Fieldtone The Weaver Audio Sampler Modular Edition

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Fieldtone The Weaver Audio Sampler Modular Edition Tony & Hugh discuss the Weaver and Box Of Uncertainty in episode one of our new series, The Gas Club. Weaver Modular from Fieldto ne is a Eurorack format version of the highly in demandWeaver handheld sampler that featured in music tech tastemaker Andrew Huang’s yearround up as his Favourite Desktop FX module of 2024. The modular edition builds on thefunctionality of the original but adds a variety of additional control. The Weaver is no ordinary audio sampler - it is a meditation on impermanence and chance. With a single, enigmatic knob, it embraces randomness as an artistic principle, reconfiguring two-second sound bites into hypnotic loops and evolving textures. There isno undo button, no way back once a sound is captured; the Weaver insists that you moveforward, shaping the unpredictable into rhythm or texture with nothing more than a twist of the wrist or control voltage change. New functionality on the device includes separate level controls of different elements of the loop, as well as 3 x trigger outputs which turns the device into a random rhythm generator for which you don't even need to be using the sampling capabilities. You can trigger the Recording start via CV, allowing you to keep replacing the sample whilst the loop continues playing - something that works beautifully with acoustic sound sources such as guitar or voice as well as electronics. A new switch has been added to select between Random or Root note aligned pitch playback. Customers often ask us just what is the difference between the Weaver and the Box of Uncertainty? Here's some words from Hugh at Fieldtone: ''They are both audio samplers but work in quite different ways: The Box Of Uncertainty is essentially a granular sampler that gives a lot of precise control of the various parameters to shape the output. The Weaver is a single knob sampler that randomises the output - the only control the user has is whether it outputs in Texture or Rhythm mode and to change the current loop by randomising it again. Texture mode shares some characteristics of the Box of Uncertainty but Rhythm mode is entirely different in how it sounds. Both devices are idiosyncratic and generate unexpected outputs but the Weaver is much more about surrendering control and letting chance take over.'' Show more