Can we talk about modular synths?

[kbit]

I made a tiny system in modulargrid for the AMBS Building imaginary systems is fun.

....I've been doing this, too

rhythmic loop synth (blank panels for logic):

[behndy]

finally plugged up the Stereo Field. i dunno, i dig it so far? could be a bit more verbose, but it's interesting to fuck around with.

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I see you're manipulating the Digitakt's output yeah? Are you also controlling ya modular with it? How does it fare as an actual instrument?

yessuh! running the DT through it.

it's a noisy mess machine? in a good way? but that's pretty much the extent i've dived into it.

[qersty]

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Has anyone heard of this? I like the concept because I really dig music made in trackers like breakcore and shit and it is cool someone adapted it to modular. even though i cant use a tracker

[Inconuucl]

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Has anyone heard of this? I like the concept because I really dig music made in trackers like breakcore and shit and it is cool someone adapted it to modular. even though i cant use a tracker

Make sure to remove the s in https, my dove.

[Ruiner]

I was thinking the easiest solution is just routing individual outs of each track to an outboard mixer with individual outs and running that through the inputs on my interface to the DAW but also heard that's going to degrade the sound and not the best way to do it...

It is possible that the advice you are getting here might have used the word destructive and you thought the word degraded. It should be possible to use a mixer in line between your Euro and DAW and not degrade anything, but your edits will be destructive, meaning you can’t undo them in post production. Apologies if I’m making wrong assumptions here.

Could be, i don't remember. I think i'll just try it. I get what you're saying about not needing it both ways in some sense. Many mixes that i'm just doing for myself or fun or to share or whatever i'll just go straight from the stereo outs on my eurorack. The stuff I want to put out on an album may need many parts and re-use of the same modules in various ways so it makes more sense to piece it together in the DAW. I just like much of it to be free flowing and then add to it but almost recording parts as a live mix that develop as they happen instead of preconceived so it does make sense for me to have the attenuation and muting capabilities. I can get what i want just running to an outboard mixer so i may just do that..... however, it may be smartest to take advantage of my ADAT input on my Apollo 8 which will give me 8 more tracks that i can always keep plugged in and keep the other 8 open for non eurorack things. That's why the ES modules or a mixer with ADAT out is intriguing.

[resincum]

anyone know what they use in Endon? not like it really matters when it's a barrage of sound, but they're blowing my mind right now and I'm super curious. saw on octatrack in one of their videos with loads of euro. thinking about driving to Las Vegas next week to see them with Boris and Torche

[Warpsmasher]

I also just do a stereo mix, either through my A&H mixer/interface, or with the Roland Torcido. The Rolands put out beautiful digital audio, and I get the best recordings directly from them, but they have a latency problem with my current computer that is just too much, so I have to monitor the audio output instead of the digital if I go that route. I only use them for recording now when I need to record a mixdown of four stereo signals (which I have found to be a pretty comfortable limit for straight stereo recording). I have a much greater appreciation for mono since starting the rack though, and try to get more of it into my mixes now. Mixing four stereo delay outputs can get muddy, and it's easy to overdo it when you're in the 600 HP zone. I have a shitload of in-rack mixing available, which I try to use as much of as possible before hitting the mixdown stage. I have been trying lately to get it down to one stereo output from the rack, and anything additional through dirt pedals and into the mixer/interface's mono jacks. The main use I've been getting from that method lately is, I stack a copy of an audio signal such as drums or bassline sound out to the Hot Tubes for a cleanish boost, and on through the cab sim of the Grunge, so I have a nice beefed up extra track to fade in if the main/fx'd one gets lost in the mix. The options for multiplying and enhancing any one signal can become mind-boggling in a minute, and be used for all sorts of crazy and creative stuff, but simple multi-tracking in the mix really opens up the door for quality of sound.

Gonna have to rave about the DPLR for a minute here...this is a beautiful analog delay, that stacks amazingly with digital modular delays such as the Rainmaker and Demora. One of my goals with eurorack was to find something more fun and user-friendly than the Eventide Eclipse, Space, Timefactor, Pitchfactor, etc. and build up a heavenly delay and reverb paradise...and I now feel that the DPLR is the most important piece in that puzzle. Not the Rainmaker, not the Demora, or Clouds, or any other digital bigboy. Why, well because it's analog bbd and just sounds fucking mmmmmph. One of the big appeals of Eurorack is the choices between analog and digital modules...oscillators, filters...and yes delays. All the great delay patches in the Eclipse were stacked or mixed multiple delay signals, with filters and LFOs going on them, envelopes, EQing, sidechaining, just crazy deep shit. With a little focus, that level can definitely be reached in the rack. The Rainmaker makes some Eclipse-level stuff a lot more accessible, and along with other 'multi' type effects like Clouds, it can easily take your train of thought towards what else can be accomplished, and with what. Simple delay stacking is just blissful with the DPLR, because it brings that analog flavor to every patch it's a part of, including mixes with more powerful digital delays. It is actually the module I most look forward to hearing now when I fire up the racks. Hell, I bet you could get just as wild and amazing type of sounds from a Pico DSP and DPLR combo (total 7HP) as you could from a Rainmaker. Totally different sound palette, but the results could be just as epic...or better and more plentiful, because EASE OF USE.
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[Dark Barn]

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Has anyone heard of this? I like the concept because I really dig music made in trackers like breakcore and shit and it is cool someone adapted it to modular. even though i cant use a tracker

I caught that video the other day and it has me pretty interested. I love sequencers, and music tracker sequencing was something I was ignorant of until seeing this video. Now I really want to try one, if I ever see one pop up used it will be difficult to resist.

When I watch this guys videos though I squirm a little. He’s talented but, we can’t be friends.

[behndy]

urf. that guy is..... yeah. we can't be friends is a very nice way to put it. mad skeelz though suh.

trackers are.... interesting. i got my head a LITTLE around the software one (can't remember the name, the main one?). it comes with a good demo version so you might want to try that first?

[qersty]

Renoise? I have tried noodling around in Buzz a bit and it's interesting, very different from modern sequencer software but i like how it isnt locked in timesigs
Also yah his videos are ...something

[Invisible Man]

I don't understand why YT works that way. Frenetic editing, people acting like they're starting out on a massive coke bender, tons of hand gestures. It's a very specific affect that I only see on those videos.

WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME

[resincum]

RIGHT. those milisecond cuts between breaths piss me off too

[Inconuucl]

I love the possibilities, but I think I've stated in this very thread how much I want to punch Trackers in the face. Too much diving on menus, it's the same problem I have with the 1010Music Toolbox, which just makes a system feel like Ableton Live.

But I don't know, maybe the interface would win me over in person.

Edit: That guys studio is so messy it's giving me anxiety thinking I would accidentally topple everything.

[MrNovember]

Edit: That guys studio is so messy it's giving me anxiety thinking I would accidentally topple everything.

I'd be more afraid of electrocuting myself. Some of the stuff he's built is downright dangerous. Cool, but dangerous.
I could probably be friends with him, but only if I was a permanent 4-5 drinks in and/or on whatever he's on

I want this though:
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[behndy]

holy burning duck butts i dunno how long term useful it will be but i WANT this -

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbNemHJlaCI/