BrainModular

just found it and works fine in Usine , it's really an intersting tool , so want to share ...



" Experimental MIDI note sequencer VSTi.

-insert on a MIDI track, route MIDI notes to another VSTi
-alt-click on (Mode:) "Normal" and set to SEQ (so all 64 pads trigger independent note-out sequences, vertical = velocity on the GUI sequencer)
-send MIDI notes to MonoChrome from your MIDI controller. The MIDI note you send (MIDI note 36-99) will toggle the corresponding sequence of MIDI notes at the assigned MIDI note#. Send the same note again to stop the sequence.

allows for some pretty intense polyrhytm stuff if you set different SEQ lengths!"

http://www.gersic.com/plugins/hosted/MonoChrome.rar

cool,
thanks for the link.

hi nay-seven,

just downloaded monochrome.
can't seem to get it to do anything.
ive got monochrome receiving midi from my midi-keyboard and sending midi to a vsti. it doesn't seem to send any midi with any preset.
could you - or someone - give me a quick run-down on what i might be doing wrong?
i'm excited to get this one working...

thanks a million

antwan

hello
for my part i use it only in " seq" mode...
press a key on your midi keyboard----> a light on a pad of monochrome
click on this pad and select " seq" , choose the note you want and play with velocity graph...
press the key again to stop the sequence...

hope this help

hi,

i tried what you suggested but no luck. still nothing seems to be coming out of the midi out port of monochrome.
which version do you have (R8?)

thanks

antwan

very strange....???!!!

and where do you see the version number..?

hello,

it's in the readme file that came with the package. my readme file is titled MonoChrome(rc8)-README. The readme file also has the version history. I don't know if you can see it elsewhere.
I guess OSC has nothing to do with this if I don't own/use a monome?

antwan

Hi there, FWIW I downloaded Monochrome yesterday and it worked on my system (no Monomone nor OSC).

I didn't get it to do anything at first either, but that was probably because I was programming and triggering different buttons...

I also expected something to happen when using some other mode than SEQ, but no. Since the other modes aren't mentioned (eg in http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2441892), maybe the other modes don't work without a proper Monomone/OSC setup?


BTW, I haven't seen a trace of any readme file, so I don't know which version I've tried. I used the link above, though.

hey bsork,

thanks for joining in on solving the mystery.
which link did you use on that page you mentioned. The devince-machine link doesn't work for me.
Anyhow, that seems to be a very old version. The newest can be found following the link towards the top of this thread:
http://forum.monome.org/topic/737

bsork, nay-seven, see if you can try with the new one too.
but im also interested in whatever versions you have - if you have similar problems with the new one. if not, it's just me.

thanks guys

antwan

Hi antwan, I used the link at the top of the page. I'm at work right now, but I downloaded the RC8 version (readme file says it's from Aug 21th 2007) and tried it here on my work computer, but it locked up Usine. The readme states: "requires MonomeSerial (or similar Monome<->OSC appa!)". Maybe that's the problem..?

Monochrome is a quite cool concept, but similar stuff can easily be created with the eg the Data/Step and/or Data/Switch modules, although having 64 of them would be one messy patch! (A bit off topic, but a nice little extra when using the Switch is connecting the next step and trigger outlets to an XOR module to get "inverted" triggers, ie a trigger when the switch is not lit.)

PS. Now Usine doesn't work at all on my work machine, so I don't know whether Monochrome is to blame or if there's something else wrong. I'll report back when I have more time.

Hi again.

I rebooted my work machine, but still Usine is still hanging once I put in a module, so I guess maybe Monochrome isn't to blame - something else has gone wrong. Maybe I have to reinstall Asio4All? Later...

usine is not the problem , this version of monochrome load fine here but don't work for me ,( what a pity cause have new functions.. ) suppose the develloper change something in new release for monome...

try this one :
http://www.gersic.com/plugins/hosted/MonoChrome.rar

Well, I have found out that it wasn't Monochrome that made Usine hang, but another plugin; most probably Flux BitterSweet.

With some of the programs of the the RC8 version I can get some buttons to light up, but no MIDI out, so yes - it seems that the old version on gersic.com is working better.