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CleverConQueso

Nice!

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In the browser under 'Light' there is an array smoother that offers both attack and release smoothing rates. I have replaced all of my standard 'smooth' modules with this one, setting the array size to 1. I like the improved control and the behavior feels more intuitive to me. The attached image sho...

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Thank you very much for expanding the DMX/ArtNet support. This was very useful for our installation at Burning Man. I will post video as soon as it comes back.

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Same as Oli - It's been several years since I did it but the trick at the time was a hacked driver and Processing middleware to convert the Kinekt to OSC. Since then, I believe a proper driver and API for Kinekt have been released. At the time, it was necessary to 'register' a body with the Kinekt. ...

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Status Report:

https://youtu.be/cTOGIBa2i10

This is ArtNet/DMX all powered by Usine - Usine is making the music (which cannot be heard) and the music is creating the data that powers the LEDs. We will have 17 more of these light strips.

CleverConQueso

Ahhhhhhhhhh..... Thanks. I get it now. The stuff that used to be right-click is now over on that menu so that you can use it on the touch screen. Thank you so much.

CleverConQueso

Do I recall correctly that there used to be a right-click option to find a knob or fader in the patch by clicking on it in the control panel? I can't find that now. Can someone help my eyes out and point me to it?
Thanks,
CCQ

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Thanks. Soooo many meetings to get at that design. And thanks for the doc. It's super. Wish I had seen it earlier. We did a custom fixture (super easy) with 170x3 inputs. My implementation plan is to send a color and a number to a data bus. Assign a serial number to each LED and do a 'pass if equal ...

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As it turns out - there's a very good doc I didn't see til now. Much of the above is covered there.

DMX MANUAL

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Yes, when you start creating a light surface of three color LED's you run out of "channels" right away. There's like 30 LED's per meter or something. (I'm not sure, that's the hardware team's problem.) In our case we are trying to simulate Aurora Borealis in a steel tree canopy... in two weeks. DMX ...

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This post is for the purpose of documenting the use of Usine HH2 with the PixelPusher LED controller. I'm 80% of the way to having it work the way I want. I don't see much on the topic and it appears that DMX is so archaic that the vocabulary and metaphors are oddball. The PP connects via Ethernet. ...

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TIL: There's a normalize button on the sample player. Just had to look for it harder.
Still, I like the super slick solution proposed above.
CCQ

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I've got a performance coming up - should I continue to download new versions of HH2 or stick with what I've got? I'm on RC11 2.0.075c
Thanks!
CCQ

CleverConQueso

Genius! Thank you so much.

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Anyone got a trick to normalize a file on the fly beyond playing it through once and capturing the loudest volume?

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Musicians - I'm collaborating on an art installation for this year's Burning Man that will be an interactive musical instrument powered entirely by Hollyhock2. Musicians from the online music community have been submitting samples for the machine to play. Basically you send a chain of stabs and a pa...

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NICE!

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Thank you. Feels great to be back. Here's a photo of Usine in action at our shop in Oakland. https://www.flickr.com/photos/c185f/19087780094/ The first test was a huge success. We put together a working, camera-driven three voice instrument in Usine in a week and a half that we couldn't do in Proces...

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Following - about to embark on an adventure of light and sound.

Looks like Using supports ART-net too which might eliminate the need for DMX depending upno what you have on the other end.

I'm very grateful for this software though as I just got a ton of feature requests dumped on me.

CleverConQueso

Hiya Folks, Been a while but I'm back at making an interactive musical instrument for this year's Burning Man. We are hoping to power this one by three cameras and in an ideal world would use security cameras because they are cheap and you can run the cables a long distance and because it is hard to...

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Was watching this interview and saw Usine in the wild.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzPshY1Rdis

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Thanks, Tana. I was hoping that wasn't it. I've got to get an audio interface anyway. Now I know why.

<EDIT>

I had it patched in Mono so the second channel was coming through un-effected. All better now. Thanks, team.

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I'm using Using as a custom pedal board for a live setup. When I route an instrument through my sound card using ASIO4All and Usine, I get two signals, one's effected and one's clean. If I mute my effects patch I still hear clean signal. If I stop Usine by pressing the space bar, I get nothing. Does...

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Hi Joffo,
I've been using these to good result. http://www.sensomusic.com/downloadaddon ... ffects.zip.
CCQ

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The plan is still coming together but it will for sure be all Usine audio creation and whenever possible, no VST's. I've been chasing after hardware for the last few months buying different things on Craigslist and usually selling them soon after because it's not just right. Nailing down the right c...

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This video has been a real inspiration for my current Usine modular virtual synth project.

Wired

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Super! My own experience with these Kinect drivers was that it was good if you had a controlled environment and a trained performer but for audience participation, which was our project, it was too cumbersome. However, MSoft released the Windows drivers eventually (too late for our project, we went ...

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A lyricist, a singer and I collaborated on this song. We plan to revisit just about everything, but here's this for now. http://soundcloud.com/cleverconqueso/rain-draft I relied heavily on Usine VST to make the effects (many of them Usine patches) sit just so. -CCQ-

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I went to a LoveTech thing where a guy ran a hotspot on his Mac. He had people in the audience download a TouchOSC template from his web server and use OSC to remotely control the video he was showing. At the time it felt like the rock concert of the future. Couldn't you picture a app you download b...

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I'm with you Seamus, but unfortunately on another coast. Or maybe a support group for the Usine orphans and widows.
-CCQ-

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Super. Thanks, team.
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

Thank you, Senso. Very timely, this looper. Any chance you can put it in add-ins or the forum uploader or should we download the whole install for it?
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

This is what I see in IE and Chrome.

http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/upload ... =noAll.jpg

CleverConQueso

How about a 'search all forums' option (or search multiple) or am I not seeing it? I find myself searching patching, add-ins and news to be thorough but I always forget to search General, which is where the bulk of the discussion about Mobius seems to be.
Thanks,
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

Mazel Tov!

CleverConQueso

I like to use the inc/dec feature on the faders. I put an up button and a down button then key-map the buttons to keys on the keyboard. It beats reaching for the mouse when you're concentrating on something else.
CCQ

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Hi 23fx, Sorry, I missed your post somehow. http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/uploads.php?file=light%20box3.zip Light Box This is where I'm at with it right now. Just a couple of envelope followers and a LPF to try to pick up the drums. It's no where near ready for prime time and I've actually set it...

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Joss- Is it like when you stop Usine, a little tiny snippet of the last sound that was playing is looping really fast making an annoying loud squeal? If so, I've had a similar problem that has come and gone between updates. I think the cause of what I experienced is addressed by playing with the ASI...

CleverConQueso

Check the 'sync'hro value in the sampler. Choose 'MIDI In' (connect a midi input and press a key on your keyboard if you have one) or 'Play Button' and press play or connect a button to the 'play' input.
Welcome.
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

Hmmmm. The number coming out of the color selector is either an RGB or an HSL number, no? I want to use a color selector to pick the Hue but I want other signal data to modify the brightness (L) of the color. I suppose rather than using the color selector, I can start with the HSL and tweak it direc...

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Thanks, Nay. I'm looking to manipulate colors on a monitor since I have an extra one laying around.

Does anyone know if there's a way to unpack the output of the 'color selector' so that I can take the input in HSL and modify the S or L but keep the H?

Thanks,
-CCQ-

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I'm kicking around an idea to make a sound driven light show screen saver using Usine. Environmental audio would come in through a microphone and be filtered into bands then colors and shapes would project on the screen according to the levels and rhythms in the different bands. I'm loosely basing i...

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Take a look at this thing - it has me captivated.

http://madronalabs.com/DIY

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Folks-
If you're curious (I know some of you have an Electribe) I've got a rather wordy discussion on my own Electribe journey here
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

Thanks a bunch. Helps a lot.
CCQ

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...and new AFX glitch bundles! (Or was that an earlier release and I wasn't keeping up?) In any case, I had just got done making some myself and yours are way better. ...and moving OSC settings to the main control panel (or was that an ...) which make a lot of sense. A note re CPU - I notice that wh...

CleverConQueso

Awesome awesome awesome. The new patches/modules sound like great ideas and I'm looking forward to the improvements in the FFT - a super feature of Usine that really lets you get creative with how you manipulate sounds when integrated with all of the other tools available in Usine.
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

@Nay Re:U-he - good thinking. Thanks.

CleverConQueso

What a time saver! Especially with the Kinect and it's many many OSC sends. Thanks so much. Side note - I notice you've got a U-he synth in the background. They sound great but their annoying preset manager puts me off so much that I avoid them. Have you ever found a way to access the presets in Usi...

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Maybe a band pass filter would be necessary to tune for the correct size dog so that you do not accidentally calm the trash truck or the doorbell.

CleverConQueso

Hello- I'm trying to link timing across multiple patches to simulate the functionality of the sequencer portion of Usine. I like to avoid using a master time keeper and bus if possible and wonder if there's a way to capture the value shown in the timing section of the dashboard. I'm guessing PPQ cou...

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Howdy-
Does anyone know a way to detect if an object (say, a MIDI out) is in the root patch or in a sub-patch? Reason I ask is I would like to detect if a patch has been 'opened' or 'added' and turn the MIDI out on or off to avoid error messages.
Thanks,
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

Nay-Seven,
I had a chance to play with this over the holiday and it is beautiful. Thanks for the hard work and for sharing.
CCQ

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Thanks. I use ASIO4All and prefer it over the drivers that come with my assorted dated hardware. But my secret desire is to email sound apps to my family whom I've not been able to get to install ASIO...

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A friend was captivated by the Gruvtron and so I wanted to take it apart to see what was so great about it. Turns out it's just an Arp that plays chords. Instead of using a touch pad I just use a MIDI keyboard input. http://www.soundtrends.com/apps/gruvtron/ http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/uploads....

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In pursuit of the Usine artistic zone challenge I'm trying to put together a groove machine that makes just about anything sound good. So far it's an elusive feature but in the process I turned out these two beat morphers that would probably sound better with someone else using them. Please post bac...

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Folks- I'm trying to knock-off BeatBurner as an exercise. So far I've come up with this. - HERE - http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/uploads.php?file=ccq-BEAT-SLICRRR.zip A couple features - Automatic slice calculation based upon the number of markers you want. Envelope followers add to the base Wet/D...

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Nay and 23,
Do you have the script handy for the neat line draw inertia effect by any chance?
Thanks,
- CCQ -

http://vimeo.com/22781632

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Howdy- Any thoughts on enabling integration with Windows Audio for use with Usine? Two reasons - 1- Windows Audio support would lower the bar for a new user to join the Usine family while they are learning about the advantages of lower latency audio. 2- The very cool 'save as exe' feature would be m...

CleverConQueso

On the OP, any chance we can have 'search all' in the forum search options?
Thanks,
- CCQ -

CleverConQueso

How about saving an image along with a user patch that is used as the icon that displays next to it in the 'Library' section of the Browser? Or maybe the thumbnail is displayed when you hover over the title? For some reason I got in the habbit of naming everything I've done either SEQ, Drum or Playe...

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KB shortcuts would be cool. Reapers's got some good examples and I like the way their 'drag rectangle' works. It would be nice to hook the scroll wheel up to a pan on the patch and IB screens too, I think.
Thanks,
CCQ

CleverConQueso

Thanks, Nay. These help a lot.
CCQ

CleverConQueso

Would this work - Place a data delay and Create MIDI 'set to note off' into a polyphonic patch set to 8 voices. Pull Data In's for the MIDI Code 1 and the time delay value as well as the MIDI send/create event and set the MIDI data out to 'Once In Poly'. Run your hold time, note and MIDI event trigg...

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I've been using VNC. I don't see where the others (or VNC for that matter) will let you route ASIO into them. Do they? Or is there a trick or do you use one of that jack-type programs?

CleverConQueso

Cool. Thanks.

CleverConQueso

Does anyone have a suggestion for the easiest way to record screen capture video with audio from Usine beyond pointing a web cam at your monitor?
Thanks,
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

Yep. Thanks. I often organize into sub-patches which makes it hard to find a top level object. So backing out of a sub patch using double-click brings me back to nowhere. It's not a big deal to me - it works out - but it was a use case for the zoom feature.

CleverConQueso

I figured it was probably not do-able given the framework or you would have probably done it already. Regarding "the work space slides far from the content" - In my case, sometimes I'll open a patch and the window will appear empty. I'll slide around looking for my work but can't find it. It concern...

CleverConQueso

Does anyone have a sample patch using the MIDI Accumulator Script to record loops quantized to a bar or cycle?
Thanks,
CCQ

CleverConQueso

How about a wet/dry fader built into the patch UI when you put a track in rack mode? It took me forever to discover the wonders of rack mode for trying out different effects and when I did, everything got a lot faster for me. A W/D fader may drive the point home for the new user and make for easy au...

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How about attaching the scroll wheel on the mouse to a zoom in and out of the patching window? -it would be useful for getting around a big patch -could possibly allow for a zoom in to make the connection tabs bigger -sometimes if the patch window view into the work space slides far from the content...

CleverConQueso

Weird - I've got this.

I'll try downloading again.

Thanks.

CleverConQueso

Nay-
Do you mind checking the patch for 'additive'? I think there's something amiss with how the array is routed?
Thanks,
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

Just in time for the Usine Challenge over in the Artistic Zone. The MIDI options makes life easier too. Thanks for doing these, Nay.
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

Oh. Yeah. Duh. My login doesn't save on IE at home. I use chrome to use the forum. At work we've got IE8 and that works OK but I use it less.

CleverConQueso

Try rebooting to 'safe mode' (F8 at boot right after the beep, i think). If you can get logged in that way, try running 'msconfig' at Start|type 'msconfig' and go to the startup tab. Uncheck everything and then reboot. If that helps, run it again and try checking three or four at a time til you find...

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Bsork-
Sounds great to me and as a fan of post punk, even better. Congrats on getting the band back together, as they say.
Let us know when you start touring and raking in the bucks.
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

So uh, any hints as to what we should start looking forward to with the next general release of Usine?
Thanks,
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

I'm going to a demo for this thing this afternoon. Looks useful and easy to build.
http://madronalabs.com/DIY
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CleverConQueso

tanabarbier,
love the way you rearranged the patches so they fit in tracks and set the colors for visibility. and the song is cool too which is a nice added bonus. really set a high bar for the first entry.
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

Okeydoke. Thanks.

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Thanks, Nay. That looks perfect.

CleverConQueso

Folks- I'm working on a new step sequencer. The idea for the last one was that is was to be powered by a single Matrix UI and save the different patterns to memory. This new one uses switch arrays to edit and store sequencer patterns. I originally hoped this would be more kind to the CPU but I guess...

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Howdy- I'm wondering if folks have any good advice on how to best record exactly a bar or cycle to a WAV file to make it simple to manage on the sequencer? To date I've been connecting a 'keyboard learn' to a bar-quantized button and the record button. This works out OK but if I'm missing a simpler ...

CleverConQueso

Does 'File|Export Stand Alone Workspace' do part of the trick for moving from computer to computer? I dealt with a similar issue lately and that's what I ended up doing. ON the other hand I did go through a lot of hoops to make the PC's look the same otherwise (using the DOS 'subst' command to creat...

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Comparisons to Max are fair but one is not the replacement for the other - I think of Max as making sounds and Usine as making music. I'm sure others have other ideas but that's the way I decide which to use. Also, the Usine interface is set up for a musician first, rather than for a programmer, wit...

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There's a pitch shifter in the add on's you can modify to shift to non-standard tones. It uses the Vocoder objects, which you can also play with to make or modify pitches. Finally, there's a 'wave table' synth in the add on's that uses arrays to make wave forms. I've been playing around with these t...

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January works for me. How about an additional constraint like interactivity or dynamic song composition or something else?

CleverConQueso

Sign me up. When it comes to making bad songs, I'm up to the challenge.

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CleverConQueso

I'm confused - I think the '2' in your screen shot is the same as the '4' in the screen shot I put up. Same, no? Or am I misunderstanding?

CleverConQueso

I wonder if uploaded a different version. Mine has http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/uploads.php?file=GMTA.jpg And on the line resolution - I wanted to use it for long transitions like cutoff filter curves and since the user can specify many bars length, I figured the highest resolution would reduce ...

CleverConQueso

Oh neat - fit size corrects the aspect ratio. I've always been afraid to press it since there's no UI undo that I know of. Thanks for the tip.

CleverConQueso

I've uploaded a ducking delay and a multi-tracking effect I've been playing with to thicken and warp sounds.

MultiPass

Ducking Delay

When folks get a chance to give some feedback I'll add them to the resonator from a while ago (Frea-Q-Q) and upload them as a bundle.

Thanks,

- CCQ -

CleverConQueso

I added buttons as you describe. It loses the 'live play' functionality but is more intuitive to use.
Still haven't mastered the art of linking to the forum and WIKI yet... (Sorry Senso)
Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks,
- CCQ -

CleverConQueso

OK, I added the start/stop button and set it so you can either edit the matrix or view it which hopefully will simplify the user experience. Please take a look and let me know your thoughts. On the add-on's screen, there's a link to delete an existing add-on or modify it. My question above was about...

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Clever is my dog. I needed a name for Facebook in a hurry and looked across the room at my dog and it came to me magically. As for Con Queso, who doesn't like cheese? I'm with you on the 'why doesn't it play when I start clicking notes' question. I don't know what the right workflow is for that othe...

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Thanks, Nay-Seven. I do have about 6 favorite synths I go to all of the time that would probably make sense to wrap them up in a patch.

CleverConQueso

I just uploaded this thing to 'add-ons'. Please let me know your thoughts as to usability, functions and if you have any ideas to improve memory/CPU.

Thanks,

- CCQ -

WIKI Page

CleverConQueso

When you drag a VSTi into an empty patch, Usine creates bypass, show, MIDI and audio connections. Is this template available for editing to add connections, or change formatting?
Thanks,
- CCQ -

CleverConQueso

Is there a way to hide sub data inlets/outlets from the top view of a sub-patch without nesting it inside of another sub-patch?

Thanks,
- CCQ -

CleverConQueso

Homing Pad presents some really interesting ideas about interface. And it sounds good, which is important. I'm going to play with the patch and try out some step sequencer ideas. Amazing, creative work.

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CleverConQueso

In my experience, yes to both of you. I sent a workspace to Nay-Seven and he said some things that got me thinking. I haven't had a crash since. Yes, I just copy and paste the DLL. x, x copy1, x copy2, etc. Some dll's have subfolders and although I copied them as well, I can't think of any reason wh...

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I was having stability issues when I loaded multiple instances of the same VSTi. The issues are all but gone now that I got in the habit of making multiple copies of the VSTi dll and keeping track of which copy I have loaded. How about automating this with a feature called 'Duplicate VST Protection"...

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A lot depends on what you plan to use it for or what you want to explore. Usine offers this tour - http://www.sensomusic.com/wiki/doku.php?id=manual:learnusine and the demo patch that loads when you first open Usine is useful. I got started by downloading patches from the add-on's section and trying...

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Can you upload an image of your patch? You can create 'all MIDI notes off' or you can route your original MIDI message into the 'MIDI unpack' and then do a 'create MIDI message' with the note off message for that note or if you just want to turn one note off to allow another to play, you can use 'MI...

CleverConQueso

Here's the updated patch.

Step Sequencer

This one is the least disk space of all of them which can't be bad. I ended up remaking the 'store arrays' script in patch form so that i could save arrays while recalling different arrays.

Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks,

-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

Thanks Nay. I slept on it and here's what I am going to try to do - Rather than try to figure out the lead time to switch the preset, I'm going to use the save preset buttons to copy the matrix's array to a poly array and use the scheduler to pass or not pass the output from these. I'll have to take...

CleverConQueso

And then connect this to the array that sets the preset manager? I think the 'tick' triggers at the beginning of the ramp so I think it's functionally the same as the other. Is that right? I updated the patch if you want to check my work? CCQSSN7

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http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/uploads.php?file=StepSeqSchedMed.jpg Folks- I'm working on a step sequencer that uses the matrix module to schedule MIDI events. I'm trying to leverage the presets functionality to create different melody lines that change automatically at the end of the cycle or ba...

CleverConQueso

On your first question, can you set the seq sync to 'loop' and calculate the duration as a fraction of the master tempo? Otherwise, I think you can put the seq in a sub-patch and set a local tempo. Or what happens when you connect a clock beat to 'next step'?

CleverConQueso

Good question - the screen grab didn't capture audio since it's ASIO and I didn't want to bother with jacking. So I recorded the audio using USINE. In order to sync the audio and the video I added a video track with Audacity so I could see the drum hits. I liked the perspective the whole wav added s...

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You In The Throne Room

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r.erorr- I have some luck placing the new data-ins/outs at the top or bottom of the pre-existing ins/outs. There is some sorting by type which means that the new ones will be interspersed with the old ones but for the most part, this has reduced the amount of re-patching when I make changes. It's no...

CleverConQueso

I was looking for this too. Depending upon how you search the Wiki the master section is either described on the track page or it is missing. This page has the description.

http://www.sensomusic.com/wiki/doku.php ... aster_mode

CleverConQueso

It seems like maybe we can't put the Granulator in a poly sub-patch and also maybe that we can't have multiple Granulators in a single patch. I created multiple sub-patches with a Grnulator in each one. Is that the best approach here?
Thanks,
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

Right. Video. Long story short, we don't have video. Originally we were thinking of just using the camera on the DanceyDance to record. But there's this whole aesthetic about taking pictures at BMan. BM put's a bunch of restrictions around it so that folks don't feel inhibited or spied on or profite...

CleverConQueso

Ah. OK. I fix.

CleverConQueso

Nay - The wiki is uploaded although I will have to add screen shots and download links.
http://www.sensomusic.com/wiki/doku.php ... cer_bundle

CleverConQueso

http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/uploads.php?file=DD-Where.jpg http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/uploads.php?file=DDSundown.png http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/uploads.php?file=DDgear.jpg Thanks for the link above, Nay-Seven. The map image is from that article. The DanceyDance was at that location ...

CleverConQueso

Ah yes. It certainly is. Thanks, Nay.

CleverConQueso

Any way to make two inputs route through each matrix switch so that you only have to press one button instead of two to route the signal?
Thanks,
-CCQ-

CleverConQueso

Jeanrene- I had a similar thought.
http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=3125 here

CleverConQueso

Cool! Thank you.

CleverConQueso

Bjørn and Caco-
Yep, that's the scenario. I have better luck turning audio down than off. And it is not always, but for me more often than 'sometimes'.
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CleverConQueso

That will take some doing. I'm not sure that I have an old version any more. Does it happen to you?

CleverConQueso

Thanks, Nay-Seven. I've added some features to this one and will blend your color edits in as well.
I also figured out a trick to 'fill down ' from the first row so I'll upload the whole batch and do a Wiki page when it's ready. Probably be about a week..
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CleverConQueso

When I turn off the MIDI matrix if there was a lingering note-on without a note off, then it doesn't turn off. I've been paring a 'from 1 to 0' with an all midi notes off. Am I using the matrix wrong or is this the best way to handle it? Should there be a note off associated with the MIDI matrix to ...

CleverConQueso

I notice that when I disconnect a wire from an output or when I turn a patch off that sometimes I'll get a angry noise in that channel. I think this may be new since 5.7. It happens with audio matrix sometimes, as well and doesn't matter what I have patched. Is anyone else seeing this? Or could it b...

CleverConQueso

How about adding optional inc/dec buttons to the fader/vfader UI's so that the layout can be edited as one piece?
Thanks,
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CleverConQueso

This thing lets you play a single note but triggered across a configurable number of bars or cycles. I use it mostly for drum hits. If you fade the matrix rather than toggle, you can set the MIDI volume. If anyone has a good trick for a single button that lets you copy the top row to the rest of the...

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OK. I think I figured it out. Case sensitive. I've been copying the URL that is displayed on the upload results screen. You have to right-click on that (as mentioned in the FAQ) to get the right case.

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So that works sometimes. Particularly well if the new VST is from the same manufacturer, maybe. Sometimes, it replaces the patch with the VSTi, which is problematic of course. Plus it doesn't work with patches, which would also be nice if you're effect shopping. It may be that the replace function i...

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Senso -
If I'm translating right, I'd love to see if I can't get a class organized at 'RobotSpeak' or GAFFTA in San Francisco. If you're interested, please PM me.
Thanks,
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www.robotspeak.com/html/catalog.html
www.gaffta.org/

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Hmmm. I've been using the globe icon with the chain link over it and pasting the url from the uploader. Should I leave off the 'http'? I've got one more to upload -

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I made this thing mostly to automate drum loops but then started using it for bass lines. I like how it makes fast choppy basses with irregular hold times.
Borrowed heavily from Nay-Seven's groove machine.

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Matrix MIDI Seq

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Typo in the subject - should read 'bar' not 'bay'.

I made this thing to trigger effect events live but to wait until a new bar starts. It has a loop mode and a one-shot mode.

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Long Term Automation

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I've been using this a lot lately to simulate the effect of a ducking compressor so I figured I'd upload it. The ASR envelope is modified using the range fader below it and the effect is triggered nicely using a switch array. Now that I'm writing this, it occurs to me that I could flip the ASR envel...

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It may be useful to manage files in the VST and user libraries. When you're in the browser and see a patch is in the wrong folder or you want to change the name or make a copy of a patch before you load it, it would be nice if some Windows commands were available as right-click options in the browse...

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I set the input array to adjust the Q rather than the gain and it sounds nicer. Your thoughts?

Frea_q_q

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CleverConQueso

Folks- I'm making a effect that is an array of band pass filters. I suppose it sounds a fair amount like the Resonator. The guts are band pass filters tuned to center frequencies from 50 to 7200 Hz. You can tune the left and right different so that the emphasis should travel from one side to the oth...

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Thanks Bjørn. That's great and a huge time saver. I wish I knew it a month ago.
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CleverConQueso

Howdy- How about the ability to hover a VST object from the browser over an existing object in a patch and be given the pop-up option to replace the patched VST with the new one, reconnecting all wires? 'Program' combo-box contents would have to be refreshed. This may be useful when searching for th...

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Is there a way to put specific user patches in a templates folder?

CleverConQueso

Cool. And the ID's are here.
http://www.sensomusic.com/wiki/doku.php ... ate_module
Thanks

CleverConQueso

How about putting the most frequently used user patches and modules and Usine objects in a bar across the top of the patch screen for easy access without opening the Object Browser? I'm always browsing for 'pass' and '=' and my current patch projects.
Thanks,
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Awesome. Never too late. Well, Friday would be too late. Listening now, sounds great. And it sounds to me like the tracks will slice up nicely and fit into the DanceyDance's different sound buckets - drum/bass/melody/voice,effects. The syncopation in there is really neat - it may not come through on...

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Thanks. team. Those work great. Funny how the second before I need something, there's a patch for it.

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How cool - so we can use 'Current Patch' to performance optimize patches.

CleverConQueso

Does anyone know if it's possible to have the audio engine start automatically when Usine launches rather than requiring that the user press the space bar or click 'off'? I am looking for a patch to load automatically and start playing when the machine boots up without human intervention. Thanks, -C...

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Take a look at 'Dashboard'. You can queue the output to an array and take the average of the array.

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ASIO4All is a pain to get right the first time. You may have success disabling the default speakers in Windows then running Usine. Either way, in Usine CTRL-F5 to open setup then click on the button labeled 'Panel' to open the ASIO4All GUI. Look at the icons next to the sound card/speakers and check...

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When you click on a sub-patch the full list of variables and their current values displays on the left side of the screen. It would be nice if you could optionally choose some of those values to display real-time in the box representing the patch itself. Alternatively, if there was an option for whe...

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Update on this - We are a week away form releasing this thing into the wild. We are in the process of migrating the interface from the Kinect to the regular Usine webcam DX. The Kinect is cool because it tracks individual body parts which you can then map to events in Usine. It is a very literal con...

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Thanks, Senso. If we have, say, a formant filter in an old patch and it's updated, do we delete the object from our patch and drag in the new one or is that not necessary?
Thanks,
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CleverConQueso

Aaaah. Thank you.

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How about the ability to scroll in the patch screen using the scroll mouse? Also, it would be cool to zoom in and out for easier navigation of larger patches. (CTRL-ScrollWheel?) Also, is there a hot-key to go up just one level of sub-patch rather than all of the way to the top level patch? Thanks, ...

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Folks- I'm playing with the camera as input to control sound triggers. It seems to me that the 'zones' in the camera output are an order of events. This happened. Then this happened. Then this happened. If multiple things happen at once, they show up as additional zones, up to 8 concurrent events. I...

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LIke this?

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Just a thought.

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Thanks, Nay. I'm trying to conserve CPU so my understanding is I'm better off with as few samplers patched as possible.
I see what you're saying about the MIDI Dispatch. I never understood that thing but now I see.

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Maybe you can use the counter module (with max). Edit the contents of the counter patch so that you can set the minimum. Also, sometimes I add logic inside of it that stops it from cycling when it gets to the max. (Put 'a=b' on the output and connect that to a 'stop' on the input. To feed values int...

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Thanks Senso. Works as promised.

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Folks- Does anyone know if the grain sampler can be used in a polyphonic sub-patch? I tried it and it seems like maybe no, but I wonder if I'm doing it wrong since the behavior is different in 5.5 than in 5.7. Also, I notice there's a polyphonic setting in the regular sampler, but I can't figure out...

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Gilles- Thanks for your interest. I followed your post a couple days ago and I'm sorry you lost your DJ. It was fun trying to listen for the role that Usine played in your performance. I am interested and there is always room for experiments. If you want to send me just a few files to get a sense of...

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23fx23- So glad you checked in. I've got a 70 BPM D&B and a 140 BPM which I'm happy to replace or give company but I definitely need a PsyTrance piece. If you've got something laying around that you can cut up into a stack of five or six, 2-8 bar drum loops, bass loops, melody loops and magic loops,...

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That would be awesome! 'Erratic' and 'Looper' styles would probably play well with the audience and translate well to the machine. Although I warn you, the finished sound may be a little more dense than your usual so that it can cut through the ambient noise at the event. It looks like our piece wil...

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Holy crap! That's awesome and works great. Thank you so much.
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Dear Usiners- I have enjoyed listening to your creative output on YouTube, SoundCloud and Vimeo and am seeking your assistance with a project I am doing. I'm collaborating with a friend on a music-driven project for BurningMan called DanceyDance. We stole the name from the 'German Sparkle Party'. Th...

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Folks- I've got a comma separated text box with a list of paths to sample files feeding the 'List Comma Text' input of a sampler. Rather than use the 'next sample' or 'random sample' commands, I want to be able to use a formula to randomly select the next sample to play and choose its file number. T...

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<Oops. Nevermind. Found the 'string'./>

Thanks, Nay-Seven. While I'm asking, do you know if there's any plans to have OSC Receive accept string data?

CleverConQueso

Does anyone know if there's a way to raise the port value maximum to a value higher than 9999? I've got a OSC wrapper that's using 12345 as its listen port. Does anyone know a trick to redirect?
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Thank you, 23fx.
I put them in their own patch like you proposed. I had to hunt around for the button to exclude them from the presets - I guess it's 'Preset Isolated,' now. Honestly I was hoping to get out of dragging 200 wires but that's the breaks.
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Hello Usiners- I'm working on a workspace that will select a group of random samples from a group of folders and assemble them to into songs from different genres. We'll then use body input via a Kinect to manipulate things like pitch and tempo so that the resulting song is customized for each dance...

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Thanks for your reply, Olivier. I didn't see your post originally but when I noticed you implemented a change I mentioned, I came here to thank you. It was this one - "When you drag an object around on the layout, if the mouse pointer leaves the window that holds the object, then the object is moved...

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Thank you for the review and the kind words, Olivier. I redid the patch to test it out and although it took me a while to get the graphical elements sorted, (I was trying to put the duplicated controls inside of the polyphonic sub-patch) now I see what you mean. I'll test and see if this clears thos...

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I was trolling the forum trying to get a better understanding of Polyphony and came across this post. I had the same question as the OP - how to get samples to play all of the way though to the end, even if another sample started. In my case, I was trying to trigger a drum roll and the clipped sampl...

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I'm working on a patch that I want to work like a traditional sound board - levels, pan, sends, then a final chain for eq, verb and compression. I'm having a performance issue that I think I have tracked down to the many audio inputs. The sound gets very choppy and GUI performance drags. I played ar...

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I added a second input to the compressor patch to see if it could be used as a ducking compressor and it looks like the answer is yes. The upload is here . To use - connect the sound you want to duck to input (1) and the sound that controls the level to input (2). Typically, 1 would be horns or a sy...

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First, thanks for such a great product. It's really opened up possibilities for me I never considered before since it's half instrument, half automator. Plus the community is great for ideas and support. I've been playing for 6 months or so now and finally put my money down for the paid version toda...

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Thanks, Nay7. I've updated all of my links and am now resolved to figuring out how to use the image uploader.

CleverConQueso

Here's the mixer -

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The corners of the XY pad correspond to the relative level of that numbered output.

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I uploaded this thing - - HERE - It simulates strumming a guitar by building up notes on a poly VSTi. The switches select which notes play and the fader sets when the NoteOff is sent. The vertical faders are steps up/steps down, rather than the standard, note, note, note. I put these in like this so...

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I uploaded this thing - - HERE - I use it all of the time so I figured I'd share. I splits my 50 key controller into 3 sections and lets you adjust the octave for each keyboard section so that you can play low notes with either hand. The left and right ends have a note-hold so you can free a hand up...

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Sorry. Forgot these. Joint_Name above is one of - head neck torso r_collar #not working yet r_shoulder r_elbow r_wrist #not working yet r_hand r_finger #not working yet l_collar #not working yet l_shoulder l_elbow l_wrist #not working yet l_hand l_finger #not working yet r_hip r_knee r_ankle r_foot ...

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I've got joints movement now. It's all in here. - https://github.com/Sensebloom/OSCeleton Set OSC_Receive to - /joint/l_hand/1 - joint = same in all cases - l_hand = joint name, listed below -1 = player number X, Y, Z are in the data 1, 2, 3 From DOS, run - OSCeleton.exe -p 8000 -q -f -q = allows th...

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I got ambitious and started clicking around. One of the links above to Vimeo shows a tool called OSCeleton. The install is easy and works great - http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/148251/How-to-Successfully-Install-Kinect-on-Windows-Open.aspx You have to change the port to 8000 when you launch it....

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I'm kicking around using Kinect to control a Burningman project. The idea is to have the participant create their natural music. They stand in a space and by moving their body, we detect their mood, collect some environmental data, and trigger drums and notes based upon a probability algorithm. Ever...

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