Moog DFAM

fdiba · December 26, 2021, 10:25am

For those who wants the product reference: elektron Products - Andertons Music Co

shroom · December 26, 2021, 11:37am

Y splitter cable works too.

DampSquid · December 26, 2021, 1:46pm

Mylar melodies has been at it again. I kind of want a Dfam again. I might have to try and sell something.

TobySD · December 26, 2021, 3:44pm

Even when you have only a few minutes to play with gear, DFAM is at your service to fill a lil void.

Microtribe · December 26, 2021, 8:30pm

No you dont. Dont listen to him. Its just a very long advert. Dont forget his job is selling synths for source distribution (or was, he might have quit) anyway, DFAMs are so 2020…

DampSquid · December 26, 2021, 8:37pm

Yeah, but it’s a very good advert and I’m feeling a bit vulnerable with my christmas hangover.
The urge might pass!
Luckily I have no spare cash at the moment as there is a mint one on Gumtree about 20 miles away…

Microtribe · December 26, 2021, 8:38pm

Sucked in!

Why did you sell the last one?

I sold mine earlier this year. Dont miss it at all.

DampSquid · December 26, 2021, 8:47pm

Never had one, but have been close on several occasions.
To be honest, there are many things that would be far more useful in my setup but the sound of the DFAM does pull me in from time to time. I might just have to get it out of my system.

TobySD · December 26, 2021, 8:48pm

Nah, don’t need a DFAM. But a nice to have. But that goes for most/all gear.

Yes, all sales folks have a few YT channels in this day and age.

acidhouseforall · December 26, 2021, 8:58pm

Ruismaker Noir is a great substitute if you don’t mind software.

Unifono · December 26, 2021, 11:33pm

and it has a random button

DampSquid · December 26, 2021, 11:51pm

Hey, cheers I just tried it, really nice app.
Great for banging out a bit of noise when you’ve only got half an hour to play with as @TobySD said.
I don’t really gel will using a touchscreen for music but it is kind of fun and may have scratched a bit of an itch.
A DFAM may still be incoming eventually though.

acidhouseforall · December 27, 2021, 12:07am

two actually… one for the sound params, another for the sequence. And yes, I abuse the two

djx · December 27, 2021, 9:30am

PurpleWizard:

1: the mixer section has some very faint bleed through, meaning that if crank up the gain loud enough, all three voices can be heard (were it very faintly) while all three voices are turned fully down in the mixer. I can also hear it under normal non-cranked use in some circumstances.

2: it’s quite noisy overall, resulting in a noise tick every time the VCA is triggered, reminiscent of the noise oscillator when triggered intentionally. It isn’t the noise generator bleeding through though, which apparently is the case with some units, because it’s still there when I plug in an external sound source. It’s also quite a bit louder than the mixer bleed-through. Plus: I got a Subharmonicon recently and that one isn’t noisy at all

3: Not really a problem but unless the VCF EG is perfectly at 0, there is a noticeable tick/thumb, regardless of the cutoff position. I found 2 other people talking about this on the moog forum, so perhaps this is normal behavior. I just don’t understand it, since I would expect the filter not to move to begin with when it’s already fully open.

1: Cant reproduce.
2: Cant reproduce.
3: Yes, I can reproduce this, but only if I have the volume near 10 and all voices near 0, and vcf in LP. But for practical use I have never noticed it before reading your post and trying it myself.

dogur · December 28, 2021, 4:47am

Noob question here. I’m considering picking up a DFAM, but I want to make sure I know how to sync it with my dawless setup. Some of my gear has CV clock out. For example, if I’m syncing a DB-01 via MIDI with my Digitakt, can I sync the DFAM by connecting the DB-01’s CV clock out to the DFAM’s clock in?

Edit: I only want to sync clock. I don’t want to sequence it or anything, Just start and stop.

Thanks!

riotghandi · December 28, 2021, 5:12am

you have to start the dfam via button press. connected via cv each trigger will then step forward the sequencer one step each cv.

dogur · December 28, 2021, 5:24am

I’m not sure what you mean. If I have gate out, cv out, and clock out on my DB-01 (the synth through which I’d like to sync my Digitakt with the DFAM), can someone tell me explicitly if and how I could sync clock and transport control to the DFAM? Pretend you are explaining it to a child.

Thanks!

Microtribe · December 28, 2021, 5:27am

DB01 clock out to DFAM clock Adv in.
Start the DFAM sequencer (nothing will happen)

Press play on the DB01. Both machines now play in sync.

dogur · December 28, 2021, 6:12am

Thanks, @Microtribe, you rock!

Grate_expectations · December 28, 2021, 6:44am

You should understand there is no transport sync though (ie. the sequencers don’t automatically line up). Patching the clock out to advance step means that when the DFAM sequencer is set to run, when a clock pulse is received the sequencer will advance 1 step. To have the DFAM and the db-01 in sync, you must manually put the DFAM at the correct position of the sequencer before you hit play on the DB-01. If you stop the DB-01 at step 4 for example, when you then hit play again the DB-01 will restart at step 1 but the DFAM will continue from wherever it was stopped unless you manually shift it to the correct position. I hope that makes sense.