Hey guys. It's been 2 years since the release of this video, and being a person, I am flawed and always learning, so it's important to me to keep the knowledge here up to date. My explanation about harmonics and the ability to make "any sound" from a harmonic arrangement of sinewaves - the term "Any Sound" was an error in that context, even though I do explain it better when talking about the Tension knob later on. Delving further into sound design from a synthesizer point of view will teach you that beyond the harmonic editor's harmonic series lies an infinite realm of inharmonic sounds where not all sinewaves comprising the sound (or even any of them) obey the harmonic series. This is where inharmonic sounds lie: water, knocking on wood, footsteps, gravel, wind, untuned metal pings, and all noise. While traditional WT editors will not allow you to reach these sounds from the editor itself, going into inharmonic FM and PM is our traditional way of getting there, Additive synthesis like the Odessa offers another approach, and of course, modal synthesis. There is a module that explores Modal very deeply that I would recommend: Mutable Instruments' Elements. I have a nice little guide on intuitively working with analog FM and a bit on PM in my video on the Instruō Cš-L. And of course, the Odessa goes right in there with the tension, bank and ratio knobs. Happy bleepybloops! See you on my next release. Catch Flowstate on Artlist (or any other platform) if you haven't heard it yet!
Important to note that I wasn't compensated by any of the vendors shown here to produce Wave Salad. It's made purely out of excitement and my love for these modules :)
Love your video! Watched this often when I go the Odessa, great overview, thank you! Seeing that you have Stages, wanted to share my favorite trick with it. Try taking the fundamental and use that to clock a LFO in Stages. I will track pretty decently and you can change the pitch of your LFO along the harmonic series. This way the fundamental can be at a different pitch but still related to the odd and even parts. You can also change the wave shape from Saw, to Sine, Trapezoid and Square and mix it back in. Take care and thanks again for making great videos
Thank you for this video, this is one of the best tutorials of anything I have seen before, I got the Odessa a while ago because of this video but revisit from time to time to keep the technical aspects of it fresh in my mind
Wow - this is a really great video. I've watched loads and this is the first one I've seen that really gets into the acoustics and signal processing side of what's going on inside this module - and it's VERY clearly explained. Thanks so much.
fantastic demo. thanks for being so thorough and answering questions about this awesome module that relate to musical thinking. I'd watch hours and hours more of these. Odessa is one of my favorites - and have to say, you really nailed this. Can't wait to get back to the studio to try out some new ideas you've sparked. Thanks for a great demo - hope you do more!!!
Really glad I found this video! Will have to come back to watch the whole thing, but I've been eyeing this module for a while, and you sold me at "phasy unison" :)
I was already excited waiting for my Odessa to arrive and now i'm absolutely fired up. Really looking forward making some drones with it and see what happens when it's fed in to Waver, Dark Matter and QPAS. In all the different orders :D
Glad you enjoyed! I'm working on more content. I'd like Wave Salad to be a very robust series. I'm currently working on fleshing out the concept & outlining more videos.
thanks for explaining the ratio knob... didn't realize how it separated the outputs... sounds like a mid-side encoder would really keep the stereo field more cohesive and interesting.... great video!
Excellent video. And thankyou for bringing the level down; demos (particularly for oscillators) can be intolerably punishing on the ears. Subscribed. 👍
yes very good video, odessa is basically my main oscillator on my eurorack. I jump it into morphagene -> qpas -> mimeophon, getting all kinds of knarly sounds. im pretty familiar with it hands on but still lost to what its actually doing or fully using it properly...thing has so many sweet spots its hard to make it not sound good. im going to have to watch this video again and thank you for making it
Great video. I made an album on Odessa that goes heavy into stereo phasing. Def ace for that. In fact I don’t hear the detail from this voice until it’s hard panned LR
I believe that hard-panning the two outputs left and right is only one aspect of what Odessa can do and it has a very specific characteristic. There's a world to explore in using each output on its own or in combination with the fundamental output or crossmodding between the two outputs. This world includes all the basic shapes with a myriad unique harmonic movements between them.
Hey my Odessa wizard. Continued thanks for this tutorial. Takin me some time to wrap my mind around the banks/harmonic factor/ even odd outputs. Do know why the bank knob is label + - 8? I get the 8 part but don’t understand the + -.
Super glad you enjoyed this! The +- is a bit confusing, yes. Basically the + or - indicate inversion, so when going towards + you will get odd groups of harmonics out of the odd output, and when going to - you will get even groups of harmomics out of the odd output. And vice-versa for the even output. It also changes which output gets shifted by the harmonic cluster knob. When turned right the cluster knob shifts the right output and when turned to the left the cluster knob shifts the left.
I'm currently out of the Eurorack space, but my favorite for harmonic voices was Plaits, actually. It's super simple but gets you to the point quickly, in a format that's not so conducive to harmony. I didn't enjoy big harmonic oscs like the 4ms, due to lack of immediacy for complex ideas, but that's just me! Hope this was any help. I can't recommend MI Plaits enough.
Hmm. It's not hard at all if you have a good set of small bits, and the wrench needed to loosen the jack nuts. The big boy knob is a little more challenging as it needs another bit to loosen it (DONT pull it off like the rest of the knobs) and there's a little strip of tape it needs to stay reliable and you have to be careful not to lose it. Generally I'd say contact support and they'll give you a full rundown of the process, they're all amazing over there. Good luck! XAOC black panels are super badass.
Thank you for making this video, it is very helpful to me! May I ask about the Hel expender? I am a little confused about its function. Is it like the sub-oscillator of Moog Subharmonicon to control the harmonics generated by the main oscillator? In addition, would you recommend it? because I only have a 62hp palette case, and there is not enough space after I putting in Odessa. If there is no Hel expender, will the sound change be less?
Hi there. The Hel expander is quite cool and unique for what the Odessa does with it. Basically, the Odessa can generate 1, 3 or 5 voices and nothing inbetween. These voices are in unison with the root note (1v/oct input). When Hel is connected and has 1v/oct inputs you can control the root note and other voices through the inputs there when using multiple voices, each voice gets its own 1v/oct input. My gripe with it was you can't have 4-note harmonies, only 3 and 5.
@@Worldwave HI,Thank you for reply. If you set Odessa to 5 voices and use Hel expender, 1v/oct to insert Root, 2, 3 and 4, can you create 4-note harmonies?
@@misty6858 I believe so, my memory's fuzzy on that one though. The root will have 2 voices on it because youre not modulating the 5th voice. Sorry for the late reply 😔
They're from BKM Panels, a now-defunct store that made lots of black panels for different things. He closed the shop after complaints came in for clients receiving Chick tracts with their panels, which... yeah kind of fucky. Apart from that he's an awesome guy though! And thanks. Go check the Cš-L one! It's also fun. More soon 😁
Thanks for the idea! I'll take that into account. the CS-L is absolutely insane and I love mine. Also, If I'm fortunate enough to get my hands on one, I'll also make a video about the Mindphaser.
eyyyy i got free extra info why the spectral edit window in zebra/lette doesnt have a meter, because its all in relation to the fundamental. i had been wondering about this.
lol nice. yeah wt editors are usually not audio based but just bin based, as in the synth just resynthesizes an input via fft into a bin table that you can edit. So I was basically editing bins in this video to show examples for stuff involving individual harmonics. That's specifically for the part where I used phaseplant.
Excellent work. Blows my mind how many companies will put out beautiful, complex gear and do nothing whatsoever to explain it to people.
Fantastic video! I'm thinking about getting an Odessa and this is pushing me further towards it.
Best overview of Odessa I've seen! Looking forward to more vids.
Third this👍🏻
wow! best video I've seen in my life! exciting! what a talented woman. I am in AWE!!!
LMAO this is my partner 🤣
@@Worldwave I support my wife!
Now this, this is content. ❤️
Hey guys. It's been 2 years since the release of this video, and being a person, I am flawed and always learning, so it's important to me to keep the knowledge here up to date. My explanation about harmonics and the ability to make "any sound" from a harmonic arrangement of sinewaves - the term "Any Sound" was an error in that context, even though I do explain it better when talking about the Tension knob later on.
Delving further into sound design from a synthesizer point of view will teach you that beyond the harmonic editor's harmonic series lies an infinite realm of inharmonic sounds where not all sinewaves comprising the sound (or even any of them) obey the harmonic series. This is where inharmonic sounds lie: water, knocking on wood, footsteps, gravel, wind, untuned metal pings, and all noise. While traditional WT editors will not allow you to reach these sounds from the editor itself, going into inharmonic FM and PM is our traditional way of getting there, Additive synthesis like the Odessa offers another approach, and of course, modal synthesis. There is a module that explores Modal very deeply that I would recommend: Mutable Instruments' Elements. I have a nice little guide on intuitively working with analog FM and a bit on PM in my video on the Instruō Cš-L. And of course, the Odessa goes right in there with the tension, bank and ratio knobs. Happy bleepybloops! See you on my next release. Catch Flowstate on Artlist (or any other platform) if you haven't heard it yet!
Thanks for the update. I stopped by again to learn a little more about this fine and detailed lecture. Thanks 🎉🎉🎉
Important to note that I wasn't compensated by any of the vendors shown here to produce Wave Salad.
It's made purely out of excitement and my love for these modules :)
Finally ordered an Odessa. Loving this video, getting me hyped to the max for Odessa. Thanks for making this super awesome video.
This certainly is the most competent and insightful video on the Odessa out there, thanks a lot, top notch!
Love your video! Watched this often when I go the Odessa, great overview, thank you! Seeing that you have Stages, wanted to share my favorite trick with it. Try taking the fundamental and use that to clock a LFO in Stages. I will track pretty decently and you can change the pitch of your LFO along the harmonic series. This way the fundamental can be at a different pitch but still related to the odd and even parts. You can also change the wave shape from Saw, to Sine, Trapezoid and Square and mix it back in. Take care and thanks again for making great videos
Using the Stages as an FM/RM modulator was my favorite thing! Especially with the Parasites firmware.
Really deep review - thanks / puts the usual reviewers to shame ;-)
Thank you for this video, this is one of the best tutorials of anything I have seen before, I got the Odessa a while ago because of this video but revisit from time to time to keep the technical aspects of it fresh in my mind
Wow - this is a really great video. I've watched loads and this is the first one I've seen that really gets into the acoustics and signal processing side of what's going on inside this module - and it's VERY clearly explained. Thanks so much.
This was such a huge help in getting a foundation to work from with this module. Thank you!
This is absolutely fantastic - thank you so much for taking the time to create this! :)
Best vid on Odessa, and I learned a lot about synthesis from this. New sub. Thanks!
Thank you for this guide, finally getting to know my Odessa better.
Which analysers are you using?
@@TechForze I was using Image-Line WaveCandy for all of them!
Excellent explanation! Exactly what I was looking for... thank you for that! Subscribed.
Just wanted to drop a huge thank you. Amazing stuff really educating and inspiring.
Just got Odessa and this vid sure makes it feel a lot less overwhelming :) Great vid!
Thanks for sharing! This is hands down the best Odessa video out there.
The best vid I've seen on the Odessa! Nice work - thanks for sharing!
Excellent presentation, thank you! 🙏🏽
"Square-y juice!" Fantastic video, thank you. This will be a huge help in getting more out of my Odessa.
This is an excellent overview of Odessa. Thank you
best odessa tutorial ive seen thank you!
This is so well explained, please make more tutorial videos about modules
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fantastic demo. thanks for being so thorough and answering questions about this awesome module that relate to musical thinking. I'd watch hours and hours more of these. Odessa is one of my favorites - and have to say, you really nailed this. Can't wait to get back to the studio to try out some new ideas you've sparked. Thanks for a great demo - hope you do more!!!
Thanks! There's an episode 2 out right now, on the Instruo Cs-L, you can go check it out! have fun :)
Outstanding! You really helped me to decipher some things about Odessa that I didn’t understand. Many thanks!
Wow your really smart about this stuff!!! I understood maybe 60% of this even though you were very clear. Definitely learned a lot here thank you!
WOW!! Incredibly helpful and super informative video. Thanks so much for taking the time to make it and explain things so thoroughly!
Great review! I enjoy the way you explain all the features. BTW thanks, I didn't know about the jumper at all. Now the module sounds way better.
Really glad I found this video! Will have to come back to watch the whole thing, but I've been eyeing this module for a while, and you sold me at "phasy unison" :)
This is a tremendous resource. Thank you
Loved this video. So much good, fun, well explaind and usable information. Really inspiring! Thank you!
Hey this is an amazing overview. Thanks for this incredible effort...
great! thank you for providing insights for a module that I also love !!!
This is an incredible guide! Looking forward to more.
Brilliant video! Clear and thorough. Hope to see some more of these in the future :)
I was already excited waiting for my Odessa to arrive and now i'm absolutely fired up. Really looking forward making some drones with it and see what happens when it's fed in to Waver, Dark Matter and QPAS. In all the different orders :D
Glad you enjoyed! I'm working on more content. I'd like Wave Salad to be a very robust series. I'm currently working on fleshing out the concept & outlining more videos.
Absolutely incredible video ! thanks from Nz
Scooped up this module today. Super informative video. Thanks!
Awesome overview! thanks!
you ROCK!! Thank you
Agree with others, I dont think I've ever a better overview of anything than this overview of Odessa. Hope there is an ep 2 coming!
Thank you so much. I'm working on many different Worldwave things at the same time right now, stick around cuz it's going to be very interesting.
Best video on Odessa!!! You are a bright one !
great presentation
Best coverage yet
what a fantastic tutorial... thanks!!
thanks for explaining the ratio knob... didn't realize how it separated the outputs... sounds like a mid-side encoder would really keep the stereo field more cohesive and interesting.... great video!
😉
Excellent video.
And thankyou for bringing the level down; demos (particularly for oscillators) can be intolerably punishing on the ears.
Subscribed. 👍
I learned a lot! awesome video
Ok.....well I'm subscribed!!!
Great tutorial!
Superb overview!
yes very good video, odessa is basically my main oscillator on my eurorack. I jump it into morphagene -> qpas -> mimeophon, getting all kinds of knarly sounds. im pretty familiar with it hands on but still lost to what its actually doing or fully using it properly...thing has so many sweet spots its hard to make it not sound good. im going to have to watch this video again and thank you for making it
Sounds great! Thanks for watching. Glad I could be of help. There are definitely tons of possibilities to explore with it!
Briliant !! Thanks :)
Very good video!
Please make a tutorial/run through of every module ever made. I’d be happy to have 1/10 of your knowledge.
Great vid!
Can I ask what software you're using for your spectral visualisation (on the right hand side of the the video)?
It's Image-Line Wave Candy!
Great video. I made an album on Odessa that goes heavy into stereo phasing. Def ace for that. In fact I don’t hear the detail from this voice until it’s hard panned LR
I believe that hard-panning the two outputs left and right is only one aspect of what Odessa can do and it has a very specific characteristic.
There's a world to explore in using each output on its own or in combination with the fundamental output or crossmodding between the two outputs. This world includes all the basic shapes with a myriad unique harmonic movements between them.
Hey my Odessa wizard. Continued thanks for this tutorial. Takin me some time to wrap my mind around the banks/harmonic factor/ even odd outputs. Do know why the bank knob is label + - 8?
I get the 8 part but don’t understand the + -.
Super glad you enjoyed this! The +- is a bit confusing, yes. Basically the + or - indicate inversion, so when going towards + you will get odd groups of harmonics out of the odd output, and when going to - you will get even groups of harmomics out of the odd output. And vice-versa for the even output.
It also changes which output gets shifted by the harmonic cluster knob. When turned right the cluster knob shifts the right output and when turned to the left the cluster knob shifts the left.
Hi
What is your favorite harmonic vco ?
I own and love 4ms ensemble vco but i need a second vco like this.
Thx
I'm currently out of the Eurorack space, but my favorite for harmonic voices was Plaits, actually. It's super simple but gets you to the point quickly, in a format that's not so conducive to harmony. I didn't enjoy big harmonic oscs like the 4ms, due to lack of immediacy for complex ideas, but that's just me! Hope this was any help. I can't recommend MI Plaits enough.
great video. How hard is it to change the silver panels out for black ones for someone who has no experience working on modules?
Hmm. It's not hard at all if you have a good set of small bits, and the wrench needed to loosen the jack nuts. The big boy knob is a little more challenging as it needs another bit to loosen it (DONT pull it off like the rest of the knobs) and there's a little strip of tape it needs to stay reliable and you have to be careful not to lose it. Generally I'd say contact support and they'll give you a full rundown of the process, they're all amazing over there. Good luck! XAOC black panels are super badass.
Thank you for making this video, it is very helpful to me!
May I ask about the Hel expender? I am a little confused about its function. Is it like the sub-oscillator of Moog Subharmonicon to control the harmonics generated by the main oscillator?
In addition, would you recommend it? because I only have a 62hp palette case, and there is not enough space after I putting in Odessa. If there is no Hel expender, will the sound change be less?
Hi there. The Hel expander is quite cool and unique for what the Odessa does with it. Basically, the Odessa can generate 1, 3 or 5 voices and nothing inbetween. These voices are in unison with the root note (1v/oct input). When Hel is connected and has 1v/oct inputs you can control the root note and other voices through the inputs there when using multiple voices, each voice gets its own 1v/oct input. My gripe with it was you can't have 4-note harmonies, only 3 and 5.
@@Worldwave HI,Thank you for reply. If you set Odessa to 5 voices and use Hel expender, 1v/oct to insert Root, 2, 3 and 4, can you create 4-note harmonies?
@@misty6858 I believe so, my memory's fuzzy on that one though. The root will have 2 voices on it because youre not modulating the 5th voice.
Sorry for the late reply 😔
Amazing take! Where did you get the black panels for the intellijel 1U out?
They're from BKM Panels, a now-defunct store that made lots of black panels for different things. He closed the shop after complaints came in for clients receiving Chick tracts with their panels, which... yeah kind of fucky. Apart from that he's an awesome guy though!
And thanks. Go check the Cš-L one! It's also fun. More soon 😁
Great video! Where did you get all those sweet black panels for your modules?
Scouring the internet and buying them lmao
Specifically BKM, Magpie and XAOC Coal Mine black panels
Gotcha. Some of them I didn't even know about. Couldn't believe I was seeing a black panel Planar lol.
Great video (now I'm waiting for my Odessa). Would be great to see a video about Cs-L. Is that possible? :)
Very inspiring channel.
Thanks for the idea! I'll take that into account. the CS-L is absolutely insane and I love mine. Also, If I'm fortunate enough to get my hands on one, I'll also make a video about the Mindphaser.
@@Worldwave that would be awesome! My eurorack plan includes Cs-L, Odessa and Brenso, but this Mindphaser could be an option as well.
Great tutorial, thx so much! How have you continued to enjoy the odessa?
I still use it almost every day :) it's made it into 2 of my tracks, Elysium and Nios-B, and it's also in patches that are in future releases.
Glad to hear it! Mine is on it’s way. Thx again for the education, excellent work🙌🏻
Great video! You should do one on the CS-L as well. :)
For sure!
@@Worldwave I forgot that I sent you this. I have seriously watched your CS-L video at least five times. Thanks. More? :)
@@guysmiley7289 I'm working on it 🙂
eyyyy i got free extra info why the spectral edit window in zebra/lette doesnt have a meter, because its all in relation to the fundamental. i had been wondering about this.
lol nice. yeah wt editors are usually not audio based but just bin based, as in the synth just resynthesizes an input via fft into a bin table that you can edit. So I was basically editing bins in this video to show examples for stuff involving individual harmonics. That's specifically for the part where I used phaseplant.
Added Timestamps!
Did you get rid of the performer???
@@corticallarvaeSorry youtube didn't tell me about this comment and it drowned! What were you talking about, do you remember?
All the other demos are stuck on sine wave and have little about fft.
New vid , please :)
If you figure out more please post more
For sure! Glad you enjoyed.