Three Body & Nibbler Live Patching

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"Schlappy Jamming EP.1

This is a new serie that is not going to be regular as the Schlappy Patching, but it's going to be fun nonetheless! This one is an exploration of live patching with mostly the Three Body and Nibblers, lot's of weird FM tones, in a ambient / drone fashion, bathed in shimmer reverb (Strymon BlueSky if you ask).

Have fun watching!"

Nibbler Quantized | Schlappy Patching with Stazma

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"Episode 8 for Schlappy Patching!
Since I got the Nibblers I want to try using their stepped voltages and gates to create melodic patterns using a quantizer and it turned out the folks at Shakmat Modular sent me a Bard Quartet to try, so here we go!"

00:00 Intro
01:31 Nibbler without quantizer
03:18 Nibbler and a quantizer
07:08 Let's go multi channel quantizing
12:07 Create melodies out of gates

Talking Filters | Schlappy Patching with Stazma

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"Episode 6 for Schlappy Patching!
Do you know how to make filters talk? It’s fun and one of my favorite patches to do with modular synthesizer, because of the amount of control you can have on the talking.

In this new episode of Schlappy Patching I’ll give it a go with the 100 Grit and Angle Grinder, the two filters of the Schlappi Engineering echo system.

Do you have a favorite talking filter?
Have fun watching!"

Nibbler Bassline | Schlappy Patching with Stazma

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"Episode 5 for Schlappy Patching!
In this one I'm going to show you how to use the "clock divider" patch from the Nibbler manual, but at audio rate, to generate some funky basslines that are always in tune with your main VCO!
I'm also going to patch a big fat kick drum and a sidechain circuit using Interstellar Radio, 100 Grit and a few Boundary to go with these basslines.


It's going to be fun!"

00:00 Intro
00:51 Nibbler science
02:20 Let's patch the bassline
08:00 Let's patch a kick drum
09:53 Let's patch a sidechain (and jam)
12:47 Let's make the bassline an arpeggio
13:35 End tlak and more jam

Schlappi LowPass Gate | Schlappy Patching with Stazma

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"Episode 4 for Schlappy Patching!
In this one I'm going to explain to you what a Low Pass Gate is with a little bit of history and show how we can sort of fake one using Schlappi Engineering modules. We'ill talk about the Tiptop Audio & Buchla 292t for reference and we will also use the Make Noise LxD to guide us in our experiments. It's going to be fun!

Support Stazma & get some samples from this session on his Patreon"

Schlappy Patching with Stazma

NibbleKnotOne / I watched a video on the Lorre-Mill Double Knot and I shouldn't have / NIBBLER

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"Have you heard of this device? It combines a double shift register with some west-coast (lpg?) features to create simple but mesmerizing sequences of blips and bloops. I watched an Instagram reel by Sam Prekop that sounded way too nice, so I had a go at creating something similar in eurorack using Schlappi Engineering's NIBBLERS and THREE BODY.

I don't think I got anywhere close to what a Double Knot can do but these kinds of patches either end up being interesting in their own right or are the stepping stone for incremental understanding of a (new) technique."

Big Mono Synth Pacth | Schlappy Patching with Stazma

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Schlappy Patching with Stazma

"Here we go for another episode of Schlappi Patching I'll try to patch up a Minimoog style voice with my Schlappi system, and it will of course get out of hand. It's also a first try on my side for the yet to come Dual Vector Foil module."

00:00 Intro
00:50 Minimoog style patch
07:21 Sequence jam
08:46 Let's go weird
11:28 End jam


Patch From Scratch | Schlappy Patching with Stazma

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"Episode 3 for Schlappy Patching!
I just got a new 6U, 98HP case to make a proper Schlappi System (with some additional modules from other brands) and this is the celebration of that, my very patch on it, a first dialog with the 'machine'.
Not the most musical but quite a fun journey."

Schlappi Engineering NIBBLER / first patch / binary for the people

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"Nibbler is used for just about everything in this patch (sequencing melodies, triggering drums and providing stepped modulation). Everything else that needs to be said is right there in the video. I kindly suggest (if you have the time and the energy) you just watch/listen first and then do a rewatch while reading the captions to get to grips with what's happening. This is just a basic patch using only the most basic functionality of both NIBBLERS but nonetheless it can get a 'bit' confusing.

Thanks to the wonderful people at Schlappi Engineering for their trust and support.

PS: Spielberg please make it happen.
PS2: Federico if you're reading this: I'll start working on the SINGOLI video soon
PS3: if you're into LPGs, you should really have a look at what Herzlich Labs is doing."

Additional NIBBLER posts

Nibbler Rungler | Schlappy Patching with Stazma EP.1

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Schlappy Patching with Stazma

"For this first episode of an hopefully long serie of Shlappy Patching (with Stazma) we will have a go at 'rungling'. Support Stazma & get some samples from this session on his Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stazma

The Nibbler is available at respectable synthesizer retailers everywhere [see shops on the right]

00:00 Intro
01:08 'Rungler Variant' patch from the manual
09:18 Stazma's weirdo rungling
12:51 Let's sync this to a clock"

Nibbler Rhythms

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"Getting a little more into detail about ways the Nibbler can be used for generating rhythms and what happens when you modulate it with a clock divider.

0:00 Intro
0:57 Modules used and patch description
1:39 Triggering the drum brain and Async/Sync explanation
2:44 Patching up the clock divider
3:50 Simplest Nibbler Rhythm (disco?)
4:55 Combining clocked Nibbler and clock divider
8:41 adding the second Nibbler
10:55 Let's speed it up again...

The Nibbler overview video should probably be watched first (though there is some overlap)"

Nibbler Overview

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"The Nibbler is a module about exploring the musicality of counting in binary."

SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING Introduces Nibbler Four Bit Digital Accumulator Module

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"The Nibbler is a module about exploring the musicality of counting in binary."

Meet the Nibbler by Schlappi Engineering

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An introduction to the Nibbler by Schlappi Engineering

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"**This is technically a preorder but modules should ship by the end of the year, we should also have pictures of the silver version by Dec 18th**

The Nibbler is a four bit digital accumulator based on CMOS logic. This means that it counts in binary from zero to fifteen, with inputs and outputs for individual bits as well as stepped voltage outputs (digital to analog converters). It does this with individual logic chips instead of a CPU.

The concept here is that counting in binary (and its expression in bits) is inherently musical, and with slow clock speeds we can use it to create both rhythms and modulation voltages (or melodies). At audio rate we can generate subharmonics and modem-like sounds (or noise).

Features

5 rhythmically related gate outputs (or audio rate square waves)
2 stepped voltage outputs
Second stepped voltage has selectable phase offset
Cherry MX Brown switch for reset
4 gate inputs for modulation
Chainable using carry in and out
Reset input can be used as hard sync at audio rate
Subtract input can add variation to sequences
Synchronous and asynchronous output modes
Shift register functionality
CMOS logic deisgn
12 HP
Skiff friendly 28mm depth (35mm including cables)
POWER DRAW: +12V 37mA, -12V 17mA"

Schlappi Engineering THREE BODY / extensive playthrough / extremely versatile complex vco

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"In this video about Schlappi Engineering's THREE BODY I try to explain and demonstrate the multitude of functions, modulation options, inputs and outputs. There's sound examples scattered throughout the video to break up the monotony of me talking all the time.

THREE BODY is so very versatile and due to it's precise logic based core functionality it's very straightforward to dial in precise FM or PM tones that are usually quite impossible to achieve with regular analog vcos. If you want the dirt of waves bulking and crashing into each other (regular 'free' fm and pm), it's just a flick of a switch and you're there.

Because it's a very long video please have a look at the chapter markers at the bottom of this description box. Those should make it easier for modern crowds to navigate the video. You can of course go retro and just sit back and enjoy the show, but you might have to pause the video halfway to fetch drinks and icecream (and possibly for a bathroom break).

I hope you enjoy this extensive playthrough."

Also see Schlappi Engineering's Three Body Hardware Design and Why I Used an FPGA

Eric Schlappi and Bastien Lavaud - Orbital Mirrors

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"Part of an improvisational audiovisual jam session between Eric Schlappi and Bastien Lavaud on August 26th in Grenoble, France, lightly edited afterwards.

Audio is Eric Schlappi using a prototype of the Nibbler as a crude sequencer and another Nibbler at audio rate dividing down the lead synths frequency to create the bassline. The lead is a Three Body and the Kick is formed with the Angle Grinder and Boundary modules. There are also some overdubbed blasts of noise using a Nibbler at audio rate with the shift register functionality.

Video is Bastien Lavaud using a mix of @syntonie1487 (including the upcoming Solaire and Seuils modules) and @lzxindustries video modules as well as some video feedback through a camera.

Please watch in the highest available quality as compression is quite harsh on the video synthesis methods used.
Syntonie
https://syntonie.fr/

Eric Schlappi
https://ericschlappi.bandcamp.com/

Schlappi Engineering
https://schlappiengineering.com/"

Schlappi Engineering THREE BODY / 'ratio locked' modulation madness ft. Xaoc KOSZALIN

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"Here i'm running the outputs of all the vcos into a mixer. There's a lot of stepped modulation going of for the FM and phase indexes (indices?).

After a while I add left and right outputs of Koszalin which is processing a multed output of the mix of waves coming from Three Body.

I didn't know what to expect from a frequency shifter but it sounds like a mix between a very unique chorus and 2000 era talkbox synths (Boys Noize)."

SHIMMER

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bass drum • mosaic alan , pique, morcom, enigma • after later audio
roucha legio, yester versio • noise engineering
switch 4 • joranalogue
Boundary • schlappi engineering
kermit mk3 • industrial music
mimeophone, maths • make noise
night rider, M185, vector wave • ryk
passive LPG • intellijel
motion MTR • molten modular
Hope you like this video! Comments welcome!

TRANSPHAZED / another phase mod jam with Schlappi's THREE BODY featuring the Joranalogue system

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"There's chords hiding in THREE BODY. Having exact ratios makes for such a rewarding fm/pm experience. I do love a distorted dirty fm tone like the ones you get from analog oscillators like Generate 3, but it's nice to be able to make cleaner fm/pm sounds.

In this clip I used self-patched phase modulation with modulators modulating the indices to create dynamically changing (dare I say modulated) timbres."

FREIGHT / full system eurorack jam / THREE BODY

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"A jam where I used THREE BODY for the melody and bass."

Schlappi Engineering THREE BODY / sync and crossmodulation / more experiments

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"For this clip I tried syncing the outer VCOs of THREE BODY to the center VCO. Pairing up sync with any kind of frequency- or phase modulation is always a good idea, so I turned eveything up. You'll see and hear that it's fairly straighforward to go back to a cleaner sound.

All the VCOs are in free mode (which means the FM inputs or the outer VCOs actually do FM. Should they be in ratio mode, the FM inputs become Phase Modulation inputs)."

GENERATE 3 (x2) vs THREE BODY / a quick fm and pm comparison

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"In this video I try to show off some exponential and linear fm sounds as well as phase modulation on both GENERATE 3 by Joranalogue Audio Design and THREE BODY by Schlappi Engineering. These versatile oscillator modules are at first glance very different but they both offer a toolset that let's you do more than what you'd expect from a classic vco. The inclusion of phase modulation offers extended timbres (like wavefolding or DX type modulation). They both have their strenghts and weaknesses, but in this video I mainly try to show the similarities."

Schlappi Engineering THREE BODY / triple layered groovebox patch / controlled feedback

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"For this video I tried making drums (kick, snare and hats) and a seperate melody all coming from the VCOs on THREE BODY. I used a few external vcas and envelopes where I routed the seperate outputs of THREE BODY through, to take control over the modulation and feedback paths. Patching feedback is something that I encourage you to explore on every vco and even lfo."