Exploring clocks, loops and chaos with Rung Divisions from Fancyyyyy Synthesis
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2024
- This video is about Rung Divisions, by Fancyyyyy Synthesis. It’s one of the most inspiring modules I’ve used recently, but it’s also quite a hard one to sum up in one sentence.
It has two main components. The first is a clock divider which outputs pulses that you can combine in two buses to create polyrhythmic patterns. That drives a universal shift register which outputs pseudo-random, chaotic or looping stepped voltage patterns. It’s an evolution of Rob Hordijk’s Rungler circuit, which is at the heart of the Benjolin synth. And there are dozens of interesting musical applications for it - a few of which I explore here.
Find out more at www.fancysynthesis.net/
NB: Fancyyyyy Synthesis sent me this unit for free, but I don’t get any other sort of payment. This is a demo, not a review, and this channel is a hobby, not a job, so I only showcase things that I’m genuinely enthused about.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro and patch previews
02:46 Rung Divisions overview
05:54 Drum trigger sequencing
09:54 Melodies from pulse divisions
14:14 Shift register sequencing
20:15 2-channel pitch sequencing
24:00 Patching a voltage-controlled clock divider
27:42 Shift register as a VCO
30:22 Rungling for chaotic sequencing
Quite a compelling alternative to a Turing machine. I like it!
Love the DAC module as well, super useful.
You've exposed me to a number of modules in this video that I didn't even know existed. Absolutely going to check them all out!
thank you Tom!
Fascinating! Thanks mate 👍
great module, good work again Tom
Great review and module , subscribed
What a great video. Looks like Turing is on the menu!
Wow all of your demo tracks were fire! Good demo here.
Cheers!
High Quality content, as usual.
Very interesting, and brilliantly presented, thanks!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Hey lots of nice ideas and sounds! Appreciate the mention :)
An amazing demo as usual! Wasn't aware of this module, but what a well-thought out design. Thank you.
Best Video for 2024. You do the job perfect. The companies should at least give you the module for free.
Bought it (Rung Divisions) and absolutely love it! Thanks Tom!
Another great video Tom. Have a DAC PCB & panel set on order and adjusting my 2024 budget to accomodate a Rung Div!
seems like a super fun module
Hello. Your videos are getting better and better. Inspired me to think about using my logic modules more for melodies rather than beats that I usually do.
Also I’ve got that Behringer power module powering 6u 84 rack full of XAOC devices libenez(?) modules with no probs. Looking forward to the next vid. Ta.
Looks like fun.
Got my eye on this.
Thanks Tom. I've been interested in this module. I couldn't see what the benefit was of having the clock divider integrated with the shift register. I do like the bus system here though. That's a nice feature. I ended up getting the Omiindustriies Cascading Register, along with Nibbler, which are both really nice. I think the CR does rungling the best. It's a beautiful module.
Always enjoy your very well done videos.
Cheers! Yeah, the CR does look cool too. The more I explore them, the more fascinated I am by the possibilities of shift registers...
Great video, thanks! How’s that follow-up video for Rung Divisions coming along? 😅
WOW cool module!! Thanks so much for the great overview and insightful patching ideas!
Haha, I did ponder that! Or should it be ‘Fancy-why-why-why-why’? Glad you enjoyed it anyway 😀
This seems a little bit like Schlappi Engineering's Nibbler.
If you like this, you might dig that module as well.
Great video!
Thanks! Yeah, I’m definitely interested in Nibbler too - it seems to combine some of the shift register ideas from this with the binary counting aspect of Xaoc Erfurt (another module I use a lot). These kinds of modules really appeal to the mathematical side of my brain!
@@TomChurchillyou should pick one up! Its a blast!
my boys!
This looks super interesting. Always been interested in the Turing Machine. Never gotten around to getting hold of one. Now, I want one of these. Very cool. Now, how to get one in Australia? 😕
It's in stock at Signal Sounds and we ship to Australia! :) www.signalsounds.com/fancyyyyy-synthesis-rung-divisions-eurorack-polyrhythmic-divider-sequencer-generator-module/
Nice demo and tutorial. Any idea how this differs from NLC’s 8 bit cipher, Schlappi Nibbler or Ritual Amnis?
Thanks! I don’t have those modules so I’m only going by the descriptions, but seems like main differences are that RD is a *universal* shift register (i.e. it can shift in both directions) with voltage control over direction and loop length; plus the built in clock divider and bus system. Nibbler’s register is 4 bits rather than 8, and it’s based around a binary accumulator, so fundamentally pretty different although it covers some of the same territory. Amnis is a more straightforward 8-bit digital shift register and has a few more outputs than RD (including gates for every bit, rather than RD’s single ‘1-bit’ out) but doesn’t have the direction, length and chance controls (or the clock divider). 8-bit Cipher I’m not so sure about but seems to be in the same general ballpark as Amnis?
Hey :) Nice demo. Inspirational as well. Are you using some form of quantizer?
Thanks! Yes, from patch 3 onwards the pitch sequences are running through the Disting MK4 in Dual Quantiser mode 👍
Hi Tom :) Thanks for taking the time. I should have waited a bit before asking as I was not yet at patch 3 :) Would you happen to give one on one advice by any chance? Have a good weekend.@@TomChurchill
I don’t do one on one advice, but happy to try and answer questions in the comments if I can 😀
I understand :) @@TomChurchill
Such smart design. How well does it handle swung clocks?
It'll handle any kind of clock - it's only doing division, not multiplication, so it just counts the pulses - you can feed it swung or irregular clocks no problem at all.
i feel some modules like this, could have a bpm dial on, like ochd offers. apart from that, this module looks fun to use..
Not sure what you mean - there’s no internal clock on Rung Divisions, so the BPM will always be determined by whatever you’re using for a clock. In most of these patches the clock is from Pam’s Pro Workout.
@@TomChurchill sorry i meant that its a shame it doesnt offer its own clock, so patchers could set designated tempo.
Nice but quite expensive.
Skipping the reset gates 🤌
Thank you for saying performable and not performative. The latter to me implies someone is going through the motions, which makes me cringe every time I hear it!
Haha, me too!