Tempera: a granular instrument

Oh great! Gently moving tune up and down like this is super fun on the lemondrop.

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It was already possible to randomize each grain detune or by fifth/octaves and tune by octaves.
Now with semitones/cents, plus modulation based on pitch bend, +/- 12 semitones. Random scale possible using step lfo x random lfo.

Sounds interesting! Where can one find that release candidate?

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Looks like the last item in the list is quite important

Depends on use. Really interesting if you record something with Tempera an want to adjust cells.
Not sure about possibilities yet, +/- 50% of cell start nudge possible…if I understood correctly.

If you already prepared your samples you may not need it. I like to prepare my samples with slices and modulate with REL Y. Up to 100 slices tested…

Would you be so kind to explain how you slice your samples? 100 is quite a lot - sounds interesting.

With an audio editor such Samplitude. I use a quantized grid based on max Tempera length, 524 288 samples (around 11s).

It was ambitious but kinda work for me ! Used attack sound on one emitter and a diffused granular tail on another emitter…
I use Keytrack assigned to REL Y to play slices.

Same 100 slices sample randomized, just single sound without granular tail.

64 slices:

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Impressive! Thanks a lot for your explanation.

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Hello,

I also have accessibility issues :frowning:

I have seen very impressive rytm/voices demoes that convinced me to invest on this beauty.

Now i must admit the UX is… very puzzling.

I look at video tutorials but explanations for most basic stuff dont look at all onscreen like my current machine with last OS
The default settings sound like way too many swarms of stuff in reverb…. I want to get more basic stuff

I am quite disappointed but will insist a little more before giving up

I am VERY confortable with the octatrack i had since day one for ex, but is there any recent complete video tutorial for the tempera that could help with at least basic stuff ?

Sorry if it has been already asked but i am too lazy to browse the 600+ posts

All the love, matt ghostwood

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Not really. Have you loaded EMPTY Canvas in System folder ?

Did you read the manual ?

I learned Tempera with a few samples like 1 bar loops, a constant synth note, loaded them in Empty Canvas.

@Ghostwood if you don’t answer of course it will be complicated. If you can’t understand without a video forget Tempera. No video will explain all possibilities.

As I said you can load a 1 bar loop in Empty Canvas and start from that. Don’t hesitate to ask here.

I can eventually make a video from scratch one of these days…

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@Ghostwood here is a tutorial !

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You made a video of scratch finallyšŸ˜…

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I can’t top that :cool:, but for anyone interested I’ve created an app for the Tempera allowing real-time pattern generation and sequencing. It’s available here, lemme know what you think: Release TemperaMental v1.0.0 Ā· ezoray/TemperaMental Ā· GitHub

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Looks impressive, will download!

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Funky Crazy !

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Being cheesy, I make videos from ages…
(PUN intented)

Welcome @ezoray.
What is the point of your app ?

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It did start off, as you know, as just a visualiser but I thought I’d expand upon it. It provides a way of sequencing emitter patterns or just generating emitters and transforming them on the fly. With held notes that can give predictable audio playback or something more transformative.

I think the real point is can you use it to come up with sounds you wouldn’t have created otherwise, as a generative sound tool. It’s something that needs to be experimented with to see what you can get out of it I guess, a way of approaching things from a different angle. :slight_smile:

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Hi Sezare,

I did reply but through my mailbox thinking it’d end up here… just to say I did read most of the manual, but some of itdidnt stuck ans every intuitive attempts (creating/accessing my sounds, navigating i nthe architecture, de-messing things) have been very frustrating at each attempt because pbbly I’m not ā€˜Cautious’ and ā€˜rigorous’ in the learning process and act wildly, like most my other machines, and those for which its not obvious… have a video tutorial from scratch… maybe it exists already ā€˜from scratch’ for last OS, but those i find are not looking like what i see on mine… anyway, yep will give another try with dedication and patience, starting slow and not crazy and like u say and in the manual… but maybe you re right it may not be for me

Many thanks for the ā€˜start simple advise’, wil do it now

Matt

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