Mutable Instruments Stages - Alternative Firmware by Qiemem

I've just found this amazing new firmware for Stages which adds a ton of interesting functionality, including the advanced sequencer control that was just added by Stages' creator, turing machines per stage, slews, attenuators, quantizable steps, and more. It makes stages even more powerful than it was before, if that's even possible!
Firmware can be found here: github.com/qie...
#eurorack #mutableinstruments #stages

[@qiemem]

qiemem here: This is amazing! Thank you for making this! Do you mind if I link to this video from the user guide? I've had a bunch of people request a video overview. Some quick clarifications: - Accidentally activating looping when changing frequency range: Once you start moving the slider or wiggling the pot with the button down, loop toggling and mode changing are disabled, so you don't need to worry about holding it too long. - Clocked LFO not working: Remember that gates make groups out of every segment to the right of the gate. Clocked LFOs only happen when that group is one segment long. Otherwise, the gate defines an envelope. So you either want to use the rightmost segment or have a gate on the segment just to the right of the LFO. - Chained modules: Test build is out there and official support is coming imminently! - Quantizing the LFO: You've got a bit of portamento on the yellow segment. That plus the large range on the LFO makes it so that you can't hear the quantization. As TheTechnobear mentions, using a quantized looping yellow segment let's you attenuate prior to quantization, instead of slew, so you'll get the expected arpeggios from the LFO. - Gated slew (with green segments): Doesn't work I'm afraid. Single gated green is a decay segment (as in stock). That said, passing a gate signal into the CV input gives you an ASR. - Slow LFO: Has everything advanced has, including random. - DAHDSR: 1, 3, and 5 don't have shape controls since they're just flat. All credit for this mode goes to joeSeggiola btw (as well as the ability to switch modes general). - Turing machines in new sequencer: Thanks for reminding me! Doesn't actually work yet... but I'll be adding it. TMs do work with old style sequences though.

[@Peakae]

Hey, thanks very much for all the clarifications!! Yes, please, feel free to link this video from the user guide. And thanks again for making such an awesome firmware!

[@studio48nl]

Thank you! I'm running the pre-sequence version of joeSeggiola at the moment, but this update makes the Stages even more of a multi module beast!

[@kamryndamian6294]

Instablaster...

[@LarsBjerregaard]

Amazing stuff Bryan! Thanks.

[@dengyun846]

Before I noticed this was a live stream I thought you were greeting your cats.

[@lukeglover6989]

Same! haha

[@MisterNiles]

The random segment mode makes this a firmware I have no choice but to install. Thanks for the video. I've been off of social media and didn't know about this until now. This is great.

[@faremissound]

Hey! Thanks so much - this was incredibly helpful in learning this awesome alternative firmware! Subbed!

[@brokensemitone]

Thanks for putting this together.

[@TheTechnobear]

got the lfo/tm -> quantizing to work ... I can't quite see colours in the video, but if I use looping yellow (adv seg), then indeed i can pass a turing machine input into it to be quantized... very handy :) (whats nice, is you can also use the yellow loop to also attenuate the TM voltage, as well as quantise it)

[@Peakae]

Awesome thanks technobear! The key I think was that I wasn't looping that stage.

[@TheTechnobear]

@@Peakae yeah, I think it can get a bit confusing... esp. as order/groups change behaviour - I had a few 'oddities' when playing last night with it. But I think it'll be like 'regular' stages, you get familiar with a few use-cases. then they are pretty easy to remember. thats why Im considering a 2nd stages now... if you build that deeper knowledge, seems like a good idea to 're-use' it - now stages is very useful as lfo, random, sequencer, harmonic osc/lfo... seems one is not enough ;)

[@arechfer]

thanks for the video and Qiemem for the file...it's awesome

[@Peakae]

Enjoy!

[@Otocol]

Timestamps for Features (If you add this to the video description, it will show up on the video) 1:44 Extended Sequencer 8:28 Bipolar Mode 9:44 Range Control (6 V/OCT Oscillators!) 11:50 Quantizer 15:09 Retrigger Control 16:46 Advanced Segment Generator (Random CV) / Mode Switching (Press the button of the mode number you want) 18:31 Turing Machine 20:02 Reproduction Rate and Portamento (Marbles Deja Vu) 21:52 Sequencer with 1 Turing Machine step 23:13 Quantization (Again) 26:45 Slew limiter (Advanced Segment Generator Mode) 28:06 Looping yellow step (Attenuator/Attenuverter and Offset) 31:43 Third Mode (Slow LFOs) 33:33 Fourth Mode (6 identical DAHDSR Envelopes) 39:03 Fifth Mode (Harmonic Oscillator/Ouroboros) 41:50 Harmonic Oscillator Waveshapes 45:44 Sixth Mode (Harmonical Oscillator Advanced Controls) If ive missed anything, let me know!

[@DamnHeadHumpers]

Thanks for making this video!

[@lowpassman]

A super cool firmware！

[@McMxxCiV]

18:03 The Charlotte factory, where Charlottes are made.

[@studio48nl]

@25:25 Quantizing... is it maybe because you have set the slew/portamento (top knob)?!

[@Radar23]

nice demo..

[@sinkronize]

hi, great video! do you have any idea if the qiemem firmware can be loaded into after later audio scenes?

[@studio48nl]

Try the Triple Sloth if you want slloooowwww LFO's (and some faster ones).

[@kobi-kobsen]

I get totally confused by these. Even on the original firmware. I need a display if there are so many functions. Hold this wait for that color, use this slider until this led blinks like that.... Damn, why is my brain tilting instead of just saving the procedures.

[@Gandi800]

Amazing video. For the life of me I cannot get the button + slider / pot functions to work on either of my Stages after updating them. I can switch modes and the low speed LFO's and Harmonic modes work so I know the update worked but anytime I hold a button I cannot get it to respond to the slider or pots it just changes mode each time. I've tried doing it quickly, holding for a bit then doing it, small wiggles, big wiggles and nothing is working. Any advice?

[@Peakae]

Hmm, I can't say I ever had this problem when doing it quickly. Might be worth flashing it again just to make sure the update went through properly?

[@FrankPSF]

No offense dude, but I gave up early in the video because you hadn't familiarized with the operation. I came back to the video and decided to hop around to see if I could glean anything about the new functions. But everywhere I clicked on the timeline you were saying things like "perhaps I'm wrong about that" or "I've never done that" or "oh maybe" ... not helpful.