Kenton Pro Solo Editor plus SYNC24 Breakout Box


Big update for the panel. You can now save a bank of names - it's just the text but useful as a memo of your patches. You can also save and load individual patches to and from the Pro Solo via the editor. The panel has been completely rewritten and is licence free. It runs on Mac to at least Catalina. Standalone and AU component. 

Pro Solo Edit plugin running in Logic 10.6



File Dialog Box - Save and Load Patch Na
mes and Patch Sysex

Downloads:


Sync24 Breakout Box

Integrating analogue sequencers with a DAW is easy if you can send Midi Clock and Reset to your sequencer. Fortunately, the Pro Solo can send Midi Clock from any of its 3 Aux outputs. But a neater solution is to set the MIDI THRU to Sync 24 and extract Clock and Reset from there. It means you don't have to use your Aux CV outs which in my case are connected to my SEM.


Kenton S24 setting

DIN Sync or SYNC 24 uses Pin3 for clock and Pin 4 for Reset -Start. Here's the parts list

  • Small project box
  • 5 pin DIN socket
  • 2 Mini Jacks
  • 1 x 1uF capacitor
  • 1 x 10K resistor
Because the Reset-Start signal goes high and stays high while the sequencer is running you need a simple circuit which is an R-C differentiator:


schematic

So when you press start the continuous Reset-Start signal is converted to a pulse which can then feed the reset of the sequencer - which in my case needs a short pulse of around 3-5Volts


On the Kenton to set the MIDI THRU to SYNC24 then set it to the CLOCK 1 option so you can control clock divide otherwise it will run at 24ppqn. Once this is all set up you can start the DAW and the sequencer will jump to step 1 - no more pressing the Reset or trying to start it on step 1!

Here is an updated version I mounted on 19" panel. It now has 3 Reset jacks, one for each of my Carp 1601 sequencers. Much more professional!

SYNC 24 is now mounted on 19" panel. There are now 3 Reset outputs plus a MULT

                

Kenton CTRLR panel - older versions ans some history

I'm not going to go review or go into any in depth stuff about this wonderful box. You can get that from Kenton's website. I just want to share a couple of things as I have spent considerable time developing a CTRLR panel and I have also built a very simple interface to route signals to my CARP 1601 analogue sequencer.


CTRLR Kenton Pro Solo Mk3 Editor



CTRLR website is here: CTRLR

One of the nice features is you can recall one of the 32 memories and the controls update so you can see what is programmed. It means a lot of my controls on the SEM can be recalled - so Filter EG settings, transpose, LFO amongst others can be called up. I should really create a name control because it's easy to forget what is stored in each preset,

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Breakout box 


Wiring - the 3rd jack is for Fill In but not used.








                                                                                                                                                                                                     


Location: Calderdale, UK