HELP with shuffling through GATES in BASICally

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Hi there,

I’m very much a beginner when it comes to programming, so I hope that I can find some help :sweat_smile:

I’m trying to program the module BASICally to work as a sort of shift register, logic operator and gate sequencer in one.

It’s for a patch where I want to reverse incoming audio signals based on triggers from that same audio signal. All the reversing stuff is done with the Memory Ensemble by Stochastic Telegraph.

So far I have some kind of BINARY COUNTER that shifts back and forth between 0 and 1, a STORAGE ARRAY for the position values coming in from the Memory Ensemble, a sort of SHIFT REGISTER, the MATH LOGIC for calculating length in milliseconds from the positions values and two GATES that are send out with the before calculated length in milliseconds.


' --------------------------- BINARY COUNTER (trigger to IN9)

IF trigger(IN9) AND switch[1] == 0
  THEN
   FOR gate_ON = 0 to 1 STEP 1
     switch[1] = gate_ON    
   NEXT
 ELSEIF trigger(IN9) AND switch[1] == 1
  THEN
   FOR gate_OFF = 1 to 0 STEP -1
     switch[1] = gate_OFF   
   NEXT
END IF

' OUT6 shows binary counter // 0 or 1 
OUT6 = switch[1]



' --------------------------- RESET (trigger to IN7)

IF trigger(IN7) THEN switch[1] = 0 END IF
IF trigger(IN7) THEN a[1] = 0 END IF
IF trigger(IN7) THEN a[2] = 0 END IF



' --------------------------- VALUE STORAGE ARRAY for IN1 (trigger to IN8)

IF switch[1] == 0 AND trigger(IN8)
    THEN
     FOR value_a1 = 0 to IN1 STEP IN1[1] - 0.00001
       a[1] = value_a1
     NEXT
  ELSEIF switch[1] == 1 AND trigger(IN8)
    THEN
     FOR value_a2 = 0 to IN1 STEP IN1[1] - 0.00001
       a[2] = value_a2
     NEXT
END IF

' ------------------------- SHIFT REGISTER
' assigning X1 & X2 in a kind of shift register 

  IF switch[1] == 0 THEN X1 = a[2] END IF
  IF switch[1] == 0 THEN X2 = a[1] END IF
  IF switch[1] == 1 THEN X1 = a[1] END IF
  IF switch[1] == 1 THEN X2 = a[2] END IF

' OUT1 & OUT2 for debugging and logic understanding
  OUT1 = X1
  OUT2 = X2


' --------------------------  MATHI LOGIC 
' calculating length in ms from X2 and X1

  IF X1 != 0 
    THEN length_ms = X2 - X1
    ELSE length_ms = 0
  END IF

' for avoiding wrong length if X2 < X1
  IF length_ms < 0 
    THEN length_ms = X2 + 10 - X1
  END IF

  OUT3 = length_ms


' ------------------------- GATE LENGTH
' CREATE A GATE with length in ms 

ALSO
  IF trigger(IN6) AND switch[1] == 1
    THEN OUT4[1] = 10
    WAIT length_ms * 1000
    OUT4[1] = 0
  END IF
END ALSO

ALSO
 IF trigger(IN6) AND switch[1] == 0
    THEN OUT4[2] = 10
    WAIT length_ms * 1000
    OUT4[2] = 0
  END IF
END ALSO

Shift Register TEST_v02.vcv (2.9 KB)

BUT I need more then just two GATES to be send out simultaneously in order for the patch to be working as intended.

One idea would be to have some kind of 1 - x serial switch but I have NO IDEA how to implement this into BASICally. Already the BINARY COUNTER broke my brain somehow :sweat_smile:

Another solution that I would find more elegant is to have some kind of logic like this:

ALSO
 IF trigger(IN6) AND OUT[1] == 10
    THEN OUT4[3] = 10
    WAIT length_ms * 1000
    OUT4[3] = 0
  END IF
END ALSO

ALSO
 IF trigger(IN6) AND OUT[2] == 10
    THEN OUT4[4] = 10
    WAIT length_ms * 1000
    OUT4[3] = 0
  END IF
END ALSO

BUT an IF does not like to get an array like OUT1[1] as part of an condition… So BASICally shows an ERROR (Fix lamp ON) when I do it.
Is there a way around that? Or are there other ideas how to do it?

2

OUT1[1] or OUT[1]?

IF trigger(IN6) AND OUT[1] == 10

3

Apologies!

That was supposed to be OUT1[1] !!
But it doesn’t work either!

IF accepts a normal array like switch[1] within the condition.
But I would like to use a specific channel of a polyphonic output as part of the condition. And that it doesn’t like… OR I’m doing something wrong or not understanding the logic right now :sweat_smile:

IF trigger(IN6) AND OUT1 == 10

that would work, for instance

but

IF trigger(IN6) AND OUT1[4] == 10

does not work :thinking:

4

Sorry, I just had this idea, which is kind of the solution to my problem with a workaround.

If I patch a cable from OUT4 to IN2 and then do the following

ALSO
 IF trigger(IN6) AND IN2[1] == 10 AND IN2[2] == 10
    THEN OUT4[3] = 10
    WAIT length_ms * 1000
    OUT4[3] = 0
  END IF
END ALSO

it works: I get a GATE at OUT4[3] when OUT4[1] and OUT4[2] are at 10v.

Which is amazing :grinning:
But still weird that IF accepts a polyphonic INPUT but not an polyphonic OUTPUT…

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