Intellijel METROPOLIX Review and full tutorial // The follow up to Metropolis
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
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Here's a list of all the modules/gear in the video (some links affiliate, most not...):
Outside the cases:
► Bluebox mixer and Monstera Deliciosa (www.thomann.de/intl/il/1010mu...)
In the 2ManySynths case (2manysynths.nl):
► ModBap Per4mer - modbap.com
► Intellijel Atlantis - www.thomann.de/gb/intellijel_...
► PM from Mountainking Electronics (prototype)
► Befaco Lich - www.befaco.org/lich/
► Expert Sleepers Disting EX - www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/dis...
► Voicas LedRover Drive - voicas.audio/products/eurorac...
► ALM HPO - busycircuits.com/alm019/
► Queen of Pentacles from Endorphin.es - www.thomann.de/gb/endorphin.e...
In the Palette case:
► MultiFX by Intellijel - intellijel.com/shop/eurorack/...
► 1uT_u - Temps Utile by Plum Audio - bit.ly/1uT_u
► Metropolix + Expander by Intellijel (see links above)
► Arbhar from Instruo - www.instruomodular.com/produc...
► Ochd from Instruo and Divkid - www.instruomodular.com/produc...
TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
1:00 Sliders & switches
2:05 What’s old?
3:30 What’s new?
3:55 Two tracks
5:10 New lanes
6:30 More news
8:45 Stage buttons
10:40 Track controls
13:35 Knobs & IO
15:10 This setup
17:10 Home screens
17:35 Mod tracks
21:15 Skip invert
22:30 Decoupling 1 & 2
23:20 “Split view”
24:20 Pitch override
26:45 Accumulator
28:40 Loopy
29:20 Split kbd/seq
30:30 Using presets
32:40 Pros & cons
37:45 Outro track
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A few of us from Intellijel will be in the chat today. :)
Need some more EEs? ;)
What price do you offer the reviewers?
@@prospectnyc for unknown reviewers like you it's $579 ;)
Congrats @Wes and the Intellijel team! Sounds incredible!
I'd respectfully say that I think a standalone/non-euro version with USB MIDI would also be a nice addition to the Intellijel stable. Of course, one could also buy a skiff, a euro MIDI IO module and go about it that way as well but it'd be a lot more expensive as opposed to having it in a self-contained housing. I'm not sure how difficult it'd be to map the CV/gate functions over to MIDI output but anyways... a guy can dream!
If you someone wanted to add midi could you do it as a custom-build
Not that this is not impressive but I'm most impressed by the presentation here. So clear, comprehensible, and fluent and fast but slow enough, and the talking through at the same time as the demonstrations, without any hesitant "uh's" or "eh's". I'll bet they asked Loopop to demo Space X.
Would love to have Loopop explain my own thoughts to me, my life would be a lot less confusing.
@@thunderkitty6935 This : D !
agree Loopop is one of the best reviewers and super clear explanations. He patiently demonstrates how things work. Mylar and Divkid are great as well for their passion and energy but they rush thru the demos way too fast for a beginner to understand.
Shoutout to Atlantis up top, sounding terrific as always. What a home run Intellijel hit there!
Loopop is amazing. So fluid in his understanding of this module. It’s like he’s owned it for years, yet it’s a new machine. Along with the excellently organised Demo... Spot on 👍🏽
Me as a developer who misread: Did Jetbrains make a synth? 😯
Haha.. That would charm my python!
every single time
I have a few Intellijel modules, and I use JetBrains software at work... I often get sent for some weird loops when looking for documentation for either, yeah...
Anyway, here's a UML graph of a my patch notes...
This is exactly the Metropolix jump-start I needed. Perfect demo/walk-through. Thank you!
you're not a human, so many gears passed by your hands, and you had to learn everything about every gear, congratulations, you help me a lot in this journey, thank you!
Intellijel consistently sets my heart on fire. Amazing company and products. ❤️
indeed they are one of my favorite modular music companies such good engineering and user interfaces. Plus excellent support.
Thank you for this! I am now a proud owner of one after watching and doing my HW. Thank you again for all you do!
It is a pleasure to watch your videos
I was looking to add a second Metropolis to my rack, so this is going to be an insta buy for me. Love it!
excited to see this. hope it’s something standalone or super out there
I have now watched this a number of times. The closing comments on the strengths as an exploration tool vs. having a set idea you want to capture really sold me - ordered yesterday. Among other things it will be feeding an E370 with both tracks interacting with various combinations of the 4 oscillators and mix outs in myriad ways.
just bought one, it arrives next week. the video gives me a heads up, thanks.
You’re still the man.
💪🏽🤘🏽
Got my eye on this beast.
Excellent tutorial and game changer for Intellijel. Pair with Atlantis and Plonk for a killer modular riff monster in small travel case. I have a Tetrapad with Tete expander and the new interface reminds me of it.
As always, stellar intro/outro track
Thats a very great video for a french guy like me.U speak a real good simple english with no accent and slowly enough for us strangers,so i thank you loopop!!!
Oooofff have to get this, love my metropolis
thanks loopop, I'm buying one with the GX expander. looks amazing!
Intro outro my thing all day long on this channel love it
Glad you enjoy it!
Nice, just saw the official Intellijel video and was hoping you’d have an in-depth video soon
such a beast :D thanks for the video
We’re ready!
YES! I need that!
this is a rabbit hole! it never ends!!!! I want now the Metropolix also!
This about to be LIT
A great video as always! I had never considered this as a sequencer but as I build a small case I’m definitely finding myself interested. I’m hoping to find a good balance of immediacy, tactility, the ability to jam with it, and also happy accidents that come from more in depth exploration. This definitely seems to be aiming at that spot! Right now I’m using a beatstep pro which is great but I would love to be able to see the settings of knobs for melodies vs peering into the tiny screen.
It’s great, they’ve thought of almost everything! I think I will stick with my Metropolis for now though as I’m not sure I need this much flexibility and complexity right now. Super cool though.
it definitely looks amazing update but I need more channels and my Eloquencer gives me 8 cv/gates and seems easier to use, But if I was getting a sequencer to use with one full voice, like Atlantis the new update would be great.
I expect a Metropolis flood on ebay and reverb lol...Great review as usual, I watched it even if I'm not interested in a new sequencer (really happy with my Black Sequencer). The accumulator is really nice!
Time for me to sell half of my rack to buy this, paired with a brand new Atlantis ! Let the magic begin
Hey LooPop, nice outro music.. Atlantis sounds really legit, great bang for the buck. 2manySynths extension rack make for a nice tidy rig and a great demo. Thanks !!!
Holy menu dive!
Menus to setup a framework that you mainly set and forget. Most real-time performance functions/parameters are just a click away, just like the original Metropolis. Tons of dedicated buttons for this purpose.
@@intellijel I purchased my metropolix a week or so ago from sweetwater. Do you have any idea when you will be shipping them out? Also i purchased a atlantis and am told they will be available on the 21 of May (this month). Can you confirm when these modules will be available? thanks in advance
The way the two tracks are linked feels super awkward, hopefully there'll be a firmware update to switch through a single button which track the faders control, this looks awesome in every aspect otherwise! And a great clean demo video to go along with the release as always on your channel.
If you go to PITCH on the track of choice and choose SYNC ALL then you override all faders for that track.
@@intellijel I've seen it in the video but it still feels like an afterthought to me, especially with the other switches. Clearly you have the capacity to have independent faders and switches positions with the preset feature, so I feel like the device would benefit from being able to select which tracks are being affected by the faders directly. (still a rad device though, well done!)
BTW: The vamp at the beginning is epic sounding :)
All I can think is how much I wish Dreadbox stuck with their plans to illuminate the LEDs on the Typhons sliders. These look beautiful
Waiting for the 1U version
Ok.
Oh wow awesome! 😲 I saw the title and was like, "is this a repost from years ago?🤨 I'm confused🤔"
Preordered :D
Amazing outro track!
Thanks!
I received three new modules 10 minutes ago. No money for further stuff at the moment, but I'll watch the presentation anyway 😁!
Famous last words before the wallet comes out.
Same, after not buying modules for eight months I get a Data, Quadrax, Polaris and uVCA last/this week. Then Intellijel does this. Damn lol
take your time (?) ... it just came out
@@sliceofsparta8985 Well, two of today's deliveries have been Intellijel stuff: Qx (= Quadrax extension) and Noise Random Tools 1U. The third one was (I know it's too large, damned) the Waldorf NW1. www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/1419673
so close to being a real winner - since its a a very advanced sequencer with very fast preset loading it would be amazing if you could sequence presets like poly.
Wow! The ??? looks so great I can't wait to try it!
It pairs wonderfully with the !!!
@@loopop with wildcard inputs on the QPAS? Ha, it's trigger sequencer, I knew it! :D
Would love a follow up video of !!! where the !!! is revealed to be Atlantis 2. Would be modular heaven!
@@v47_music lmao you weren't even that far off!
the accumulator is a hell of a feature. very cool.
The concept of the accumulator has been around quite some time.
I like this track.
Thank you in my house your know as Mr. Explain It. Thank you newbie who is catching on quickly thanks to sir I still got troubles with service name skipping now but Thanks
🙌🏻
I’m having difficulty hearing the sequences. More overtones might help. Your review is so thorough, that most of us could approach this big piece of hardware without fear. Love that Save function!
34:15 Don't forget Tête and Tetrapad. Tête does make a nice drum sequencer too. It seems Tête was the beta/incubator for some of these ideas. As a Tetrapad/Tête owner, hopefully they add them to Tête in a firmware update. Thanks again for your work, Loopop.
You're totally right about that, we did use a lot of ideas from Tete in the Metropolix.
cool need to try that with mine as I am still learning the Tete and Tetrapad but keeps saying I need to update firmware on mine and need to figure that part out.
Just wanted to mention that the current firmware does support MIDI, but you'll need to use the Micro USB port on the back of the module. They do sell a 1U module that lets you expose the USB on the front of the module though.
Very very very gentle sound but powerful
Hell yeah. Midi out would be amazing too! (USB would be best)
It's the new intellijel mult 🤭
I’m going for the longest ever mult tutorial
@@loopop a palette case just filled with mults. if anyone can make it sing it'll be loopop
ua-cam.com/video/q4574yqvc04/v-deo.html it's a tough category
@@MrMugsy1997 oh wow hahha
I need a 68HP mult. You listening, Intellijel?
This must be good :)
Ha! The M185 had the 1-up on Intellijel for a split second but Intellijel took back the title in a major way. Love it. What’s the availability?
I knew it!
Dear Intellijel: Take my money please! Gahhhh
That bass sound in the beginning is fantastic! is dat the atlantis?
Hi, love your reviews and tutorials. Question: so if I only buy the polymatrix that is not enough correct? I need to hook up all sorts of other gear to make any music with it? Thanks for any reply🙏🏼
Thanks! You mean metropolix and no it doesn’t make any sounds on it’s own
Thank you! Would be nice to say that you need to turn on saving pitch in the global settings. Before explaining it in the tutorial...I was wondering why it does not work for me.
This module is cool ! But it could be a little more if they add motorized sliders :) in this way it could be a nobrainer module, maybe in the future
Reminds me of the MS20 Desktop review sonic state end tune
Is it possible the links are not yet live? I cannot see the metropolix on thomann via the link :) do we also have a release date on this
I've been watching this video and others for a long time now, and have quietly been wanting it, but I was concentrating on a lot of essential function/utility modules that help the rest of the system. Now that those are all built up, I finally ordered Metropolix a couple of days ago, so coming back and doing refreshers now. Soooooooo much to take in, but I'm really excited about it. AS always, thanks for your excellent videos. Only one criticism - Not a single joke in this one. No calendar factories, no dog barks, nothing. What happened?
Perhaps I was too engaged with the module, but I accept the criticism. Calendar factories? I don’t remember that one?
@@loopop "My dad was fired from the calendar factory. He took a day off."
Oh crap guilty as charged
The probability parameter is really helpful. I assume you can put a step at 0% so that the sequence doesn't play on every note. It's crazy how many sequencers don't have this function and it's so insane to me.
They should have made it 8 channel with really noisy mechanical sliders that reset when you change channels. Obviously I’m kidding. Looks killer. Surprised they didn’t go with Metroplex.
Any plans for an Arbhar review? I would really like one by you
Thanks not currently
Is there a “song mode” to create a pre-determined sequence of presets to play and loop ?
Not yet but they seemed pretty open to adding one
I would have liked to see explanation how to use mod lanes with output A and B.. seems the outputs were not covered in this at all, or did I miss it.
Can you use a mod track to send a CV signal out to modulate filter cutoff for example?
answered my own question after purchase, you can’t use a mod track but you can use the 2nd sequencer track pitch out.
can the pulses/stages be set to do triplets? anyone know if it's built in or is there a workaround?
Ohh Standalone :), i hope so...
Hey Metropolis swarm intelligence,
I thought about upgrading to X. I have the apparently common problem, that the older brother makes a lot of audible noise in the circuit which messes up some recordings every now and then.
Any experiences with the new one?
Cheeers
What do you think about pairing this with the T-1
An even tide would go well with this harmonic
What I really would like to know is, does this new version have LED noise like can be heard from Metropolis?
no.
When available? I’ll keep my metropolis and add this wonderful successor...
Starts shipping tomorrow but first batch is always limited qty
i have a question do ween need a external clock for clock the metropolix?
When’s the Atlantix coming?
Sweet! 😻🤖
The hands on controls of the original version some how get a bit lost in the complexity of all the new options and menus.
distorson it’s definitely deeper, though nothing stopping it being used like v1
Amazing overview! I keep coming back, when I paused using Metropolix for a while. Are you up for revisiting the module after the big firmware updates? Would love to hear your take :-)
Thanks! I'd love to because the updates are great but unfortunately I cover so many instruments I rarely have time to circle back with firmware updates
@@loopop I can absolutely see that :-D Thanks anyways :-)
Smashes anything I can do
did they ever add a firmware update that allows you to sync mod lanes?
I would like to see some stuff on the gx. Is it worth it.
can you accumulate two decoupled voices? so they both individually do it?
yes. accumulation happens per individual stage and separately per track. You can set the step size differently for each stage. via mod lanes, ctrl knobs or xyz inputs you can also reset or invert the direction of accumulators on trk1, 2 or both.
@@danjelvantijnintellijel756 That's great! can you decouple and chain the two sequences together to make 16?
@@THIEFSOUNDS it is possible via Trk Output Swap. Basically you can use a mod
Lane (or external mod source) and automate swapping of trk a and b outputs to happen after every 8 stages
What patch cables are you using here ? I want them!
Tendrils!
what is that Gx module? cant find it on Mod Grid assuming a gate expander
youre correct, and its up now on modulargrid
@@zbsfm thanks a lot, just put that in the wish list rack on MG lol
What are you guys doing with 2 tracks? I don't understand. Not even 8 tracks of my Eloquencer is not enough. But 2?
I hope this gets a midi expander and maybe a more tracks expander of some sort, to make more sense.
You can get a lot out of even one track by sequencing gates separately and using modulation to get movement between voices playing the same sequence. I'm not sure what I'd do with as many as two tracks.
@@aaronstj Not enough. Still. Too limited. Playable, but limited.
Considering it was the main gripe of metropolis, it’s disappointing to say the least
Your name is literally "Dual Trx" ;)
@@intellijel You missed an opportunity to name it after me.
Nifty
I would love this as a stand-alone unit. Not being a euro rack guy this makes me very jealous.
Probably not quite the same but there's an ableton max for live version of Metropolis that you probably could get to operate similar to this with other m4l sequencers
@@dadjeans9118 you can just buy a one module case, like a 4ms pod. its no problem.
Metropolix solo now as stand alone 😉
@@aounms is that a fact? 🤔
@@danpreston564 ua-cam.com/video/-QJE-lbNgW0/v-deo.htmlsi=6XEOnVNqLeYdAc5l
Excuse my ignorance. Is it possible to use audio samples as a sound source instead of bleeps. I would like to make new melodies out of them.
yes. this is just a sequencer - you need to hook it up with a module that will play samples
@@loopop Thank You 🙏
How much did they charge you?
Hello fellow folks
How does the Metropolix handle transposition via CV in? One weakness of the Metropolis was the +-5v limit on the CV in, which made transposition at 1v/oct a bit of a pain (requiring additional module/s to track correctly).
You want more than 5 octave transposition?
@@thomassynths It's not an issue of the range, it's the issue of not tracking 1v/oct. To answer my own question, I read the manual, and it claims that Metropolix tracks 1v/oct correctly, so yay!
@@JohnLukich yes you can do some cool stuff playing this with an external keyboard like a complex arpegiator. videos soon...
@@JohnLukich If you update the firmware, you can get tracking 1v/o
@@thomassynths I don't own a Metropolis, but was investigating pitch sequencer options and researched this particular quirk for a good bit, and as far as I could find, it was not possible without some external assistance (ie. another module). Metropolix is definitely in the short list, now, though.
Ooh! And again I say, ooh!
Though I can never understand the commitment to 12TET in an analogue world. It shouldn't be technically difficult to let us enter our own tunings, and this would open up a world of new possibilities.
My guess is, and totally on behalf of myself without speaking with intellijel, is that there's no demand for it. There are some pretty obscure scales in here, I'm pretty sure quantization to other scales wouldn't be rocket science considering everything else going on here. Please feel free to link to good non 12TET music (hopefully it won't be blocked by UA-cam)
@@loopop Sadly, I think the lack of demand is a self fulfilling prophecy-analogue control of pitches should be able to take us wherever a voice can go, but we've been overenculturated by keyboard instruments and MIDI :). Sevish' album Harmony Hacker (over on Bandcamp) is a quick pitch for why we should care.
actually,i noticed when i watched their own tutorial that you can enter your own scales and such...your welcome...Ty from s.oz
Can you control pitch per step via mod ?
pitch is a mod destination, both pre quantization and post
Mate you ever sit back and think. Yeah I’ve a good life.
Looks fun. Hold on while I gouge my eyes out with a spoon.
dang i just bought metropolis two months ago 😭