Modular Synth Basics #01: What's a modular synth?

Published on Feb 26, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines·83 videos

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Modular Audio FX! - AE Modular Synth Patch Challenges with TTNM

Modular Audio FX! - AE Modular Synth Patch Challenge 02 #TTNM

Published on Jan 28, 2019 The Tuesday Night Machines

This is an experiment for the AE Modular Patch Challenge #02 :) This patch uses the AE Modular synth to add crunchy, feedback-looped and delayed audio effects to Korg Gadget's audio output, synced to the iPad's MIDI clock. More info here: http://forum.aemodular.com/post/1026/...

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Dirty Grooves! - AE Modular Synth Patch Challenge 03 #TTNM

Published on Jan 29, 2019 The Tuesday Night Machines

"This is an experiment for the AE Modular Patch Challenge #03 :) Listen on good speakers! Instead of lusting over new gear, we were supposed to patch something that does something similar to what we feel we need new hardware for. I've been lusting after a new Groove Box recently, so I created this dense, rhythmic and very dirty percussive and bass heavy ... thing :D More info here: http://forum.aemodular.com/post/1027/..."

Space Flight Sounds! - AE Modular Synth Patch Challenge 04 #TTNM

Published on Jan 29, 2019 The Tuesday Night Machines

"This is an experiment for the AE Modular Patch Challenge #04 :) This week's theme was "journey through space ambience". I already made some ambient synth music tracks with my AE Modular, so I decided to create some space flight sound effects instead. READY FOR LIFTOFF!!! :D"

Part 1 here.

AE Modular Wavefolder Tutorial, Patch Tips, & Jam #TTNM

Published on Nov 29, 2018 The Tuesday Night Machines

Jam video further below.

"Here's a quick tutorial for the Tangible Waves AE Modular Wavefolder. MORE INFO AND PATCH TIPS BELOW =)

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The AE Modular Wavefolder, based on a vintage circuit design also used by Ken Stone, takes a waveform and clips and folds it. This creates a more complex sounding waveform, of which you can of course modulate the parameters with CV too. In this video I also present a few patch tips, for this seemingly simple module. Let me know if you have an questions :-)

Patch tips:
- Create a sine wave from a square wave VCO running through a low pass filter with low cutoff frequency. For pitch sequencing, you might want to add a little bit of pitch CV to the filter cutoff control too, not just the VCO. This is often called “keyboard tracking” in non-modular synths’ filter settings, which makes sure that the filter opens up a little on higher notes. Otherwise, a constant cutoff will dull the sound of higher notes more than lower notes.

- Feedback: Patch the input signal (e.g. a triangle wave) in a mixer and the mixer output in the Wavefolder. Then patch one Wavefolder output back into another mixer input and slowly turn the mix knob up. For voltage control over the feedback, patch the Wavefolder output in a VCA and from there into the mixer. Modulate the VCA with an LFO, Envelope, Sample & Hold or Sequencer then. Feedback can get very crazy quickly, so start with low knob and modulation settings.

- Since the Wavefolder creates complex (harsh sounding) waveforms, you can send them through a filter to smooth them. As they are different than your standard square or sawtooth waves, they also sound different, and often more interesting, through filters.

- Try modulating the Wavefolder’s shape with its input signal, i.e. send the triangle or sine wave audio signal in the audio input and the CV input as well."

AE Modular Wavefolder Jam with Patch Notes #TTNM

Published on Nov 29, 2018 The Tuesday Night Machines

CGS Serge Modular Synth + Klangbau Köln Spring Reverb #TTNM

Published on Mar 12, 2019 The Tuesday Night Machines

"Playing my BOCGS Serge Modular Synth through my newly installed Klangbau Köln Spring Reverb. PATCH NOTES BELOW :)

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Audio gear used:
- Best of CGS Ken Stone / Serge 4U Banana Modular Synthesizer (BOG, MARSH & SWAMP Panels)
- Klangbau Köln Spring Reverb (http://klangbauköln.de/)

The patch is rather simple. Two voices with vibrato through VCAs, mixed and then sent through the Serge VCF. The VCAs are modulated by a DUSG envelope each. Pitch sequencing is done by the Sequencer Programmer and the Gated Comparator in step-sequencer mode (just one looping stage with CV from the Mix output). The two CGS Utility LFOs provide Vibrato to the voices. There is a third voice, which is just the high pitched melody going through the Frequency Divider, which is also modulated and offset from the parent sequence (using a delayed Extended ADSR). Then we have some random CV form the tempo-synced Noise module and some smaller bits here and there and at the end I've got the a Klangbau Köln Spring Reverb mixed with the dry signal."

Update:

Experimental CGS Serge Modular Synth Sounds #TTNM

Published on Mar 12, 2019 The Tuesday Night Machines

"After my more musical Best of CGS Serge jams, this one is a modular synth noodle session, playing various bleeps and bloops by using feedback, a resonant filter and lots of CV cross-modulation of classic modules like the DUSG, Gated Comparator and Infinite Melody. All three Ken Stone panels are patched here, the BOG, the MARSH and the SWAMP. Reverb is again provided by the awesome Klangbau Köln Spring Reverb :)"

Haferflocken Lullaby // Little deFormer 3 + Klangbau Benjolin #TTNM​

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"Using my Klangbau Köln/Rob Hordijk Eurorack Modular Synth Benjolin to trigger and modulate Gotharman's Little deFormer 3. MORE INFO BELOW :)

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The Benjolin's slow second VCO is the master clock, triggering the Little deFormer 3. The Benjolin's audio (mostly filter pings from the two slow VCOs) is also sent through the LD3, as well as the microphone's Haferflocken Shaker signal. In the LD3 both signals are mixed with three internal sine wave VCOs playing semi-random melodies in D Minor, which change their "pulse widths" during the performance, creating sounds similar to a music box. The Klangbau Joystick CV Processor modulates analog filters and granular effects inside the Little deFormer, as does the Benjolin's Rungler. The clock is affected by the Rungler too, giving the piece non-static rhythms.

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The Tuesday Night Machines: 6 things I like about the Bastl THYME #TTNM

Published on Nov 8, 2018 The Tuesday Night Machines

"Here are six things I like about the Bastl Instruments THYME effect processor. MORE INFO BELOW :)

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The Thyme is an effects processor that is best described as a sequenceable robot operated digital tape machine. With a lot of parameters at hand it enables the exploration of all the time based effects and the vast space in between their classical multi-effects categories (delay, phaser, reverb, chorus, pitch shifter, multi-tap delay, tape delay, tremolo, vibrato, compressor) and in stereo! Each of the 9 different parameters (Tape Speed, Delay Coarse & Fine, Feedback, Filter, extra heads Spacing and Levels, Dry Wet Mix and Volume) has a dedicated, very flexible modulation source – called the Robot – which can be phased out differently for left and right channel to create psychedelic new sound effects. The Robot can either be an LFO with many different waveshapes, external CV source or an envelope follower to enable effects reacting to dynamics. On top of everything there are 8 buttons to select a preset and those presets can be sequenced by a built in meta sequencer. The Sequencer, the Robots and the Delay can be synchronised to external or internal clock. Thyme interfaces with MIDI, analog clock and CV, it has a switchable stereo/mono input, stereo output, headphone output with level and foot switch jack."

Lumanoise Synthesizer Demos by The Tuesday Night Machines

Published on Jan 5, 2017 The Tuesday Night Machines

Playlist:

1. Lumanoise v.3 Saw Synthesizer Demo #TTNM
"The Luma Noise v3 is a light-controllable, dual sawtooth + noise synthesizer, with a resonant low pass filter. It's handmade in Italy, together with other synths of the Lumanoise & Leploop family."

2. Lumanoise v.4 Trautonium Synthesizer Demo #TTNM

"The Luma Noise v4 is a light-controllable synthesizer with four individual oscillators and a resonant low pass filter. It's handmade in Italy, together with other synths of the Lumanoise & Leploop family."

3. Lumanoise v.5 Solar Synthesizer Demo #TTNM

"The Luma Noise v5 is a light-controllable synthesizer with a solar panel as tone generator and a resonant low pass filter. It's handmade in Italy, together with other synths of the Lumanoise & Leploop family."

The V1 and V2 Lumanoise synths were first announced back in May of 2013. I was curious when the new V3 - V5 were first posted and it appears they went up in November, also via TTNM.

Lumanoise & Multicassa Demo Jams

Published on Jan 5, 2017 The Tuesday Night Machines

"Three Lumanoise light-controlled synths, a Multicassa drum machine and two guitar FX pedals play together with lots of blinking lights :)"

Harbour by THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

Welcome to HARBOUR Published on Apr 4, 2019 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"A meditative, ambient electronic music piece, celebrating the luxury of the quiet, the introspective and the movement through space and time.

Envisioned to be experienced through noise-cancelling headphones while traveling by railway or aeroplane, yet ultimately crafted for all situations when the listener seeks a closer bond between their mind and the cosmos, leaving their body deeply idle in a state of single-sensory stimulation."

Hawaiian Yurt Music - OUT NOW!!! #TTNM

Published on Oct 25, 2018

"Listen to authentic Hawaiian Yurt Music, the latest Hawaiian electronic music sensation by The Tuesday Night Machines, released on Strategic Tape Reserve:
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"From the beautiful Islands of Hawaii, ambient soundscapes and instrument recordings are woven together. The resulting “Hawaiian Yurt Music” offers a life-like rendition of the moods and auditory sensations which unsuspecting visitors from abroad might encounter during their stay in the Aloha State.

released October 25, 2018

Created by The Tuesday Night Machines in the Korg Gadget iOS app, using entirely Hawaiian sound samples, recorded locally with an iPhone microphone. Mastered in Final Touch."

Mozart? On Gotharman's Little deFormer 3 synthesizer & groovebox?! #TTNM

video upload by THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Yeah, okay, this was a test how difficult it would be to program actual notes from another music piece into Gotharman's Little deFormer 3 sequencer. Turns out the various sequencer editing modes make this not very hard at all ... it's quite convenient actually, especially with the step recording mode, which I seem to have criminally neglected in the past.

No samples or analog filters in this jam, only the LD3's internal synth sound engines and effects.

Gotharman's website:
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CHIPTUNE ALERT & GIVEAWAY: "Super Dolomiti Crunch" Released!!! #TTNM

Published on Jun 23, 2018 The Tuesday Night Machines

A new release from MATRIXSYNTH supporter, The Tuesday Night Machines. Info on how to win a free copy below.

"Check out my NEW CHIPTUNE ALBUM here:
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... and post a comment [on YouTube here] for a chance to WIN:
- 1x Tape + Download Code
- 3x one Download Code

Winners are drawn randomly from the comments on June 26th 2018 and notified via a YouTube comment reply :)

Thanks to Strategic Tape Reserve!
http://www.strategictapereserve.de/

The tracks were all created on an iPad during a hiking vacation in the Dolomite mountains. I used NanoLoop, SidTracker 64 and PixiTracker 1Bit, as well as Final Touch for mastering. Fun times :)

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ACID || AE Modular || Cyclone TT-303 + TT-606 #TTNM

Published on Nov 23, 2019 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Involving the tangible waves AE Modular synth in my ACID shenanigans now.

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In this video the AE Modular plays two simple voices in sync to the Cyclone Analogic TT-303 and TT-606.

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching! Check out my channel for more Synthesizer Music.

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Gotharman Tiny LD Electronic Music Live Jam #TTNM

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"Techno-Acid-Something-Jam on Gotharman’s Tiny LD, the even littler brother of the Little deFormer 3 granular workstation synthesizer and groove box."

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Official website: https://gotharman.dk/tiny_ld.htm

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Whalesong through the Wires // Klangbau Köln Eurorack Synth Jam #TTNM​

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"No sequencer, no patched envelopes, only triggers, chaotic CV and oscillations from a Klangau/Hordijk Benjolin, Twin Peak Filter, two Logistic Equations, a Joystick, the big XR-VCO, a Wavetable Oscillator, qVCF, etc."

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Let's talk: Gotharman's SpazeDrum (VLOG) #TTNM​

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"In this VLOG I talk about why I like Gotharman's SpazeDrum, an analog-digital drum synth & granular sampler.

Timecodes:
0:03​ SpazeDrum Talk
7:05​ User Interface Demo

Gotharman's SpazeDrum combines analog and digital synthesis with sampler features and a vast amount of granular effects. You can program 16 different sounds per project preset from scratch, of which eight can sound at once! Each sound also has its own sequencer with individual start and end points, clock division, swing, pitch, velocity and modulation, allowing you to create anything from four-on-the-floor beats to analog bass lines to totally chaotic sound collages. It's a high-quality instrument handmade in Denmark and built to last.

Official SpazeDrum Website: https://gotharman.dk/spazedrum.htm"

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VGM #19 - Lavender Town (Pokemon Blue/Red) Ft. The Tuesday Night Machines

Published on Oct 28, 2014 MotiveMakesaMan Music

"VGM VOL 1 HERE: http://loudr.fm/release/vgm-vol-1/P2ZW5
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Getting spooky for this weeks VGM. I have never been a huge Pokemon player, but when I heard this song and all the folklore behind it, I had to give it a go. Ft. Some crazy contraptions by my friend Felix of The Tuesday Night Machines!

GEAR LIST:

ACE USED:
DSI Tempest
DSI Prophet 08
Korg DSN-12 (On 3DS)
Arturia Microbrute
Moog Little Phatty
Korg KP3
Kurzweil PC3X

FELIX USED:
FraAngelico Arduino Synth
AUFX: Space Reverb (Phone App)
Koma Kommander
Eurorack Noise Box
Other Eurorack devices
Arturia Microbrute"

CGS Serge Modular Synthesizer - Infinite Melody Patch (w/ notes) #TTNM

Published on Mar 14, 2018 The Tuesday Night Machines

"Spent some time with the Infinite Melody module in my CGS Serge MARSH panel and came up with this self-playing patch, with audio effects from the iPad. MORE INFO BELOW!!!

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Audio gear used:

- Best of CGS Serge BOG, SWAMP, MARSH
- iPad with Kymatica AUM, AUFX: Space Reverb & Kosmonaut Delay
- Zoom U-24 iPad USB Audio & MIDI Interface
- Doepfer MSY2 MIDI to analog Clock Converter
- Zoom R16 Recorder


Patch Notes:

Four stages of the Sequencer Programmer are addressed randomly by the Gated Comparator, which is driven by White Noise. NCO 1 & 2 and a DUSG in VCO mode are sequenced by the Programmer. Either by the first CV output (the DUSG) or by gates (the two NCOs), which are mixed and attenuated to shift the VCOs a set amount of semi-tones up or down.

NCO 2 also receives pitch CV from the Infinite Melody, going through the Modulo Magic to keep the CV from going too high. The Infinite Melody receives White Noise as well and the Advance input is fed a very fast clock from a second DUSG, which has its speed modulated negatively by the Gated Comparator. This makes the pitch changes from the Infinite Melody not always come in sync with the main clock, creating some interestingly glitchy patterns sometimes.

The three sound sources are mixed and sent through the VCF, modulated by two LFOs and a decay envelope.

The main clock source is the iPad running Kymatica AUM, connected to a Doepfer MSY2 MIDI-to-Analog-Clock converter. The Serge's audio also goes through AUM using the Zoom U-24 Audio & MIDI Interface. Audio effects used are the Kosmonaut delay and AUFX: Space reverb.

Tuning the Serge with all those different mixed pitch CV sources took a bit of fiddling, but luckily the Zoom R16 recorder has a tuner built in, which made it a lot quicker than doing it by ear."

Close-up Generative Eurorack Patch (with notes) #TTNM

Published on Jan 20, 2018 The Tuesday Night Machines

"Another go at generative Eurorack modular synth patching with my Snazzy FX system! MORE INFO BELOW :-)

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Audio gear used:

Snazzy FX Eurorack Modular Synth with:
- Drone Bank
- Eternal Spring Filter
- Dual Multiplier
- Kitty Eyes
- Tidal Wave
- Telephone Game
- Ardcore Bit Beats Sketch *
- Wow and Flutter

- vpme.de ZeroScope
- Doepfer A-160 Clock Divider
- Eowave Zone B.F. Dual LFO
- Doepfer, Intellijel & Bimix mixers
- Klangbau Köln Spring Reverb

see here: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/v...


Patch notes:

The Tidal Wave is in synth voice mode providing pitched filter oscillation sounds with some wave shaping. It also provides a square LFO acting as master clock. The clock is sent through the Doepfer Clock Divider and onwards to drive the Telephone Game, which modulates a whole lot of stuff lot with its five S&H outputs. One thing is the Tidal Wave's clock LFO speed, resulting in rhythm changes. The Telephone Game also provides pitch CV for the Tidal Wave and modulation for the wave shaper and wet/dry mix. S&H input for the Telephone Game is sent from the Kitty Eyes chaos, which is CV-controlled via the Telephone Game's clock division output.

The Ardcore Bit Beats Sketch* receives the clock and creates a binary pattern, outputting lo-fi chiptune audio and two trigger sequences. One resets one of the Zone B.F. LFOs and the other triggers the Kick_Me, which is not heard, but which's two audio outputs modulate the Tidal Wave sound and the Dual Multiplier.

The Dual Multiplier modulates audio from the Dronebank OSCs, which run through the Eternal Spring Filter (modulated by the Telephone Game and Zone B.F.) and through the Hi_Gain, which also mixes some of the Tidal Wave's VCF output in there.

Then there is some Noise from the Telephone Game coming and going and some cross-modulation between Dronebank oscillators and that's pretty much it. :)


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Favorite NEW FEATURES of Gotharman's URANO Modular Synth #TTNM & a KRELL Patch

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Gotharman website: https://gotharman.dk

"Here's a very quick rundown of my favorite 10 new and unique features of Gotharman's Urano modular synthesizer.

0:00 Hi
0:11 It's a Modular Synth
0:35 Single Signal Bus
0:50 Bigger Touchscreen
1:05 Wavetables
1:30 Sequencer Main Screen
1:46 1V/Oct Note Sequencer Output
2:09 Sequencer Ratcheting
2:20 Trigger Probability
2:32 Easier Gain Staging
2:47 Improved Potentiometer Smoothing
3:00 Stay Tuned!

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Attempted a KRELL PATCH and got carried away // Gotharman's Urano Modular Synth #TTNM

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"I wanted to create a Krell-like patch on Gotharman's Urano modular synth, but then I added some drones and effects and drum samples and a bass line and ... oh well ... it's a jam session now, I guess. :D"

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CGS Serge BOG + MARSH + SWAMP (w/ patch notes) #TTNM

Published on Jan 31, 2018 The Tuesday Night Machines

"Another jam with the Serge panels. This time I'm using all three, although the SWAMP only provides white noise.

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Audio gear used:
Best of CGS Serge panels BOG, MARSH & SWAMP

Patch Notes:
There are five "sounds" in the mix. NCO 1, NCO 1 processed by the VC Divider, NCO 2 through the bottom of the Wave Multiplier, DUSG 1 through the top of the Wave Multiplier and White Noise. All sounds are mixed together using the BOG's mixer and one of MARSH's CV Processors. Modulation is done by the two Utility LFOs, which are joined by the panel switch. One square wave output triggers the remaining DUSG, which's EOS output triggers an ADSR on the MASRH. There the two Slope Detectors analyse the slopes of LFO one and the DUSG, creating more triggers, used for modulation (e.g. the pitch of the oscillators is modulated by triggers, making them change between two notes.). LFO 1 also modulates the VC Divider to create changing sub-octaves of NCO 1. The audio mix goes through the VCF then, which is modulated by the Wave Multiplier output (for FM) and the CV Cluster, receiving input and offset from an LFO and Slope Detector. I'm playing with the audio mix and filter cutoff, CV and resonance mostly."