Pamela's Pro Workout + DFAM - Patching Ideas 

Thanks! Appreciate the support. So happy you are getting something out of it!

That's so awesome! Thanks for letting me know!

Interesting. I'll have to check those out.

Ha! When it clicks, it clicks! Stick with it! :)

Great to hear!

Yeah, the MAFD is so tempting for that reason! I didn't know the Beatstep could quantize pitch. I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the tip!

@@braintree56 The beatstep does not quantize an incoming signal. I use one of the tracks of the Beatstep to output v/oct pitch. The route to the osc in what is cool the beatstep and can do 64 steps. so I can do more complex patterns. I like to clock the DFAM with the midi i sent to the MAFD. I usually default to it running in sequence. BUT sometimes I bounce them all around. you can also do things like substeps for ratchets. can also give a slice-up effect when you juggle the steps of an established pattern. I enjoy your videos. Before I had the MAFD I used the overstep to clock the DFAM. only annoying thing is that it did not reset to the begging of the sequence when i start and stopped. As for a pitch quantizer, you have Pam she can handle that. Love your videos, It is fun to see how different people approach a synth, thanks.

You won't be disappointed!

Nice! Thanks.

Thanks!

Bam! You're welcome! Ha! 😂

Thanks! I've used Pam's a ton since making this video. I like it more and more.

I didn't see that many differences between the new and the pro... Do you know what they are?

@@braintree56 The immediate one, for me, is the display. It’s bigger and much clearer… I’m an old fart so my eyes aren’t what they were ;) Also there are more waveforms and the quantiser is a considerable upgrade, you don’t have the mini keys to choose your scale for example and being able to stay on the same function and switch between outputs is huge, particularly when setting Euclidean rhythms. There’s more that I can’t recall but I remember thinking it would be worth upgrading at some point when they released the Pro version

@@braintree56 Did you ever find the differences? FINALLY got my PPW about 12 hours ago. Here is a list of the upgrades from Pamela's New Workout to Pamela's PRO Workout: The PRO workout contains the following improvements over ’Pamela’s NEW Workout’ • Large, color, and higher res display with much improved clearer theme-able UI. • Faster CPU with dual-core processing. • Outputs all now 12-bit resolution (over 10 prior Bit). • Higher resolution internal clock. • Run and Clock inputs can now be reassigned to 2 extra CV inputs. • New faster multipliers / bigger divisions. • Supports Axon-1 and AXON-2 expander for 4 extra CV inputs. • Instant Saving and loading of output settings and banks. • Clock does not need to be stopped to save current parameters across power cycles. • Improved Euclidean patterns - pattern display, ’padding’ option. • Improved quantizer with definable user scales. • New waveforms - Ratchets, Slewed random, Hump, trapezoid, Log envelope. • Loop snooze and wake options. • Cross-output operations combine output values in various ways (extending logic ops). • Flex micro timing mode for swing, humanize, bouncing ball type ’ off-grid’ timings. • Invert option. • Scope display for monitoring signals. • Easier firmware updates via USB-c disk. • Stored banks backup and restore via USB-c disk. • Adjustable program knob hold time. • VCV Support.

You have to start the DFAM from step 8 all the time. No matter what it's being clocked from or if it's being clocked internally. It doesn't have a reset, so when you start it, it immediately plays the next step. We want it to immediately play step 1... Kind of a quirk of the DfAM.

@@braintree56 OMG Thank you! I had no idea (maybe I should read that DFAM manual after all) great tip! Will try to commit that to memory. Thank you so much for explaining.

@@scobot1 No problem. I guess you don't HAVE to have it start at step 1... ;)

@@braintree56 True! But I appreciate the tip to at least answer any "future me" questions about why I can't sync things. Whew! Saved hours of frustration I am sure.

For me, it is a problem with the signal coming out of the mother. I don't have the same problem when patching from Pam's. So I think that it is an issue from the mother - for me. Are you getting the same latency from Pam's?

@@braintree56 no when i trigger something from Pam its in time usually, maybe its a problem of the dfam,but I Just buyed Yesterday 🤦,thanks for your help. Great video👍

@@lucaspadini8223 Good luck.

Changing the level reduces the output voltage, thus reducing the range. If you have a full 5v going out, it’s 5 octaves so reducing the level brings that down to a more musical range.

​@@chitlun I think what they were talking about is if you reduce the range post-quantizer you'll get values that don't correspond to the scale you were trying to quantize to, vs reducing the range pre-quantizer

you would want to attenuate the signal before the quantizer if you want the signal to conform to the parameters of the quant.

@@mimikova390 that's probably what Pam's does...

@@monkeyplusplus Yes indeed, this would be the case but within Pam’s it is pre-quantiser.

That makes a lot of sense. It does appear that they didn't upgrade that moving from New to Pro. A small complaint - but you would think it would also be an easy upgrade... Thanks for pointing it out.

For experimental noise I'm not sure you need Pam's at all. I find Pam's to be really great at clocking and clock sync'd modulation. Keeping things grounded and controlled. But I guess it depends what your experiments are! :) I would definitely say that Maths would be a great fit no matter what type of music you're making. I would recommend it. Make Noise in general is well suited to the experimental stuff. Their system might fit your needs more than the DFAM/Mother combo. That's my opinion, but... There's no right answer in modular. Everyone's system is different and ever evolving.

@@braintree56 Have you used Push 3? I wonder if it’s boring. It looks boring. But it IS powerful. Sucks…

I use the ‘New’ version with my DFAM. There are lots of possibilities still with that version.

I own the PNW, and it's terrifically capable. There are quite a few things that make the Pro look better, but PNW will do quantized, looped sequences, Euclidean rhythms, and boolean logic. The logic on the pro is analog style, meaning you get the max/min of two waves whereas the New does bitwise logic, so that the results you get comparing gates makes sense but LFOs come out really jagged and unpredictable.