After Later Audio - Pachinko (Marbles)

Pachinko keeps all the functionality of Marbles, however only on 12te instead of 14te. It generates random sequences at three trigger outputs and a total of four CV outputs. Many of the channels are related to each other. Thus, instead of haphazard chaos, you get wild, yet coherent results. Thanks to a multitude of manually adjustable and voltage-controllable parameters, the module’s behavior can be flexibly influenced. Synchronization to external clocks, control over repetition and progression of sequences as well as quantization are just a few examples.

Random routing of each clock pulse to either output, following a coin toss Selection of a random division factor for one output, and the reciprocal factor for the other Generation of random kick/snare patterns using a process similar to Grids Adjustable gate duration, from short triggers to full length. Gate duration can be randomized

Random voltage generator

• 3 outputs, either clocked by the 3 outputs of the random gate generator, or by a common external clock
• Distribution control: SPREAD control, scanning between constant, bell-shaped, uniform, or discrete distributions; and BIAS control biasing the generated voltage towards the bottom or top of the voltage range
• Adjustable range: 0 to +2V (for melodies), 0 to +5V, -5V to +5V

Quantized or smooth… CV Post-processor

• The STEPS parameter controls the steppiness/quantization of the output voltages
• Turn this knob clockwise and a progressive quantizer is applied to the voltages - progressively reducing the probability of hitting a note outside of the scale, then making accidentals less likely, then giving more weight to the root and fifth - and at the extreme yielding only octaves
• If steppy is not your thing, turn counterclockwise to increasingly slew the output voltages to the point that the module produces smooth, continuous curves

Programmable quantizer

• 6 programmable scales.
• Scales are programmed by playing a short jam in the target scale: Marbles learns which notes are more prominent than others

Output diversity

• The three outputs can all follow the settings dialed on the control panel, or react in different and opposite ways. The turn of a knob can completely push your patch in a new direction!

Random looping and shuffling

• DEJA VU parameter increases the probably of re-playing past material to the point that the generated output forms a loop... then increasing the probability of randomizing the order of this loop.
• The DEJA VU control applies to the random rhythm, the random voltages, or to both, or neither of them.
• Adjustable loop length from 1 to 16 steps.

External CV processing

• An external CV can be recorded in the DEJA VU loop in place of internal random voltages.
• All transformations performed by the random voltage generator (looping, shuffling, spreading, transposition, quantization, lag-processing) can be performed on external voltages.
• TLDR: live remixing of external sequences!

Module power connector can be connected either way.