Bastl Basil Delay Module - Video Manual and Patch Examples

video upload by Oscillator Sink

"Basil, from Bastl, is a stereo time-based effect module that runs on their Pizza platform (if you own a Pizza you can turn it into Basil via a firmware update).

It is, capable of traditional delay and echo sounds as you might expect, but through its wide ranging controls, CV, and a selection of parameters which modify the behavior of the two delay lines you can find chorus, flanging, comb filtering, pseudo reverbs, lo-fi effects and more - and all in stereo.

In this video I've aimed for the first part to act as a kind of video manual going over each of the features in turn. That's followed by a number of example patches which can hopefully show the module in context, showing some of its versatility.

Basil is a module with a lot of hidden depth, so this video is, predictably, pretty long. To help you navigate to the material you're interested in, I've added extensive chapter markers so feel free to jump around to find the info and sounds you're after.

Transparency notice: the Basil module was provided to me by Bastl for free for the purposes of making content about it. I was not otherwise paid and Bastl did not request, nor were they given any editorial oversight."

Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:34 I/O
00:02:37 Introducing the front panel (and a note about CV control)
00:03:47 Delay Knob (Time Mode)
00:05:39 Speed Control (Delay Range and Fidelity)
00:08:44 Delay Knob (Stereo Mode)
00:10:29 Delay Knob (Fine Mode)
00:11:28 Sync Input
00:12:35 How "Fine" affects a synced delay
00:13:55 Feedback Knob
00:15:42 Feedback Knob (Ping-Pong Delay)
00:17:03 Wet/Dry Contol
00:17:46 Freeze Control
00:18:44 Delay Knob in Freeze Mode (Time Travel!)
00:19:28 Range Control in Freeze Mode
00:21:02 The effect of Sync on the Freeze function
00:23:37 Lo-fi Mode - what is it? (Anti-aliasing filters explained)
00:25:24 Lo-fi Mode - how does it sound?
00:30:13 Space Control (and Hyper-Space mode)
00:30:49 Hyper-Space Mode (using all the Space at once)
00:31:55 Space Modes: Blur (diffusion and pseudo reverb)
00:36:49 Space Modes: Filter
00:38:24 Space Modes: Taps
00:39:48 Combining Space Modes (Hyper-Space!)
00:42:01 CV Control - Delay V/oct
00:47:05 CV Control - Feedback
00:50:27 CV Control - Space
00:53:34 Ctrl - Assignable CV
00:54:14 Ctrl - Time
00:55:03 Ctrl - Stereo
00:56:00 Ctrl - Fine
00:57:43 Ctrl - Wet Dry
01:00:13 Ctrl - Feedback
01:01:07 Ctrl - Range (Beautiful glitch madness!)
01:03:35 Ctrl - Freeze
01:05:37 Ctrl - Lofi
01:06:25 Ctrl - Space
01:07:35 Ctrl - Hyper-Space
01:10:56 Example Patch - Lush Stereo Chorus, Flanger and Vibrato
01:21:13 Example Patch - Beautiful Echos
01:27:12 Example Patch - Lofi-izer
01:30:29 Example Patch - Comb Filter
01:37:40 Example Patch - Destructive Looping