Outstanding Idea Never felt tempted by other quantizers But Dail is gonna set a new standard for quantizers. No More finger gymnastics Straight to the point Multiple Musical Applications. Just the possibility of creating intervals and multi octave spanning scales is pure genius This will be my first Intruo module To Incredible to pass on All the Best to the Instruo Team Tbis is truly ART 40 minutes in Those Arpeggios make me think of Jason Becker style Guitar Sweeps Thats Incredible
Now it's time to write something. I love your modules and use them so much. Your tutorial videos are perfectly detailed and at the same time so relaxing that you look forward to being entertained for over 3 hours. I really love you and have found a home for modules. Please keep it up! Finally, and this isn't meant to be an advertisement for me, but rather for you. Your modules are very prominent in my videos and I hope that they support you. I also love the style and the special thing about Instruo and am proud to be able to show them. Greetings from Germany
The movements are such a great touch, well done yet again! And slew, gosh. And while watching video manual octave offsets. I'm sure there's even more. So powerful in 4HP!
Wow, the multi-octave scale is amazing, I could finally run a double harmonic wth D, D#, F#, G, A, A# in the first octave, and do C, C#... an octave higher. If you ever do a firmware update, could you make e.g. a melodic C minor do a B when going up and A# when going down? You'd be the first to implement it, I guess.
I would argue that compositional/improvisational use of melodic minor is simply that! Compositional choice, in which a scale would be altered depending on melodic intent. This is all doable with remote scale programming via MIDI. Swapping scales based on external input is something I have been considering with the options of hardware expansion in the future. In this case one could define their own change in scale based on and external gate. Which would facilitate what you describe.
@@instruo Thanks for your reply. Regardless, excellent work on the quantizer as always, and all in just 4 HP. As for my 'harmonic minor' quest, maybe it's time for me to write a new monome teletype script and experiment with scale changes based on direction. Another thanks for the inspiration.
@@studio48nl it’s totally possible! But by nature, implementation of the melodic minor scale requires some creative decisions which, to be honest, I feel uncomfortable personally making! The melodic minor scale is an exercise based on melodic derivatives of minor tonalities. When taught as a scale exercise it is played ascending as Ionian b3 and descending as natural minor/aeolian. The two are very different scales, and it’s not quite as simple as crudely curating melodic note choice of flattened or natural 6 and 7 degrees based on ascending or descending motion from the preceding note. The note choice really comes down to the composer! There’s only so much a quantiser can do 😂 Perhaps the future of AI will act as a quantiser that can make minor melody choices for us!! But then what would we do? 😅 If anyone has suggestions for a melodic minor scale implementation to a static scale quantiser, I am all ears :) I think a dynamic scale switching method would be the only way, but how and when it flattens the 6th/7th is the big question.
@@instruo Ah, I thought it was as simple as ascending or descending. I do understand that with the limitations of modular you have to make choices. The Dàil is already miles ahead of all other quantizers. Of course you don't have to comply 100% to a scale or mode. Thanks for the comprehensive explanation. I really appreciate it!
Wow, I’ve never seen fader combo movements as a control before, this opens up a lot of doors for other hardware. 🤔 what kind of microcontroller is used in this module?
I designed it originally with an atmega328, then bumped up to an NXP M0 chip… but then the covid chip shortage stalled that completely for a few years! The final design I have switched to the RP2040.
Congrats it's a very special module! At 1:00:21 you are using the trig out to re-trigger the Ceis, I thought I was blind not knowing that it has a re-trig input but then I noticed that you have a special version on your case with extra stuff. I own both Ceis and Cnoc, is there a way to force any of these modules' envelope to re-trigger (perhaps by using external utilities) ? And a second question: is there a way to store user scales?
Well spotted! Ceis[2] is around the corner :) The ceis was quite an early Instruō design and was a result of study and exploration of different segmented function generator circuits. At the time I didn’t know enough to implement a retrigger 😂, but I did never feel it was missing it too much Ceis having so much CV control capability, it already suits a wide range of use cases. The V2 has retrigger and a completely redesigned logic extractor circuit. I’m actually quite excited to do its new overview video! There are so many interesting patching techniques it can provide.
It sure can!! Tagh has a lot of capability for CV generation: stepped random, LFOs, chaos, undersampled repetitions... Tagh's main CV output can be scaled and biased locally which means no farther VCA/attenuator is needed to bridge CV source to the quantiser. I can highly recommend the 3rd LFO algorithm with its CV controlled down sampling capability as a random pattern/melody generator as a source into dail. Any questions, don't hesitate to reach out :)
@@instruo in my rack I have a collection of your utility modules, and a Moog Labyrinth + Mavis combo. What oscillator would you recommend to have a different kind of (west-coastish) voice (for random patterns etc). Also planning to get an Aradh to add LPG capacity…
@@manchoz Cš-L is my interpretation of a Buchla/West coast "complex oscillator". It would certainly be the most versatile and functional! But almost all of my oscillators feature wavefolders which have roots in Buchla circuitry. neoni is a very powerful single oscillator module which also offers all the madness that comes with through-zero FM
Hats off to y'all at superbooth trying to rapidly teach people button combos. But jokes aside, I think it's a good design that once you get the hang of, would be irreplaceable. Nice job
This one is very quick 😂 Only two combos to change configurations. Press and hold both buttons to switch to MIDI to CV mode. And press and hold the bottom button then tap the top to toggle between natural or equal distribution for the quantiser engine. Other than that it’s all very top level and quick :)
I’ve been using it in front of the Harmonàig in MIDI-to-CV mode. That way I have control over my root note immediately from a keyboard. Very playable setup vs the Harmonàig performance mode :)
@@ant_fugue in that configuration, yes. It is a patch I’ve used a lot before but using other midi-CV interfaces, which have always been a lot bulkier! Dail is specifically designed for very low HP footprint while maximising feature set :) It’s a quantiser, as is the Harmonàig. But both have quite different feature sets and functionality. I do use them together in various contexts. Precision adders alone are hugely handy. But it entirely depends on context whether they would suit both being in a system. Dail doesn’t do chords. And Harmonàig doesn’t do USB or adaptive multi-octave patterns. I definitely think there’s room for both in larger systems though 😉
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I've been waiting for a quantiser that can do compound chords for years. Ordered.
Outstanding Idea
Never felt tempted by other quantizers
But Dail is gonna set a new standard
for quantizers.
No More finger gymnastics
Straight to the point Multiple Musical Applications.
Just the possibility of creating intervals and multi octave spanning scales is pure genius
This will be my first Intruo module
To Incredible to pass on
All the Best to the Instruo Team
Tbis is truly ART
40 minutes in
Those Arpeggios make me think of Jason Becker style Guitar Sweeps
Thats Incredible
Thank you so much!! ☺️
Dail has been long in development and I’m really excited to have it out now.
I’m arpeggiating everything now!!
Now it's time to write something. I love your modules and use them so much. Your tutorial videos are perfectly detailed and at the same time so relaxing that you look forward to being entertained for over 3 hours. I really love you and have found a home for modules. Please keep it up! Finally, and this isn't meant to be an advertisement for me, but rather for you. Your modules are very prominent in my videos and I hope that they support you. I also love the style and the special thing about Instruo and am proud to be able to show them. Greetings from Germany
The movements are such a great touch, well done yet again!
And slew, gosh. And while watching video manual octave offsets. I'm sure there's even more. So powerful in 4HP!
Double tap with the fader, love it.
Your enthusiasm keeps me hopeful for us all
beautiful display, i love how it sort of pulsates when you move the slider in the scale selection
This is awesome, great run through Jason..just ordered..thanks!!!
Wow, the multi-octave scale is amazing, I could finally run a double harmonic wth D, D#, F#, G, A, A# in the first octave, and do C, C#... an octave higher. If you ever do a firmware update, could you make e.g. a melodic C minor do a B when going up and A# when going down? You'd be the first to implement it, I guess.
I would argue that compositional/improvisational use of melodic minor is simply that! Compositional choice, in which a scale would be altered depending on melodic intent.
This is all doable with remote scale programming via MIDI.
Swapping scales based on external input is something I have been considering with the options of hardware expansion in the future.
In this case one could define their own change in scale based on and external gate.
Which would facilitate what you describe.
@@instruo Thanks for your reply. Regardless, excellent work on the quantizer as always, and all in just 4 HP. As for my 'harmonic minor' quest, maybe it's time for me to write a new monome teletype script and experiment with scale changes based on direction. Another thanks for the inspiration.
That melodic minor would be a very very nice addition. 👍🏼☝🏼
@@studio48nl it’s totally possible! But by nature, implementation of the melodic minor scale requires some creative decisions which, to be honest, I feel uncomfortable personally making!
The melodic minor scale is an exercise based on melodic derivatives of minor tonalities. When taught as a scale exercise it is played ascending as Ionian b3 and descending as natural minor/aeolian.
The two are very different scales, and it’s not quite as simple as crudely curating melodic note choice of flattened or natural 6 and 7 degrees based on ascending or descending motion from the preceding note.
The note choice really comes down to the composer! There’s only so much a quantiser can do 😂
Perhaps the future of AI will act as a quantiser that can make minor melody choices for us!! But then what would we do? 😅
If anyone has suggestions for a melodic minor scale implementation to a static scale quantiser, I am all ears :)
I think a dynamic scale switching method would be the only way, but how and when it flattens the 6th/7th is the big question.
@@instruo Ah, I thought it was as simple as ascending or descending. I do understand that with the limitations of modular you have to make choices. The Dàil is already miles ahead of all other quantizers. Of course you don't have to comply 100% to a scale or mode.
Thanks for the comprehensive explanation. I really appreciate it!
As usual with your designs : Nothing short of brilliant
do u think u willl putt that moduule on ur vcv rack collection?
Looks like the "Performance Quantizer" had an offspring ;) The clock input and equal distribution is a nice addition to the original design.
Wow, I’ve never seen fader combo movements as a control before, this opens up a lot of doors for other hardware. 🤔 what kind of microcontroller is used in this module?
I designed it originally with an atmega328, then bumped up to an NXP M0 chip… but then the covid chip shortage stalled that completely for a few years!
The final design I have switched to the RP2040.
Congrats it's a very special module! At 1:00:21 you are using the trig out to re-trigger the Ceis, I thought I was blind not knowing that it has a re-trig input but then I noticed that you have a special version on your case with extra stuff. I own both Ceis and Cnoc, is there a way to force any of these modules' envelope to re-trigger (perhaps by using external utilities) ? And a second question: is there a way to store user scales?
Well spotted!
Ceis[2] is around the corner :)
The ceis was quite an early Instruō design and was a result of study and exploration of different segmented function generator circuits.
At the time I didn’t know enough to implement a retrigger 😂, but I did never feel it was missing it too much Ceis having so much CV control capability, it already suits a wide range of use cases.
The V2 has retrigger and a completely redesigned logic extractor circuit. I’m actually quite excited to do its new overview video! There are so many interesting patching techniques it can provide.
@@instruo I think i need two of these new Ceis babies... do you have any idea when it will be available?
Awesome module, as usual. Can it be paired with the Tágh to create a random (quantized) pattern generator?
It sure can!!
Tagh has a lot of capability for CV generation: stepped random, LFOs, chaos, undersampled repetitions...
Tagh's main CV output can be scaled and biased locally which means no farther VCA/attenuator is needed to bridge CV source to the quantiser.
I can highly recommend the 3rd LFO algorithm with its CV controlled down sampling capability as a random pattern/melody generator as a source into dail.
Any questions, don't hesitate to reach out :)
@@instruo in my rack I have a collection of your utility modules, and a Moog Labyrinth + Mavis combo. What oscillator would you recommend to have a different kind of (west-coastish) voice (for random patterns etc). Also planning to get an Aradh to add LPG capacity…
@@manchoz Cš-L is my interpretation of a Buchla/West coast "complex oscillator".
It would certainly be the most versatile and functional!
But almost all of my oscillators feature wavefolders which have roots in Buchla circuitry.
neoni is a very powerful single oscillator module which also offers all the madness that comes with through-zero FM
@@instruo Thank you so much!
Hats off to y'all at superbooth trying to rapidly teach people button combos. But jokes aside, I think it's a good design that once you get the hang of, would be irreplaceable. Nice job
This one is very quick 😂
Only two combos to change configurations.
Press and hold both buttons to switch to MIDI to CV mode.
And press and hold the bottom button then tap the top to toggle between natural or equal distribution for the quantiser engine.
Other than that it’s all very top level and quick :)
Very cool. How would this integrate with the Harmonaig?
I’ve been using it in front of the Harmonàig in MIDI-to-CV mode.
That way I have control over my root note immediately from a keyboard.
Very playable setup vs the Harmonàig performance mode :)
So if I understand correctly Dail is simply acting as the midi to cv interface and Harmonaig is doing all the quantization.
@@ant_fugue in that configuration, yes.
It is a patch I’ve used a lot before but using other midi-CV interfaces, which have always been a lot bulkier!
Dail is specifically designed for very low HP footprint while maximising feature set :)
It’s a quantiser, as is the Harmonàig. But both have quite different feature sets and functionality.
I do use them together in various contexts. Precision adders alone are hugely handy. But it entirely depends on context whether they would suit both being in a system.
Dail doesn’t do chords. And Harmonàig doesn’t do USB or adaptive multi-octave patterns.
I definitely think there’s room for both in larger systems though 😉
Ah, Jason, just take my money already!! 😂🙂 You & the Instruō team have done it again!
you are amazing
What is Oct Tone?
An old classic that I brought back to life ;)
Compact sequencer with some fun capabilities.
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oh nooo my instruo case is full....I can't buy it ...
Thanks I will be getting this
Just when I thought I was done buying modules 🤦🏻