Within like 10 hours, both Intellijel and Pittsburgh Modular hunted me down with their amazing customer service and asked to fix the issues I mentioned. So for what it's worth, I should have said this in the video: Every company has defective modules, I was just too lazy to do anything about them. I'll be happy to finally have the Plonk experience everyone is raving about. :)
Glad you are getting love on the Plonk. I love this module. It is near and dear to my heart as a percussionist. This module along with Rings, Plaits, and Basimilus Iteritas Alter allow me to humanize the beats that I create. In fact, there are times when I feel I am playing my congas alongside the modular system.
SV-1 was my first foray into modular and the used unit I bought had a defective ADSR. Pittsburgh was super helpful and quick fixing it and modding it into a glorified SV-1B. Love those folks, amazing customer service.
I named my octatrack "Old Greg" because it kidnapped me against my will and forced me to love it and now I'm drinking Bailey's at the bottom of the ocean with Old Greg and the funk.
Wait- You're The Flashbulb? No shit! It Pours is a track that I constantly recall and replay. Just incredible atmosphere, stirs up the distant emotions. Amazing work.
It's a little unfair - and probably illegal to be this good at so many flavors of music, this charming, this well-informed, well-spoken, good looking and funny... but hey, we're all richer for it. So more power to him :) (Plus, from what he's saying and doing - he's got a big old heart and a sense of ethics to be proud of).
Great to see the Pittsburgh filter get love. I've had one forever and it sounds great on literally everything but I especially love running guitar through it, set as a notch filter with cranked Q and some slow smooth modulating CV on the cutoff.
The module he covered with his phone is the Empress Effects ZOIA Euroburo. It's a eurorack version of their wildly popular ZOIA modular multi-effect guitar pedal, and it is indeed amazing!
WHOA HOLD THE PHONE.... I've only had a few of your videos pop up which I passively watched while working or soldering a module or whatever and... You're The Flashbulb?!?! I'm sorry for being embarrassingly late to the party but... I just can't even believe that. Thank you so much for making music I've listened to a whole lot and for making great videos!
I've been a synth guy for a couple of years now - but after this video, I myself feel surprisingly dense. (Modular seems like almost a different world of electronic music-making still)
Synth is like another planet compared to a fretboard. This kind of content clickbait/dinner does not matter. It amazes me how one does not get overwhelmed by these setups, as well being able to create entire musical compositions without getting distracted by the amount of choice or even limitation. Much respect.
This was great. I've been looking into starting a modular setup and I've been overwhelmed by a lot of the different things out there. This showed me what a lot of things do better than 20 minute videos of some guy going "umm" and "uhh" while he tries to overexplain a single item.
The module he could not show is the empress euroburo, the eurorack version of the zoia. Very happy to see this module in a rack because I was beginning to think Empress abandoned it!
i was surprised about your take on the disting, i have a way smaller system so it really works great as that swiss army knife turning my case into anything really.
I really appreciate that you did an "everything I own" video. I wish everyone did. It's tempting to think people uploading RUclips videos have every module ever made, and can get frustrating knowing you can't actually do that. It's nice to see that with, even you, there's a limit. You have a LOT of modules, but it's nice to remind myself that you also DON'T have some. Sounds simplistic and childish I know. But I guess it's a psychological intimidation factor and your honesty gives me a more reasonable estimate of reality outside of my own imagined exaggerations. THANKS
It is more overwhelming than intimidating. I was lucky to be poor af when I got into it so I couldn't buy anything, I just studied how it worked for a year and a half before buying my first modules and for me, that was a really great way to get into it
yes please think that :D I got into it in August, thinking I will gradually build up, maybe a module a month or so. It all went downhill with a full 104hp and another 84hp racks now full. It's a trap
You can cover it up all you want but I can just FEEL that beautiful colored button grid under there! That will be a very... Empressive module for sure.
1010 toolbox is worth every cent. I got rid of my steppy, mimetic digitalis and a couple utils modules for this. Its 26 hp with a flip able touchscreen.
Thanks for this. I cringe at most advice-giving videos and forum posts and only really respond to posts like this - someone talking about the choices they've made for themselves and what they themselves get out of those choices. Great video.
A neat little module i just found is the Muta Jovis from Noise Engineering. I snagged 2 when they were on sale and initially thought they were plain old mutes, but they also function as buffered downstream mults. pretty cool for < $100
you should never give away the 4ms spectral resonator. once you find out what this monster can do you never ever give it away. its like maths..... you aiways find new stuff to do with it. great manual, too! but i must confess its a damn complex module!!!
The Disting mk4 is sooo good, send a clock to x and use it's Euclidian sequencer or clockable LFO, it's a great extension to the rample by adding 2 more triggered sample (works pretty much the same as rample) Oh and its got great reverb and delay...
Love the videos man, keep 'em coming! One thing I'd like to contribute about "true" modular vs. VCV Rack - my brain has this pathological need to follow some set of "rules" or patterns. One of my biggest loves about using VCV Rack is that I can't just keep using the same patch over and over and just modifying it a little, like I would if I had an actual modular setup. If I didn't unplug all the cables at the end of the day (extra work), I'd sit back down the next time and maybe make a couple of changes, play around, leave, come back, wash rinse repeat. With VCV Rack I'm forced to come up with new patches effectively every time I sit down which means that I can force my brain to be creative despite it wanting to be extremely lazy/efficient. Either way, this video gave me some more info about the Mutable modules that I will be able to take into VCV Rack, so thank you very much!
Love the shirt! Video's great too, I appreciate you going over how much you use each module and whether you'd keep it or not, that's helpful to know now that I've started my own rack and am looking into ways to better fill out my system.
A couple years back I bought the MiniBrute 2S and they had a discount on its 2U Eurorack case/power supply, so I picked it up. After studying a lot about eurorack, I just couldn't bring myself to buy any of the modules because other folks I watched on RUclips would eventually buy modules for the MB2S but then they would discard it and just use the Eurorack exclusively, and then it would fill up, they would then get rid of the case and get a larger one and continue buying more and more modules. So right now, the most I will do with Eurorack is use VCV Rack (and I'll happily buy stuff in VCV Rack to support it). I think maybe I'll add some external integration, but you know, when you see for the steep cost of $500 just to get CV/MIDI in/out to Eurorack and back to PC, I could get some gear that makes sound or have better function for $500, instead of just being a tool performing a task for hardware and taking up space. Once you figure you probably need a few thousand dollars of function/tool-type gear, I can see Eurorack might never be for me...
For what it's worth, I have a MiniBrute 2S and a Eurorack setup and I use the two together all the time, mainly for finding interesting ways to process and warp sounds from the 2S. I use the 2S as a sequencer to trigger other things in rack land as well. The two are really complementary together and while VCV is a wonderful concept, I prefer the tactile experience of using the Brute with Eurorack modules by a long shot.
@ 1:08 u can see the module he tried to hide from us. its just the empress effects zoia guitar pedal in a eurorack module. it was already shown on some other namm
well darn I use the disting in 100% of my patches I was actually pretty sad to see you never use it. the interface is difficult to navigate through but I usually use it for the effect algorithms (chorus, reverb, delay, phaser) which are all fairly simple to find and use. that said, if you still find it difficult, the disting ex has a much better screen and is basically two distings in one. highly recommend looking into that if you haven't already!
Rings!! Yay! 😆 I started about a year ago and slowly building, up to 5 currently. Rings was my first module, the went for a midi to cv to use it with a keyboard lol. I still love it. The Disting is one of my other modules which I think it’s a great module when starting out cause it will let you try all kinds of things with your other modules and see what things to go for in the future 😜. Thanks for the input!!
I always felt the same way about naming instruments, and calling it Subway is hilarious. Oh, I was listening to the Empress Bass Compressor demos, and you are incredibly skilled!
I've found great ways of using the 4ms SMR for drones that doesn't sound like an icecream truck. Using an ochd I have each voice's volume go up and down in a de-synchronized way, then sufficienty distort the voices with delays/reverbs/distortion. The result is an ever morphing ambient drone.
I do use my disting, but because I'm poor and my Neutron needs friends. You'd probably find more use out of Disting EX, with better interface and algorithms, and with a dual disting mk4 mode you probably wouldn't use (but who knows?). However I don't think you NEED a Disting with a case this big with stil some room, and being able to afford getting new modules if needed.
I have the same thoughts. Disting is great for its size and price and shines particularly in a smaller setup. I had numerous situations where I needed a functionality in a patch and Disting already could do this, so it saved me a lot of money. ;)
Swap that Mother 32 for a Subharmonicon. The use of subharmonics in conjunction with the clock generators is a blast in itself. In a large rack like yours it would be a playground of sound.
I should make a similar video. I've got 18U of eurorack right now, but also don't use all of it consistently. As a spoiler, what I use 80%+ of the time that you haven't already listed: Eloquencer, Voltage Block, Erbeverb, Mangrove, Sisters. Noise Engineering: Loquelic Iteritas, BIA, MI are essential for me too. I want to use my ER-301 and Nerdseq more, but they are such a dedication, with incredibly deep interfaces. I feel when I use them I need to be in a very intentional mindset. Printing out the manuals and forcing myself to try every feature at least once was critical for learning them. I had to sell the ER-101/102 as it was just too deep and not intuitive enough for me.
I treat distings as "set once and forget" type modules, as they remember what mode they're on at power off. At the moment, I have mine set as precision adders and LFOs and are left as such. When considered in this mindset, they're still not perfect, but they're not really that bad at all. If anything, such modules are part of a bigger problem in Eurorack, engineers valuing features and frivolous aesthetics over user experience. This probably explains why a lot of "cool" modules have a quick turnaround.
Fun stuff. I loved the casual honesty. 'This module is super powerful. Yeah, I'd trade it for something else. Moving on.' As someone with more modules than I like to admit, I 100% get it. Some things just click with ya, and some things just don't. I'll be curious to hear your take on the Rample in another 6 months or so. Not sure if you were kidding about the Maths not being emulated or cloned, but I'll go ahead and be "that guy". Maths itself is "inspired by" Serge Dual Universal Slope Generator (DUSG). Others of its ilk: Befaco Rampage, Frap Tools Falistri.
Agree... i record inspired moments with my disting and then transfer the sd card to the nebulae and mangle my inspirent moments to something even more inspiring.
If you want to start getting into modular, get VCV Rack and play around it a bit. Modular is still a niche market and you'll be paying a lot for stuff that shouldn't cost that much. Buying modules in the blind like that with no knowledge is asking for trouble.
Oh man, so very true. For the first couple of minutes I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I f***ed up on that one too! Love this video, I might have to do one showing my f**k up vs loves.
Interesting way to do this, I appreciate it. Would've liked to have heard more of the "why" with the trades, but I get it. I feel very lucky to have access to about ~50U of stuff and wouldn't trade any of it.
Give Disting a try. Yes, the interface is not great, and I dare say it's audio effects are not great, but CV stuff is. I ended up remembering only two or three of my favourite algos: lin-exp converter (for MS20 but also for making weird LFO shapes), clockable LFO (goes into audio rates and you can play harmonics) and wavefolder (wasn't a big fan until I realised I can fold ADSR curves). There's even a "favourites" options where you can place your most often used algos but I never bothered.
This was very interesting. I have a big eurorack too, but at the moment not one single module in common, I had many of yours, but sold them all, also all your VCOs. I am always looking for best-sounding modules. Tons of analog stuff. First, I would recommend the Tiptop Folder Processor and try using the Subdiv Output. This is one of the craziest, at the same time but fattest sounding things I found in eurorack. Then, you lack of a very good high quality VCO. I recommend Instruo CS-L. Because I dont like your filters too much, I recommend the Supercritical Neuron Flux, or my favorite, the Filter Threek. Then, I would check out a good digital delay with a open feedback loop as the Chronoblob.
"I know we have very strict rules against romantic entanglements with our modular-synthesizers, but at this point in time, we can't stop them from having hearts. These two are clearly in love. If they want to express that love in a perfectly healthy way, then... okay, hold on. Th... is this what I think it is? That got unhealthy real quick. That... okay, that's... yeah, that's weird. That is well out of the mainstream. You know, I was raised in the... the Bay Area, but I... I'm a father now."
Seconding Falistri as an alternative to Maths, though they're a bit different. Morphagene as an alternative Nebulae, and otherwise just sell off whatcha don't use!
The Xaoc Devices Belgrad is great if you don’t have one. Next one I want to try is the Frequency Central Product - xvco/vcf/vca and envelope module with onboard lfo and noise. Looks like a great addition.
Within like 10 hours, both Intellijel and Pittsburgh Modular hunted me down with their amazing customer service and asked to fix the issues I mentioned. So for what it's worth, I should have said this in the video: Every company has defective modules, I was just too lazy to do anything about them. I'll be happy to finally have the Plonk experience everyone is raving about. :)
Yea, but you voided the warranty on Clouds when you loaded 3rd party firmware...oh wait this isn't Korg or Roland.
the 'embarrasing brand'-solution is great!
and please give the poor disting some love ;_;
Glad you are getting love on the Plonk. I love this module. It is near and dear to my heart as a percussionist. This module along with Rings, Plaits, and Basimilus Iteritas Alter allow me to humanize the beats that I create. In fact, there are times when I feel I am playing my congas alongside the modular system.
My experience with Pittsburgh Modular has always been stellar. They really care for their customers.
SV-1 was my first foray into modular and the used unit I bought had a defective ADSR. Pittsburgh was super helpful and quick fixing it and modding it into a glorified SV-1B. Love those folks, amazing customer service.
I named my octatrack "Old Greg" because it kidnapped me against my will and forced me to love it and now I'm drinking Bailey's at the bottom of the ocean with Old Greg and the funk.
want to go to a club where people wee on each other?
And force you to watch endless British Bake-Off
OG: I like you. What do you think of me?
HM: I don’t rightly know, sir.
OG: Make an assessment.
HM: I think you’re a nice modern gentleman.
made my day
Wait- You're The Flashbulb? No shit! It Pours is a track that I constantly recall and replay. Just incredible atmosphere, stirs up the distant emotions. Amazing work.
Benn has such an inspiring personality
It's a little unfair - and probably illegal to be this good at so many flavors of music, this charming, this well-informed, well-spoken, good looking and funny... but hey, we're all richer for it. So more power to him :) (Plus, from what he's saying and doing - he's got a big old heart and a sense of ethics to be proud of).
Great to see the Pittsburgh filter get love. I've had one forever and it sounds great on literally everything but I especially love running guitar through it, set as a notch filter with cranked Q and some slow smooth modulating CV on the cutoff.
This really shows how underrated Doepfer stuff is. Sure, it's not THAT interesting, but they are all so useful and straight forward, very inspiring.
Doepfer is great for all around build quality and price. Ladik is also another great company.
Intellijel is similar, it's why I like them (that and 🇨🇦🇨🇦)
The module he covered with his phone is the Empress Effects ZOIA Euroburo. It's a eurorack version of their wildly popular ZOIA modular multi-effect guitar pedal, and it is indeed amazing!
its funny, at about a minute into the video i paused to go over the b roll of the rack to see what it was hahaha
WHOA HOLD THE PHONE.... I've only had a few of your videos pop up which I passively watched while working or soldering a module or whatever and... You're The Flashbulb?!?! I'm sorry for being embarrassingly late to the party but... I just can't even believe that. Thank you so much for making music I've listened to a whole lot and for making great videos!
This video is surprisingly informative and dense. Thanks Ben!
I've been a synth guy for a couple of years now - but after this video, I myself feel surprisingly dense.
(Modular seems like almost a different world of electronic music-making still)
Synth is like another planet compared to a fretboard. This kind of content clickbait/dinner does not matter. It amazes me how one does not get overwhelmed by these setups, as well being able to create entire musical compositions without getting distracted by the amount of choice or even limitation.
Much respect.
It’s like a pedalboard. You can get distracted, it’s up to you.
Lol, Benn!! That “Well Hi” was a spot on impression of that adorable cat. Big props. I don’t do modular, but you got my like and view just for that 😂
Nice to see an honest and non-gearlusty rig walkthrough for a change!
This was great. I've been looking into starting a modular setup and I've been overwhelmed by a lot of the different things out there. This showed me what a lot of things do better than 20 minute videos of some guy going "umm" and "uhh" while he tries to overexplain a single item.
The module he could not show is the empress euroburo, the eurorack version of the zoia. Very happy to see this module in a rack because I was beginning to think Empress abandoned it!
i was surprised about your take on the disting, i have a way smaller system so it really works great as that swiss army knife turning my case into anything really.
That unreleased module looks like a Euroboro but I could be wrong off a quick glance :). Fun overview!
I really appreciate that you did an "everything I own" video. I wish everyone did. It's tempting to think people uploading RUclips videos have every module ever made, and can get frustrating knowing you can't actually do that. It's nice to see that with, even you, there's a limit. You have a LOT of modules, but it's nice to remind myself that you also DON'T have some. Sounds simplistic and childish I know. But I guess it's a psychological intimidation factor and your honesty gives me a more reasonable estimate of reality outside of my own imagined exaggerations. THANKS
Modular synthesis just seems like such an intimidating medium to get into
It is more overwhelming than intimidating. I was lucky to be poor af when I got into it so I couldn't buy anything, I just studied how it worked for a year and a half before buying my first modules and for me, that was a really great way to get into it
If you have any specific questions I'd be happy to answer them
You can try it out though on iOS there are quite a few apps, for example miRack. There you can learn the ropes and try out what tons of modules.
Try VCV rack, it's free.
yes please think that :D I got into it in August, thinking I will gradually build up, maybe a module a month or so. It all went downhill with a full 104hp and another 84hp racks now full. It's a trap
So what was the secret module?
You can cover it up all you want but I can just FEEL that beautiful colored button grid under there! That will be a very... Empressive module for sure.
Yes, this.
Actually laughed out loud at click dinner. And the quick closeup made it hit even better.
Genuinely love your humour.
"well, hyYiiiiye!" liked instantly. Love you.
Sell the distink mk4 and get the super ex disting, the screen is readable!
I like this criteria of "would I trade it" ..good way to winnow down to the essentials.
1010 toolbox is worth every cent. I got rid of my steppy, mimetic digitalis and a couple utils modules for this. Its 26 hp with a flip able touchscreen.
Thanks for this. I cringe at most advice-giving videos and forum posts and only really respond to posts like this - someone talking about the choices they've made for themselves and what they themselves get out of those choices. Great video.
So I had no idea you had a youtube channel until this randomly popped up. Love you Flashbulb, cant wait to see you live again.
I _love_ the A-152, would love to see how you use it. The T&H is so much fun to mess with.
I loved this video, being in modular for a good 10 years I can say I will never trade a module!
Best synth of 2020...
I pad - modular.
southern cat: "well hi" ..
A neat little module i just found is the Muta Jovis from Noise Engineering. I snagged 2 when they were on sale and initially thought they were plain old mutes, but they also function as buffered downstream mults. pretty cool for < $100
16:30 wait holy shit this dude is the dude from Flashbulb?!
Yes
Lol we don't understand the question. 😘
you should never give away the 4ms spectral resonator. once you find out what this monster can do you never ever give it away. its like maths..... you aiways find new stuff to do with it. great manual, too! but i must confess its a damn complex module!!!
im just glad i picked pretty much the same coremodules :DD good to hear you keep them haha. elements rings etc
The Disting mk4 is sooo good, send a clock to x and use it's Euclidian sequencer or clockable LFO, it's a great extension to the rample by adding 2 more triggered sample (works pretty much the same as rample) Oh and its got great reverb and delay...
I feel like you're technically soliciting trades in this video which is amusing somehow
Thought the same thing xd. Do a video in the same format for hardware mixing tools ei. Compressors. Eqs
that sounds like a term of art. does it mean something specific? "soliciting trades", something to do with stock?
Oh no I meant it sounds like he's telling us what modules he wants to trade out of system, implying we should make him offers! Haha
It's definitely the eurorack version of the empress zoia
Is it an v2 of the euroburo? I thought that was already out/announced...
@@jonathaninnes4124 i think it's announced but not officially released yet.
@@256k_ looks like it, I was sure I had seen videos of it nearly a year ago. Weird he wouldn't show it, there's a few demos of it already on YT.
Yup.
It did look like Zoia, was it ever announced? I've left several comments asking for an update but haven't heard anything!
Love the videos man, keep 'em coming! One thing I'd like to contribute about "true" modular vs. VCV Rack - my brain has this pathological need to follow some set of "rules" or patterns. One of my biggest loves about using VCV Rack is that I can't just keep using the same patch over and over and just modifying it a little, like I would if I had an actual modular setup. If I didn't unplug all the cables at the end of the day (extra work), I'd sit back down the next time and maybe make a couple of changes, play around, leave, come back, wash rinse repeat. With VCV Rack I'm forced to come up with new patches effectively every time I sit down which means that I can force my brain to be creative despite it wanting to be extremely lazy/efficient. Either way, this video gave me some more info about the Mutable modules that I will be able to take into VCV Rack, so thank you very much!
Yes yes yes on that Cribs camera work dude
Your videos just get better and better i swear.
I LITERALLY put this vid on while eating jimmy john's
Hey Benn, you should check out some modules similar to Maths like the Befaco Rampage and the Frap Tools Falistri
Love the shirt! Video's great too, I appreciate you going over how much you use each module and whether you'd keep it or not, that's helpful to know now that I've started my own rack and am looking into ways to better fill out my system.
Great video, would love watch this for hours from many peoples systems.
Of course you haven't added a module in 6 months. YOU HAVE THEM ALL. Hahah, Awesome video brother.
A couple years back I bought the MiniBrute 2S and they had a discount on its 2U Eurorack case/power supply, so I picked it up. After studying a lot about eurorack, I just couldn't bring myself to buy any of the modules because other folks I watched on RUclips would eventually buy modules for the MB2S but then they would discard it and just use the Eurorack exclusively, and then it would fill up, they would then get rid of the case and get a larger one and continue buying more and more modules.
So right now, the most I will do with Eurorack is use VCV Rack (and I'll happily buy stuff in VCV Rack to support it). I think maybe I'll add some external integration, but you know, when you see for the steep cost of $500 just to get CV/MIDI in/out to Eurorack and back to PC, I could get some gear that makes sound or have better function for $500, instead of just being a tool performing a task for hardware and taking up space. Once you figure you probably need a few thousand dollars of function/tool-type gear, I can see Eurorack might never be for me...
For what it's worth, I have a MiniBrute 2S and a Eurorack setup and I use the two together all the time, mainly for finding interesting ways to process and warp sounds from the 2S. I use the 2S as a sequencer to trigger other things in rack land as well. The two are really complementary together and while VCV is a wonderful concept, I prefer the tactile experience of using the Brute with Eurorack modules by a long shot.
Mine is named "Sam Rackwell" :D
Very interesting, I like the way how you describe each modules
Thanks
@ 1:08 u can see the module he tried to hide from us. its just the empress effects zoia guitar pedal in a eurorack module. it was already shown on some other namm
well darn I use the disting in 100% of my patches I was actually pretty sad to see you never use it. the interface is difficult to navigate through but I usually use it for the effect algorithms (chorus, reverb, delay, phaser) which are all fairly simple to find and use. that said, if you still find it difficult, the disting ex has a much better screen and is basically two distings in one. highly recommend looking into that if you haven't already!
I think now I just watch these videos for the humor. That Seinfeld bit in the "Ready To Go Modular?" video, I'll never forget it
I have no idea what a Module does but this was an incredibly entertaining video and I'll definitely learn what a Module does now
Download VCV rack. It is the same, you can actually use all of those mutable instruments modules, and it's free.
Rings!! Yay! 😆 I started about a year ago and slowly building, up to 5 currently. Rings was my first module, the went for a midi to cv to use it with a keyboard lol. I still love it.
The Disting is one of my other modules which I think it’s a great module when starting out cause it will let you try all kinds of things with your other modules and see what things to go for in the future 😜.
Thanks for the input!!
Thank you bro. I been enjoying your videos lately. I relate to a lot of your stuff
warps is the perfect secret sauce module imo. great for gently coloring boring patches with the capability to get real weird on command
This was really cool to watch as someone with lots of classic synth knowledge but no eurorack experience!
just wanna say before watching that.... I need a video like this
Thank you...good video and very helpful!
I sent my sv-1 to pittsburgh for the oscillator stability update and asked them to reduce the fine tune knob range to half, which helped me a lot.
15:00 YOU MEAN THE EUROBURO?!?! I really HOPE that thing is coming out soon...
I always felt the same way about naming instruments, and calling it Subway is hilarious. Oh, I was listening to the Empress Bass Compressor demos, and you are incredibly skilled!
I ordered a behringer neutron as my first modular/semimodular experience. It’s hasn’t arrived yet but I’m excited to get it.
OMG ITS THE MOTHERSHIP!!!
That was very useful, very entertaining and (thankfully) very different from everything euro related I ever saw! Super cool!
I've found great ways of using the 4ms SMR for drones that doesn't sound like an icecream truck. Using an ochd I have each voice's volume go up and down in a de-synchronized way, then sufficienty distort the voices with delays/reverbs/distortion. The result is an ever morphing ambient drone.
thanks for finally doing this, and done well - useful info from a seasoned musician :)
I do use my disting, but because I'm poor and my Neutron needs friends. You'd probably find more use out of Disting EX, with better interface and algorithms, and with a dual disting mk4 mode you probably wouldn't use (but who knows?). However I don't think you NEED a Disting with a case this big with stil some room, and being able to afford getting new modules if needed.
I have the same thoughts. Disting is great for its size and price and shines particularly in a smaller setup. I had numerous situations where I needed a functionality in a patch and Disting already could do this, so it saved me a lot of money. ;)
Cool video and the way you presented was very helpful. Thanks!
Great video! I’d love to see more modular content 🤓
2'50" is when the inane waffling ceases
Swap that Mother 32 for a Subharmonicon. The use of subharmonics in conjunction with the clock generators is a blast in itself. In a large rack like yours it would be a playground of sound.
I should make a similar video. I've got 18U of eurorack right now, but also don't use all of it consistently.
As a spoiler, what I use 80%+ of the time that you haven't already listed: Eloquencer, Voltage Block, Erbeverb, Mangrove, Sisters. Noise Engineering: Loquelic Iteritas, BIA, MI are essential for me too.
I want to use my ER-301 and Nerdseq more, but they are such a dedication, with incredibly deep interfaces. I feel when I use them I need to be in a very intentional mindset. Printing out the manuals and forcing myself to try every feature at least once was critical for learning them. I had to sell the ER-101/102 as it was just too deep and not intuitive enough for me.
Quite surprised you don't use the expert sleepers, I use mine with Ableton for all sorts of patches.
15:00 I look forward to your video on Clouds 2. I'm so happy you stan MI.
Ah yes! I am always looking for a good click dinner! 🍲 🎛 🥘
i guess u tried the basimilus iteritas alter
if not u should i really love it and its a lot of fun to play with it
If for no other reason than I really want it myself: Maestro from Acid Rain Technology is super duper coolio
I treat distings as "set once and forget" type modules, as they remember what mode they're on at power off. At the moment, I have mine set as precision adders and LFOs and are left as such. When considered in this mindset, they're still not perfect, but they're not really that bad at all.
If anything, such modules are part of a bigger problem in Eurorack, engineers valuing features and frivolous aesthetics over user experience. This probably explains why a lot of "cool" modules have a quick turnaround.
I have a KORG R3. I can patch the synthesiser to my speaker for purpose of listening.
Fun stuff. I loved the casual honesty. 'This module is super powerful. Yeah, I'd trade it for something else. Moving on.' As someone with more modules than I like to admit, I 100% get it. Some things just click with ya, and some things just don't. I'll be curious to hear your take on the Rample in another 6 months or so.
Not sure if you were kidding about the Maths not being emulated or cloned, but I'll go ahead and be "that guy". Maths itself is "inspired by" Serge Dual Universal Slope Generator (DUSG). Others of its ilk: Befaco Rampage, Frap Tools Falistri.
Qu bit knowingly released nebulae with a bunch of bugs they didn’t wanna fix in order to meet their release date. I was there
Got the disting mk3. It's just a voltage adder lol. It's almost shameful how many of my modules I don't use.
Nebulae is great module! Fix it, it's totally worth it
Agree... i record inspired moments with my disting and then transfer the sd card to the nebulae and mangle my inspirent moments to something even more inspiring.
I want rings for the reasons you love it but haven't bought one, also for the reasons you say. With Disting Mk4 (the display on the
Can you do another updated one of these vids? Very interesting to see where you are at now
I'm BORED TO DEATH of it. Weirdly. I might do a complete revamp soon.
Also: please don't give up on the 4ms SMR just yet!
It's lovely for weird ambient droney things, but man I've still got a lot to figure out for that one!
the es-6, es-8, es-3 are extremely fun and useful if you're a bitwig grid user. If you're not, i cant imagine it's very helpful
If you want to start getting into modular, get VCV Rack and play around it a bit. Modular is still a niche market and you'll be paying a lot for stuff that shouldn't cost that much. Buying modules in the blind like that with no knowledge is asking for trouble.
Oh man, so very true. For the first couple of minutes I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I f***ed up on that one too!
Love this video, I might have to do one showing my f**k up vs loves.
Kraft clickdinner - a Canadian staple
Interesting way to do this, I appreciate it. Would've liked to have heard more of the "why" with the trades, but I get it. I feel very lucky to have access to about ~50U of stuff and wouldn't trade any of it.
Give Disting a try. Yes, the interface is not great, and I dare say it's audio effects are not great, but CV stuff is. I ended up remembering only two or three of my favourite algos: lin-exp converter (for MS20 but also for making weird LFO shapes), clockable LFO (goes into audio rates and you can play harmonics) and wavefolder (wasn't a big fan until I realised I can fold ADSR curves). There's even a "favourites" options where you can place your most often used algos but I never bothered.
This was very interesting. I have a big eurorack too, but at the moment not one single module in common, I had many of yours, but sold them all, also all your VCOs. I am always looking for best-sounding modules. Tons of analog stuff. First, I would recommend the Tiptop Folder Processor and try using the Subdiv Output. This is one of the craziest, at the same time but fattest sounding things I found in eurorack. Then, you lack of a very good high quality VCO. I recommend Instruo CS-L. Because I dont like your filters too much, I recommend the Supercritical Neuron Flux, or my favorite, the Filter Threek. Then, I would check out a good digital delay with a open feedback loop as the Chronoblob.
"I know we have very strict rules against romantic entanglements with our modular-synthesizers, but at this point in time, we can't stop them from having hearts. These two are clearly in love. If they want to express that love in a perfectly healthy way, then... okay, hold on. Th... is this what I think it is? That got unhealthy real quick. That... okay, that's... yeah, that's weird. That is well out of the mainstream. You know, I was raised in the... the Bay Area, but I... I'm a father now."
Seconding Falistri as an alternative to Maths, though they're a bit different. Morphagene as an alternative Nebulae, and otherwise just sell off whatcha don't use!
Yep, and I like my Joranalogue Contour better than Falistri even.
dude you crack me up !!
Look into the stages too, from Mutable. Awesome complex envelope, lfo, sequencing thing
The Xaoc Devices Belgrad is great if you don’t have one. Next one I want to try is the Frequency Central Product - xvco/vcf/vca and envelope module with onboard lfo and noise. Looks like a great addition.