an A4 to send pulses per trig
It might be easier for you to record a swung pulse sync signal (or a few) as an audio track and just loop it rather than get into retrigging and swinging, but you’d still need a bespoke cable and a bit of luck with the 5v start/stop requirements of your device
My last comment was for bambrose, sorry I was unclear on that. Thanks for the replies, it seems it won’t be worth the trouble to even try what I was thinking, I didn’t realise that the run signal has to be present.
Ok. Just to clarify, I meant the trig count function in the microtiming, not the retrig on the playback page.
edit: Actually in this hypothetical scenario it maybe wouldn’t matter if every other set of pulses would be slower or not because six pulses is six pulses anyway. But yeah never mind the whole thing.
…maybe of interest…i can remember, i did some similar things back in the days with 303, 202, gameboy …synced to audio clicks as dinsync…it worked, but not really stable when in lower tempo or higher tempo, dunno why but 80-130bpm worked for me.
Bingo ^ oh, yee, doubters #OTtip Don’t expect the OT to be DC coupled tho, like my MOTU !
Anyway, this has given me further inspiration, so thanks for bringing it up !