Hello again
Here is my latest final sketch of the missing MF-109M:
The whole layout now tries to use the familiar MuRF-layout.
Stomp switches and lights:
- The on/off switch and light act like on all the Moogerfoogers. Two different "on" colors could indicate whether your envelopes are repeating according to the rate knob, or looping.
- The drive light has the same function with the three different colors
- The tap tempo switch could have two different modes (like the tap tempo switch on the 104M and 108M): In one mode you could trig gates with it, and in the other you could tap in the rate. You could change modes by pressing the switch for a few seconds, and different lights would indicate the current mode you`re in.
Sliders:
- The sliders have different tasks, according to the position of the Mode knob. Sometimes they are divided in two groups of four, sometimes all eight sliders work as a whole.
Knobs and switches:
- Drive and Output do the same as on the other Moogerfoogers.
- Gate sensitivity does what it`s been doing since the beginning of the thread: Setting the threshold (input amplitude) above which a gate is generated.
- The Mode knob (12 positions like on the MuRF) is where it`s getting different and interesting. This knob tells the 8 sliders what their job is: Controlling envelopes, amplitude, stereo panning or two out of the three together.
Mode 1: Section 1 = ADSR left channel, Section 2 = ADSR right channel (parallel)
Mode 2: Section 1 = ADSR left channel, Section 2 = ADSR right channel (series)
Mode 3: Section 1 = ADSR both channels, Section 2 = 4-step pattern controlling amplitude (slider down = no sound, slider up = full output) -> new step with new gate
Mode 4: Section 1 = ADSR both channels, Section 2 = 4-step pattern controlling stereo panning (slider down = left side, slider up = right side) -> new step with new gate
Mode 5: Section 1 = ADSR both channels, Section 2 = no function (slave to Section 1) -> same envelope for both channels
Mode 6: Section 1 = ADSR left channel, Section 2 = no function (inverted slave to Section 1) -> crossfade
Mode 7: Section 1 = 4-step pattern controlling amplitude, Section 2 = 4-step pattern controlling amplitude (in series = 8-step pattern)
Mode 8: Section 1 = 4-step pattern controlling stereo panning, Section 2 = 4-step pattern controlling stereo panning (in series = 8-step pattern)
Mode 9: Section 1 = 4-step pattern controlling amplitude, Section 2 = 4-step pattern controlling stereo panning
Mode 10: Section 1 = 4-step pattern controlling amplitude, Section 2 = 4-step pattern controlling amplitude (ampli-pan mode: the louder a sound gets, the further it moves from left to right)
Mode 11: Section 1 = 4-step pattern controlling amplitude, Section 2 = 4-step pattern controlling amplitude (subdivision mode: the tap knob sets the tempo for Section 1, the rate knob lets you choose between different subdivisions for Section 2)
Mode 12: Section 1 = 4-step pattern controlling stereo panning, Section 2 = 4-step pattern controlling stereo panning (subdivision mode: the tap knob sets the tempo for Section 1, the rate knob lets you choose between different subdivisions for Section 2)
- Hold/Envelope: In modes 1-6 you have an ADSR envelope, and this knob lets you dial in the length of an additional hold stage. In modes 7-12 you don`t have an envelope, so this knob becomes an envelope knob just like on the MuRF.
- Envelopes switch: Position 1 means that every generated gate trigs an envelope. Position "infinite" means that envelopes follow each other without being triggered.
- "infinite" switch: Repeat position means that envelopes are triggered according to the speed of the rate knob. Loop position lets the envelope, well, loop freely
- Rate/Length: When the "infinite" switch is in repeat position, this knob controls the tempo of the triggering. When the "infinite" switch is in loop position, this knob controls the overall length of the envelope (affecting every part of the envelope).
Inputs and outputs:
- MIDI
- Audio in 1
- Audio in 2
- Audio out 1
- Audio out 2
- Gate sensitivity in
- Gate in
- Rate in
- Gate out
- Envelope 1 out
You could feed this thing a stereo sound, two different sounds, or even a mono sound. One of the Audio inputs could act as a "doubler", so you could generate stereo sounds from mono sources (a beloved quality on other Moogerfoogers).
I think that this is the most refined of my ideas so far, but it could be complicated to get used to. And it wouldn`t strictly stick to the "one knob per function"-credo. And it has no mix knob - but would that really be necessary anyway?
Cheers, radioland
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