Put my new West Pest in my 9U case. Played around with some patching and sequencing with my Polyend Play. Came up with some very nice sounds…for $250, totally worth it. Now, need to get an East Beast and plug that into my rack.
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Do you know if Cre8audio is rumoured to drop something new for superbooth?
Very likely based on what Richard Nicol said over here ( post ).
They have several things almost ready to go, one at least especially good.
Anyone know definitively whether the MIDI jack on EB/WP is TRS A or B? I have the adapter which shipped with the device, but I was hoping to use a standard 1/8" TRS “headphone” cable and I’m not having luck so far. I have found exactly one place on the internet which claims to have heard from Cre8audio that this is TRS A…
The manufacturer’s web page (assuming it’s still available/in production) is usually the best source of definitive information:
In this case, the specs (scroll to the bottom of the page) say MIDI Type A.
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Looked in the manual but not on the web page. Thanks.
Now to continue figuring out why a standard 1/8" TRS cable between the East Beast and another Type A device isn’t delivering the intended results.
New updates for the West Pest and East Beast (v1.5)
Firmware Version 1.5 Changelog:
------Bug Fixes-----
• No longer misses note on and off signals when sequenced with an Elektron Octatrack with clock sync on
• MIDI CC can now be assigned to any channel
• External clock divisions are now properly saved on reboot
• MIDI is generally more reliiable now.
• Fixed midi note behavior so that C3, midi note 60 now corresponds to the bottom C of the button controller on the synth and also correctly responds to the octave buttons of the synth. To change the which midi note C corresponds to the lower C of the button controller, use the tap clock button with the octave+ and octave- buttons to shift the midi octave relationship.
------Feature Updates-----
//Arp Octaves
• Added a fourth octave to Arp Octaves
//Led Behavior
• Rewrote the LED behaviors for all of the settings to make the UI more intuitive/communicate a bit better.
//Multifunction Tool
• Rewrote the MIDI CC/MultiFunction tool behavior to make full use of all 8 scalings for each mod mode, and added MIDI CC control to the mod tool level:
• 0-5v Mode: Added voltage quantize to the mod tool value, which quantizes the incoming MIDI CC to a quantize level set with the multi control setting.
Quantization Levels:
• 0: Unquatized
• 1: 48 levels/volt (1/4 half-step at V/Oct Tuning)
• 2: 24 levels/volt (1/2 half-step at V/Oct Tuning)
• 3: 16 levels/volt (2/3 half-step at V/Oct Tuning)
• 4: 12 levels/volt (1 half-step at V/Oct Tuning)
• 5: 8 levels/volt (1.5 half-steps at V/Oct Tuning)
• 6: 4 levels/volt (3 half-steps at V/Oct Tuning)
• 7: 2 levels/volt (6 half-steps at V/Oct Tuning)
• LFO Mode: Fixed the phase relationship of the LFO and made the LFO update after changing rate rather than after finishing a full cycle to make it more responsive at low frequencies. Also, reconfigured the clock rates and gave MIDI CC control of the LFO amplitude.
LFO Rates:
• 0: 3 cycles per clock
• 1: 2 cycles per clock
• 2: 1 cycle per clock
• 3: 1 cycle per 2 clocks
• 4: 1 cycle per 3 clocks
• 5: 1 cycle per 4 clocks
• 6: 1 cycle per 6 clocks
• 7: 1 cycle per 8 clocks
• Envelope Mode: Rescaled the envelope lengths for all 8 values and gave MIDI CC control of the envelope amplitude.
Envelope Times:
• 0: ~ 60 ms
• 1: ~ 120 ms
• 2: ~ 240 ms
• 3: ~ 420 ms
• 4: ~ 900 ms
• 5: ~ 1800 ms
• 6: ~ 3600 ms
• 7: ~ 7200 ms
• Random Mode: Rescaled the random generation timings for all the values and gave MIDI CC control of the randomness amplitude.
Random Generation Clock Timings:
• 0: 4 generations per clock pulse
• 1: 3 generations per clock pulse
• 2: 2 generations per clock pulse
• 3: 1 generation per clock pulse
• 4: 1 generation per 2 clock pulses
• 5: 1 generation per 3 clock pulses
• 6: 1 generation per 4 clock pulses
• 7: 1 generation per 8 clock pulses
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Updated my West Pest to the latest version and tried putting it in eurorack case for the first time. Here’s my latest jam with it:
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Has anyone managed to ping the West Pest’s LPG? Tried different trigger lengths from my Analog Keys, but so far…silence.
My bad, it works…
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