JLR's Modular Synthesizers - System Breakdown #14 -

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"This is my fourteenth video breakdown/rundown, this time for my very smallest Eurorack system, just a single 4ms Pod20 case! This will be the last one for a while, thanks for enduring my unprecedented flood of breakdowns this month and for your patience waiting for the "big one" coming late 2024/early 2025 (hopefully!)

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:20 Introduction
0:56 Module and Modifications
3:06 Final Words
4:14 Demo: "The Night Train Never Stops"
10:48 End

List of the modules in this system
Synthrotek: TST
Mutable instruments: Ears
Intellijel: Mult (modified)
Polaxis: Talko
4ms Company: Pod20 (modified)

Additional items shown and used for the demo:
Division 6: Business Card Synthesizer
Tall Dog: uClouds SE (clone of Mutable Instruments Clouds)
Tendrils Cables: patch cables
Strymon: BigSky and Timeline pedals
Lexicon: MX400

Train video clips licensed from Pixabay.com artists in the following order:
Coverr-Free-Footage
run2cross
AiVreaSaStii

DRUNK BABY IS DRUBK clips are from the "Woodsie TV" YouTube channel.

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JLRs Modular Synthesizers - System Breakdown #13 -

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"This is my thirteenth video breakdown/rundown, this time for one of my very smallest Eurorack systems, just a single 4ms Pod40x case!

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:20 Introduction
0:55 Module Rundown
2:15 Modifications
2:23 Final Words
2:44 Demo: 'Boil The Noodles, Winter Is Coming'
8:25 End

List of the modules in this system
Erica Synths: Black MIDI-CV v2, Black VCO2, Pico MODulator
Happy Nerding: HM VCO
2hp: LFO
The Harvestman: Polivoks VCF (2013)
4ms Company: Pod40x
Tendrils Cables: patch cables
Arturia: Keystep keyboard used for demo

Note that additional reverb came from an external device for the audio sample. Otherwise all sounds were from the displayed system.

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JLR' s Modular Synthesizers - System Breakdown #12 -

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"This is my twelfth video breakdown/rundown, this time for one of my smallest Eurorack systems, just a single 4ms Pod48x case!

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:20 Introduction
0:55 Module Rundown
2:15 Modifications
3:06 Final Words
3:24 Demo: "We Ponder The Meaning As We Fall Like Leaves"
5:27 End

List of the modules in this system
Vermona: meloDICER, MEX3
2hp: Rnd
Tall Dog: µBraids SE
Happy Nerding: FX AID
4ms Company: Pod48x
Tendrils Cables: patch cables

Note that additional reverb came from an external device for the audio sample. Otherwise all sounds were from the displayed system.

The MIDI synth in the demo is an Alesis NanoPiano and is played by the Vermona meloDICER+MEX3.

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JLRs Modular Synthesizers - System Breakdown #11 -

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"This is my eleventh video breakdown/rundown, this time for one of my smaller Eurorack systems, multiple 4ms Pod cases and a Haken ContinuuMini mounted on a Pedaltrain pedalboard.

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:20 Introduction
1:45 Module Rundown
4:15 Modifications
6:30 Final Words
6:53 Demo: "Counting Past Missteps As I Stumble Towards The Future"
10:08 End

List of the modules in this system
Kilpatrick Audio: K2579, KMIDI (both modified)
Noise Engineering: Horologic Solum, Bin Seq, Clep Diaz
Rebel Technology: Chronos mkII
WMD/Steady State Fate: S.P.O., MMF, ADSRVCA
Modcan: Triple VCO
Meng Qi Music: DPLPG
Synthesis Technology: E950, E951
Division 6: Mix VI
Mutable Instruments: Kinks
Erica Synths: Black Hole DSP
4ms Company: Listen Four 1/4, Pod26 (x2), Pod32 (x2)

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JLRs Modular Synthesizers - System Breakdown #10 -

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"This is my tenth video breakdown/rundown, this time for one of my smallest 5U systems built into a repurposed GRP R24 sequencer case.

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:20 Introduction
1:00 Module Rundown
2:12 Modifications
6:28 Final Words
7:00 Demo 1: 'Echo Drone' 9:51 Demo 1: 'Tongue-Pan Processing' 12:04 End

List of the 5 modules in this system
Corsynth: C103 Frequency Divider Multiplier
Modcan: Digital Delay 59B
Encore Electronics: Universal Event Generator
Modcan: Envelope Follower 45B
Free State FX: Supra Resonator (MI Rings clone)

The percussion instrument used is a steel tongue drum/tongue pan and made by EOX DRUM. If you are interested in this sort of instrument check them out and other manufacturers like RAV Vast and Yudin Workshop."

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JLRs Modular Synthesizers - System Breakdown #9 -

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"This is my ninth video breakdown/rundown, this time for my compact Eurorack system in a small lighting controller case.

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:20 Introduction
0:55 Module Rundown
3:38 Modifications
6:20 Final Words
7:01 "It's Leftovers" (unplanned audio demo)
8:34 End

List of the 21 modules in this system
Happy Nerding: HM VCO x3, FM AID, ADSR
2hp: LFO, Seq, Delay, Trim, Mult
Erica Synths: Trigg, Drums
Synthesis Technology: E440
Doepfer: A138n
Division 6: Multiplicity VI
Bubble Sound: 141
TipTop Audio: ONE
Intellijel: Springray
Circuit Abbey: Unify
Synthwerks: Lamp-3
4ms Company: Row Power 30
(plus a Keith McMillen QuNexus keyboard)

Note that additional reverb came from an external device for the audio sample. Otherwise all sounds were from the displayed system.

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JLRs Modular Synthesizers - Sidetracked Supplement #2

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"This is the second supplement and ninth installment of my video breakdown/rundown series (I'm half way through, sort of . . . ), this time for my custom case that combines a MIDI sequencer and analog poly synth in one half and a mixing board and several guitar pedals in the other half! (only weighs 56 pounds 😬)

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:24 Introduction
0:48 Contents Rundown
2:38 Construction Details
6:38 Shirt (plugging my friends band ;-)
7:22 Short Sequence Demo
8:45 Simple No-Input Feedback Demo
14:42 End

List of the items that make up this system:
Manikin Electronic: Schrittmacher sequencer
Vermona: PERfourMER MKII synthesizer
Mackie: 802-VLZ3 mixer
TC Electronic: T2 reverb pedal
Dunlop/MXR: Slash Octave Fuzz pedal
Electro Harmonix: Mel9 Mellotron emulator pedal
Mooer: Ocean Machine reverb/delay/looper pedal
Keeley Electronics: Fuzz Bender pedal
Strymon: Zuma R300 pedal power supply
JLR: Mobile I/O Patch custom pedal patch bay
EWI Tourcase: MXC-008-10 mixer case (modified)

Check out my friend's band Vanilla:
https://vanilla.bandcamp.com/album/va...

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M2Synth Sequencer 192 Demo

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"Watch me as I learn how to use this new modular synth sequencer! More exciting than watching paint dry?! ;-)

Index:

0:00 Beginning
0:24 Powering On And Basic Track Selection/Playing
2:06 Building A Track From Scratch
2:50 Changing Note Values
4:33 Changing Tempo
4:58 The Importance Of Saving
5:50 More Editing
6:46 The Reset Command
7:26 RUH ROH!
8:15 Back On Track - The Reset Command (again)
8:55 The Stop Command
9:15 The Reverse Command
9:38 Setting Commands On The Correct Step
10:35 Ratcheting
12:40 Setting Step Length
14:58 Repeat Functionality
18:05 Starting A New Track (but skipping most of it)
19:37 The Final Finished (?) Track
20:00 End

Kits for this and other M2Synth modules will be available soon in MOTM and MU compatible formats from https://www.soundtronics.co.uk/ and prebuilt modules as well as cases and power supplies will be available from https://www.m2synth.com/

For those wondering about the details of the modular synth I'm using here I did System Breakdown #4 on it 10 months ago:"

JLRs Modular Synthesizers - System Breakdown #4 -

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"This is the fourth video breakdown/rundown for one of my modular synth systems, this time I'm doing one of my smallest 5U systems that is in a Moon Modular case. Next time I'll do my Ace toolbox Eurorack system. Please subscribe to my channel and click the 'bell' button to be notified when I post new videos! :-)

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:20 Introduction/
3:08 Modules and Modifications Overview
7:23 Modification Details
11:05 Miscellaneous Items and Final Words
11:55 Low Effort Nothing To Write Home About System Wiggle
19:04 End

List of manufacturers and modules in this system:
Corsynth - C112 Assistants
Club of the Knobs - C 1631
Synthesizers.com - Q167
Electrosmith - 3340 VCO (x 2)
Electrosmith - 2144 LPF
Synthesizers.com - Q109 (x 2)
Synthesizers.com - Q148
Synthesizers.com - Q115"