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Stillson Hammer MKII - Full Tutorial and Overview - Eurorack Sequencer Module
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2024
- An in-depth tutorial and walkthrough of the Stillson Hammer MK2 4-track Performance Sequencer from Industrial Music Electronics (formerly The Harvestman). Use the outline below to skip ahead to a specific topic ⬇⬇⬇
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00:00 - Introduction
00:24 - Basics/Overview
02:12 - Transport
04:50 - Clock
07:01 - Assignable Controllers
10:18 - Page Select
11:06 - Slide
11:33 - Delay
12:19 - Gate Probability
12:53 - Burst
14:32 - Step Repeat
15:10 - CV tricks and tips
17:31 - CV and Assignable Controllers
18:34 - Quantizer Scale Types
21:30 - Memory Section
24:29 - Memory CV
25:55 - Clock Out
26:14 - Outro
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this was my favorite tutorial on any module i think ive ever watched. thank you for making it, i just got a hammer and im feeling empowered to take it for a spin now!
I wish more tutorial / overviews were this well done!
Thanks for this. I’ve had the Stillson Hammer for about 6 months and I’m struggling with some of the finer points. This really helped.
Glad to hear, thanks so much for checking it out! =)
Looking to buy one of these? any suggestions?
@@toddtrulock6809 get a varigate and it’s cv sister. The Varigate is essential.
Goodness! Just realized you could use the assignable controllers basically like accumulators on the Metropolix either Pam’s or self patching (which is genius as you could have so much more control over it). I’m into this!
amazing video. bought one after seeing it a while ago, and now im in love with it, and came back to thank you, and check some shortcuts ;) really appreciated!
As I have been considering this module I was thinking in terms of overlap with my Keystep Pro, so your comment about using the Keystep to change sequences on the Stillson was quite revelatory. Thanks from me, but not from my wallet. :)
haha sorry to your wallet, but your synth will thank you =)
Time for a new sequencer, thanks for the great tuto!
Dude thank you so much for this video. I just got my Stillson MK2 this week and have watched this video several times now to keep reinforcing some of the buttons combos. It has been immensely helpful and your overview is to the point but gave me all the info I needed to get this thing grooving. Really happy with this sequencer so far as it gives me the kind of immediacy I've really only gotten out of the SQ1 up until now, looking forward to see what Scot plans to do with MK3 later this year.
This demystifies this module so much! Thank you for this! I’ve always wondered why it’s noted as such a powerful sequencer as when looking at the faceplate, I’m left scratching my head a bit. The user flow seems so fast and so much of the editing is done with the sliders! I love that! Kinda where something like the metropolix is different. The light indicators here also make a lot of sense. I haven’t got to the end of the video yet but my only wonder is if the reset can be selective in terms of which track it’s resetting. Not as common a use case I’m sure but when getting into different length patterns you could want one pattern reset while the rest continue. Anyway, I’ll look at this one when I get to a battleship sequencer. Seems to tick so many boxes in such a simple way like ratchets and repeats. Pair this with a simple 8 step sequencer and I’d probably be set.
Fantastic run through, really concise and easy to follow - thanks!
Just picked mine up this video is super helpful. Come back to it anytime I’m stuck. Thank you.
Thanks for the informative video - had this unit since it came out! And I have to say, this clarified some stuff that is not too clear in the manual :)
Glad this helped!
I picked up a good deal on the Stillson Hammer MK2! Great tutorial and fun sequencer. I plan to pair mine with WMD Metron for bass/pads/drums in one rack. IME/Harvestman makes amazing stuff. Love Kermit, Hertz Donut, Bionic Lester.
I love steps, you should do an advanced one for the Maq 16/3, I just rebought one as I had in the 90s, but the manual is so poor that do not get all the functions .
Great work sir! You beat the robot by a mile.
Haha thank you!
Robotopsy is top . He Has done so many tutorials and contributes so much . He doesn’t deserve to be ridiculed he deserves appreciation as well as this channel
Cheers
@@apeirogonmusic Absolutely agree with you, we found their tutorial extremely helpful as we were learning the ins and outs of the Stillson Hammer! Different people have different styles of learning though, and we noticed a lot of comments on Robotopsy's video complaining about being unable to focus on the tutorial due to the robotic voice. Since their tutorial was the only one of that caliber and level of thoroughness out there by far, we decided that there should be another tutorial done with natural voice, that way everyone can learn to the best of their abilities =)
Bleeps and Loops
I agree Completely as a community helping each other is fundamental.
These videos enable and facilitate sound and music creation.
Any tutorial based contribution is greatly appreciated and is a labor of love. By an individual who decided to take their time in creating something unique and original
The Script / The Graphics / The video and sound Editing / The conception. It looks like a tremendous task in my eyes that deserves merit
Sorry It rubbed me the wrong way
Excellent tutorial once again
Much Respect to Robotopsy
And to Bleeps and Loops
Does anyone know if any new firmware will load the last pattern you were working on after you shut down vs always starting from pattern 1?
Thanks for the great video!!
One question: can the individual tracks have their own separate time division and/or multiplication??
Great tips such a confusing sequencer to use. I use Eloquencer more now as way easier to save and recall patterns and use.
So really the only confusing thing on the panel seems to be how to use 4 tracks given there is just one set of sliders, and this is not explained at all in the video? I assume the steps change only if you touch a slider, but it sounds messy that you never know what the state of a track is by looking at the panel? I don't get it.
Thanks for this video. I'm trying to decide between this or metropolis.
My vote is for the Stillson, hands down, though maybe I'm biased =) More CV/Gate outputs, a little more of a live, "playable" feel...the ratcheting is a bit easier to dial in on the Metropolis, but I don't think that alone makes it more worth it. Even if your system only has a single voice in it (I usually am using only 2 at a time max), then having the extra CV/Gate outputs is really nice for drum/env triggering and modulation. Lately I've been using the stillson strictly as a modulation sequencer, actually, since I've been doing most of my sequencing via the DAW or Octatrack
@@bleepsandloops I've been struggling to find one ! Sold out everywhere :(
@@liquidloverecords actually, the other guy who runs Bleeps+Loops has one for sale right now for pretty cheap compared to what's out there at the moment! If you're interested, let us know how we can contact you to send you details about it :)
I am very interested ! I will email you.
Bleeps and Loops can’t seem to find your contact info !
Am I going crazy or was clock division/mult not covered?
Nice. How far into audio rate frequencies can you clock it externally?
nice tutorial.
the assignables cv controls are clearly explained and well detailed.it's more clear for me now. Thanks.
i think that you have the latest os. mine is 1.666 ;). i doubt you can, but would have been helpful to have a good tutorial on how to update it. In fact, i actually know how, i just need to buy a Mickit key ( what is some kind of difficult in france) and do it. To my opinion this is the only wrong point on this sequencer.
Otherwise I really miss all these probability and the brownian play fonctions on mine.
I just updated mine and used this one. Would never be able to figure it out on my own... ua-cam.com/video/ZGkcyBodwaI/v-deo.html
Yes, unfortunately without reverting to an earlier OS and then re-uploading the new one we really can't show that process...I actually have never done this anyway, since I purchased this modules used with the most recent firmware already loaded! You might try reaching out to Scott at Industrial Music Electronics directly with regard to this, he's a friendly guy and might be able to help!
Glad you found the description of the assignable CV controls useful! That was what I struggled with most when first working with this module, but now I find them to be one of the most flexible and fascinating features!
IME came out with a video that explains their module update procedure ua-cam.com/video/63M9O-m32XE/v-deo.html
Is it discontinued? Maybe mk3 coming
One question. The load/compare button, does this allow you to compare an edited sequence before saving?
Honestly I don't know, but I don't think so...the "compare" feature isn't mentioned at all in the manual, and I never tried to use this functionality. I might be wrong, but comparing sequences doesn't appear to be a feature.
@@bleepsandloops and my Stillson just has "Load" written under that button not "Load/Compare" maybe it was an intended firmware update?
@@Lincoln6echoLSE huh, that's pretty fascinating...I should ask Scott at IME about that some time and see what his intentions were for that feature
Bleeps and Loops yeah ask him, comparing an edited pattern before saving would be a welcome addition but so far I’ve done without it ok.
Thanks for making this very helpful video. Question for you... I'd like to create parts of a song and transition through them on the SA. My thought was to use track 1 as the beginning, 2 as the verse, 3 as the chorus and 4 as the end. Couple things Ive noticed though is how to stop and start a track. I can mute but it seems that all tracks start when pressing play and if I unmute, the respective track is heard where it is in the steps at the time. Is there a way to play 1 track at a time and have a track start at the first step of its sequence? I want to be able to go back and forth between verse and chorus before playing the end. A typical song structure.
Hi Brian, this is John from Bleeps+Loops. As far as I know, there is no way to play/stop the different tracks individually, they're all going to play when you press "run". However, you can achieve what you're trying to do through the presets. It's a bit more fiddly than just switching between outputs, but not so bad when you get the hang of it. I used to switch between presets as a way of switching from song to song or section to section. One important thing to note is that the presets will switch based on when channel 1 returns to step 1, so you have to keep/consider channel 1 to be the "master clock" for when your presets change. For example, if you switch the preset while the channel 1 sequencer is on step 8, you'll have to wait for it to count through steps 9-16 for the preset to actually switch. This can be very useful when trying to keep the song structure, and will help you avoid accidentally switching in the middle of a phrase. Hopefully that helps, please feel free to reach out with other questions.
@@helloego I may have to be more loose with each song vs a rigid structure. I've been getting comfortable with using the voltage range buttons, muting tracks and using the assignable A and B knobs. Those all offer a lot of variety bt not a way to perform predefined sections per song. Seems like the best thing to do is program gates and cv per track and use each track as the beginning of a song, then perform or modify throughout the song, then mute that one when done and unmute another track when ready for a new song. Or maybe I could get a crossfader module to transition between two tracks.
@@blindianajones Yeah, you might be right. To be honest, as much as I love the Stillson Hammer, I found it much more useful as a source of happy accidents in a track rather than a tool with which to write songs, structured or otherwise. My suggestion to you would be to look at other sequencers such as the USTA which include features that are more geared towards sequencing songs. Trying to force modules to do things they weren't built to do will only make it all a bit harder on yourself than it needs to be. You'll end up spending more time, frustration, and money on more modules to attempt to enable or modify the behavior of the other modules than it's worth (like that crossfader), take it from someone who did specifically that for years :)
@@helloego Totally agree with you about not forcing something to work or be something its not. Gonna check out the USTA. The Five12 and ER101 look like they could work for parts too. I do love the ease of performing with the SA. I dont find just setting and forgetting values step by step inspirational or fun. The expressive interaction makes the whole endeavor worth while.
@Hello Ego Hi John. I've been playing around with gates on the Hammer and I'm not hearing much of a difference. I do hear when a gate is off or tied, but when inbetween those levels, not much or any sound difference. Do you have the same experience? Is it a problem with my ADSR settings? Or something on the Hammer I need to do? Thanks!
This is great. Make a similar video with Argos Bleak?
Thanks for the suggestion! Not a bad idea, it's a fantastic module. We don't own one ourselves, but I bet we can get our hands on one at some point...