DIY ENVELOPE GENERATOR? How To Build A Simple One for your synthesizer!

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  • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
    @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER  5 років тому +31

    more info here :-
    www.lookmumnocomputer.com/projects#/simple-envelope-generator
    Builders livestream on this project and more can be found here! Also helps fund frequent project vids ALSO! the performance audio from the end of are available as stems/samples on there also :) :-
    www.patreon.com/lookmumnocomputer
    TOUR!!! INFO :-
    www.lookmumnocomputer.com/welcome
    Other simple diy vids :-
    CASE ua-cam.com/video/4T6J-K8_yk4/v-deo.html
    OSCILLATOR ua-cam.com/video/4Kz8YopLTCQ/v-deo.html
    FILTER ua-cam.com/video/q-2MkTAr4xk/v-deo.html
    SEQUENCER ua-cam.com/video/9oGlCfwCoCw/v-deo.html

    • @scifu7e91
      @scifu7e91 5 років тому +1

      LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER
      You are very good and u have a nice style.
      Have wonderful days and fun with all [what you make/creat] ;)

    • @djayers
      @djayers 5 років тому +1

      Nice! Happen to have a schematic? The stripboard layout doesn't really help with how it works.

    • @AteuCu
      @AteuCu 5 років тому

      As always, quite better than fucking pre manufactured boards or Arduino shit, so thanks, Brit; just keep going!

    • @SkullDraizer
      @SkullDraizer 5 років тому +3

      The labels for the TL072s on the strip board layouts shown on your site are upside down. Don't want some new synth DIY people to get caught by that and put their chips in the wrong way. Thanks for making great videos and sharing this stuff with people!

    • @nmidu
      @nmidu 5 років тому

      Sorry for the question, the output A of the TL072 conect with the +12 power supply? Or the pin 3 conect with the +12 power supply? I cant make it work, i have 2,5 V in the output of the envelope all the time.

  • @Cryo_Gen
    @Cryo_Gen 5 років тому +190

    You have single handedly gotten me into electronic music. Your energy is contagious. Keep kicking ass!

    • @JerDavies
      @JerDavies 5 років тому +5

      Same Jacob. Sam you're going to cost me a fortune even though I'm planning on DIY'ing as much as poss!!!

    • @PaulTheSkeptic
      @PaulTheSkeptic 5 років тому

      He's gotten you into listening to electronic music or making it?

    • @Cryo_Gen
      @Cryo_Gen 5 років тому

      @@PaulTheSkeptic listening, and when the parts come in, why not make some

    • @PaulTheSkeptic
      @PaulTheSkeptic 5 років тому +1

      I see. I like electronic music. I just don't happen to like most of the modern EDM type of stuff that's so prevalent right now. If you're the same way, then I'm sure you'll like Automatic Gainsay. ua-cam.com/users/AutomaticGainsay
      He generally does synth reviews but his original music is just amazing imo.
      Also, ollilaboratories ua-cam.com/channels/SwXnyZA44b8BtWsvbqGvBw.html

    •  5 років тому

      @@JerDavies diying can actually cost x) 1 vco down and im already near the 100bucks xD

  • @BorisFedonin
    @BorisFedonin 5 років тому +222

    Time goes quickly man. I started with your avalanche oscillator in.. october, maybe? And now i have two double-row cases of diy modules. Unbelievable. You are huge inspiration) Keep it coming

    • @yorganyog
      @yorganyog 5 років тому +1

      If I had time.... But its so good to ear this!!!!!!! And how about to play it? You had basic electronic music skills how to plug clocks and all that stuff? Peace!!

    • @Gyrbae
      @Gyrbae 4 роки тому +1

      I'd love to see a video of your setup.

    • @BorisFedonin
      @BorisFedonin 4 роки тому

      @@Gyrbae wow, someone reading this) search for "synthoccultus" in instagram

    • @Roman-Sedykh
      @Roman-Sedykh 4 роки тому +2

      тоже потихоньку влезаю в это дело) в синтезаторах меня, правда, изначально заинтересовал не этот канал, а выступление Мика Гордона, где он показывал как создавал соундтрек к думу)

  • @VictorMollo
    @VictorMollo 3 роки тому +5

    You are the Kenny Everett of synth builders. Keep it coming :-)

  • @hammercanttouchthis
    @hammercanttouchthis 5 років тому +196

    Should be called 'Look Mum no more rack space'

  • @sloppymelon
    @sloppymelon 5 років тому +10

    Dude, that timelapse banter cracks me up every time, hilarious! And a really useful guide on how to build up a circuit board.

  • @mllarson
    @mllarson 5 років тому +3

    Since discovering the Furby Organ video, I've started gathering midi instruments (some of which can do control voltages) so that I can experiment with bleeps and bloops (I'm an old-school gamer). Once I find a house to purchase and have some more room, I think I'm going to start making some of this stuff (as opposed to software emulating them with VSTs). It's always that one video you find that sends you down the rabbit hole into wonderland.

  • @MrShiffles
    @MrShiffles 5 років тому +14

    after drooling over $$$$$ of gear that i cant afford that i know does what i want and then some...I see you on vids experimenting circuit bending and tweakin knobs and mashing shit together that sounds completely insanely beautiful...i think to myself, "why the PC, and VSTs and all of that...I used to solder electronic boards as a kid to make little blinking lights and motors go round.." brother you are inspiring me to go back to basics, cuz i love music, science, electronics, and especially tinkerin ...keep inspiring \m/ Cheers!

    • @thewhitefalcon8539
      @thewhitefalcon8539 4 роки тому

      well the reason for a PC is so you don't have all this soldering to do and racks of knobs to carry around. Pretty compelling reason TBH.

  • @xnaut_g
    @xnaut_g 6 місяців тому

    This is the first video to tell
    me how to use my envelope. I’ve been into modular for like 6 months and didn’t know til now to output to the oscillator

  • @f1urps
    @f1urps 5 років тому

    You are the mad scientist of synthesizers

  • @thecaptainofrock
    @thecaptainofrock 5 років тому +11

    This is what I am talking about man!!! You tell me what and how to build and I will build!!

  • @MattGrayYES
    @MattGrayYES 5 років тому +1

    I really like the LED on the front of the envelope. Great way of showing what it's outputting!

  • @mbrombert
    @mbrombert 5 років тому

    That opening gritty sequence was gorgeous!

  • @Polyruidoso
    @Polyruidoso 6 місяців тому

    Oh dude! I will definetly try this one. I made the three oscilators with CVO from another of your videos and is a lot of fun to play with my TD-3. It feels like a rabit hole and its awesome to know you can actually build your own instruments. Greetings from Arg!

  • @oddheader
    @oddheader 5 років тому +19

    Dude, this is fucking badass.

  • @wulyf4lyf
    @wulyf4lyf 4 роки тому +5

    Fairly new to modular, a few months, and I’m wondering if your style handwriting is a common module thing, or did Make Noise just find your handwriting, bc all the scribbles on their panels look like yours? You’re a true inspiration, man.

  • @stevegold5249
    @stevegold5249 Рік тому

    you make it look so easy lol... I'm just learning now. I bought a book explaining op amps and linear intergrated circuits

  • @idj20
    @idj20 5 років тому +1

    You, sir, are a genius of the highest order. Your videos are always a joy to watch, even if I can't put together a 3-pin mains plug without setting the house alight.

  • @SubjektDelta
    @SubjektDelta 5 років тому +29

    Now all we need is some simple drum synthesizer ;P

    • @retrogazele
      @retrogazele 5 років тому +12

      he has actually built one in his channel..

    • @monosyllable7171
      @monosyllable7171 5 років тому +8

      u could probs use a white noise gener8r w a filter and envelope tbh

    • @5T3LTH
      @5T3LTH 5 років тому +1

      There is a cool minipop clone for arduino out in the wild

  • @Yngdady
    @Yngdady 5 років тому +3

    It's so interesting to see how everything I'd see in a DAW like FL Studio is physically being used to modulate sound waves. I grew up listening to electronic music so it's almost nostalgic actually seeing it being created.

  • @roberttrompeter8775
    @roberttrompeter8775 5 років тому +3

    your posts an diagrams are fantastic thank you , I love electronic music projects . JMJ lives on

  • @KiR_3d
    @KiR_3d 5 років тому +1

    I've added LDR's to mine in the 1st time I've made it on a proto board. Controlling Attack time with your hand in air is awesome! Feels like magic :)

  • @benjaminaustnesnarum3900
    @benjaminaustnesnarum3900 5 років тому +2

    Some heavy bunker music right there; love it.

  • @zanderxymox
    @zanderxymox 4 роки тому

    This is the greatest synth channel I've found. I wish I found it sooner.

  • @lizzibeats3690
    @lizzibeats3690 5 років тому

    watching your videos on a pair of mdr 7506 headphones through a focusrite preamp is basically a concert in itself :0

  • @onceuponasynth
    @onceuponasynth 5 років тому

    holy shit that acid jam was siiick!

  • @CKT1138
    @CKT1138 5 років тому

    Congratulations! You have successfully created a tb 303, and saved a couple thousand doing it!

  • @swampflux
    @swampflux 5 років тому +1

    Lovely! Slowly getting things together to make myself a big button drum seq. A nice ramp was on my list of things to diy as well because I don't like how most of them work. Thank you, Sam!

  • @Lily-gr1ct
    @Lily-gr1ct 5 років тому +42

    ooft. If you told me the end result was an acid nightmare I would have attempted building it months ago

  • @AM-ui9mc
    @AM-ui9mc 5 років тому +1

    Yeah was getting a bit fed up with the Thomann stuff that is all over UA-cam. Thanks for this!

  • @adrianfalconer3086
    @adrianfalconer3086 5 років тому +3

    Great video Sam! Can't wait to build the EG. Just a note, looks like you forgot to add the layout for the attenuates at 6:04. Good thing those are the easiest part though haha

  • @matiasgoinheix366
    @matiasgoinheix366 5 років тому +45

    0:39 An envelope? I wonder what analogy this madman is pulling from his sleeve.
    0:41 Oh

    • @whatevernamegoeshere3644
      @whatevernamegoeshere3644 3 роки тому

      I thought he's gonna go full EEVblog and do literal "back of the envelope" calculations

  • @iabstain
    @iabstain 5 років тому

    Thank you so much, Sam! This is a simple build of a module I have been researching schematics for recently.

  • @Anthoniexg
    @Anthoniexg 2 роки тому

    This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen

  • @ronaldvandermeijs-r6n
    @ronaldvandermeijs-r6n 5 років тому

    Best way of education I ever SAW.. Great..!

  • @cosmicbinary1982
    @cosmicbinary1982 5 років тому +1

    this is awesome. i'm totally inspired to make my own synthesizer now. great music, too! i'm really happy i clicked on your channel.

  • @rezganger
    @rezganger 2 роки тому

    love the green cutting plate,from last century!lol

  • @georgekay372
    @georgekay372 5 років тому +15

    Dude you got me into analog synths! Me and my dad have built a small and cool little 6U live synth, complete with drums and 4 oscillators! Can I bring a module to the show in Hamburg for you to sign?

  • @CopterPirates
    @CopterPirates 5 років тому

    Wow. I'm a metalhead with nearly no interest in electronic music. Just binge watched all you videos anD OMG I AM SUPER HYPED NOW TO START SOLDERING WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

  • @ThePsychedelicCherry
    @ThePsychedelicCherry 5 років тому +1

    Holy shit. Ive been out punked. This channel is my channels wet dream.

  • @vocalpro
    @vocalpro 5 років тому

    You're a crazy crazy brilliant dude. Only just discovered your channel. Makes me wanna make my own modular set up!

  • @keithmanfredi
    @keithmanfredi 5 років тому

    Just found your channel, and modular synths in general, super excited to dive in to all this. Thanks for the content!

  • @bikingnutcase0
    @bikingnutcase0 5 років тому +2

    Fantastic! That looks super-simple, I might have to build a couple for my diy synth! I have a 555-based ADSR one I built which was much more complicated, and I don't really use the sustain and decay functionality much!
    VCA next please!! ;-)

  • @shanmukeshr1696
    @shanmukeshr1696 2 роки тому

    Dude I'm majoring in electronics math and physics... Electronics as a subject i hate the most but i love edm lol i just want to build a synthesizer before graduating idk wtf amm i even speaking this is soooo cool

  • @253abd
    @253abd 5 років тому

    would like twice if i could! very insightful and all that, funny stuff too!

  • @lukecurran5572
    @lukecurran5572 4 роки тому

    Nice jam on the mini system

  • @luckyluke2572
    @luckyluke2572 5 років тому

    Watchin your channel for 2days.
    Unbeliveable what you are building and doin!!
    Perfect Acid-techno track in this clip!! 😍
    Keep mindblowing!!!

  • @gunnaralv
    @gunnaralv 5 років тому +1

    Great to see your channel doing well. You put in a great effort and a good dose of humorous craziness :) Again...well done!!

  • @LukasFink1
    @LukasFink1 5 років тому

    Already looking forward to your gig.

  • @doughankins3996
    @doughankins3996 5 років тому

    Thank you. My mind has exploded with possibilities!

  • @PooNinja
    @PooNinja 5 років тому +2

    beautiful bread boarding Boi! (sweeping envelope throughout) I like your grandmother :D

  • @dru1432
    @dru1432 5 років тому

    Happy The 8-Bit Guy introduced me to your channel. Love your work and enthusiasm! :)

  • @NPrescott
    @NPrescott 5 років тому +1

    I was waiting the entire time for you to draw a face on that cute envelope you drew Haha the arrows looked like cartoon feet :D

  • @broklee
    @broklee 5 років тому +1

    Thanks for continuing to make these videos

  • @johnosborne3766
    @johnosborne3766 5 років тому

    Favourite ytber by far 😁😁🤙🤙 who gives back to veiwers like that?

  • @aleksandardzhelev1810
    @aleksandardzhelev1810 5 років тому

    7:24 This thing makes that thing to do that kind of a thing like that other thing. ^_^ this video is super fun to watch and the guy inspires you to create things. Cheers

  • @hugo2587
    @hugo2587 5 років тому

    Thanks so much for your videos dude they make my week. im always looking forward to them.

  • @Wettendorff-music
    @Wettendorff-music 5 років тому

    Brilliant!.. You just blew my mind there

  • @weaponxx9467
    @weaponxx9467 4 роки тому

    Thank you, I didn't know that old '72 chip could be used this way.

  • @bevkcan
    @bevkcan 5 років тому

    Wow that's a nice diy synth dude I wish I were as patient as you to build one. A diy 5 voice drone will do it for me for now :D

  • @TheLunaLockhart
    @TheLunaLockhart 5 років тому

    This should be fun to build! I assume it should work fine with any CV clock, like from my Volca Sample. This is gonna be sick!

  • @morbido13
    @morbido13 5 років тому

    Man, that's wicked!
    Im so doing all of those.

  • @WiesoNurMistnamen
    @WiesoNurMistnamen 5 років тому

    Yeah, this series is superb!

  • @reinouddelporte911
    @reinouddelporte911 5 років тому

    Man I love what you do. I saw a drum kit in your studio and you didn't know what to do with it yet. You have the answer in your modular synth. I was impressed by your animatronics synth and it would be great to incorporate this in an acoustic drum kit. I love playing drums and have been thinking about ways to spice up the stage presence of my drum. What if you could make the bass drum head into a giant animatronics face and make it react to the music. Or set of flamethrowers or CO2 guns, or leds or...
    What if you can make the face look bad every time the bass player is making mistakes? Or hook it up to the guitarists pedalboard so something happens when they engage a pedal to play a solo... So many ideas and possibilities, but being a drummer I don't have the abilities to build them myself, cause let's face it... I'm a drummer :-) Let your creativity flow and go down the rabbit hole on the drumkit :-)

  • @Reaching1
    @Reaching1 4 роки тому +1

    "You are the artist, you can do whatever the f*** you want" Made my day, :)

  • @optiquest86
    @optiquest86 5 років тому

    This is epic and inspirational to the *MAX*!
    THANK YOU! :D

  • @thehorriblebright
    @thehorriblebright 5 років тому

    Exactly what I need to build.

  • @subliminallabs
    @subliminallabs 5 років тому

    Fine jam sir! Excellent!

  • @FeLix-qi7ci
    @FeLix-qi7ci 5 років тому

    Waited so long for this

  • @RavenLuni
    @RavenLuni 3 роки тому

    Woo - I'm not the only person who solders with their left hand :p

  • @mitchellboomphi
    @mitchellboomphi 5 років тому

    God bless you and your work, Space Boy

  • @OvAeons
    @OvAeons 5 років тому +2

    the minute 3 segment gave me a huge Weebl vibe, love it! XD

  • @pokaheart
    @pokaheart 5 років тому

    love your earring! amusing video as always :D

  • @crywolfe210
    @crywolfe210 5 років тому

    The sound this setup makes vibes Norman Cook so hard

  • @AlexFell
    @AlexFell 5 років тому

    This is an excellent video thank you for making it

  • @1db1db1db
    @1db1db1db 5 років тому

    oh man just today i looked up to see if you had any songs out! i really hope you release that Test Equipment Rock song i always watch that video to listen to it!

  • @annonymousname2.0
    @annonymousname2.0 5 років тому +9

    ive been waiting for this for so long.
    Just beginning to make plans for my first modular system. This'll be a good addition
    It would be really cool to go more into the detail of electronic theorys of how all this shiz works.
    An idea perhaps

  • @paulbazen
    @paulbazen 3 роки тому +1

    Will this work with a 9V supply ... and, if not, is there a schematic for a 9V version anyone knows of?

  • @tomhague1162
    @tomhague1162 2 роки тому

    Any chance of a readable schematic. Looks like a good project but website schematic doesn't show very well.

  • @EduardoKersten
    @EduardoKersten 4 роки тому

    it will work if i connect the osc output to AR input? i just want to adjust the attack and release of my oscillator and not get some crazy pitches

  • @monomakes
    @monomakes 5 років тому

    Rockin' tune Sam!

  • @alexanderhuliakov6012
    @alexanderhuliakov6012 5 років тому +6

    How much volts needed to power it?
    6:02 no layout, rip

    • @massimookissed1023
      @massimookissed1023 5 років тому +1

      www·lookmumnocomputer·com/simple-envelope-generator
      His diagram of the stripboard layout shows ±12V & 0V for the circuit built around a TL072 opamp.

  • @UberAlphaSirus
    @UberAlphaSirus 5 років тому

    Damn that tune was the dogs, I love acid beeps. I gotta make some of this gear, I have op amps coming out my arse and pots coming out my ears with nothing better to do with them. How I found your uploads via 8 bit guy is a little surreal.

  • @hippynurd
    @hippynurd 5 років тому

    Awesome buddy, keep up the fantastic work.

  • @ph911
    @ph911 2 роки тому

    This is awesome!!

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic 5 років тому +1

    One more question. So the envelope controls the filter and the pitch if you want. What about the,... I guess in synthesizer terms it would be the amplifier but I really just mean volume. That's what the envelope of a regular instrument would control. You can control the attack and release on a violin but you're controlling volume.

    • @NeuronalAxon
      @NeuronalAxon 5 років тому

      Same. It'd be an Amplitude Envelope.

  • @untrust2033
    @untrust2033 5 років тому +1

    Could you plug an LFO into this in place of the minibrute?

  • @nicholasrichardson102
    @nicholasrichardson102 2 роки тому

    I found a layout someone did for this converted to a dual env gen, cant get it to work with my eurorack nor 2600. got to compare both layouts and figure out what isnt working

  • @dachimp4879
    @dachimp4879 5 років тому

    How do you wire the led push button to the board?

  • @stewartlocklear4546
    @stewartlocklear4546 5 років тому

    Thanks so much for this video!!!!

  • @stu9000
    @stu9000 5 років тому

    And then the track is awesome!

  • @aseaeaea5755
    @aseaeaea5755 3 роки тому

    Can we connect this with your simple diy oscillator's LDR?

  • @Jay0neDE
    @Jay0neDE 5 років тому

    woo I've been waiting for this!

  • @TheLeorock1988
    @TheLeorock1988 5 років тому

    what a game boy wall!!

  • @BoathausMusic
    @BoathausMusic 5 років тому

    Very helpful!! Thank you!!

  • @wrraf
    @wrraf 5 років тому +4

    truly the Colin Furze of music

    • @gorillaau
      @gorillaau 5 років тому +1

      Colin Furze wears a safety tie. LMNO has a safety pin.

  • @cruepprich
    @cruepprich 2 роки тому

    Nuts! Love it!🌰🌰🌰

  • @dachimp4879
    @dachimp4879 5 років тому +1

    Hey so I made a envelope generator as closely as I can in the video and find that it doesn’t turn on or work at all and the tl072 heats up and I’m not sure if it’s supposed to do that. Help?

    • @NeuronalAxon
      @NeuronalAxon 5 років тому

      Are you married to Marzgurl? Did you figure your circuit problem out?

    • @dachimp4879
      @dachimp4879 5 років тому +1

      NeuronalAxon, no, I got the led to light up but it doesn’t generate any noise or change anything at all

    • @NeuronalAxon
      @NeuronalAxon 5 років тому

      @@dachimp4879 - You got a multimeter or oscilloscope?

    • @dachimp4879
      @dachimp4879 5 років тому +1

      NeuronalAxon yeah just a multimeter. I followed exactly the schematics on the website and it lights up the led but doesn’t change the signal or “generate” sound even when plugged into the cv input of my oscillate

    • @NeuronalAxon
      @NeuronalAxon 5 років тому

      @@dachimp4879 - Have you tried measuring the CV output with a multimeter, at least? Turn the rate down really low and see.

  • @68bmx36
    @68bmx36 5 років тому

    Sounds like an Acid maschine,..aka 1987,.. ;D Thankz Sam

  • @TheAthziry
    @TheAthziry 5 років тому

    Any wave folding module???