Some of My Favorite Eurorack Modules for 2021 // My Updated Minimal Modular System

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  • @krisajenkins
    @krisajenkins 3 роки тому +91

    Instead of "Must Haves" you should do an annual State Of The Rack address. :-)

    • @IhorMedia
      @IhorMedia 3 роки тому +9

      Or maybe a little more often that annual :)

    • @josefkhalifeh4663
      @josefkhalifeh4663 3 роки тому +5

      @@IhorMedia Quarterly State of The Rack Address

  • @Paintopia_VR
    @Paintopia_VR 3 роки тому +1

    Ricky you are the boss of youtube modular please never leave us. Love what you do peace

  • @jenniferw8963
    @jenniferw8963 2 роки тому

    No apologies needed, this hobby is ever evolving :)

  • @josiahshaver9423
    @josiahshaver9423 3 роки тому

    Your enthusiasm for specific modules is infectiously inspirational.

  • @MrMarcLaflamme
    @MrMarcLaflamme 3 роки тому +3

    Javelin is an amazing envelope! The performance features are slick!

  • @BedroomAntics
    @BedroomAntics 3 роки тому +1

    This makes me really want to get a modular setup... Having such wild sounds in a small footprint is pretty cool!

  • @mwatkins0590
    @mwatkins0590 3 роки тому

    10:55 "again it does get kind of too wild" with the most chill beat playing

  • @lanierwexford2582
    @lanierwexford2582 3 роки тому

    @~7:30 is my favorite Ricky. Excited and lost in the music and the... throttle back to make a video. Always makes me smile. I incision Ricky talks this way when the camera is not on as well😁

  • @rdean150
    @rdean150 3 роки тому +7

    WMD makes the best envelopes. Between Javelin, Multi-mode Envelope, Mini Slew and ADSRVCA, they consistently rock.

    • @GuitarsAndSynths
      @GuitarsAndSynths 3 роки тому

      they also make some of my favorite percussion wacky modules and a serious kick module. Metron is superb drum sequencer.

  • @ItsAndyYo
    @ItsAndyYo 3 роки тому +2

    This vid couldn't have come at the right time. Building a system right now!

    • @TheDjmrobertson
      @TheDjmrobertson 3 роки тому

      me too

    • @phild5322
      @phild5322 3 роки тому

      My two cents is to not get sucked into these types of videos. One of the best ways to learn without buying is to study how Mark Verbos patches. His verbos system is designed extremely well, and it will really drag your brain through the modular dirt to understand what is actually possible with an open modular based system. From there you can decide what palettes and timbres and filters you want (get a VC filter bank like the Addac603 paired with a scanning mixer imho), but built only a really solid base that ideas are bursting from

    • @scottkinder4888
      @scottkinder4888 3 роки тому

      @@phild5322 what do you mean by that, not get sucked into this? And why do you recommended a vc filterbank ? Thanks

  • @TsolProductionsMedia
    @TsolProductionsMedia 3 роки тому

    Congratulations on 100k, been awesome to watch this channel and community grow.

  • @sliceofsparta8985
    @sliceofsparta8985 3 роки тому

    I just settled on the Javelin as the best 6hp or less envelope out there; glad to see you dig it too!

  • @teganmora
    @teganmora 3 роки тому

    i have no idea how module systems works but i’m obsessed

  • @ribbonzz
    @ribbonzz 3 роки тому +9

    wow this is literally what i needed lets goooooo

  • @NaKilo91
    @NaKilo91 3 роки тому

    I love the new lighting you have in this video

  • @ZsaZsaRoboto
    @ZsaZsaRoboto 3 роки тому

    Love all the inspiration I’m feeling from these rack walk throughs!

  • @clifgordon
    @clifgordon 3 роки тому +3

    The Scales, MD, and Steppy should be called the Ricky Tinez combo. I love playing with it and have seen so many others doing the same thing. Super inspiring work, thanks for sharing! 🙏

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths 3 роки тому +1

    I find that a good complex sequencer and mixer in rack really open up more options. Love Marbles and Acid Rain for random modulation. Plaits is super awesome voice module as it does a lot.

  • @TheFlippertube
    @TheFlippertube 3 роки тому

    Always great to listen to while I prep dinner. You got a plate in SF anytime.

  • @jascooly
    @jascooly 3 роки тому +2

    Bought a Moog M32 a few years back bc I wanted an old-school mono synth + I thought if I ever start with modular (which I shouldn't, it's waay too expensive), it's a nice starting point. I bought an M.I. Plaits but still wasn't sure if modular was really for me and I didn't know what general direction I would like to go in with such a synth. Enter your modular videos...
    They really sold me on modular and my current system is heavily inspired by them. I started with a palette case + μmidi + steppy 1U. For the rest I added some stuff I liked but between those I added a clep diaz and the WMD MMF (which I especially love!) Still saving up for the mimetic and I'm thinking about swapping one of the 1U's with the Noise Tools 1U + a Pam's new workout as the new brain of the system.
    Anyways my point was... You cost me a lot of money Ricky :(
    Just kidding ofc! Love your video's and I always get excited when I see you dropping one of the Eurorack video's. Keep on doing what you're doing!

    • @fetterssv
      @fetterssv 3 роки тому +1

      You're kinda correct on the expense thing, but it's sort of the point - if you consider that you can't get everything you need right now for a patch idea, it forces you to use your thought process to decide what the next investment is. It's a left-brained activity that takes patience and helps you learn what functionality a module truly gives you before getting too overwhelmed, while also unlocking the potential to branch into other patch ideas opening new creative ground. For example, using multiple cv-controlled envelopes to trigger sample and hold through a quantizer is an awfully cool way to generate variably timed melodic content rather than trying to find some one-thing-does-all solution that actually doesn't really do what you want it to do.
      I've found that the simple per-function modules that Doepfer makes are the best bang for the buck despite being high cost per HP - but I am really a knob per function kind of guy and don't give myself the time to sort through the tedium of microprocessor based modules that require too much effort to use.

  • @dontnormally
    @dontnormally 3 роки тому +3

    I would love to see a video dedicated to some ways you use Scales and other tools to keep the whole shebang in key and working together

    • @not-hank-s
      @not-hank-s 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/36m-lwU2TH4/v-deo.html

  • @MartenHauville
    @MartenHauville 3 роки тому

    This is sick, Ricky.

  • @Jac7k
    @Jac7k 3 роки тому

    One nice thing I was surprised to learn about the Desmodus Versio AFTER picking one up is that it can load any of the Versio firmwares, effectively turning it into a semi-fixed reflashable multi-module.
    There are currently three firmwares available (delay, reverb, VCA stuff) and I read that NE is planning at least 26 (though who knows if / when they will be released). Was stoked to learn that my $300 fancy reverb was suddenly a lot more than just that.

  • @jos9573
    @jos9573 3 роки тому

    Hah! I was literally wondering if you were going to do another mini modular video earlier today. Neat.

  • @DCBMusic
    @DCBMusic 3 роки тому

    I would love to see you experiment with Tides v2 in this case as a modulator

  • @seanspartan2023
    @seanspartan2023 3 роки тому +1

    Nice mini rig. I'm getting a 4MS Pod for something similar. Also they sell a black panel for Scales on Tindie. Not sure you're aware.

  • @wylatron
    @wylatron 3 роки тому

    Man, I don’t feel too lied to lol, love your vids and hell yah I’m gonna watch your jam haha❤️🙌🏻

  • @alexandermine6056
    @alexandermine6056 3 роки тому +1

    i need more modular hip hop in my life

    • @norrin_sad2778
      @norrin_sad2778 3 роки тому

      check out modbap, might be what youre looking for

  • @kentinjivek
    @kentinjivek 2 роки тому

    Really appreciate all your videos // juste to say// thanks

  • @michaelmarsh4013
    @michaelmarsh4013 3 роки тому

    Cool, Ricky! My criteria for modules in my 62 is versatility. o_C is a good example, and I have an 8hp version. Small and powerful for me!

  • @felixbaileymurray
    @felixbaileymurray 3 роки тому +2

    This is what I've been waiting for! What happened to the ochd - is it in your bigger case or did you decide to get rid of it? Love the idea of creating unique modulation with an unsynced lfo.

  • @NevilleHayfield
    @NevilleHayfield 3 роки тому

    I love watching your stuff's. I'm getting back into the Synth world, after not touching a keyboard/Drum machine, or anything actually. It's been 24 year's. I'm trying to get my 2 boy's into it. Or it could be a mid life crisis 😵‍💫. Got us a circuit, keystep 37, a couple volcas. The Sample 2 and the FM. I'm learning load's watching u, BoBeat's, LOOPOP and Gabe. My DAMM Bro 😵‍💫🤔 u just lost me when you started taking technical haha. Still Loved watching it though. And that accent at the end was Sweeeet 💪👊👊👊🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😎🙏

  • @willarnold3882
    @willarnold3882 3 роки тому

    Glad I'm not the only one who color codes cables.

  • @kellymerrill5294
    @kellymerrill5294 3 роки тому +1

    Seeing analog (well hardware since a lot is digital) doing things that is even hard to do in software is something to behold, well done! And sounds so much better than software.

  • @nodfactor8808
    @nodfactor8808 3 роки тому

    Peace Ricky! ✌🏽 Just curious, what was generating the chord sounds @7:17?

  • @bobthesalesclerk
    @bobthesalesclerk 3 роки тому

    Have you checked out the WMD C4rbn? I know you were looking for a filter with a black faceplate in 4HP.

  • @DeathTrapProductions
    @DeathTrapProductions 3 роки тому

    Hey Ricky! Have you ever tried out the super synthesis 20PFM? It's somewhere between a drum voice and a mono synth. Super crazy sounds for 75$. I got one to compare to the basimilus iteras alter but it does some very different things. Lots of buchla type percussion vibes. I highly recommend it.

  • @PandaPotPies
    @PandaPotPies 3 роки тому

    no way i JUST came back to modular this timing is insane

    • @rdean150
      @rdean150 3 роки тому

      Lol your avatar looks like an eyelash fell on my screen. I just tried to blow it off. 😅

    • @varan7048
      @varan7048 3 роки тому

      @@rdean150 very fucking sticky eyelash 😅

  • @sixdonuts
    @sixdonuts 3 роки тому

    Mimetic is soooo... much better with a quantizer. Oh and congrats on getting a Metron. You will take to it like a fish to water - it is so similar to the Steppy.

  • @wujibearstudio
    @wujibearstudio 3 роки тому

    Looooving your stuff Ricky!!
    Question for you, I have four pocket operators (33, 32, 128, and 137) and am looking for something to start in to modular things for hip hop specifically.
    Any recommendations for the simplest starter? Was wondering about one of the moogs... m32 or dfam? Or maybe those lpzw adapters?
    I was hoping to be able to sequence on the POs, but I probably do need a separate sequencer? *More of a multi-question... soz

    • @wujibearstudio
      @wujibearstudio 3 роки тому +1

      I do have Push2, Ableton Live, and Bastl Dude so I do have access to those as well.
      My main push in to going modular is that POs are suuper fun already, I'm thinking I need to make the process fun so that I dig in to making things more.

  • @toddzucker3486
    @toddzucker3486 3 роки тому

    Just bought my intellijel palette :) Why do you rack yours upside down?

  • @BigPlasticPlant
    @BigPlasticPlant 3 роки тому +1

    4:30 which video where Ricky? WHICH VIDEO WHERE!?

    • @madtho
      @madtho 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/YPaUizkJYSM/v-deo.html

  • @zevlaven
    @zevlaven 3 роки тому +1

    What's a bare minimum set up to get going with modular?

  • @jonaseggen2230
    @jonaseggen2230 3 роки тому

    An example: Nothing bad about Clouds, but when I took it out of my case to lend it to my best friend, my music turned better. This because it makes me concentrate more on caring for and making my other modules do honest work. Comparable to visual arts in that some of the best works are done with only a pencil and paper. So maybe I should go further and replace my gear with a on string instrument or a flute with only one hole?
    I like the term brain bandwidth btw.

  • @IhorMedia
    @IhorMedia 3 роки тому

    Thanks for this update! It was interesting! ✌️

    • @RickyTinez
      @RickyTinez  3 роки тому +1

      Of course! dope to see your badge got upgraded! One of the OGs

  • @patrickp.1998
    @patrickp.1998 3 роки тому

    You're completly right ,"not lying" ,its MODULAR ,duh ,love your content ,style and your videos are always very informative ,stay safe, sending much "guylove" from germany... MODULAR 4EVA🤪🤪🤪

  • @AndrewPRoberts
    @AndrewPRoberts 3 роки тому +1

    Thoughts on the WMD C4rbn?

  • @SaltyBob355
    @SaltyBob355 3 роки тому

    Ricky: See you later oscillator
    Me: In a while, filter dial. 😉

  • @danielreizinger548
    @danielreizinger548 3 роки тому

    Literally what I needed too

  • @elluisito000
    @elluisito000 3 роки тому

    Hi Ricky! Thanks for your videos. Could you share your thoughts about what is the best powered case for the beginner? Thanks a lot :D

    • @freefinancialadvice
      @freefinancialadvice 3 роки тому

      Mantis case is 208hp powered for like $329. Prob best value per hp.

    • @O1O1OO1
      @O1O1OO1 3 роки тому

      I like the price/value of my Arturia Rackbrute 6U cases. Also because you can carry 2 of them prepatched in its bag.

  • @Emily_M81
    @Emily_M81 3 роки тому +3

    You've fallen victim to one of the classic blunders (of modular synths). The most famous is never get involved in an oscillator war on the internet. But only slightly less well known is this; never go in against a modular user when new modules are on the line... XD

  • @atmagaiameditation
    @atmagaiameditation 3 роки тому

    That´s so cool, thanks dude!!!

  • @BeniRoseMusic
    @BeniRoseMusic 3 роки тому +2

    Man, it’s wild to me that the MD doesn’t have a proper quantizer in it given that shred will populate random values. I guess you can’t fit everything in one module but who isn’t gonna need a quantizer paired with that if they’re using it for any pitch sequencing?!

    • @shitmandood
      @shitmandood 3 роки тому

      Also a scale and I'd even think a chord module would be useful.

  • @City2x
    @City2x 3 роки тому

    I wonder what the percentage of paid for got for/ got for free modules you have. For a working musician salary these setups add up fast,

  • @ScottEmmick
    @ScottEmmick 3 роки тому

    In your circuit tracks video, you’re controlling an external synth. What synth is that?

  • @votekmendo6485
    @votekmendo6485 3 роки тому

    Thx for sharing. Where can i get these purple cables?

    • @bbartokk
      @bbartokk 3 роки тому

      Those cables are from Patchwork Cables - IG @patchworkcables

  • @blindeveloper
    @blindeveloper 3 роки тому

    why not Voltage block instead of Mimetic?

  • @NutritionalZero
    @NutritionalZero 3 роки тому

    Let's fucking do this. I'm going to crack another beer.

  • @kennymester
    @kennymester 3 роки тому

    Curious why you wouldn't have the stereo out of the Versio go to the main out instead of only using the mono out?

    • @RickyTinez
      @RickyTinez  3 роки тому

      Meh.. was just getting the idea across haha, BUT when i do plug it in it is a masssiivvee sound and i almost always do it when making music in the studio :)

  • @illaarocc9469
    @illaarocc9469 3 роки тому +10

    The giant case? I wanna see that!

    • @GuitarsAndSynths
      @GuitarsAndSynths 3 роки тому

      bigger case is mandatory- I don't like small cases too limiting. Doepfer monster cases are great for travel they have covers and handles and put on cart and easy to haul places patched.

  • @MrCowfood
    @MrCowfood 3 роки тому

    Speaking of xaoc, why not Zadar?

  • @nate7645
    @nate7645 3 роки тому

    building a palette rn :) excited

  • @ratchetboo
    @ratchetboo 3 роки тому +1

    Hanging out in MB?

  • @recycleyourself1
    @recycleyourself1 3 роки тому

    nice shot of morro rock ~

  • @blaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
    @blaaaaaaaaaaaaargh 3 роки тому

    Hey so I want to build a eurorack synth that plays around with the idea of using Ableton's CV tools and something like Expert Sleepers FH-2 can I build the synth this way without Envelope Generators and LFOs since ableton will be generating those out or is it a good idea to use those modules anyway?

    • @warpigs330
      @warpigs330 3 роки тому

      So depending on how you implement it (via midi or another solution) you could run into issues with resolution and speed. One of my favorite things in eurorack is modulating with audio rate signals, which MIDI is nowhere near fast enough for. The FH-2 can generate it's own lfos and envelopes, which probably get around this issue, but interaction on that module is such that I want to set it to a certain setting and leave it there. I want my envelopes to be performable, at the very least having a dedicated knob for decay. I think you can probably use ableton for lots of the slower or unchanging modulations, but having a dedicated envelope at the very least I think is necessary.

    • @blaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
      @blaaaaaaaaaaaaargh 3 роки тому

      @@warpigs330 Thanks for your input! Gonna take that into consideration when I'm going to get my build, FH-2 is a USB based host which has a faster sending speed but I'm not sure if that will create the same limitation that you mentioned.

    • @warpigs330
      @warpigs330 3 роки тому

      @@blaaaaaaaaaaaaargh I have an fh-2 but have really only used it for midi to cv and clocking. I think it would be fine for most normal lfo/adsr uses. Also you can program the adsr stages to respond to midi cc's so you can have knobs on your midi controller adjust them. I think it is a good start. If you find yourself wanting you can always get a maths!

    • @rdean150
      @rdean150 3 роки тому

      MIDI is generally not fast enough for envelopes, so you wouldn't be generating / sending the envelopes from Ableton to FH-2, per se. But FH-2 can generate it's own envelopes and LFOs internally, and you can modulate them via MIDI sent from Ableton. No need for CV Tools for that. Personally I like more hands on control of my envelopes and am happy to dedicate the HP to quality envelope modules (with CV control to allow automating the modulations).
      CV Tools would be used with something like the ES-3 or ES-40, if your audio interface has the ADAT or SPDIF outputs for it, or the ES-8 or ES-9 if you have a Mac (or are willing to use a module as your sole audio interface on Windows).

  • @robinarens
    @robinarens 3 роки тому

    a 2hp Tune would do the same as the intellijel quantizer in much less space right?

    • @cp99music
      @cp99music 3 роки тому

      The quantizing stuff yeah, but you are stuck within a few scales instead of being able to select individual notes and there’s no sequencer onboard the 2hp

    • @robinarens
      @robinarens 3 роки тому

      @@cp99music ah I didn't know the intellijel had a sequencer

    • @RickyTinez
      @RickyTinez  3 роки тому

      I think Cay nails it, and to me i often change what scale i'm using randomly and i'd hate to have to "upload" new scales and take apart the case or something. Same thing goes with the Pico Scales or something like that

    • @robinarens
      @robinarens 3 роки тому

      @@RickyTinez I looked into the intellijel one and it has an impressive amount of features that definitely make up for the size!

  • @geohashi
    @geohashi 3 роки тому

    LIP is hella nasty. Love that thing.

  • @Prodkibis
    @Prodkibis 3 роки тому

    I have a question I hope someone can help me with. I’m looking for a piece of equipment that can do basically what the stereo separation knob does in FL Studio. Does anyone know if a piece of gear like that exists?

  • @SuperJV4x
    @SuperJV4x 2 роки тому

    I am totally new to the subject but so far in most videos i hear lots of bleeps and blips but nothing very sonically rich. I would love to see, for example, something lush like the original star trek transporter sound. thx!

  • @merrick51
    @merrick51 3 роки тому

    Where’re the drums from?

  • @ELEKTROGOWK
    @ELEKTROGOWK 3 роки тому +1

    2HP is just too small. I always put a 4HP plate between the 2HP modules 🙈🙈🙈🙈🤣🤣

  • @xorthontech
    @xorthontech 3 роки тому

    What! No Plonk or Basimilus Iteritas Alter

  • @benoftroy
    @benoftroy 3 роки тому

    the light in this vid, though

  • @billB101
    @billB101 3 роки тому

    Quite surprised you haven't thrown Beads in there.

    • @einnorw
      @einnorw 3 роки тому +1

      beads and MI in general doesn't really fit the style of music he makes. @9:00 he says he wasn't a fan on monsoon

  • @TheDjmrobertson
    @TheDjmrobertson 3 роки тому

    was just on modular grid. came to youtube to research a module.

  • @b3n70n
    @b3n70n 3 роки тому

    Hi, modulargrid?

  • @murmurelamusique
    @murmurelamusique 3 роки тому

    « pitchwise »
    should be a shirt ;)

  • @modularsynthesizer2128
    @modularsynthesizer2128 3 роки тому

    amazingg

  • @lukehrm
    @lukehrm 3 роки тому +1

    Show off your large system please :))

  • @nateb.6050
    @nateb.6050 3 роки тому

    Good info. We should connect

  • @hiswill4494
    @hiswill4494 3 роки тому

    Ayyye

  • @daneguitarist1
    @daneguitarist1 3 роки тому

    bro i want those high hats and snare
    that snare is the tits!
    love the vid by the way keep killin it!

  • @Hordebarraged
    @Hordebarraged 3 роки тому

    Can someone please pinpoint where the "amazing" sounds this type of gear can produce is, in this , or any other video on these "modules". A friend of mine has recently bought into this lifestyle and told me about how great this stuff is but is too shy to send me some sonic examples..so I thought I'd take a look for myself and all I've seen so far is either someone turning a knob on a filter over a repetitive bleep or eulogising about the potential of putting wires here and there to some effect. Frankly, I think there's some kid-ology going on here. Where's the beef?!

    • @methyod
      @methyod 3 роки тому

      There are a ton of amazing artists using modular. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is my favorite, Suzanna Cianni is a legend, and on UA-cam, guys like Lightbath, Ann Annie, r beny, and Hainbach all make great music. Of course, if you don't like ambient electronic or techno music, you probably won't like ambient electronic or techno music made with modular synthesizers. Everything isn't for everyone.

    • @Hordebarraged
      @Hordebarraged 3 роки тому

      @@methyod Thanks for the reply...taste in styles doesn't come into it so far as my comment /criticism goes. I am just a keen enthusiast ever on the look out for ear grabbing sounds and notice with these lavish interconnected units that there is absolutely nothing fresh or even remotely original sounding coming out of the expense. Highlighted by the shy response of my friend who also eulogised about how "amazing" this sort of kit is, without forwarding any examples of new or even interesting sonic ground. This seems to extend to the examples pasted over youtube except that at least those posting their results are posting them. I hear nothing exciting I'm afraid. Bear in mind I'm someone who would go to Orbit every week in the 90s so I know an hilarious juxtaposition of beat and noise or just exciting noise when I hear it. As I stated ...this gear fetishism strikes me as a lot of kid-ology. Nice for the manufactures, though!

  • @Manmademadman
    @Manmademadman 3 роки тому

    OMG what kind of eurorack psychopath mounts and uses this case upside down??? Just kidding!!

  • @geronimolopez5070
    @geronimolopez5070 3 роки тому

    oh no my wallet :(((

  • @leftmono1016
    @leftmono1016 3 роки тому +2

    Please keep quantizing/scaling your VCOs, don’t apologise for being musical! Too much discordant modular rubbish on UA-cam 🔥

  • @synthanatomy
    @synthanatomy 3 роки тому +1

    The Noise Engineering fan boy in the house :) love it :)