biDoo zOu MAi and enCore

technochitlin · October 6, 2022, 4:37pm

Can someone explain to me the differences between the zOu MAi and enCore sequencers from biDoo? I have a small handle on how zOu MAi works, but I’m having some issues with using enCore (enCore 32ppqn?) (these camelcase plugin names make this post look like a ransom letter )

Yeager · October 6, 2022, 5:03pm

Encore was made for me, because I complained about Zou mAi not syncing properly when you start a project.

github.com/sebastien-bouffier/Bidoo

Zou Mai and reset and first 5 or so beats

opened 03:49PM - 16 Jul 22 UTC

closed 03:59PM - 01 Aug 22 UTC

Petervos2018

Hi Seb, I still have problems with Zou Mai and restart/reset. the first few bea…ts are not consistent at all, I think the reason for this is given by you : `Lets say zou sees 1000 ticks between each clock pulses. So with your configuration zou goes backward 2 steps each 1000 ticks i.e. a step is 500 ticks long. If you reset after 200 ticks consumption and you send a clock at the same time so the new base will be 200 ticks then zou goes backward 5 times faster before the next clock pulse occurs. If I ignore the clock signal when reset is fired the new base will be, with the same example, 1800 ticks long so zou would go slower before the next clock pulse. I do not know how to handle that kind of situation.` _Originally posted by @sebastien-bouffier in https://github.com/sebastien-bouffier/Bidoo/issues/152#issuecomment-623398575_ What if there was an option the just let Zou Mai use the triggers/gates from an outside clock, without it trying to get the BPM. I know you can not use the 1x2x3x4x speed any more because it does not know the speed/bpm. Or maybe do it the way Voxglitch does it with his Groove box : https://github.com/clone45/voxglitch/blob/master/docs/groovebox.md He uses a x32 clock input and it's as steady as a rock/clock ;) Let me know what you think, Greetings Peter. Below is an example that manifests the Zou Mai problem, use the spacebar to stop/start the sequence. [Bidoo Clock - 16072022.zip](https://github.com/sebastien-bouffier/Bidoo/files/9126143/Bidoo.Clock.-.16072022.zip) And here is one including the groove box it also ratchets ;) [Bidoo Clock and Groovebox- 16072022.zip](https://github.com/sebastien-bouffier/Bidoo/files/9126158/Bidoo.Clock.and.Groovebox-.16072022.zip)

Encore has a 32x clock input and is steady as a rock.

Nova · October 6, 2022, 5:37pm

32x is so much better for VCV.

technochitlin · October 7, 2022, 12:00am

Got it, that makes sense. Any suggestions as to a clock that works well with it? Or am I missing something with Clocked and Clockd (my go-tos)

Yeager · October 7, 2022, 10:45am

On Clocked turn off “output High etc” and turn on On Start “Send Reset pulse” and On Stop like below :

And set one of the clocks to x32

technochitlin · October 10, 2022, 12:13pm

Thanks! I see what I was doing wrong

technochitlin · October 11, 2022, 12:11pm

Apparently, after the last update (2.025 I think) the Zou Mai trigger buttons no longer work with a mouse click, and the trigger buttons 3 and 4 on track 2 of Encore are not working with a mouse click on my Win10 VCV Pro. Something went wrong!

Yeager · October 11, 2022, 6:17pm

Funny that just when you want to use a module, an update causes a BUG, let us hope Andrew will update the version soon.

jagerbench · October 12, 2022, 9:54pm

it works on vcv1

technochitlin · October 14, 2022, 12:37pm

Seriously, how long does it take for an update to go through? It’s been days now… Maybe the developer could put up a compiled version on his GitHub.

Yeager · October 14, 2022, 12:40pm

You could ask Seb (Bidoo) for a compiled version on Github ( He’s a very nice guy) , but for it to be released in VCV he’s dependent on Andrew to compile and release it (mostly once a week on Sunday).