My Mk1 Rene will not otuput an X-gate when set to a particular 5-step sequence. I don't know whether this is by design and thus my confusion might be due to ignorance.
I'll try and lay this out as clearly as possible, and this is aimed at people who use or are very familiar with Rene Mk1. (It won't be helpful to tell me about another sequencer that doesn't do this, for instance)
Given the settings as follows:
~ Counting locations per the Rene manual p.13 (i.e. 0 is bottom left, 15 is top right)
~ X-CLK in from a vanilla source (e.g. Fractio Solum)
~ No other inputs - all of X-MOD, X-CV, Y-CLK, Y-MOD & Y-CV are unpatched
~ X-CV & Y-CV attenuators are fully CCW
~ ACCESS is denied on all locations 5-15 inclusive (USians would say 5 through 15)
~ ACCESS is allowed ONLY on locations 0-4 inclusive (0 through 4) - this is intended to set a 5-step sequence (5 notes, one gate per step)
~ All X-gates are ON
~ All Y-gates are ON
~ X-FUN is set with FWD and SNAKE lit
~ X-FUN has no other functions set - no logic, SLEEP, GLIDE, nothing
~ (Y-FUN identical to X-FUN)
~ Q is default - 0-11 lit, 12-15 unlit
~ SNAKE mode is default numeric order 0-15 (i.e. it starts at location 0 and progresses 1,2,3 ... 12,13,14,15, then resets to resume at 0)
Once Rene starts receiving gates at X-CLK, the sequence starts
BUT no X-gate is emitted for step 1 (i.e. location 0). A Y-gate *IS* emitted.
Nevertheless, a pitch CV *is* emitted for step 1.
So a 5-step (locs 0-4) pitch sequence is generated, but only a 4 step gate sequence (locs 1-5).
Furthermore, if I then deny access for the existing step 5 (loc 4) but add access for a step 5 at loc 5 instead, both X-gates and pitch CV are emitted for all steps.
For an even simpler example, if I set ACCESS only for loc 0 and loc 4 (everything else as noted above), no X-gates are emitted (but Y-gates are emitted for both)
I'll repeat that NO logic is set in X-FUN or Y-FUN; also, it's not a gate length issue on the X-CLK input (I've tried various gate lengths).
There are workarounds (I've already mentioned one, another is to patch Y-gate to X-MOD and set OR or XOR on for Gate/Mod).
I'm completely OK with the idea that I don't understand Rene perfectly and that this is normal behaviour, but I'd love an explanation of the rationale (I guess there might be an internal default logic that isn't documented in the manual?)
I'll try and lay this out as clearly as possible, and this is aimed at people who use or are very familiar with Rene Mk1. (It won't be helpful to tell me about another sequencer that doesn't do this, for instance)
Given the settings as follows:
~ Counting locations per the Rene manual p.13 (i.e. 0 is bottom left, 15 is top right)
~ X-CLK in from a vanilla source (e.g. Fractio Solum)
~ No other inputs - all of X-MOD, X-CV, Y-CLK, Y-MOD & Y-CV are unpatched
~ X-CV & Y-CV attenuators are fully CCW
~ ACCESS is denied on all locations 5-15 inclusive (USians would say 5 through 15)
~ ACCESS is allowed ONLY on locations 0-4 inclusive (0 through 4) - this is intended to set a 5-step sequence (5 notes, one gate per step)
~ All X-gates are ON
~ All Y-gates are ON
~ X-FUN is set with FWD and SNAKE lit
~ X-FUN has no other functions set - no logic, SLEEP, GLIDE, nothing
~ (Y-FUN identical to X-FUN)
~ Q is default - 0-11 lit, 12-15 unlit
~ SNAKE mode is default numeric order 0-15 (i.e. it starts at location 0 and progresses 1,2,3 ... 12,13,14,15, then resets to resume at 0)
Once Rene starts receiving gates at X-CLK, the sequence starts
BUT no X-gate is emitted for step 1 (i.e. location 0). A Y-gate *IS* emitted.
Nevertheless, a pitch CV *is* emitted for step 1.
So a 5-step (locs 0-4) pitch sequence is generated, but only a 4 step gate sequence (locs 1-5).
Furthermore, if I then deny access for the existing step 5 (loc 4) but add access for a step 5 at loc 5 instead, both X-gates and pitch CV are emitted for all steps.
For an even simpler example, if I set ACCESS only for loc 0 and loc 4 (everything else as noted above), no X-gates are emitted (but Y-gates are emitted for both)
I'll repeat that NO logic is set in X-FUN or Y-FUN; also, it's not a gate length issue on the X-CLK input (I've tried various gate lengths).
There are workarounds (I've already mentioned one, another is to patch Y-gate to X-MOD and set OR or XOR on for Gate/Mod).
I'm completely OK with the idea that I don't understand Rene perfectly and that this is normal behaviour, but I'd love an explanation of the rationale (I guess there might be an internal default logic that isn't documented in the manual?)
Statistics: Posted by friendlybleep — Sun Dec 29, 2024 10:10 am — Replies 0 — Views 11