Hello guys!
im looking for recomandations for a end of chain box, im looking at the OTO boum atm but would like to know if there are alternatives, i need something give a bit of punch to my techno rig.
I’ve started a new YouTube channel as hakika focused on ambient and experimental music, and my goal is to reach 50 subscribers so I can begin livestreaming live ambient and experimental performances.
Moses’ sandals! Y’all should have heard this one in the studio with the sub on 🔊🔊🔊 Full catastrophe: https://youtu.be/bAwziB-18wc
It seems only some stocks are scattered in eu or in hands of smaller retailers. I made a copy prototype, and it’s pretty lightweight. What’s your choice usually: 3d printed plastic, wood or metal?
After way too many years of gear hoarding, I decided to streamline everything that wasn't actually contributing (or worse, just sitting in the closet). I'm going the trade-in route because I just want this gone ASAP, and the financial hit from not reselling is worth it. Besides, I'd probably find more excuses to keep something.
Saddest to see go, modular-wise: the Pittsburgh Lifeforms SV-1. It was my first module.
Saddest to see go in general: the EMX-1. I've had it for 20 years.
Hey all. I'm looking for a stereo low pass filter that'll pair well with my Intellijel Multigrain to help with transition moments during my live sets. I currently have an Endorphin.es Squawk Dirty To Me, but I can't stand the noise floor, so I'm looking for something else. Got any recommendations? 8HP is the amount of free space I have!
EDIT: Ok, I think I'm going to go with Ikarie - it seems like the best for performance. Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions!
Run through the Morphagene, Multigrain, Veno Echo, and Desmodus Versio
So I’ve got 22 hp left (4 in one case; 18 in the other) and would appreciate some advice.
The bottom row pictured is a separate Rackbrute I’ve been adding to to do everything I’ve been missing from my original plan. It started with a Turing Machine and expanders for generative sequences and triggers, and now I’m looking to make any kind of sequence come alive. (Unless it’s reallly slow and YouTube ambient, my Turing sequences can sound very boring,)
Euclidean from Pam’s seems OK, but more world-music-y than 80s movie soundtrack. Pam’s random skip isn’t giving me a musical feel (which could be user error). A Europi is there to cover every kind of logic (which I haven’t had time to explore). An unpowered sequential switch to kind of change between two sources of whatever…
I really want to try ratcheting, but again, lack experience. My current plan is to wait for a Patching Panda Particles, which seems to add zany ratcheting and other flavor to sequences, but I’m not sure how great that would actually be for my setup (or if that’s mostly effective for drums, being triggers and not gates, as I understand it…)
TL;DR 22 hp left. A need to make sequences come alive and address any apparent gaps in my rack. No room for error!
Thanks…
diff vibe of q for this sub i guess & ig there's no kind of music corresponding to modular, really, but let's power through~
what music is getting us amped to sit down at the box rn?
several reasons this is a dumb qs but i can't sleep & am looking for a listen from y'all~ feel free to direct me to a better sub
just came across the new demo video for the Serratus and it sounds wild!
Hey community,
I’ve built a toolchain for developing custom effects for the MS-70CDR pedal series. At this point, the pedals can basically be treated as an open-source coding platform. Right now I’m porting Chris Johnson’s Airwindows plugins step by step.
“Stereo Chorus” is already up and running, sounding flawless so far.
If you want to contribute ports or simply download and use the FX, check out the GitHub repo:
https://github.com/repeat98/ZoomMultistompZDL
Custom ZDL support will be coming with the Zoom Effect Manager 2.3.3 update.
Spread the word, so we get more developers on board to make more FX.
Also, if you have suggestions for effects you’d like to see, leave them in the comments.
Cheers,
J
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4LyxLSOyEQ
Hello friends, this is my first post in here, so go easy :)
Here's a little performance that I did, which may or may not be of interest.
Patch notes:
Keystep Pro is sequencing:
Freehand
Delay
Reverb
Modulation
Live one take performance. No overdubs or effects in post.
Messing around with using a clock divider/logic gate and envelopes in place of a sequencer.
currently I'm using an online modular synth website (called audionodes online) I understand some of the basics: here are all my notes please feel free to tell me how I can improve them and if/where I messed up
Sine - the raw musical sound
Amplitude (amp) - how loud or soft the sound of the synth is
Pitch - how high or low the sound is
Envelopes - how the synth changes the sound over time. Modified by ADSR
ADSR - Attack Decay Sustain Release
Envelopes can change the pitch but they can also change other aspects of the sound such as amplitude imagine the above picture is instead changing the pitch think of it changing the amplitude
Imagine you’re facing a spinning playground carousel with a speaker on it.
As the carousel spins, the front of the speaker moves towards you and away from you again, and you hear the sound getting louder and quieter accordingly — the amplitude is being modulated.
This repeating, back-and-forth change is called oscillation. Instead of envelopes, synthesizers use oscillators to create this kind of modulation.
These oscillators are called low-frequency oscillators (LFOs) because they move relatively slowly compared to audio oscillators
LFO - repeating back-and-forth modulation (change) like robots that make a repeating change to some aspect of the sound
Frequency - how many times the oscillator moves from its highest point to its lowest and back in one second (measured in Hertz (abbreviated Hz)) A frequency of one hertz means that a full oscillation (or cycle) happens once per second.
Amount - determines how much influence the LFO’s movements have on the pitch.
Semitones - the difference between one key and the next on a piano (abbreviated st)
Waveform - the LFO’s shape
How does a synth make sound in the first place
Imagine a buzzing bee. The tone we hear is caused by the bee flapping its wings quickly when the flapping is fast enough it will start to produce a low tone. In general, we start to hear a tone when something oscillates faster than around 20 Hz. Most synths generate tones with audio oscillators
audio oscillators - These are similar to the low-frequency oscillators used for modulation, but they move much faster so they can produce tones directly.
Timbre - character of the sound
Square waves - some describe as woody or hollow
Saw waves - some describe as buzzy or bright
The height of the wave corresponds to its amplitude but not its timbre if you drag all the way to the bottom the amplitude is zero and the waveform is silent
Pulse width - the amount of time the oscillator spends in the high and low part of its cycle
The wave has its “fullest” sound at the center where the waveform is symmetrical
You can also modulate the square oscillator’s pulse width with an LFO
There’s a “full” square sound in the middle and a “pinched” pulsed sound at the top and bottom of the modulation curve
We hear interesting changes as oscillators move from lower to higher frequencies.
Similarly, we hear interesting changes as modulators become very fast. In this example, an LFO is modulating pitch.
as the LFO gets faster, the individual cycles of the LFO start to sound like they’re “blurring” together. The changes in pitch start to sound like changes in timbre, resulting in a “harsh” or “metallic” sound.
This is an important sound design discovery: slow modulations are usually perceived as changes to behavior (changes that are applied to the sound), while fast modulations are usually perceived as changes to timbre (changes to the character of the sound itself)
Filter - A filter behaves a bit like a wall or door. It lets some parts of the sound through and makes other parts quieter
Cutoff frequency - the frequency the filter cuts off at
low-pass filter - blocks high frequencies and lets low frequencies through
high-pass filter - opposite of low-pass filter
More high frequencies make a sound brighter
Less high frequencies make a sound darker
As you adjust the cutoff frequency slowly, you’ll probably recognize this effect. The sound of a filter being “swept” open or closed is a classic technique in many kinds of music.
Resonance - increases the amplitude around the cutoff frequency
Legato - smooth connected playing
Glide speed - controls how quickly the notes change when playing legato
Glide - makes the synth play legato (or smoothly)
Cent - a hundredth of a semitone (abbreviated ct)
Coarse detune - adjusts pitch by semitones or octaves
Fine detune - adjusts pitch by cents
Subtractive synth - a filter subtracts frequencies from the rich timbre of the oscillators. Often in all-in-one keyboards
I want to understand the theory, what all the types of modules do and the terminology beyond those
thanks in advance
I've been wanting a Perkons HDO1 drum machine for some time but can't afford the $2,000 price tag. Discovering that they had a single voice in Eurorack form got me started down this path. For now I'm just mounting it in a cigar box. I have a feeling this is just the start of an ongoing obsession.
I'm using a Beatstep pro to trigger this right now. I'd love to hear some suggestions on a module I could add to this setup to replace the Beatstep.
