Mylar has this amazing knack of always making me want to go and jam with my gear ASAP. Infectious grooves as always! Thanks for another great demo (bonus points for the Pirate speak) ;)
seeing you have THIS MUCH FUN, and just hearing your reactions as you perform the effects is one of the most inspiring things out there man. Killer work.
This thing seemed sort of vanilla at a glance, but it quickly proved itself to be the type of delay unit you get a massive amount of mileage out of. Nicely curated to be incredibly useful with a minimum of fuss. That's my opinion at least. 😆
Yeah the clean panel design is almost misleading! It's characterful as F. (To be fair it _can_ also do clean delays if you feel the VCF up and Colour down, on Digi Mode)
I love the acoustic changes that actual fog brings to the sounds of the out of doors and this is a fine reminder to add this kind of soft, diffuse reverb to lots of things. Yum!
I've had Magneto on my wish list for a while now. I'd love to see some discussion of how Magneto and Sealegs compare to each other, even if they're kind of apples and oranges.
Looks and sounds fantastic. I love Magneto but am frustrated that the tape crinkle can’t be modulated, just manually controlled. This appears to scratch that itch.
Woulda been nice if mod was default routed to all parameters and then the attenuverter pots controlled the amount of the default modulation. Instead of just routing to time. Then you could modate everything with just the built in mod and if another modulation source was plugged in to any of those inputs it would break the normal.
You had me at aaaaargh! I know it'll be hard to compare, but where/how do you position the Rainmaker vs Sealegs... perhaps it's silly question, just wanted to hear your opinion. I'll get me coat....
Basically Rainmaker is like a studio laboratory of delays, filters, pitchshifters and comb filter insanity - it’s a studio tool in that you’re gonna spend ages exploring settings and trying out weird things, and then it’s going to turn your signals into absolutely incomprehensible insanity or clouds of angels, and you’ll save that as a preset - whereas Sealegs is about quickfire access to deeply satisfying classic vintage delay vibes, what a 101 is to synths this is to delay is perhaps one way of thinking about it?! Id definitely prefer to have Sealegs in a live case - although I actually HAVE used rainmaker live a lot, but just pulling presets out!
33:52 has autechre LP5 vibes... how did you get that sound? It sounds vaguely FM-ish, but aliased and crunchy sounding... wavetable oscillator or something? edit: I mean the input synth sound, not the FX
@@mylarmelodies ah, no prob lol. It was months ago. I guess it was probably a pretty simple PWM patch then, and sealegs was doing more work than I thought!
Is the fog control comparable to halo on the mimeophon? One thing I hate about mimeophon is that you can’t really turn the delay off, even with feedback set to minimum you’ll still get 1 repeat
I was planning on getting a Boss delay pedal (either re-202 or dm-101) looks like it will be an Intellijel module instead. Your demo will sell a whole bunch of these for sure!! :)
At first I wasn't that caught, but after hearing it I'm pretty sold. It seems pretty standard but the sound quality sounds really nice and the price is good in comparison to the competition
ARRR SEAGULS ya say? Thar be dancin' for hours ;) Might have to think about this one. Was really interested in the Boss DM-101 BBD pedal. Sounds really characterful, but then again can't modulate it like this one.
I dont understand synth stuff really just yet but would it be possible to run out of something like the behringer neutron into a module like this, and back into the neuteon or does it not work like that
From a quick glance at the manual, I can already tell that there is some obscure internet user who´d like to see a future fw sporting shift modes for the sliders.... shift1 = sliders set tap volumes, shift 2 = sliders set tap times. But maybe that´s just me.
And I thought seals were reproducing like most mammals do. Also had no idea that some Canadians seem to face spelling difficulties. As a delay afficionado, this just made it to my shortlist.
@@mylarmelodies True, that immediacy is really tempting. I love my Rainmaker (although it's always hand in hand with my WMD Fracture), but a lot of times I just end up noodling with it even when all I wanted is a simple delay. All those "This sounds good, but what if I do this...and that...let's try that too..." moments with it 😅
the Akai MPC One is slightly more expensive, features a quad core Linux with 2 gb ram. It doesn't accept CV, but emits 8 CV channels and could do this pretty much with 2 hands in the pocket. Lot's of delay, compressor, amp, stutter, 303, 909, 808, synth and so plugins onboard @ 24bit, 192kHz sound from a Japan chip company (AKM). main motherboard looks pretty cool with a big cooler.
I've had the One, and boy am I glad that I traded it in for Modular. The One to me is a glorious DAW-in-a-box. But I have PC with Ableton Live if I want that, which is wat more limitless. This Sealegs... And modular in general. I sit down, I patch, and I can play for an hour, getting lost in exploring sounds, switches, rhythms... It'll take a year more, and heaps of practice, but modular is so different than an MPC because it's just there, and I can immediately produce sounds with it. To me two Completely different beasts
@@RobK496 Akai MPC is like a mini version of a Ableton, but with a high end soundcard inside, 8 CV out. even better than a PC with a Ableton because of the the (Japanese AKM ADC/DAC) soundcard inside, it even allows you plugin a USB coundcards and expand the outputs. updates are easy just download a file and place on a USB stick. i also have a mini modular with Math's, STO and home made modules like filters, logic, etc. it's cool to sample you modular at high resolution, 192kHz. / 24 bit and proceed freaking. 8 Cv out is alot of CV control for you modular you don't get anywhere else. or 4 Cv out and 4 gates. the effects inside are good. Also i can sample my cable provider TV box when i watch a movie with my MPC X, or a microphone. i also have a 25 years+ old Akai S3000XL with 8 outputs (original first owner) witch also has these Japanese audio chips. But this one has touchscreen, control your instrument like a smartphone with 2 fingers, much faster than a pc.
Using a thing like Befaco InAmp (and out v3) modules, you can route the MPC produced sounds through your modular, so you have delay, stutter and all sort of effects and weird sounds inside you modular with additional CV control if wanted and route modular sounds in to and apply effects. "Sticking an audio cable, make a audio track and put monitor "on" than on the left side there is a XY icon and a XY axis screen appears, select an effect and you can control the effect with fingers, like a tape effect, delay, filters, etc, etc ... right on the sound from your modular and bring it back to your modular."
I’m not sufficiently convinced by the demos I’ve watched to have any GAS for this at all. Very hands-on, some nice ideas- but some not-so-nice ideas too (crackling? w&f? wtf more like…). If I need something more than my Mimeophon I’ll be eyeing up the Magneto.
All the artefacts can be turned off or dialed in to taste to any degree FYI (and not sure what the issue with adding them is, it’s the point of a vintage character delay!)
Based purely on this demo (I obviously have not yet tried it myself), I'm not a fan of the digital model on this. The good vintage digital delay rack units had digital crunch, but they didn't have aliasing because they had filters for rolling off higher frequencies. Everyone's got their taste and not everything needs to sound faithful of course, but I'm in the "digital crunch without aliasing" camp. Otherwise this thing sounds amazing and looks really fun and playable.
Remember this has filters for rolling off higher frequencies too! Recommend trying one somewhere if that’s an option for you, as with anything - tone is personal
Insta-buy. Anyone notice the rock that keeps appearing on the TR-8 - Alex tell us about the rock! (or did I miss you say something about it?) ... we could say you were definitely rock'n it ;) * I'll see myself out.
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Mylar has this amazing knack of always making me want to go and jam with my gear ASAP. Infectious grooves as always! Thanks for another great demo (bonus points for the Pirate speak) ;)
Thanks for the exploration! Miss the podcast! Hope life is going good!
Thank you!! You’re in luck. Doing this full time and so the pod will be starting again late August.
seeing you have THIS MUCH FUN, and just hearing your reactions as you perform the effects is one of the most inspiring things out there man. Killer work.
👍👍👍
Bloody hell, a worthy hands on competitor to the Rainmaker! Gorgeous.
I own both and they're not competing, but working together rather nicely :)
As a veteran of modular synth RUclips, the suspense of “will he attempt Karplus-Strong” is adding so much engagement to my viewing
Ha, haven’t messed too much with it on this, but it can do some very zingy business
lmao
It's about bloody time Intellijel released another DSP module.
What the heck. This demo is so good, and the music you made in it is incredible!
🙌
This thing seemed sort of vanilla at a glance, but it quickly proved itself to be the type of delay unit you get a massive amount of mileage out of. Nicely curated to be incredibly useful with a minimum of fuss. That's my opinion at least. 😆
Yeah the clean panel design is almost misleading! It's characterful as F. (To be fair it _can_ also do clean delays if you feel the VCF up and Colour down, on Digi Mode)
@@mylarmelodies Yeah, this one is 100% an instant purchase. Super nice!
Yea, it replaces like 50 algorithms in fx-aid and there's no need for preset-switching anymore. It's all there.
It’s kinda for delays what the Erbe Verb is for reverbs! Though it does have mode switches…
I love the acoustic changes that actual fog brings to the sounds of the out of doors and this is a fine reminder to add this kind of soft, diffuse reverb to lots of things. Yum!
With a mix-knop that goes from zero to beautiful!
Great demo as always Mylar! 👌🏻
Great demo as always. This one ranks up there with your 0 Coast demo, which made everyone’s mouth drop and say “I’m effing getting one of these”
Your opening intro put a much needed smile on my face.
Just accidentally inventing the upcoming drexciya ep, very well done, sir!
Wot? Just sat down to lunch and catch up on some RUclips. This is amazing news! :D
Any video that starts with 'yarrr' is a thumbs up in my book.
🏴☠️
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IKR?! 😂
😂
Well not too sure
@@motoboy6666 I'm def not selling mine btw. I'd love this one too
I've had Magneto on my wish list for a while now. I'd love to see some discussion of how Magneto and Sealegs compare to each other, even if they're kind of apples and oranges.
This is just ridiculously amazing! Thanks for the great demo as usual matey!
Welcome back to this realm cap’n. You steer the Blummin euro ship to all the best destinations. This is a master class as usual. Just brill.
🙌 Thanks meight x
YARR
wow this sounds stellar
@@RedMeansRecording Foamier than Neptune's underpants on wash day
what be sealegs? hahaha great video as always!
Man. That's slick. Glad to see them doing something different for them.
The jam at the end is mint.
instant purchase. sounds amazing.
This seems lovely, it really appeals to me.
This demo convinced me I not only need a sealegs, but an Atlantis and tr8 as well
great demonstration, was not expecting a module like this! sounds juicy
I like the interface. Sounds good too !
Oh my this thing is jut what I have been waiting for! Damn you, Mr Mylar for costing me even more money! (Fab, innit??!?!?!?)
In short mode reminds me of the RadioShack reverb. Lovely.
Looks and sounds fantastic. I love Magneto but am frustrated that the tape crinkle can’t be modulated, just manually controlled. This appears to scratch that itch.
This is a must have ,wow !
Yes!!!! Brilliant vid and excellent walkthru! Been missin yr vids mang!
Thanks m8 - am full time with RUclips now so you’ll be seeing more from me!! 🙌
enjoyed these sounds. another great video, more please...
Magneto does stuff this doesn't- but the UI is like a 3d model of a vst. This was designed by people who understand modular.
Obviously this does stuff magneto doesn't. It's not an objective x>y issue. (This has more in common with valhalla delay, which i love.)
@@GeorgeLocke Have you tried the Omri Delay?
Woulda been nice if mod was default routed to all parameters and then the attenuverter pots controlled the amount of the default modulation. Instead of just routing to time. Then you could modate everything with just the built in mod and if another modulation source was plugged in to any of those inputs it would break the normal.
That’s a good idea!
You had me at aaaaargh! I know it'll be hard to compare, but where/how do you position the Rainmaker vs Sealegs... perhaps it's silly question, just wanted to hear your opinion. I'll get me coat....
Basically Rainmaker is like a studio laboratory of delays, filters, pitchshifters and comb filter insanity - it’s a studio tool in that you’re gonna spend ages exploring settings and trying out weird things, and then it’s going to turn your signals into absolutely incomprehensible insanity or clouds of angels, and you’ll save that as a preset - whereas Sealegs is about quickfire access to deeply satisfying classic vintage delay vibes, what a 101 is to synths this is to delay is perhaps one way of thinking about it?! Id definitely prefer to have Sealegs in a live case - although I actually HAVE used rainmaker live a lot, but just pulling presets out!
thanks Alex, really appreciate the sharp focused assessment. Always hold your opinion in high regard! Now where's my 101 @@mylarmelodies
Mimeophon move over for a more playable raw slider fest!
love the 20hp size the sealegs interface very more digestible and hands on compared to the rainmaker interface was overwhelming and confusing.
Sounds supa good 👌🏻
I would like to know more about that small rock.
Ha, this was a stone my son was gifted from his friends garden! Thus it is now significant 🗿
@@mylarmelodies See, I *knew* that rock was an important part of the rack!
This looks like the dogs, it really does! WANT!!!!
Wow. It's like an early Skinny Puppy machine.
quite tempting, I currently use EEFEXX RT1701 as my sort of hands on stereo multi FX in euroland but I could see swapping this in..
seal eggs? no! sea legs! sounds dope
33:52 has autechre LP5 vibes... how did you get that sound? It sounds vaguely FM-ish, but aliased and crunchy sounding... wavetable oscillator or something?
edit: I mean the input synth sound, not the FX
Now you’re asking - genuinely can’t remember sorry!! It’s Atlantis as the input signal innit? So the effecty magic is from sealegs
@@mylarmelodies ah, no prob lol. It was months ago. I guess it was probably a pretty simple PWM patch then, and sealegs was doing more work than I thought!
i reaaallly want one of these!
Heyyy that thing is rather wooozy sounding
Is the fog control comparable to halo on the mimeophon? One thing I hate about mimeophon is that you can’t really turn the delay off, even with feedback set to minimum you’ll still get 1 repeat
You can move the the Fog circuit around - one option is to have it on the input as well as the delay output.
@@joshIntellijel sick
What Josh said! Mimeophon is great but you can't move the reverb around, but you can on this! And you can have it JUST be a reverb.
I just absolutely LOVE this!
Finally got one and oh boy I am not disappointed, It sounds amazing and it's sooooo playable!
@Winterdagen Yes m8! Yeah it’s a beaut of trad delays
I was planning on getting a Boss delay pedal (either re-202 or dm-101) looks like it will be an Intellijel module instead. Your demo will sell a whole bunch of these for sure!! :)
At first I wasn't that caught, but after hearing it I'm pretty sold. It seems pretty standard but the sound quality sounds really nice and the price is good in comparison to the competition
Yaargh 🔥💯🔥
Sign. Intelligel is going to throw out my back. Also: I'm so glad I didn't get the Strymon now.
Lots of people mentioning Magneto and Rainmaker .. but I think this is closer to Qu-Bit Nautilus, no?
This is Strymon Volante in modular version :)
WOW! I am stumped now, Rainmaker or Sealegs? 😮
Is there a name for these type of small / thin eurorack cables?
The right angle ones are made by Tendrils
They’re great
ARRR SEAGULS ya say? Thar be dancin' for hours ;) Might have to think about this one. Was really interested in the Boss DM-101 BBD pedal. Sounds really characterful, but then again can't modulate it like this one.
I dont understand synth stuff really just yet but would it be possible to run out of something like the behringer neutron into a module like this, and back into the neuteon or does it not work like that
Yep, we’ll youd go from Neutron out to Sealegs In, then into a mixer or audio interface!
It's a cool delay❤
Sealegs or Mimeophon?
Bought! Now to undue the biggest mistake of my eurorack experience and re purchase an Atlantis.
Yaaas. Do love the Atlantis
45:00 is really special.
Mylar why are you not using modular eurorack drums?
Lots of reasons, short answer is I still do but I also want to try the TR8 to have a solid back line of handmade patterns with classic sounds
BBD delay is analouge right?
You mentioned it was a digital delay.
All totally digital, it’s DSP emulations of vintage delays
@@mylarmelodiesI see, thanks! Great vid !
WOW
20:34
Pirate Hop
Missed a real trick by not letting to get directly into the feedback path, I want to put my own filters and reverbs in
Would be a nice option I'm sure!! I guess the idea was to just give you a set of tools to arrive at happy delay places quickly!
If it goes fully wet (dry kill) you can make your own feedback? This is ~ modular ~ after all :)
@mynewcolour It does so you can!
From a quick glance at the manual, I can already tell that there is some obscure internet user who´d like to see a future fw sporting shift modes for the sliders.... shift1 = sliders set tap volumes, shift 2 = sliders set tap times. But maybe that´s just me.
Ha, I've already made some feature-creepy suggestions for extra modes/tricks...but does it need them? Probably not, in the end it's about limitations!
@@mylarmelodies Agreed, it looks fabulous as it is and I will get one. That said, if they WANT to add features, let´s give them ideas.
Hard to beat a bunch of sliders for interacting with something.
another great video but all I can see is that 1hp gap
I still just want a Rainmaker, but this seems great
This sea goes well with Atlantis.
Nice!
What Sequencer are you using with this?
Intellijel Metropolix! Plus Atlantis as the voice, and the Plum Audio Ro’ved as extra VCO. Will add more to description later tonight!!
@@mylarmelodiesthis is getting to be a expensive 😂
Only three modules fitting on that case bottom row minus the 2hp filler. And that’s actually all you need when Atlantis get a sequencer and effects.
ACE!
28:46 YOOOO
yoooooo!!!
And I thought seals were reproducing like most mammals do. Also had no idea that some Canadians seem to face spelling difficulties. As a delay afficionado, this just made it to my shortlist.
MAD I TELLS YA MAD!!!!!!!!!11
I might swap my Rainmaker for this.
😵 Do still love the Rainmaker but certainly this wins for immediacy (and vintage vibes) - Rainmaker is a bit more like a H3000, all manner of madness
@@mylarmelodies True, that immediacy is really tempting. I love my Rainmaker (although it's always hand in hand with my WMD Fracture), but a lot of times I just end up noodling with it even when all I wanted is a simple delay. All those "This sounds good, but what if I do this...and that...let's try that too..." moments with it 😅
'thumbs up' at yaar
Oof great job bud
thats so lush
Can I ignore this Sirens call ?.........
the Akai MPC One is slightly more expensive, features a quad core Linux with 2 gb ram.
It doesn't accept CV, but emits 8 CV channels and could do this pretty much with 2 hands in the pocket. Lot's of delay, compressor, amp, stutter, 303, 909, 808, synth and so plugins onboard @ 24bit, 192kHz sound from a Japan chip company (AKM). main motherboard looks pretty cool with a big cooler.
I've had the One, and boy am I glad that I traded it in for Modular. The One to me is a glorious DAW-in-a-box. But I have PC with Ableton Live if I want that, which is wat more limitless. This Sealegs... And modular in general. I sit down, I patch, and I can play for an hour, getting lost in exploring sounds, switches, rhythms... It'll take a year more, and heaps of practice, but modular is so different than an MPC because it's just there, and I can immediately produce sounds with it.
To me two Completely different beasts
@@RobK496 Akai MPC is like a mini version of a Ableton, but with a high end soundcard inside, 8 CV out. even better than a PC with a Ableton because of the the (Japanese AKM ADC/DAC) soundcard inside, it even allows you plugin a USB coundcards and expand the outputs. updates are easy just download a file and place on a USB stick.
i also have a mini modular with Math's, STO and home made modules like filters, logic, etc.
it's cool to sample you modular at high resolution, 192kHz. / 24 bit and proceed freaking. 8 Cv out is alot of CV control for you modular you don't get anywhere else.
or 4 Cv out and 4 gates.
the effects inside are good.
Also i can sample my cable provider TV box when i watch a movie with my MPC X, or a microphone. i also have a 25 years+ old Akai S3000XL with 8 outputs (original first owner) witch also has these Japanese audio chips.
But this one has touchscreen, control your instrument like a smartphone with 2 fingers, much faster than a pc.
Using a thing like Befaco InAmp (and out v3) modules, you can route the MPC produced sounds through your modular, so you have delay, stutter and all sort of effects and weird sounds inside you modular with additional CV control if wanted and route modular sounds in to and apply effects.
"Sticking an audio cable, make a audio track and put monitor "on" than on the left side there is a XY icon and a XY axis screen appears, select an effect and you can control the effect with fingers, like a tape effect, delay, filters, etc, etc ... right on the sound from your modular and bring it back to your modular."
Yet another threat to my eurorack-less life
I’m not sufficiently convinced by the demos I’ve watched to have any GAS for this at all. Very hands-on, some nice ideas- but some not-so-nice ideas too (crackling? w&f? wtf more like…). If I need something more than my Mimeophon I’ll be eyeing up the Magneto.
All the artefacts can be turned off or dialed in to taste to any degree FYI (and not sure what the issue with adding them is, it’s the point of a vintage character delay!)
Based purely on this demo (I obviously have not yet tried it myself), I'm not a fan of the digital model on this. The good vintage digital delay rack units had digital crunch, but they didn't have aliasing because they had filters for rolling off higher frequencies. Everyone's got their taste and not everything needs to sound faithful of course, but I'm in the "digital crunch without aliasing" camp. Otherwise this thing sounds amazing and looks really fun and playable.
Remember this has filters for rolling off higher frequencies too! Recommend trying one somewhere if that’s an option for you, as with anything - tone is personal
To me this is "The Autechre Module"
I count 26 sliders on screen….
What can I say, I love sliders 🍔
@@mylarmelodies we love them… until we want finer control
@@mylarmelodies I’d never heard of sliders until I went to america and our friends make us sliders and I ate 11 burger in one meal!
GAS kicks in! lol
Shiver me Timbers, matey! Fire in the hole at the S.S. mimeophon
plenty of room in this ocean for two fine vessels!!
Insta-buy. Anyone notice the rock that keeps appearing on the TR-8 - Alex tell us about the rock! (or did I miss you say something about it?) ... we could say you were definitely rock'n it ;) * I'll see myself out.
Ha!! It's a rock my son was given by a friend and brought into the house, he put it on my desk so I thought it should make an appearance ;)
Didn't even know seals laid them.
Heh.
Beads and mimeophon left the chatroom
lol seals don’t lay eggs 😅
🦭🍳
It should have been called platypus eggs. 🥚
stop it with the videos, Im going to be broke :p
I'm selling my Strymon Magneto and my Poly Hector if someone is interested....
Crust.....
We need more adjectives - have seen Valhalla DSP call it “cruft”. Also sounds “crisp”