These groovebox videos are excellent. Super interesting modular content (inspired me to get off my chair and start patching!), but also really dig the effort that's gone into the video production. Great editing and titles and general "story telling". Top notch; love it!
Thanks so much! I love that! That’s my hope for the videos. As much as modular can be about getting together that perfect system, I love how lost in music you can get with fewer modules than you think. That’s where a lot of fun is as relationships are almost guaranteed. And so glad the effort of the video stuff shows well. I really have liked learning more about that side to tell more cohesive “stories” etc too. Working on the next video and hoping it’s up in time for superbooth but we’ll see.
Thanks so much! That was such a fun jam and it was tough to pick a section of it to show. It has a certain energy to it I just love. Makes me happy others appreciate it too! Getting to work on the next one in a couple days. I think there’s a couple new modules I’ll be swapping in. I’m excited to see where they’ll take the jams.
Always inspiring brother! Your production value and performances are always top notch! Love the message of peace as well. I stand with you on that. I think when I finally get that patch from scratch video up it'll be dedicated to Turbo Tambourine and my other favorite Synth personality Jay Hoskings! Cheers and love brother! ☮💜
Thank you so much! So glad that you’re liking what I keep putting out there. Such a fun journey and I really appreciate those that watch. Heck yeah! I’m so happy my message resonates with you. Too much going on in the world to ignore, yet so much to learn. We can do so much if we stand up, unpack what came before us, learn from each other and figure out better ways forward. It’s cool to see so many young leaders standing up and speaking out. Hope in the future generations for sure! I feel like Jay Hoskings’ jams got me so stoked to check out more synths for real. Such good tunes every time! Ehsan Ghelsi too! To be put up alongside Jay means a lot to me. Appreciate that tons! Love to you to my friend!
Keep it up man, I've really enjoyed watching all of your recent videos, really interesting to hear your workflow and see different combinations of modules working together!
Thanks so much! Stoked you’re enjoying the videos! I’m glad that the workflow and different combinations are coming through. I think that’s something that’s really exciting about modular. There’s many ways to do very similar things and endless workflows you can use. I find I can easily get inspired by other modules or workflows that I don’t have because it gives me new things to try. I remember some Rene videos being incredible resources to even think about what was possible with sequencing. I have a couple modules to swap out for the next one but is there anything currently in the case you’d want to hear more about?
@@turbotambourine actually I just got a squarp rample, so I was really excited to see you had one as well, I would love to see any tips or workflow thoughts you have on it!
@@wildnotemusic love that! The Rample has been amazing. I’m admittedly poor at working with samples but love using it for drums. I haven’t touched on it too much as Red Means Recording has a pretty epic video on the Rample. I have an idea of doing a drum sequencing video though that might be a little while from now as I collect some more strategies. I’ll be digging more into the rample there to make use of the layers and other cv ins. I’ve also heard the sample chopping is pretty cool too. Is there anything about it you’re having trouble with or want to dig more into?
@@turbotambourine Yeah, RMR's video is good! One thing I don't think he got into much is using the chord abilities and pitch sequencing samples, which I would be very interested in. Might be something to look into!
@@wildnotemusic will do! That’s a fun idea! Chord stuff could be a blast actually. I don’t use the pitching too much but do like that Rample allows you to pitch things chromatically. Hmmm. Good thought! I’ll put this in cue I think cause I have definitely underutilized Rample and it’s capabilities could send me into pretty new territory!
@@turbotambourine I use Steppy as a playable gate sequence and Mimetic Digitalis into uScale for pitch. I’m more recently enjoying Rene but that’s one for a much bigger case!
@@markbooth So good! Rene is so sweet! It was some videos on Rene that made me think more critically on how I want to sequence melodies. The power of being able to control so much gate and pitch information, pitch range and cv addressing! Exciting stuff!
I have a 104HP Palette Case on the way as we speak. Planning on getting a Steppy, of course, also a Stereo Line Out 1U, and a Pedal I/O 1U so I can loop in my guitar pedals and also run my guitar in to my rack. So glad I found your channel. You have given me some great ideas for what to put into my new case, as well as lots of inspiration from your jams! It's also nice to see a Canadian modular channel! Thanks!
@@devondaviau amazing! You’re so welcome! I hope you have so much fun getting stuff going! Yeah, that 1u out is great! I’m thinking I need a 1u out or maybe that Befaco 1u out to get another 2hp free in the 3u. Funny how that can seem like lots when it’s full. I have a switch I like to keep in there but am 2hp short. Feel free to reach out along your journey and I’ll keep some videos and ideas coming. In a bit of a slow down due to summer but have a pretty fun one in the works!
Something you should try next… veils isn’t just a VCA it’s also a mixer. Patch in the output of bard quartet AND the steppy. Boom. They are added together. Chicken setting common melody, steppy offsetting for key changes. Get them out of phase with a prime number and whoooowheee. Ear candy.
I agree! Great idea with musical results! Yeah! That’s smart re steppy and prime numbers! And also could be interesting depending on the gate length of steppy as well! I could also requantize that if pitches were getting a bit off. I was doing some transposing on the Bard but you could definitely set up multiple harmonies on it too and cv that instead. I figured not to get too in-depth on Bard though for this one. Rare mind you I love setting up Harmony and chord changes that way especially as it can also have full octave shifts. There’s also a way to change root note so I should figure that out!
What a great little sequencer, love the way it works. Great video, every now and then I break my rig down into a much smaller case, a good way to really learn your modules.
I agree! It’s a tricky module to convey because of the algorithm but I think the way it stumbles on melodies was pretty clear! It’s such a great idea and I was surprised how musical it is. Afterall, there’s a certain amount of repetition in music and this gets at some really cool bits of that. Wish I had a scope again for this video mind you to see all the different steps. I think breaking things down into a smaller case is something I’ll have to do even if I end up going to a larger case. It makes patches pretty straightforward to work around. I also bet as I continue this series I’ll come up with lots more playing strategies.
Thanks so much! I love squeezing what I can out of them while having good control over them. It would probably be a fun experiment to see how generative things could get in this case actually!!! I love compact sequencers! So much opportunity to get creative and build cool workflows off of them. And you have more space to do it!
Another great video. Your system feels unique. Haven't come across something like that. Everything feels cohesive. A good proof that choosing the right modules with the right features and a high sense of synergy can turn a small case into a huge beast! I know you are looking for a new module to had but if you don't see a real hole in it, don't hastily fill it. Take the time to find the perfect addition. It'll be even more rewarding.
Exactly! I think the collection of modules has been made one at a time, each really focussed on the idea of which module out of a couple options would enable patches to expand in interesting ways. I feel a couple gaps while patching but you can’t really notice in the jams cause I think it is fairly balanced. I would be happy with some additional attenuverting. I also really want a 1 in 2 out switch of sorts. I think the branches clone “Flip” would be really cool for this use cause it has a couple different modes with it’s function, one of which is probability. I think that’s just an example of my approach though, it may add one thing but compounding on the functions of the other modules, there’s lots of possibilities on where to use that. Another gap might be mixing haha. Veils is pulling a lot of weight here! Mixing in 1u is trickier especially as having something stereo would be sweet. Prox might be a good fix for that. Interested idea if you’re not familiar with it.
@@raktNewsletter oh for the 1u mixer? It’s more that I think I may not have space. For instance the STmix could fit now but not with a flip and 1u out. 🤔
I love that! Honestly, that was my first experience with modular and that was solid for like a year probably. I also went the route of buying a broken Beatstep Pro so I had some sort of hardware controller to twist some knobs. VCV Rack has come a long way in that time and with more modules popping up by great manufacturers, you really can’t go wrong. I’m a big believer in doing what works for you in the moment and making the most of it. That mentality will translate to whatever you get your hands on! Thanks for watching!
I highly suggest giving a sequencer a try if you haven’t as of yet! I had a Beatstep Pro for a while and that was fun but the flexibility of being able to move things around more freely was an amazing thing. Having a separate sequence to advance the sequencer and trigger and envelope and filter is just so much fun. Six Eyes is really great! If you don’t already have a quantizer though, I’d highly suggest that! It opens up a lot of options for simpler non-quantized sequencers. Then again, sequencers like Oct Tone, do both and can serve as a gate and pitch sequencer or just one at a time. Do you think you’d go with a larger or more compact sequencer?
@@turbotambourine A quantizer is also on my shopping list! (Along with more attenuators and filters!) I quite like the idea of a compact sequencer and I love the concepts behind Six Eyes where its less about plotting the specific notes and intervals and more about just entering some simple parameters and letting it produce the melodies for you. I bought Coherence by Metabolic Devices in the hopes it would satisfy those criteria, but I havent been able to make much sense out of it.
@@DougFromTheBayou That’s great! Ah the shopping list haha. I have one too that is ever changing. I agree! I like the way Six Eyes algorithm is pretty musical. I think part of it is strategy too around sequencing perhaps. Before I had a quantizer, things were much trickier but with a quantizer, it pulls a lot of things in line. Coherence seems like a module I’d love to see some demos of and will look them up. Seems pretty interesting for sure! I’m with you though, the more that’s sort of under the hood of something that you can’t get to makes it harder for my brain to make sense of. But if you did have a quantizer to stick after it, you could always take the pitch output from it and attenuate and offset it to different ranges which may help dial things into taste. When you get to that spot, feel free to drop another line. I’m down to help with that kinda stuff and get into stuff.
@@turbotambourine Thanks TT I will do, I'll follow you on insta now! Yeah I think a quantizer is biggest priority atm. Metabolic are an interesting company and worth following, I met them at superbooth a couple years back and theyre really friendly guys. Keep up the great videos :)
Thanks so much! Yeah! I almost picked up a Disting so many times! I have an ALA Baker which is a Peaks clone. I originally bought it for FM drums and now it’s mostly envelopes or LFOs. I love that it’s continued to be so useful (to the point that I haven’t bought another envelope quite yet) but sometimes the multifunction element of it made me feel like I wasn’t utilizing it to the most of it’s ability. In the end, I think multifunction modules are less my cup of tea. One exception would maybe be a Pams because of the options presented all work well together and aren’t completely different algorithms. It’s probably just that my brain likes to group functions. Undoubtedly though, the Disting platform is incredible! The sample recorder and player are not only so responsive, they’re so deep! Also brilliant the way they have the screen expander to the DX. So smart. And it uses that communication protocol from the back of the module too right! Who knows though, I will at some point need a small FX unit. Right now it’s a competition between Disting and FX Aid.
Hello again! From your groove box intro to this exploration, NOISE TOOLS seems to be a huge part of your patches but has received just one micro-nod (slew).. How do you find it as a clock source? It looks like an effective duo with Steppy and solidly supported by the case mults…tx for this video!!
Heyo! Noise Tools has been amazing! From my scouring modular grid, it wasn’t the most useful by hp. I actually had set to buy 3 separate modules to achieve clock, noise, sample and hold, and slew. It would have had the ability to cv slew as well and possibly act as an lfo of varying shapes but Noise Tools came up used and was basically a third of the price of buying the other 3. In terms of use it has been essentially and was a key piece in removing the tether from 0-Coast which I was clocking from before. I like using it as I don’t have any reference number in terms of bpm. I do wish I could modulate the speed of it to introduce swing but it isn’t absolutely essential. I was way more excited to not have to reduce the function of some modules by having them serve as clock for the case. Modular is kinda like that. It’s hard to set a whole case out perfect. Often as you patch and play you’ll find gaps or things you use way more or want to explore more than what you have set to be in the case. I’d say in most cases that should pull toward utilities but it all depends on you and what you’re making. I’m excited to see where you land. So much fun stuff when it comes to percussion sequencing. Check out Four Bricks Rook if you haven’t yet. It’s an interesting approach to chopping up parts of drum beats allowing you to extend or take a part of a drum beat to repeat.
Was going for water + dual quantizer to complement hermod and use hermod only for gating drums, but youre making me thinks again… kinda like the idea of sesuencing both my main voice and my bass in the water in one module
Yeah! There’s so many ways to slice it! I know someone else who had just got a Hermod+, got a quad quantizer and then ended up getting back to Hermod+ as the brain of things. So curious how you’ll find it. Mind you, if it’s the original you have, it’s a bit less feature rich so maybe could use the extra help from external modules. I don’t have experience with Hermod but the + definitely has some features that are pretty sweet. That CV recording that can be played back as quantized pitch, or just modulation is suuuper cool. Mainly cause a lot of CV recorders you always have to have external scopes. Water is definitely an interesting way at it because you have differently phased cv of the same cv sequence right? With some sample and hold to have the notes change at different times, that could be really interesting especially depending on what you want and how you’re going about sequencing gates on Hermod. Add a switch, so much fun I bet. Not super deterministic mind you. Do you already have Water? So curious how this will work out and how you find it. If you ever want to chat options, I’m pretty much always down to nerd out haha.
@@turbotambourine i have the og hermod and I have struggle to get good melodies with it (even tho I think it’s a really great drum sequencer), and i’m not really a keyboard guy, and I want to use ableton less (no midi). So yeah using two chanels from water to sequence my two voices on the fly with the a156 from doepfer for quantization with some quick option to change the quantization really appeal me. I think I’m gonna stick with this plan when I get some money haha and I’d make an update in few months ! But this module really seems great for one voice, maybe in the future who knows ! Too much possibilities haha And definitively hermod + is something, I tried it on a friend’s system and it’s really good, but once again, money… probably will upgrade it in the future !
@@coopert4852 Oh yeah! I fully understand the slow changes. Money and patience haha. I like your plan a lot! It’ll offer up a pretty different workflow and a lot to play around with all together. You could also perceivably use your quantizer with sample and hold from hermod as an option to Water as well. I don’t know enough about how Hermod sequences melodies but imagine it could be worth a look. I’ve used strange workflows like sending an arp out of Bard Quartet and then passing it through attenuation and offset then putting it back into the quantizer to requantize it. Also, there’s always very simple 4 step sequencers that might be well suited to sequencing things like bass. Either way, hope you’re having fun and in the meantime, I hope you get a kick out of some stuff from hermod. I think I remember seeing an Ann Annie video with Hermod and Rings which was pretty fun.
@@turbotambourine yo ! So I have had a few patches with water + doepfer dual quantizer and I enjoy it a lot, really works for me to have so much control directly in hands. The two modes for random for water (the first one juste inverting a note and the second one creating a whole new sequence based on the value on the knobs) makes it really easy to create variations, and having 8 different stockage for drums sequencing on the hermod helps it to keep things interesting ! Gonna have to practice a lot more but it’s for sure a great combo
@@coopert4852 Love that! Funny enough, in this next video I'm working on, I decided to put Water in the case. It really is a great sequencer for hands on values, going from bipolar to unipolar and yes the randoms are great! I also like the 3 phased outputs as it presents different shifted sequences. Haven't messed with that and a switch but I feel like that would be a lot of fun as you'd be having a melodic line jump ahead and then back creating parts that get skipped and parts that will repeat. Really glad you're having success with that setup. So many ideas that pop up when you trade notes!
These groovebox videos are excellent. Super interesting modular content (inspired me to get off my chair and start patching!), but also really dig the effort that's gone into the video production. Great editing and titles and general "story telling". Top notch; love it!
Thanks so much! I love that! That’s my hope for the videos. As much as modular can be about getting together that perfect system, I love how lost in music you can get with fewer modules than you think. That’s where a lot of fun is as relationships are almost guaranteed. And so glad the effort of the video stuff shows well. I really have liked learning more about that side to tell more cohesive “stories” etc too. Working on the next video and hoping it’s up in time for superbooth but we’ll see.
I could listen to jam 2 for hours. Absolutely love your videos! Can’t wait for the next jams!
Thanks so much! That was such a fun jam and it was tough to pick a section of it to show. It has a certain energy to it I just love. Makes me happy others appreciate it too! Getting to work on the next one in a couple days. I think there’s a couple new modules I’ll be swapping in. I’m excited to see where they’ll take the jams.
Always inspiring brother! Your production value and performances are always top notch! Love the message of peace as well. I stand with you on that. I think when I finally get that patch from scratch video up it'll be dedicated to Turbo Tambourine and my other favorite Synth personality Jay Hoskings! Cheers and love brother! ☮💜
Thank you so much! So glad that you’re liking what I keep putting out there. Such a fun journey and I really appreciate those that watch.
Heck yeah! I’m so happy my message resonates with you. Too much going on in the world to ignore, yet so much to learn. We can do so much if we stand up, unpack what came before us, learn from each other and figure out better ways forward. It’s cool to see so many young leaders standing up and speaking out. Hope in the future generations for sure!
I feel like Jay Hoskings’ jams got me so stoked to check out more synths for real. Such good tunes every time! Ehsan Ghelsi too! To be put up alongside Jay means a lot to me. Appreciate that tons! Love to you to my friend!
Keep it up man, I've really enjoyed watching all of your recent videos, really interesting to hear your workflow and see different combinations of modules working together!
Thanks so much! Stoked you’re enjoying the videos! I’m glad that the workflow and different combinations are coming through. I think that’s something that’s really exciting about modular. There’s many ways to do very similar things and endless workflows you can use. I find I can easily get inspired by other modules or workflows that I don’t have because it gives me new things to try. I remember some Rene videos being incredible resources to even think about what was possible with sequencing. I have a couple modules to swap out for the next one but is there anything currently in the case you’d want to hear more about?
@@turbotambourine actually I just got a squarp rample, so I was really excited to see you had one as well, I would love to see any tips or workflow thoughts you have on it!
@@wildnotemusic love that! The Rample has been amazing. I’m admittedly poor at working with samples but love using it for drums. I haven’t touched on it too much as Red Means Recording has a pretty epic video on the Rample. I have an idea of doing a drum sequencing video though that might be a little while from now as I collect some more strategies. I’ll be digging more into the rample there to make use of the layers and other cv ins. I’ve also heard the sample chopping is pretty cool too. Is there anything about it you’re having trouble with or want to dig more into?
@@turbotambourine Yeah, RMR's video is good! One thing I don't think he got into much is using the chord abilities and pitch sequencing samples, which I would be very interested in. Might be something to look into!
@@wildnotemusic will do! That’s a fun idea! Chord stuff could be a blast actually. I don’t use the pitching too much but do like that Rample allows you to pitch things chromatically. Hmmm. Good thought! I’ll put this in cue I think cause I have definitely underutilized Rample and it’s capabilities could send me into pretty new territory!
Creative fun playable modules always get my vote
I agree Mark! The more that I can mess with the module while I’m jamming the better!
What’s your go to compact sequencer atm?
@@turbotambourine I use Steppy as a playable gate sequence and Mimetic Digitalis into uScale for pitch. I’m more recently enjoying Rene but that’s one for a much bigger case!
@@markbooth So good! Rene is so sweet! It was some videos on Rene that made me think more critically on how I want to sequence melodies. The power of being able to control so much gate and pitch information, pitch range and cv addressing! Exciting stuff!
I have a 104HP Palette Case on the way as we speak. Planning on getting a Steppy, of course, also a Stereo Line Out 1U, and a Pedal I/O 1U so I can loop in my guitar pedals and also run my guitar in to my rack.
So glad I found your channel. You have given me some great ideas for what to put into my new case, as well as lots of inspiration from your jams!
It's also nice to see a Canadian modular channel! Thanks!
@@devondaviau amazing! You’re so welcome! I hope you have so much fun getting stuff going! Yeah, that 1u out is great! I’m thinking I need a 1u out or maybe that Befaco 1u out to get another 2hp free in the 3u. Funny how that can seem like lots when it’s full. I have a switch I like to keep in there but am 2hp short. Feel free to reach out along your journey and I’ll keep some videos and ideas coming. In a bit of a slow down due to summer but have a pretty fun one in the works!
@@devondaviau also, thanks for watching! Love when stuff I put out there is at all helpful!
A hex inverter crossed with a 6 channel adder.. Genius. Very musical!
Something you should try next… veils isn’t just a VCA it’s also a mixer. Patch in the output of bard quartet AND the steppy. Boom. They are added together. Chicken setting common melody, steppy offsetting for key changes. Get them out of phase with a prime number and whoooowheee. Ear candy.
I agree! Great idea with musical results! Yeah! That’s smart re steppy and prime numbers! And also could be interesting depending on the gate length of steppy as well! I could also requantize that if pitches were getting a bit off. I was doing some transposing on the Bard but you could definitely set up multiple harmonies on it too and cv that instead. I figured not to get too in-depth on Bard though for this one. Rare mind you I love setting up Harmony and chord changes that way especially as it can also have full octave shifts. There’s also a way to change root note so I should figure that out!
What a great little sequencer, love the way it works. Great video, every now and then I break my rig down into a much smaller case, a good way to really learn your modules.
I agree! It’s a tricky module to convey because of the algorithm but I think the way it stumbles on melodies was pretty clear! It’s such a great idea and I was surprised how musical it is. Afterall, there’s a certain amount of repetition in music and this gets at some really cool bits of that. Wish I had a scope again for this video mind you to see all the different steps.
I think breaking things down into a smaller case is something I’ll have to do even if I end up going to a larger case. It makes patches pretty straightforward to work around. I also bet as I continue this series I’ll come up with lots more playing strategies.
Love how much your squeezing out of this handful of modules. This module looks like a good time.
Thanks so much! I love squeezing what I can out of them while having good control over them. It would probably be a fun experiment to see how generative things could get in this case actually!!! I love compact sequencers! So much opportunity to get creative and build cool workflows off of them. And you have more space to do it!
Dude that jam at the beginning! ❤ Extraordinary 🥳
Thank you!!! Such a fun one! I love just discovering little melodies! Thanks for watching!
Another great video. Your system feels unique. Haven't come across something like that. Everything feels cohesive. A good proof that choosing the right modules with the right features and a high sense of synergy can turn a small case into a huge beast! I know you are looking for a new module to had but if you don't see a real hole in it, don't hastily fill it. Take the time to find the perfect addition. It'll be even more rewarding.
Exactly! I think the collection of modules has been made one at a time, each really focussed on the idea of which module out of a couple options would enable patches to expand in interesting ways. I feel a couple gaps while patching but you can’t really notice in the jams cause I think it is fairly balanced. I would be happy with some additional attenuverting. I also really want a 1 in 2 out switch of sorts. I think the branches clone “Flip” would be really cool for this use cause it has a couple different modes with it’s function, one of which is probability. I think that’s just an example of my approach though, it may add one thing but compounding on the functions of the other modules, there’s lots of possibilities on where to use that.
Another gap might be mixing haha. Veils is pulling a lot of weight here! Mixing in 1u is trickier especially as having something stereo would be sweet. Prox might be a good fix for that. Interested idea if you’re not familiar with it.
@@turbotambourine what do you want to mix exactly?
@@raktNewsletter oh for the 1u mixer? It’s more that I think I may not have space. For instance the STmix could fit now but not with a flip and 1u out. 🤔
@@raktNewsletter of course, I’m always up for suggestions to move about in my modular grid haha.
@@turbotambourine I meant, what type of signal do you want to mix?
really dig the performance aspect of your rig. very nice dude! im a broke ass so i use VCV but i have a few midi controllers that make it fun
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I love that! Honestly, that was my first experience with modular and that was solid for like a year probably. I also went the route of buying a broken Beatstep Pro so I had some sort of hardware controller to twist some knobs. VCV Rack has come a long way in that time and with more modules popping up by great manufacturers, you really can’t go wrong. I’m a big believer in doing what works for you in the moment and making the most of it. That mentality will translate to whatever you get your hands on! Thanks for watching!
@@bastiaanvanhoorn6306 So agree! No one needs towering debt over a modular rig you’re just learning haha.
Looks like a fun module :) I definetly need a dedicated sequencer module.
I highly suggest giving a sequencer a try if you haven’t as of yet! I had a Beatstep Pro for a while and that was fun but the flexibility of being able to move things around more freely was an amazing thing. Having a separate sequence to advance the sequencer and trigger and envelope and filter is just so much fun. Six Eyes is really great! If you don’t already have a quantizer though, I’d highly suggest that! It opens up a lot of options for simpler non-quantized sequencers. Then again, sequencers like Oct Tone, do both and can serve as a gate and pitch sequencer or just one at a time. Do you think you’d go with a larger or more compact sequencer?
@@turbotambourine A quantizer is also on my shopping list! (Along with more attenuators and filters!) I quite like the idea of a compact sequencer and I love the concepts behind Six Eyes where its less about plotting the specific notes and intervals and more about just entering some simple parameters and letting it produce the melodies for you. I bought Coherence by Metabolic Devices in the hopes it would satisfy those criteria, but I havent been able to make much sense out of it.
@@DougFromTheBayou That’s great! Ah the shopping list haha. I have one too that is ever changing. I agree! I like the way Six Eyes algorithm is pretty musical. I think part of it is strategy too around sequencing perhaps. Before I had a quantizer, things were much trickier but with a quantizer, it pulls a lot of things in line. Coherence seems like a module I’d love to see some demos of and will look them up. Seems pretty interesting for sure! I’m with you though, the more that’s sort of under the hood of something that you can’t get to makes it harder for my brain to make sense of. But if you did have a quantizer to stick after it, you could always take the pitch output from it and attenuate and offset it to different ranges which may help dial things into taste.
When you get to that spot, feel free to drop another line. I’m down to help with that kinda stuff and get into stuff.
@@turbotambourine Thanks TT I will do, I'll follow you on insta now! Yeah I think a quantizer is biggest priority atm.
Metabolic are an interesting company and worth following, I met them at superbooth a couple years back and theyre really friendly guys.
Keep up the great videos :)
Great video. Try an Expert Sleepers Disting Mk4. So many great algorithms. It does just about everything.
Thanks so much! Yeah! I almost picked up a Disting so many times! I have an ALA Baker which is a Peaks clone. I originally bought it for FM drums and now it’s mostly envelopes or LFOs. I love that it’s continued to be so useful (to the point that I haven’t bought another envelope quite yet) but sometimes the multifunction element of it made me feel like I wasn’t utilizing it to the most of it’s ability. In the end, I think multifunction modules are less my cup of tea. One exception would maybe be a Pams because of the options presented all work well together and aren’t completely different algorithms. It’s probably just that my brain likes to group functions. Undoubtedly though, the Disting platform is incredible! The sample recorder and player are not only so responsive, they’re so deep! Also brilliant the way they have the screen expander to the DX. So smart. And it uses that communication protocol from the back of the module too right! Who knows though, I will at some point need a small FX unit. Right now it’s a competition between Disting and FX Aid.
Hello again! From your groove box intro to this exploration, NOISE TOOLS seems to be a huge part of your patches but has received just one micro-nod (slew).. How do you find it as a clock source? It looks like an effective duo with Steppy and solidly supported by the case mults…tx for this video!!
Heyo! Noise Tools has been amazing! From my scouring modular grid, it wasn’t the most useful by hp. I actually had set to buy 3 separate modules to achieve clock, noise, sample and hold, and slew. It would have had the ability to cv slew as well and possibly act as an lfo of varying shapes but Noise Tools came up used and was basically a third of the price of buying the other 3. In terms of use it has been essentially and was a key piece in removing the tether from 0-Coast which I was clocking from before. I like using it as I don’t have any reference number in terms of bpm. I do wish I could modulate the speed of it to introduce swing but it isn’t absolutely essential. I was way more excited to not have to reduce the function of some modules by having them serve as clock for the case. Modular is kinda like that. It’s hard to set a whole case out perfect. Often as you patch and play you’ll find gaps or things you use way more or want to explore more than what you have set to be in the case. I’d say in most cases that should pull toward utilities but it all depends on you and what you’re making. I’m excited to see where you land. So much fun stuff when it comes to percussion sequencing. Check out Four Bricks Rook if you haven’t yet. It’s an interesting approach to chopping up parts of drum beats allowing you to extend or take a part of a drum beat to repeat.
Was going for water + dual quantizer to complement hermod and use hermod only for gating drums, but youre making me thinks again… kinda like the idea of sesuencing both my main voice and my bass in the water in one module
Yeah! There’s so many ways to slice it! I know someone else who had just got a Hermod+, got a quad quantizer and then ended up getting back to Hermod+ as the brain of things. So curious how you’ll find it. Mind you, if it’s the original you have, it’s a bit less feature rich so maybe could use the extra help from external modules. I don’t have experience with Hermod but the + definitely has some features that are pretty sweet. That CV recording that can be played back as quantized pitch, or just modulation is suuuper cool. Mainly cause a lot of CV recorders you always have to have external scopes.
Water is definitely an interesting way at it because you have differently phased cv of the same cv sequence right? With some sample and hold to have the notes change at different times, that could be really interesting especially depending on what you want and how you’re going about sequencing gates on Hermod. Add a switch, so much fun I bet. Not super deterministic mind you.
Do you already have Water? So curious how this will work out and how you find it. If you ever want to chat options, I’m pretty much always down to nerd out haha.
@@turbotambourine i have the og hermod and I have struggle to get good melodies with it (even tho I think it’s a really great drum sequencer), and i’m not really a keyboard guy, and I want to use ableton less (no midi). So yeah using two chanels from water to sequence my two voices on the fly with the a156 from doepfer for quantization with some quick option to change the quantization really appeal me. I think I’m gonna stick with this plan when I get some money haha and I’d make an update in few months ! But this module really seems great for one voice, maybe in the future who knows ! Too much possibilities haha
And definitively hermod + is something, I tried it on a friend’s system and it’s really good, but once again, money… probably will upgrade it in the future !
@@coopert4852 Oh yeah! I fully understand the slow changes. Money and patience haha. I like your plan a lot! It’ll offer up a pretty different workflow and a lot to play around with all together. You could also perceivably use your quantizer with sample and hold from hermod as an option to Water as well. I don’t know enough about how Hermod sequences melodies but imagine it could be worth a look. I’ve used strange workflows like sending an arp out of Bard Quartet and then passing it through attenuation and offset then putting it back into the quantizer to requantize it. Also, there’s always very simple 4 step sequencers that might be well suited to sequencing things like bass. Either way, hope you’re having fun and in the meantime, I hope you get a kick out of some stuff from hermod. I think I remember seeing an Ann Annie video with Hermod and Rings which was pretty fun.
@@turbotambourine yo ! So I have had a few patches with water + doepfer dual quantizer and I enjoy it a lot, really works for me to have so much control directly in hands. The two modes for random for water (the first one juste inverting a note and the second one creating a whole new sequence based on the value on the knobs) makes it really easy to create variations, and having 8 different stockage for drums sequencing on the hermod helps it to keep things interesting ! Gonna have to practice a lot more but it’s for sure a great combo
@@coopert4852 Love that! Funny enough, in this next video I'm working on, I decided to put Water in the case. It really is a great sequencer for hands on values, going from bipolar to unipolar and yes the randoms are great! I also like the 3 phased outputs as it presents different shifted sequences. Haven't messed with that and a switch but I feel like that would be a lot of fun as you'd be having a melodic line jump ahead and then back creating parts that get skipped and parts that will repeat. Really glad you're having success with that setup. So many ideas that pop up when you trade notes!