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More SQ8 Example Patching
Standard connection to a monosynth to control pitch and gate;
CV out to Synth CV in.
Clock Thru to Synth Gate in.
Filter control of monosynth;
CV out to Filter cut-off input.
Connect CV and Gate of synth to another sequencer or MIDI to CV converter.
Alternative connections to a monosynth;
Plug CV out to Synth CV in
Step 1 out to Gate in
The synth will be triggered on the 1
st step. If the release time is long, you can still hear the pitch changing with each
step, but without the EG re-triggering.
Miscellaneous Connections;
Step 1out is a divide by 8 clock divider.
Take step 1into the clock of another sequencer.
Use a quantiser if you want to precisely control to pitch of a synth.
Use a voltage scaler to scale down the control voltage to a smaller range when necessary.
When using a clock other than our MC01 master clock module, (as with all analogue sequencers), you must manually
step to the last step of the sequence before you start the clock. This is done automatically when using the MC01.
To control transpose:
Use 2 SQ8s (we’ll call them A and B) and a mixer.
Clock the SQ8 A 1 step every bar. Clock SQ8 B as normal. Feed the output CVs of both through a mixer (like the
MX61), then take the output of the mixer to a synth as normal. SQ8 A will control the transpose level, changing every
bar. SQ8 B sets the pattern of notes as normal. This is a handy and easy way of shifting the pitch of all 8 steps up or
down with only one pot.
Using the SQ8 as a waveform generator
By clocking the SQ8 at audio frequencies, the output of the sequencer can be used to generate audio waveforms.
The simplest example is to create a square wave. Simply set to 1st 4 pots to full and the following 4 to zero. To
double the frequency, set the 1st two pots to full, the next two to zero, and repeat.
Now take the 1st example with 4 pots at full and 4 at zero. Now if you start to change the the levels away from
their setings, you will hear the timbre change. All combinations of settings are useable, so just play around live as the
sequencer plays.