I really like Shapemaster Pro; I use it to create complex rhythmic envelopes. I’m trying to interface it with stoermelder 8face to change presets on the fly in real time, but I get frequent audio freezes. I think Shapemaster is too complex for 8face… Has anyone tried interfacing them? Are there any alternatives for managing Shapemaster presets, or even creating an alternative sequencer? I tried using a sequencer like Seq3 with different ADSRs for each step, but I don’t get the same feeling.
You can try to configure “Unsafe mode” on the context menu. No guarantee that it solves your problem, but it is worth a try.
The best approach would be to talk to the developers of the Shapemaster modules, if you want some sort of preset recall functionality.
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If you have the Pro version, you can use the expander to change presets. Just place the expander on the left on the main module.
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The ShapeMaster is part of the inspiration behind my TimeSeq module: I was using the ShapeMaster Pro as programmed modulation source and trigger sequencer for my patches that were fully (or partly) sequenced (vs fully generative). While the visual feedback of drawing the shapes on the ShapeMasterwas great, I found that I wanted more precise/verbose control over them, especially in longer sequences. So I wrote the TimeSeq sequencer as a JSON script executor, with all the 8 (polyphonic) outputs fully controllable through the script, the inputs can be used as voltage or trigger data sources and logic and timing (beats-, time- or sample-based) control is part of the scripting language.
There is a bit of a learning curve due to the JSON script syntax (which is why I created samples and a JSON script reference page), but the glide actions are inspired by the lines that you draw in ShapeMaster (and then optionally give a curve, e.g. to get a good sounding attack/decay/release curve on an envelope).
It might be an alternative sequencer option for you (or it might be in a different direction then what you’re looking for 
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