Erica Synths PĒRKONS HD-01

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I really haven’t messed around with this much but started using it yesterday.

In most cases the changed sound wouldn’t spring back on release of shift. The manual says it’s supposed to spring back to original parameters?

Is there a bug here? Am I doing something wrong?

You need to reload your kit first, so it will go back to this state before you Control All, otherwise it will go back to some other kit that changed with your Pattern. Not at mine at the moment but i think that’s the reason.

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Thanks, I did some further testing making sure to reload the kit often and it does appear that the decay parameter regularly doesn’t spring back for me. I let go of shift and everything is still fully open! Not every time, but quite often!

Other parameters work as intended.

The decay is the last thing you don’t want to spring back!! :joy:

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Yeah it’s a bit buggy. I emphasized this in my original Perkons deep dive video. It has to do with the timing of letting go of shift. It’s something like when you release shift while you are moving a knob , the values don’t jump back.

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Jeez, this is all still a thing then.

Oh well, adds to the character I suppose!

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As @DaveMech said, it’s due to timing.

I only have the problem when I get a bit too excited and forget to release the shift knob in the right moment.

Maybe they will revisit in the upcoming FW?

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Feature request I sent in:

User configuration of a min and max tempo for the knob.

I know manual entry exists, but I like using the knob but for the fact that the range I want to engage with is between 2 and 4 of those 10 knob values.

I’d personally set my min to 60 and max to 180 bpm and just subdivide the step lane if I needed more resolution than that.

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Yeah it’s a bit hard to track down what’s causing the bug, but it’s a very annoying one. Hope they fix it soon.

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I can fairly consistently repeat it. Just hold shift, start continuously twisting a knob and then release shift.

Which means that if you’re a bit too fast and not stopping knob movement before releasing shift , you’re screwed :slight_smile:

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Ok I’ll try that, and re-re-report to Eric Synths.

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Not an influencer, but I definitely have put a ton of hours on my Digis on the Shinkansen and/or Taiwan High Speed rail in the past. Then kids happened and all of that free time during travel somehow turned into absolute chaos with nary a drum machine in sight. :smiling_face_with_tear:

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Trying some melodic sequences. Pretty fun!

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Sounds great! What did you use to squeeze the melodies out of the Perkons? Just 4 voices in one pass?

Yeah 4 voices one pass.

I sequenced it with OPXY but it’s nothing I couldn’t have technically sequenced onboard (albeit it with more annoying pattern chaining.)

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Did you do any mapping to the CCs? Gonna spend this weekend mapping T1 to the CCs, but wondering if it’s even necessary. :sweat_smile:

I did mess around with that separately but not in this example. It works well though.

I was mostly interested to see if I could get some parameter recall alongside an OPXY song though I only had 8 external ccs per channel. Still workable.

Something like the digitakt would work even better here and recall a bunch of pre configured sounds that load up in a song.

Of course much of the point of Perkons is the live manipulation and spontaneous nature, but some setups might work well with some additional recall.

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Alright… so who’s ready for Perkons 2 now?

Or maybe a Hexdrum? Either way, I did notice “Bass Drum” written on the panel :smile:

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Definitely not a Perkons 2. Maybe a Perkons 1/4.

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Looks like it even has a VU type meter display

DAMN, Erica just can’t stop putting out amazing gear.

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