Just wanted to give you a heads-up on a new Groovesizer kit. This one is called Groovesizer RED and it’s a 16-step sequencer attached to a granular synth. As with my other Groovesizer kit, this one is also Arduino-based and open source. The full kit is US$80 (shipped) and available from groovesizer.com Features at a glance:
SYNTH
granular synth based on Auduino
synth settings saved with pattern
Live Play mode (via MIDI keyboard)
automatable grain decay 1 (sounds similar to filter cutoff)
SEQUENCER
note entry for individual steps or groups of up to 4 steps at once
rests, ties, slides and accents for each step
pattern length from 1 – 16 steps
pattern retrigger
tap tempo
6 play modes (forward, reverse, pendulum, random interval, drunk, random)
pattern transpose (semitones or octaves)
adjustable note duration
swing/shuffle
MIDI in/out (note, clock sync, trigger)
MIDI note entry
MIDI transpose pattern
send automation via MIDI cc
note entry quantized to 12 preset or 4 user defined scales
32 save locations arranged in 8 banks of 4 patterns
4 play modes per bank (loop 1, loop 2, loop 4, random)
Not as such, but you can hear it in the videos up on the Groovesizer home page, as well on the RED’s page . The RED’s sound is pretty grungy and lo-fi - I’ve found uses for the raw sound, but it I find it also layers really nicely with whatever synth you like to drive with the RED. You can hear a mix of RED and a Volca Keys in one of the vids.
mmarsh Thanks a lot for the support. I think you'll have a lot of fun with it.Varthdader Thanks! I’ll definitely go back to coding for the multiboard after this. I need to bring over note entry quantized to scales to the Delta and Alpha. After that, I want to do ann x0x style multitrack drum sequencer.
looks like a cool little box - I love granular synthesis…