Mutable Instruments - Shelves

Published on Dec 23, 2014 DivKidMusic

"Absolutely wicked EQ! Simple as. Analogue circuit which clips beautifully, high and low shelf, two parametric EQs. CV over every EQ frequency, EQ gains and also over parametric Q (bandwidth) control. Fire away with any questions and watch out for videos for the other new Mutable Instruments modules Clouds, Elements and Streams coming soon."

New Modules from Mutable Instruments - Shelves, Clouds, Streams & Elements

"Shelves brings to Eurorack modular systems something we are all very familiar with: the 4-band parametric EQ typically found in console channel strips. But this time, there’s CV control! The first band is a low-pass shelving filter, the fourth band a high-pass shelving filter, and band #2 and #3 have full-blown parametric controls with bandwidth (Q) adjustment. All analog.

Shelves will provide a subtler spectral shaping & coloring than standard multimode filters. It is particularly useful in the feedback loop of effects or more generally in feedback patches in which the slightest tonal change has drastic consequences. Or as a novel way of shaping sounds obtained by west-coast techniques. Or as a formant-ish filter. Or to emulate the body of instruments in the context of physical modelling patches…

Unlike console EQs, each band is not restricted to a narrow range of frequencies: it can be swept across the entire audio range, from 20 Hz to 20kHz – with unexpected phase cancellations or reinforcements when corrections compete in the same frequency range. All parameters have direct CV control. Global frequency and cut/boost CV inputs allow simultaneous CV control of all channels.

Expander [pic here]

Shelves’ two parametric sections are, behind the scenes, full-blown 12-dB multimode filters. The expander panel gives you access to their low-pass, band-pass, and high-pass outputs"

"Clouds is a granular audio processor – with a couple of twists.

Unlike granular sample players, Clouds is focused on the realtime granularization of incoming audio signals, and the acquisition of textures from them.

Classic controls such as grain position, size, and pitch are provided. Clouds can superimpose up to 16 grains simultaneously and thus create thick textures. Control over texture density, independently of grain size, is thus provided. An external trigger input allows grains to be seeded in sync with LFOs or rhythmic generators.

To provide a richer variety of timbres, Clouds allows the shape of the grain’s envelope to be morphed – from sharp rectangular edges to a smooth bell curve. In addition, a diffusion network can further dissolve the edges of grains into blurry textures.

“Grain mesh” modes automatically adjust grain density, size, and the offset between successive grains in order to generate a continuous stream of audio that can be pitch-shifted / time-stretched in the manner of old-school samplers (or time-domain pitch/time processors).

Finally, to cover various applications of granular synthesis without the need for additional modules, Clouds’ comes with four voltage-controlled “blend modes” for mixing and re-routing its output signal: VC dry/wet balance, VC channel crossfade, VC feedback, and VC reverberation.

Clouds’ delay memory ranges from 1s to 8s depending on audio quality settings."

"Streams provides two channels of extremely flexible signal dynamics manipulation.

Each channel consists of an analog voltage-controlled filter and amplifier (VCFA). The response curve of the amplifier section is continuously variable from exponential to linear. The amplifier gain is directly controllable from a CV input, through an attenuator. But what makes Streams truly unique is the multi-purpose EXCITE input. The signal routed to this input is analyzed by a micro-controller and translated into internal control voltages for the VCFA, turning Streams into a very versatile signal contouring tool:

Envelope generator

The EXCITE input can work as a trigger input, triggering an internal AD or AR envelope routed to the gain and the filter cutoff (in variable amount). With only 6-HP of space, you can shape an oscillator or noise source into a full-bodied sound.

Vactrol curve generator

The EXCITE input is processed by a digital model of a resistive opto-isolator (Vactrol), controlling the gain and the filter cutoff (in variable amount). The digital emulation allows the modification of properties of opto-isolators – such as response time – which are otherwise difficult to control. The virtual vactrol response can be either optimized for processing CVs, or triggers (for “plucked” sounds).

Amplitude and frequency content follower

The envelope and cutoff of the EXCITE signal is measured, and applied to the signal on the VCFA input.

Compressor/limiter

Streams’ VCF is disabled, and the VCA is used to control the dynamics of the input signal. An intuitive control scheme allows the compressor to be used either for peak reduction/limiting operation; or for boosting signal levels with soft-limiting. The EXCITE input can be used as a sidechain."

"Elements is a full-blown synthesis voice based on modal synthesis – an under-appreciated flavour of physical modelling synthesis with a strange and abstract feel.

Elements combines an exciter synthesis section, generating raw, noisy sounds characteristic of bowing (filtered friction noise), blowing (pitch-controlled granular noise), or striking (stick, mallet, hammer or brush sample playback… or bursts of synthetic impulsions). These sources, or external audio signals, are processed by a modal filter bank – an ensemble of 64 tuned band-pass filters simulating the response of various resonant structures (plates, strings, tubes…) with adjustable brightness and dampening. A stereo ambience reverberator adds depth and presence to the sound.

All parameters have a very meaningful and well-delimited impact on the sound. When designing Elements, great care has been taken in selecting parameter ranges and control curves, producing a large palette of sounds – often beyond physical realism – but always well controlled and stable. The “dark spots” of noise and feedback are reached gradually, and they do still react to controls. The module is deliberately menu- and switch-free – what you dial/patch is what you hear!"

Mutable Instruments - Streams

Published on Jan 5, 2015 DivKidMusic

"So here's the first overview video for Streams, I've stuck to the main four modes (there's 5 more, video to follow!) and tried go through these in detail using audio at the input, CV and the input and also taking CV generated by the module out around the modular. As always fire away with any questions. You can skip to the following times for each section

Mode 1 - Envelope Generator
- Audio Input 00.27
- CV Input 01.24
- CV Output 02.00

Mode 2 - Vactrol Emulation
- Audio Input 02.36
- CV Output 04.51
- CV Processing 05.33

Mode 3 - Harmonic & Amplitude Envelope Follower
- Audio Input 06.27
- Siamese Twins Mode 07.54
- Gate / Expander FX 09.27
- CV Output 10/15

Mode 4 - Compressor / Limiter
- Audio Input 11.24
- Siamese Twins Mode 13.17
- CV processing 14.18
- CV Processing with sidechain 15.27

Hit like the subscribe for more videos coming each week."

Boucle Technoïde #11 - ALM Akemi's Castle + TipTop TOMS909

Published on May 24, 2016 Modularsquare

"Having fun with the beloved ALM Akemi's Castle and TipTop Audio drums modules. Don't forget to add a Mutable Instruments Clouds to open a gate to other dimensions.

100% modular synths, no external FX, no computer, no editing = fun.

Patch description :

Audio :
- Bassline : ALM Akemi's Castle voice A - MI Streams - Main output
- Weird Lead : ALM Akemi's Castle voice B - Clouds - Main output
- Kick/Toms : TipTop Audio TOMS909 - Main output
- Snare : TipTop Audio SD808 - Main output

Sequencers :
- Intellijel Metropolis - ALM Akemi's Castle voice A
- Doepfer A-157-1 - TipTop Audio drums modules

You will find all those instruments here : http://modularsquare.com/

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Mutable Instruments - Streams - 5 More Things

Published on Jan 16, 2015 DivKidMusic

"The "5 more things" listed as such in the manual. Extra envelope generator mode, vactrol strike modelling, harmonic content envelope follower, slower attack and softer knee compressor and direct control over the analogue VCF. Check out the video for the main four features" [posted here]

Prototype Jam! TINRS Fenix IV, mmalex Plinky and Faust on Teensy 4.0

video by Making Sound Machines

"Here's a little prototype jam, using all the lovely modular gear and hardware we've been testing these last weeks! The granular glockenspiel is made with This is Not Rocket Science's Fenix IV Eurorack compatible system-in-a-box - this is a beta machine but production hardware is actually done! TiNRS’ Stijn and Lauri built in an awesome way to load sample banks into the digital oscillator in wavetable mode, so we were able to use a recording of my childhood glockenspiel as grains in this synth sequence, with beautiful warbles from the onboard delay! TiNRS Fenix' sequencer allows for each of its four channels to have its own rhythm subdivisions and to be transposed via MIDI - this is exactly what's happening here using the Arturia keystep pro. Fenix' extra seq channels are triggering a kick from GHzTomash Callisto teensy arduino DIY drum module, and gating some noise percussion using the Fenix' VCA. The lush swell of reverb at the end is coming from a combination of Fenix built-in verb and using our beta unit mmalex Plinky as an FX processor - DIY kits and the expander will soon be available again from Thonk.

The stereo organ pad is made on a Teensy 4.0 arduino, running an additive synth patch made with Faust DSP and the teensy audio library, controlled via MIDI with the Arturia Keystep Pro and patched into the Eurorack with our own Multiplikand module. It's rhythmically chopped using This is Not Rocket Science's Wobbler complex LFO into Mutable Instruments Streams dual dynamics gate, using the TiNRS Fenix' sequencer to reset the LFO in time with the sequence. The bass is Moogs DIY voice Werkstatt 01, a CV-controlled voice with a ladder filter and that lovely Moog sub.

The beats in the ending come from our circuit bent e-licktronic NAVA TR909 clone, sequenced using the Roland Aria TR-8 drum machine. While the NAVA is an exact copy of the famous TR909 circuits, hacked by us with 34 mods to vastly expand the sonic palette of the instrument, the TR-8 is a digital emulation of the same synth and somewhat shunned for its color scheme. If you look beyond that, it's a very practical and lovely machine.

❤️ Huge thank you to everyone sending us stuff to test and build! This is extremely fun!"

Happy New Year From MATRIXSYNTH! - A Look Back at 2014

Happy New Year everyone!

I want to start by thanking everyone that comes to MATRIXSYNTH and helps make it what it is - the readers, the supporters, and of course all the sponsors on the right.

THANK YOU and have a GREAT 2015!!!

This site is a labor of love and a ton of work. This site is ultimately meant to be an testament to everything synth in the making. We have over nine years of daily synth history captured here, 119,983 published posts. I can't wait to see what the future brings us in 2015!

That said, here are a few interesting bits from 2014 in the longest post of the year. ;)

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Modular Percussion: Rings, Elements and Stolperbeats

video upload by Making Sound Machines

"Super excited to be part of Dutch Modular Fest @dutchmodularfest4609 today - a super nice one day modular meet in Utrecht NL with workshops, lots of great synth makers and concerts. We will be showing our #Stolperbeats drum trigger sequencer and a handful of rare unreleased prototypes.

If you've been eyeing one of our Eurorack DIY kits and you want to build it together with us, today is the perfect opportunity! Hang out with us and build a Farbfolder, Farbshaper, Farbhighpass or TausenddB and Multiplikand with us.

Our friends Stijn and Priscilla from TiNRS @thisisnotrocketscience3942 will be showing their awesome new collaborations with Paul Error Instruments@paultasbeeb: Brinta, a lovely granular module for live recording and processing audio, and White Rabbit, a fantastic reverb and delay ranging from etheral to glitchy.

Lauri @vaski will show off his beautiful new 2HP Lights Stereo Visualizer audio visualisation module and a handful of other incredibly clever utilities like the ECS-4 Triggered Switch and his AM-3/3 Triple Attenuverter Matrix.

We've been playing with prototypes of these modules for a while and it's super exciting to see them being released now!

Today's video is a little jam that happened when packing for Dutch Modular Fest. Stolperbeats is seen here sequencing Mutable Instruments awesome physical modelling synths #Elements as well as #Rings through their Streams dual dynamics gate with percussion from our own secret modular drum prototype.

The reverb in this sketch is @Befacosynth Lich, a great programmable multi-function module based on the @RebelTechnologies OWL platform. If you are into PureData, Max or Faust, you should give this one a whirl!

Dutch Modular Fest
Pieter Baan Centrum
Gansstraat 164
Utrecht (NL)

Market and Workshops from 11:00
Music program from 15:00 - 23:00

www.dutchmodularfest.com"

Modular Performance: Elegiac Theme

Published on Dec 18, 2017 Mike Thomas

"This piece grew out of a faster thing I had worked on for a few days, but got frustrated with. I decided to slow things down and see how it worked.

Ornament & Crime is in Harringon 1200 (chord) mode, and sending v/oct to the Verbos HO, Sputnik Oscillator, and Elements. Chord changes and inversions are driven by Verbos Voltage Multistage.

Mutable Instruments Frames is in sequenced mode, modulating several Elements parameters and driving octave changes on the O&C.

At some point it struck me to hold down the Gate button on Elements and wiggle the Flow and Blow knobs. Additional modulation of Elements' tone is provided by FM from Ripples in self-oscillating mode.

The HO and the Sputnik Osc are fed to Streams in (red) vactrol mode, and on to Clouds' left and right channels. Clouds is in Parasite looping delay mode.

Various modulation provided by Qu-Bit Chance, Batumi, and Sputnik WCRS.

Recorded direct to Sony PCMD50. No post-processing. Video recorded on a Sony A6000 with Sony/Zeiss 35/2.8."

VCV Rack Videos by Omri Cohen

The following are four of Omri Cohen's playlists covering VCV Rack. There is quite a bit here, so you might want to bookmark this post. Some of the videos have been featured here on MATRIXSYNTH in the past, but there are quite a few new ones. I thought it would be useful to have one post with all of them. Note I will be putting up new posts for future videos as well, so you don't miss them, but this will serve as a master post. P.S. You can find Omri Cohen on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/omricohen.


VCV Rack


"In this playlist, you can find various videos about different modules in VCV Rack."

VCV Rack Techniques


"This playlist is dedicated to the videos I made about different techniques in VCV Rack like, creating certain sounds, adding movement, composition tips and tricks, and more."

VCV Rack Live Streams


VCV Rack - Braids Synthesis Models Series


"This Playlist is dedicated to the videos of the Braids Series. Every now and then I build patches using only Braids (Macro Oscillator) by Mutable Instruments, in a specific mode, as a sound source."

Mutable Instruments Full System w/ Blades & Manuals

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Intellijel CASE-7U-104HP Eurorack Case with Power Supply:

Top Row:
Elements
Tides
Plaits
Marbels
Veils
Ripples
Shades

2ed Row:
Rings
Stages
Shelves
Streams
Warps
Blades
Beads
Ears

1u Row:
Headphones 1u
Buff Mult 1u
ZeroScope 1u
Multi-Fx 1u
Stereo Line Out 1u
Stereo Mixer 1u

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4ms Spectral Multiband Resonator Filter SMR

Published on Jul 28, 2015 Joseph Pailo

"The new 4ms SMR Filter. QuBit Tri-ger, Hex Mutant Clap, Make Noise Pressure Points, 4ms Vcam, QCD, PEG, SMRF, Mutable Instruments Tides, Braids, Streams."

20 Module Mutable Instruments Eurorack System with Doepfer A-100 powered case

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What's included:

Original boxes/packaging, manuals, and toys for each module

Doepfer A-100 P9 Eurorack Powered Case (9U) with manual and original packaging

-Veils
-Shades
-Tides
-Stages
-Ripples
-Blinds
-Links
-Rings
-Elements
-Plaits
-Kinks
-Shelves
-Grids
-Yarns
-Marbles
-Branches
-Peaks
-Streams
-Warps
-Frames

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Synthet

video upload by Ebotronix

"Mutable Instruments System ~ even in the odds 29/8
5x Stages , Yarns,Marbles.Grids,Blinds,Kings,Elements,Edges,Frames,Streams,Clouds,
2x Links,2x Rings ,2x Braids,2x Beads,2x Ripples V1,3x Tides, 3x Blades,
6x Shades, 6x Ripples V 2, 6x Stages, 6x Veils V 2,12x Plaits
Eurorack to DMX Light by Sound Machines SY1 Synesthesia to
Fun Generation LED BARbara 24.
Fun Generation Magic Sky Led,
Tunefish Modular 3x Ornament and Crime Dorian Scale
4ms Peg
Make Noise 2x Mimeophone
1.03.2024
video # 2346"