Today was not yesterday and hopefully tomorrow won't be today. Consolatory toot to self.

(None of which’d be doable without the stirling work of @falktx ✊🏼)

Raspberry Pi3B + #ESP32 + knobs + TC Helicon Go Twin + Carla + Cardinal + Valley Plateau #vcvrack #eurorack module = standalone bendy reverb box, which I have dubbed the CreamyWallsFX (purely for my own pleasure)

https://youtu.be/kKRUDbCPdMo?si=nAGwkf52XMctSRB8

You’ve seen lunchbox synths… well, this is icecream tub FX - CreamyWalls MkI!

Raspberry Pi + ESP32 + knob boards from an M-Audio Ozone = Carla-based multiFX box!

@darklyadapted heated sofa throw is currently doin’ the biz here…

Finally added an “Art Installation Tools” section to my website to cover the various gizmos & gadgets I get asked to make to assist in automation / interactivity as part of exhibits by #local #artists & #makers in #wakefield

https://apatchworkboy.com/category/r-tools/

A quick (and my first) #Jamuary2024 thang… rolling out the #Behringer trio (Neutron/K2/RD6) + Nyström Crum Drum + Neotrellis cos too poor for proper #eurorack toys 🥺👉🏼👈🏼

https://youtu.be/OQDfuKIJrT8?si=ahoAvFai4hiX5lD6

The middle-times… outside I can hear some dodgy cretin knocking every door - selling mattresses out the back of his van. Next door are hammering the path of never-ending DIY. Motivationless & purposelessly laying here, wishing the coffee kit was nearer & that the cat had thumbs…

Nothing beats that first sip of extra strong coffee after a long day and a short night ☺️☕️

@thomasfuchs /me strokes my still-works-peachy iPhone 3GS from 2008…

A week and 3 days ago, TheBoy finally moved into his own place under supported living with round the clock squad of carers. Today was therefore his first Xmas at ‘home’…( suitably dressed for the occasion courtesy of @rob_sheridan )

@todbot @adafruit quad independant multimode arpeggiators now available on tr5 thru 8

@todbot @adafruit

Need to turn my brain to chord and arp modes, then I can consider this a full & complete thang!

@adafruit @todbot

- On-the-fly per-track loop start (offset) & end within 32 step range
- On-the-fly per pattern per track clock division from base clock (for sloooow sequences). Gate length auto-scales to new division (for loooong notes)
- Turned on the onboard NeoPixel to underlight the unit in selected track's color whilst stopped, and flash along to the step editor whilst running
- Master Brightness control

All in the GitRepo!

@adafruit @todbot

-- Note mode - captures / outputs per step note, velocity. Gate is editable. Note & Velocity & Gate over MIDI. Note & Gate over Analog for current selected track.

- Analog GateOutput for all tracks in all modes. Analog CV output for tracks 7 & 8, v/oct & hz/v switchable for CC & Note mode. 0 - 3.2v

@todbot @adafruit

- TrackModes...
-- Trigger | Gate mode - any incoming note on is dropped to pattern as step on for current selected track. All steps output as NoteOn/Off for the track's assigned MIDI Note.
-- CC mode - captures MIDI notes and stores value to velocity layer. Outputs Velocity layer as CC values to MIDI (and Analog CV Out if trk 7 or 8) for current selected track.

@todbot @adafruit

Big pile of updates

Blimey - what have I added since I added Probability per step and Mutes?? Ummz...

- 16 save slots per track (store all layers)
- Gate length editing (5th of a step increments)
- Master Swing
- per-track MIDI Channel (all modes) and Output Note config (Trigger/Gate mode) / CC config (CC Mode)
- Assignable Track modes: Trigger|Gate / CC / Note
- MIDI Input capture to track.

Oh. It’s 3.15am. Oops. And I haven’t eaten… today (or, technically, yesterday). And I’ve just stopped churning out code after 10 straight hours. And I did the same yesterday. On top of the day job. And the day before. #fuck

Where are the biscuits…? And the cat…?

Trying to work out how to implement swing / shuffle on a clock pulse in C++ is officially driving me _insane_

@adafruit @todbot …aaand pattern length and octave transpose added.