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It's Beads, which is processing and pitching up the saw waves to create something like strings!

That’s insane! I keep returning to this. It’s fascinating. My eurorack vids are disposable but this has integrity. It’s doing something. Something new. I’m studying this. Hard. Thanks for the upload❤

Thanks, that's really great to hear!!

Good choice!! 🏝️

Big fan. "Translate" is my favorite album.

Thanks!

Thanks for listening!

Thanks Michael, great to hear from a fellow modular minimalist! Nerdseq looks like a really interesting sequencer for this kind of music. Good luck getting the bug fix!

Thanks!!

Are you referring to the Disting EX? Yes, it has a Rings algorithm on it.

You can use them in SD Multisample or SD 6 Triggers. Both will respond to variations of velocity from a MIDI keyboard or from a sequencer with dynamic (ie variable) gate outputs, eg Make Noise 0-Ctrl. If your sequencer can't do that (most can't), you can modulate the gate strength via a VCA. Or you could modulate the attenuator on the Disting input, as I did in "Minimalism for Modular #5". Good luck with the piano samples!

Me too! Thanks for watching.

Cheers!

Thanks so much!!

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Luke, Cathedral is a reverb unit. I forget what the settings were, but I mainly use the Hall reverb. It has a great echoverb-style delay too.

@@electrummodularmusic Nice - and you are just running the whole mix through it?

No worries, glad you liked it!

Thanks so much for watching!

Cheers! 🙏

Cheers! 🙏

Hi Bernie, thanks for your nice comment. Sounds like the book, Reminded by the Instruments - I need to read that!

Hi Patrick, thanks so much for listening and subscribing!

Thanks Simon, that's very kind! As you know, the Disting EX is perfect for this kind of thing. It's the one module in my rack that I wouldn't swap - except of course for a Disting NT!

Cheers!! 🙏

Thanks Rick, and no worries! 🎹

Thanks so much for this. I look forward to exploring this music further - I'm intrigued to learn how the variations are constructed in it. And yes, I agree that the repeated notes of the T-voice in Arvo Part's music are drone-like. Ie. drones are not necessarily continuous, sustained notes. Cheers!

Thanks so much! Funnily enough, the Disting EX ships with an excellent dulcimer multisample (from LABS), so maybe I'll use it some time soon!

@@electrummodularmusic Over the past decade or so, many hammered dulcimer players have added a mechanism to their instruments that allows for the damping of the tone using a foot pedal (as the Hungarian cimbalom already had), which allows for a wider and more interesting range of timbres. I'm not sure if the sample you mention includes this capability. The hammered dulcimer's timbre can be too bright and obnoxious for some people, even in folk circles.

This Disting algo does include an envelope, so you could modulate the release portion to "damp" the dulcimer sample, but I guess it won't affect the timbre in quite the same way. Worth a try, though - thanks for the idea!

Damn, where's autocorrect when you need it!

Thanks!

Cheers!

Thanks, and I hope it's not a case of information-overload! I might see if I can export the captions and post them online, if it helps. I didn't try this on a conventional synth, as it would require six voices (oscillator +envelope+filter+VCA)x6, with the same timbre on each voice. Ie. lots of cables!! But very doable on VCV Rack...

@@electrummodularmusic I view each voice in a rack as an instrument in an ensemble. How would one arrange the music for a sextet of diverse instruments?

Thanks - yes, I definitely hear that in the Otte album, too.

That's so great to hear! I'll try to keep them coming!

Thanks for watching - and enjoy exploring Otte's music!

@@electrummodularmusic I, too, did not know about Hans Otte. Thanks for the ingenious performance! I just finished ordering a few CDs of his music, and I'll also have to find sheet music. I'm looking forward to more! 👏

Thanks - and yes, if only Eurorack had been introduced a few decades earlier!

Thanks for listening!

Thanks - that's very kind!

Thanks so much! 👊

Thank you for watching!

What an incredible experience that must have been. I'd love to hear more about that concert, if you can remember... And I agree that B of S holds up to repeat listens. I've only known about Otte for a couple of years, but have already listened to BofS countless times!

Thanks! I'm happy to be passing on this gift!

Cheers, Mike!

Thanks so much! And have fun with Bloom!

Thanks, that’s a great question. I use a variety of sound sources in my studio: analog (Dixie, Banshee, etc), FM/wavetable/granular (Plaits etc), and, as you heard here, instrument samples. I’ve been faavoring samples in this “minimalism” series, because the focus is on sequencing. When my attention - and modules - are preoccupied up with complex pitch sequencing, samples can keep things simple (no envelopes, VCAs, or filters needed!). Sample players also allow us to generate highly complex timbres that would otherwise take a huge number of modules. Disting’s sample player further allows you to build up to 6 or 8 voices that all sound identical - thus giving the impression of a single, polyphonic instrument. The reason I’ve been selecting mainly piano samples is that this is the instrument used by many of the minimalist composers covered in this series (and because I can only barely play them on a real piano!). But also because the piano has certain psychoacoustic properties. It has a much wider range, both in terms of timbre and pitch, than many other instruments. And, as a result of cultural associations, it arguably evokes a wider range of emotions. Psychologists have explored the unconscious effects of piano sounds on listeners. And finally, I’m interested in the possibilities of altering piano samples via modular effects: delay, reverb, flanging, granular processing, and - in my next video - string resonators and detuning.

Thanks, will do! 👍

No worries! Glad you're enjoying the series - and have fun with the samples!

So sorry to hear you've had sad news. I hope you find a way to get back on the synth soon and find solace in music.

Thanks for watching. Good luck with your own music!

Great to hear! Happy tweaking on your modular!

Thanks Jase!

That's so nice to hear. I'll try to keep them coming!