Here's a brief look at the NTS-1 and how you can play chords on it using my first user oscillator developed specifically for this little synth. You can purchase the oscillator here: sellfy.com/p/m...
Question for you Tim; If you set the NTS-1's Envelope Generator to Open, does it sustain the chord? I have seen the Drone oscillator as well, but for my intended purposes, Chords might work better if it sustains. Edit: Purchased, and it does indeed sustain with the EG turned off. Super happy with my purchase.
It would be nice it the banks of chord shapes were arranged such that, aside from each bank possibly forming a "compatible" set of chords, so too do all the 1st chords of the four banks, all the 2nd chords, etc. That would minimize the amount of knob turning or MIDI messages required to put together progressions. But that probably would be a nightmare to figure out, and it would mean the most commonly used chords (Major, minor, Dominant 7th) are in the middle of banks 2 and 3, which might not be intuitive. Another way of thinking about it is: the chord shapes are arranged in a 4x4 grid. The Shape knob moves around the grid horizontally, and Alt moves vertically.
Do you think your setup scenario could be done using a launchpad to map midi CC and arrange the chord progressions into 4x4 grids as you mentioned. There’s 64 pads to use. I was thinking AUM on iPad would be able to do this.
Thanks for all the great contributions to the 'logue platform! (Have you considered making the wave shape more smoothly morph between the 4 shapes like you do in One?)
So far the best oscillator for NTS-1, thank you! I only have one question. If I use deep reverb and high resonance, it causes internal sound distortion. The distortion disappears if I silence the NTS-1 (decrease volume). That's normal?
High resonance will create feedback and the reverb almost echoes it back on itself. So noise seems normal. Just watch your resonance when filtering and you should be fine. 😃
Thanks for this Tim , but comon we want this Chord Oscillator for free , the NTS-1 it's on sale in EU at 89€. , do we' have to pay 10$ for this ? Give us this present please !!!!
I have no idea of the NTS-1 architecture, but I assume you can't receive polyphonic MIDI data to your oscillator? Otherwise could the oscillator recognise the chords that are played (even if it's limited to block chords only)?
Just bought, downloaded and installed CHORD. The WAVE parameter, to select sine, triangle, saw or square does not work as depicted in the video. It seems to be stuck on SAW, and changing the B knob seems to change octave of the notes played, not the waveform. Any suggestions?
You must somehow have the NTS-1 in a different mode to normal. How are you playing the notes? Are you using the ribbon keyboard, an external MIDI signal or else the built-in ARP? Unfortunately the NTS-1 has a rather tricky user interface, a long hold on a button can switch it into different mode compared to a short press, and it does not help that the NTS-1 user manual is terrible. The only mention of octave change in the manual is in ARP mode but I'm sure there must be a way to switch the octave range of the ribbon keyboard too. Maybe you have accidentally found that way, I wish I knew how to do it!
@@TimShoebridge thanks for your reply. I also sent you a link to a video of this behavior via your web site. It is odd! This behavior seems the same when playing the ribbon keyboard or using a MIDI keyboard. I'll keep experimenting; if I learn anything more, I'll share. Cheers!
Yeah, i never understood the ribbon pad. Monotron i get it. It was a new deal. This would have been just as good without the keypad. Maybe enough room for another feature. Sounds cool tho, im still getting it. Just a waste of additional more functional features i think