Machines / Conundrum 16
Conundrum 16
Sixteen steps and four tracks, played live and locked to your clock.
Conundrum 16 is a 16-step MIDI sequencer and controller for playing electronic music live. Chop samples in Traktor, sequence a modular rig or drive any MIDI gear.
It gives you four independent slots, velocity and note per step, swing and a note repeater, on 16 backlit step buttons and four assignable encoders in a compact, gig-ready layout.
An ARM Cortex-M7 at 600 MHz keeps the timing tight, on its own clock or locked to USB or 5-pin DIN MIDI. A CV/Gate output patches straight into analog and Eurorack gear. Twenty presets store your patterns and bring them back in one press, between songs or sets.
Three interface modes, Traktor, Modular and Custom, set up the whole control surface for your rig. An OLED display, LED feedback on every step and open-source firmware complete it.
How it plays
Four-slot step sequencer
Sequence up to four independent tracks at once, with velocity and note per step, swing and a built-in note repeater.
Three interface modes
Switch between Traktor, Modular and Custom mappings in one press. One device for your DJ software, your Eurorack rig or any MIDI setup.
USB, DIN MIDI and CV/Gate
Computers over USB MIDI, hardware over 5-pin DIN, and analog synths over the dedicated CV/Gate output.
20 presets, back in one press
Save and load complete sequencer states from EEPROM, so a new song or set is one press away.
Specifications
| Processing | |
|---|---|
| Processor | ARM Cortex-M7 (@ 600 MHz) |
| Connectivity | |
| MIDI over USB | USB MIDI (input and output), class-compliant |
| MIDI over DIN | 5-pin DIN MIDI (input and output) |
| CV/Gate output | 1x CV/Gate on a dedicated output |
| Clock | Internal (40 to 250 BPM), or external sync via USB or DIN MIDI |
| Interface | |
| Display | 128 x 64 OLED |
| Step buttons | 16 backlit buttons in a 4 x 4 matrix |
| Rotary encoders | 5 in total: 1 menu encoder and 4 assignable control encoders |
| Other buttons | 4 encoder buttons plus menu, mode and control buttons (8 in total) |
| LEDs | 22 individually addressable LEDs (TLC5947 12-bit PWM driver) |
| Sequencer | |
| Pattern | 4 slots, 16 steps per pattern, 96 PPQN resolution |
| MIDI messages | Note On/Off, Control Change, Program Change (configurable channel) |
| Preset storage | 20 presets in EEPROM (10 Modular and 10 Traktor slots) |
| Interface modes | Traktor, Modular, Custom |
| Operating modes | Sequence, Perform, Presets, Clock |
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