Binary

Video Tutorial

b992 Binary Tutorial with Code and Ohm

Overview

Binary for Monomodular.

Binary is a variable speed programmable sequencer originally built for use with Livid's Code. It grew out of early experimentations with the Code and some lofty ideas. You can expect some future changes.

Its best to watch the video tutorial in order to figure out what's going on, but here is a list of the basic controls:

Code.

Each dial contains a variable length/speed sequence. Select a sequence by pressing the dial, and the white LED below it will light.

The 8 steps nearest to the playhead (left) are shown on the bottom buttons. Active steps are lit. You can assign steps by pressing buttons. You can scrub the playhead by pushing the selected dial and turning it. You can change the speed of the sequence by turning the dial. The current position of each sequence is always indicated by it's dial's LED strip.

By pushing and holding a dial, then pushing another dial, you may lock the second sequence's speed to the first's.

The active status of each sequence is indicated by the green light on the dial's LED strip. You can change its active status by pressing the top right button while the sequence is selected.

Additionally, the second button on the right changes whether the selected sequence is quantized. Quantize state is displayed by whether a selected sequence's white LED is blinking (quantized) or solid (free).

The third button on the right changes the sensitivity of the dials.

The fourth button on the right converts the bottom row of dials to mirror the plugin GUI controls (also available via Live Device).

Grid.

The Grid has five modes, used for programming the sequences or playing them back. Each sequence can be up to 64 steps in length, and each step can contain up to 8 simultaneous notes, can be turned on or off, and has independent velocity (but all notes played in that step share a common velocity).

The Keys are the same for both Grid and Codec (Keys are shift-bottom row buttons on Codec):

1 - Step Mode. (turn steps on or off) 2 - Length Mode. (1 - 64 steps) 3 - Note Mode. (turn notes on or off) 4 - Velocity Mode. (change velocity of each step) 5 - Active Mode. (turn activity on or off) 6 - Toggle Play Mode. (press and hold vs. toggle for Active Mode, and while 'Play Mode' is on, pressing a dial is momentary active instead of selection; also turns off ability to change speed by turning a the sequence's dial) 7 - Hold to select sequence (selected lit on grid, flashing if locked) 8 - Toggle selected sequence's quantize status.

In addition, you may store and recall up to 32 presets by pressing ALT on the Grid.

This plugin is very useful as a timing engine for other Mod plugs, and has been tailored for this purpose.