Vacoloco Ramblings

This may sound a bit strange but, I actually don’t own a Monowave. I have the prototype, but for various reasons (mostly neglect) it no longer works.
I was wondering if some kind soul out there, with a monowave, wouldn’t mind recording a demo video for me to upload onto YouTube?
A few people have asked and [...]

Well, the video is up showing MIDI Sync and load/save of sequences.

Well that was easy, I just added control of root note via MIDI in. Anyone would think I know what I’m doing with this midi stuff.
The last thing to add now is MIDI Sysex update of the firmware, now that could take me a little longer than the last few things to add in.
Anyway, I’ll [...]

Well, I’ve added MIDI sync input, and tested it, surprisingly easy actually. Well once I worked out that the ER-1 doesn’t send Start/Stop information unless it’s in ‘internal sync’ mode although it sends MIDI timing clock messages out regardless of what mode it’s in.
the only remaining feature to add is MIDI Root note input, I [...]

Well, I’ve done a little more work on GorF, and added a couple of extra feature, so this is the current feature set -

Ability to store and load 4 sequences, along with their parameters
8 Steps
Each step has Note number, velocity, gate on/off, Gate Length, Legato on/off, CC1 and CC2 controls
Variable Tempo (no MIDI sync yet)
Variable [...]

Here’s the next version of the OS for GorF, we’ve got a couple of new features and some enhancements.
I’ve fixed the issue with the timing jitter and it’s now rock solid, I’ve also added MIDI clock out (with start and stop commands). As for ‘new’ features, I’ve added a step length and also a legato [...]