[ANN] Repro-1

[aesthete]

Urs, will there be a funky J-wire keyboard contact simulation ?

Looking great!

Pretty cool with the front panel off. Is that where you can switch out components? Do I need a soldering iron?

No soldering iron needed on your side - only on ours!

But yes, there are going to be drop downs and "virtual jumpers" that let you swap a few components for a slight variation in sound and behaviour. We may also add some little hacks, but nothing too fancy.

[Howard]

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[Cinebient]

Urs: This keys are pretty amazing for making aftertouch features on it for keyboards like the ROLI, Linnstrument and other controllers.
After on cutoff or so, all planed for RePro-1 ?
This would be also awesome for users of an Windows table where you can use the keys on the tablet.
Like the Animoog on IOS

The biggest issue for use with Linnstrument etc. is that this plug-in is not multichannel MIDI aware. It's strictly monophonic.

But yes, the little ModMatrix will allow Aftertouch and Velocity to be routed to any knob on the voice interface. While this isn't possible in the original it is very well possible - even common - for players to tweak knobs live. Hence why not use AT and Velocity to accomplish this in a convenient, non-destructive way.

That´s sad but i can understand. An Animoog like thing would be great.
I also would be happy with things like change of volume per note/voice via such keys etc.
It´s all a bit static in desktop land when it comes to live performances (i´m not talking about automations and modulations).
Such a virtual keyboard layout is a bit wasted if not used for such things.
I hope one day U-he think more about multi-touch performances and take the awesome tools even much further. A Seaboard (which i own myself) or Linnstruments is not needed these days for expressive play.

[deltaMACHINE]

https://soundcloud.com/michael-pohl-7/w ... tudio-tour

[aaron aardvark]

deltaMachine,
I've owned a Pro-One since 1981. While I'm not shocked that is a Pro-One, it does sound significantly different much of the time than mine. Though I haven't explored every known knob combination (who has?). Do you have any delay effects on the mp3? I know my Pro-One has a stereo output (probably so headphones get sound in both ears), though I'm not sure if it is just a twin mono signal or what. In the beginning of the mp3, it sounds like true stereo sound, unless you double-tracked the Pro-One. What's the story on that?

[KingTuck]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BF_nhChANBc/?r=1409671518

Wow, just wow.
Btw Is keyboard switchable on/off?

My God, Urs, that looks awesome!

Is RePro anywhere near release or it it late Q3/Q4 of this year kind of thing? Can't wait to give the full one a go.

[Urs]

Is RePro anywhere near release or it it late Q3/Q4 of this year kind of thing? Can't wait to give the full one a go.

As Q2 ends in about two weeks, Q3 or Q4 seem likely.

We're going through a learning process with this. For example, a slavish emulation wouldn't be able to sync LFO/Arp/Sequencer to host tempo directly. Adding that sync capability and similar issues require us to diverge from the original design in almost painful ways, or make awkward compromises. It takes time but it'll be awesome.

- U

[urosh]

For example, a slavish emulation wouldn't be able to sync LFO/Arp/Sequencer to host tempo directly.

? Why, Pro-One arp/seq can sync to external source?
And I personally wouldn’t want LFO tempo sync, I would prefer emulation of 3320 based LFO in Pro-One, with back panel tweaks which would be possible on physical Pro-One, like range switch, note-on reset, stuff like that.

[Urs]

For example, a slavish emulation wouldn't be able to sync LFO/Arp/Sequencer to host tempo directly.

? Why, Pro-One arp/seq can sync to external source?

With a trigger signal. But there's no definition as to what an external trigger signal would be in the plug-in world. People will surely not expect to have to set up an audio track with a sync pulse signal. They surely expect a drop down which says 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and so on. This will have to be a mode for the LFO.

And I personally wouldn’t want LFO tempo sync, I would prefer emulation of 3320 based LFO in Pro-One, with back panel tweaks which would be possible on physical Pro-One, like range switch, note-on reset, stuff like that.

3340 you mean... I'm not sure we'll go that far, at least not initially.

[urosh]

But there's no definition as to what an external trigger signal would be in the plug-in world.

I figured out that Repro is breaking new ground, not complying to current standards&practices.
I would use note-on from different MIDI channel (and if not possible, select note on current channel that would be ignored for pitch/gate, but would only clock arp/seq). Lot of people trigger Pro-one (and other synths with trig in) from drum machine track/channel dedicated to this. This is very useful for arpeggios quite unlike anything achievable by even most advanced uniformly-clocked arp.
I don't like idea that LFO is syncable (it's personal philosophy, that synths are as much defined by their limits as they are with they features), especially since I think it is not needed at all. With 2 external mod inputs, I don't care about (internal) LFO syncing at all.

[EvilDragon]

You might not care but many others would... Especially in these modern times.

[urosh]

You might not care but many others would... Especially in these modern times.

Well, users ended up loving Aalto which is not only missing LFO sync, but sequencer (by design) drifts event when synced to DAW (and I personally consider both to be features and not bugs/omissions). In Diva I sync LFOs most of the time, but I don't think option to sync LFO would be "fitting" for RePro.

[Urs]

Well, experience with things like that tells me that our support system will drown in complaints if there wasn't a no-brainer way to sync LFO/Arp/Sequencer to host. So we're adding this. But there'll also be ways to sync to external sources, if you prefer the authentic solution.

[david.beholder]

Well, experience with things like that tells me that our support system will drown in complaints if there wasn't a no-brainer way to sync LFO/Arp/Sequencer to host.

Not everybody understands that things like total recal, preset mgmt, host sync, automation etc are advantage of DAW technologies and making work more convenient.

[Shiek927]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BF_nhChANBc/?r=1409671518

Wow, just wow.
Btw Is keyboard switchable on/off?

How pretty!!!