Kammerl Audio has released a free alternative firmware for Mutable Instruments Clouds which enables a new real-time slicing / beat-repeat mode.
The Kammerl Beat-Repeat mode analyzes the incoming clock signal to enable real-time slicing of the audio input. Each slice can be played back with different loop, pitch and distortion settings.
Here’s a video demo, via synthesist Richard Devine:
This video, via neutron7, tests the new firmware on mangling a modular drum pattern:
The four modes of the official firmware are still available in the new version – it just adds a fifth mode. See the Kammerl site for details.
Details on loading firmware to the module is included in the official documentation.
There are multiple firmwares now available for the Clouds:
If you’ve used alternate firmware with the Clouds module, leave a comment and share your experience with it!
Parasites firmware is awesome, kept me from selling clouds. This new firmware looks great, just wish it worked in conjunction with the parasites modes. Guess its time to get a second clouds!
is it compatible with parasite?
They are separate firmwares – so you can use one or the other.
As per usual Richard Devine’s video sounds amazing but good luck trying to figure out which module is doing what.
For all the people who like this but not have the possibiltys to buy an eurorack synth. Check out Permut from Sonic Charge…
Even more affordable: Grainspace
oddly enough this sounds exactly like grain looper effects on a Kp3 using motion record…