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Strange-R introduces a totally new way to do sequencing: Melodic Contour Sequencing. It’s extremely powerful at generating recursive melodies, loops and randomness, making generative melodies that sound like human melodies, or live-varying external sequences sent to its input, but never losing sight of your direct realtime performative control.

The majority of its melodic power comes from just two controls…
ρ (Rho = Correlation = Melodic Direction)
∆ (Delta = Deviation = Melodic Jumpiness)

These two simple intuitive controls both originate the melodic material, and then also determine how it is manipulated by 3 independent ‘phrase loopers’ to walk or jump the loop up and down. All this is combined in a unique internal 'micro-patch' with the quantizer (able to do automatic Modal Interchange and Circle of Fifths modulation), two chaotic LFOs, two flavours of noise (analogue and PRNG with sample rate and bit depth control) full CV control over every function, as well as the input which permits live re-composition and variation of anything you send it.

The result is a generative powerhouse and mother-of-all-random source utilities.
* Custom SI Random Walk
* Music theory aware quantizer (automatic Modal Interchange, Circle of 5ths, root note set)
* 3 independent loopers able to hold over 4000 events
* Built in probabilistic TrEG envelopes
* 2 Chaotic LFOs
* External CV Input for live manipulation of an external sequence
* External Clock Input for eternal sync with no lower bpm limit
* Clocks into audio to use as VCO (tri/saw inc.VCO sync!)
* All functions CV controlable
* Non-sprung joystick control with direct JS XY output +/-8v
* CV folder/wrapper
* Quantizer can be used as live input keyboard with chiptune pseudopolyphony
* Full memory recall into 7 scenes
* Special input/output calibration mode
* Firmware updatable via micro SD Card

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The small knobs are a bit difficult to reach, but you can't minimize HP and have large controls. The button / knob combos must be memorized and probably could not be used in a dark venue. Otherwise this is a very interesting module to use. I think the compromises they made were well considered. This thing would be twice the HP if was say an In5tro designed module ;-)
-- mntbighker

Thanks for the very considered assessment. Yes, the functionality-footprint tradeoff is something we thought about very carefully, and obviously every player will have their own preference on that continuum. The line we took was that, with all we wanted it to do, yes, footprint would far exceed what was reasonable or practical were it to be 1-button-1-function. We therefore designed it so that the most important musical elements (pitch, duration and octave) are directly accessible on the top layer and the more detailed ones are only ever a single button-hold away, clearly marked on the panel. Finally, it is first and foremost an instrument so a modest amount of muscle-familiarity with it to get everything out of it is, I think, a reasonable solution. There's a lot of comment on how quickly this comes in the user testimonials here...

https://www.stochasticinstruments.com/feedback

...and also a nice demo here (fwd to 24min 45sec). Thanks for engaging :-)

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Just to say I had the pleasure of using this in beta and it's superb. Beautiful construction, clean aesthetics, unique user-controllable Lin/Log taper response (while remaining an entirely passive module—very clever!). A great first module from a company you're going see a lot more from.

Phin Head
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Oh dear - I completely agree and finalise a sale with @Jonjonjon , go to PayPal him, and literally the second before I hit Pay he messages to tell me not to bother because he's now sold it to someone else. I explain that this isn't cool, but I hear nothing back, so I perfectly reasonably down-rate him...and he then retaliatorally down-rates me in response for doing absolutely nothing except calling out his poor behaviour!! People, we act with integrity and honour here. This is not cool at all.

Moreover, I think we need a system to discourage retaliatory rating, although I recognise that that will involve more work for the site managers.

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Thanks to @phinland for a super-smooth transaction...
-- @aphew_goodman

Cheers Gabor, pleasure doing business! :-)

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dBs Music Presents the Electronic Music Weekender!

Following our success with last year's event, we are hosting a weekend dedicated to Electronic Music in Plymouth, held in the iconic Plymouth Athenaeum, one of Plymouth's oldest and most sort after venues.

Modular Meet II @ The Plymouth Athenaeum: Friday 3rd May 14:00 pm - 22:00 pm

Modular synthesis experts / enthusiasts / industry insiders / manufacturers / workshops / guest lectures / demonstrations / masterclasses / performances / Acousmonium / product launches / beginners to professionals welcome

Live Night @ Plymouth Hanging Gardens: Saturday 4th May 20:00 pm - 04:00 am

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Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/events/597190694132017
Flyer: https://drive.google.com/open?id=118aRHlhijC9sl4R9UMdFDffACyof1gVo

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Thanks dude, glad you like it! Ultra-quick, no hassle payment, very accommodating on postage too (agreed to overpay to cover postage options, then I refunded once we knew the postage cost, worked really well). Cheers @mister_wavey

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Great transaction with @tomlaan on the fantastic MI Plaits. Exactly as described, as new, fantastic comms, really easy to meet up in the Hague, and a really nice guy as well! Cheers Tom!

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Just bought the brilliant Make Noise Optomix v2 from @kansha aka Chris. Lovely guy, really understanding, module exactly as described, lightening postage, arrived the next day. Trade with complete confidence. Cheers Chris! :-)

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Great deal with @GOLDEG - very nice to deal with, good coms, sent me the tracking number as soon as it was posted, and it all arrived safely! Please also see his post above detailing his name change from @penrose_riots

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My brilliant 4ms Spectral Multiband Resonator just arrived from @Infiltrator - lovely guy to deal with, lightening postage, all tracked. Trade with complete peace of mind. :-)

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Just bought the superb Delptronics Triggerman from @Soundgoon - extremely quick postage and really nice to deal with!

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