Quatschmacher
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I could do that easily. You mean the Octavius Squeezer
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You can pick them up used. They come up pretty often. There’s one on eBay right now. It’s the business, amazingly compact, easy to program and runs on standard 9V. I only sold mine to buy the bigger MC8.
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Easily done with an MC6. You can even label the buttons via the display to say stuff like “chorus”, “distortion” etc.
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You don’t necessarily need to get a PC out to edit patches (though it’s easier) as it can be done with an iOS or Android device plugged into the second input. You can easily add and access other user presets that way too. Or you can simply use the knobs to tweak the six button-accessible presets and never use an editor. The Spectrum is arguably better for that as all four knobs have dual functions whereas two of the C4’s knobs only have a single function.
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How do you mean “daisy chained”? Windows only allows one instance of USB MIDI. I cannot have the FI editor open and use my Morningstar web midi editor at the same time. Once one is open, the other either won’t boot or won’t receive data. I’ve never tried using the FI via pc with a usb keyboard connection but imagine the same problem will occur. I usually use the DIN port on my keyboard and go into either my interface or the MC8. Previously I’ve done it with the UM-One mk2 - plugging the um-one mk2’s “out” cable into the FI’s MIDI input and the keyboard’s MIDI out into the UM-one mk2’s “in” cable. Does the Akai also have DIN ports? If so, you could power it via usb but use the DIN port to send the midi signals, which might solve your problem.
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Also, you should unplug the FI midi out port if you’re not writing patches to the pedal as it can cause midi loop problems otherwise.
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@prowla your keyboard problem might be that windows only allows one instance of midi over usb at once.
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You only need to hook up one cable when performing any function other than writing patches to the pedal’s memory slots (midi out from computer to midi in on FI). Have you read the FAQ section? This is covered there under the item called “how do I listen to and add new sounds to my pedal”.
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Do you mean getting sounds from the pedal itself as a stand-alone thing? Or do you mean how to connect it to the the editor and get sounds via it? Did you read the section on “how to build your first sound”? Not sure if that’s even possible as it’s only one-way communication from the computer to the pedal (except when writing patches to the pedal). What do you mean worked on one run of 4? Do you mean it only made sound on about 25% of the patches? Some patches are comprised of instrument-derived sound only so have no synth content and so a keyboard won’t work. Did you select the Akai as the “keyboard input instrument”?
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It is. I’d recommend the Morningstar MC6 over this though, unless you need massive buttons. MC6 can send up to 16 messages per button and has two toggle positions and several different actions per button. It’s so versatile and can be set up to do whatever you like. I set mine up to play chords on the FI.
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Yes. What do you want to do with it?
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Standard Stingray is 1.6875” (1 11/16”) or 42.86mm. Classics are thinner at 1.625” (1 5/8”)or 41.3mm. -
Thanks for sharing that. I’ve got their albums loaded up for listening today. -
Those albums (Nightbirds, Chameleon, Phoenix, Pressure Cookin’ ) are great. Three of them were available as one of those classic albums collections. I bought this one separately.
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Hold the button longer. You need to start holding the button down before you insert the power cable. Continue holding the button down until after the firmware version number and instrument mode have both been displayed. I might reword this bit of the manual in the next revision to make this clearer. If you turn the parameter dial to “note off level” before you perform the above action then you’ll know you’ve performed it correctly as you’ll see “rS” (reset) shown in the display.
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I’ve never used the original EQ pedal so don’t know what features it has. The EQ2 doesn’t have a random sweep. I did ask about putting in an LFO and basic envelope like in the modulation pedals; Jesse had considered it but wanted to avoid the whole MIDI clock thing. I managed to get it to do phasers too as you can dial in four sweepable notches internally (more via midi).
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It is indeed a very powerful tool. The tuner is great and will replaces tuners on boards easily. It can be used as a very tasty foot-sweepable filter. You can sweep four bands using the onboard external control section. Via MIDI you can sweep all 10, feed them moving patterns like the Moog MURF. Ironically for foot sweepable stuff it’s better for that than the C4 as it covers the whole 20Hz-20KHz range whereas the C4 caps at 6Khz. Here I use the C4’s factory patch “EDM Swell” into the EQ2 to sweep the filters. Due to the dual channel arrangement, you can use the pedal at two points in your signal chain simultaneously with independent settings.
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I’m discovering loads of cool stuff today.
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Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Quatschmacher replied to ambient's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
The 2i4 has MIDI, but it’s not good enough to handle Future Impact firmware updates and full memory writes, but is good for every other midi application I’ve used it for. -
What’s the reasoning behind the reversed P pickup in their 2-pickup models when the single-pickup version has it in standard configuration? And how does it differ? -
Excellent. Never heard of this band but will be checking out more of it. Thanks for sharing.
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Got closer to the Pony sound using a combination of elements from Annette's version and of my previous version:
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C4 as a drum machine anyone?
