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Steampipe 2 for Blocks?

Discussion in 'REAKTOR' started by D. Vyd, Mar 3, 2021.

  1. D. Vyd

    D. Vyd NI Product Owner

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    Every time I use Steampipe 2, I'm impressed. It produces so many happy accidents! I looked in the UL and don't see a Blocks mod for Steampipe yet. So, I'd like to modify it. I don't need it to officially comply with the blocks framework, just react correctly to pitch and gate signals instead of MIDI. However, the gate and pitch MIDI inputs are not just wired into an oscillator. They are doing stuff I don't understand. Can anyone advise? I've inserted a screenshot of the guts of the beast below.

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  2. Paule

    Paule NI Product Owner

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    In Steam Pipe 2 is no oscillator. The signal is build between noise and the gate click.
    Also you need P/G to control the arpeggiator.
     
  3. D. Vyd

    D. Vyd NI Product Owner

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    Could the MIDI inputs, Gate and NotePitch, be simply replaced with a Block wire?
     
  4. Paule

    Paule NI Product Owner

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    Shure!
     
  5. gentleclockdivider

    gentleclockdivider NI Product Owner

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    The sound in steampipe is produced by a delay line ( with a damper in the feedback signal) , so you need to convert your midi picthes ( range 0-127 ) to milliseconds .
    The delay line can either be excited by noise or by the dc signal of an envelope
     

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  6. bolabo

    bolabo NI Product Owner

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    A block based on SteamPipe would be amazing!

    I use the MIDI Out block to connect blocks up to stuff that isn't blocks using internal MIDI connections. So you could use SteamPipe 2 in a rack like this:

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  7. Paule

    Paule NI Product Owner

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