You and Mylar are the eurorack saint saviors that will save us from modular ignorance and will bless us to perpetual spending and bankruptcy. Jokes aside, thank you so much for your hardwork. We'd be lost without you.
Amazing new update in Pam's I got lucky with some new build options and freed up a tiny bit of space on the Pam firmware image builds :hyper: . This meant I could finally fix some long standing weird bugs and add a couple of new features. I've made an initial 202 BETA release available with this work. The first new feature is a basic quantiser option on each channel with a few fixed scales to choose from. Please keep in mind Pams outputs are 10bits so don't expect this to be super precise but isn't too bad as limited to 5 octaves anyway. I don't plan on adding hundreds of exotic scales, microtonal stuff etc.. if you want that Id advise you grab a dedicated quantiser. Im limited by available space and actually reasonably representing in two characters.. Current scales are; "NO" - no quantisation "MJ" - Major "nM" - Natural minor "hM" - Harmonic minor "P+" - Pent Major "P-" - Pent Minor "LD" - Lydian "JP" - 'Japanese' "5t" - root & a fifth "c1" - I chord "c4" - IV chord "c5" - V chord "12" - 12 tones, chromatic. The chord ones Im playing with for making simple appegios etc. Lemme know how these and other scales work for you. The other new feature is simply a new RUN input assignable triggered option to make a bank load addressable by voltage level (in CV1). Its currently limited to the first 16 banks. These are the bugs that have been fixed (from changelog); - Fix PPQN screen always changing val when made active. - Fix CV reset of random seed (when loop is at 0). - Fix wierd CVx modifiers always getting assigned when param clicked after assigning one! - Make full reset actually reset mute states. Note Im still pretty space constrained and though I do have a little space left I would rather save this for fixing future potential issues rather than any additional new features. At least in immediate future. Top One ALM x
Ben your accent is the best. I love listening to your demonstrations because not only is your evident expertise valuable, but also you delivery is such a delight.
it's rare anyone says that! Thank you, really appreciate the comment. Hopefully there's a lot to get out of the videos and I just try to keep my accent out of the way.
Astonishing. I'm astonished. Some of the musical things I've dreamed of doing might now be possible, without shelling out five gand on other modules. Go ALM indeed!
pam has been one of the most versatile modules i could've ever bought. people say everyone needs a disting in their rack, i say everyone needs a PNW in their rack.
@@bobthesalesclerk I heard everyone needs Math in their racks, but naw… got PNW, uO_c and Disting - but tbh these three are kind of similar in terms of UI and the huge range of possibilities :)
I finally got to order mine yesterday now I'm sitting here all anxious waiting for it! Thanks as always for your informative videos. I watch your videos so much I feel like when I order a module I already know how to use it when it gets here.
A superb in depth exploration of Pamela, the queen of clocks-function modules. When I first discovered Pamela, I made it a priority choice for my system, this video amplifies those early impressions. Even if you don't own Pamela, the wide breath of info DivKid covers here it's great stuff you can use with any modular rig.
How are you liking it? I'm in Canada but had to get mine from CTRL in Brooklyn. Ultimately their service is excellent so it's worth paying the exchange rate sometimes for us in Canada to get a module immediately upon release.
Loving it so far, finding it's transforming my patches quite a lot (not had a master clock before). The random source generator is really useful to have too, and really impressed with the 8 outputs given how small it is. And yay Canada! I spend a lot of time in the Ottawa region, wonderful place.
This is the shit. Thank you for this. I'm so late to the game on modular and this unit. I feel like all I need is Pams, a few basic oscillators, a week recording and tweaking in isolation, and I'm good to go.
To me this module is excruciating, the antithesis of why i went into modular. Focussing all the time on this tiny display and single knob, diving through arrays of virtual functions. Of course hats off to the makers of such a powerful module ... and to those who can wield it.
I can appreciate that Stephan. Definitely not for everyone. I personally like to mix modules like this with analogue and digital sound options and a mix of small format like PICO modules or sub 6HP stuff alongside bigger my finger friendly Qu-Bit style designs.
Check out the new PRO version, it might have some things you'd like. Though if you don't think you need the new features the PRO offers you might find a great deal on a NEW model second hand.
Bought the original Pam's when it came out. Was a nice module for beats and clocking, but ultimately got rid of it because it wasn't getting enough love. THIS, hell, what an update! I mean, 8 LFO's alone is worth the price of admission, PLUS all the other great features. WOW!!!
Thanks for a brilliant walk-through of this module. You may have done too good a job outa it though, since I had no idea that I needed one before watching, and now I've ordered one! ;-)
Thank you so much for the detailed explanation. I was looking on this one several times before but couldn't grasp what the fuss is all about, until now. The only thing I'm worried about is that there's too much menu diving...
Yes, you are probably right. My skiff is aiming to be very much performance oriented, but the amount of features per hp added the PNW to the my wishlist :-)
Thanks for the video! I was trying to choose between this and the octocontroller and Batumi. I went for this because of price and I might still get a Batumi one day. But this video really helped me choose.
Encyclopaedic as always... such a useful reference Ben! Especially now that the PRO model is out, there's a bunch of us folk with less cash who are diving onto eBay to get a "new" Pam's now they're being sold off ;-)
Hi Chris, I imagine the price of the second hand NEW workouts is dropping as there's so many of them. Plus the PRO is largely the same in how it works so I hope people still use the video as a reference for much of it.
So over a year and a bit after you posted this, I come to your channel to check out Pamela's New Workout as I potentially want to put into a new live rig. I knew little about it expect that I wanted one device to handle most of my clock signals etc... Your overview of this is perfect. I now know this is exactly what I've been looking for :) Cheers Ben! Hope to catch you on a Sonicstate talk soon.
I'm expecting one of these in the mail today, so the timing couldn't be better! Thanks for making such an in-depth video; there are features you showed that I never would have figured out from the manual alone.
This is an amazing video (just like all your others) and definitely has convinced me that I need Pamela in my life. Question though: can you please explain Euclidean steps for me? Googling it revealed a lot of advanced mathematics that went right over my head.
Check this site out - www.groovemechanics.com/euclid/ - it's an online Euclidean sequencer so you can play and figure it out. The basics are you set a step length. Say 16 steps, think of that as 16th notes in a bar. So you set how many steps will be active, say 5 and it tries it's best to evenly distribute 5 steps within the step length (we said 16). Of course 5 doesn't go into 16 so you get a more rhythmic pattern as opposed to a straight division of the beat/clock/tempo. There's often then a rotation control which will let you grab the pattern and shift around the available steps. Have a play with the site and I think it will help.
Drums will have been any mix of the following (below). I've been making exclusive patch breakdown videos for my Patreon supporters if that's something of interest for you. Not avoiding the answer (I don't have a video to check this back specifically) I'll always respond but where people want to see how all the patches are made, approaches, sound sources, mixing, FX, modulation etc outside of what's in focus for the video my Patreon supporters get extra videos doing that. patreon.com/divkid SSF Entity, Mutable Braids, Mutant Snare, Mutant Clap, Mutant Hats, Basimilus Iteritas, Moffenzeef Modular GMO.
Amazing overview! I know how to use the width as as a release function for the envelope, but is there an easy way to adjust the attack and use it as a simple AD envelope?
it's decay envelopes only. Which is a nice bonus as it's not an envelope generator. Maybe there's a feature request for that to be a bonus thing in the firmware in the future.
I know this is an old video and all, but... My PNWO is on order and arrives in the next week or so, along with Intellijel scales, plus MI Ears and Kinks (My vendor had a sale on old demo/b-stock gear, and I got a good discount.) Proper clocking has been lacking in my system (Marbles random clock or just a grid-stuck bsp was all I had until this.) Being able to shift things around and add movement is gonna be so nice. PNWO will run the drums in Bitbox2, plus whatever else feels necessary, so I can leave Marbles/Frames firmware hack for Plaits and 0-Coast. A PEXP-1 will let me run my Novation Nova / Drumbrute Impact / Microfreak via midi... So many options. Thanks for the help, as always.
I haven't asked or heard anything but I doubt that'll happen. People love that it's all in 8HP. What I like to do is mix several options for "multi modulation" etc to create something that works as a more performative controllable option.
DivKidVideo thx for the comment it's a great module interesting trend as modules more and more have menus and diving, I am coming from the DAW world and Dave Smith synths , just getting into modular ....for ambient organic textures and probability mainly
can't remember to be honest in terms of that specific patch but it will have been any of the following. SSF Entity, Mutable Braids, Mutant Snare, Mutant Clap, Mutant Hats, Basimilus Iteritas, Moffenzeef Modular GMO.
Thanks for the video. Do you know if on Pamela's NEW Workout it's possible to go from one bpm setting DIRECTLY to a different bpm, avoiding a gradual speeding up/slowing down? (120BPM > 130BPM, instead of 120BPM > 121BPM > 122BPM > … > 130BPM)
Pamela was my first ,, module. Her New workout is so much more. Thanks for the in depth demo. Should I keep the original or sell it to free up the space?
Thx for your video. Is it possible to use Pamela's NEW Workout to trigger Drums on a Setup for live performance? How do you mute the trigger signals going out of Pamela's into the Drums?
Hi Daniel, personally I'd put a DivKid Mutes module (sorry I'm bias, but that tool was made to do that with the gates/trigs or the audio if you wish) between Pams and the drums. Or after the drums sometimes. Not sure if there's a mute function in Pams now but there's no performance based control to do it across multiple outputs.
@@DivKid thank you for your answer. I tried with an old Doepfer A-138i. It works well but it is important to keep the triggers very short (width 1% or so). Later I am going to get 2x DivKid Mutes - those require less space (: Thank you for the reviews. I learn a lot (:
I like the immediacy of a keyboard interface for turning on and off notes and you can adjust those on the fly 'performatively' and also then trigger when the quantisation happens as you like.
random question but I'm looking into getting a PNW and splitting clock signals/rests between itself, a nerdseq, octatrack, and a rene 2. Do you think something like a buffered multiple would be necessary for a situation like this or in general with sending clock sources to various destinations to keep the voltage levels steady thus keeping the clock rate steady?
Clearly thousands of people don't find it to be an issue. It's always a balance with an interface for something multi channel and with this much opportunity. I'm glad I don't need 90HP of controls to select through every option 8 times over for all the outputs. But it's absolutely fine if you do want knob per function, it's modular so luckily we can make the systems to suit ourselves.
Is it possible to slave PNW to an irregular clock? Like a pattern from a gate sequencer for example? Would this be doable by patching the gate sequencer into the run input and leaving the clock input empty perhaps..?
anything that multiplies a tempo is trying to learn and internalise it. So it's not going to work that well. Dividers you can work with irregularly but multiplying something means learning the clock. I mean you can try it and get things that warp around but I don't know what you're wanting in terms of results. Why not use PNW to get the irregular stuff? What do you want to achieve?
@@DivKid Ah ok, that makes some sense to me. Thanks Ben :) you're always so helpful. And well I'm planning on building a tiny sampling system based around the Phonogene and Radio Music, with the PNW for clocking/modulation. I thought it would be cool if I could set up something within that system, and then sequence PNW externally for further playability. As that's my one gripe with PNW, as great as it is it's not the most playable/tweakable thing in the world. (Though come to think of it the cv inputs and the reset input could be well enough anyways!)
I picked this up right after it came out....But, thanks to this video I'm going to use some features that were there but unexploited by me until this clear explanation appeared.
I wanted the Octocontroller as my next multi modulator, but this one's growing on me. Both have 8 outs but It can be a lot cheaper than the former & unlike it the Pam apparently has envelopes. The only thing is I haven't figured out on either yet from videos how you alter individual env slopes. So can you have up to 4 full ADSR's triggered together from the clock input by manipulating the limited controls?
it doesn't does ADSRs and it doesn't do trigger envelopes. It just gives you a decaying envelope shape that's trigger by a division of the clock. So more like an LFO with a common envelope shape.
I don't do comparison videos like that really and I don't have a Tempi. But I'd say both units are pretty different. PNW has CV options for the outputs and can provide a wider range of things. But the interface is very different. I couldn't say which is better or worse as that's very subjective. The only thing I can say is that I think all it will come down to is the interface and how you find working with each one.
in envelope mode, can you use it as a one-off trigger, or does it have to loop to tempo? and is it just an AR envelope, or is there any more complex control? I'm building a small skiff, and am wondering if I need separate adsr modules in addition to this, or if I can use this for that too
Im sending midi into the Yarns, with a sequence coming from the MPC to lets say at 130.. how could i also trigger the clock/run at the same time and be in sync ? any ideas ? cheers
hey there, just got this module, and I'm completely new to modular. I have a Pico Drums, and I have the cv input configured to control the decay on the drum sample 1 (ex. output 1 triggering the sample, output 2 going to the cv input of the Pico Drums controlling the decay of that sample). The sample is a hat sound, and when the decay is long, it sounds like a cymbal ride. I have the hat triggering several times per bar of the total pattern with other drum modules. What I want to accomplish is to have the decay be completely open on the first hat trigger (the downbeat) and then close the decay on the successive triggers of the hat in the pattern/bar. Is this possible with PNW? I tried to do this with the envelope going to the cv in and it creates a rhythmic thing with the decay but I can't figure out what its doing. I don't know if its retriggering the envelope on every sample trigger. I know I can probably get this to work using the divisors on the modifier, but I'm not quite sure how yet. Great vid btw, the manual doesn't really say much about the envelope, but it's clear here how it's working.
Hi ! Super usefull demo ! But I don't have the N option on the RUN? menu... So it's impossible to make the run input acts like a reset signal... Do you have a clue ? I noticed that you didn't show the N option in your vid... Is the feature missing ? Thanks a lot in advance :)
Yeah, sorry, I should asked him first... Anyway since the new firmware, the reset option is now called RS... which was pretty obvious haha. Thanks anyway for the kind answer, your channel is awesome :)
Hi @@DivKid, I'm interested which kick you are using 23min when you are talking about groove. Thanks for this - had this module a while and no idea it could do envelopes!
You and Mylar are the eurorack saint saviors that will save us from modular ignorance and will bless us to perpetual spending and bankruptcy.
Jokes aside, thank you so much for your hardwork. We'd be lost without you.
"modular ignorance" I need to use that somewhere haha. Thanks for the nice comment, it's very much appreciated.
Even, worse, we would have to read manuals! 😜
@@DivKid and you'd be amazed at how few people can explain what a VCA is let alone how to use one!
@@fablesofsilence I actually love to read manuals must be the inner geek in me hehe
@@GuitarsAndSynths I have written a couple over my professional life… but not for modules ;-)
I didn't realize how deep this thing was until I saw you utilizing all the functions. Great tutorial on it.
nice one thanks.
Amazing new update in Pam's I got lucky with some new build options and freed up a tiny bit of space on the Pam firmware image builds :hyper: . This meant I could finally fix some long standing weird bugs and add a couple of new features. I've made an initial 202 BETA release available with this work.
The first new feature is a basic quantiser option on each channel with a few fixed scales to choose from. Please keep in mind Pams outputs are 10bits so don't expect this to be super precise but isn't too bad as limited to 5 octaves anyway. I don't plan on adding hundreds of exotic scales, microtonal stuff etc.. if you want that Id advise you grab a dedicated quantiser. Im limited by available space and actually reasonably representing in two characters.. Current scales are;
"NO" - no quantisation
"MJ" - Major
"nM" - Natural minor
"hM" - Harmonic minor
"P+" - Pent Major
"P-" - Pent Minor
"LD" - Lydian
"JP" - 'Japanese'
"5t" - root & a fifth
"c1" - I chord
"c4" - IV chord
"c5" - V chord
"12" - 12 tones, chromatic.
The chord ones Im playing with for making simple appegios etc. Lemme know how these and other scales work for you.
The other new feature is simply a new RUN input assignable triggered option to make a bank load addressable by voltage level (in CV1). Its currently limited to the first 16 banks.
These are the bugs that have been fixed (from changelog);
- Fix PPQN screen always changing val when made active.
- Fix CV reset of random seed (when loop is at 0).
- Fix wierd CVx modifiers always getting assigned when param clicked after assigning one!
- Make full reset actually reset mute states.
Note Im still pretty space constrained and though I do have a little space left I would rather save this for fixing future potential issues rather than any additional new features. At least in immediate future. Top One ALM x
Wow
mine came recently and loving the quantizer features so useful as well as new updates and random wave modes.
Really cool, thanks for this. Can you choose the key of the scale or is it fixed in C for example & thus your comment about quantiser?
Ben your accent is the best. I love listening to your demonstrations because not only is your evident expertise valuable, but also you delivery is such a delight.
it's rare anyone says that! Thank you, really appreciate the comment. Hopefully there's a lot to get out of the videos and I just try to keep my accent out of the way.
Astonishing. I'm astonished. Some of the musical things I've dreamed of doing might now be possible, without shelling out five gand on other modules. Go ALM indeed!
Absolutely Matthew does good work.
pam has been one of the most versatile modules i could've ever bought. people say everyone needs a disting in their rack, i say everyone needs a PNW in their rack.
I disagree with the disting and say everyone needs an Ornament and Crime with Hemispheres in their rack lol
@@bobthesalesclerk I heard everyone needs Math in their racks, but naw… got PNW, uO_c and Disting - but tbh these three are kind of similar in terms of UI and the huge range of possibilities :)
Ben, you're the man! Awesome tutorial, brilliant production! Just purchased Pam's and will come back to this video... often! cheers!
The build quality on this module is top notch... great addition to any rig
So this is why everyone is getting them, loads of features and they're all high quality and well thought about
absolutely.
This is brilliant. The true manual for this module. Thank you!
Nice one Stewart, definitely set out for some sort of module manual library / patch idea service with the channel.
I finally got to order mine yesterday now I'm sitting here all anxious waiting for it! Thanks as always for your informative videos. I watch your videos so much I feel like when I order a module I already know how to use it when it gets here.
That's great to hear, thanks.
Hope you're having fun with it :) One of my first modules and instantly a favorite! Not to mention the current updates.. It just keeps getting better
A superb in depth exploration of Pamela, the queen of clocks-function modules. When I first discovered Pamela, I made it a priority choice for my system, this video amplifies those early impressions. Even if you don't own Pamela, the wide breath of info DivKid covers here it's great stuff you can use with any modular rig.
Nice one Carlos, that's the goal!
I didn't realize how stuck I was in how I was using PNWO until I watched this video. Thanks for the hard work!
No worries thanks Robert.
Just picked up a Pamela today from London Modular -- great timing!! Excited to get stuck in, thanks for this Ben!
cheers!
How are you liking it? I'm in Canada but had to get mine from CTRL in Brooklyn. Ultimately their service is excellent so it's worth paying the exchange rate sometimes for us in Canada to get a module immediately upon release.
Loving it so far, finding it's transforming my patches quite a lot (not had a master clock before). The random source generator is really useful to have too, and really impressed with the 8 outputs given how small it is. And yay Canada! I spend a lot of time in the Ottawa region, wonderful place.
Hey, just watching this again for reference. I just have to say thank you for the time codes, it's a really nice touch.
Yeah I should do that more.
This is the shit. Thank you for this. I'm so late to the game on modular and this unit. I feel like all I need is Pams, a few basic oscillators, a week recording and tweaking in isolation, and I'm good to go.
thank you, enjoy Pam's!
To me this module is excruciating, the antithesis of why i went into modular. Focussing all the time on this tiny display and single knob, diving through arrays of virtual functions. Of course hats off to the makers of such a powerful module ... and to those who can wield it.
I can appreciate that Stephan. Definitely not for everyone. I personally like to mix modules like this with analogue and digital sound options and a mix of small format like PICO modules or sub 6HP stuff alongside bigger my finger friendly Qu-Bit style designs.
Great walkthrough! I’m sold
Check out the new PRO version, it might have some things you'd like. Though if you don't think you need the new features the PRO offers you might find a great deal on a NEW model second hand.
such a versatile, extensive module and a great tutorial, thanks for the help.
Thanks for watching! Feel free to ask any questions.
So helpful. Great video. I’m an old timer whose is completely new to modular world.
this module is a work of art
certainly adds a massive amount to a system.
Excellent. You did a outstanding job of explaining each of the functions. I love my PNW and look forward to trying out all of these functions now.
nice one thanks David.
woooohooo, 40 minutes. awesome. I love this module. I bet I haven't even touched the surface of it yet.
long video but I put a series of timing links for those wanting to skip through too.
fantastic work! thanks, as usual, for digging into the advanced features like CV control and explaining them clearly.
great thanks Dan.
YESHHHHHHHH. thank you! i love this module, this sheds light on some features i was NOT exploiting correctly.
nice one, glad to hear that.
This demo was the nail in the coffin. Got P’sNE on its way! I’m excited to see how it compliments
cool enjoy it.
Bought the original Pam's when it came out. Was a nice module for beats and clocking, but ultimately got rid of it because it wasn't getting enough love. THIS, hell, what an update! I mean, 8 LFO's alone is worth the price of admission, PLUS all the other great features. WOW!!!
yeah massive update.
you truly are a master of modular, I have been learning loads off your videos
Happy to see Stepper acid right there! Thanks for your videos
Nice one Eddit, cheers!
Perfect timing - got a PNW this week and getting to grips with it. This is an awesome helper!
nice one.
I was fascinated by this video, really helpful. Awesome, thank you.🙏👌
another ace overview. must be getting one of these. seems a no-brainer for smaller set-ups especially.
No brainer any sized set up for me.
This module seems absolutely killer. I think it'll be the next one I pick up. Great demo man, very comprehensive and the audio demos were fun too!
cheers
you won't go wrong with it. Loads of modulation and control.
great video, well thought out. You convinced me that this module would work great in my own setup
it's fantastic, I'm using loads since it entered the case.
Thanks for a brilliant walk-through of this module.
You may have done too good a job outa it though, since I had no idea that I needed one before watching, and now I've ordered one! ;-)
Amazing overview! Thanks. Now to plug my Pam's in and get sculpting!
Have fun Scott and cheers for the comment.
Wow! Fantastic module and great, comprehensive video Ben, much appreciated!!
Seriously considering breaking my 'no menu' rule for this one. Great vid as usual.
well worth it for a huge hub of modulation.
same here
Fantastic overview and examples. Thank you!
great thanks for the comment.
Thank you so much for the detailed explanation. I was looking on this one several times before but couldn't grasp what the fuss is all about, until now. The only thing I'm worried about is that there's too much menu diving...
I don't equate menu diving to this at all. It's all a simple click or hold away. Yes it's a menu, but not a "divey" one if that makes sense.
Yes, you are probably right. My skiff is aiming to be very much performance oriented, but the amount of features per hp added the PNW to the my wishlist :-)
Great overview as usual. Can't wait to try mine :)
cheers
Thanks for the video! I was trying to choose between this and the octocontroller and Batumi. I went for this because of price and I might still get a Batumi one day. But this video really helped me choose.
Happy to helping
love that first house patch you did here..
nice one thanks
@@DivKid has that oldskool earlier groove about it.. what modules did you use with it ?
Are we talking about the one with the Elektron Analog 4? Or one with the acid line?
@@DivKid coming out of pamelas new workout. 0.10secs in sound on the video
@@DivKid i didnt hear no acid line.. was literally a few seconds of house style sound. 0:10 in i beleive.
What a great video! Thank you for this!
Encyclopaedic as always... such a useful reference Ben! Especially now that the PRO model is out, there's a bunch of us folk with less cash who are diving onto eBay to get a "new" Pam's now they're being sold off ;-)
Hi Chris, I imagine the price of the second hand NEW workouts is dropping as there's so many of them. Plus the PRO is largely the same in how it works so I hope people still use the video as a reference for much of it.
So over a year and a bit after you posted this, I come to your channel to check out Pamela's New Workout as I potentially want to put into a new live rig. I knew little about it expect that I wanted one device to handle most of my clock signals etc... Your overview of this is perfect. I now know this is exactly what I've been looking for :) Cheers Ben! Hope to catch you on a Sonicstate talk soon.
cheers
Why do I not have this, what an awesome little module.
:)
What a great tutorial! Thank you very much for such goooooood explanations! Top notch! 🙏🏻
cheers
Damn this is great! Thanks dude
Nice one, can't wait to digest all this
cheers Jase!
Just got Pam's
This video is a must, next to the manual, so, thanks again Ben :-)
nice one Andy, cheers for the comment as always.
great video, love this module
Cheers!
yay been looking forward to this review. thank you as always
I'm expecting one of these in the mail today, so the timing couldn't be better! Thanks for making such an in-depth video; there are features you showed that I never would have figured out from the manual alone.
good to hear thanks for the comment.
Very informative Ben. Thanks :-)
Cheers Andy.
Thank you for this!!
I already knew I needed a Pamela in my rig, but I didn't know I needed it right now! Good video, man.
Yes! It was already quite far up on the list, but this video just pushed it enormously..
cheers!
This is one of my favorite modules. Then again so is pretty much my whole 270hp case.... Lol
haha fair enough
Great demo!
Cheers Scott.
Really top review ! Now I'm hesitating to sell my varigate 4 to buy this Pam !
Ahhhh decisions decisions
DivKidVideo do you think that it makes sense ? It would be so much powerful in my sense !
Thanks you made me buy this thing haha
it's a useful unit.
thanks, great video! I realized there have since been some added features (Quant and Logic) that you can get with a firmware update. I just did mine.
This is an amazing video (just like all your others) and definitely has convinced me that I need Pamela in my life. Question though: can you please explain Euclidean steps for me? Googling it revealed a lot of advanced mathematics that went right over my head.
Check this site out - www.groovemechanics.com/euclid/ - it's an online Euclidean sequencer so you can play and figure it out.
The basics are you set a step length. Say 16 steps, think of that as 16th notes in a bar.
So you set how many steps will be active, say 5 and it tries it's best to evenly distribute 5 steps within the step length (we said 16). Of course 5 doesn't go into 16 so you get a more rhythmic pattern as opposed to a straight division of the beat/clock/tempo.
There's often then a rotation control which will let you grab the pattern and shift around the available steps.
Have a play with the site and I think it will help.
Between that and the Voltage Control Lab video I think I've got it! Thanks a lot!
great video, as always. could you tell us a little bit about the modules you were using ? drums ?
Drums will have been any mix of the following (below). I've been making exclusive patch breakdown videos for my Patreon supporters if that's something of interest for you. Not avoiding the answer (I don't have a video to check this back specifically) I'll always respond but where people want to see how all the patches are made, approaches, sound sources, mixing, FX, modulation etc outside of what's in focus for the video my Patreon supporters get extra videos doing that. patreon.com/divkid
SSF Entity, Mutable Braids, Mutant Snare, Mutant Clap, Mutant Hats, Basimilus Iteritas, Moffenzeef Modular GMO.
Amazing overview! I know how to use the width as as a release function for the envelope, but is there an easy way to adjust the attack and use it as a simple AD envelope?
it's decay envelopes only. Which is a nice bonus as it's not an envelope generator.
Maybe there's a feature request for that to be a bonus thing in the firmware in the future.
@@DivKid Appreciate the response. I felt like a crazy person looking for the attack parameter!
I know this is an old video and all, but... My PNWO is on order and arrives in the next week or so, along with Intellijel scales, plus MI Ears and Kinks (My vendor had a sale on old demo/b-stock gear, and I got a good discount.) Proper clocking has been lacking in my system (Marbles random clock or just a grid-stuck bsp was all I had until this.) Being able to shift things around and add movement is gonna be so nice. PNWO will run the drums in Bitbox2, plus whatever else feels necessary, so I can leave Marbles/Frames firmware hack for Plaits and 0-Coast. A PEXP-1 will let me run my Novation Nova / Drumbrute Impact / Microfreak via midi... So many options. Thanks for the help, as always.
Great video as always! I feel this one is going to replace my tempi, that module could do so much more with better firmware..
I don't have a tempi to comment.
I hope they release Pamela's Gym with a larger screen , more knobs, include the expanders and more real estate
I haven't asked or heard anything but I doubt that'll happen. People love that it's all in 8HP. What I like to do is mix several options for "multi modulation" etc to create something that works as a more performative controllable option.
DivKidVideo thx for the comment it's a great module interesting trend as modules more and more have menus and diving, I am coming from the DAW world and Dave Smith synths , just getting into modular ....for ambient organic textures and probability mainly
probability based triggering and then letting that affect tonal parameters is a beautiful thing. Very much why I'm using modular so much as well.
HI thanks for the in depth video, what percussion modules are you using, cheers. C
can't remember to be honest in terms of that specific patch but it will have been any of the following. SSF Entity, Mutable Braids, Mutant Snare, Mutant Clap, Mutant Hats, Basimilus Iteritas, Moffenzeef Modular GMO.
Cool thanks for the help what a mixture, its certainly great fun with drums, take it easy! Colin
Amazing!!
I'm guessing, in the melodies part of this video, the quantizer is on on Braids?
That or it's going out to the ADDAC 207 then into Braids.
Nice clock ! Ben will that Din out be able to sync my Tb 303 ? sync 24 ?
At 19:45 when you activate the Euclidian trigger, how do you get the sound to stop after the trigger? Does output 1 also triggers an EG and a VCA?
Thanks for the video. Do you know if on Pamela's NEW Workout it's possible to go from one bpm setting DIRECTLY to a different bpm, avoiding a gradual speeding up/slowing down? (120BPM > 130BPM, instead of 120BPM > 121BPM > 122BPM > … > 130BPM)
you could look into CV inputs. You might be able CV tempo.
Pamela was my first ,, module. Her New workout is so much more. Thanks for the in depth demo. Should I keep the original or sell it to free up the space?
Hmmmm hard to say. I still have them both and have considering selling the original too. Not sure they're worth much at all second hand now.
Much appreciated overview.
Is the maximum 16 for the ESteps parameter?
nice one, it does 32 steps.
Does the the LFO go into audio rate? Can I use it as an oscillator?
Good luck trying to actually buy this module.
Ask you local stores to get hold of some to encourage stock turning up.
Do you think this module would have usefulness for ambient music? I'm thinking in terms of modulating ambient pads.
Yes, 8 outputs with LFOs, random etc it would be useful.
Cool thanks for the reply!
Thx for your video. Is it possible to use Pamela's NEW Workout to trigger Drums on a Setup for live performance? How do you mute the trigger signals going out of Pamela's into the Drums?
Hi Daniel, personally I'd put a DivKid Mutes module (sorry I'm bias, but that tool was made to do that with the gates/trigs or the audio if you wish) between Pams and the drums. Or after the drums sometimes.
Not sure if there's a mute function in Pams now but there's no performance based control to do it across multiple outputs.
@@DivKid thank you for your answer. I tried with an old Doepfer A-138i. It works well but it is important to keep the triggers very short (width 1% or so). Later I am going to get 2x DivKid Mutes - those require less space (:
Thank you for the reviews. I learn a lot (:
thanks Daniel appreciate that!
quick question, why on tack 7 in the 1st example did you use an external quantiser instead of the one in Pams?
I like the immediacy of a keyboard interface for turning on and off notes and you can adjust those on the fly 'performatively' and also then trigger when the quantisation happens as you like.
random question but I'm looking into getting a PNW and splitting clock signals/rests between itself, a nerdseq, octatrack, and a rene 2. Do you think something like a buffered multiple would be necessary for a situation like this or in general with sending clock sources to various destinations to keep the voltage levels steady thus keeping the clock rate steady?
If you love menu diving, you’ll love this module.
Clearly thousands of people don't find it to be an issue.
It's always a balance with an interface for something multi channel and with this much opportunity. I'm glad I don't need 90HP of controls to select through every option 8 times over for all the outputs.
But it's absolutely fine if you do want knob per function, it's modular so luckily we can make the systems to suit ourselves.
Sorry, can i use pam with the volca fm? Also with keys...
Is it possible to slave PNW to an irregular clock? Like a pattern from a gate sequencer for example? Would this be doable by patching the gate sequencer into the run input and leaving the clock input empty perhaps..?
anything that multiplies a tempo is trying to learn and internalise it. So it's not going to work that well. Dividers you can work with irregularly but multiplying something means learning the clock. I mean you can try it and get things that warp around but I don't know what you're wanting in terms of results. Why not use PNW to get the irregular stuff? What do you want to achieve?
@@DivKid Ah ok, that makes some sense to me. Thanks Ben :) you're always so helpful.
And well I'm planning on building a tiny sampling system based around the Phonogene and Radio Music, with the PNW for clocking/modulation. I thought it would be cool if I could set up something within that system, and then sequence PNW externally for further playability. As that's my one gripe with PNW, as great as it is it's not the most playable/tweakable thing in the world.
(Though come to think of it the cv inputs and the reset input could be well enough anyways!)
you can look at it the other way and use the PNW to influence everything else. Even patching one of it's outputs back to itself can work well too.
@@DivKid I ended up going with the Wogglebug instead as I've already got everything else more practical in my main rack :)
I picked this up right after it came out....But, thanks to this video I'm going to use some features that were there but unexploited by me until this clear explanation appeared.
great to hear thanks
I wanted the Octocontroller as my next multi modulator, but this one's growing on me. Both have 8 outs but It can be a lot cheaper than the former & unlike it the Pam apparently has envelopes. The only thing is I haven't figured out on either yet from videos how you alter individual env slopes. So can you have up to 4 full ADSR's triggered together from the clock input by manipulating the limited controls?
it doesn't does ADSRs and it doesn't do trigger envelopes. It just gives you a decaying envelope shape that's trigger by a division of the clock. So more like an LFO with a common envelope shape.
@@DivKid Oh OK. Not quite what I hoped but still good value though.
it's a nice additional shape but it's certainly not a normal envelope generator.
Got 12hp left in an 6u 84hp case. Got the voltage block and not so many lfos. Thinking either this or the varigate 4+. Decisions...
Hmmmmm tough choices, but if it's LFOs then this. Voltage Block with the slew/smooth option turned on can create LFO like motions though.
Whatched this demo again, and the Pam is the module. So versitile. Thanks!
would you ever do comparison videos? dunno if i should settle on PNW or Tempi...
I don't do comparison videos like that really and I don't have a Tempi. But I'd say both units are pretty different. PNW has CV options for the outputs and can provide a wider range of things. But the interface is very different. I couldn't say which is better or worse as that's very subjective. The only thing I can say is that I think all it will come down to is the interface and how you find working with each one.
in envelope mode, can you use it as a one-off trigger, or does it have to loop to tempo? and is it just an AR envelope, or is there any more complex control? I'm building a small skiff, and am wondering if I need separate adsr modules in addition to this, or if I can use this for that too
Im sending midi into the Yarns, with a sequence coming from the MPC to lets say at 130.. how could i also trigger the clock/run at the same time and be in sync ? any ideas ? cheers
On the PNW that is*
nice...what drums are playin__?
THANKKKKS❤️❤️❤️
does the pexp-1 start immediately with pamela or does it need a full beat of clocks to know the timing?
starts immediately, it's not like a clock divider/multiplier that needs multiple clocks to get going.
DivKidVideo thx, that makes it a nobrainer to change to pexp
24:00 Pamela's got the funk!
she's got it going on.
hey there, just got this module, and I'm completely new to modular. I have a Pico Drums, and I have the cv input configured to control the decay on the drum sample 1 (ex. output 1 triggering the sample, output 2 going to the cv input of the Pico Drums controlling the decay of that sample). The sample is a hat sound, and when the decay is long, it sounds like a cymbal ride. I have the hat triggering several times per bar of the total pattern with other drum modules. What I want to accomplish is to have the decay be completely open on the first hat trigger (the downbeat) and then close the decay on the successive triggers of the hat in the pattern/bar. Is this possible with PNW? I tried to do this with the envelope going to the cv in and it creates a rhythmic thing with the decay but I can't figure out what its doing. I don't know if its retriggering the envelope on every sample trigger. I know I can probably get this to work using the divisors on the modifier, but I'm not quite sure how yet. Great vid btw, the manual doesn't really say much about the envelope, but it's clear here how it's working.
Hi ! Super usefull demo ! But I don't have the N option on the RUN? menu... So it's impossible to make the run input acts like a reset signal... Do you have a clue ? I noticed that you didn't show the N option in your vid... Is the feature missing ?
Thanks a lot in advance :)
Hi Jean, I don't have it to hand to test it out. Have you tried speaking to Matthew at ALM directly about it?
Yeah, sorry, I should asked him first... Anyway since the new firmware, the reset option is now called RS... which was pretty obvious haha.
Thanks anyway for the kind answer, your channel is awesome :)
Thanks Jean, and no worries at all. I was wondering what N was.
What module is generating that kick? It's nice and soft, like a DR-55.
at what point in the video?
@@DivKid 1:20
Hi @@DivKid, I'm interested which kick you are using 23min when you are talking about groove. Thanks for this - had this module a while and no idea it could do envelopes!
thank you
I could see myself needing more than 2 CV inputs. They need to make an expander module with more!!