Overview
With the Memory Joystick, you can control
your modular system like an old video game console. Movements of the
stick are recordable. Eight positions can be stored and recalled via
buttons. Alternatively, it is possible to jump from one to the next
value. The feel then is similar to a step sequencer. - You can even vary
the playback behavior.
Details
The Memory Joystick will always start in MANUAL MODE:
Moving the joystick generates CV at the X and Y outputs. Pressing
HOLD will freeze the current position. The joystick movements are always
being recorded in the background while the SAVE button is blinking. By
pushing the SAVE button, now lit permanently, the playback of your
movements will start. A RESET impulse resets the loop. Easy and
enjoyable!
A little more complex, but not less enjoyable, is the second mode of operation. - By pushing MEMORY, you enter the MEMORY MODE:
In this mode, you can use the eight buttons to save eight different
joystick positions. This means you have a memory of eight values for the
X and Y CV-outputs. You can then play these eight memory slots manually
with the respective eight buttons, or sequentially with a CV at CV-MEM
or with triggers at the TRIGGER input. While being clocked you can
choose nine playback PATTERNS by the position of the joystick. So this
module is also a joystick-playable eight-step sequencer! The nine
playback patterns are:
Middle position: UP-DOWN ( PING PONG, PENDULUM)
The other eight patterns, starting at 9 o'clock position:
- 9 o'clock: RANDOM
- 11 o'clock: ALTERNATE-1
- 12 o'clock: FORWARD / UP
- 1 o'clock: ALTERNATE-2
- 3 o'clock: ALTERNATE-3
- 5 o'clock: ALTERNATE-4
- 6 o'clock: REVERSE / DOWN
- 7 o'clock: ALTERNATE-5
The memory in MEMORY MODE is non-volatile, meaning you can power off your module and return to the exact setting.
Another nice feature of the Memory Joystick: The orientation can be
varied by 180°! This way, you can decide whether you want the buttons
and jacks on the top or bottom of the module. When using the module
upside-down, there is a nice little trick: Push a little switch on the
back of the module to invert the X & Y outputs and also shift the
starting position of the sequencer by four steps.
miscellaneous
The Memory Joystick can generate unipolar or bipolar
voltages in the range of 2 V, 5 V or 10 V.
connectors
Trigger, Reset and CV Mem inputs
X and Y CV outputs
Trigger output
dimensions
3U Eurorack module, 10 HP wide, 30 mm in depth
Power consumption: 40 mA at +12 V and 5 mA at -12 V