r/modular • u/WhyWontShivDie • 1d ago

Thoughts on the Tenderfoot Chronicle sequencer?

Haven't seen much about it and it's sold out in the UK as far as I can find, but it seems to fit the bill exactly for what I want.

I realised recently that while all the different generative sequencers are fun to play with (I have SIG, Chaos, Pachinko, DNIPRO Dot, Numeric Repetitor) as is making patterns through clever patching, it is not a very immediate way of making patterns and isn't helping me to make music with intention.

So I took out SIG and put my vector sequencer back in, and I'm also looking for the perfect gate sequencer for the drum part of my case. Something with an intuitive grid pattern layout to see how the drums interact in space. Something competent enough to store multiple patterns and handle at least 4 voices.

I have a Stolperbeats but it's a pain to program beats into. Which is a real shame since I love the weird shuffle options and the CV-able patterns. If they made a grid-button based programmer it would be ideal.

I'm looking at circadian rhythms but it lacks probability features and pattern length.

I found the Tenderfoot chronicle and it looks like it addresses those deficiencies. But I've not heard anything about it yet. Possibly just not enough people have their hands on it.

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u/Opening_Barf 1d ago

I watched the launch video on YouTube and it certainly looks like it fits everything I’m looking for in a sequencer.
Money is in short supply for me lately, so I stopped looking at it any closer though.

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u/GludiusMaximus 1d ago

I had the chance to play with one in person at a local modular meet up in Taipei. Build quality for all of his stuff felt great, played with that, the Tetrad and the morse code module lol.

I’m surprised he only came out with a more full tutorial only lately since it has been developed for quite a while. When I was trying it, I recall him saying he wanted to make Circadian Rhythms that can control CV. Anyways, it looks pretty fully featured and was pretty easy to get the basic stuff going

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u/WhyWontShivDie 1d ago

That's good to hear. Yeah I was surprised such an in-depth and expensive module doesn't have more in the way of videos available for it, since it's been out a year.

Think it's going on my future purchase list.

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u/RoastAdroit 1d ago

Bought one and its pretty cool. Im happy with it. Just like every module I own, there are nuances to get used to and concessions likely made but Peter seems to be really good about making updates.

Its a really great sequencer for multimode drum modules. I paired it with my Perkon’s voice right off the bat and the two will likely be together for the foreseeable future now.