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Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 3:23 pm
by behndy
i feel sort of in the minority but.... i don't.... really like Mutables that much. love Rings, love Marbles. they are AMAZING.
but everything else i've had of his is.... meh at best?
ie, this is the second time with Plaits and i WANT to like it. just..... don't.
Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 4:36 pm
by Muse FTW
behndy wrote:i feel sort of in the minority but.... i don't.... really like Mutables that much. love Rings, love Marbles. they are AMAZING.
but everything else i've had of his is.... meh at best?
ie, this is the second time with Plaits and i WANT to like it. just..... don't.
Plaits recently clicked with me. I saw it less as THE VOICE (as I had previously seen Braids as) and more as a utility. Nothing else comes close to having so many usable voice options in such a small footprint. Basic mono osc? Check. Chords? Check. Percussion? Check? 10+ other modes? Yep. I'd like to find some space for Rings and Braids back in my system at some point, but I'm packed to the brim with modules as it is. I think I can lose a few modulators and chord stuff which I'm not using as often, but I wouldn't turn down a second Plaits at all. Plaits + Rings + Plonk would make for some really wild poly string emulation, now that I think about it... hmmm.
Always wanted to try out Tides, too, now that I think about it. Maybe he'll update Warps as well. Must reevaluate the rack.

Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 5:06 pm
by MrNovember
I've owned most of the Mutable modules so far and the only one I haven't gotten along with was the Warps. It just never really clicked. Some of the modes sounded good, though. I regret selling Ripples, Peaks, and Clouds and really want a Stages and this new Tides if I had the room.
Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 8:00 am
by kbit
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD_VwwBtru8[/youtube]
Excerpt from a recent performance.
Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 8:27 am
by greyscales
Really enjoyed that performance, kbit. Loved it actually.
Tides had never been on my radar before but seeing the new version with all of the different outputs is going to make me check it out. I guess I'm actually a Mutable fanboy now that I think about it. I really like the balance between complexity and simplicity on the newer modules. Plaits is so versatile in a smaller rack like mine.
Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 8:56 am
by MrNovember
greyscales wrote:Tides had never been on my radar before but seeing the new version with all of the different outputs is going to make me check it out. I guess I'm actually a Mutable fanboy now that I think about it. I really like the balance between complexity and simplicity on the newer modules. Plaits is so versatile in a smaller rack like mine.
I definitely agree. All of his modules are so immediately accessible and easy to use, but when you start pushing them, you can get really deep. Great balance and designs
Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 8:59 am
by worra
That was really really nice, kbit!
Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:44 am
by D.o.S.
Good to see you getting over that performance anxiety kibsy.
Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:37 am
by behndy
K-Bizz. dood. that was beauuuuuuuuuutifulllllllllll! thanks!
hurm. the TNSM is pretty awesome, but it's a lot of hp for such a limited amount of (linked) outs. only 6 hp more to swap for a Tetrapad and Planar 2. soooooo. those buggers are on the way.
just need Oscillasaurs to release the black face for Marbles then my shits is SOLID.
WOOT.
Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:55 am
by Muse FTW
kbit wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD_VwwBtru8[/youtube]
Excerpt from a recent performance.
This was excellent.
Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:24 am
by MrNovember
behndy wrote:K-Bizz. dood. that was beauuuuuuuuuutifulllllllllll! thanks!
hurm. the TNSM is pretty awesome, but it's a lot of hp for such a limited amount of (linked) outs. only 6 hp more to swap for a Tetrapad and Planar 2. soooooo. those buggers are on the way.
just need Oscillasaurs to release the black face for Marbles then my shits is SOLID.
WOOT.
Dibs on the Planar 2 flip!
Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:54 pm
by resincum
Muse FTW wrote:kbit wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD_VwwBtru8[/youtube]
Excerpt from a recent performance.
This was excellent.
that was fuckin angelic. album when?

Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 2:21 pm
by kbit
We might release that performance at some point, gotta talk about how we'd wanna do it a bit more. I got a couple solo tracks in the queue to be mastered, so that'll be a thing sometime soon I think.
Thanks for the love y'all

Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 5:10 pm
by behndy
MrNovember wrote:
Dibs on the Planar 2 flip!
lol. you're a DIRTY, DIRTY BOI.
yeshhhhhhhhhhh. ER-301 got here. got it in the rack, sitting down to Neil Parfait's intro vids now.
Morgasm should be here tomorrow, Planar and Tetra just shipped. zoooooooooom.
Re: Can we talk about modular synths?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:38 pm
by greyscales
Curious to hear about the Morgasmatron, behndy. I've been interested in the old version for a while and the new one seems even better, especially with that Rat-style distortion.