Great stuff. Well done for developing this. The sample library tie ins, especially Spitfire Labs, is a great addition.

As usual Os, you’re kind of making my wishes come true... I’ve dreamt about having a whole piano in my modular rig, now I finally can, thanks to you. Can’t wait to get my hands on this 🙂

Great video Os...and module of course! I just purchased the Super disting EX and these videos are sooo helpful man. Thanks for all you do!

At 6.05, Lovely Stuff indeed. Definitely felt nostalgia for Harold Budd listening to this.It is so surprising and inspirational to hear that this is what can be done with Modular. Excellent video series on the Disting EX, I think I will have to invest in this module.

Cool only just heard about the module, all the best it looks great. Def on the top of the list.

what a atremendous piece of module. i really need this!!!!

"It is all rather lovely." - lovely!

Lovely stuff!!!!

Great!

Must have it. I love the part where he gets lost in listening to the beautiful tones - then remembers he’s recording a vid haha

glorious 4k

Hi there. I'm just wondering, does it automatically quantise the CV input to the nearest note value and than playback the sample unchained. For example, if I use a random CV generator would it then only play the nearest note in the chromatic scale or does the full range of CV affect pitch? Many thanks

@ExpertSleepersLtd

3 жыл бұрын

By default it doesn't quantise it, but if you engage Chord mode it does. A chord shape of 'none' and a scale of 'chromatic' essentially quantises the pitch to the nearest semitone.

Sounds terrific! How does it receive MIDI? Breakout module like previous Distings, or does this one have 3.5mm MIDI support?

@ExpertSleepersLtd

4 жыл бұрын

Breakout.

wooooo :)

Is there a platform where I can buy "packs" like polyphonic Mother-32 or other older Moog sounds and play them polifonically?

@ExpertSleepersLtd

4 жыл бұрын

Probably. Any sample library where you can access the actual samples (i.e. if they're not in some protected format) could be easily converted to work on the disting. See also kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZGFnrdCbmMjUgdo.html for extracting samples from SoundFonts.

Is it possible for example to load multiple instruments/sample folders to be playing at the same time? For instance soft piano on the first 4 voices and strings on the other 4 as chords?

@ExpertSleepersLtd

Жыл бұрын

Yes, see kzread.info/dash/bejne/h2uYzrKPlKq7hMo.html

I seem to be getting ‚noise‘ (almost like a dirty pots sound) on the trigger with the LABS soft piano in particular but with most gates there is audible noise at start or end. I’ve tried offset and attenuation but am clearly doing something wrong. Any ideas?

@ExpertSleepersLtd

3 жыл бұрын

What are you triggering it from? Have you run through the Tests menu?

@FloNoTrail

3 жыл бұрын

@@ExpertSleepersLtd - Thanks for getting back to me! im triggering from Pams New Workout. And - no, I haven’t run through the tests menu. I‘ll give that a go, although I expect it’s something I’m doing wrong: it generally is:)

@FloNoTrail

3 жыл бұрын

@@ExpertSleepersLtd - I swapped my Disting out of my Make Noise skiff into a Rackbrute and as far as I can tell the problem has gone…

Hi Oz - picked up a Sweet Sixteen module that controls the various parameters on the Disting Ex via i2c - would be really cool if you moved a slider on the S16 and the UI on the SD Multisample would jump to that screen automatically to give you visual feedback

@ExpertSleepersLtd

3 жыл бұрын

I've added this for 1.4.

@TerekkiTerekki

3 жыл бұрын

@@ExpertSleepersLtd brilliant

Can I do a midi connection with just a 3.5 cable from my OP-Z or does the connection need to go through adapter?Type a midi I believe.

@ExpertSleepersLtd

4 жыл бұрын

You need some sort of adapter. The pin-out is in the user manual.

I’m having a problem here, when i load for example a piano it recognises it as a drum set and not a fully mapped sound, the 6 inputs are as 6 gates not 3 cv & gates so i just get 1 note from the sound?

@ExpertSleepersLtd

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you're in SD 6 Triggers mode, not SD Multisample.

How do you name the files, when you want to put your own multisamples on the SD card? Can't get it to work correctly. I've named them C1, C#1, D1 etc. But the notes don't trigger in the right places.

@ExpertSleepersLtd

4 жыл бұрын

There needs to be an underscore before the note name. So "foo_C1", "foo_C#1" etc.

Can I edit the drum kit or make my own? A more precise question would be can I use cue points in WAV files to make drum kits?

@ExpertSleepersLtd

4 жыл бұрын

Making a kit is a simple matter of putting the WAV files in a folder. Not sure what you mean about cue points.

@johnkrummrich4948

4 жыл бұрын

You will have to use separate wav files not markers.

@johnkrummrich4948

4 жыл бұрын

I am going to use a polyend perc and a 1010 music micro when it is released to sample with . Then just rename the waves This will be the coolest module ever at least for me

Dumb question - when I scroll through the sample folders, I'm trying to read them before they load but each folder starts to load mere heartbeats after I've scrolled to them, so I don't have time to read the name of the folder I'm loading beforehand Am I doing something wrong? Is there some way to scroll through the names of sample folders without them auto-loading almost immediately when I land on them? (since loading a sample folder can be fairly time-consuming - e.g. if I accidentally pause for even a moment on a LABS multisample folder, I get to watch the Disting slowly load five round robin versions of every sampled pitch, one-by-one, before I can move on)

@ExpertSleepersLtd

Жыл бұрын

Since firmware 1.8.0 they don't load until you click V. Are you on a very old firmware?

Hey, do any multi sample folders come with the ex plus?

@ExpertSleepersLtd

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, 40+ sample sets from Spitfire Audio.

How many samples can you have for the velocity switch per output? So for a single gate, if I put that through a VCA how many different samples can you set for a single output?

@ExpertSleepersLtd

4 жыл бұрын

Each sample can have up to 256 velocity switches. (There is a limit of 1000 files per folder though.)

@dr.eville

4 жыл бұрын

@@ExpertSleepersLtd Is this the same for trigger mode when using it to trigger 6 drum samples? can you have the trigger velocity select a different drum sample per output?

@ExpertSleepersLtd

4 жыл бұрын

@@dr.eville Yes, same for both algorithms.

couple questions - is there a technical reason for the limit of 99 folders for the SD card? - will it possible to extend this in the future (seems like a so much unused space on the card) Second question, If you have a midi breakout connected to the Disting Ex and you get another Disting Ex, is there a way that the midibreakout can pass to both Disting Ex's? either by IC2 or other connection? Already have one... thinking about getting another.

@ExpertSleepersLtd

4 жыл бұрын

The 100 folders is a hangover from the disting mk4. Each of those could happily be a gigabyte which wouldn't waste much space on a 32GB card! There's a soft thru setting for MIDI so you can daisy chain them.

@nickolasyounker

4 жыл бұрын

@@ExpertSleepersLtd I guess I should have stated my issue where I came to the question about the folders. Some .sf2 files have multiple instruments packed into them like a full orchestra. I have came across many like on the site polyphone-soundfonts.com/ but my case example was from sites.google.com/site/soundfonts4u/ where there was a harps-strings-orchestra which was 550mb which included bassoon,flutes,violin,other strings(so the folder size did not matter) However what I found when I used the sf2_to_dex.py script to convert into wavs into folder and then attempted to play on the DEX, was that it would only play one instrument. Is there some kind of pan/scan across samples setting on the DEX? to allow to use all instruments in an original .sf2 to be used - like a scroll across the wav samples? Or am I misunderstanding the .sf2 standard? My only solution was to run the script to convert to wavs, then copy and paste the instruments the script converted instruments into their own folders and then load them to the DEX as individual folders to be able to play each instrument. Other than that, I don't believe there is a way to select only one folder/drill-down into a folder to use all the samples available currently - hence why I ran into the folder limit issue. I believe there are about 75 folders of samples provided which I don't want to take off the card - especially the LABS folders and was intending on getting more LABS multisamples - so I was wondering if there was another solution? - my only thought was to increase the folder limit...

@nickolasyounker

3 жыл бұрын

@@ExpertSleepersLtd Could the folder limit of 99 be increased in the next firmware for the dex specifically for the multisample on the dex without making any drastic changes in the firmware? I realize it is a left-over of the mk4. However it would be really really really appreciated.

@ExpertSleepersLtd

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickolasyounker That should be possible.

Can you play a different sample per voice simultaneously?

@ExpertSleepersLtd

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Bearing in mind that every note on the piano here is a different sample.

In chord mode.I can select a chord to be triggerd by one of the gates ,but can i choose a different chord in the menu to be triggered by one of the other gates?

@ExpertSleepersLtd

3 жыл бұрын

Not currently.

@nickmoran1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ExpertSleepersLtd Thanks.I ask as I'm working without the ability to generate chords from module or keyboard.Thanks

I’ve also got the disting today and am suffering from this problem 7 months after some of these comments. It’s clipping on the soft piano setting. I would have thought having just bought it new, it should have the latest firmware. Any help would be massively appreciated

@ExpertSleepersLtd

2 жыл бұрын

It won't have the latest firmware, which was released only recently. Update it before you do anything else. Then if you still have trouble, more details of how you're driving it would help. Ideally post on the forum rather than here.

@WJL91

2 жыл бұрын

@@ExpertSleepersLtd thank you, I’ll give that a go, new software is now updated onto it. Let’s hope that sorts it.

Would it be possible to have 3 mono outputs rather than just stereo and mono ? Thanks

@ExpertSleepersLtd

3 жыл бұрын

Possibly - how would you divide the voices among the outputs though? What's your use case for that?

@indiemoon

3 жыл бұрын

@@ExpertSleepersLtd one output per cv/gate combo ? Could be also interesting to introduce some sample start point modulation with a random lfo and velocity/gate

@ExpertSleepersLtd

3 жыл бұрын

@@indiemoon OK, interesting idea.

@indiemoon

3 жыл бұрын

12 bits and 8 bits mode could be cool too

Can you direct me to provider of those wonderfull patch cables please. Expert Sleepers on first site it seem's like an individual need's to take time and try to follow instructions, as well as to indept understand how all your devices work. That bein' said, I will start with clocking from here :)

@ExpertSleepersLtd

4 жыл бұрын

www.tendrilscables.com

@PlanetarFractals

4 жыл бұрын

@@ExpertSleepersLtd much obliged !

How do I get into this mode ?

@ExpertSleepersLtd

3 жыл бұрын

See kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZmSjza99XdvZqNI.html

I tried this with rene, however the 3rd voice has some clippings, even when I lower down the volume. Anyone who encounters the same issue?

@metokyo4960

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, same here and as far as comments on muffwiggler`s forum go, this is common problem. There was a bounch of firmware updates and still this issue remains out of scope. Sold my Disting ex recently since I bought it mainly for this algorithm, unfortunately it is unplayable. Fyi. Also replacement of the original SD card did not solve the issue, the only way i found was to limit voices down to three. Its a shame.

@gerardpontino

3 жыл бұрын

@@metokyo4960 I really do hope this issue would be resolved soon. Had another issue - my disting EX did not work after purchasing & using it for 3 weeks. expert sleepers were really helpful in trying to solve it, however it seemed to be a hardware issue. I had to send it back to another country where I bought it which costs me some money(really pricey) just to send it for replacement. I also thought of getting additional disting EX before that happened, but I think I won't do that for now. I really hope the replacement won't cause any issues, else I will give up and sell it as well.

@gerardpontino

3 жыл бұрын

@@metokyo4960 they just released a firmware beta version that should fix this issue.