I have been a clasically-trained musician since 5 years old, which means I've had 25 years to become jaded to: - Guitars, Pianos, Pipe Organs, Brass Sections, Full Orchestras, Dubstep, Effects Pedals, every pop song on the radio, etc etc And yet, when I got my own Mother-32 something opened up for me. I have been staying up until 2-4 AM, sometimes staying up without sleeping at all. Just playing with the Mother-32 settings (and other musician-y stuff) So, please understand where I am coming from when I say THANK YOU for this video. It's exceptionally informative, fun and helpful to me. I've probably been pausing and experimenting with this lesson since 9 pm, and now it's past midnight. So just, thank you again, for providing so much value that I've been watching this for over 3 hours and having fun with it!!! -------------------- EDIT: it's almost 2 hours later and I'm still going at it nonstop!! Some names for the best sounds I've created with the Mother tonight (I write down all my favorite patches): - Cyberpunk Cathedral Organ - Stargazer Warmchill Strings - Tracerbullet Lead Great little synth and again, great educational video, thank you :)
My pleasure! And re: my sounds, I'm actively working up some new ones :) I threw you a follow (particularly hoping you'll do more videos on the Mother-32), you can do the same back if you want updates about new music I'll be posting soon! (no worries, no obligation either) Have a good night!
My music career started with classical wind symphony music and me living under a musical rock. Still love wind symphony, but electronic music, which I used to passionately hate, is starting to sink its claws into me. It started with a Roland Boutique, which led to a Mother 32. Now I've got a whole eurorack setup and love it all. There's just something about having TOTAL control over the sound you get to make that is absolutely fascinating and alluring to me. You can't get enough of it.
Really helpful video. I'm pretty new to synths/modular and bought one of these to start with. That trick of getting a sine wave out of it by way of the filter and making it track with a keyboard is really a cool feature to find and use.
I'm new to the Mother-32 - several years after you produced this video. It's the best intro I've found. It goes just deep enough to be practically very useful and inspiring without drowning a noob in arcana and spaghetti. Thank you! I've been messing around with software synths for some time and I love a lot of them, but the Moog world is definitely the most engaging to me. I love this thing!
Ah. Seriously man. That tip at the end of random voltages etc is just genius. Much appreciated. The sound of Mother-32 was immediately ten times more interesting. Keep it up!
Fell in love with the Mother 32 when I saw it in a music store. I'm not a hardware guy but just had to get it. Even if I'm not doing something truly productive it's just too easy to lose hours in this thing. I've been eyeing more modular pieces ever since but trying so hard to not expand. Love the video and easily one of the better tutorials I've seen for the Mother 32.
@@loopopThanks for the reply! I was literally sitting here figuring out the changes wondering where the inspiration for these beautiful melodies came from. Seems to be the chord progression ||:E |F#7/A# |C#m |A :|| I am going to go listen to the original that you covered, and I’m happy that you were the reason for finding them, and that you are such an amazing online synth supporter, teacher, and talent! You’re the reason many of us buy and progress in the modular world. Thank you!
Honestly without your videos it would take me years to uncover all these wonderful sound design tips and tricks! If you ever figure out how to clone yourself, please let me know as I will be first in line to buy an in-studio clone! :-) awesome stuff and thanks so much! - reminded my why you are the only person I support on Patreon currently!
If I had your knowledge I’d wear sunglasses at night and ask fancy restaurants to bring out a special table. Us novices are extremely lucky to have you, Loopopinator!
I've recently added modular synthesis to my bucket of musical joys and coincidentally I keep running into your tutes. Great job man! You really have this down. Appreciate all of the goods here to get me up and running fast!
I wasn’t sure I wanted one, given how I already have an Arturia Minibrute 2S, but then, the full Moog Sound Studio made me acquire one…🤩 then immediately look for your channel to benefit from your unvaluable experience and pleasant tutoring.🙏🏻
Highly recommend using a compressor with the Mother32 to help maintain volume while adding resonance to the filter. I've tried a bunch, all the boss cs1,2,3 and several others.....best I've found is the Fender The Bends Compressor.
I have a new rule when it comes to consider and evaluate a piece of gear: go see if Loopop reviewed it. That’s it. Thanks for being so prepared, a joy to listen and follow. And - most importantly - thank you for being always MUSICAL with every piece of gear. YT is loaded of supposed ‘experts’ full of ego only putting themselves in front of the camera while making the crappiest reviews, adding ignorance to ignorance. Long life Loopop!
Thank you so much! When Moog came out with the Mother 32, I jumped on it right away, having no experience with synthesis... I was able to get a plethora of sounds right out of the box, and experimented a bit with the patch bay, but while I was looking at it through the keyhole indicative of my experience, you've opened the door wide enough I can get properly started!
At 22:19, I played Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good To Me" and it sounds really close to the synth solo in that song. I think it would be almost exact if maybe a second detuned sub oscillator was added. I played the video along with this and they are very close in sound.
Great fun. May I also recommend the korg karma. It can’t compete with the moog sound but it has 4 real time programmable sequencers midi out and loads of patch storage and can be picked up for a few hundred earth units. Nice combo All the best.
Hi I'd love see how to use mother 32 sequencer to control othee synths, like behringer midzl D ir dfam. I'm sure there should be a way but I don't don't have your skills. Also would love to see how midel D could increase mother 32 capabilities ... After all it's all moog design
Fantastic video thank you! Only error I picked up - it is oscillator frequency you are modulating with the random voltage source @21:47, not velocity. Velocity is a MIDI term related to volume (usually). The random voltage generator in your video is affecting the VCO pitch/frequency, not volume. Otherwise, great work!
Mother is simpler that she seems. You demystify both general concepts and the machines under review. Other reviewers do that to some extent but your videos are perfect, complete with a table of contents and oscilloscope.
This is very cool. I passed on the opportunity to buy a Mother32 some time ago... I don't regret it as it does not fit what I needed back then (and still wouldn't fit my current workflow), but it is one of those synths to keep an eye on. It does sound precious, and is a great starting point for a very flexible modular system. The sequencer stroke me as a little bit complicated, though. So I'm looking forward to see more of your videos on this synth. Have a great week. Cheers!
Philip+ thanks! Yes I plan to explore it more... btw the sequencer is super simple once you get used to it. There's a learning curve but it's not too steep considering what you get (slides, ratchets, accents)
Thanks for making this. I must admit that for some time I wanted to get moog or similar synth but now I see that I most likely don't need it. Update: I bought it... I wish moog made just filter eurorack module.
Thank you for the great videos, as a new mother-32 owner, this is very helpful. I was hoping you would share how you are capturing the wave form as you are playing. I am a visual person, and if it’s possible, having that available would help tremendously as I learn.
Great video! Thank you for creating it! Do you know of a way to stop the constant tone when set up as dual oscilators around 16:40 in video. I love this sound but the fact that i have to turn down my mixer in order for the sound to stop is limiting. Thanks, Jake
is the fm in 17:20 inly possible because the lfo is in an audio rate or could you do it like this in general i mean with lfo modulating the Frequency of the Oscillator -> pitching in frequency with the an envelope generator? filter to fast modulation sourcer? (fast modulation?)
I'd love to see a video with all 3 Moog semi-modular synths (DFAM, Mother32 and Subharmonicon) and what hidden gems there are with all 3 connected. @loopop :-)
Wonderful content!! Thank you! At about 15:45 on this video, you bypass the VCA by running VCMix out to your computer. I'm sorry, but I don't see what happens after that. Could you please explain where the signal goes after that? Thanks so much!
Fantastic video Loopop! I await Mother and Subharmonicon stock at my dealer. Question: what S/W do you use for the oscilloscopes you show in the video? Cheers!
Brian Holtz Music Hi, I use MOscilloscope and MAnalyzer by a company called Melda - they’re free with some limitations in the MFreeFXBundle. Occasionaly I’ll use scopes by VCV
Hi loopop ! i have ARmk2 and a DFAM. i can't find a proper way to sync dfam from a separate output of the ARmk2. what i want to do is send a clock in the dfam to get it synced, but it seemed to run steps of the dfam in a reversed way or totally randomly. I would like to send the clock to the dfam without bypassing the sequencing function of the dfam. How would u do that properly ?
Hey, I actually don’t know how to NOT get DFAM moving forward step by step. My guess is you’re plugging cv into the tempo rather than Adv clock and that’s giving you the illusion of reverse. Makes sense?
Mars Torrent Hi, I use MOscilloscope and MAnalyzer by a company called Melda - they’re free with some limitations in the MFreeFXBundle. Occasionaly I’ll use scopes by VCV
Hi !! - I love your video's - really awesome. Just a wonderful way of providing really comprehensive info - million thanks. May I ask which software you are using to display the wave forms? - That is really helpful also something I'd like to use when twisting the on the units myself.
Hi, I use MOscilloscope and MAnalyzer by a company called Melda - they’re free with some limitations in the MFreeFXBundle. Occasionally I’ll use scopes by VCV
Hello! Is there a way lo lower the LFO rate more than the knob at minimum? The only way I could was to path LFO TRI to LFO RATE, but the shape of the LFO changes a lot. It sound as it becomes pointier, less time in the max values. When I actually would prefer a Sine Shape. thanks!
Garry Galler I am not sure what ableton setting you're not applying right but for sure it should work so hopefully that gives you some hope? Also make sure that on the Mother you're applying random to assign because that's not the default
I have been a clasically-trained musician since 5 years old, which means I've had 25 years to become jaded to:
- Guitars, Pianos, Pipe Organs, Brass Sections, Full Orchestras, Dubstep, Effects Pedals, every pop song on the radio, etc etc
And yet, when I got my own Mother-32 something opened up for me.
I have been staying up until 2-4 AM, sometimes staying up without sleeping at all.
Just playing with the Mother-32 settings (and other musician-y stuff)
So, please understand where I am coming from when I say THANK YOU for this video. It's exceptionally informative, fun and helpful to me. I've probably been pausing and experimenting with this lesson since 9 pm, and now it's past midnight. So just, thank you again, for providing so much value that I've been watching this for over 3 hours and having fun with it!!!
--------------------
EDIT: it's almost 2 hours later and I'm still going at it nonstop!!
Some names for the best sounds I've created with the Mother tonight (I write down all my favorite patches):
- Cyberpunk Cathedral Organ
- Stargazer Warmchill Strings
- Tracerbullet Lead
Great little synth and again, great educational video, thank you :)
Remote God thanks so much for taking the time to write this!
(After edit: would love to hear your sounds!)
My pleasure! And re: my sounds, I'm actively working up some new ones :) I threw you a follow (particularly hoping you'll do more videos on the Mother-32), you can do the same back if you want updates about new music I'll be posting soon! (no worries, no obligation either) Have a good night!
My music career started with classical wind symphony music and me living under a musical rock. Still love wind symphony, but electronic music, which I used to passionately hate, is starting to sink its claws into me. It started with a Roland Boutique, which led to a Mother 32. Now I've got a whole eurorack setup and love it all. There's just something about having TOTAL control over the sound you get to make that is absolutely fascinating and alluring to me. You can't get enough of it.
you could save patches with this ?
@@Bigjuggs64 No - the sound engine is purely analogue.
Really helpful video. I'm pretty new to synths/modular and bought one of these to start with. That trick of getting a sine wave out of it by way of the filter and making it track with a keyboard is really a cool feature to find and use.
I'm new to the Mother-32 - several years after you produced this video. It's the best intro I've found. It goes just deep enough to be practically very useful and inspiring without drowning a noob in arcana and spaghetti. Thank you! I've been messing around with software synths for some time and I love a lot of them, but the Moog world is definitely the most engaging to me. I love this thing!
Your videos are absolutely top notch. This has become my how-to guide for learning the Mother 32. Mine's in the mail - my first synth purchase.
Agreed...the best!
Ah. Seriously man. That tip at the end of random voltages etc is just genius. Much appreciated. The sound of Mother-32 was immediately ten times more interesting. Keep it up!
Fell in love with the Mother 32 when I saw it in a music store. I'm not a hardware guy but just had to get it. Even if I'm not doing something truly productive it's just too easy to lose hours in this thing. I've been eyeing more modular pieces ever since but trying so hard to not expand.
Love the video and easily one of the better tutorials I've seen for the Mother 32.
just bought one 4 days ago, this video came right on time! tks for the tips. keep em coming!
Invaluably succinct and well put video. Thanks for the demo!
Mine will be here tomorrow. This video is absolutely necessary. Thank you.
How have you been liking it?
That intro song is GREAT!! Love the harmonic progression, filter choices, and amazing thought put into each layer. WOW!
Thanks! It's a cover of the intro of Birthday by Infected Mushroom & Berry Sakharof
@@loopopThanks for the reply! I was literally sitting here figuring out the changes wondering where the inspiration for these beautiful melodies came from. Seems to be the chord progression ||:E |F#7/A# |C#m |A :|| I am going to go listen to the original that you covered, and I’m happy that you were the reason for finding them, and that you are such an amazing online synth supporter, teacher, and talent! You’re the reason many of us buy and progress in the modular world. Thank you!
Class A Course & Pedagogy. Extremely well conveyed. Many Thanks !
Honestly without your videos it would take me years to uncover all these wonderful sound design tips and tricks! If you ever figure out how to clone yourself, please let me know as I will be first in line to buy an in-studio clone! :-) awesome stuff and thanks so much! - reminded my why you are the only person I support on Patreon currently!
Thanks very much for your support, and the book is as close as I can get to a clone!
Excellent video. Looking forward
If I had your knowledge I’d wear sunglasses at night and ask fancy restaurants to bring out a special table. Us novices are extremely lucky to have you, Loopopinator!
Duuuude thanx
I've recently added modular synthesis to my bucket of musical joys and coincidentally I keep running into your tutes. Great job man! You really have this down. Appreciate all of the goods here to get me up and running fast!
His vids convinced me to buy a Neutron. Now I'm hooked...the Mother 32 is next.
I wasn’t sure I wanted one, given how I already have an Arturia Minibrute 2S, but then, the full Moog Sound Studio made me acquire one…🤩 then immediately look for your channel to benefit from your unvaluable experience and pleasant tutoring.🙏🏻
Very concise, thank you I learned a lot about it. I want to buy one in the future. I think this may be a nice dip into the world of Eurorack.
Highly recommend using a compressor with the Mother32 to help maintain volume while adding resonance to the filter. I've tried a bunch, all the boss cs1,2,3 and several others.....best I've found is the Fender The Bends Compressor.
I have a new rule when it comes to consider and evaluate a piece of gear: go see if Loopop reviewed it. That’s it.
Thanks for being so prepared, a joy to listen and follow. And - most importantly - thank you for being always MUSICAL with every piece of gear.
YT is loaded of supposed ‘experts’ full of ego only putting themselves in front of the camera while making the crappiest reviews, adding ignorance to ignorance. Long life Loopop!
When I buy new gear I go around and around but I always come back to Loopop
Sitting down with mine and following along. Great work!
hyped by the yomhuledet intro. keep it up :)
Great video. Congrats on a clear concise and informative vid. Just emailed it to 3 friends. Keep em coming. Thanks
Also most importantly you gave us info all qhy making things that sound good. A rare quality.
Professional review video. Awesome!
Great work in this demo.
This is just what I needed. Awesome!
Thank you so much! When Moog came out with the Mother 32, I jumped on it right away, having no experience with synthesis... I was able to get a plethora of sounds right out of the box, and experimented a bit with the patch bay, but while I was looking at it through the keyhole indicative of my experience, you've opened the door wide enough I can get properly started!
These things are amazing and I'm sure I can discover new areas of creativity with just as one could say with a modified guitar!
Nicely put together demo
great video. super informative! thanks for making it. can you do a video on the assign output please
Loved the intro. Knew I recognised it, but couldn't place it until I read the intro.
Great review! As always really insightful. I missed the pros and cons section, though!
Thanks - that was before I had a pros and cons section in my videos - plus by now it would not have aged well...
This is one of the best mother 32 videos i've found so far! The manual can be a little cryptic sometimes.
excellent tutorial. would love to see a vid on more advanced uses of the patch bay if possible
ruclips.net/video/v1y7X1M3iso/видео.html
Here you go :)
bless you for putting in a table of contents
Thanks for share this amazing review!
my respects!
Excellent video. Thank you!
Love that channel - thanks !
You were practically play "Yom Huledet" by Berry Saharof in the intro.
Great song
yes it's a direct cover - indeed great song!
This was incredibly useful for me.
Thanks so much for the video!
Thank you, Loopop!
thanks for making this video!
Very informative video,thankyou!
Great videos. Very informative.
Killer work, thanks
this video is so helpful. thank you
3:54 Since you're bringing in the noise oscillator, can you bring in the funk oscillator, too?
should be named quick start guide, because it's tremendously useful
excellent video...thank you!!
Great video, thanks.
nice tutorial... just need to buy one :)
thanks so much! such a help
At 22:19, I played Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good To Me" and it sounds really close to the synth solo in that song. I think it would be almost exact if maybe a second detuned sub oscillator was added. I played the video along with this and they are very close in sound.
Great fun.
May I also recommend the korg karma.
It can’t compete with the moog sound but it has 4 real time programmable sequencers midi out and loads of patch storage and can be picked up for a few hundred earth units.
Nice combo
All the best.
This is great.
🎉 nice sequence 😊
Hi I'd love see how to use mother 32 sequencer to control othee synths, like behringer midzl D ir dfam. I'm sure there should be a way but I don't don't have your skills. Also would love to see how midel D could increase mother 32 capabilities ... After all it's all moog design
Fantastic video thank you! Only error I picked up - it is oscillator frequency you are modulating with the random voltage source @21:47, not velocity. Velocity is a MIDI term related to volume (usually). The random voltage generator in your video is affecting the VCO pitch/frequency, not volume. Otherwise, great work!
rafe s thanks and yes you’re right of course - human mind works in weird ways - I obviously know it’s pitch ... a glitch in the matrix I guess....
Excellent explanation thank you.
girl in a gale thanks!
Mother is simpler that she seems. You demystify both general concepts and the machines under review. Other reviewers do that to some extent but your videos are perfect, complete with a table of contents and oscilloscope.
TROGULAR 10,000 thanks - much appreciated ;)
Thank you🙏
Excellent demonstration all around, very informative, will be using as a reference, no question!
Hi! Do you think it can replace a dedicated 303 functionally? Coz I don’t feel like paying a few hundred bucks for a bass machine.
Thanks
This is very cool. I passed on the opportunity to buy a Mother32 some time ago... I don't regret it as it does not fit what I needed back then (and still wouldn't fit my current workflow), but it is one of those synths to keep an eye on. It does sound precious, and is a great starting point for a very flexible modular system. The sequencer stroke me as a little bit complicated, though. So I'm looking forward to see more of your videos on this synth.
Have a great week.
Cheers!
Philip+ thanks! Yes I plan to explore it more... btw the sequencer is super simple once you get used to it. There's a learning curve but it's not too steep considering what you get (slides, ratchets, accents)
Hmm .. what a very passive-aggressive comment 😕
How is it passive-aggressive?
I think aeropilot's comment was self-referencing.
The 303 was so hidden I never heard it :-o
Thanks for making this. I must admit that for some time I wanted to get moog or similar synth but now I see that I most likely don't need it.
Update: I bought it... I wish moog made just filter eurorack module.
I am getting second thoughts I do like its filter.
Man you are great
Thank you for the great videos, as a new mother-32 owner, this is very helpful. I was hoping you would share how you are capturing the wave form as you are playing. I am a visual person, and if it’s possible, having that available would help tremendously as I learn.
Thanks! I run the audio into a computer, into a DAW and then use a plug-in called MOscilloscope
loopop thank you so very much!
Do you prefer the internal seq or use an external for the Mother?
Monostatin is fun with it.
Intro song - Berry Sakharof - Birthday (Infected Mushroom Remix) :-)
18:59 rayman gba intro theme XD
My first 31 mothers all broke down. Maybe I should try this.
אחלה ברי
:)
ואחלה סרטונים
To hear the sine wave you could also just use the hp fliter instead of going out of the mixer or am i wrong?
hi, is it possible to record more than 1 sequence to change the pattern on the fly?
Hello, can you hook this up with sub phatty and use it's sequencer for Sub's sounds?
I'll try these tricks to the Crave.
Loopop + Infected Mushroom!? What a treat.
FFS! I didn't realise that this was my comment from 2 years ago, and just gave it a thumbs up...
Why do Gate, Run/Stop, Reset, and Hold alone have washers around the patches?
Loopendous!
is it possible to send notes via midi in and have the sequencer record the midi information into the internal sequencer?
Excellent video! Thank you. What do you use as oscilloscope and spectrograph?
Thanks! Scopes by Melda and Ableton.
Great video! Thank you for creating it! Do you know of a way to stop the constant tone when set up as dual oscilators around 16:40 in video. I love this sound but the fact that i have to turn down my mixer in order for the sound to stop is limiting. Thanks, Jake
Jacob Romero not with the mother-32 alone - you need another VCA either as a hardware or software module
is the fm in 17:20 inly possible because the lfo is in an audio rate or could you do it like this in general i mean with lfo modulating the Frequency of the Oscillator -> pitching in frequency with the an envelope generator?
filter to fast modulation sourcer? (fast modulation?)
this guy is a genius.
I'd love to see a video with all 3 Moog semi-modular synths (DFAM, Mother32 and Subharmonicon) and what hidden gems there are with all 3 connected. @loopop :-)
This!
Mylar melodies did one
Wonderful content!! Thank you!
At about 15:45 on this video, you bypass the VCA by running VCMix out to your computer. I'm sorry, but I don't see what happens after that. Could you please explain where the signal goes after that?
Thanks so much!
Thanks for the kind words - I had to rewatch to remember... Audio from the second "panel" mixer is going directly to my audio interface
It's possible to patch stereo cable to any one?no losted frequencies,or phasing problems?🙏✌️
Thanks for this! Question: Does Moog have a backup/restore to/from a computer system, like Arturia does?
Fantastic video Loopop! I await Mother and Subharmonicon stock at my dealer. Question: what S/W do you use for the oscilloscopes you show in the video?
Cheers!
Brian Holtz Music Hi, I use MOscilloscope and MAnalyzer by a company called Melda - they’re free with some limitations in the MFreeFXBundle. Occasionaly I’ll use scopes by VCV
Is it possible to use splinting cable and apply for example random to both oscillator mix and cutoff?
Jakub Kostynowicz - sure - even if you don't have a spitter you can use the onboard splitter (MULT) in the patch bay
Excellent review and Demo. What software do you use to show the waveforms on the screen? Very cool
Thanks! MOscilloscope and Ableton Spectrum...
Hi loopop ! i have ARmk2 and a DFAM. i can't find a proper way to sync dfam from a separate output of the ARmk2.
what i want to do is send a clock in the dfam to get it synced, but it seemed to run steps of the dfam in a reversed way or totally randomly. I would like to send the clock to the dfam without bypassing the sequencing function of the dfam.
How would u do that properly ?
Hey, I actually don’t know how to NOT get DFAM moving forward step by step. My guess is you’re plugging cv into the tempo rather than Adv clock and that’s giving you the illusion of reverse. Makes sense?
Hey Loopop! Thank you so much again!! One question, what's the wave visualizer you're using? I'd love to use it!! Cheers
Mars Torrent Hi, I use MOscilloscope and MAnalyzer by a company called Melda - they’re free with some limitations in the MFreeFXBundle. Occasionaly I’ll use scopes by VCV
In the beginning sounds like early Depeche Moog.
Hi !! - I love your video's - really awesome. Just a wonderful way of providing really comprehensive info - million thanks. May I ask which software you are using to display the wave forms? - That is really helpful also something I'd like to use when twisting the on the units myself.
Hi, I use MOscilloscope and MAnalyzer by a company called Melda - they’re free with some limitations in the MFreeFXBundle. Occasionally I’ll use scopes by VCV
@@loopop Thanx Loopop!!! - I never subscribed to anyone on youtube before - this seems like the best place to start - big up!!!
19:00 That’s the bassline in baptist church while ppl get the Holy Ghost
Hello!
Is there a way lo lower the LFO rate more than the knob at minimum?
The only way I could was to path LFO TRI to LFO RATE, but the shape of the LFO changes a lot. It sound as it becomes pointier, less time in the max values. When I actually would prefer a Sine Shape.
thanks!
Yes you can. Do a RUclips search.
The sequencer bugs me. And is the reason I preferred the DFAM THAT CAME AFTER IT ! With a much more intuitive workflow .✌️👽🎶Christo
Is it worth buying this on 2021? I wanna buy my first hardware synth and I want something small, powerfull and for sequencing
Sure
Help me please!How to synchronisate "assign random" tempo in ableton by midi???
Garry Galler I am not sure what ableton setting you're not applying right but for sure it should work so hopefully that gives you some hope? Also make sure that on the Mother you're applying random to assign because that's not the default