West Coast Modular :: Sputnik Touch Keyboard, Oscillator, 4-Tap Delay, Make Noise LxD, WMD Tool-Box

Published on Jun 24, 2018 Mike Thomas

"Just a quick demo of my first patch with these new-to-me modules. This case represents sort-of a control/effect/mixing case to be added to my other case of Sputnik stuff.

Modules involved here:
- Sputnik Multi-Touch Keyboard Controller
- Sputnik Oscillator
- Make Noise LxD
- WMD Tool-Box
- Sputnik 4-Tap Delay and Crossfader
- intellijel Quadratt and Digitank 1U modules
- 2hp Div
- Sputnik 6-channel Mixer

Recorded with iPhone (video) and Sony PCMD50 (audio)"

3 Modules #2: uScale, Brain Seed, Branches

Published on Apr 17, 2017 Comparative Irrelevance

"This is probably the silliest three module combination I can put together: none of these modules produce any kind of signal on their own, and even with external input they're not really meant to produce sound. (Patch notes below)

Patch #1:
Noise tools generates an audio rate pulse wave, which feeds into Branches. Branches produces two signals from this input: a pulse wave at an octave below the input (ch. 1) and a sporadic series of triggers (ch. 2).

The pulse wave is then fed into the slew limter, as a basic low pass filter to smooth it out a little. It then passes to the uScale V/oct, which functions as a kind of bit crusher (disabling steps leads to a lower "bit depth"). The output from uScale is the audio signal we hear.

The triggers from Branches are used to step through a sequence of random values on the Brain Seed. These values are then sent to the uScale shift input, which causes the audio signal to sputter and jump around to different pitches and tones.

Patch #2:
I actually made this one first, but it felt a bit "cheaty" because of the heavy use of the shimmer reverb and filtering via the noise tools slew limiter, and also the uScale didn't really contribute much. Anyways, here's what's up:

Once again, the noise tools provides an audio rate pulse wave. Branches and Brain Seed are used to divide the signal into different sub-harmonics, and uScale is used to bitcrush one of the waves.

These three drones are mixed together in the Quadratt, which is what I'm tweaking most of the time, and then the sum is sent through the slew limiter/LPF on its way out to the Big Sky reverb."

Intellijel System Jan C Part 1 ~ Strymon Cloudburst

video upload by Ebotronix

Intellijel System Jan C Part 2 ~ Strymon Cloudburst

video upload by

Intellijel System
Quadrax ( 4 voice chords by 16n Faderbank & OC)
Shapeshifter , 2x Amps , 3x Planar 2 , 2x Polaris Multi Mode Filter,
4x Dixie II +, 2x Plonk , 2x Multi FX 1u, 2x Mixup, 2x Tangrams,
2x Quadratt 1u, 2x passive LPG, Dr. Octature 1 & 2,Steppy,
Scales, Bifold, Flurry (master clock), Quad VCA,
Sealegs, Quad Inverter, µMod V1 , ADSR,
Cylonix - Cyclebox II with expander,
16n Faderbank AtoVproject channel 1,2,3 to FX aid , 5,6,7,8 to OC chords,
9 - 16 to Strymon Cloudburst Midi CC
Tunefish 2x Ornament and Crime (Aeolian Scale)
Happy Nerding Panmix, 2x FX Aid XL
WMD Modbox
Doepfer R2m
Ritual Electronics 2x Flexibilite´
2x Boss EV 30
Strymon Cloudburst (2x) Midi CC ( 8 channels) by 16n Faderbank AtoVproject
27.1.2024
video # 2337

XOR NerdSeq DAY 1 Modular Synth Jam Live Recording

Published on Sep 5, 2018 SonicVoltage

Website: https://sonicvoltage.com

"My first day/track with the XOR Electronics NerdSeq Sequencer. Eurorack Modular CV Gate Sequencer. Patch Description in the Video.

A Modular Synth Jam - Best way to learn a new sequencer is to write tracks while discovering its features. This gives me a good idea of how quick the NerdSeq is to learn and how quickly I can master the user interface.

The XOR NerdSeq is actually a bit more than a 6 Traks sequencer.
- Six tracks of CV+Trigger+Mod (1 Trigger and 2 CVs per track)
- Plus Tracks 7 and 8 dedicated to sequence samples. Actually track 7 and 8 each has two sequencing tracks, this means you can sequence/play 4 samples at the time. So it sort of is a 10 Track sequencer although each set of dual sample tracks is mixed into one output. Output 7 and 8

This is only my first experiment with the XOR NerdSeq, expect a full in depth review from me ASAP, probably over a few videos so we can cover all its features in some detail.

Patch descirption for each voice used in this live track is in the video.
The drum samples are short samples that come preloaded in the SD Card. So all percussive sounds are NerdSeq Card samples, played and sequenced through the NerdSeq.

Modules used in this track
XOR NerdSeq
Erica Synth Pico VCO, Pico Voice, Pico DSP
2HP Pluck, 2HP EG, 2HP ADSR
Make Noise Telharmonic
Sputnik Modular Quad VCF/VCA
Doepfer A-124 VCF5 Wasp Filter
Malekko Unity Mixer
Intellijel Quadratt
Intellijel Digitank

Intellijel 7U 104HP Stealth Case"

3 Modules #8: Maths, Peaks, Clouds

Published on May 21, 2017 Comparative Irrelevance

"I call this one 'demented drummer'. Clouds and Maths means you know this is going to be intricate and unpredictable. I love how the results can shift wildly by the slightest adjustment of the controls here, and how tweaking one knob on Maths can affect multiple parts of the patch in different ways.

Patch notes:
The sound source is Peaks’ secondary drum mode, the digital drum synth, which has four controls (from top to bottom): pitch, FM/pitch sweep, decay time and tone color (from tonal to noise). I’m manually changing these parameters to tweak the sound. Peaks’ channels are triggered by Maths’ EOR and EOC gate outputs respectively.

Maths is also modulating itself, to create some interesting "drum patterns". The EOR/EOC gates each trigger cycle mode for the opposite channel, and the sum and inverted sum outputs modulate the cycle rate for channel 1 and 4 respectively. This means that as the rate of one increases, the other decreases.

Peaks’ outputs are mixed together in the Quadratt, and the mix is sent to Clouds, which is in "looping delay" mode. Delay time (position) and loop size (size) are modulated by Maths’ unity function outputs from ch. 1 and 4 respectively. Freeze, which loops the delay buffer, is engaged by the OR output from Maths. I’m manually tweaking Clouds’ dry/wet mix, feedback and reverb amounts, as well as the input filter (texture) and pitch shift to create changes in the patch.

No external effects are used this time. :)

Thanks for watching!"

All parts here.

cambria sessions pt1 • cambria [ambient modular synth + OP-1]

Published on Feb 23, 2019 Hark Madley

Part 2 below.

"'cambria' for modular synth + OP-1

from the cambria sessions, a tidal meditation

patch notes:

// MODULAR SYNTH

Inspired by the waves and tides, a breathing filter modulation
Make Noise MORPHAGENE playing ambient guitar recorded to cassette
Whimsical Raps THREE SISTERS processing the morphagene in stereo, LOW to one channel and CENTRE to another
Mutable instruments TIDES modulating the cutoff with an LFO

Squarp HERMOD sequencing PLAITS, MANGROVE, STO
uO_c on PIQUED for envelopes
TIDES modulating: MORPHAGENE Phase modulation, MORPHAGENE Slide, VCA of STO, SISTERS Span (filter modulation)
All voices processed by MAGNETO and MERIS Mercury 7

// TEENAGE ENGINEERING OP-1
Tape loop of ambient FM bell synth melody played back at half speed (and thus octave down)"

cambria sessions pt2 • terrace [modular synthesizer composition]

Published on Feb 28, 2019 Hark Madley

"'terrace' for modular synth

from the cambria sessions, a tidal meditation

this modular patch is inspired by a walk along the coast.

patch notes:

// MODULAR SYNTH
Squarp HERMOD sequencing Intellijel PLONK, Mutable Instruments PLAITS, Make Noise STO
MARBLES sequencing Whimsical Raps MANGROVE
SISTERS for filter
Strymon MAGNETO for delay
TIDES modulating MANGROVE Air
1U QUADRATT (upper left) assignments:
1: STO VCA Amplitude
2: MANGROVE VCA level
3: SISTERS Cutoff
4: TIDES Frequency (for tremolo effect"

Two Ribbons and Braids Vowels ~ Pythagorean²

Published on Dec 14, 2018 Ebotronix

Pythagorean Scale by Ornament and Crime number of notes: 12 notes (in cents): 0, 89.8, 203.9, 293.8, 407.8, 497.7, 611.7, 702.3, 792.2, 906.2, 996.1, 1110.2
Upper Ribbon Sputnik VCO and Waldorf NW1
lower Ribbon Two 59 VCO and Tunefish Modular Slider μBraids
Bass by Tunefish Modular Warps to E 440 Filter
Chords Planar2, OC ASR to 4x μBraids quad panning by Tides and 2x Vails
- ~ +

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Revelation // Modular Synthesizer / Moog Mother 32 / Mutable Instruments Marbles Plaits Rings Tides

video upload by Aleatoric Machine

"Eurorack modular synthesizer patch featuring:
- Mutable Instruments Rings through Strymon Magneto playing a bouncing ball pattern generated by Make Noise Maths, with structure modulated by MI Marbles
- MI Plaits playing a cyclical percussion pattern generated by Maths and MN Function, with model sequenced by MI Stages
- MI Tides through MI Warps and MI Ripples playing a repeating pattern generated by MI Marbles, envelope controlled by MN Contour
- 2x Moog Mother 32 each playing their own sequence, with tempo modulated by Qu-Bit Chance and Ornament & Crime
- Upper Moog effected by Happy Nerding FXAid in Delay into Dual Shimmer mode
- Lower Moog effected by Chase Bliss Mood in Slip mode, Spectre, and Dark World, through Intellijel Pedal I/O
- Lots of random modulation from Marbles, Qu-Bit Chance, and Ornament & Crime in Low Rents mode
- Overall depth of modulation controlled by Intellijel Quadratt and VCAs
- All parts are asynchronous"

Home (Full Album Performance) - Music for a productive day

video upload by Jay Hosking

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com/album...

"A live, semi-improvised ambient IDM album performed entirely on one small eurorack hardware skiff. This is music deliberately created to listen to while you are working away at the rest of your life, i.e. not-so-lofi-beats to study to. But I've also written some notes and recorded the performance because that's what I personally enjoy; I hope it can be useful to see how the music was made for you.

00:00 - Harwood
05:38 - Crest
11:20 - Centre
17:32 - Euclid
23:34 - Ossington
28:58 - Yarmouth
34:00 - Hemlock
39:26 - Drive

Modules used:
Squarp Rample - four melodic samples on each track
Happy Nerding FX Aid XL - reverb on melodic samples
Prok kick, snare, hat, and clap modules - drums
Mutable Instruments Grids (uGrids version) - drum sequencing
ALM Busy Circuits Pamela's New Workout - clock, LFO, pitch, more
Intellijel FSR 1U - live control of drum parameters
Intellijel Quadratt - mixer for melodic samples
Intellijel Mix-up - mixer and mutes for main mix (except for kick)
WMD MSCL - compressor for main mix (except for kick)
Intellijel Mixer 1U - final output mixer
Intellijel Palette 4U case

Written, performed, and recorded to a stereo mix over three days. Mastered by Som Shankar.

Thanks for listening."

Jubilee

Published on Jun 11, 2017 Comparative Irrelevance

"Some general patch notes:

Maths:
Channel one is in cycle mode, and slowly modulating Clouds' position parameter.
Channel two is triggered via Branches, and produces a short envelope for Ripples' VCA.

STO:
Provides some audio rate FM for Ripples.

uScale:
Quantizes the note sequence from Brain Seed and sends it to Ripples and Rings, with the former being shifted (within the same scale) by a stepped triangle LFO from Peaks.

Brain Seed:
Provides the note sequence. Every step also outputs a trigger to Branches.

Branches:
Randomly skips or passes on triggers from Brain Seed to Maths' channel two.

Noise Tools:
Provides a master clock for Brain Seed. Additionally, the S&H signal is sent to Brain Seed's freeze input, which holds the note sequence whenever the signal is high.
Pink noise is sent to Rings' audio input.

Ripples:
Functions as a 2 operator FM sound source with STO as the modulator (this makes the high pitched bell sounds)

Rings:
Is in FM mode, as the primary sound source.

Peaks:
Provides LFO modulation. A stepped triangle wave going to uScale's shift input, and some sort of folded sine wave going to Rings' position parameter.

Quadratt:
Attenuates the LFO going from Peaks to uScale.
Mixes the sound sources (Rings and Ripples), and sends the mix to Clouds' input.

Clouds:
Makes nice droney, shimmery, choppy sounds.

Finally, some delay/reverb from the Strymon Big Sky.

Thanks for watching!"