I’m using a metropolis with the A4. Yep, I eat one of the CV outs by a clock, but IMO, it’s worth it to sync everything, no? From there the metropolis has a sync out and a div out too so you can clock everything else! To change pitches I have the one of the A4 CVs going into a mixer which combines with the metropolis pitch out and goes to my OSCs. That way I can change the key with the A4.
(NB: The AUX A and B is ±5V so you can’t change the pitch by sticking a 1v/oct input into the AUX. A bummer, but the solution for that is SUPER easy and stated above. Danjel from intellijel also said he’s mod a mixer if someone wanted it to be ±5V).
My CV outputs:
CV-A: Pitch (1V/Oct)
CV-B: Gate (I normally use this to control the VCA on my dixie for pads. When combined with the metropolis it just blows my mind).
CV-C: Clock (to Metropolis and from there to sync everything else)
CV-D: LFO (to do whatever)
Remember, stackcables are your friend (but be aware of voltage drops – I stack on for pitch from my mixer, but it’s buffered! If it wasn’t the pitch would be slightly off)
I’m basically taking CV clock from A4 which is taking clock via midi from OT (that also sends midi clock to all other gear). I’m taking the gate and pitch out from metropolis to minitaur or my sub37 depending on what I’m wanting.
I’ve only had the metro for a few days and I love it. It’s such a diverse sequencer.
The synapse will allow me to take two more CV from the A4 into both aux ports on the metro. Until that arrives next week, basically, I can only use one aux, other a4 output is being used for clock.
I do need to pick up some tiptop stackable cables…would be nice if amazon had them…could use prime heheh.
So did you guys see that photo Elektron posted with an AK and some kind of mixer with what looks like 3.5 mm cables including stackables plugged into it? I’m wondering if this is an image of Overbridge controlling modular a la Expert Sleepers or something. Thoughts?
Sorry for the boring question - especially if it’s already been answered somewhere in the 25 pages of this thread…
But what cables are people using to interface their A4 and eurorack? I’ve got some 1/4" > 2 x 1/4" but I’m wondering if anyone’s found good 1/4" to 2 x 3.5mm stereo cables for hte CV outs?
The Darenger cable interface (sorry, I can’t remember his exact name off the top of my head!!)
The weebly cables that were posted a few pages back.
Re: Overbridge
I hope it’s some sorta overbirdge and CV expansion… what it could be, I have no idea!
Re: Why modular?
For me, a major synth nerd, it’s the ability to create sounds not possible by other instruments. Control over every aspect. Customisability. Uniqueness. My own fingerprint immortalized in modules.My own personality.
I’m sure some of those words don’t exist, but they should.
metropolis being clocked by analog four…also some modulation from analog four to auxa…this is just a quick demo of Frd-F mode on the metro
it’s amazing how versatile this sequencer is…I wouldn’t mind seeing a few more modulation destinations on auxa and auxb…in addition, would be cool if the pulse count and gate mode buttons were a bit easier to move
keep in mind it can have 8 pulses per step and can have more than 8 stages as well, combined with different modes even the number of note steps can be much higher, not to mention you can modulate things with auxa and auxb pushing the boundary even further
That being said, I wouldn’t mind more steps…heh…I imagine it might get a little crazy beyond 16 though, 16x8x#ofstages.
on that note… i just got another module in the mail today. PLEASE MAKE ME STOP!!!
It’s actually the Pitts Sequencer. I’m using it to sequence the metropolis for even more evolved fun. You can set the number of stages REALLY high (64) steps, then send the sync out to the metropolis so that is only moves at the end of the 64 stepts thereby creating 64x8 steps. REALLY nice stuff! Of course, you CAN do this with the A4 as a seq as well… but then I’d lose out on the other functions of the seq (like controlling the filter or PWMs or whatever!)
my music is highly melodic as well, so this works out VERY well I think I want to buy a quantizer next… GAH.
Well, A4 has CV outs, so it’s just a matter of time before you’ll be exposed to modular…
With A4 you get a (very powerful) fixed architecture subtractive synth and a (very powerful) linear xox sequencer.
With modular, sky (and your bank account) is the limit. You can do tracking and play it as a normal synth if that’s your need, but most of the fun starts in the control side of it. CV is so much easier to mix/mangle/distort/subtract/muliply/delay/etc. than any data protocol we can come out with. When starting with the first few modules one tend to consider them just as an extra voice to sequence from the A4, but as one’s system grows he can start to really appreciate the beauty of modular. Eventually his patching practice will evolve towards making the patch and let it flow four hours/days/weeks with an occasional twiddle here and there, be it tonal (just use quantizers) or otherworldly farts. But mostly farts. Beautiful and expensive farts. Stay away from it.
Regarding A4’s CV outs I use them mostly for clocking purposes, so to keep modular synced to A4. I like to have all four CV channels assigned to clock set at different resolutions, so that I can switch between them to obtain a rhythmically variating clock
There has been some awesome ideas in this thread regarding the A4 CV’s to modular assignments, glad I read it (ALL).
I originally started into modular to get away from the limitations of MIDI timecode and loops that are saved and always the same. With modular so many timing variations are possible including loops that are evolving in an out of sync like fashion, random modules are so much fun too and something MIDI just can’t match (as far as I know) in saying that though I mainly use the A4 for clocking.
I send CVA and B as clock source to the TipTop Trigger Riot and also to my SH-101. From the Trigger Riot the clock out goes to the Metropolis and from there to to Renê, I was until recently using CVC as a gate to reset the Trigger Riot but have found it unnecessary.
I’m now actually looking into an alternative MIDI-Clock source so I can utilise the A4’s CV outs to their full potential/advantage (1v/oct, env, lfo, P-locks etc). Also considering the Synapse module by Greyscale.
Why use two CVs for clock? Why not Mult-out for the SH-101 (or will you need extra cables and you want to avoid this?).
Looks like you have no buff mults either, maybe those will be of use? If you want a lot of clock options, there are a lot of good clock dividers out there too.
Regardless, you still have two more CV outputs to use which can provide you with a lot of options ranging from pitch and gate to LFOs or to more envelopes!
All the Eurorack cases I’ve bought (four different manufacturers) included screws. The screws belong to the case, not the modules, IMO. There are too many different types of screws in use: M3, M2.5, #4-40, maybe more. No matter which type a manufacturer chooses, it’s the “wrong” type for someone out there. So I don’t include screws with the modules.
From there the metropolis has a sync out and a div out too so you can clock everything else! To change pitches I have the one of the A4 CVs going into a mixer which combines with the metropolis pitch out and goes to my OSCs. That way I can change the key with the A4.
