creators like you is what makes youtube so special. i've learned /so/ much and have saved a lot of time (and money) hearing your perspective. just started my (hopefully) life-long journey into eurorack, expecting to /slowly/ grow as the years pass. would love to hear (more of) your thoughts regarding integrating eurorack with other (more conventional?) formats: pedals, synths, sequencers, etc. like most of us already have things like a midi controller, mixer, daw/vst, acoustics, whatever - and with eurorack becoming more popular - the extensive capabilities of something like a keystep or oxi allows one to skip that immediate need for various "essential" utilities and can focus on other aspects of what makes eurorack truly unique. you can do so much with even a mini skiff and controller these days. thanks again for taking the time to make content. ❤
Thank you so much for the super-like, I really appreciate it! It’s always encouraging to hear from people who enjoy my videos and find them beneficial. As to your question I think it is an essential when starting on Eurorack to ask; do I have a plan of what I want to do, or at the very least know what you *don’t* want to do. If you have a lot of existing gear my advice is to think of areas that you are missing something and then explore how modular can fill that niche. For example, say you want a granular delay processor that can create endless evolving pad landscapes of sound. How would you solve for that problem in modular, what modules would you need, and most importantly how would you support them with utilities to make them shine? That is a far more productive approach IMHO than simply buying “what’s hot right now” and hoping it will fit into your setup. It’s a good question though that’s prompted me to think about making a video on it. Thank you!
@@SynthDad its certainly good advice. personally, my initial plan is for an input module or two, an fx module or two, and some choice modulators to give new life into a few things i've been neglecting - various acoustics, the nts-1, my actual voice, etc. though i'm definitely curious to hear how a juno, a handpan, or even a pocket operator would sound going through a bit of rings/arbhar/etc. it's an already dense subject that's not only made more complex by the sheer amount of modules out there, but also by the fact that a eurorack system can/should be fairly unique to ones individual needs. anyways - appreciate the response and looking forward to your future videos 👍
Topics: ways to combine sequencers, why is track and hold? D gate flip flop, how to do something like the accumulators in metropolix with a regular sequencer (modify step X differently for every time through)
@@SynthDad If you're covering the Neural Network app next, it could get deep - a swarm of Neural Net O_Cs might serve as registers or something? idk I never finished my CS degree lol
I have a question Synthdad, what are the easiest modules to begin learning with? There’s a lot of options in modular and it begins to feel fruitless when I have many modules that not only do I not know what their function is capable of in my rack, but also might be difficult modules to learn at all! For example, maybe the doepfer series of modules are simpler to understand than MAKE NOISE and most other companies.
That is a simple question with a huge answer! It really depends on what you want to use your modular for. Doepfer modules are simple building blocks that do one thing really well. It's easier to learn each module as a result. But correspondingly it means you need a lot of them to make complex patches. There are many brands with simple but well made modules - Nano, Intellijel, Ladik, Instruo - the list is very long. I can plan to make a video on how to get started in eurorack in a few weeks
@@SynthDad thank you. I use ornament and crime as like the main brain along side a favorite LFO of mine. Branching out from there I realize there is a rabbit hole of modular options so that’s why I thought I’d ask about beginner stuff real similar to your Boolean Logic tutorial here. Thanks again for it.
What's a ghosts favorite type of logic?
I don’t know, what is a ghost’s favourite logic?
A booooo-lean!
@@SynthDadI was expecting ghoul-ean…
creators like you is what makes youtube so special. i've learned /so/ much and have saved a lot of time (and money) hearing your perspective.
just started my (hopefully) life-long journey into eurorack, expecting to /slowly/ grow as the years pass. would love to hear (more of) your thoughts regarding integrating eurorack with other (more conventional?) formats: pedals, synths, sequencers, etc.
like most of us already have things like a midi controller, mixer, daw/vst, acoustics, whatever - and with eurorack becoming more popular - the extensive capabilities of something like a keystep or oxi allows one to skip that immediate need for various "essential" utilities and can focus on other aspects of what makes eurorack truly unique.
you can do so much with even a mini skiff and controller these days.
thanks again for taking the time to make content. ❤
Thank you so much for the super-like, I really appreciate it! It’s always encouraging to hear from people who enjoy my videos and find them beneficial.
As to your question I think it is an essential when starting on Eurorack to ask; do I have a plan of what I want to do, or at the very least know what you *don’t* want to do. If you have a lot of existing gear my advice is to think of areas that you are missing something and then explore how modular can fill that niche. For example, say you want a granular delay processor that can create endless evolving pad landscapes of sound. How would you solve for that problem in modular, what modules would you need, and most importantly how would you support them with utilities to make them shine? That is a far more productive approach IMHO than simply buying “what’s hot right now” and hoping it will fit into your setup.
It’s a good question though that’s prompted me to think about making a video on it. Thank you!
@@SynthDad its certainly good advice. personally, my initial plan is for an input module or two, an fx module or two, and some choice modulators to give new life into a few things i've been neglecting - various acoustics, the nts-1, my actual voice, etc.
though i'm definitely curious to hear how a juno, a handpan, or even a pocket operator would sound going through a bit of rings/arbhar/etc.
it's an already dense subject that's not only made more complex by the sheer amount of modules out there, but also by the fact that a eurorack system can/should be fairly unique to ones individual needs.
anyways - appreciate the response and looking forward to your future videos 👍
This is a good reminder for me to pull out my neglected O_C and mess with it some more.
Man, I was just trying to finally wrap my head about this very topic today and you went and released this video,
MindReader!
I try my best :)
Topics: ways to combine sequencers, why is track and hold? D gate flip flop, how to do something like the accumulators in metropolix with a regular sequencer (modify step X differently for every time through)
Oh good suggestions! I'm not familiar with Metropolix accumulators - can you explain it a bit?
I’m looking forward to the video you mentioned once about writing full songs using the O_C.
That’s a good reminder to think about how I’d put that together
@@SynthDad maybe using Sequins and use CV to change the note sequence…..
An excellent refresher! I wonder how many O_C modules you would need to build a whole CPU from logic gates 🙃
Oh that would be an excellent xkcd comic topic!
@@SynthDad If you're covering the Neural Network app next, it could get deep - a swarm of Neural Net O_Cs might serve as registers or something? idk I never finished my CS degree lol
This is so nice, thank you.
Glad you like it!
@@SynthDad thank YOU for inspiring me.
Beautifully done tutorial! 😎👍
Thank you! Cheers!
I have a question Synthdad, what are the easiest modules to begin learning with? There’s a lot of options in modular and it begins to feel fruitless when I have many modules that not only do I not know what their function is capable of in my rack, but also might be difficult modules to learn at all! For example, maybe the doepfer series of modules are simpler to understand than MAKE NOISE and most other companies.
That is a simple question with a huge answer! It really depends on what you want to use your modular for. Doepfer modules are simple building blocks that do one thing really well. It's easier to learn each module as a result. But correspondingly it means you need a lot of them to make complex patches. There are many brands with simple but well made modules - Nano, Intellijel, Ladik, Instruo - the list is very long. I can plan to make a video on how to get started in eurorack in a few weeks
@@SynthDad thank you. I use ornament and crime as like the main brain along side a favorite LFO of mine. Branching out from there I realize there is a rabbit hole of modular options so that’s why I thought I’d ask about beginner stuff real similar to your Boolean Logic tutorial here. Thanks again for it.
Very interesting- though it will need repeated watching- but my main takeaway from this is that I regret selling my Twin Waves…
Twin Waves is a keeper for me - a workhorse oscillator with tons of features
Thanks
Thank you so much! Very appreciated!
Ornament NAND Crime
Ornament XOR Crime!
You say an XOR can be used to produce a NOT. I don’t see that this is possible. 18:04
Sorry you're correct and I misspoke there - only NAND and NOR
A crazy request for next time: audio rate thru logic gates for interesting 16.6khz noize textures ⚡
I was thinking of doing that in this video but it was already getting long so I’ll do a separate video on audio processing in stock O_C firmware next