More Randomness | Sequencer Playback + Tempo Input Patch | Mother-32 Tutorial - Part 8

In this video, we're going to look at the different sequencer playback options as well as options for the Tempo Patch Input
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[@rhinocore]

Thank you for these. I have the whole moog sound studio, and I find the Mother to be the most intimidating of the three due to it's sheer programmable complexity. Even when you go over things I feel fairly comfortable with, it still inspires me. And I had not even thought of what you covered in this video. Good job, man. Keep em coming.

[@greenvelvet]

Well said! 🔥🔥🔥👍

[@braintree56]

You're very welcome!

[@darrellkaczynski7531]

Thank you. Great inspiration to new moog users.

[@taylanunal8203]

Thanks for the latest series about mm32 , very clear speaking as well

[@braintree56]

Thanks! Glad you like them!

[@garygimmestad4272]

Due to your clear instructions I succeeded in making this work (despite my color blindness which is maddening in setup mode) but there were some oddities. The sequence would stop either on its own or if I pushed the tempo to either extreme - particularly if I cranked the LFO rate quickly in either direction. And sometimes the run/stop button wouldn't turn off the sequence. So I would end it with an LFO burst and then push run/stop to reset. For my musical purposes I would just run the random sequencer setting and control tempo with the tempo/gate knob. But, your video is still very instructive - even though I still haven't entirely wrapped my head around the voltage threshold concept and why the mix knob worked that way (homework!). Try an octotonic scale - it's very cool with random sequence playback: Whole - half step scale: C Db Eb E F# G A Bb. Or a whole tone scale: C D E F# G# A#. And then, with either scale, while the sequence is running, hit any pitch from the scale to transpose the sequence up and down.

[@braintree56]

Great idea! I'll definitely play around with some of those scales. To your point - completely agree. That's why I said it was completely ridiculous! Ha! It's just not as good as setting the sequencer to random... Far more complicated. I noticed the same thing - i.e. stopping at weird places. I think that has to do with the threshold thing I mentioned and the paradox of which one starts. Let me try to explain the threshold. Imagine we had a smooth random voltage and not stepped. If that voltage wobbled within the bounds of one note, the sequencer wouldn't move - no matter how long it stayed there. But as soon as it crossed the bounds for that note and went to the one above it - it would change values and move a step. So it would play arythmically if the voltage was totally random. It was a fun experiment!

[@garygimmestad4272]

@@braintree56 Thanks for the explanation. It’s clearer to me now. I admit that I have ‘I’m incapable of understanding this’ anxiety about voltage control - just as I did with algebra in high school. But I did eventually parse algebra so I will persevere! LOL Any symmetrical scale is great for sequence randomization. They can be harmonically functional or not - specifically or ambiguously, somewhere between tonality and atonality. Without a tonic reference, they’re like crossing waves that make moirés patterns. Check out Olivier Messiaen’s ‘Modes of Limited Transposition’ for more interesting possibilities. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_of_limited_transposition

[@freejazzbone]

great insights, thank you

[@braintree56]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bradphilpot1623]

Page 8? I only have 3 pages. Did I miss something? A software update?

[@braintree56]

Yeah, you'll need to update your firmware. The old firmware has only 3 pages. Firmware 2.0 (which I think is the most recent) was released about 4 years ago.

[@bradphilpot1623]

Thanks! Your videos have been super helpful.