Staff Pick: WMD Metron and Voltera // Favorite Features

video upload by Patchwerks

"In today's stream Matthew from Patchwerks (aka EZBOT) talks about some of their favorite features from the WMD Metron and Voltera.

Get yourself a Metron from Patchwerks here: https://bit.ly/wmd_metron

https://www.patchwerks.com
Video by: Matthew Piecora (aka @EZBOT_ )"

WMD Resumes Operations & Branches off New Company AMMT Synthesis

via an intervew with WMD's William Mathewson over on Perfect Circuit

"We've got several layers of good news: 1) WMD is resuming operation; 2) There are plenty of new and old products in the works; and 3) Many WMD designs have branched off for production under a new company called AMMT Synthesis, headed by Mathewson and several of his colleagues from WMD (Alex Anderson, Matt Tanner, and Mason Malvinni). I'll start by saying that we don't expect to see new products in the wild from WMD or AMMT until sometime later this summer at the earliest; but we're beyond thrilled to hear that some of our favorites (Performance Mixer, Metron, and more) are going to be available once again, in a slightly updated form."

You can find the full interview over at Perfect Circuit here.

Jam with the PULSAR-23 from SOMA Laboratories with METRON and Per4mer

video upload by Trovarsi

"This was the patch I submitted for the Modular World Pulsar-23 Spotlight. All the sounds are from the Pulsar. One of the voices is patched through the Trshmstr by WMD then into the Befaco HexMix. The bass/lead voice is patched through the Per4mer by Modbap Modular. All voices are being sequenced with the Metron by WMD."

WMD Metron - Firmware Update 1.5 - Quick Reference Guide

video upload by WMDevices

"A video with no fluff showing how to access the new features in Metron Firmware 1.5."

WMD Metron - Firmware update 1.5 - In depth overview


"The long awaited firmware update for the WMD Metron is finally here including many user-requested features including voltage toggling, the ability to copy a gate pattern to a voltera enable pattern, random voltage generation, smooth mode, and per-step slide!

Download Firmware 1.5 here: https://wmdevices.com/products/metron"

WMD Winding Down Production and Closing Shop w/ Announcement of Three New Modules

via WMD

3 new modules are available for preorder now! More info, and videos to come soon! Each of these products will be a limited run. Once they’re gone, they’re gone! Preorder today at wmdevices.com.
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We also have some important and not so exciting news. Due to the state of the world, WMD is planning to wind down production and close by the end of the year. We have these new modules and a bit more stuff coming, but that’s all we can do. Please read the post linked in our bio before flooding the comments with questions.
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Huge thanks to everyone that’s ever supported us, we appreciate it so, so much. We will be conducting biz as usual for the next few months, supporting products, firmware for Metron, attending Velocity, and Knobcon showing the new products and hanging with friends.
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Freq Boutique and Patched Out will continue to happen as well. Come party with us tomorrow at Freq if you can!
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Get your orders in, lots of stuff is discounted right now, please help us push through the next few months so we can land as smoothly as possible.
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We love y’all.
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WMD.
#eurorack #modularsynth #modularsynthesizer

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Interview with William Mathewson (WMD) - live transitions in Eurorack modular for live performance

video upload by WMDevices

"Playing a live set is a challenge and when it comes to live electronic music on hardware instruments, the set of challenges become unique. One of our goals here at WMD is to make instruments that are fun to interact with in real time, and get to be played like a traditional instrument. Another goal is to create tools that allow for preparation, making live performance less stressful and more fun.

In this video, Alex talks with William Mathewson, the WM of WMD (William Mathewson Devices), about how he prepares for a live set. We take an inside look at how he uses the WMD Metron, Voltera, and Rossum Assimil8or module to create a unique palette of sounds that moves subtly from one song to the next. William's style requires lots of preparation and for him to write an entire set worth of music at once in a linear fashion, rather than one song at a time, and much different than a totally improvised performance."

Starter Kits | Episodes 03 - 05

Starter Kits | Episode 03 | Production Value
video by Cinematic Laboratory

"In this episode I'll give Plaits a final run, teaming up with Frames, Blades and Beads. I wanted to try and create a full track using Beatstep Pro & Ableton Live with Plaits as the only oscillator (and Beads for some effects). It's a weird futuristic track, but hey, it must sound 'minimal modular'. Uploaded earlier today, but I wanted to take out some things I am not sure about yet."

Starter Kits | Episode 04 | Bloom, Pico System III, Desmodus Versio

video by Cinematic Laboratory

"After three episode of Plaits it's time to go analog with the 'westcoast' inspired Erica Synths Pico System III, Qu-Bit Bloom sequencer and the insane Desmodus Versio reverb. The workflow is completely different and you'll have to make your sounds from scratch. It sounds completely different too! Technically, it's three modules, but Pico System III has 13 'pico' modules stacked away under one faceplate. So it's definitely a mini-modular with huge potential, but you have to discover it yourself!"

Starter Kits | Episode 05 | VPME Quad Drums & friends
video by Cinematic Laboratory

"In this episode I've joined Pamela's new workout and Mimetic Digitalis with the 'canned fun' Quad Drums module from VPME. If you have to start small, this is a great module to get totally eurorack addicted. I also makes it very easy to explain why modular synths are so cool.

There's a snippet of WMD Metron in the video to explain the difference between Pam's clock magic and a full rhythm sequencer. If making beats is your true love, then Metron will help you to build your ultimate modular drum machine patterns."

All episodes here

Noise Acquisition Syndrome

Cinematic Laboratory

"Today I took the Noise Engineering Iteritas & Versio family for an industrial jam, with some valuable help from WMD Metron, TrshMstr & Arpitecht."

Eurorack Techniques: Chords with Modular

Patchwerks Seattle

"In this video resident expert Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT) shares with us a few techniques for making and controlling chords in a eurorack system. Chords in eurorack can be complex and difficult to control, luckily there is stepped voltage and quantizers to help reign in control over our chordal melodies. This video features WMD Metron, WMD Arpitecht, WMD Triad, WMD Voltera, Mutable Instruments Plaits, Acid Rain Technologies Chainsaw, WMD C4RBN, WMD Performance Mixer, and the Blue Lantern Simple ADSR.

Order WMD Metron here: https://bit.ly/pw-metron
Order WMD Voltera here: http://bit.ly/wmd_voltera
Order WMD Arpitecht here: http://bit.ly/wmd_arpitecht
Order WMD C4RBN here: http://bit.ly/wmd_c4rbn
Order WMD Triad here: http://bit.ly/wmd_triad
Order WMD Performance Mixer here: http://bit.ly/wmd_performance_mixer
Order Mutable Instruments Plaits here: https://bit.ly/mutable_plaits
Order Acid Rain Technologies Chainsaw here: http://bit.ly/acidrain_chainsaw

https://patchwerks.com/
Video by: Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT)
https://www.ezbot.live"

EZBOT's Favorite eurorack sequencer ~ WMD Metron/Voltera

EZBOT

"In this video I gush about my love for WMD's Metron and Voltera. They are the closest thing I have found to the Elektron sequencer in modular. I also give a tutorial on how to use both the Metron and Voltera as I am gushing."

WORNG Parallax & Vertex Stereo Filter and VCA Jam

Perfect Circuit

"In this patch the stereo bassline is created by patching the a Zlob Dual VCO into the Worng Vertex VCA and then into the Parallax filter. The Vertex and Parallax are both stereo so we were able to tune the two oscillators of the Dual VCO to different pitches and send one to the left and one to the right channel. Then the XAOC Batumi LFO is being synched to the Metron sequencer to modulate the Vertex and Parallax, this is adding gating and filtering to create a bass which has a wide stereo field and stereo modulation. The WMD Metron is used to sequence the Endorphines BLCK_NOIR drums.

The Worng Vertex and Parallax both take mono or stereo inputs and their controls have both an overall control and a skew control that adds a difference between the control for the left and right channels. This allows both regular control over a stereo signal or sounds that move around the stereo field. The Parallax is a lowpass filter with 12 and 24db/octave outputs with CV control of both cutoff and resonance.

Parallax available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/worng-...

Vertex available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/worng-..."

WMD METRON S. Bus Tutorial - Using METRON with Malekko Voltage Block

Published on May 29, 2020 WMDevices

"WMD Metron is a 16 track Trigger and Gate sequencer with tons of deep features, real-time control, and a very easy to use interface.

METRON can be expanded to have up to 64 CV tracks as well by adding the Voltera expander (4 CV tracks per Voltera)

Metron also sends commands via S.BUS to communicate to other modules that are on the same powered bus board. These messages are MIDI program changes that are primarily used for recalling presets on other modules using the METRON interface.

In this video, Alex goes through how to set up your METRON to send these program changes to the Malleko Voltage Block, allowing you to change the Voltage Block's presets remotely and automatically from METRON. this is great for a Eurorack live performance, where you are using METRON as the master sequencer, but would like to recall presets on your voltage block. METRON's S.BUS function allows you to send multiple messages in one sequence, per variation, or per track. Eseentially treated as a 17th track, you can also change the pattern length of the S.BUS track independent of the other tracks, meaning you can have a polymetric feel to your program changes."

Superbooth 20HE: WMD Axxent, Time Warp and Sl3kt

Published on Apr 26, 2020 sonicstate

"In this video we hooked up with WMD’s Alex to check out their new modules for 2020. First of all we looked at Axxent which is an expander for WMD’s Metron trigger sequencer. Axxent gives you 16 extra accent tracks for the Metron sequencer. Taking the trigger count of Metron up to 32!!

Time warp is a two channel gated slew module. When a trigger is present the module will slew a cv signal, it can also be switched so that instead of slewing when a gate is present it can slew all the time and not slew when the gate is present. It also has a host of other features, let Alex walk you through it all…

We also took a look at WMD’s new 3 channel switch module S3lekt. All three modules are below $200. For more information check out WMD."

WMD: Introducing AXXENT - Axxent expander for METRON Sequencer

Published on Apr 17, 2020 WMDevices

via WMD

"AXXENT is an expander module for the METRON trigger and gate sequencer and adds 16 "accent" gate outputs. Each track is specifically tied to METRON tracks, making it a very intuitive addition to any METRON sequencing ecosystem.

Use AXXENT to send signals to additional envelopes, slews, drum accents, and other gate triggered functions.

METRON will need its Firmware updated to support AXXENT."

WMD Eurorack Drum Machine With The New Crater Kick Drum + Tiptop Audio Effects Modules

Published on Dec 27, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"This jam pairs WMD's Metron, their full arsenal of drum modules, Mutable's Plaits, and Tiptop's new ZVERB and ECHOZ effect modules to create a heavy-hitting drum machine in just 104hp of space. With the recent introduction of WMD's Crater, we needed to see just how huge a WMD drum machine could sound.

WMD's four drum modules work in tandem to produce an entire kit's worth of unique, articulate, and highly detailed percussion sounds. Chimera produces metallic sounds using a purpose-built granular engine pre-loaded with samples of everyday objects; Fracture uses a similar engine for scattered, particulate tones. Crucible is a physically-modeled cymbal module, capable of producing sound ranging from realistic ride cymbals to impossibly large metal sheets. Crater, the newest member of the WMD drum family, utilizes a combination of analog and digital components to produce huge, powerful kicks with the impact of a 909 but the body of an 808.

Tiptop's ZVERB and ECHOZ provide tailored versions of effects from their years of development on the Z-DSP multi effect module, while the Metron keeps everything moving while the MSCL glues the mix together."

https://www.perfectcircuit.com/

Modular Demo: What can I do with a small Eurorack? My 120hp Modular Synth Setup

Published on Dec 16, 2019 Mitch Lantz

"This is a rundown of how I use my 120hp Modular Synthesizer including some improvisation.
Find this build with all the modules seen here on Modular Grid - https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/v...

Modules Used:
4ms SWN, Listen 4
WMD Metron, Voltera, Crucible, Fracture
Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas Alter
Erica Synths Pico Mix and VCF1"

WMD METRON - Firmware V1.3 Available Now!

Published on Nov 26, 2019 WMDevices

"A new firmware update is available for the WMD METRON. Users must update their METRON to this firmware to ensure that VOLTERA, the Metron CV expander, will function correctly."

METRON V1.3 CHANGELOG

-NEW SBUS USER INTERFACE
-COMPOSE SCENE MODE
-NEW END OF PATTERN MEMORY LOAD
-VOLTERA
-DUPLICATE TRACK TO ITSELF FOR PLENGTH DUP: REMOVED
-CLEAR BUTTON NOW EXITS YOU TO THE MAIN EDITOR, EVEN IN RECORD
-SINGLE TRACK VIEW NOW LATCHES RELIABLY
-GROUP PROBABILITY NOW SAVES WITH THE SESSION
-MATRIX ACTIONS ARE NOW ON RELEASE
-ERASING MEMORY SLOTS SHOWS IMMEDIATELY
-ENTER FX FILL DIRECTLY FROM MEMORY MODE

WMD DESIGN UPDATE: Crater & Voltera Coming to Knobcon

Published on Sep 5, 2019 WMDevices

"In prepping for this weekend's Knobcon synthesizer convention, we thought it approprate to update you on our new designs!

NOTE: In a rush to get this video out, I accidentally left a take in where I say the same thing twice about Voltera. Sorry about that y'all!

CRATER is our new Bass drum / kick drum module that we have been working on for the past few months. Designed to be powerful and polished at the same time using an analog / digital hybrid technique.

VOLTERA is a 4 channel CV expander for METRON that adds 4 channels of quantized or unquantized CV. In this video, Alex does a basic How-To over the video."

WMD Arpitecht and METRON - Work flow examples, tips and tricks!

Published on Jun 28, 2019 WMDevices

"The WMD Arpitecht was designed a few years ago and was originally conceived as a quantizer. We realized quickly that there was much more to be done with this concept and that it could be a powerful bass line and melody generator when used with the right equipment.

In this video, Alex goes into use case for Arpitecht and how it partners well with the METRON eurorack trigger and gate sequencer. Starting with simple quantizing of an external sequence and then diving deep into arpeggio generation, how to use it to it's full potential to create cool, moving bass lines and melodies."

WMD Eurorack Drum machine and Empress Effects Zoia

Published on Jun 17, 2019 WMDevices

"Mixing worlds between guitar pedals and modular synths is a super fun way to get more out of a minimal set up.

In this video, WMD Metron is in control of a 4 channel drum machine. Each of our drum modules, Chimera, Fracture, and Crucible are running through the WMD/SSF Blender 4 channel mixer with 2 drums going to Left and 2 drums to the right.

The ZOIA is receiving CV (gate signals) and Audio from this @wmdevices Eurorack drum machine. The Gate signal from Metron is triggering an ADSR envelope on the ZOIA. This ADSR opens a filter connected to a randomized polyphonic chord on the ZOIA made possible using the new scale options on the ZOIA’s quantizer tied to a single random LFO.

ZOIA is processing 2 separate channels of audio with 2 drum tracks on the Left channel and 2 drum tracks on the right, each channel has separate effects going into the ZOIA’s mixer and lastly into a stereo reverb on the ZOIA."