VCV Rack encoders plug-in released
Max/MSP externals now available
Download now from the downloads page.
Video: Silent Way Soundplane
Expert Sleepers Silent Way and Madrona Labs Soundplane on Vimeo.
Demo of using a Madrona Labs Soundplane instrument with Expert Sleepers Silent Way and a modular synthesizer.
MIDI & DINsync adaptor cables now available
Module Overview page added
ES-4 Controller v1.7.2 released
This version adds ‘Accents’ controls, allowing ES-4 Gate Expander outputs to operate in pairs: a normal trigger, and a velocity-switched accent trigger. This is extremely handy when triggering drum synths/modules with accent inputs (e.g. the TipTop Audio 808 range of modules, as in the video below).
ES-4 named in CDM's "Greatest New Stuff In Eurorack"
The comment thread below the article includes this rather nice comment:
“what Expert Sleepers is doing today is definitely a game changer and certainly can implement all sorts of ties between computer based music to a greater extent. Ties aren't new between computers and analog synths, but the approach of audio devices outputting precision DC signals and the ready to use software tools readily available is a new dimension”
ES-4 Controller v1.7.1 released
The horrors of USB MIDI timing
As you will see, the timing of USB MIDI isn’t particularly tight.
Silent Way v1.6.14 released
* Added a Trigger Length control to Silent Way Voice Controller and Silent Way Trigger.
* Fixed a bug in the behaviour of Newest note priority mode in Silent Way Voice Controller.
* Added Trigger Length controls to Silent Way ES-4 Controller, allowing the 40 independent gate outputs to operate as triggers instead.
Download now from the downloads page. Note that there is an updated version of the user manual for this release.
ES-4 Controller v1.6.12 released
In this version DINsync and MIDI clock generation has been largely rewritten, offering much improved behaviour. Also, an offset control has been added to each, to allow the timing to be brought forward or pushed back by a small amount, to compensate for any timing delays in the hardware being synced.
Silent Way v1.6.11 released - Lion compatible
• The AU Generator variants of the Silent Way DC, Silent Way CV Input, Silent Way LFO and Silent Way Step LFO plug-ins have been replaced by AU Instrument variants, so as to be compatible with AU validation under OS X Lion.
• Added a ‘Reset By Note’ option to Silent Way LFO, allowing the LFO to be reset by incoming MIDI note-on messages.
• Added visual feedback of the LFO’s position in its cycle to Silent Way LFO.
• Added a ‘Create ES-4 Calibration’ button to Silent Way Quantizer, removing the need to load a suitable calibration file when using the Quantizer with the ES-4 module.
• Made a slight adjustment to the ES-4 Controller’s input processing to match that in the Silent Way Voice Controller and Silent Way Quantizer.
Download now from the downloads page. Note that there is an updated version of the user manual for this release.
More ES-4 demo/tutorial videos
ES-4 & Ableton Live Drum Rack on Vimeo.
Shows how to set up a Drum Rack in Ableton Live to drive the Expert Sleepers ES-4 Gate Expander. Here the Gate Expander is triggering a selection of drum synth modules.
ES-4 & Silent Way LFOs on Vimeo.
Simple demo of using Silent Way LFOs with the Expert Sleepers ES-4 SPDIF/CV Interface.
ES-4 Audio Demo on Vimeo.
Shows how the Expert Sleepers ES-4 SPDIF/CV Interface can also be used to output audio. Here we process the audio with a modular synth's filter, modulated via an LFO also produced from the ES-4.
ES-4 now in stock at Analogue Haven
Two new ES-4 demo videos
ES-4 Controller Simple Setup on Vimeo.
A simplest-possible setup of the Expert Sleepers ES-4 SPDIF/CV Interface module and the ES-4 Controller plug-in, in Ableton Live.
ES-4 and Silent Way Voice Controller on Vimeo.
A demo of the new 'ES-4 Mode' in the Silent Way Voice Controller, making integration easier with the Expert Sleepers ES-4 SPDIF/CV Interface module.
Silent Way v1.6.10 released
- ‘ES-4 mode’, allowing direct use with the Expert Sleepers ES-4 module without routing through the ES-4 Controller plug-in.
- a transpose setting.
Download now from the downloads page. Note that there is an updated version of the user manual for this release.
ES-4 Controller v1.6.9 released
This adds the ability to route audio or CVs through the plug-in to the ES-4, allowing integration with the rest of the Silent Way suite. It is also now possible to ‘stack’ multiple ES-4 Controllers, allowing for e.g. multiple streams of output MIDI.
ES-4 direct orders now being taken
ES-4 now available
The first release of the Silent Way ES-4 Controller plug-in is also now available from the downloads page.
DINsync from the ES-4
DIN sync from the ES-4 from Andrew Ostler on Vimeo.
This video shows how the Expert Sleepers ES-4 SPDIF/CV module can also be used to send DIN sync, via a simple cable adaptor and using features of Expert Sleepers' Silent Way software.
Because the DIN sync is being sent via an audio interface, it is sample-accurate with the audio.
MIDI from the ES-4
This video shows how the Expert Sleepers ES-4 SPDIF/CV module can also be used to send MIDI, via a simple cable adaptor and using features of Expert Sleepers' Silent Way software.
Because the MIDI is being sent via an audio interface, it is sample-accurate with the audio and free from the timing jitter normally associated with USB MIDI interfaces.
