The MELODY Section
Now that you know how the rhythm section works, let’s explore the melody section with its faders.
Octave Range
Our current pattern consists of only two different pitches, the same note in two octaves. The overall output range
of meloDICER is up to five octaves (0…5 volts). You can set the lowest and highest note with the faders LO (2)
and HI (8). Raise HI (8) to instantly expand the pattern with higher notes.
If you raise LO (2) as well, lower notes will disappear and the complete pattern will be shifted.
Can you find out what happens if you set LO (2) higher than HI (8)?
Semitone Probability Faders
These faders set the probability for each semitone to appear in the pattern. In our basic setting we only raised the
fader, labeled with C. As result, meloDICER generates only C-notes, resp. generates 1 volt and 2 volts at 1V/OCT.
Raise the F fader to 50%. The melody changes immediately and F-notes will appear in the pattern. As both faders
are set to the same probability amount the chance is the same for both notes being part of your pattern.
As a visual support, the faders’ LED goes on for the duration of the corresponding note.
Raise the F fader fully up to increase the probability and with that the number of appearing F-notes.
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The probability for a semitone also depends on the pitch range. If a note is not
between LO (2) and HI (8), it cannot be played. If only one semitone-fader is
raised, its probability is always 100%, whether it is set fully up or somewhere in
between 0 and 100.
And now start to play with all the parameters you learned about. It’s easy to lose yourself in this endless
possibilities, randomness and probabilities.
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