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A Little Live Trance

synthhead — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:28:40 +0000

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ripe909 does his Trance Trash thing live, with help from the Octopus, SE BassLine x0xb0x, Machinedrum, Revolution, JP-8080, oh and, yes, some Virus.

Does this guy have the gear, or what?

Let me know what you think of Trance Trash in the comments.

I Was Hypnotized By The Blinky Lights

synthhead — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:47:15 +0000

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A mellow acid track featuring the SE BassLine x0xb0x as 303. Sequenced on the genoQs Octopus, with 909 for drums and a little Machinedrum and virus TI.

Not sure if this is awesome or if I was just hypnotized by all the blinky lights…..

The Genoqs Octopus Sequencer

synthhead — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:58:24 +0000

Here’s a couple of video demos, via ripe909, on the Genoqs Octopus Sequencer:

Genoqs Octopus Sequencer 1

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This is a short tutorial on the Genoqs Octopus that shows how to use custom direction maps and step events to perform a simple modification on how a sequence plays.

Genoqs Octopus Sequencer 2

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This is a demo of how to build a basic arpeggiator on the Genoqs Octopus sequencer.

Genoqs Octopus Sequencer3

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This is a short tutorial on the Genoqs Octopus on building multiple clusters and automatically switching between them. This is useful for building song structures or moving between songs in a live performance.

genoQs Intros NEMO Sequencer

synthhead — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:37:34 +0000

genoQs Machines has announced NEMO, a new MIDI sequencer based on technology from their Octopus sequencer.

Features:

Unique, high-end design
Octopus technology at heart
Portable format
16 concurrent tracks
Intuitive, realtime everything

Pricing is set at 1399 Euros, with availability in July. The site promises more details to come.

genoQs Machines Octopus, – Heir to the Latronic Notron?

synthhead — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:57:53 +0000

The Octopus is a new performance-oriented MIDI Control Sequencer under development by genoQs Machines.

According to genoQs, the Octopus shares some of the design goals as as the desirable but unobtainable Latronic Notron.

“What OCTOPUS and Notron probably share is the goal of to being high-end composition tools for MIDI sequencing. This may explain why the community of interest around OCTOPUS has a substantial share of Notron users. OCTOPUS offers vast live performance capabilities via a “flat” user interface model trying to avoid a much as possible deeply buried features.”

Octopus Concept

In brief, the Octopus world consists of entities or objects, attributes that are associated with them, and functions that modify those objects or their attributes.

The idea is to allow modifications of the objects in the most flexible manner and real time, which is done using an intuitive control model and the comprehensive Octopus user interface.

The master Octopus object is the GRID, which contains PAGES, each of them containing TRACKS, which are made up of STEPS. Each object is associated with attributes and functions that can be operated upon.

Framework

Sequence grid: 160 pages
Tracks per page: up to 10
Track resolution: 1/16, 1/32, 1/64 of a note

User Interface

Elements: 258 pushbuttons, 21 endless encoders
Front panel: 630 x 270 mm

Performance

Concurrent play: up to 16 pages
Editing capabilities: full during play, seamless saving
Track play: polyphonic, roll, shuffle

Dimensions

700 x 450 x 140 mm, 8 Kg

The Octopus is now available for 1999 Euros, not including V.A.T. and shipping. The OS is version 0.9, and they expect the 1.0 version to be available first quarter 2006.

Source: genoQs Machines