Ornament & Crime Hemispheres Part 2 - Darkest Timeline full tutorial and patch ideas

Hemispheres is an alternate firmware for the Ornament and Crime Eurorack module. It adds new ‘apps’ with extra functionality. Darkest Timeline is a Hemispheres app that is a complex sequencer which is ideal for generative melodies on the go. It can do MIDI to CV and CV to MIDI conversion as well.
In this tutorial I explain what Darkest Timeline is, how it works, and how to use it in patches. I'll also show how you can use it to record CV from other modules or from a keyboard like the Arturia Keystep, and even to send MIDI into a DAW. There's a lot to cover!
I’ve got more videos planned in this series, so don’t worry if your favourite app isn’t covered - let me know in the comments and I can cover it in a future video.
Teensy loader download: www.pjrc.com/teensy/loader.html
Hemispheres firmware download: github.com/Chysn/O_C-Hemisphe...
Timeline if you want to jump to a specific piece:
00:00 Introduction
00:29 A quick tour of Darkest Timeline
02:31 How to save a sequence
03:08 Settings, MIDI channels and scale quantisation
03:28 First patch - let's sequence some notes!
05:39 Alternate timeline - exploring the parallel sequencers in the alternate output
06:44 How to record pitch CV for notes in the sequencer
08:13 How to record probability CV for notes
10:00 Recording notes I play on a keyboard - Arturia Keystep
11:03 Using a mod strip to send note probability
11:55 Alternate timeline from the Keystep
12:28 Take a Techno Break!
12:48 How to connect a USB cable
13:30 Sending MIDI notes from Darkest Timeline over USB
14:18 Tips and Tricks and things I didn't get to cover
15:27 Conclusions
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[@JeremyEllington]

You're an incredibly useful resource for the community. Thank you so much.

[@SynthDad]

My pleasure!

[@Ryannaut_g]

Thank you for all the hard work you do. There’s so much I want to learn but I’ll just leave it at thank you. I love you man!

[@SynthDad]

Thank you so much!

[@EVILJAMARR]

I love Ornament and Crime so much, I bought two. One for hemispheres the other for stock firmware. No regrets.

[@joshbassett]

Same, such a dope module.

[@jockcooper8888]

Same

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

agree 100% O&C and Disting EX are swiss army knife tools of modular eurorack

[@AndyTanguay]

Man, I’m sitting here watching this, thinking exactly that.

[@stargazer2455]

Dude!!!! you're like a grand master modular wizard! Thanks!!

[@SynthDad]

Thank you! Never thought of myself that way - do I get a robe and pointy hat?

[@sionorgon885]

These O&C video tutorials are excellent. Thank you so much.

[@joshbassett]

Love these O_C tutorial videos, so inspiring 👏

[@SynthDad]

Thank you!

[@johncuba1612]

Great Tutorials as always, really Mindblowing !

[@SynthDad]

Glad you like them!

[@JeveMCD]

Wow, this really is just an absolute powerhouse of a module.

[@SynthDad]

It is! Very powerful, very flexible but takes some work to get to grips with it

[@SebticSmile]

Man that looks like some clever stuff - beyond my fragile mind but sounds great! Love your mini-modular rig

[@SynthDad]

Thanks! It takes some study but all makes sense after a while :)

[@markoTardito-BePartOfMyWorld]

very cool tutorial. I can't wait to see more on this.

[@SynthDad]

Thanks - planning more tutorials on it

[@RedCloudServices]

“Pattren” 😂 thanks for your videos enjoy them all

[@SynthDad]

Glad you like them!

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Great tutorial on this sequencer and just ordered my first O&C as it has soo many useful tools for modular systems in small format.

[@SynthDad]

Glad it was helpful!

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

@@SynthDad you are welcome and I tried recording CV from Batumi. Now I need to get a Mixwitch to record pitch CV and try some things you showed in the video. This and Enigma are super awesome!

[@junglimikejunglist191]

Great stuff! Thank you!

[@chysn]

I was never able to find the time to do a full video on The Darkest Timeline, so thank you for doing this. It's great! Keep in mind that the Index can be controlled via CV, too (CV In #3). So the length might be 8, but you can wind the starting point of that 8-step sequence to any of the 32 steps in real time, for more generative fun. Thanks again!

[@SynthDad]

Thank you! Been meaning to get back into making O_C videos for a while and this was one of the most requested. I only realised after I finished shooting that I forgot to show the CV control over Index, and also setting probability to 100% and reversing the sequencer.

[@TeaspoonUlysses]

Great stuff. Cemented my thought on nabbing an O&C.

[@SynthDad]

You should! Thanks!

[@potsandjacks]

Oh.. that’s very nifty. No wonder people like that module. Subed for more.

[@BeniRoseMusic]

I love you for this!

[@SynthDad]

You're welcome!

[@kirillevstratenko]

thank you for the great tutorial

[@SynthDad]

You are welcome!

[@cardboardmusic]

With all these great videos, I'd be curious to see you talk about the modules (and gear too) you use the most.

[@SynthDad]

That’s a good suggestion - I might well make that for something a little different

[@cardboardmusic]

@@SynthDad That would be interesting. In your videos I see a few modules that you have set up (most of the time). Two examples being Pam's and Twin Waves, but I also remember you using the Deluge in earlier videos which you haven't featured for a while, or not that I've seen. You also often have a few modules on the edge of the video - the Joranalogue Filter 8 being such an example. Interestingly, since this is an O_C video, I should add, I often use the Deluge in conjunction with O_C. It's really useful when triggering different pitch steps on a sequence in O_C (in Sequins as an example). This way you can create some quite complex sequences that you really control, making it pass though chord progressions etc. Anyhow, it's always interesting to pass by to see you videos which are full of tips, tricks and other very useful information - and often some nice musical examples too! Thanks again.

[@Doc_Underkraut]

great, thanks!

[@SynthDad]

You're welcome!

[@stujay]

Great walk-through, thanks! Dug the techno break. :)

[@SynthDad]

Thanks Stu - Glad you enjoyed it! Techno Break ftw!

[@sstrudeau]

Yeah, techno break was great! More mini jam breaks, please!

[@JB61264]

As always another extremely well done video of one of the O_C apps…I find myself using Enigma a lot but will definitely be trying Darkest Timeline this week…would love to see a video for Enigma…only downside so far with Enigma is there doesn’t appear to be a way have it set where you start a saved sequence

[@SynthDad]

Glad it was helpful! I'm working on the Enigma tutorial now; actually planning on covering ShiftGate, ShiftReg, Enigma Jr and Enigma as they are all interrelated.

[@JB61264]

@@SynthDad awesome, can’t wait…as much as I love Enigma, it’s frustrating trying to get it to track saved sequences so they are in beat with my overall drums…come back to the same sequence after switching and it will start at a completely different place

[@BappinProductions]

Thanks dad!

[@thehowlingterror]

The module that keeps giving.

[@SynthDad]

It sure is!

[@sinemountain]

This is one of my favorite seqs in o_C. I would use the WMD arpitecht to record cv and prob and pitch down DT's alternative timeline for weird basslines. I believe you can send your cv to change direction, right?

[@SynthDad]

You can transpose using CV4 and you can reverse direction using a gate high at digital input 2. I think recording from other sequencers into it is a good idea - lots to explore!

[@BeniRoseMusic]

Ugh, my brain won't let me track the moving timeline, not sure why they didn't just have the highlighted step move along like every other sequencer made!

[@chysn]

Time is an illusion. Musical time even more so.

[@martintaylor9205]

Ace info on o-c Synthdad, I haven’t updated to Hemispheres yet, hope it’s easy also seen Vidio of Dash Glitch who uses 3 O-C in his live case, he reckons it’s saved 100hp of other module in his rig, really versatile module O-C Cheers for your advice , many thanks🆒🎶🎶👌👌🌟👍

[@SynthDad]

Thanks! I have a video showing how to upgrade to Hemispheres also on my channel if you want to see what's involved.

[@grantharris8332]

@@SynthDad I find both firmwares useful in different ways such that I ended up building myself two uO_c's

[@Davvyk]

Do people use more than one of these in their racks? It feels like there would be use for multiple apps at once?

[@SynthDad]

Well I have 4 of them and often combine two of them in a setup. So yes I think that people do that

[@alan_gleeson]

I think the answer is no, but is there any way to manually edit a step's pitch or probability?

[@SynthDad]

I don’t think so unfortunately

[@alan_gleeson]

@@SynthDad OK thanks. Just came across your Benispheres video, didn't even know that was available. Nice work :)