CONTENT
00:00 What is the Wave Bard?
00:50 Overview & sound demos
03:28 Sample specs
03:42 Making some rhythms with Wave Bard
06:20 Can you use it to make actual music?!
09:05 How to load samples
09:38 My thoughts about Wave Bard
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KASTLE 2 WAVE BARD
Experimental, patchable stereo sample player
The Kastle 2 Wave Bard is an experimental, patchable stereo sample player that empowers you to discover new rhythms and riffs through modulation and modularity.
"Today we are going to check out one of the most advanced analog sequencer on the eurorack market: the Tobinski Sequencer & it's Expander.
I'm a sequencer nerd and this one does have feature I've been dreaming of since quite a while, mostly having multiple channels (four here) that can be clocked independently from each other, multiple parallel voltage outputs and on board switching."
00:00 Intro
02:28 Complex yet simple
08:36 Custom shapes LFO
09:49 1+2 / 3+4 outputs
14:43 Automatic switching 1 & 3 and 2 & 4
17:47 Making weird Jungle music with it
21:27 More on the expander
27:41 Syncing it and making weirdo acid
"Today I'm having fun with a small dedicated Frap Tools system. It's a good opportunity to dive into what makes "West Coast" synthesis is and how it work. I'm also going to try to make it jungle (or IDM or whatever you want to call it) and then I'll show you some classic 'west coast' patch I love.
Have fun!"
00:00 Intro
02:32 The modules
04:49 What the hell is 'West Coast Synthesis'
12:21 Does it Jungle??!!
18:38 West Coast Classics PT.1 Crossmod Percussions
21:27 West Coast Classics PT.2 Keyboard Weird
26:00 West Coast Classics PT.3 Polymetric Sequences
34:11 West Coast Classics PT.4 Fake Arp
41:50 End talk"
"Today I'll show you some cool patches on a small system built around the Larix Elektro modules: Ritournelle CV & Trig Generator and the beast that is the Dual Undula.
These are awesome to improvise rhythms, synth riff and all sort of abstract bleeps very quickly. You can also process sounds in various ways with the Dual Undula so we will check that out as well.
"New year for Schlappy Patching! We are no going to upload half of these to Stazma's channel to see if we can get more people to see these patches, so please go over here in two weeks for the next episode: / stazma
In this one we are going to use the BTMX to process a fixed trigger pattern and use the OR logic to add hits to it, so you can play around creating fills by flipping the switches!
TipTop Buchla 264t – What is a quantizer anyway? video upload by Dexba
"We finally have a quantizer in Buchla form, but that poses some questions: what even is a quantizer?
Why is not called that? And how did they handle polyphony in modular 50 years ago?"
Also see Todd Barton's original Buchla 264 experiments: • Buchla 264
You can find his Patreon with additional resources here: / synthtodd
via Tiptop Audio
Message from the Mothership to all 200t users on Planet Earth!
We are thrilled to bring you the Quad Sample & Hold and Polyphonic Adapter Model 264t. The module is now shipping, and pre-orders are open at our dealers. Price: $265. [check with dealers on the right for availability]
Don Buchla designed the original 264 in 1970, but only a few were ever mad,e. This module features high-speed sample & hold circuits that can also switch to track & hold, delivering the exceptional performance you’d expect from a Don Buchla design. To push the boundaries further, Don added a groundbreaking feature: the Polyphonic Adapter. This was a bold vision at a time when polyphony was virtually unheard of, synth pioneer Tom Oberheim wouldn’t introduce the world’s first polyphonic synthesizer, the SEM, until 1975.
With the 264t, we’ve taken Don’s polyphonic concept one step closer to full realization. We’ve added ART outputs that can drive multiple oscillators equipped with ART, such as the 259t Complex waveform generator. Plus, we’ve incorporated built-in scales, adding a complete ART quantizer working seamlessly alongside Don’s original analog circuits.
"Today we will make some drum patterns using the 4-Bit modules once again but in a more predictable way, taking advantage of the reset input on the Nibblers.
We'll also have a look at a very fun way to generate "bursts" or rum rolls kind of pattern with the BTFLD being fed some slopes at it's input!
"Today we are checking out the new 1U delay from Ritual Electronics: Crypta.
It's a PT2933 delay, meaning it has that crunchy and lo-fi character you are to expect from this chip, but this one is taking that crunchyness VERY far, with it's 'poubelle' switch ('poubelle' is French for 'trash can'). All the way from classic delay & chorus to fuzz like PWM sounds, there's quite a bunch of fun stuff to try with this thing.
Have fun!!!"
00:00 Intro
02:44 Module Overview
07:06 Chorus / Vibrato / Flanger
09:53 WTH is "Poubelle"???
13:09 Breakbeat Torture and feedback
19:11 End talk & Dub
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"From short and clean delays to long and filthy echoes all the way to utter sonic destruction
It can reflect, it can smear, it can resonate, it can dub, it can noise, it can no-input.
Crypta is a powerful 1U Eurorack delay module, designed to bring complex, immersive echoes to your modular setup. With intuitive controls for delay time, feedback, and mix, Crypta allows for smooth adjustments, whether you're aiming for subtle short resonator-like repeats, dramatic, cascading echoes or full on broken noises.
Designed to span from ultra-short, clean delays to long, filthy echoes, Crypta pushes the PT2399 delay to its limits. We’ve abused the modest karaoke chip to get around 4 seconds of delay—possibly the longest anyone has dared to go.
Crypta has a 'Poubelle' switch. Means 'trash can' in French. In middle position you have your regular delay. To the left and to the right you get two flavors of broken. Circuit bending by design, similar to the Color switch which makes Guillotine so great."
"Today I'm happy to show you the new module from Make Noise: MultiMod.
It's hard to tell what it is because it does a lot in quite unconventional ways. It's very interesting and fun to play with, and I will share with you some of my experiments with it in this video.
00:00 Intro
02:30 Module Overview
04:32 Multi-Shape 8 tap LFO?
08:28 Processing Sequences
14:12 8-Tap weird delay
19:05 Processing an envelope
24:25 Breakbeat Torture
29:04 Add feedback to your delay patch
34:11 Channel Index out as a bonus stepped voltage
37:09 End talk
"Today we are checking out not one... but FOUR Mixwitch by Klavis Modular.
This module is to my taste one of the best utility modules ever designed as it can do from simple mixiing, to more complex invertion / offset and even go to sequencer / switch behaviour.
Wich is why I wanted to demonstrate it using more than one, having a few can help you to perform quite complex tasks.
It's RAM but for modular synth ;-)"
"Again an anti-purist celebration of a classic Roland machine: I'll celebrate #303day with you today with the first clone of the classic silver box, the Xoxbox.
I'll show you how to program a pattern with it and how to jam with a drum machine via midi while in pattern edit mode, so you can keep playing around with the bassline."
"Today we are checking out weird and wonderful Audrey II by Synthux Academy.
This digital synth that you play only with knobs is emulating feedback in the way you can hear it when you place an electric guitar close to it's amp.
It sounds VERY good and you can use it to make a some horror soundscape or, as you will see, to create weird textures that you can can cut up into percussions."
00:00 Intro
02:17 Overview
09:44 Using in a Jungle track
15:41 Chopping it up with hardware
22:46 Sequenced Stereo Filtering
27:17 End talk
"I've been wondering how to approach this episode. If this were a module review, the 242 would not be able to stand up against modern 21st century sequencers. It's basically a 12 step sequencer with three rows of pulses so you can't even do a four on the floor. We need to remember we didn't have those in the late 60's, so let's not worry about that too much.
The classic pin-controlled 242 was custom made for CBS and it didn't carry the Buchla name. CBS (California Broadcast Systems) was licensed to build and distribute the 100 series and it eventually stopped because CBS didn't see a future for electronic instruments. I guess you need to have a long term vision, and CBS clearly had a different one. Regardless, the 242 is extremely rare. Fortunately, the 242T is not. Tiptop abandoned the pins and fancy illuminated buttons in favour of small buttons and a LED matrix. The 242t is a Tiptop first, and a CBS/Buchla later.
The 242 is a retro-futuristic trigger sequencer with some weird outputs. The ABC pulses are extremely short, but the alternating outputs are longer. Then, there's this SAW CV output which is tied to the master clock. There are start/stop and reset inputs and a CV controlled Period which is not unlike a frequency when pushed to audio rate. I tried to ping the 296 Spectral Processor with the ABC outputs, but these are barely audible. If you want to ping a rhythm on the 296, you'll need to use 281 envelopes and patch from there. Using them to ping a 292 vactrol is just wonderful.
Stazma and Todd Barton made excellent video manuals, so I am not going to explain the module in this video. Since nearly every Buchla module is either quad or dual, I used two 242 modules. I had to. Imagine it's the early 70's and it's the Dawn of Synthesis. We have no idea what the future will bring."
"Today we are checking out the amazing and weird Tarot "La Coupe" module by Modulaire Maritime.
This is a waveshping module that pack MANY circuits together, with quite a few different ways to work with them like crossfading or individual outputs.
It's a bit hard to get going with it but it sound AWESOME."
00:00 Intro
03:10 Module Overview
10:17 Checking out the expander
19:45 Drum Machine & PLL
25:42 Breakbeat Torture
29:05 End talk
"Hey there!
Here is a jam I recorded at the end of 2024. I remember I really had fun recording it (one take and done) and I'm happy to realize i'm still happy listening to it again now so here we go, it's here for you all.
Title is referring to the massive beating sound of all the oscillators ;-)
Have fun!
Gear used:
Tiptop Audio & Buchla big system
RE-150 Space Echo
Make Noise Strega
Verbos Electronics Touchplate Keyboard
Mixed live on a Studer 961 desk."
"Today we go for a proper dive into the Sawtooth Stack from Verbos Electronics.
This big module (or small synth, as you prefer) is based around five discrete VCO with the signature Verbos Electronics sound, that you can detune and spread using a few carefulle tuned set of controls.
It is a full stereo synth voice with two modulation sources and a stereo VCA and you control all the parameters and play the synth via Midi wich is a first for Verbos.
"Today we dive into the audio mixing utility from the 200t line: the 207t Mixer / Preamplifier.
On top of being a very comfortable mixing desk for your eurorack system there is some fun stuff to do with all it's bonus outputs such as dub mixing, feedback exploration, fat saturation with the preamp and more.
We'll explore some of this in the video, check out the time stamps.
Have fun!!!"
00:00 Intro
01:19 Module Overview
03:49 Preamp with guitar
04:16 Preamp with 880
06:21 Preamp with Breakbeat
09:59 Monitor as effect send (aka Dub Mixing)
14:26 Audio rate pan (& feedback)
18:40 207t & the Minimix
20:00 End talk
"I couldn't help myself to get a mystery box from the guys at Chase Bliss without expecting anything in particular (where are you Golden Pin!!!!!?????) and I got... a Clean, their latest pedal wich is a very crazy stereo analog compressor that does a lot of weird tricks that goes FAR beyond a normal compressor.
So here are my first three experiments with it."
00:00 Mystery Box unboxing
00:09 Test 1 with a Roland MC-202
02:04 Test 2 with a 880 by System80
03:25 Test 3 with a Tiptop & Buchla eurorack system
