NEW Z-DSP CARD: MARIANA TRENCH #1

NEW Z-DSP CARD: MARIANA TRENCH #1 from Station 252 on Vimeo.

Mariana Trench - a new card for Z-DSP eurorack module by Tiptop Audio.

Algorithm #1: FDN FEEDBACK

Sound Source: two Z3000 oscillators. One with FM'd sine wave the other one with the modulator's square wave that is pulse width modulated by a third Z3000. Mixed in Tiptop MixZ and after that run through Z2040 VCF/VCA controlled by a pair of Z4000 VcADSRs.

Sequenced with Tiptop's Circadian Rhythms, Z8000, Trigger Riot and a QuantiZer (transposed by Verbos Touch Keyboard)

http://tiptopaudio.com/z-dsp-2018/#marianatrenchcard

New FX Platform & Cards + VCF & VCA Prototypes from TipTop Audio at Superbooth 2018

Published on May 13, 2018 DivKidVideo

"Here's the new Z-DSP from TipTop Audio that's more than just a re-panel to the new designs. More headroom, more controlled analogue feedback, better panning / fading laws on the dry/wet blend and nice knobs. There's also a new Steiner Parker filter prototype, new VCA prototype, new sounds / micro SD cards for the ONE sample player and lots of new FX cards for Z-DSP too. Plus a great lush deep house/tech demo for it all as well.

We're proud to have our Superbooth 2018 content sponsored by www.thonk.co.uk"

Z3000 vs TG3 & TG4

Z3000 vs TG3 & TG4 from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"Running a couple of Tiptop Audio Z3000 oscillators via TG3 bandpass filter and TG4 VCA from Future Sound Systems. First the low pitched one and later adding a hi pitched second oscillator. Manually changing the pitch of the first oscillator to check how it sounds at different frequencies and with sliding pitch. TG3 and TG4 are a part of Eurorack GRISTLEIZER modules.

TG4 is modulated by Z4000 (triggered by Trigger Riot)

FX: a touch of Z-DSP eVerb plate reverb.

http://tiptopaudio.com/z3000/

http://www.futuresoundsystems.co.uk/tg.html"

Tales From The Rack no.5 - Eurorack Performance.

Published on Feb 27, 2018 Richard Lacy

"Hello. Another tale from the Eurorack and a piece which started out as a ‘reel’ for the Make Noise Morphagene, recorded beforehand with the PPG Wave 2.2.

Perhaps the notable thing about this piece, is that even though it’s a big patch, most of the modules aren’t even breaking a sweat. They’re just doing simple jobs. There are some definite Floydian tendencies here; influences come to the surface sometimes….

As ever, it’s one pass and no overdubs (see the end of the Patch Notes for mixing info).

I’ve tried to make this one a bit more interesting visually (still using an iPhone5 with a shattered screen and it always drifts out of sync with the audio, which is infuriating!). It can be difficult to see what modules are in the system from the main wide shot, so I thought I’d add some close ups. Also, I have no idea how to edit video, so it’s time to learn.

Thanks for listening. If you like what I’m doing, please like and subscribe. Your support is most welcome!

Patch Notes:
Doepfer MAQ 16/3 is the clock source.
Clock to 4MS rotating Clock Divider and Frequency Central Pocket Calculator and some multiples.

1. PPG Wave sampled into Morphagene. Played by a clock divider. Metropolis pitch CV is modulating the slide control. Output to AQA Dual State Variable Filter, then to the TipTop Z-DSP (Halls Of Valhalla).

2. Gate output of the Metropolis is playing the Atlantis (main bass). Pitch CV comes from the Stepper Acid, running on a very slow clock. There’s a Switched Multiple in the pitch CV path, meaning I can choose a static bass note, or kick in the full chord progression.

3. The Stepper Acid is also playing the chords. The post Switched Multiple pitch CV is going to a few places:
Shapeshifter in chord mode: Cello 1. Shape modulated by an LFO.
Three Doepfer VCOs are tuned to the rest of a chord, the third requiring an offset generator.
All signals go to a Ladik mixer, then to an Analogue Solutions Telemark Filter. The filtered signal finally ends up in the Rainmaker, giving a bit of space.

4. Plonk. This is the guitar-type sound. Fixed note and the gate comes from the 4MS RCD on the div-3 output. Plonk output goes to the 4MS DLD.

5. Something I’ve done before, but I like it… 4MS Spectral Multiband Resonator. Bands tuned and locked. Band levels controlled by six Analogue Solutions AR Envelope Generators. The EGs are triggered from the outputs of of the A-149 Stored random Voltages.

6. Bass drum. Braids triggered by an Analogue Solutions SQ8.

7. Snare drum. Braids triggered by a Doepfer clock sequencer.

8. Hats. Doepfer white noise into a Telemark Filter. Doepfer ADSR and VCA doing the rest, triggered by the Turing Machine.

9. Perc. TipTop One triggered by the Turing Machine. The Turing Machine was locked throughout. I meant to alter the pattern partway through the track, but I forgot! All drum reverbs come from Pro Tools.

10. I still haven’t fallen out of love with Rings and Clouds in their most basic forms yet, so here they are doing their thing. Was determined not to use them, but I patched them in and they sounded ace. Doepfer Dark Time Sequencer is providing the notes and gates. Rings Position is being modulated by Tides, quite heavily towards the end. Rings is just repeating a four note sequence; it’s Clouds doing the time shifting and blurring.

11. The big filthy sound: pitch is coming from two Analogue Solutions SQ8 sequencers. Un-quantised, for more varied harmonics and going Evian a Doepfer Slew Limiter. There were only two Doepfer VCOs left by this point, so that’s what we’re using. Tuned in octaves, the square wave of one goes into the A-113 Subharmonic Generator, giving lower octaves and another intervals.
All these signals are mixed together, the intervals being a bit quieter, but their harmonic content is used in what comes next. It’s a lot of filtering!
First up is the AM Snowfall Filter, not taking much off the top, but there’s a thickness to the sound. Second is the Eowave Fluctuations Magnetiques. All four filters in use, with each one tuned to a different resonance, waiting to be ‘peaked’ by the changing notes. Third is the Dave Smith Character; this is where the big distortion is coming from. Lastly everything goes through an Analogue Solutions SY-03 for overall tone control.
By this stage, I’ve run out of reverbs and delays, so this is getting delay and reverb from Pro Tools.

12. Maths. Used as two envelope generators. These envelopes are fed into the ‘initial gain’ input of two Korg MS10s.
The first has fixed pitch, playing a high 7th. The second is playing root, sharp 5 and 7th. Notes from an SQ-8.
You can hear these gently fading in and out in a rather Floydian manner. External reverb and delay.

13. Korg MS20 has a sample and hold on the gate and is playing a low root note, used at both ends of the piece.

Nearly everything goes via a Mackie mixer (under the camera). I’m using this to bring parts in and out. From there, it goes to Pro Tools."

DUAL CIRCADIAN TECHNO RHYTHMS

DUAL CIRCADIAN TECHNO RHYTHMS from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"The second run of the same patch (as in this video: [here] but with different samples on the four ONEs) with a second Tiptop Audio Circadian Rhythms in the system.

Playing with three regular Tiptop ONEs and one TG-ONE, Tiptop 808 and 909 drum modules

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DUAL CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN DUB

DUAL CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN DUB from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"First patch with a second Tiptop Audio Circadian Rhythms in the system.

Playing with three regular Tiptop ONEs and one TG-ONE, Tiptop 808 and 909 drum modules

CIrcadians sequence

Tiptop ONE #1 - Bass (pitch changes played live from MN Pressure Points)

Tiptop ONE #2 - DOTS Hat

Tiptop ONE #3 - V-HAUS Chord sample

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Modulation Mix

Modulation Mix from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"Mixing two Z4000 envelopes and an LFO with the top section of MixZ mixer module into the FM input on the Z2040 filter module to change the groove of the bass line.

MixZ:

Ch.1 - short envelope that is visible in the Mantis triggered with the same trigger as the VCA envelope (located in the skiff). I’m modulating release with one of the outs of doepfer LFO

Ch.3 - inverted envelope triggered on 1 and 5 (off screen in the Station 252 case)

Ch.4 - Doepfer LFO (also in the station 252)

Voice: 2x Tiptop Audio Z3000. One FM’ing the other while being hard sync’d to it > Tiptop Fold Processor > Z2040

Simple tiptop drum pattern for context:

BD808, SD808, Hats808, RS808

www.tiptopaudio.com"

TIPTOP AUDIO: TG ONE / 1

TIPTOP AUDIO: TG ONE / 1 from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"First sketch with the new Tiptop Audio special edition TG ONE module.

Main sound: TG ONE selecting different samples with CV

Drums: Tiptop BD909, SNR909, Clap909, Toms909

Chords: 3x Z3000 > Tiptop MixZ > Z2040 VCF/VCA

FX from 2x Z*DSP modules.

Sequencing: Circadian Rhythms for the drums, Z8000 for file selection, Trigger Riot for clocking

http://tiptopaudio.com/tg-one/"

ZV_K - LIVE MODULAR MUSIC

ZV_K - LIVE MODULAR MUSIC from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"We had to recalibrate all of our 5 Z3000s. This video is little jam we had to test the tuning. Now its perfect!

Chords: Toppobrillo Quantimator > 3x Z3000 > R*S Serge Variable Slope VCF (Hi Pass) > Tiptop Audio Z2040 LoPass VCF/VCA (controlled by a pair of Z4000s) > Z°DSP running Hydra Card
sequenced by Circadian Rhythms and Pressure Points (manual transpose)

Bass: 2x Z3000 > Tiptop Audio Fold Processor > Z2040
sequenced by Verbos Multistage running through Tiptop Audio QuantiZer (manual transpose)

Drums: Tiptop Audio BD808, MA808, Hats808, SNR 808, RS808. Acidlab 8LMHT (808 toms clone)
BD and hats sequenced by Circadian Rhythms, SNR808 and RS808 by the Knights Gallop, Acidlab Toms by Lunch Codes.

All clocking is done by the Circadian Rhythms and the Trigger Riot

FX: Z°DSP reverb (Halls Of Valhalla)
Chronoblob delay running through Z2040 (feedback) and WMD hi pass (output) - that hissy dust )
Erbe-Verb: low level metallic voice like whooshes"

Eurorack Improv no3. Chords and ambient builds.

Published on Sep 9, 2017 Richard Lacy

"Hello. Here's an experiment in chord progression. Recorded straight to stereo, No overdubs or remixing. What you see is what you hear...
I wanted to make a simple patch using a two row sequencer, to create a chord progression where each chord contains four notes. How do you do this when your sequencer can only play two notes at once? If you're a seasoned modular-head, the answer may be obvious, but if you're new to this, here's the answer: You can cheat… Here's what's going on: I'm using four Doepfer oscillators for the notes. The Doepfer Dark Time Sequencer is providing the CVs and gates.
Row 1: CV to one oscillator. This is the top note of the chord.
Row 2: CV to two oscillators, the second oscillator is playing one octave lower than the first.
The big cheat is that the fourth oscillator isn't receiving any CV; it's just tuned permanently to C. The other three notes move around the C, making some nice clusters here and there. It's just an eight chord sequence and I could have expanded it further, with additional oscillators tuned to other intervals, but I wanted to show that you can play chords with basic modules (yes, I'd like an ER101!). The rest of the chord patch is roughly like this.
4x Oscs into 4x channels of Veils VCA.
Dark Time gate goes to A143-2 Quad Envelope Generator, which in turn is fed to Veils. I'm switching the envelope lengths from short to long, so the notes go from staccato to legato.
Veils audio output goes to the AM Snowfall filter. This is modulated by three channels of an A143-1 Complex Envelope Generator, helping to give it a brassy sort of filer envelope.

Then it got out of hand and I added a bunch of other stuff and made a little jam. Here are the other patches:
1. The soft-sounding plinky-plonky stuff is the 4MS SMR. Level CVs are controlled by AS EGs, which in turn are randomly triggered by the A149-2 Digital Random Voltages.
2. AS SQ8 playing an extra top line from Rings. This goes into Clouds. Clouds is being randomly (clocked random) frozen by the A149-2.
3. AS SQ8 is playing the MS20 for the first bass line
4. Stepper Acid is playing the Minitaur for the second bass line. Minitaur filter is being modulated by the Doepfer MAQ 16-3.
5. The slow overdriven legato melody comes from an SQ8 into Maths, which I'm using as a dual oscillator here. The pitch CV is slewed. Audio goes to an A116 Waveform Processor, then to the Dave Smith Character, then to the Eowave filter and finally to the 4MS DLD.
6. Next is Radio Music, going into the Shapeshifter for vocoding. Audio output goes to the AQA Dual SVF. This patch is being run by a TipTop Z8000 and a 4MS SISM.
7,8,9. There are three synth sequences.(from about 2'15") One is Metropolis and Atlantis. The other two are Doepfer MAQ 16-3 into two A110s and Doepfer filters and envelopes.
10. Finally, a thuddy bass drum from an AS SY-03 filter and cymbal-type sound from the TipTop One.
Everything goes into the little Mackie mixer and I've got the Z-DSP Valhalla on an aux send.
This is what happens when I have an afternoon off..
Thanks for watching!"

ALM Akemie's Taiko & Orthogonal Devices ER-301 // Eurorack patch

Published on Aug 26, 2017 Datachrome

"As usual, recorded in one shot. No fancy video edit this time as it's just a simple patch.

Kick, snare, and hi-hats are samples coming from the Orthogonal Devices ER-301 Sound Computer. Hats are modulated by a sample and hold coming from the ER-301.

Pads are from the 4MS Spectral Multiband Resonator sequenced by mutable instruments Peaks in secret mode. A saw wave from the ER-301 is modulating the freq inputs to dirty up the sound a bit. It's then processed by an internal VCA in the ER-301 and then the Doepfer spring reverb.

The rest is ALM Akemie's Taiko modulated by Make Noise Rene and a sample and hold from the ER-301.

All is clocked by TipTop Audio Trigger Riot

Enjoy and thanks for watching! ^^"

Preclipse

Preclipse from Noise Jockey on Vimeo.

"Pre-eclipse techno session on a hot Saturday afternoon.

Patch notes, in order of voice appearance: Verbos Harmonic Oscillator Output 6 ring-modulated (via Circuit Abbey Twiggy, bottom channel as ringmod and upper channel as VCA) by Verbos Complex Oscillator A saw wave. Harmonic Oscillator master output drone has Tilt modulated by a rhythmic gate from Pamela’s New Workout and Center modulated by an LFO from Batumi. Acid bassline from Abstrakt Instruments Avalon, which drives the whole patch over DINSync via an ALM D.S.G. into Pamela’s New Workout. Kick drum is my customized Bugbrand DRM-1, hi-hats are the TipTop Hats909 (seen hanging out below the drum rack), additional percussion from the Radio Music (custom metal-on-metal grinding field recording) and Loquelic Iteritas into Bastl Skis; all drum programming done live via the Bastl Knit Rider, and modulated by the Qu-Bit Nano Rand. Drums mixed with SSF Mixmode and distorted by Audio Damage Shapes. West Coast voice comes from the Complex Oscillator, modulated by LFO from Batumi and the Verbos Random Sampling, sequenced by Verbos Voltage Multistage. Envelopes from an Intellijel Quadra, triggered either from the Voltage Multistage or Pamela’s New Workout. Mixed by Sputnik Six Channel Mixer, recorded straight to iPhone via Line6 Sonic Port. No audio post-processing applied."

DSP Synthesizer Euro Modules Now Open Source

via DSP Synthesisers:

"A number of DSP Synthesizer Euro modules has now been open sourced.

Among those the popular CZ-VCO Phase Distortion Oscillator:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GKuV4bnFPg [embed below]

PCB's and code can be found in the 3HP Paperface blog:
https://janostman.wordpress.com/the-3hp-paperface-euro-modules/"

First Play: CZ-VCO & Strakal Brulu

ApolaKipso
Published on Oct 21, 2016

"First play with these two modules, also testing whether the camera still works. CZ-VCO'S EASTER EGG IN THE DESCRIPTION.

PATCH NOTES

Clocked and sequenced from Ableton Live using the Arturia MicroBrute as sound source and as CV interface for the CZ-VCO.

The two voices go into the Optomix (used as dual VCA) and on into the Pittsburgh Modular MIX3, which isn't more than a buffered mult to feed the two inputs on the Tiptop Audio Z-DSP.

The Z-DSP is my end-of-chain reverb and running the Valhalla card, obvs.

Maschine and Mutable Instruments Peaks supply the drums (the latter being sequenced from the Beatstep Pro).

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HYDRA: Diffuse Band Delays

HYDRA: Diffuse Band Delays from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"Testing the new HYDRA card for Tiptop Audio Z-DSP. Playing with the first algorithm: Diffuse Band Delays.

Voice 1: Z3000 Sine + Tri mixed into the FOLD PROCESSOR > R*S VQVCF (FM by TTA Z4000) > WMD VCA (AM by another TTA Z4000)

Voice 2: ONE playing DOTS sound > Z2040 (AM by Z4000, FM by a second Z4000)

Kick Drum: TTA BD808

Snare (single shot at the beginning): ONE playing DOTS sound

Filtered percussion sound: ONE playing DOTS sound > Vermona VCDrive > Toppobrillo Multifilter (Hi Pass) > Tiptop Z2040

Diffuse Band Delays is the only effect used. Sending signals into Z-DSP via aux sends on the Mackie mixer.

http://tiptopaudio.com/z-dsp/"

Ströme live beim PULS Festival 2016 (Full Concert) & Live at Superbooth 2017

Published on Dec 6, 2016 PULS Musik

"Alle Fotos und Videos vom PULS Festival: http://www.deinpuls.de/festival"

via Florian Anwander:

"Two guys from Munich, Germany do live music with two big modular systems. The group is called 'Ströme' which is german for "electric currents". They are professional musicians. They played bass and drums for several years in the very successful bavarian band "La Brass Banda". The left one is Mario Schönhuber, the (former) bass player. He is doing most of the sequences and chords. The guy at the right system is Tobias Weber (drummer at La Brass Banda), he is doing all drums and percussive stuff.

Tobias uses in the first video the Doepfer A-157 for the drum programming, but changed now to a Tiptop Audio Circadian Rhythm (can be seen in the Berlin video).

Marios uses a combination of Audio Damage Sequencer 1, Stillson Hammer, Intellijel Metropolis, and Make Noise Tempi for his bass sequences. In the first video he is using still a Roland JD-Xi for the chords, but recently he changed over to a Audio Damage Sequencer 1 which controls for Doepfer A-111-3 plus monophonic filter and vca (you may spot it in the Berlin video in the most upper row).

Enjoy it."

Superbooth 2017 - Ströme live

Published on May 5, 2017 Bendeg

ZV_K LIVE Set at OHM Berlin Official Superbooth17 "25 years of Doepfer" After Party

"Recorded live at OHM club Berlin on 22nd of April 2017, during the Official Superbooth17 "25 years of Doepfer" afterparty. Fully improvised modular techno."

Modules used:

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TIPTOP NEW FOLD PROCESSOR ACID FUNK

TIPTOP NEW FOLD PROCESSOR ACID FUNK from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"Testing the new Fold Processor module from Tiptop Audio.

After testing what it does it's time to put the Fold Processor through some real life workout.

1: Z3000 SINE > FOLD PROCESSOR > TTA Z2040 (frequency and amplitude modulated by 2x Z4000)

2. Z3000 Triangle > FOLD PROCESSOR > TTA Z2040 (frequency and amplitude modulated by 2x Z4000)

3. Z3000 SAW > FOLD PROCESSOR > R*S VCFQ low pass (cut off modulated by Z4000 and Doepfer LFO) > WMD "Digital" VCA (modulated by Z4000)

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Tiptop Audio BD 808, HH808

Occasional bursts of reverb from Z-DSP (Halls Of Valhalla)"

TIPTOP NEW FOLD PROCESSOR MUSIC: ANIMATED SAW

TIPTOP NEW FOLD PROCESSOR MUSIC: ANIMATED SAW from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"Testing the new Fold Processor module from Tiptop Audio.

After testing what it does it's time to put the Fold Processor through some real life workout.

Z3000 SAW > FOLD PROCESSOR (fold modulated by Math) > R*S VCFS lo pass (cut off modulated by Z4000 and Ginko Synthese TTLFO) > WMD "Digital" VCA (modulated by Z4000)

Occasional bursts of reverb from Z-DSP (Halls Of Valhalla)"

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Published on Mar 24, 2017 Ebotronix

4ms Peg, QCD/Expander², QPLFO, RCD², VCA Matrix
Analogue Systems RS 100², RS 110²², RS 360²
Cyndustries Zeroscillator
Doepfer R2 m² , A101-2², A114, A131², A133², A134²²,

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Perser | Eurorack Ambient

Published on Mar 19, 2017 Björn Bommersheim

"Very reduced ambient patch i did after listing to some music my best friend gave to me. Our friendship will last till the end of all days.

Chords build and sequenced with the make noise brains and pressure points and a melodic line done with mutable braids.

Patch notes:

Erica Synth Wogglebug
Mutable Instruments Clouds
Make Noise Math
Mutable Instruments Braids
EoWave Zone B.F.
Malekko Anti Oscillator
Pittsbourgh Dual VCA
Doepfer 143-9
Tiptop Audio z2040
Malekko Borg Filter
Make Noise Brains & Pressure Points
4MS Dual Looping Delay"