This is much better than Divkid's explanations. I had to stop watching his videos. I don't care what my modules look like on an oscilloscope. I care what they sound like and what i can realistically do with them. I think he spent like an hour going through Marbles and it was mostly gibberish to me. Within 10 minutes of this video i understood both what Marbles does and how to patch it. Thank you.
I know he is the big gun of modular reviews, but I don't find his videos all that helpful, being a newcomer to modular synthesis. The sounds he produces are also why I avoided modular.
Yup, I watched part of that review and it starts out with a jargon salad. I'm sure it sold a bunch of modules, but for some of it it's pretty terrible, or in his language, rubbish.
Yes! Musicians do not need Oscilloscope. I play clarinet, piano, guitar, synths, and i never needed oscilloscope??!! What for to look music? No, i prefere to listen
The reason a lot of modular synth users have\use oscilloscopes is that many of them build their own modules, either from kits or they design them themselves. A scope is essential for calibration. You don't just build a kit, plug it in and it works 1st time. Especially if it's an oscillator that needs to work musically at 1 v\octave. Also, historically synthesisers were born from Lab test equipment where a scope was part of the furniture in an electronics lab. I've personally never used a scope for music (I've been playing synth since the late 70s) but I'm just taking my first steps in Modular synthesis in the last week and have found that a scope is going to be fairly essential. Also, it's more Blinken Lightzen and what synth player doesn't like Blinken Lightzen?!?😁
??? This “tutorial” was a jumbled hot mess. DivKid actually explains things very clearly and thoroughly. Maybe I’m not on the same ADHD drugs as the rest of you guys who understand this crazy dyslexia
I just received mine today, tried to wing it and came running to this video for help! I love how you laid out the simple signal path and just kept evolving the sound while you explained the functions. Thank you!!
Bart ! A fantastic way of having this explained. Set at a good pace, informative, no garble, to the point. I learnt more from you. Thank you so much.👍🏼
Thank you so much! This has been a huge game changer for me with my setup. Your explanations and demo here is so well done that I feel like I can retire a few modules from my rack lol. Thanks again! Btw, I love your song in the other video posted with this rig. To think so much sound can be generated by such few modules and HP real estate. Very impressive indeed!
Yeah, I have watched every video I can get my hands on for VCV rack and Eurorack and I am as ignorant after watching them as I was when I clicked on them.
General Awareness and Matthias: much thanks, guys. I made this for a friend, in one take. Maybe I’ll do another one that’s a bit more thought out over the next few weeks
Amazing video!! I am a complete newbie but just following the instructions here I am making music !! I wish all the videos are like this. Thanks so much !
I spent so much time figuring out the module. Then yesterday I had yet another really fun jam with it. It is literally my desert island instrument: I would keep it over my model d or anything else in my studio.
Hats off for Last Poets album in the background! I do hope you've heard the Be-Yond-Er section from "Delights of the Garden" - It's fucking amazing. Sadly, youtube demands it be split. On my CD copy, it's listed as 3 tracks, but plays uninterrupted as a single track that lasts almost 19 minutes. It's best heard as a single track.
Fastest way to get it under control is to add a quantizer after marbles- I use the discontinued intellijel scale, but there’s also 2hp tune and many others. And don’t be afraid to hit that upper right button to lock in a sequence and then just knob mash and use it like a live instrument
Isn’t that the best feeling? Except that it took me so many hours of frustrated “ugh, this should be awesome but no music is coming out” before I got to this aha moment. Enjoy!
hey I am thinking about making a mini system like this, using a 4ms pod 36 but it only has 2 shoulders for power. I am wondering, and sorry for the newbie question, what did you use to power all the modules?
1- Everything in eurorack is a little complicated. With the 4ms pod cases, when buying you need to consider (1) get the powered one. Else you have to separately purchase a power adapter and strip, (2) the hp size. I think mine is 48hp?, (3) the depth: if you get for instance the pod40x(powered) thst one is 51mm deep. I think x = deep. If you get a less deep one, many modules won’t physically fit in the case….
2- “shoulders”: all the powered 4ms cases have two plugs in the back where you can plug your power cable in. You just pick whichever one is closer to your outlet. Interchangeable- you use one. On the inside are the connectors. You need one connector for each module. So for instance pod40x(powered) comes w 4 connectors so will support 4 modules. However you can buy a “fly” cable to add more connectors, which is what I did in my case.
Hey man, great stuff but why use two quantizers? I understood you're choosing a scale on marbles anyway, so whats the use for Hysteria's quantizer then?
Hi Riad, great question! So Marbles is a sequencer, and you get to pick a scale (Minor, Major etc) on it. But it does not let you pick a root note. So the awesome thing on the Hysteria, our VCO, is that unlike most VCO's you don't need a tuner to make sure you're in tune. With quantized mode on, it'll always be tuned to some note. The OCT slider lets you move up and down whole octaves at a time. The SEMI slider lets you move up a semi-note at a time. So you can make a sequence, and then you like it, but you want to shift the root, say from A to G, or up a whole Octave, and that's what you'll do on the Hysteria. It's not a quantizer per se (forcing all notes to adhere to a scale), but instead it tunes your oscillator to a specific octave or semi-tone.
Btw the lingo a little confusing cuz general in eurorack when people say quantizer it means a tool that forces whatever cv that comes in to go out adhering to the notes of a specific scale. Hysteria uses the same word to mean that you can easily tune your vco by semitone or octave
You deserve a subscribe as you made a nice video for Marbles without overwhelming the viewer with tons of modules and cables.
This is much better than Divkid's explanations. I had to stop watching his videos. I don't care what my modules look like on an oscilloscope. I care what they sound like and what i can realistically do with them. I think he spent like an hour going through Marbles and it was mostly gibberish to me. Within 10 minutes of this video i understood both what Marbles does and how to patch it. Thank you.
Oh wow that’s so nice to hear. Jam on!
I know he is the big gun of modular reviews, but I don't find his videos all that helpful, being a newcomer to modular synthesis. The sounds he produces are also why I avoided modular.
Yup, I watched part of that review and it starts out with a jargon salad. I'm sure it sold a bunch of modules, but for some of it it's pretty terrible, or in his language, rubbish.
Yes! Musicians do not need Oscilloscope. I play clarinet, piano, guitar, synths, and i never needed oscilloscope??!! What for to look music? No, i prefere to listen
The reason a lot of modular synth users have\use oscilloscopes is that many of them build their own modules, either from kits or they design them themselves. A scope is essential for calibration. You don't just build a kit, plug it in and it works 1st time. Especially if it's an oscillator that needs to work musically at 1 v\octave. Also, historically synthesisers were born from Lab test equipment where a scope was part of the furniture in an electronics lab. I've personally never used a scope for music (I've been playing synth since the late 70s) but I'm just taking my first steps in Modular synthesis in the last week and have found that a scope is going to be fairly essential.
Also, it's more Blinken Lightzen and what synth player doesn't like Blinken Lightzen?!?😁
Drunk drummer 🤣 Great demo. Thanks!
hah, thanks!
Great video
🙏
This is outstanding. Thank you so much for such a comprehensive explanation.
If i heard this explanation when i was first getting into modular, I would’ve learned way quicker. I love the way you explain everything, very nice!
hey Alex, wow, super appreciate that!
Totally agree this systematic explanation is fantastic!
??? This “tutorial” was a jumbled hot mess. DivKid actually explains things very clearly and thoroughly.
Maybe I’m not on the same ADHD drugs as the rest of you guys who understand this crazy dyslexia
@@andrewnancarrowcool post bro
I am atotal Nooob so this helped me so much. It is really overwelming when your just starting. More vids like this please everyone. Cheers
I just received mine today, tried to wing it and came running to this video for help! I love how you laid out the simple signal path and just kept evolving the sound while you explained the functions. Thank you!!
Best tutorial yet on marbles. Easy to understand and I love the jam! Subscribed!
hey thanks!
Bart ! A fantastic way of having this explained. Set at a good pace, informative, no garble, to the point. I learnt more from you. Thank you so much.👍🏼
Thank you so much! This has been a huge game changer for me with my setup. Your explanations and demo here is so well done that I feel like I can retire a few modules from my rack lol. Thanks again! Btw, I love your song in the other video posted with this rig. To think so much sound can be generated by such few modules and HP real estate. Very impressive indeed!
Great work man, really helpful! Thanks!
Best Marbels tutorial on YT, focusing on making people understand that thing rather then covering ALL it’s possibilities. Thank you!
Yeah, I have watched every video I can get my hands on for VCV rack and Eurorack and I am as ignorant after watching them as I was when I clicked on them.
General Awareness and Matthias: much thanks, guys. I made this for a friend, in one take. Maybe I’ll do another one that’s a bit more thought out over the next few weeks
@@bartdecrem4092 Just keep up what you did and I know I will be happy. Thank you.
The hysteria vco sounds a lot like a cello or viola in this instance.
Amazing video!! I am a complete newbie but just following the instructions here I am making music !! I wish all the videos are like this. Thanks so much !
Excellent chaos control
hah - thanks!
Didn't watched yet, but the title sold it to me lol
done!
incredibly helpful. Thank you for putting this in terms that make sense.
my pleasure! jam on!
Thanks Bart! Very helpful stuff.
Thank goodness for this tutorial! well explained 🙌
I spent so much time figuring out the module. Then yesterday I had yet another really fun jam with it. It is literally my desert island instrument: I would keep it over my model d or anything else in my studio.
@@bartdecrem4092 Yeah I got mine a couple days ago, paired it with clouds, Elements and Ochd and it just sounds fantastic !
Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for.
This is the bible for Marbles, thanks!
Thank you!
I think this mini patch unlocked a ton of missing concepts I was missing.
super-helpful and give some new perspectives on using my Marbles instead of losing them :)
Please do more videos like this! That was really helpful!
Thanks for the nice comment. Lmk if you have any specific request!
I have done two more in the past few weeks: one on Turing machine, one explaining a eurorack patch w sq-1 :)
Lovely Doors album in sight behind the modular too
thanks! Courtesy of discogs :)
Finally, something I can follow along to, and I have similar modules.
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Great Marbles tutorial. Helped quite a bit, thanks.
This is such a helpful guide for a beginner! Thanks!
Thank you! I made it for a friend originally and then decided to post, on a lurk
@@bartdecrem4092 well I'm glad you decided to post it, because I think this just finalized my decision to buy one!
thank you, I was struggling with marbles and this helped loads.
The perfect explanation! Thank you for sharing :)
Thanks adi!
Hats off for Last Poets album in the background!
I do hope you've heard the Be-Yond-Er section from "Delights of the Garden" - It's fucking amazing.
Sadly, youtube demands it be split. On my CD copy, it's listed as 3 tracks, but plays uninterrupted as a single track that lasts almost 19 minutes. It's best heard as a single track.
Excellent demo mate 🤙
thank you for the kind words!
This was perfect thank You 🙏
I Love this explanation with a barebones limited skiff. This is great for beginners. I hope to see more.
Great explanation !
🙏🏾
This way we can get rid of the high end freaky stuff" :-)... well actually you're right!
the Last Poets tho.. good record
Nice
What if I don’t want marbles triggering constantly How do you make it trigger note then skip a few etc. so it’s not so monotonous.
Did you find an answer?
i can't get it to do much. maybe i need a tides instead but idk..
Fastest way to get it under control is to add a quantizer after marbles- I use the discontinued intellijel scale, but there’s also 2hp tune and many others. And don’t be afraid to hit that upper right button to lock in a sequence and then just knob mash and use it like a live instrument
Getting tides is not going to make anything better.
Thx Bart, very helpful!! 👍
Good material
I just got to understand the joy of tweaking!
Isn’t that the best feeling? Except that it took me so many hours of frustrated “ugh, this should be awesome but no music is coming out” before I got to this aha moment. Enjoy!
@@bartdecrem4092 Thanks for sharing this with us.
Human approved tutorial. 👍
hey I am thinking about making a mini system like this, using a 4ms pod 36 but it only has 2 shoulders for power. I am wondering, and sorry for the newbie question, what did you use to power all the modules?
1- Everything in eurorack is a little complicated. With the 4ms pod cases, when buying you need to consider (1) get the powered one. Else you have to separately purchase a power adapter and strip, (2) the hp size. I think mine is 48hp?, (3) the depth: if you get for instance the pod40x(powered) thst one is 51mm deep. I think x = deep. If you get a less deep one, many modules won’t physically fit in the case….
2- “shoulders”: all the powered 4ms cases have two plugs in the back where you can plug your power cable in. You just pick whichever one is closer to your outlet. Interchangeable- you use one. On the inside are the connectors. You need one connector for each module. So for instance pod40x(powered) comes w 4 connectors so will support 4 modules. However you can buy a “fly” cable to add more connectors, which is what I did in my case.
@@bartdecrem4092 thanks a lot for your help very illuminating. I am getting the 40hp one and a few flying bus connectors
Yo Bart💗🤖🤖🤖, thanks man
tik-tik-tik, or teeeee teeeeee 👍
Hahaha
Hey man, great stuff but why use two quantizers? I understood you're choosing a scale on marbles anyway, so whats the use for Hysteria's quantizer then?
Hi Riad, great question! So Marbles is a sequencer, and you get to pick a scale (Minor, Major etc) on it. But it does not let you pick a root note. So the awesome thing on the Hysteria, our VCO, is that unlike most VCO's you don't need a tuner to make sure you're in tune. With quantized mode on, it'll always be tuned to some note. The OCT slider lets you move up and down whole octaves at a time. The SEMI slider lets you move up a semi-note at a time. So you can make a sequence, and then you like it, but you want to shift the root, say from A to G, or up a whole Octave, and that's what you'll do on the Hysteria. It's not a quantizer per se (forcing all notes to adhere to a scale), but instead it tunes your oscillator to a specific octave or semi-tone.
Btw the lingo a little confusing cuz general in eurorack when people say quantizer it means a tool that forces whatever cv that comes in to go out adhering to the notes of a specific scale. Hysteria uses the same word to mean that you can easily tune your vco by semitone or octave
@@bartdecrem4092 nice!
Why your voice is so loud? Music should be louder
No. It’s fine actually