XOR Electronics - Nerdseq

I don’t want to spread inaccurate information. But in my understanding, it will affect the behavior of the signals through Nerdseq. You should crosscheck by asking in the Nerdseq forum, Thomas will reply, he is very responsive.

What I tried, long ago: I recorded midi signals in Nerdseq, with a Linnstrument. One note was recorded per time step. Every other information, such as glide or “microtiming” etc were ignored.

Squarp gear is indeed is very different. Pyramid or Hermod allow midi to cv with very accurate time resolution.

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Roger. Will check there, thanks.

looking for two things:

  1. How to Auto advance steps when entering notes (it would ideally jump to the next row when a step is entered) ?

  2. How to control multiple “marked” steps (without the nerd menu) ?

Beginning to like this ecosystem. Got some questions.

  1. Any undo function (mis-step in programming)
  2. Any MIDI learn function (for MOD parameters for example)
  3. How powerful is the processor, seems to handle many expanders at same time.

I checked and midi to cv transfers data continuously. But recorded data are set to grid.

Advancing to next note is definitely possible, can’t find where to set it though.

No undo that I know of

  • there’s Undo on every Nerd screen (one stage undo) it’s the the second column I think…underneath “abort” that works on everything you did.

  • in the midi mapping setup there are 16 columns to patch the most common things and it’ll “learn” by simply pressing OK on an empty column.
    it’ll display “learn”

  • by operating the Nerdseq one will surely find out that the processor is more then enough for that excellent code, that’s written by Thomas and I think it’s high quality coding, efficient and clean/stable without any hickups in performance. when used as a modulator with CV inputs the module feels and behaves exactly like some analog functions, it’s soooo responsive.

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  • yes indeed, it’s a menu point…I think “step edit” where you can simply set the amount of steps it’ll jump after entering a value.

iam able to record to running tracks by mapping that and it works great (especially for polyphonic midi tracks) but I’ve read that it’s also possible to record on “cursor position” and that means the edit cursor would run with the whole sequence and wrap around at the end.

in my input assign screen it says “cursor recording disabled” and I want to simply enable it but can’t find an answer to that. :nerd_face:

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https://xor-electronics.com/shop/

DualChord is up! :mage::mage::mage:

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:partying_face:

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XOR killing it, 2x4 voices fully paraphonic with full control from nerdseq count me in! will order one soon

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Thomas did a livestream last night —Dualchord walkthrough:

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https://xor-electronics.com/nerdseq/

new firmware. :evergreen_tree::christmas_tree:

Here is the changelog:

Dualchord

  • added: support for the new Dualchord expander. New tracktype, Mapping destinations, automator destinations, Poly Midi Support etc…

Mapping

  • added: mapping sources: Track Sequencer Row, Local Buttons, Last played notes for all columns

  • added: mapping destinations: Dualchord functions, Edit steps, set sequencer row/cursor, enable scroll Mode, Euclidean startpoint/offset, Livemode (CV Input), SKIP Rows, envelopes, automators and tracks can be defined dynamically by a variable/row

  • updated: XMAP FX (from pattern/patch) command with added conditions (check or execute Mapping ROW and play/skip the current pattern row if the result is 0 or not)

  • added: indicator which shows the live results of possible skipped / disabled mapping rows

  • fixed: CV16 from mapping note output didn’t work well for NSA channel 2

  • fixed: Pitch2Note so a note will snap in within the note range ± half semitone

  • added: indicator to separate mapping double values (as in CALC and SKIP)

  • updated: replaced mapping constant ‘=9’ with a standard threshold value (set in Nerdmenu, saved with project)

  • added: new Execute Multiple Rows in mapping. One that does execute exclusive (XXMP) and disables the rows for everything else and another that gets only executes (XLOD) once after the project loads

  • added: mapping setting (in Nerd Menu) to choose if the mappings should be automatically stopped if editing any destinations

  • updated: Track Euclidean and Note step functions so they work also when not on their tracks/screens

  • updated: glide and glide resolution for mapping to the full range

  • added: sharp & flat noteview for mappings

Launchpad

  • added: Launchpad for I2C/Multi Drummatrix with all functions as the T16 drummatrix

  • updated: switch between launchpad drummatrix columns 1-8 / 9-16 (toggle right pad)

  • updated: Launchpad, if select a step/trigger, then show always the 16 steps of a ‘page’ if possible

  • updated: Lauchpad Pro MK3 so it also initializes automatically

I2C/Multi

  • added: I2C/Multi Drummatrix Destination: Midi Trigger which does generate a Midi Note On+Off

  • added: I2C/Multi Drummatrix Mute

  • added: simple copy/paste for I2C/Multi column and Matrix in the Track Setup Screen

  • added: more ER301 I2C commands: SC.CV+GATE and SC.CV+Trigger without slew

  • updated: probability for I2C/Multi tracks. Is now Columns 123, 456, Matrix1, Matrix2, Matrix3, FX1,2,3, Row

  • updated: replaced CV,MOD and CVGATE/MODGATE I2C/Multi track destinations with a combined set with subgroups. Added CV/MOD + Trigger

  • added: ART support as I2C/Multi column destination (needs additional upcoming expander)

MIDI

  • added: slide functions to Midi (in velocity column defined and random slide velocities)

  • changed: SHIFT+OK on velocity column changes now between multiple ‘types’

Audio

  • updated: Volume for sample playing is moved to execute after the FX

  • added: random range to sample selected sample column

  • fixed: If BACK FX is using the backwards flag then silence (and probably the other FX) should be ignored. (0100 is now silent and 0200 is unsilent)

General

  • added flat/sharp note names. Can be applied per track, mapping & scaling. Per project.

  • fixed: Clone Pattern order would only work in the first 16 sequencer rows

  • added 3 more screensavers. Lines, Arrows, Blank

  • added: User Interface Import and Export

  • updated: Row highlight setting will now be saved and loaded with the project

  • fixed: CV Input as table source (would lack sometimes)

  • added: pc-keyboard scale screen on SHIFT+F2

  • fixed: ‘whole tone’ scale was incorrect

Editing

  • updated: Edit steps, cursor CV editing, Midi editing PC-Keyboard editing for several track types

  • added: Pattern edit combined change marked parts (notes/triggers/modvalues…) (SHIFT+OK+CURSOR UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT)

  • added: Pattern edit move marked parts up/down (SHIFT+OK+PAGE UP/DOWN)

  • added:SHIFT+OK on the trigger column toggles between values (00, FE, Default Value, – )

  • changed: Sequencer screen clone down jumps to new pattern position with cursor

  • fixed: clone ‘pattern order’ into new pattern which only worked in the first 16 sequencer steps

  • changed: Trigger16 prelisten which was SHIFT+OK to prelisten the whole row to SHIFT+DOWN+OK

And as usual many little fixes…

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Updated manual here: Firmware V2.02A.

This is cool:

Also see in the first post that I added the pages in the changelog so you can find all those new features very fast!

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https://xor-electronics.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1928&pid=11496#pid11496

Thomas begging for feedback on recent releases (which are great for performance/handling musically important settings) the DualChord functions, new fx, midi things and such.

it’s not as complicated as you‘d think, it adds a lot of functions in a way that can’t be controlled this dynamically with any other hardware, it’s not a busy interface, really calm and direct and intuitive per step tracker things and awesome sampler/amen brx deformer, CV exchange is almost Analog in which you can control anything with CV and it often leads to unimaginable things. if you want to cover the grounds of polyphonic/multi envelope/lfo/and things makenoise did with the multimod (and their upcoming line of digital multithings) go fo the nerdseq. its amazingly powerful and can be easily reprogrammed simply by mapping all of its functions.

lets boost his capacity a bit :upside_down_face:

we need one note chord modes :nerd_face:

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I have been so close to buy this second hand, but they always get picked up by someone else. I would love to test all the features if i find one :slight_smile:

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It’s amazing to me there are so few posts about the Nerdseq.

Got mine a week ago and I find it incredible. Just started live recording into it. Works great. 4 note polyphony for tracks with MIDI out. Sequencing a few synths on my iPhone. 2 sample tracks that can be used as midi tracks also. I use one audio track as kind of a metronome.

Has 250 rows of tracks up to 4 bars long each. Being able to create empty tracks and live record for as many bars as you want is excellent. Editing is quick. Copy, past, delete insanely fast.

I have not even done much of the massive amount of modulation it can do. The thing is just a beast. I’m not a big tracker fan but this thing takes the crown. All the massive updates and all the expansions are just icing on the cake.

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Video synthesis coming to NerdSeq:

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:dizzy_face::dizzy_face::dizzy_face:

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