ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 พ.ค. 2017
- A feature tour of the upcoming Instruō module.
This video was shot quickly as a tutorial of the feature while I get round to writing the full user manual. Marcas (greeted at the start of the video) received the very first module to go out into the big wide world! After some nice feedback on the video, I have decided to published it in HD here on my channel while I work on the manual and a future higher production quality demo! (please excuse the iphone audio, it came out better than expected but still... phone sound!)
Currently (as of May 13th 2017). The module is in prerelease. I am building them to order in small batches before a production model if built in larger quantities.
For information on purchasing, questions on life and the universe, or just to chat please get in touch!
maker@instruo.media
Cheers!
Jason
www.instruo.media
About the Module:
The Harmonàig is a polyphonic, diatonic CV quantizer module.
It has a main CV input for quantizer mode which can be scaled and/or inverted with an attenuverter.
The module generates 4 CV outputs. The module works with -10V to +10V CV ranges in and out giving it a potential 20 octaves range.
The CV outputs voltages are designed to control the 1V/octave inputs of 4 independent oscillators.
When the oscillators are all tuned to a unison, the Harmonaig will generate all the note interval CV offsets to automatically tune the 4 voices to 4 part 7th voice chords.
The chord quality is determined by the incoming voltage being quantized. The tonality is defined in musical modes (ionian, dorian, mixolydian etc), but knowledge of modal and music harmony theory isn’t required. Within any musical modal centre, all chords generated for any note will be harmonically relevant to the modal centre.
I designed it to be patchable and intuitive to how most monophonic quantizers work, but with the polyphonic chordal capabilities for creating chord progressions and voicings.
A secondary mode allows the keyboard to be directly performable for selecting chords.
Manual/CV control over the chord quality is also possible with the addition of 4 user definable chord voicings that can be programmed in.
Additional features are a trigger/gate output: triggers are generated in quantizer mode everything a new note is latched to, keyboard mode generates gates when notes are held.
Chord inversions and voicing spread can be controlled via pots and CV for changing the note order and range distribution of the notes.
The CV outputs have their own independent slew limiters which allow for varying amounts of glide between notes, per voice.
There is a fader which has various functions for transposing within the defined scale as well as globally.
This module is something I’ve been developing conceptually for a number of years now and I am very happy with it.
I have performed with prototype version in my own performance setup for a while now. I’m hoping it resonates with other users and creates some exciting music :)
So, I watched this video maybe a year and half ago which made me add the Hamonaig to my watchlist. Although I studied music all my life, including many years of Jazz piano, and I spent many hours practicing scales in Lydian, Locrian, etc, I didn’t quite understand what you had made since I had yet to buy a single eurorack module. Well, I finally built a small skiff that includes a Hamonaig and I’ve been using it for a couple months now and have yet to learn how to use it. Nonetheless, I seem to get amazing things out of my system because of it, even if I have little idea of exactly what it is doing. I mean I can hear what it’s doing, but I’m not entirely sure what the sliders and knobs are controlling. So I came back to this and watched it again, and all I can say is that the entire time I was watching this I was thinking “man, I can’t believe I own one of these!” I am so looking forward to digging into the all the features I’ve not yet explored. I also have your io47 filter and it always makes me smile and sometimes even brings tears to my eyes as I turn the knobs. Your modules are amazing!
Table of contents:
Ordered from MattechModular fits my roots as a jazz saxophonist, always listening for nice intervals. Should be very interesting with two Mother 32's and Mutable Instruments Rings.
been watching this video for 3 years and now finally got my own <3
There doesn't appear to be any manual on this module yet, so I took notes from the video (and hope that I got it right) that might be found useful:
I just got this module and I must say it is a game changer for me. It is incredibly cool to modulate different aspects of a polyphonic patch and then start to modulate the harmonaig. I've got it paired with the MN PP+Brains and its a perfect pair, visually as well. Haven't been this excited about a module in a loooong time. Awesome work Instruo!!
Holy hell! This is the most amazing quantizer I've ever seen. Brilliant design. You should consider porting a version to Buchla format. I think Buchla users would freak out over this.
This got this modul today. It's F"#¤ brilliant, thanks!
Awesome module! Need one for our upcoming Sweet Chord series!
This is pretty amazing. I'd love to get one of these once they're available.
Wow, I don't know how I missed this one, but I need that module!
i think that's the module i was dreaming about
Looks like a fun piece.
6:23
This looks super amazing and I would love to build an Instruo setup.
fascinating...
What's the module that you are using with the Hamonaig - the one with the drawing of a hand called? It kind of looks like a Voltage Block but without the buttons.
Awesome
Hey ! Great module. Is it possible to use a selection of notes apart from predefined modes in order to harmonize incoming CV ? Let's say I want to make pentatonic harmonies (even if 2 voices are playing the same notes sometimes).
It's fucking brillant. Cheers.