Winter Plankton Zaps drum and percussion module. Full tutorial and patch examples
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2024
- I first saw Zaps at Superbooth Berlin in 2021 and was immediately impressed at good it was at percussion sounds. Zaps is a drum and percussion synth voice uniquely designed for creating organic sequences that can mutate over time. It's a collaboration between Winter Modular and Plankton Electronics (now known as Winter Plankton) and musician Miguel Eedl. Zaps uses a combination of different techniques like controlled randomness, morphing, and storing (or locking) synth-voice parameters in externally sequenced CV-controlled slots.
I spent a few weeks really getting to know Zaps and learning how it works. The result is this video which is a deep tutorial on Zaps features and how to use it in a eurorack modular setup for percussion. Zaps is a powerful module that requires some study to get to grips with, and this video will help you get started with it quickly.
Thanks to Winter Plankton for sending Zaps to me so I could make this video!
Timeline
00:00 Introduction
01:49 Quick overview of Zaps controls
02:07 How to access orange options
03:46 How are projects, banks and sounds organised
06:05 Patching examples and sound design
07:06 Sequencing slots - the power of Zaps!
08:14 Sound design on Zaps
10:32 Saving and loading sounds from SD card
12:18 Edit All - edit all sounds at once
13:27 Randomising sounds and banks
14:35 Freeze and Revert to undo changes
15:44 Loading and saving banks of sounds
16:47 CV assignment to parameters
20:57 Thoughts and closing jam
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Amazing ! Thanks ! 😍
Thank you for such a unique and powerful module!
this is beautiful of you to share, seriously helped me out thank you!
Glad it helped!
Very welcome manual, I love the module but the manual is more like a reference and I did not have the patience to dive into it. Now I can finally learn how it works!
Thanks for a great demo and tutorial video for one of my favorite modules. The PDF manual is very detailed, but really focused on 'what' and not 'how'. Finally a video that gives a great overview on how to get the most out Zaps!
Great vid! I love the Zaps! Another really cool thing about the cv control is that you can use them as outputs, so you can send the alt control out to a wave folder or filter and use the Zaps to control it per sound, really increase the per step sound design potential
Good tip! I haven't had a chance yet to play with the outputs
Great demo, thank you!
My pleasure!
I love the sounds, "Zaps" is what got me into synths and modular, play with a lfo and a filter for hours - but i am not sure if i want to dig into this complicated menu diving thing just for random zips and zaps - wish there was a dedicated zaps drumsounds module according to for example the recent ssf entity drum modules.
It comes with presets saved in it that you can get started with straight away, and the trick is to throw lots of modulation at it too to really change up the sound
I've got this exact same setup with Zaps and the Tesseract Step Fader MKII, but for some reason, no matter what I try - I can't get the step fader to hit any of the sound slots past slot 6. I've tried changing the voltage input range on Zaps, but nothing seems to help. It will only trigger sound slots 1-6. Any idea what I should change setting wise to be able to hit the other sound slots 7-12? I can see you are able to hit sound slot 10 for example... Any help would be greatly appreciated! 😁👊
Did you check the output range slider in the sequencer in the Step Fader so it’s also outputting the full range of voltages?
Thanks for the reply! I finalllly got it sorted last night when I realized that the input voltage range on the Zaps is *per individual CV input*, and not a global setting... WHOOPS! It's working as intended now and super cool, too! Thanks for showing this awesome setup! 😁🙏👊 @@SynthDad
@@ElectronisoundsAudio Ah yes that's a good point - glad you got it sorted!
Interesting module. Thanks :)
Glad you like it!
Reminds of a Syncussion, but better with the presets. Shame about that Behringer modular design touch though 🤭
another module with tiny screen and menu diving, pass.
The screen and menu are only for saving and loading presets. As you can see from the video the module is very accessible with faders and knobs for sound design