Inkwell's Glitch Machine
from the mind of cinch on 12 October 2007
So I survived the mini-techno-festival that was last week. Trentmoller on Wednesday, Mathew Jonson on Friday, and then Inkwell + LowBrow + LWSD + Pheek + DJ Claire . Boy was I tired by Sunday. 2 out of 3 parties rocked. Trentmoller was the odd man out. But don’t get me started on that farce of a “Live” performance.
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Inkwell is undergoing some changes in the next month or so. I recently bought a Kaoss Pad 3 and we were originally going to use it in our set, but have since decided that the look and feel of the new machine doesn’t match well with the way we perform. O well, I guess it will just have to stay in my studio instead.
Ryan and I sat down the other day to redesign our so called glitch machine. We are going to build a dedicated controller to replace my novation zero sl. If you’ve got no clue what a glitch machine is I’ll try to enlighten you…
Glitch Machine: An 8 step sequencer containing 9 sounds within each step which are selectable with a fader. The sequencer runs from left to right triggering the current sound selected with the fader. Each step has these parameters: ON/OFF, Skip, Decay, and Pitch. Let me describe each parameter in more detail…
ON/OFF – Does what it says; turns the step on or off.
Skip – When enabled the sequencer will Skip over the current step, thus creating a 7 step (or less) sequence. Very useful for polyrhythmic phrases.
Decay – Sets the time length of the sound contained within the step.
Pitch – Sets the pitch of the sound contained within the step.
The machine has a master section which contains the sequence speed (1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32) a master decay. We’re are going to couple Ableton’s swing parameter to the swing of the glitch machine so they’re neatly locked.
This machine has so many uses, you can write simple melodies, beats, or sound exactly like the records that come out on Perlon. hahaha.
cinch™
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sidesizzle said the following on 12/10/07 20:26
now we just need some time, money, and elbow grease.
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hrdvsion said the following on 14/10/07 15:10
ah yes…...the great and powerful step sequencer! how i love you!
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GregSaint said the following on 24/10/07 13:04
“Skip – When enabled the sequencer will Skip over the current step, thus creating a 7 step (or less) sequence. Very useful for polyrhythmic phrases.”
Nice, how do you implement this in Live? I’ve got all the other parameters figured out, no prob, but this one eludes me at the moment.
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cinch said the following on 24/10/07 17:42
Hey greg! Unfortunately I’m fairly certain specific step skip is damn near impossible in Ableton. Although you can definitely use loop markers to isolate certain sections of the sequence, which will give you polyrhythmic phrasing. E-mail me if you need more explanation on that one. We are currently writing a Reaktor Ensemble to replace our older Ableton based Step Sequencer. Stay tuned for a blog about the NEW and IMPROVED Software Glitch Machine Beta Version 2. Patent Pending. ;-)
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