Is this the BEST kick ever? // Steady State Fate Entity Ultra Kick
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- Is this the best kick drum ever? Well it’s a bold statement and one that will no doubt be questioned (rightly so) but watch the first minute or so to catch the patch previews and let the module answer that for you. There’s a hugely impressive range of kick sounds (as you’d expect) but there’s also a surprising wide palette of sound for synth tones.
As always I aim to make videos that are educational and tutorials in themselves so I I've pushed this waaaay beyond kick drums ... Through the video I get into a trumpet that meets a dying tuba (yes a kick that sounds like a dying tuba), FM bells, kicks, snares, cowbells, sub bass and that odd 80s plastic-y rubbery sort of FM digital sound even … so there's LOTS of patch examples that you can skip around at the timing links below.
The start of the video also has a much extended video manual style feature run down. I hope that proves useful for people wanting to learn more about the controls and circuit that delivers these sounds. Let me know in the comments if you like this longer form section at the front (or not).
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TIMING INDEX // SECTIONS
00:00 Hello, patch previews & intro
EXTENSIVE FEATURE RUN DOWN
02:25 Pitch & Envelopes with frequency, pitch decay and resonant controls
03:48 Sound shaping with punch, character and ripple controls
05:25 Output compressor section the dynamics mix, bass drive & limiter gain
07:27 Outputs audio & CV with envelope out, duck out and main output
PATCHES
08:04 Hybrid kick and low end bass riffage
09:10 From deep warm sub bass to 80s digital FM tones
10:17 187 Kick sounds in 60 seconds
11:17 Heavy kicks + DUCK out side chained FX
11:51 Can we turn a kick drum into a whole drum kit? YES!
12:44 Softer kicks and emulating acoustic drums
13:43 Formant (sync) synthesis (bonus talking kicks)
14:53 Is your jungle massive?
15:13 Will it 808?
15:50 A kick connoisseur level transient shaping trick
16:26 Weird snares for weird beats!
SUB AUDIO EXPERIMENTS
17:37 Kinetic booms & sub audio wobbles
18:35 Wobble booms as experimental musical accents
19:28 Low end punch & rumble
19:42 Dynamic sequences for funky kick & bass hybrids
20:55 Techno kicks - 909 anyone?
22:11 Low end kicks for sample layering with drum breaks
23:10 Making sounds swell with a trumpet & dying tuba
24:18 Cowbells or alien FM drums?
25:21 Rich FM Bells + rubbery plastic overtones
CREATIVE SIDECHAIN CONTROL
25:45 Bass Drive saturation swells
26:54 Sidechaining kicks for creative low end tails
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Every single patch in that intro segment is dope
You are an ultra Kick.
The best intro patches on UA-cam if that’s a thing haha
So are the waving hands. Especially at 1:21. I agree with those hands completely, that's a fat kick.
Have never heard him make a bad patch in any of his videos
I love you Jeremy
You are an ultra kick…ass module reviewer :)
The GAS is huge on this one, really like how it blurs the line between kick and organic synth voice
The master is back!!! Excellent video my friend. I knew this module was going to be rad and it and the video did not disappoint.
It's really great to have you back ! My Ultra Kick got shipped today !!!
Tutorial does a lot of justice to what this device can accomplish. Been waiting for this for 2+ years, and :))) it's worth the wait!
This thing got my studio sub a-pumpin'! Sounds great! Thanks for the demo and patching tips.
Damn that kick is ultra deep ! :) Good vid as always, and man gotta love the noodle/demo patches, epic ! cheers
Damn Ben, what an epic video! I haven’t even racked mine yet and now I’m wanting a second one- so many cool sounds there.
Any sufficiently advanced DivKid patch is indistinguishable from magic. What a walk-through, thanks for all the inspiration. AND the module sounds incredible. You are an ultra kick!
If only Arthur C Clarke had had a modular synth - maybe he did.
You are an Ultra Kick
Really nice video ! Your patches are so creatives. Thanks 🥁
This video (and module) is incredible!
Amazing module and amazing video!
You are an Ultra Kick. This module is a massive sweet spot for all your low end needs. Loving mine.
You are an ultra kick! This module seems wonderful. Great patching!
Neighbours will HATE this one module ... I was about to buy a Basimilus, but now I think I'll get this first. I wanted a module to do typical static tradition 808 kick drums but also tuned trap 808 basslines. But also to be able to do house and techno kicks as needed.
i bought one of these primarily based on your video and can i just say it sounds incredible. so smooth and clean. everything you would expect in a kick and more
Glad to hear you're getting great results out of it. It's definitely a fantastic module, SSF design is always good.
Fkn based lol
Well done Ben. A return to form!
awsome patches!!!
SSF genius + fantastic patch examples by ben=10/10 video. you are an ultra kick.
good to see you back ben!
you are an ultra kick ... loving your videos .. really helps a noob to the modular scene
Hi Robert that's great to hear thank you. There's a massive amount of videos if you're wanting to check out certain functions. I try to make demos that show functions and creative/musical uses so hopefully people take the ideas and apply them to other modules and gear too. All the best for your modular journey!
Kickin' it new school! sounds good
Holy moly, you nailed it, great great review
thanks, appreciate that
You are an ultra kick! Very interesting module, I will probably get one!
Sounds awesome!
Thanks man, great tutorial. You got me!
cheers! appreciate that
kcik artlu na era uoy
Thanks a lot for your effort and inspiration. As always - i can't imagine how it's can be done better to create such a module review video.
wow thanks Knut and I appreciate the backwards efforts too :)
thank you for that!! beautiful !!
The ‘brass’ section using resonance is especially cool for the slight pitch instability.
I found the original entity had so much depth I wouldn't hesitate to pick up the ultra kick as well. I think they'd sit quite well next to each other.
Dear DivKid,
thank you very much for this video. I’ve bought that module, tried it out intensively and at the end sold in again. For the style of my music it wasn’t the right one. Never really got a kick drum out of it which I was happy with. Now I’ve just got the Portal Drum from Rabid Elephant and will check that one out. Sounds promising.
Hello, thanks for the supportive comment much appreciated.
Sorry to hear the module wasn't for you, I hope the Portal helps you find the kick sounds you're after. Do you have kicks in other formats you like to use?
I love this!
thanks
19:04 sounds so magnetic! Great work Ben
thanks
You always generate such hip beats. Where are these beats? The world needs div beats !
Why thank you! HipKids and DivBeats ... I'm available for beat making!
Indeed a bold statement, but it may also be the truth. It sounds absolutely gorgeous.
Great video und great module! Would be interesting to compare it to the Rabid Elephant Portal Drum.
You are an ultra kick 🦵 love this module
You are an ultra kick
like the patch sounds like first time blowing a horn Plus how HOTTT module sounds double A+ man
Ok my Boomtschack is JEALOUS now
You’re an ultra kick! Ordered!!!!
soooo cool video that tells you "you need this module too !"
nowhere did I tell you that you need this module. It's a demo, if it sounds and functions as you'd like check it out, if you don't like then that's also good by me. I don't want people to waste time, energy or money so the video can be used to decide something is NOT for you sometimes too.
All the best!
@@DivKid i didn't want to say that you tells me to buy it ! indeed, i bought it ! 😄 i just wanted to say that your videos are so cool that they always tempt me for a new module ! ahhhhh modular passion ! and hey, keep up your good work ! you are passionated and you transmit passion !
Have come to appreciate your detailed reviews especially considering I am only beginning with modular. I am in the market for a dedicated kick module. I was eyeing at your review on the SSF Ultra Kick and am wondering if you have any inputs on the Malstrom Mandrake? Thank you
You are an ultra kick (and I love it!)
Sounds fantastic, and to me sounds like a DPO / Buchla 259 for alot of the sounds.
Im still prefer using other stuff for making bass drums and the like, VCO's, filters and the like. Still nice to have dedicated modules sometimes though. Thanks for the vids/tutorials/ideas Ben, always great!
Hi Daryl, yeah there's some overlap in complex oscillator like tones for sure. I see both sides of it, like you I really enjoying building percussion from separate building blocks but I also appreciated a distilled and refined option in a smaller footprint. The advantage over the latter here is that all (or most) of those building blocks are exposed and it's still very modular, which led to me being able to push it around into more than just kicks.
I love using a combination of modules to create my drums since I end up sampling them to use as one shots anyways. However, seeing one module that effortlessly does what would usually take my entire small system to do half of is kind of mind blowing.
Nice one....
F'ing Heck! That sounds ULTRA.
I love acid and I want one!
YOU ARE AN ULTRA KICK SIR
You are so much an ultra kick!
I just bought the Jomox a couple of weeks ago x) but this is quite different
This IS the best kick on the planet. And it’s incredible deep and full of interesting oomph and transient. You can use it in n a production and can be seriously taken without any processing. It’s perfect
You are an Ultra Kick! Convinced me :)
YOU ARE AN ULTRA KICK!
New Kick on the Block
You are an ultra kick and GAS-trigger !
YOU are AN ultra KICK!!!
You are an ultra kick 🔥
You are an ultra kick! lolz im buying thiss
haha!
You are an ultra kick
💪🏽
Well looks like I need to sample this entire video.
Indeed sounds ridiculously good mate..hahahah.
Impressive... i listenend it like a podcast in my car...
Hello, would you suggest this, rather a JoMoX Modbase 09 or? I’m searching an Euro module JUST to made some “808s”…I mean the 808style bass drum. I don’t need an exact replica of the sound (or would go to TipTop or other clones) but I need a Module that can offer a vaste range of bass(drums) in the 808s realm.
There's plenty of that 808 boom and lots of options to shape and customise (and modulate) all that with the Ultra Kick. I haven't had the ModBase here to really have much of an opinion or to compare the two.
I'd also take a look at the Shakmat Battering Ram, much simpler and smaller but a good sound and capable of those sorts of booms too.
I'd say the Ultra Kick is the most flexible with a wider range, but it's good to think about much range or how specific things need to sound.
@@DivKid thanks a lot a will check the Battering Ram too ♥️🙏
What is a good module for adding offset voltages?
I recently covered the IOU by Apollo View Modular (with lots of ideas for utility patches) that adds an offset in some interesting ways ua-cam.com/video/pLSBj_0w328/v-deo.html
You are an Ultra-Kick!
This sounds fucking badass :D
Yeah mate, totally killer. Andrew has (yet again) nailed it.
Nice, i would like to see attack parameter on drum modules, i love wump wump sounds.
attack? time to make things fade in? Run the sound into a VCA with a rising envelope would be a solution. Not the same as just having a control to do it though I know.
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What is that pot you use in the RND Step @8:08 ? (haha, pun...) And why the trigger in? Is it a '0hp' attenuator used as a switch here?
Hello good questions this is a passive attenuator utility from Tidbit Audio (video coming with them soon) you can find their stuff here - etsy.me/34Puyjw - there's some really handy little things in there.
RE the trigger in - yes this is just used as a switch to cut the clock off going to the trigger or to let it through. They do make switches but this is just what I grabbed.
You are an ultra kick! ... Your kicking it quite ultra, my dear sir! 🤪
it's funny getting called an Ultra Kick when I forgot about asking for that! haha.
My favorite kick drum so far in eurorack is the awesome Jomox bass drum. Feed it thru Mutant Hot Glue and crank the distortion and compression so good.
I think Jomox still beats this module. But of course the Jomox is a much bigger module and deeper as well.
@@tl3ss really? It can get massive.
@@tl3ss ahh, I own one. The amount of different kicks you can get is pretty wide. You can get some VERY beefy and heavy “weighty” kicks out of it with plenty of rumble, or not.
you are an ultra kick!
Hey just wondering, where is the noise patched to on the full drum kit when yr talking about making smares?
HI Miles, good question. I tried it in a few places with varying results. Sometimes using a multiple/splitter to send it to lots of places can help. Pretty sure I settled on just the 1v/oct so it's noise as an FM modulator.
yo, what's the lil knobby switch input thing in the first patch going into trigger input of RndStep?? some sort of attenverter???
also... YOU ARE AN ULTRAKICK
Hi Jason, that's a little attenuator utility from Tidbit Audio. etsy.me/34Puyjw they've a lot of great passive utilities.
You are an ultra kick for sure!
ha! cheers mate.
thought I needed this module and then I just sampled 50 kicks from this video :)
Wouldn't be the first time people rip stuff from the videos.
I’m looking at modular, I figure it’s about 4K to even start with what I want. Save save save👌
The peoblem is its open endedness I think. After those 4k you're gonna very quickly need another 4.
Start small, figure what you want next playing it.
I've got completely different rack after a year, to fit my live performance needs better.
Literally, from Erica Techno System clone down to Jomox, IME, Mutables and stereo processing. Out of my old rack only the Bassline remains.
@@substance90
Yeah,
It aught to be called:
Euro Crack! Lol
One ‘kick drum’ and you’re ‘snared’!
@@Bork_In_Volcanic
I have a pretty large collection of synths, Mono’s, Poly’s, Semi Mod, Matrix patched covering about 4 decades heavy on the last 2 years. The Euro Rack is probably next. Knowing me I’ll start with a large cabinet, stuff it full in a year.
There’s vids of on my channel, warning it’s a bit out there, no edits or post production.
Very helpful. Does anyone know where Steady State Fate is based? I looked at their site and couldn’t tell. Would love to know more about them.
Steady State Fate are in the state of New York, USA.
@@DivKid thank you! That’s awesome.
OH Man i thought i didnt need any more rack space...... sheeeesh
Are those led sync cables? Lights up with the signal?
Where I get?
They are from www.producertools-hardware.com my patreon supporters have an exclusive discount of 20% with them ... so not to get too sales-pitchy but you might make a saving bigger than patreon support on that one depending on how cables you want.
@@DivKid cool 😎 thanks man!
no worries! Have a good weekend.
Comparison to the entity bass drum?
You are indeed most indubitably an ultra kick.
No, no. It’s is you Cecil. You who are the ultra kick.
What is that little inline attenuator you're using on the rnd step module?
That's a little utility from Tidbit Audio, video coming on them soon as they sent a few bits over. Enjoying the adding functions to just patch in on the cables.
They're here - etsy.me/34Puyjw
@@DivKid yeah i love little inline utilities. sometimes can def get out of hand, but great when you're in a pinch
someone needs to make the best snaredrum ever, and best hihat ever!
anyone with thoughts om this
YOU ARE AN ULTRA KICK
I am the ultra kick 💢💢 sounds pretty savage
You are an ultra kick!!!!!
why thank you
we are all ultra kick!
You are, indeed, an Ultra Kick
haha thanks!
Time for Rabid Elephant to chill down with their Portal Drum price.
8:32 Is all I need a sample+hold, kick and mixer? I need this sound in my set up!
This whole clip is bonkers.. getting this kick fosho!!
1/4 note clock to trigger the kick, 1/16 note to trigger the random voltages. You need 3 random voltages to the parameters shown and that's it. Patch the kick out to wherever you like.
@@DivKid Ah thanks man! So if I get a kick, clock, s&h modules, and random voltage source like the "Random from Mosaic" I should be able to create some of that burbling bass?!? 🤤
Sorry for my ignorance. I'm still wrapping my head around modular in general.
No worries, we're all ignorant and new to things at some point. If you're knew to it you could try making something similar in VCV Rack for free, get a feel for the patching and signal flow and see what you find. It's not the physical patch experience but lots of great sounds and trying out patches that you can save and come back to.
But yeah SSF Kick, a clock with both a 1/4 and a 1/16 output and then you need 3 unique random outputs for the patch I made. So my module with SSF the 'RND STEP' is perfect for that. There's also a Doepfer random module that would be good for it too. You would need 3 of the Mosaic Randoms to get the 3 random voltages.
@@DivKidThanks so much! I really appreciate you taking the time to explain. Digging your vids!!
no worries, happy to be able to chat and help out.
Great vid as always. It sounds very nice and smooth, but so far I dont think it sounds better than the jomox mbase or the vermona kick lancet, for my taste at least.
Incredible in-depth video, superb, just too much talking over certain parts of the video where you need to let the sounds speak for themselves, especially the part where you demonstrate using it as low end kick over drum breaks. Thank you once again Ben, amazing video as always.
Thanks for the thoughtful comment, appreciate the support and also the constructive feedback. Cheers!
We are Ultra Kick, we are legion ;)
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This is what I was hoping the korg volca kick was going to be like. Spoilers, it wasn't. Oh, and you are an ultra kick. : )
Surely the side chain filtering is NOT weird if you're using the SSF UK for bass line duties?
well it's useful just for the kick to shape the low end and compress the drum sound. Definitely handy for doing bass stuff with it too.
YOU're the ultra kick.
U R AN ULTRA KICK
micro Attenuator in RND STEP at 0:20 !!! what is it ? 🥵
That's from Tidbit Audio, lots of cool utilities from them here - etsy.me/34Puyjw
You are an Ultra-Kick