WMD Bus Rider – Features & Controls Explained

video upload by WMDevices

"Bus Rider is a Eurorack mastering module built for the end of your chain. It goes in the master insert of the Performance Mixer MkII or at the end of any Eurorack setup. It combines three modules in one: a 3-band isolator EQ, a multiband compressor, and a look-ahead limiter with saturation. It has stereo in and out, a dedicated low cut CV input, and an assignable CV input.

In this video, Alex runs a patch through Bus Rider and goes through every feature and control, with bypass comparisons along the way. He covers the full-isolation EQ and setting crossovers, multiband compression thresholds and per-band ratios, and limiter gain, ceiling, and release. He also demos the saturator, which leaves the low band alone by default to protect your headroom, and the hard clipper. The video ends with an ambient patch example, low cut CV, assigning CV, saving and loading presets, and stereo link.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:39 What is Bus Rider?
1:19 The patch
1:45 3-band isolator EQ
2:27 Setting crossovers
4:02 Multiband compressor
5:06 Compressor ratios
6:09 Limiter gain and ceiling
7:44 Limiter release
8:26 Saturation
9:18 Adding low end to the saturator
10:08 Hard clipper
11:36 Ambient patch example
14:06 Low cut CV input
16:08 Assigning CV
16:55 Saving and loading presets
17:36 Stereo link
18:16 Outro jam"