Modular Synthesis (Part 1) - Studio Time: S2E9
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- LET'S HIT THE WALL! The first of several videos diving deep into modular patch building, beginning with an introduction to synthesis - enjoy!!!
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That synth may become self aware one day.
I am therefore I think.
I would never leave that room
@@Boris_Chang To much star trek! lol
shall we burn it or attempt to gain its favor
Kek lmao
At a time when its so trendy for ‘name’ artists to be doing subscription video masterclasses , massive thanks to junkie XL for sharing his knowledge for free
this was one of the most flattering things I've ever seen. btw when you said most of these companies were 2 or 3 men in a garage, then said you were exaggerating, you were. I'm just one guy in a spare building my parents own! - STG
awesome stuff man!!
We appreciate all your hard work! Because of Toms videos I have been building my own 5U modular wall so I want to say thank you! The post lawsuit filter is one of my favorites. Thanks again! And don’t ever stop inventing. You have a customer for life!
Also thank you Tom again. I would love another one of these series if you ever have time. Thank you for the endless inspiration and knowledge
The most satisfying sound on here is him plugging in those patch cables lol. That is such an impressive piece of gear.
1: What instrument do you play?
2: Modular synth!
1: Cool! Show me.
2: **grabs cables, starts inserting them**
1: O.... k....
ua-cam.com/video/ORBgzuPNDKA/v-deo.html
Such a great musician spending his expensive time and gear on instructing people about sound designing on UA-cam! This is pure GENEROSITY!
this is the kind of video I watch and say " that's cool...", and my wife from across the room says "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LISTENING TO OVER THERE???"
spoonylove my wife wanna leave me, if i buy something like that 🤣😂
If you could afford that you would buy another wife.
spoonylove I know what you mean 😂
I just put a headset on... :-)
"i´m listening to a hundred thousand dollars worth of fart noises, honey!"
Always cool to see professionals solving problems in real time
After few hours of patching this monster with hundreds of cables the man can finally relax by swinging in his uniquely designed hammock.
This is an absolutely phenomenal video for anyone who loves music. I myself have produced electric music in Reason & often Ableton Live for 17 years. However, I'm new to modular & specifically analog synthesis just the last year. I never took the time to learn Synths in my DAWs I worked in, working 99% sampler based, and I was missing out! But last year something clicked and I bought my first synth - the Behringer Model D for myself for Christmas and it arrived Monday, paired with an Arturia Keystep as a midi controller. I've also gotten really into following UA-cam channels that are in the Analog synth and modular synth community.
Understanding signal flow in the Model D and standalone semi-modular Synths is easy when the unit works out of the box. But learning modular takes it to another level.
I've also downloaded free software Synths as standalones and VST'S to work with as well. It all helps further knowledge and understanding and has brought enjoyment back into making music for me again. Also VCV Rack is a Free & Open Source modular software suite with (to my surprise and delight) HUNDREDS of free modules! It's really a fantastic time to be into Synths; analog, digital, hardware & software. And Behringer has released a bunch of very affordable hardware analog Synths the last several years, making the cost of entry into this real gear very low. My Model D was $298.99. The Behringer Crave, Neutron, WASP, CAT, MS-1, and several others are all near $300 give or take $50-ish. Which is amazing. Then Arturia has released for free or cheap (or you can use the Demos free) software recreations of some famous analog Synths, like the CS-80, DX7, Sinclavier, ARP 2600, Prophet 3, And that's just a few from a list in the 40's of Synths (or maybe more). I could continue for hours.
Anyway - What a great video! This was a great help & incredibly interesting to watch and follow along. Looking forward to watching the others in this series!!!
I’m reading your comment like damn did I write this? Everything you said is me. I come from a sample based production. With minimal knowledge of synthesis. A few weeks ago, I also got a the Model D. A few days ago? I got introduced to vcv rack. I have an iPad and I purchased MiRack. I totally agree with you, jumping into this world has definitely re-charged my production creativity. I got that new exciting feeling again, like when I first started my music production career. I’m not trying to go EuroRack crazy. I just want one more piece that will compliment the Model D. The rest I will use on the virtual instrument level. Salute my G. Stay safe and creative at all times.
Neek Rusher 💯 👍
Why don't u just get a Kurzweil they're goin' for peanuts these days thanx dude.
I second your comment completely. I am - in contrast to you - new to music production per se. Then I stumbled upon the Korg Nu:tekt NTS-1 at my friends house, a synthesizer so powerful for its size, and then I discovered modular synthesis and bought a Behringer Neutron, and then some 10+ guitar pedals, Korg Volca, and then the Koma Electronik Field Kit, and then even test equipment like a signal generator and a Brüel & Kjær band pass filter to add texture to my "sound", and finally I invested in a handful of eurorack modules to make the frenzy complete, and my wallet empty. All in the name of creativity and a love for that novel, yet undicovered sound that expresses how I feel at a given time.
Great times, indeed!
This guy never made music. This huge system made buzzing noises. Kind of boring.
This room represents more money than I'll ever make in my entire life put together.
That's what I thought. Massive money for that system...but it is a shame that Keith Emerson can't play it. Can this system make a cool piano sound?
Bluntly advertising for these tiny companies that I love so much...
Man, you rock...!!
Out of your busy ass schedule, you still have time to make a 45 mins video on UA-cam. Props to you sir.
Tony N. Why do you think he is any more or less busy than all the other people who have full time jobs? 45 mins is nothing really seeing as other people will be doing the editing and whatnot. It's still might generous of him to give these videos to the community though for which I am grateful. 😀
@ghostly606 when did he say he was MORE busy than others?
Tom, I don't know why you guys are making these, but thanks very much to you and your crew for the nice productions.
Awesome to listen to. Not about brands, not about selling, just sharing knowledge.
I love the sound of a 1/4” jack being plugged in (and the feel)
P E A C E : )
Using a sequencer to send a timed trigger to a filter, then controlling that trigger with an envelope generator. Wow, that is awesome. Nice one Junkie XL 👊🏾
That wall is my dream.
Tom, I have been waiting for this from you ever since Studio Time Season 2 started! Can't wait to finally learn more about modular synths. What you're doing here is priceless and so inspiring! Thank you again and again!
I have been waiting for this too!
I don't know exactly what all that madness is nor how one even gets into that line of work but I've not seen a more beautiful piece of tech. This is exactly the kind of thing that makes me want to go back in time and tell myself, GET INTO THIS NOW!!! I'd quit my job tomorrow to do this (and actually know what I was doing) for a living. Amazing, simply amazing.
An absolutely brilliant explanation that pretty much pulled me out of the total darkness and madness of looking at such walls and trying to wrap my head around how it works.
Only watched 20 minutes so far, but the interesting thing to those not in the know is that almost everything he has done you could also do with the mini Korg MS20 keyboard you see in the front left. :-) (And I have...) Thanks for this wonderful video series. Makes me want to go buy a modular and get back to basics!
One of the BEST Modular Analog Tutorials thus far :)
And here I am at 42 yo watching one of my favorite producers finally getting me to properly understand how oscillators, LFOs, gates etc actually work. This video is just amazing :)
I am completely nerding out right now, OH MY GOD, This looks so great, it's just so cool. Damn I might just pass out, that wall is like a treasure trove on display.
That WALL !!! 😵
Is this heaven ? 😍
Thank you for advertising, this way I can discover all the companies and build my own rack ❤️. I really needed this video.
Just love hearing your Wall of Sound, whether it's the beginners class or the future advanced vids you got planned, keep em coming.
Tom, Great straightforward tutorial. And thanks for the mention of Synthetic Sound Labs!
This free video is 100 times better than the “Deadmau5 master class”
I totally agree!!!
Sadly, I’ve found Masterclass classes to be hopelessly superficial.
This vid shows you everything about one thing.
“This is a cardinal sin of EDM”
I am also thinking to begin with semi-modular and in the process to continue with full modular system.. Great tips for beginners!!
Thanks Tom for do all that work to give us a glimp!
The patch really started to sound legit at the end......... ill be watching this again and copying the signal flow as much as I can emulate on my computer, thanks for the lesson
Respect Tom for showing and explaining us all this knowledge( I knew the most but learned some things!)! You sighed some times in between your speaking, but making such videos, the concentration, it takes energy, I know what I"m talking about as a videomaker here on UA-cam. I stopped this video at 22:05 for a moment to go to the toilet, and now I am gonna be again all eye and ear for the other half of this 5 star video! Greetz from Gent (Belgium).
Can't believe he figured out that gate problem with the flanger! Amazing! The man is not only a musician, but a problem solver! Lol
That's awesome, and thanks to give the name of Company's builders, those guys deserve it!
Doei ! Doei! from Belgium!
ADSR:
A - Attack
D - Decay
S - Release
R - Sustain
Got it.
Did you really bother to write that?
Abdiel Garcia in the Moog 911, the first ADSR, the order of the controls actually was ADRS. Mr XL has a Moog system over to the side, he knows what he is saying.
Abdiel Garcia I
Wrong.
S to sustain, R to release
I am So So So happy you’re out there making these videos. This is how my brain learns. Thank you.
Thank you for these videos, Tom! I have been studying sound synthesis as a hobby and I found your videos are really helpful and easy to understand. I finally get some idea about the process of programming modulars.
What an informative video that really gives me an idea of modular workings. As a newbie I am a little curious about the modules since I’ve only seen creations that use 3.5mm patches. Where do you find modular units like this that appear to use 1/4” patches?
Holy cow that must be over a MILLION bucks in modular gear!
i love to listen to your voice. would definetly come to class :D thanks for the introduction! lovely setup. love the vintage moogish look. much nicer than eurorack.
Thank you so much for this Tom! I have been waiting for this! You have no idea what you are doing for us aspiring composers. Again, Thank you! :)
Wow what a synth! My dream studio. Great introduction to modular.
I love when you go wrong and you solve the problem! that's really the core of the lesson! thanks
I'm not a synth player but I still found this extremely interesting; learnt a lot about how waveforms interact and how analogue synthesis works. Thank you!
Yes yes yessss ... I will spend millions of $ and listen to this Grrrrrrrrr grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr GRRRRrrrrRRRRrrrrRRRR all day long.
If I ever did win a lottery, this is where I would be headed.
Minus that ever happening, there are virtual modular synths which provide most of these functionalities (Voltage Modular is my favorite) that can offer a roughly similar experience.
Impressive setup, it's OK to give some credit to the small companies that design and make these physical modules (did that myself years ago).
Did they catch the sub marine in the end or not?? I 've no idea what he's doing, even tho im Dutch...
Marco Verschuren - hahah...
Whew, I’m glad to hear that it’s ok to not be totally cosmic, even if you are Dutch
😂🤣👌 It's called modular synthesising producing new sounds to make his sound unique
U can say that again!? dude.
Imagine if there is a long episode applying all these techniques / concepts (modular synths, analog synths, strings, drum computers) combined into a short piece of music. Bit too much to ask for though. Anyway,
Season 2 has been an awesome journey so far. No amount of thanks will be enough for what you're doing here JXL.
Try and listen o "Susan Ciani . Buchla Concert". Same kind of pleasure.
this is definitely helpful. this sort of thing inspires me to play with modular soft-synths now, which i'd generally avoided because it felt like 'too much time' for unknown potential results.
How wonderful it is of you to share this with us! Excellent :)
Thank You!
massive sounds
Another FANTASTIC video! Love my modulars :-) Not sure how you keep such a neat studio... Even with thousands of zip-ties, mine has wires EVERYWHERE!
I really enjoy these tutorials. Thanks for sharing!
Very impressive wall of hardware, awesome sound and a great explained tutorial. Thank you very much, Tom, and greetings from germany.
Super series, Junkie. Really interesting.
I love that modular Chesterfield ! They come in one, two ore even three seats and you can combine 'm anyway .
Fascinating! very interesting, can't wait to watch pt.2
Thank you so much for these videos & explaining things so well. I love your synth rig!
NASA called.
They want their control center back...
nice style of presentation - well done --- I just ordered a WMD Monolith - my first step into modular
Wow, this is one extremely well done introduction, nice and calm and almost meditative... Thank you!
Great video! This is helping me to better understand the fundamentals of synthesis :D Thanks for doing these!
Zerg music ;)
Just got into synthesis with my Moog g-mom! You guys are incredible! Would love to pick your brains for a couple hours!
Thanks for making these!
Very informative and fun to watch
great introduction to the modular world, i think i have in my native instruments similar thinks like Reaktor 5 and 6 maybe i can use this vid as an explanatory later on !
Thanks for your cool videos!
Yes!! finally someone who can describe this stuff without talking in a language that might as well be Mandarin Chinese ! Thanks Tom !
Extremely helpful and awesome video!!! Thanks tom!
Great video!
Amazing, inspiring. Thanks Tom!
That was so great. Thx for taking the time to make this videos.
Can't wait for the next! cheers
Awesome, Great Modular Rig!!! Great Teacher!!!
I love how the patch cables for this beast are, like, 20’ guitar cables
I guess when your synth is 20 feet wide...
another amazing episode. thank you JXL
This is absolute gold! Music is only a hobby of mine but in my opinion you should teach people, give courses or something like that.
Great video as always, cant wait for the second part :)
Could imagine that sound being used in a nice action scene, maybe in a submarine movie (kinda has this maritime feeling to it, in my opinion).
Very entertaining!! Thanks for the demo! I really would like a moslab system one day but my small eurorack setup have to do it for now. Peace!
You can have a child or a wall of sound
Vi.cecity Does the world need more children? Or walls of modular. You know what to do.
And Tom has both :D
Lol I haven’t made enough money over the span of my entire lifetime to have enough to build that wall. Let alone that fucking studio. Leave it to life to fuck people out of the things they want to enjoy.
That is around $500,000 in the modular wall alone. The other synths in the room probably another $1,000,000
You’ll never have to bail your modular out at three a.m. for driving under the influence of MDMA.
So much gear, That mc 500 caught my eye. Amidst the 1/4" spaghetti cook off. My seq beginning was the MC 202 and a few beat up Roland monosynths, not quite the plate of noodles in your kitchen, al dente please.
Amazing! So much respect for the guy!
Tom!! Honestly I'm in love with u and your enthusiasm . :D
definitely my favorite episode!!!!!!
I've been waiting a while for this! Thank you:)
Endless amounts of cool gear...same old shitty couch LOL. Love the show man!
Very Inspiring! Love your setup!
Amazing video!! Been waiting for this one. Can't wait for the next. Hoping to buy a Studio 88 this year.
Mythix did you get it ?
Man, I love these videos from Tom
Awesome show just subbed
thats why i like reason5, playing with all these osc lfo and filters is a lot of fun
Nice , Isao Tomita's synthetizer, cool
Tom is a musician AND a rocket scientist..hehe.
thx for sharing :)
Really appreciate all of these. Thank you for taking the time. Really love the sound out of this Q-106 and going to see if I can recreate it in Euro. Wondering what kind of EQ'ing is going on in the background. Sometimes I think I can hear reverb as well (like in the Roland workshop)?
Wow, this is great! Thanks for the tutorial!!
local man uses $250,000 synthesizer to make alien fart sounds
Yeah, he's rich. I need my instruments to make actual music. This guy is a nutcase.
Delta how do u know what alien farts sound like??
Love this. Its like a beginner learning how to sail on a cruise ship
Nice one!! Thanks Tom!
Which standard used in this rack? It is not eurorack as i see
Hi, this is the 5U format (5 rack units tall) and more specifically the Moog format (often referred to as Moog Unit or MU for short). It's also referred to as the DotCom format because the manufacturer Synthesizers.com has likely sold the most modules in this format. While 5U is the height, the MU predominantly refers to the module's width. Much like the eurorack HP that is 0.2", the smallest MU unit is 2.125" though so there are fewer possible sizes to be found, typically most modules are 1 or 2 MU wide with some as large as 8 MU. If you are familiar with www.modulargrid.net/ if you look at the MU modules the sizes are stated in "HP" which seems odd but they mean 2.125", not eurorack 0.23". ;-) Take a look around ModularGrid and also check out the 5U section of Muff's modular forum www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=24
John L Rice thank you!
Gracias Junkie Xl por este maravilloso aprendizaje. Que sintetizador modular o marca me puedes aconsejar para iniciarme en este mundillo ???