West Coast Bundle

[cherryaudio Robert]

Not to go off topic, but by a Strange coincidence today...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ja ... redux-2023

"Welcome to the Round Two Kickstarter for the publication Allen Strange's Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques and Controls, a continuation of the wildly successful Round One publication Kickstarter in July 2022."

[resoluxe]

Ha! Was thinking the same thing. Just missed it the first time around, so I'm glad it's coming back.

[ravasb]

Any ETA on the presets?

[resoluxe]

Hi, I'm working on now, so hoping to have a free preset pack out in the next few weeks, all going well.

Thank you,

Daniel

[ravasb]

Excellent. Thank you.

[Macha]

Great videos. Thanks a lot!
They helped a lot with getting started. I am focussing on the behemoth with the harmonic oscilator for now. Slowly getting some comprehension in the functions of the behemoth.
Should it be possible to sync the tempo of the sequencer of the behemoth to my DAW? Tried to use the sync output from the VM transport section but that does not do anything.

I ve also been trying to shorten the length of the behemoths sequences but when i select a stage
( for instance stage 5 ) and set it to “last” the sequence keeps running past stage 5 all the way to stage 16 and starts at stage 1 again. So my loop stays 16 steps instead of 5.
It seems that setting the “last” function is not responding?
Could this be something that is not yet working or am I overlooking something?

Hope these two features are possible.
Thanks a lot in advance for any input on this.
Kind regards Jane

[Macha]

Great videos. Thanks a lot!
They helped a lot with getting started.

I am focussing on the behemoth together with the harmonic oscilator for now. Slowly getting some comprehension in the functions of the behemoth.
Should it be possible to sync the tempo of the sequencer of the behemoth to my DAW? I tried to use the sync output from the VM transport section but that does not do anything.

I ve also been trying to shorten the length of the behemoths sequences but when i select a stage
( for instance stage 5 ) and set it to “last” the sequence keeps running past stage 5 all the way to stage 16 and starts at stage 1 again. So my loop stays 16 steps instead of 5.
What am i overlooking here?


Thanks a lot in advance for any input on this.
Kind regards Jane

[resoluxe]

Great videos. Thanks a lot!
They helped a lot with getting started. I am focussing on the behemoth with the harmonic oscilator for now. Slowly getting some comprehension in the functions of the behemoth.
Should it be possible to sync the tempo of the sequencer of the behemoth to my DAW? Tried to use the sync output from the VM transport section but that does not do anything.

I ve also been trying to shorten the length of the behemoths sequences but when i select a stage
( for instance stage 5 ) and set it to “last” the sequence keeps running past stage 5 all the way to stage 16 and starts at stage 1 again. So my loop stays 16 steps instead of 5.
It seems that setting the “last” function is not responding?
Could this be something that is not yet working or am I overlooking something?

Hope these two features are possible.
Thanks a lot in advance for any input on this.
Kind regards Jane

Hi Jane!

You can sync Behemoth to your DAW, and it does involve the sync output, but you need to use the SYNC DIVIDER module (I believe it's a standard module). Connect the Sync Out on the top panel to the Sync In of the Sync Divider, then send the Clock Out signal from the Divider to the START input on the Behemoth. If you then make sure all the steps in your sequence are set to STOP, and the TIME RANGE to the smallest values (.03 to .002 - the first button), it will then sync up to your DAW.

You can play around with those Time Ranges and the Interval Time Sliders to allow each step to last a different number of DAW 'steps', which can lead to some fun sequences!

As for the Sequence Length - make sure the Int/Ext switch on the Stage Address section is set to INT, as otherwise it allows you to select any stage, whether it's between first and last, or not.

Behemoth (and the MARF) certainly have some quirky features!

I've attached a preset showing a very basic patch that syncs up to the DAW, and also showcases the Sequence Length, and playing with the step length using the time sliders - hopefully it works!

[Macha]

Wonderfull i ll try this out tomorrow. I remember having to use the sync divider also with the VM900 bundle.
Thanks a lot lot for your tips. Enjoying the west coast bundle a lot already after one evening of exploration.
Eager to map the controls to my four BCR 2000 controllers.

[Bata9999]

Did a video on the remaining modules from the West Coast bundle. It's not the best but might be helpful to someone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7tlS3s0Vmc