Noting down some saved information From gearslutz : To sync the Nord Lead 3 arp to midi: “Connect your midi cables, out of sequencer (or clock source) to input of the NL3 Press the MasterClock button (configuration buttons) and select EXT as a source clock (instead of INTERNAL) Press RUN to start the arpeggiator – …
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Doepfer MSY2 clock stop/start
I recently tried to use a MSY2 to stop and start my modular sequencers when a midi start/stop was received. It doesn’t do this unfortunatly. The clock output on the 1/8″ output jack (ie. to provide clock to modular devices) will send clock pulses as long as a midi clock is present on the midi …
Book plate
“A Book is a Journey” Bookplate found at Vons in West Lafayette, Indiana. I somehow did not take a photo of the cover but I believe it was a 1950’s or earlier Math Dictionary or Encyclopedia. Wonderful, tight passageway in the basement of Von’s. I also found it notable t hat Von’s has a whole …
OPZ midi sequencing
Note: Any track can be used for midi sequencing. Ensure midi out is enabled on the opz: Hold the screen button and press the metronome button three times, then pressing the “3” key to turn midi out on/off. You may also use the app to turn midi on and off Set the midi channel for …
How to backup the OPZ
All MFB products
I came across the MFB 602 sequencer today which I was not previously aware of. This has inspired this page – a record of all the MFB products I come across. MFB 602 MFB Step 64 $350 usd (last price listed on analogue haven) MFB 601 Sequencer from a Reverb auction: MFB 712 + 601 …
The wonderful, perplexing MFB-503
Ah, MFB. Maker of wonderful instruments and usually bewildering user interfaces. Today we look at the MFB-503 Drumcomputer To start, press play. My unit seems to sometimes set the tempo of empty patterns to zero causing the pattern to appear to not play. Each pattern has an a and a b section. To select a …
Booting an Asus x200ca from USB
Here is the procedure to boot an Asus x200 (x200ca in my case) from USB (ie. to install Linux on it). While booting, press F2 to enter the bios Go to the “Security” tab and disable “secure boot” In the boot tab, enable CMS and Enable PXE boot In the boot tab, disable fast boot …
Modifying and rebuilding an RPM from source
This is a topic covered over and over on the internet and yet I can never find the quick guide I need. Here for my notes are how to modify and rebuild an RPM from source. First, download the SRPM and install it: You may see some errors about groups, you can ignore these. You …
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Finding an expired certificate
I had a strange issue today regarding a particular expired certificate on a webserver. The problem was that the server in question was an nginx reverse proxy that proxied many domains and contained many hundreds of certificates. For various, um, “technical reasons”, I could not locate the exact cert that was bad. I only knew …