VacoLoco Tron

This is an 8-track 16-step drum pattern sequencer by Paula Maddox, the creator of the MonoWave and co-founder of Modal Electronics. It uses 4 LED 8-segment displays and endless encoders for editing. All housed in a clear housing sized 120 x 90 x 24 mm. It got connectors for power, MIDI In and MIDI Out.
I am using this sometimes to play my Waldorf rackAttack.

Demo video by Paula Maddox

1. Part I (www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaYUR_EQuQ)
2. Part II (www.youtube.com/watch?v=85VHDth-Hao)

Features:

• 64 sequences (8 sequences in 8 banks)
• 8 parts with 16 Steps per pattern
• Two velocities (off, mid, full) for each step (as per TR-909 editing)
• Definable Step Length for the pattern
• Assignable Midi note number for each part
• Assignable mid velocity level
• Variable pattern length (1 to 16 steps)
• MIDI Clock out (with start/stop)
• MIDI Sync In
• MIDI sysex update of code
• Blue LOAD button
• Red SAVE button
• Tempo knob
• Black Control button (right of the knob)
• Gray Start/Stop button (top right button)

Edit Mode

When you press the control button first:

• Pressing button 1 will select part 1 of the pattern to edit
• Pressing button 2 will select part 2 to edit,
• and so on
• Pressing button 9 selects the first control mode (below)
• Pressing button 10 selects the second control mode (below)

Control mode 1

(Press and hold MODE and button 9), the upper buttons act as follows (* items are saved with the pattern):

• Button 1 - Pot becomes tempo,
• Button 2 - Pot selects Pattern Length *,
• Button 3 - Pattern Repeats (used in chain mode) *,
• Button 4 - Mid level Velocity value,
• Button 5 - Step Length *,
• Button 6 - Pot selects MIDI channel,
• Button 7 - Pot selects MIDI Sync On/Off,

Control mode 2

(Press and hold MODE and button 10), the lower buttons act as follows:

• Button 1 - Part 1 MIDI note,
• Button 2 - Part 2 MIDI note,
• Button 3 - Part 3 MIDI note,
• Button 4 - Part 4 MIDI note,
• Button 5 - Part 5 MIDI note,
• Button 6 - Part 6 MIDI note,
• Button 7 - Part 7 MIDI note,
• Button 8 - Part 8 MIDI note,

Control mode 3

(Press and hold MODE and button 11), the lower buttons act as follows:

• Button 1 - Part 1 Mute,
• Button 2 - Part 2 Mute,
• Button 3 - Part 3 Mute,
• Button 4 - Part 4 Mute,
• Button 5 - Part 5 Mute,
• Button 6 - Part 6 Mute,
• Button 7 - Part 7 Mute,
• Button 8 - Part 8 Mute.

The Load/Save buttons allow the top of row buttons to select bank, the lower row to select pattern within a bank. Only patterns within the same bank can be chained.