has an unconventional engine for generating synthetic analog style hats, more in the style of the low oscillator count machines like the dr-110. load is very light on cpu :)
you will notice some of the knobs are 'shoehorned' into the gui as an obvious update from the original design. i need time to make music too! items may still be selected discretely even on bad mouse days, and i admit to favouring the 'add-on' aesthetic (see below..)
'ratio:' the way i generally sequence hihats is to use a short decay and a long release, so that a closed hat is programmed with a 'long' note and an open hat is a very short note. i thought i'd try something a little different with utopia, so as you increase the ratio slider, the decay shortens and the release lengthens, so you can program your closeds at maximum note length and opens at minimum, and then play with the ratio to get the right feel. i haven't made up my mind if i like this method better than d/r, it's just different.
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