Octopus

ART Controller MIDI to Eight Drum Triggers, Eight CV, or Eight ART

Is a powerhouse ART controller that takes MIDI in via the USB or DIN connector and outputs 8 ART channels with 8 velocity CV plus 8 drum triggers. Together with the ART oscillators the OCTOPUS provide unprecedented simplicity connecting the modular to your computer sequencers, hardware midi sequencers and keyboards. Each ART channel can play polyphonic notes, monophonic notes or create multi-channel polyphony using an internal voice manager. All together OCTOPUS can play more voices and notes from a single controller than ever was possible in modular. Using ART high speed control signals OCTOPUS can maintain very low jitter for tight timing. OCTOPUS is our first ART controller with more to follow, it is required to get started with ART. Please note, OCTOPUS is not a 1V/Oct midi to CV and should not be confused as one.

Also has an optional firmware that enables 'G Mode'. G mode for Octopus that plays chord sets. A single chord progression is selected for all outputs to play. Each ART output has a chord player locked to the progression settings and two arpeggio players also locked to the same chord. The outputs combine the playback of the chord and arpeggios to create different patterns.

Released: Fall 2024

https://tiptopaudio.com/art/

https://tiptopaudio.com/manuals/Tiptop_Audio_ART_octopus.pdf (Octopus Mode)

https://tiptopaudio.com/manuals/Tiptop_Audio_ART_octopus_G-MODE.pdf (G-Mode)

https://tiptopaudio.com/art/modules-details/#octopus-id