on the left: the Gristleizer.
on the right: the Molten Voltage MV-53 tap tempo circuit.
neat little LFO thing, does 4 different waveforms in 4 different divisions with swing. straight and inverted outputs.
rate controlled by pot or by tapping along with yer tempo.
divisions meaning: same as tapped/dialled, double time, triple time, quadruple time.
waveforms square, sine, ramp up/down.
0-9v in theory, although the 0v is never really 0volts.
don't know if that's just my build.
the sliders set the floor and ceiling anywhere between those two, so there's a lot of options there. was controlling the MS-20 filters earlier.. mindblowing.
9 user programmable presets to create your own sequences.
16 steps max. each, combining the 16 options - allowing you to program rhythmical LFO patterns.
all sounds truly promising, dunnit?
only downside i noticed is that in between the two taps that determine the tempo, the LFO flatlines.
which makes it a neat studio tool, rhythm LFO box or even master clock, but it makes me reluctant to take it on stage. i don't want to lose a pulse or rhythm sequence halfway through a tune because i need to adjust it to a running drummer.. which, in all fairness, is more than half of the cases in which you need a tapped tempo.
anyway, still promises to be hours of fun.
especially the complex rhythm patterns are something you'd normally look at software for, haven't seen that around too often.
next up, unfortunately, would be a tap tempo button that actually keeps running and adjusts to the new tempo.. like the overenthousiastic drummer it needs to follow.
