Division Department 01/IV

johnl · May 7, 2020, 3:30pm

Another Perfect Circuit video, 01/IV starting at 2:10

nightfade · May 10, 2020, 10:42pm

Some great technical information available here.

johnl · May 13, 2020, 7:47am

with a lot of distortion, goes well with some of @Ess recent work: https://0daysysex.bandcamp.com/album/granules

johnl · May 18, 2020, 4:48am

johnl · May 28, 2020, 7:17am

A pleasant piece, moreso than a demo.

johnl · May 28, 2020, 7:21am

Thanks for this advice

What turned me off the MFB 301 Pro is the muddled clap. I love claps (and finger-snaps), and wonder if the 01/IV can do a better job.

circuitghost · May 28, 2020, 7:35am

Yeah, I mean, it’s a nice enough kit, but it’s more a curiosity than anything else.

Malarkyk · May 28, 2020, 9:31pm

I sold mine on. Yeah, the kick is nice, but the other sounds I found grating. The 808 hat sound especially. It was also a pain to use with elektron sequencers. It’s very tactile and fun to use, just not very versatile.

mynewcolour · May 28, 2020, 9:42pm

I agree the hats and snare aren’t the greatest.

Cymbals, kicks, knocks and oscillator blaaarrrps are powerful though.

The sawtooth osc has a Roland 101 / 202 vibe to it I think.

nightfade · May 28, 2020, 10:43pm

Agree with you on the hi-hat. Certainly need to love that sound to get the most out of the 01/IV.

Re-listening to samples I recorded before selling, I made heavy use of the triangle and noise sources. Kicks, snares, claps, and some odd FM sounds were all quite nice to my ears.

twofax · May 28, 2020, 11:24pm

Hi hat has been my favorite machine in the few sessions with it. The band pass filter with osc mod makes some of my favorite sounds. I’ll try to upload some of it soon.

thermionic · May 29, 2020, 12:21am

Ah geez, that’s pretty and funky what’s the other kit?

johnl · May 29, 2020, 8:06pm

A video from The Division Department:

johnl · June 1, 2020, 10:45am

Realised that this has a lot on common with the original Nord Drum: 4 tracks, each with a complete voice, and similar sounds.

johnl · June 15, 2020, 5:49am

Ended up buying a used Nord Drum 2, because of the SysEx presets and extensive CCs.

johnl · January 4, 2021, 9:55pm

I had missed that The Division Department released a cassette album of the 01/IV:

Cepheid · January 4, 2021, 10:48pm

Auvrel spotted.

Grate_expectations · January 7, 2021, 9:26pm

This looks nice. Could you explain the midi sequencing? I’m a bit confused by the implementation and how the triggers and repeat triggers midi works. Thanks.

dubmo · January 7, 2021, 10:52pm

first confusing, but after i while no problem at all. You can play each voices chromatic notes, triggers and repeat triggers over the whole 8 octave keybpard/input device. in the beginning this chart is essential to look the different zones up, but you can navigate more easy after some time

Grate_expectations · January 7, 2021, 10:54pm

Thanks. It looks like it would pair very nicely with my octatrack.