Behind The Scenes (with Kastle Drum)
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- I'm still working on the next tutorial video about hooking the Kastle Drum to other gear, but I figured I would share some of the results I captured along the way. For a tutorial video I start with a few ideas, try them out, take notes, etc. - and sometimes I just make the video without much backtracking. But in this case there was a sort-of dead end about audio control (might be of interest to noise enthusiasts, see below), and there is also the general issue of perfect reproducability on the Kastle Drum (and also Kastle 1.5 and Volca Modular). It's fun to improvise a setup on-camera for videos (I do that almost every time, to varying extents and with varying success) - but sometimes I feel like the results are not as good as what I had previously set up off-camera. So, this time I decided to just catch what I came up with, for reference, and the clips in this video are edits of those shots. No tripod, no lighting setup, kind of rough results (it looks like one of my cameras has a dead pixel also, oof). But when I'm doing something like capturing a motion-sequence on the Volca Modular - it will never, ever sound the same as the first time I do it. Thanks for watching!
TIMELINE
00:00 STARTER
Making some pinhead oats with my rice cooker for breakfast here.
00:19 INTRO
Sometimes I write ideas on our dryer with a dry erase marker...
01:06 Kastle Drum + PO-14 Sub
So, my camera has a dead pixel and my Sub has a dead pixel too. LED number 14 - that's sort of spooky. I'll cover the syncing method in the next video.
01:56 Kastle Drum + Korg NTS-1
Cannot say enough good things about the NTS-1. The arps are really nice here, but I use it for reverb in several of these clips. It is so easy to set up and use when I'm just figuring stuff out.
02:34 Kastle Drum + Kastle 1.5 Synth
This is an alternate clip of my submission to the Bastl Challenge on Instagram a week or so ago. It uses the Drum's Easter Egg Mode, which I'll explain in the next video. Sorry if the unstable camera in these clips is annoying - it's sort of a style on IG but not really something I like for RUclips.
03:28 Kastle Drum + Cassette (Audio Control)
Part of the reason the main tutorial video isn't ready is because I thought I would make a short video first about using audio control, similar to this clip - but with DAW-made stereo audio especially designed to sequence the drum (drum modulation channel + pitch modulation channel = stereo). It just didn't work that well, too much of the "carrier" frequency gets modulated into the Drum audio - which can be really cool if you are wanting to make something noisy, BUT I was hoping for a way to do cleaner long-form sequencing. Anyway, this clip gives the basic idea (but the tape player is mono).
04:23 Kastle Drum + Korg SQ-1 (16 Steps)
I will explain in the next video that it was total luck to figure out how to do this. It looks quite straightforward but it isn't. Also, my SQ-1 gates are taped off - the gate voltage is outside of the recommended range for Kastles.
05:04 Kastle Drum + Korg SQ-1 (8 Steps)
This was just from my iPhone, which I do sometimes just so that I remember what something sounds like (and I dictate details about the setup). I'm using parallel CV tracks here and it opens up a lot of options with the Kastle Drum.
05:39 Kastle Drum + Volca Modular
Many thanks to the subscriber that suggested pairing KD with the Volca. I might have eventually decided to do it on my own, but who knows? It is my favorite of these clips. The first portion of the clip uses a little known (unknown?) feature of the Volca, and the latter portion of the clip is a favorite things that I've done for this channel - it's something about the reverb (NTS-1 Hall) and how the Drum tuning meshes with the Volca tuning - kind of a catchy riff, too.
07:38 Kastle Drum + Zojirushi
The return of the rice cooker. I recorded the 'all done' melody and then ran that into the Kastle Drum as modulation and out through some reverb. Not pretty ;-; 
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liked the viddy man. I think the bit with the volca modular and the kastle drum really goes off! good combo
Thanks a ton🙏🏼 tbh, that part was one of the main reasons I made this short video - felt like I probably couldn't get back to that, not exactly, in a "how-to" situation (but we'll see in the next one🧐). Thanks again for checking it out!
@@undulations nice, yeah i like your format too. I'm a little scared to get into modular because it feels like an infinite rabbit hole, but i do dig the semi modular gear i have. Only recently learning how to make devices talk more, and it ramps up the fun exponentially! Keep up the good work.
@@robertito_dobbs Thank you! Understood about modular vs. semi-modular. Eurorack can be sort of like rolling a snowball - starts small, seems slow, and then quickly gets bigger, easier, then potentially overwhelming. Best of luck👍🏻
I watch your tutorials and ideas on gear I don't use as at experimental art. Just struck me. Because it is.
Your manipulation ideas is next level amazing.
It means a lot to read something like this. I really appreciate the thoughtful feedback🙏🏼.
Sounds good man, looking forward to the tutorial. These will be likely purchased next, but after the MicroFreak I need for a project I'm about the start working on
Thanks Chris🙏🏼! I'm sure you are really going to like the MicroFreak🎹!
Now I must convert our dryer into a whiteboard. My wife will once again be rethinking her life choices.
Well, it started with stuff like "run dryer" but was a slippery slope. I feel compelled to say: don't leave it on there too long - one time I left some diagrams on there for maybe 3 months, it took straight rubbing alcohol and a lot of effort to remove. ps another tactic is to write over difficult spots with the same pen, then wipe (works because it's exactly the right solvent...) Thanks for checking out the video🙏🏼!
Most excellent video,,,great patching,,bravo...
Thank you very much🙏🏼!
@@undulations This could be a real help to me....could you please describe the patching..? i cant quite see all connections,,!
@@promethiousb1489 I'm working on the tutorial video that goes through each patch step by step, will be posting in a week or so👍🏻
These are very cool ideas!
Thanks for checking it out🙏🏼!
Excellent stuff. Love the volca modular Kastle drum. I have to watch the seq again. I do find the drum marginally more interesting and I don t really understand why? Thank you very much for posting.
Hey, thank you very much🙏🏼! I guess for me it has to do with the different ways you can trigger a sound - trig in vs drum mod vs pitch mod. Will try to cover that some in the next one👍🏻.
I wish Bastl would get the drum back into production, still can’t find one to buy anywhere!
yeah, i saw that they were out, then back in stock, and then i think out again? hopefully more soon. thanks for checking out the video🙏🏼!
Still having fun with my Kastle 1.5 though!
@@trevormalcolm4328 Agreed, would not trade the 1.5!