Body-Patching with the Herzlich MMI

In my journey to find ways of making my modular patches feel more perform-able, I happened across a module that allowed me to bring more hands-on expression into my patches by making me part of the circuit.
Come then as we explore the Herzlich MMI.
You can check out the module and other's from Herzlich here: www.etsy.com/shop/HerzlichLabs
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:45 - What is the MMI and how does it work?
07:26 - Example Patch 1: Playing Rings
09:23 - Example Patch 2: Filter and Envelope Tweaks
11:55 - Example Patch 3: Touchable Pitch and Mod Wheels
16:06 - Other body patching instruments
17:23 - Example Patch 4: Routing triggers through your body
19:51 - Example Patch 5: Dub Mode
22:17 - Other considerations and outro
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[@herzlichlabs4102]

This video is a very pleasant surprise! Excellent patches throughout, I'm always very impressed with the delightful creativity people employ with the MMI series 😁

[@OscillatorSink]

Cheers for checking out the video and for making cool stuff!

[@grainyday]

I am so proud I follow and support your channel. all the best !

[@unsoundmethodology]

Herzlich's modules are pretty great; I've been eyeing the MMI myself. I wanted to mention another variation on the idea - the Landscape AllFlesh, which basically mounts metal plates on 3.5mm plugs, so jacks can be converted to touch points.
Also, you may have seen videos where folks use devices like the Makey Makey to create fruit pianos - alligator clips connect fruit to an interface board, and you touch each piece to play a different note - or similar contraptions. I found a version of this idea that was even more of a toy, with soft clips (that are comfortable to clip to people and not just objects) on wires and a very cheap audio player, and I modded the clips to plug into Eurorack jacks. So they can now do things like clip to two different people and do this kind of control based on how much they're touching each other.

[@OscillatorSink]

Oh yeah, I forgot about those Landscape jack plates! They're a really neat approach to adding body patch points. Probably wouldn't be ergonomic in my already cramped case though!

[@goingmodular]

I was about to mention the PCB keyboard of the Arturia MicroFreak, but you cited it already. It simply is astounding. Like pretty much everyone else, I was dubious before trying it IRL. But I was hooked the very minute I first played it. Granted, you would need a MIDI-to-Cv converter to fully exploit its polyphonic capability, but already, on its own, the MicroFreak sports a Cv/Gate/Pressure triplet of outputs, ready to feed signal into any Eurorack module. Just like 25 little MMI modules all neatly laid out next to one another.
It would not be much of a stretch to purchase a MicroFreak just as a MIDI/Cv controller, to be honest. And as an extra, one would get a 17-engines digital synth in the bargain !

[@OscillatorSink]

It's a modern classic! I wish they had kept that keybed on the minifreak! Maybe one day they'll release it as an alternative version?..

[@goingmodular]

@@OscillatorSink Yeah, the « normal » keyboard of the MiniFreak came as a surprise. Maybe they shied away from implementing this type of keyboard on a more pricey machine, who knows ?
I wonder what the reactions would be to a cheap 49-note MIDI controller made like a MicroFreak keyboard? I, for one, would buy one right away !

[@anonymoushuman8344]

Lovely demonstration. The emblem with the intersecting smile and frown faces up top was used in the cover art of the album Total Devo. I wonder if that's where it came from. It like how it goes with the other images you have in there.

[@AzraelSilent]

I’m starting in eurorack and I thoroughly enjoy this rack, especially the droning composition that you’re using here. Is there a representation on modulargrid or a rundown of what you are employing module-wise that you have posted somewhere?

[@OscillatorSink]

I actually don't have an up to date modulargid setup online, but I believe that's fundamentally: noise into a filter into Mutable Instruments Rings (or a clone of Rings in my case). What the noise source is not particularly important, nor is the filter (other than it being low or band pass), Rings is doing all the work!

[@AzraelSilent]

thank you so much for the reply. I wouldnt have guessed it was the rings module doing the heavy lifting. Interesting. I guess Im on the hunt for a good Rings mod to fill the last gaps of my rack. Thank you@@OscillatorSink

[@TheCuri]

The brush is actually not as smooth and soft as the befaco one

[@RedMeansRecording]

Brush

[@OscillatorSink]

Bru(s)h

[@Zanix_IV]

brush!!!!!!!

[@OscillatorSink]

People are saying it's brush time? That's the word on the streets.