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#16,941
Poobini said:
I know I'm days late here, but the M8 is a wild combination of hobbies/interests that I didn't ever expect to see. Mechanical Keyboards + Trackers?! It even uses the Teensy, goshdang. $450 seems awfully steep for the components though - especially if it's based on LSDJ.
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It seems people are making their own as well.
 
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#16,942
Poobini said:
I know I'm days late here, but the M8 is a wild combination of hobbies/interests that I didn't ever expect to see. Mechanical Keyboards + Trackers?! It even uses the Teensy, goshdang. $450 seems awfully steep for the components though - especially if it's based on LSDJ.
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I really wouldn’t know…the tracker thing escaped me when it first came out and I’ve never owned a gameboy or really even played video games much as a kid. The idea is intriguing to me though for a travel device

JES said:
It seems people are making their own as well.
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Seen that. ‘Headless unit’ is what I see a lot, but again, I’m pretty much in the dark with that stuff :)
 
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So this would probably be easier on a midi murf, but I had one modified with switchable on-board tap tempo, the Broadcast into the LFO, mix 100% wet because I have more channels (nothing plugged in is just clean). Now I have this passive latching expression pedal thing. The murf manual says if you set it at 5, then heel up/down would be 10/0, but there seems to be less of a range for some reason. Was hoping to use it like having 2 foot setting for the envelope knob. I would then be able to control pretty much everything with a bunch of switches. Not elegant but it works. And I really like the machine. Does one very cool thing very well. With varying tempo sync options you can actually play the murf more musically. Wider range at least. Looking for a permanent solution for how to plug something into the envelope input that let's me switch between two knob settings with no sweep. Tonight's fun time:
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TOOL460002 said:
So this would probably be easier on a midi murf, but I had one modified with switchable on-board tap tempo, the Broadcast into the LFO, mix 100% wet because I have more channels (nothing plugged in is just clean). Now I have this passive latching expression pedal thing. The murf manual says if you set it at 5, then heel up/down would be 10/0, but there seems to be less of a range for some reason. Was hoping to use it like having 2 foot setting for the envelope knob. I would then be able to control pretty much everything with a bunch of switches. Not elegant but it works. And I really like the machine. Does one very cool thing very well. With varying tempo sync options you can actually play the murf more musically. Wider range at least. Looking for a permanent solution for how to plug something into the envelope input that let's me switch between two knob settings with no sweep. Tonight's fun time:
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the murf might be optimized for a moog expression pedal (probably is).
 
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TOOL460002 said:
So this would probably be easier on a midi murf, but I had one modified with switchable on-board tap tempo, the Broadcast into the LFO, mix 100% wet because I have more channels (nothing plugged in is just clean). Now I have this passive latching expression pedal thing. The murf manual says if you set it at 5, then heel up/down would be 10/0, but there seems to be less of a range for some reason. Was hoping to use it like having 2 foot setting for the envelope knob. I would then be able to control pretty much everything with a bunch of switches. Not elegant but it works. And I really like the machine. Does one very cool thing very well. With varying tempo sync options you can actually play the murf more musically. Wider range at least. Looking for a permanent solution for how to plug something into the envelope input that let's me switch between two knob settings with no sweep. Tonight's fun time:
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Been thinking about a Machine (or a Prunes&Custard) for intermodulation distortion. How do you like yours?
 
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JES said:
Been thinking about a Machine (or a Prunes&Custard) for intermodulation distortion. How do you like yours?
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It is run in parallel with either clean or a bddi 100% of the time, but it does one sound very well and I like how it plays with the MuRF. For really fizzy nasty fuzz it is great. Probably other ways to get that sound that are more versatile or cheaper, but I got this one scratch and dent a long time ago. Haven't gotten rid of it for a reason.
 
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