Minimal Eurorack - Finding The Beat w/ Noise Engineering Manis Iteritas

Published on Jan 10, 2019 Nostalgic Ruckus

"You don’t have to have a ton of modules to get into eurorack. I wanted to see what I could do limiting to a Moog DFAM case (60HP). I set the cameras up hoping to capture something. Here is that moment everything came together. All sounds are coming from 2 modules. The Noise Engineering Manis Iteritas and Hexinverter's Mutant Bass Drum. The Mutant Bass Drum is providing the kick. They are being sequenced by the Mutable Instruments Grids and Animodule TiKTok."

Circuit Bent Kids Toy Meets Elektron Analog Heat

Published on Jan 7, 2019 Nostalgic Ruckus

"Plugging this kid’s toy into the Elektron Analog Heat. Lot’s of sound design capabilities. It’s a circuit bent Talking Teacher from 1985 by Patrick Gill aka Waterhed. Basic delay and reverb are added from the Analog Four MKI."

Exploring X1L3 SHARD w/ Elektron Machine Drum

Published on Jan 1, 2019 Nostalgic Ruckus

"This is SHARD. Oh my… I’m using a kick from the Machine Drum and plugging it into Shard’s input. The creator Shane Williams aka X1L3 is known for his rather crazy circuit bent devices. I’m sure a lot of his past circuit bent work has inspired this. You get a very similar vibe when messing around with a circuit bent Casio or opening up some old 80s toy and diving into the unknown’s of it’s circuitry to create a box of wonder or mangled horror. The setup is Elektron’s Machine Drum output into Hexinverter’s Mutant Bassdrum’s distortion input then into Shard. The Machine drum’s kick was used instead of the Hexinverter due to needing a longer decay on the kick. The distortion output from the Mutant Bassdrum is then multiplied 3 times. One clean signal so you can hear the kick clean over Shard, one into Shard’s input, and one into Shard’s Atrophy input. The Atrophy input is more for control voltage but I have found plugging other sound sources into the cv inputs create some very interesting layers. There is some reverb then added at the end of the chain. If you are into noise or beat mangling Shard is one of those hidden gems."

“Empathy” - An Elektron Digitone Improv

Published on Oct 22, 2018 Nostalgic Ruckus

Moog DFAM Experimental w/Eurorack

Published on Jun 20, 2018 Nostalgic Ruckus

"Using 3 LFOs and 3 VCAs to bring in and out the VCOs creating a subtle dark soundscape while using the Beast-Tek Dirty Glitch to add to it. The Delptronics Trigger Man is sequencing the drums while the DFAM is clocking and caring the backbone of the patch. The VCOs used are X1l3’s (Shane Williams) clone of the Mutable Instruments Braids and Noise Reap’s Bermuda. Drums are Tiptop Audio’s 808 Snare and Hats modules."

Nostalgic Ruckus: My First Oberheim. First Moments. OB6

Published on Apr 24, 2018 Nostalgic Ruckus

"Dave Smith OB6 Improv. Straight out of the box. That filter!"

“Final Word” w/ Elektron Digitone

Published on Mar 12, 2018 Nostalgic Ruckus

"FM is not just for cheesy trumpet sounds. Heavy use of custom drones and textures. Everything you hear is coming from the Digitone using FM synthesis. Tweaking the X/Y blend along with the feedback parameter can go a long way."

Riding the FM Wave w/ The Digitone

Published on Feb 24, 2018 Nostalgic Ruckus

"First live sequence with the Elektron Digitone. This little black box is definitely a box of wonder."

How Low Can It Go // Elektron Analog 4 MKII

Published on Jan 8, 2018 Nostalgic Ruckus

"Testing the tones of the Analog Four MKII. All sounds coming from the A4 including effects."

One Note w/The Moog Sub Phatty

Published on Oct 27, 2017 Nostalgic Ruckus

"Holding down a key while taking a ride on a slow LFO. All sounds are coming from the Moog Sub Phatty. Reverb used from the Analog 4."

Digitakt Improv 2 “The Glitch”

Published on Jul 20, 2017 Nostalgic Ruckus

"Second improv. Heavy use of delay feedback towards the end. Digitakt is going through the Analog Heat while active and inactive scorching the track at times."

Stranger Things Inspired w/ Digitakt // T-Resonator // Analog 4

Published on Jul 3, 2017 Nostalgic Ruckus

"Used the Jomox T-Resonator for the 'Demogorgon' sound and Digitakt for the samples. This includes the yells and drums. Elektron Analog 4 was used for the synths."

Terminator 1984 Piano Remix w/ Digitakt

Published on Jun 19, 2017 Nostalgic Ruckus

"To one of my favorite 80s movies. The piano track is taken from the end credits of the original 1984 film The Terminator. Sampling with Digitakt using Analog Heat for saturation. Each track has a different start and end point of the piano along with some detuning. The 2 drum tracks are stock Digitakt drums tweaked."

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4am Digitakt Drum Mangling

Published on Jun 16, 2017 Nostalgic Ruckus

"Destroying some stock Digitakt drum samples. The Koma Elektronik BD-101 is taking in the Digitakt and then plugged into the Analog Heat. Also using the Elektron Machine Drum for a second drum track at the end."

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Analog Heat Videos by Ruckus

Published on Feb 19, 2017 Nostalgic Ruckus

Playlist:

1. With the Elektron Analog Heat
"Here on this channel is where all my synth noise will go. Thanks for watching.
Session Title: Krunch
Using: Elektron Analog Heat, Analog 4, and Machine Drum."

2. More Analog Heat to the Drum Track
"Sounds inspired by the Blade Runner 2049 movie trailer.
Session Title: Meat Leaf
Using: Elektron Analog Heat, Analog 4, and Machine Drum."

3. Basic Frequency Test with Analog Heat
"Machine Drum plugged into the Analog Heat on enhancement setting.
Session Title: The New York Hat
Using: Elektron Analog Heat, Analog 4, and Machine Drum."

4. Jomox T-Resonator Feedback Meets Analog Heat Distortion
"Messing around with a drum loop with some crazy feedback and distortion settings.
Session Title: Rise
Using: Elektron Analog Heat, Machine Drum, and Jomox T-Resonator."

80s Retro Vibe Sequenced with Analog Four and Machine Drum

Published on Mar 21, 2017 Nostalgic Ruckus

"Some cheesy for the ears. The kick is enhanced with Analog Heat.
Session Title: Crossing Lake

Using: Elektron Analog 4, Analog Heat, and Machine Drum."

Dark Cinematic Style Using Only Elektron Analog Four

Published on Mar 26, 2017 Nostalgic Ruckus

"A mean arpeggiator with slight delay on the hi-hats.
Session Title: Axis

Using: Elektron Analog 4"

Elektron Truffle Shuffle

Published on May 21, 2017 Nostalgic Ruckus

"Just having fun with this one haha.

Using: Machine Drum, Analog 4, and Analog Heat."

Elektron Digitakt Videos by Ruckus

Published on Jun 11, 2017 Nostalgic Ruckus

Playlist:

1. Digitakt - Untitled
"Spent about 2 hours with the Elektron Digitakt so far. I love this thing!"

2. Digitakt Improv Late Night Sound Design
"Sampling, detuning, some bit reduction, and random filter tweaking with the Elektron Digitakt."

3. Digitakt Granular Ambient
"Some ambient using chromatic mode from a sampled guitar and granular style playback on the second track. The clap is a sample of wood being chopped for a fire."

4. Tension - Roland JU06 Meets Digitakt
"Sampled a patch from the Elektron Analog 4 to the Digitakt and controlled the Roland JU-06 Boutique with the Digitakt via midi. The Analog 4 went through the Analog Heat while sampling giving it that crunch."