Saturday Synth Porn: This video is a quick demo of the very sexy Moon Modular M569 Step Sequencer.

The M569 is a Moog-style step sequencer, but offering up to 32 positions, arranged in four rows.

Each row can be controlled independent from each other, so that the user has practically up to four separate sequencers at his disposal, each with its own clock- and reset-input jacks, and – at the same time – different running directions (up, down, random and “ping-pong“).

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I just couldn’t resist playing around a bit with my new Moon M569 sequencer! It has so much great potential for doing interesting sequencing it’s really exciting!

Sunday Synth Jam: This is a demo/Berlin School synth jam of the Moon Modular M569 Quad Sequential Voltage Source [Sequence Mode].

See the Moon Modular site for details on the M569.

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Changing sequence mode with RESET/SKIP/STOP and gates ON/OFF in row #4 (row #1-#3 are doing the basic job), finaly the SEQ. MODE switch set from 4-8 to 2-16 and 1-32. Master Midi clock – M553 – M563 – M569 drives an Oberheim Xpander (6 voices).

This is a demo of the new Moon Modular Quad Sequential Voltage Source M569, a Moog style step sequencer, except that it has a maximum of 32 steps, in 4 independent banks.

See our previous Moon Modular M569 Step Sequencer post for details.

You can download a high-res pdf info sheet on the Quad Sequential Voltage Source M569 at the Moon Modular site.

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The Moon Modular M569 Step Sequencer is Moog-style step sequencer, but offering up to 32 positions, arranged in four rows.

Each row can be controlled independent from each other, so that the user has practically up to four separate sequencers at his disposal, each with its own clock- and reset-input jacks, and – at the same time – different running directions (up, down, random and “ping-pong“).

In addition the control voltage outputs can be switched between three ranges (2 V, 5 V und 10 V, with the 2 V und 5 V ranges supplying a (to 1/12 V) quantized output voltage. Each step position has its own “step-mode“-switch to toggle the gate signal of the respective step position on or off.
In the “Function“ position it (again separately for the four rows) can defined as skip, reset or stop-command.

Details below. You can download a high-res PDF for the Moon Modular M569 Step Sequencer for more details.

The Moon Modular M569 Step Sequencer retails for 1498,- Euros inside the EU, 1259,- Euros, outside of the EU. Pricing and order details here.

The sequencer modes in detail:

1 x 32

All four rows run in series to achieve sequences of up to 32 steps; only Reset Input 1 and Shift Input 1 are active then; as well as the switches Direction 1, Range 1 and Function 1.
With the Direction switch 2 in the Down or Random position the “ping-pong“-mode (up-down) is activated. All four gate- and voltage-outputs supply an identical output signal.

2 x 16

Rows 1 and 2 run in series, as well as rows 3 and 4 (1&2and3&4inparallel),soupto16stepsdivided in two sequences are possible here. Reset Input 1 & 3 and Shift Input 1 & 3 are active, just as the switches Direction 1 & 3, Range 1 & 3 and Function 1 & 3.
With Direction switches 2 resp. 4 in position Down or Random, the “ping-pong“-mode (up-down) is activated. The gate-outputs 1 & 2, 3 & 4 and the control voltage- outputs 1 & 2, 3 & 4 supply each identical signals.

4x 8

All four rows 1, 2, 3 & 4 run in parallel and independantly from each other, all inputs, switches and jacks act separately, the four outputs deliver their own signal each. This is the “four-sequencers-in-one“ mode.

2 x 8-8

Sort of “preset-subset“ of the 4 x 8 mode. All four sequencer-rows run always in parallel and in step, controlled by one common pair of shift- and reset commands, just like a “four-channel-sequencer“.

1 x 16-16

Another “preset-subset“, this time derived from the 2 x 16 mode. The sequencer-rows 1/2 und 3/4 run always in parallel and in step, controlled by two common pairs of of shift- and reset commands, just like a 16 step “two-channel- sequencer“ – think ’stereo‘.

Eric Satie’s Gnossienne No 1 for Modular Synthesizer

This is another of Satie’s beautiful melodies done using just analog sequencers.

It uses the Synthesizers.com Q119 and Q960 and the Analogue Solutions Oberkorn 3 as well as the MoonModular M563 trigger sequencer. It also uses MoonModulars M564 and Club of the Knobs C962B sequential switches.

The M564 is used to switch the gate busses and the COTK is used to play the three rows of the Oberkorn and then 16 steps of the Q119. The M563 is used to control the timing of the bass and chords. Trying to synchronise the three step sequencers, two sequential switches and the trigger sequencer with each row shifting at different rates proved to be very challenging.

The only effect used apart from the Modcan digital delay is a little reverb.

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This is a video demo of the MoonModular M525 reversible attenuator.

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We use 3 different CV- sources via M591 matrix router: one LFO ramp and one LFO rectangle and one M511c.

A demo of the Moon Modular vcEG M511c & Quad Quantizer M565. 

Here are the patch details:

• M560 sequencer (960 clone), row “A” into one M565 quantizer, into VCO IN of a mini moog.
• M560 row “B” into ATTACK CONTROL CV IN of the M511c. (chained to DECAY and RELEASE)
• CV+ OUT of the vcEG M511c into VCF CV IN of the mini moog. (NO internal EG´s of the mini moog are used.)
• Trigger/gate signals controlled by a M563 Trigger Sequencer.

This new demo from Lunar Experience features 3 Moon Modular controllers: M560 (a Moog 960 clone), a M563 and the new M564. (Stereo echo on 2 seq. tracks.)

A little modular synth porn flic demonstrating the polyphonic “switch on time” feature of the Moon Modular M563:

People asking: “What is SWITCH ON TIME”? at the M563 trigger sequencer.

With SOT you can define and optimize the width of your trigger/gate output signal.There are more creative possibilities: e.g. the SOT function manipulates the envelope generator times, depending on its setting. It lets the synth-voice/patch sound different.

[The pitch is produced by a M560 (960clone) sequencer.]

The Moon Modular 563 is a Moog modular format trigger sequencer. Four rows of toggles control eight steps of four trigger voices.

Per YuSynth:

This Moon Modular 563 module is apparently the commercial version of a module that was custom-made for Gert Jalass. For Xmas 2006, Gert Jalass sent me a Xmas card showing his sequencer unit including two prototypes of the module that were labelled 963. This is a four voices 8 steps trigger sequencers.

Each switch has three states: Trigger on, OFF, reset.

The pulse width of the triggers can be adjusted independantly for each row.

The module has a clock of its own, but each row can be independantly driven by an external clock.

Here’s a video from MoonModular that shows the modular in action:

The Moon Modular site is pretty cryptic, so it’s not clear yet if this is a commercial product or a sexy DIY project.

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