Endorphin.es - Ground Control

This hardware sequencer possesses a software soul. With three “melodic” CV/Gate, a Drum Track with eight lanes and clever compositional tools, Endorphin.es’ Ground Control is the center of your system and live sets.

While the Eurorack market is brimming with great and innovative sequencers there are several reasons to pay attention to Ground Control. Unlike many other Euro sequencers, Ground Control offers a Drum Track with eight triggers and modulation and three “melodic” CV/Gate tracks. This enables you to create and perform entire compositions using just this single device.

You can seamlessly integrate Ground Control with your existing workflow. You can effortlessly sync your patterns from your favorite DAW or directly record your melodies from an external MIDI keyboard. This flexibility allows you to easily incorporate your existing musical ideas into the Ground Control, enhancing your creative process.

The true power lies in the concept of patterns and their arrangement. Ground Control empowers you with an array of pattern-based tools that can transform your sequences. With features like Probability, Ratchets, Arpeggiator, Scales, CV Quantizer, Shuffle, Rotation, and more, you can shape your patterns into intricate and dynamic compositions. The ability to assign independent length and time division to each track further facilitates the creation of both polymetric and true polyrhythmic patterns - opening up a world of super interesting, ever changing and shifting rhythms.

However, the most significant advantage of Ground Control is its ability to structure and perform hours (!) of live shows, flawlessly switching from one project to another without stopping. It allows you to tame your synth voices and create musical compositions. The creator of Ground Control, Andreas Zhukovsky, developed this amazing tool to help modular enthusiasts overcome the fear of only playing short live shows for a small circle of friends. With Ground Control, you can confidently take the stage being fully prepared to play for hours.  Ultimately, it is the (right) sequencer that acts as the brain of your setup – bringing it to live! 

Features:

• Polymetric and polyrhythmic performance CV/MIDI/USB-MIDI sequencer / workstation for drums and melodies
• Advanced polyrhythmic ratios of up to 32 against 32
• 4 tracks: drum track with 8 triggers and modulation and 3 melodic CV/Gate tracks.
• Velocity and CC are recorded from the external MIDI keyboard. Each track can output midi and CV/Gate simultaneously.
• 2-octave keyboard (no velocity or pressure action), play sequences and grooves on the fly or use external USB/MIDI gear or DAW integration or control external MIDI gear
• Arbitrary length: up to 64 steps per pattern, 24 patterns per track, 24 projects per SD card
• Dedicated mute/solo bus with momentary mute or quantized to pattern length action
• Arpeggiator, roller, patterns queue, slides, ties/rests, ratchets, transpose
• Music scales are easily editable via highlighted keys: chromatic, minor, major, pentatonic etc.
• External CV modulation matrix: control various sequencer parameters under CV: pattern shift, semitone and octaves offset, shuffle, ratchets, slide, gate length, CV to CC values or pattern change