Qu-Bit Nebulae v2

[mosaiclive]

Thanks for the info and example, it's helpful to hear this kind of stuff as I try and decide. There's just SO much more Morphagene tutorials and demos that it makes it kind of hard to fully compare them.

[JES]

Hi all—I am experimenting with this thing as a live looper but I am trying to figure out a few things:

1. Is there a way to go instantly from record to overdub mode? That way if there’s a held note at the end of the phase it won’t cut off immediately.

2. Is there a way to have it in a continuously looping record, and to set the length of the record? I’m thinking of the functionality of the Chase Bliss Mood or Gamechanger (I hate that name) Plus pedal.

TIA.

[pisrecords]

hello crew. i broke the microSD card on my nebulaev2 . some one can share yours microsd files , to add to a new micro sd card in my module ? thanks .

[pisrecords]

my nebulae v2 dont boot , is allways in white led. i found my micro sd broken . any idea for solution? thanks a lot .

[JES]

pitch-shifting + time-stretching sound good but I'm having a hard time live-sampling rhythmic stuff and keeping it synchronized.

I just received my nebulae v2 which I plan to use for live sampling but as it stands I’m
Unable to record anything. I went through the manual tried clearing the buffer first by pressing file and reset, turned bien to middle or fully clockwise then hit record...the leds up top go red but I can’t hear my input signal. What am I doing wrong ?

Hi there. I'm having a similar problem. Record goes fine for a few seconds, then sound cuts out and the module freezes up.

[Fedor]

hello crew. i broke the microSD card on my nebulaev2 . some one can share yours microsd files , to add to a new micro sd card in my module ? thanks .

You need to install Nebulae's firmware on a new microSD card.
Here's a program for to do it: https://www.balena.io/etcher/
And this is the firmware: https://www.dropbox.com/s/m4kehph5p0sc4 ... 2.zip?dl=0

[thetechnobear]

@fedor - is this a ‘fresh factory’ image , as supplied by QuBit?

If so I’ll download as I’d find it handy for testing !

Cheers
Mark

[Fedor]

Hey Mark, I don't how how fresh is it today, but yeah, its official. Back in August last year I wanted to clear all the non-factory files and instruments, so QuBit gave me these instructions.

[pisrecords]

hello crew. i broke the microSD card on my nebulaev2 . some one can share yours microsd files , to add to a new micro sd card in my module ? thanks .

You need to install Nebulae's firmware on a new microSD card.
Here's a program for to do it: https://www.balena.io/etcher/
And this is the firmware: https://www.dropbox.com/s/m4kehph5p0sc4 ... 2.zip?dl=0

thank you very very much !
its works . you save my module and my day . thanks again .

[Junk]

Hey I'm considering buying a Nebulae v1 (because of tight budget) but all the info i find online is about v2.

Can someone summarize the differences between v1 and v2 for me?

[Fedor]

@Junk, most importantly v1 has no audio inputs, thus no recording, only MONO playback. Check this out: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/qu-bit-electronix-nebulae

[Junk]

No audio input is a pretty big game changer for me... thanks for spelling that out clearly for me.

[ersatzplanet]

No audio input is a pretty big game changer for me... thanks for spelling that out clearly for me.

The other main difference is the Nebulae 1 had MIDI input and a MIDI DIN jack on the front. Also the CV in has a lag (glide) knob not on the v2. The v1 also has a "Drive" control that overdrives the output to add distortion.

The v2 has some other added features that are very useful - it has a gate out at the end of the loop (called "Pulse") and the Speed and Pitch knobs can be pushed as buttons and will reset those parameters to the loop's native settings.

I have both and they are different enough to keep one of the older ones I had when I got the two newer ones. Sometime it is just easier to run in mono, though the stereo outs can be useful by thinking of them as dual mono instead - drum loop on left, bass loop on right, things like that. I also posted a video a while back using the left channel for a drum loop and the right channel playing a "beep" track driving a sequencer through a gate converter on an envelope follower module. Things like that are of course impossible on a mono module.

[Chaklack]

So - forgive me for not wanting to read through 54 pages in advance. I'm not understanding something about my newly purchase Nebulae V2.

It seems like every file, no matter the length and no matter where the knobs are, the file/sample only plays for a certain length and a certain speed. Sometimes at random lengths as well.

The pitch knob has an effect but I might be missing something as it's not behaving as I would expect.

aka (a 15 second file won't ever play for 15 seconds. It is totally unpatched.)

[scragz]

It seems like every file, no matter the length and no matter where the knobs are, the file/sample only plays for a certain length and a certain speed. Sometimes at random lengths as well.

You have the blend knob fully to the right? Blend in center is dry, left is phase vocoder where only a few knobs work, right is the granular sampler where the magic happens. Just making sure as that is the first thing to get out of the way.

[Chaklack]

It seems like every file, no matter the length and no matter where the knobs are, the file/sample only plays for a certain length and a certain speed. Sometimes at random lengths as well.

You have the blend knob fully to the right? Blend in center is dry, left is phase vocoder where only a few knobs work, right is the granular sampler where the magic happens. Just making sure as that is the first thing to get out of the way.

Yeah. It's all the way to the right. Size as well. Overlap too. Density all the way left. Window left. Start is to the left.

[scragz]

Put density and overlap to the middle. Density is rate of grain generation so all the way left is basically off. Overlap is grain length so all the way right is long grains.

[Chaklack]

Maybe i'm mis-understanding the use of the module - can it not function like a "paul-stretch" like device? For like one-shot loops etc.?

Thanks in advance!

[scragz]

It can do some stuff like that but it needs to break the sample up into grains to be able to stretch time out without changing pitch. You control the generation of the grains with those two controls. Start in the middle and then move both to the right until the gaps between grains are covered, tweak to taste.

[Zymos]

I think you want size in the center when recording. I actually haven’t used mine in a long time (I unracked it to make room for something else), but I remember when I first got it I was having trouble because recording would stop before I told it to.

[JES]

Maybe i'm mis-understanding the use of the module - can it not function like a "paul-stretch" like device? For like one-shot loops etc.?

Thanks in advance!

It can also do that in phase vocoder mode, where you don’t have to worry about number of grains.

[airfrankenstein]

I'm trying to decide between this and a Morphagene. I'm not looking for any specific features or functions. I don't make any specific genre of music and I don't play live gigs. I just wanted to add something 'interesting' to my rack and these caught my attention. Also, I have a piano and some other instruments around so the idea of sampling/messing with outside sounds also sounds fun.

My question is, after reading through many pages of this thread I can't tell if Nebulae v2 is going to be enough of a plug and play module for me. I see so much talk of firmware issues, programing, etc and I just want to put a module in and mess around when I get time. I don't have tons of time to do much tweaking of code etc. so would you guys recommend the Nebulae to someone like me? Is it easy enough to just start using or is it something I'd need to expect to spend a lot of additional time on the computer etc. messing with? Honestly, I got a little lost with all the technical talk in this thread and it got me worried that maybe it wasn't right for me!

try it, you'll like it. it doesn't take long to get things happening - just go into it knowing that you're neither going to learn nor use every function the first time around. Reading about machines in the abstract can be overwhelming if you're not technically minded ( and perhaps even if you are). If you buy one you can always sell it pretty easily or send it back quickly. You don't have to fuck with the code at all.

[pisrecords]

When you buy nebulae new from the factory it is configured plug and play.
if u export nebulaes recordings to a daw ( i use protools ) , this files sounds exelent .

[airfrankenstein]

I'm looking into buying a V1 as well, but the seller has informed me of a bug where the RECALL doesn't work : do any V1 owners know anything about that ?

Hey I'm considering buying a Nebulae v1 (because of tight budget) but all the info i find online is about v2.

Can someone summarize the differences between v1 and v2 for me?

[airfrankenstein]

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