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ReeV0 said:
Quatschmacher, do you know if there's any way to stop the Presets list switching to 'My Library' every time I add a preset to my library? As I then have to go back on to Community, and it resets to Page 1... So I have to try and find my place again every time XD
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No, it’s quite irksome sometimes - that reminds me that I meant to ask if the behaviour could be altered. @rsmith601 any chance this could be tweaked so that the currently-selected tab and page number could be preserved/remembered?
 
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Quatschmacher said:
No, it’s quite irksome sometimes - that reminds me that I meant to ask if the behaviour could be altered. @rsmith601 any chance this could be tweaked so that the currently-selected tab and page number could be preserved/remembered?
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@Gibs210 - please add this to the wish list.
 
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ReeV0 said:
Quatschmacher, do you know if there's any way to stop the Presets list switching to 'My Library' every time I add a preset to my library? As I then have to go back on to Community, and it resets to Page 1... So I have to try and find my place again every time XD
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Assume this is the Desktop. Right?
 
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Dumb question about FM synthesis: is it commutative, so that modulating a sine with a square is equivalent to modulating a square with a sine? I'm guessing it's an emphatic no, but my math is rusty and I don't have a DX7 handy to construct test-cases with.

I've been trying to wrap my head around exactly how it works, the better to use it, and reading the (oddly entertaining) guide to doing this on the C4. It's only implemented for sine waves; fine, but then I realised I can feed the instrument into input 1, generate a square (or more interesting) waveform on output 1, then use a patch-cable to feed that into input 2 as the modulator.
Hence the dumb question :)
 
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equill said:
Dumb question about FM synthesis: is it commutative, so that modulating a sine with a square is equivalent to modulating a square with a sine? I'm guessing it's an emphatic no, but my math is rusty and I don't have a DX7 handy to construct test-cases with.

I've been trying to wrap my head around exactly how it works, the better to use it, and reading the (oddly entertaining) guide to doing this on the C4. It's only implemented for sine waves; fine, but then I realised I can feed the instrument into input 1, generate a square (or more interesting) waveform on output 1, then use a patch-cable to feed that into input 2 as the modulator.
Hence the dumb question :)
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So I run my C4 like this:

Bass > C4 > Output 1: Dirty synthy sound > HX Effects L > HX Stomp L
Output 2: Clean pure Sine Wave> HX Effects R > HX Stomp R

Now I'm wondering if my signal routing that demands a clean sub Sine is limiting my patch creation. I know its a trade off one way or the other. But now I'm thinking about tearing my board apart tomorrow and attempting some of this FM synthesis that I never considered.
 
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SumOne said:
Has anyone made a patch that mimics the EHX Freeze: I guess by having a gated infinite sustain that only picks up on louder notes? I can't find it anywhere but seems like something the C4 could potentially do.
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Yes, I did this several months ago. You need a MIDI controller to accomplish it. I probably shared clips in this thread. Use the thread search tool with “freeze” as a keyword.
 
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SumOne said:
Has anyone made a patch that mimics the EHX Freeze: I guess by having a gated infinite sustain that only picks up on louder notes? I can't find it anywhere but seems like something the C4 could potentially do.
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Yes, I did this several months ago. You need a MIDI controller to accomplish it. I probably shared clips in this thread. Use the thread search tool with “freeze” as a keyword.
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Here you are:
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It's close.

If I was picking one purely as an octave pedal it'd be the Octamizer- slightly more 'musical'?! sounding tones and more relevant controls to-hand. But the C4 holds a sustained note better and has a more 'solid' tone so is a bit better if feeding into a fuzz pedal for a big in your face sound. (and possibly more fine tuning of the C4 patches could better match the Octamizer, I've tried a lot of downloads though and spent time twiddling and can't quite get it).
........ but obviously the C4 is a synth pedal that can also do octave stuff, so not an entirely fair fight.

Likewise for the M82 I sold to get the C4. The M82 slightly beats the C4 at doing the M82 filter sound and having it's more relevant envelope filter controls to-hand. But there's not much in it.

Overall I'd say the C4 can pretty much replace these pedals (and then loads more as well) but it needs an additional controller to fully match their controls to-hand.
 
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SumOne said:
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It's close.

If I was picking one purely as an octave pedal it'd be the Octamizer- slightly more 'musical'?! sounding tones and more relevant controls to-hand. But the C4 holds a sustained note better and has a more 'solid' tone so is a bit better if feeding into a fuzz pedal for a big in your face sound. (and possibly more fine tuning of the C4 patches could better match the Octamizer, I've tried a lot of downloads though and spent time twiddling and can't quite get it).
........ but obviously the C4 is a synth pedal that can also do octave stuff, so not an entirely fair fight.

Likewise for the M82 I sold to get the C4. The M82 slightly beats the C4 at doing the M82 filter sound and having it's more relevant envelope filter controls to-hand. But there's not much in it.

Overall I'd say the C4 can pretty much replace these pedals (and then loads more as well) but it needs an additional controller to fully match their controls to-hand.
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Try beefing out the C4 octave by adding a -1 octave square run into a static lowpass filter on a second voice (and adjust the cutoff).
 
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Quatschmacher said:
Try beefing out the C4 octave by adding a -1 octave square run into a static lowpass filter on a second voice (and adjust the cutoff).
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Sounds like you just volunteered to upload a preset ;)

Also, I read the manual but couldn't find the answer to this - sometimes while I'm playing, the green light will turn to red, and then back to green. Is this an indication that it's clipping?
 
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ReeV0 said:
Sounds like you just volunteered to upload a preset ;)

Also, I read the manual but couldn't find the answer to this - sometimes while I'm playing, the green light will turn to red, and then back to green. Is this an indication that it's clipping?
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If you turn the “input” knob while plucking, the light flashes red when the correct threshold is reached.

The light also goes red when on presets 4-6.
 
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