Bend Space, Time & Pitch with BOPP & STEVE // Deconstructed Reverb from This Is Not Rocket Science

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"With origins in 2000s reverb designs, through the Fenix IV dual delay engine and collaboration with Error Instruments on Brinta … This Is Not Rocket Science present their approach to deconstructed reverb, exploring the manipulation of space, time and pitch with BOPP & STEVE. It’s a 24HP Eurorack module with multiple DSP FX splitting apart diffusion, delays, reverbs, granular and pitch shifting. Impressive stuff, lots to explore, skip around with the timing index below."

**TIMING INDEX**

Patches are listed with line breaks and additional points of interest are highlighted with the // timings under each section.


*INTRO*

00:00:00 Hello & patch previews

00:02:25 What is Bopp & Steve?

Feature run down
// 00:04:06 Diffuser
// 00:04:22 Delay
// 00:05:16 Tail (reverb)
// 00:06:43 Freeze
// 00:06:59 Pitch transpose/harmonise
// 00:08:33 Envelope Follower
// 00:09:33 Output mix stage


*DIFFUSER*

00:10:56 Sonic smearing with diffusion

00:12:54 Small ambiences create bigger sounds - diffuser as a mono - stereo-izer


*DELAY*

00:15:09 Ping pong delays - heavy modulation & pitch shifting feedback
// 00:17:02 Delay modulation
// 00:17:54 Pitch shifting + delay
// 00:19:00 Shimmering echoes - pitch shifted feedback delay

00:21:02 Waveguide exploration - it's a whole experimental synth voice!

00:23:41 Waveguide as a flanger + shimmer verb performance FX throws

00:26:21 Multitap delay exploration
// 00:29:48 Frozen delay


*TAIL / REVERB*

00:31:06 Dense tails - thick lush reverb
// 00:34:15 Modulating reverb tails

00:35:06 Float (ing) reverb tails + octave shimmers
// 00:36:33 Short(er) room-like reverb
// 00:37:25 Shimmer
// 00:38:15 Long floating tails

00:39:00 Sparse tails - granular mode!


*ENVELOPE FOLLOWER*

00:41:39 Envelope follower - how it works, gated reverb & ducking ambience pumps
// 00:43:57 Swelling & gated reverbs

00:44:43 Wonderful ducking delays

00:47:49 Sidechain Reverb - lush big blooms


*PITCH SHIFTER / HARMONISER*

00:50:16 Alien mystery isolated pitch shifting

00:52:39 Mushy supersaw arpeggios

00:55:01 Chord harmoniser - wow! - pitch transposing one VCO into stereo chords

00:59:01 Make a poly synth with MIDI Transpose


*GOING OUT WITH A BANG!!*

01:02:04 Monster techno rumbles! - big booming dark industrial ambiences



**THIS VIDEO IS SPONSORED BY THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE** they have funded the creation of this demo/tutorial. Any questions, as always, just ask.