Metropolix for acid sequence - accents out ?

Hi,

I m thinking of buying a metropolix. I mainly do acid, and I intend to use it mainly to sequence my erica synth bassline (+ another voice).

Is there a way to use one of the auxiliary outputs to generate accents?

Thanks !

Salad.

Those are AUX inputs. A different-colored (black, here) collar around a jack is normally an output; jacks without that are generally inputs. Except here, for some weird reason. Annoying.

Also, it seems to me that this won't exactly "acid" because it's designed to do a lot of things the 303 wasn't. Ratcheting, for example. Instead of that, I would suggest this: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/transistor-sounds-labs-stepper-acid This has the modulation outputs you want, plus it is...for all intents and purposes...an improved TB-303 sequencer with some extras. About the only thing it doesn't seem to have is a "random sequence" function (I might be wrong, though) to emulate the "take the batteries out" results.

The Metropolix is a great sequencer...but it shines best when doing Chris Franke-type sequencer manipulation. The Stepper Acid is a lot closer to what Larry Heard (aka Mr. Fingers) used on that very first ACIEEED track, "Washing Machine".

Thanks a lot !
Too bad, I like the metro workflow so much ... I will have to make a choice and the answer will surely be: " i need to get them both"

Those are AUX inputs. A different-colored (black, here) collar around a jack is normally an output; jacks without that are generally inputs. Except here, for some weird reason. Annoying.

-- Lugia

Hi Lugia,

I was also trying to find some standard in this however there isn't really. I came across a few modules (different brands but I forgot which were the clear examples here, might be indeed Intellijel is one of them) that are just a contradiction to what we are trying to find here ;-)

And then there are those brands that just have one background front panel colour, so they don't either way, some obvious examples are Doepfer, Erica Synths, etcetera.

So, for myself, I would rather not rely on it. Just my 2 cents. Kind regards, Garfield.

Personally, I think this could actually be solved by adding a few little groups of letters to the panel graphics to definitively show "OUT" and "IN". This "colored jack" labeling method is also one of the more annoying thing about Moog's 60 hp-ers.

Hi,

Here is a small update. I have received some info via modwiggler which seems to confirm that it is possible to generate accents per step using the auxiliary a / b outputs of the metropolix. I will jump on this (in addition, the acid stepper is totally out of stock) ;

https://modwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=244729&p=3653188#p3653188 :

"I've successfully used A/B outputs for accents.

Note that you set them up independantly of track 1/2 gate settings. If you start changing settings that affect track stage and pulse count or order, it will not sync with the A/B output.

I like this behavior, because i can use a/b outputs as accents on for example steps 1 and 5 and have them together with the kick. Then no matter what i do with track pulse count, i will always have an accent on the kick.

There is a way to get accents that sync with one of the tracks is - use Gx expander and have it go through stages together with one of the tracks. Then take the stage outs that you want to accent and mix them together ".

Those are AUX inputs. A different-colored (black, here) collar around a jack is normally an output; jacks without that are generally inputs. Except here, for some weird reason. Annoying.

Also, it seems to me that this won't exactly "acid" because it's designed to do a lot of things the 303 wasn't. Ratcheting, for example. Instead of that, I would suggest this: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/transistor-sounds-labs-stepper-acid This has the modulation outputs you want, plus it is...for all intents and purposes...an improved TB-303 sequencer with some extras. About the only thing it doesn't seem to have is a "random sequence" function (I might be wrong, though) to emulate the "take the batteries out" results.

The Metropolix is a great sequencer...but it shines best when doing Chris Franke-type sequencer manipulation. The Stepper Acid is a lot closer to what Larry Heard (aka Mr. Fingers) used on that very first ACIEEED track, "Washing Machine".
-- Lugia