Can we talk about modular synths?

[behndy]

i WANT a Plonk. Transient is similar, been diving into that buggerererer.

......... but right now i'm going through and consolidating gigs and GIGS of one hits so i have easy grabbables for the BitBox. trying to get that done, then setup 3 or 4 presets that are grab and go kits to start with.

[MrNovember]

Yeah, I'm hoping to trade my Rings for a Plonk in a few months when people start flipping them

[behndy]

lol. well look at YOU. all SMARTY PANTS with your PATIENCE.

[Inconuucl]

I can give you plonk if you ask nicely.

Itsprobablynotthesameplonkyouretalkimgaboutbutitswhaticangiveeee

Jokes aside, I really want to see demos of it, since a karplus strong voice and noise is where I want to go with modular, once I start.

[MrNovember]

I'd take a plonk from you any day

[kbit]

Thinking about DIYing a module, stumbled on this. I think logic is a fascinating concept within the modular realm.

http://www.circuitstoday.com/logic-gates

[behndy]

uff. FINALLY. got like..... 3 gigs of vintage drum samples wittled down to half a gig. and sorted all fancy like. folder of BD's and SD's and HH's and what not, but then Origin Machine Specific kit folders as well.

annnnnnnd i am WAY too burnt after 4 hours of file organizing to do actual music stuff.

....... and still have WAY too much soft synth based samples to do later. MURGDGAJSNRGH.

[actual]

organizing is PRO.

[behndy]

lol. i was telling Dustet Butts today..... i fantasize about.... not about big butts or healthy sweater mufflins or multi-peen octi-attack capabilities.... but sitting down....in front of gear...... and just.... making.... music....

some day.

i BELIEVE.

[Warpsmasher]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxcTFrYo7KM[/youtube]
1. DeepDabbah - 0:00
2. SketchyBD - 6:40
3. VicTrollah - 11:46
4. Haunted Hive 15:35

Part one is a mix of sounds from the Trogotronic 669 and 679, Warps, and Peaks, with a heavy echo effect from the Rainmaker.
In part 2, the cartoon audio from the ipad is going through the Spectre. The Pico drums is going through the Hot Tubes overdrive and the Grunge cab sim mixer output.
Part 3 has more Trogotronic vs. Mutable sounds, and mangling of classical music loops with the Scooper. Pico Drums into Grunge distortion and cab sim.
In part 4, the infamous woggle oscillator is fuzzed up by the Great Destroyer, and patched into the Spectre for freezing/arpeggiating/pitch shifting. Demora covers the echo/reverb. The Spectre is being clocked and pitch modulated by the Voltage Memory. Additional pitch modulation from Doepfer A-118.

[behndy]

huh. for some reason Youtubes doesn't play audio no my desktop. weird. other sites do.

so,

01) sounds GOOD! even on smaller (really good for their size though, Harmon Cardon makes my mini tab/phone's speaks) Noise Amplification Boxes.

02) huh. watched the Stereo Field Knobs vidja on my phone, apparently my phone does stereo audio. NEAT.

03) Stereo Field ordered.

[Muse FTW]

I've been gone for a while, but in the last few months I've completely revamped my modular setup.

I'm still looking to get a Yarns so I can interface directly with my Digitakt since the uMIDI from Intellijel doesn't work 1:1.

I'm also very tempted by the Plonk.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOqOpodJzEg[/youtube]

Pics below:

NSFW: show

[Ruiner]

Warpsmasher and Muse FTW, both of you are killing it! Excellent work!

It's funny Muse, i actually watched your video yesterday after searching for some Monome videos since i'm considering going that route.

Warpsmasher, love the vocal choral sample going on during the 3rd track. Very cool!

[behndy]

yeah man. saw that on Muffs. so GOOOOOOD!

Monome is HAWT.

...... i still want a PolyEnd Seq.

why. WHY don't Stereo Fields ship till end of month?

[mr. sound boy king]

Module reviews.

LEP Cassa: This module sounds like the cassa circuit on the Leploop and Multicassa which means it is perfect. It rumbled all my shelving at high volumes, it destroyed itself at high resonance values.

Gieskes No Drums: This module sounds like a bad idea of drums. Without modulation, it becomes quite tedious. With modulation it becomes a delight. Option to turn osc A into LFO wins many awards at my house.

Meng-Qi Karp: This module sounds like a bad karplus algorithm which I think it actually is. So far it can make an impressive snare / hat / noise percussion sound and I know there are infinity sounds inside it but have not found them yet.

Doepfer 138b: This module mixes four signals and outputs one signal. Probably my favorite module so far.

Make Noise Wogglebug: I don't understand everything this module does yet but it modulated the No Drums and Karp delightfully. It output audio in a random way. It does what it says on the tin as far as I can tell and strikes me as a handy utility.

TipTop Trigger Riot: This module combines the fun of sequencing with the fun of turning knobs. Clock divider sequencers rank high with me and this one wins many awards at my house. I cannot think of what else I would want it to do in terms of spitting out delightful triggers which cause the noises to occur elsewhere. I would recommend this module to one who thinks he does not enjoy sequencing rhythmic triggers. A game changing module.

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Next time I will review:

Bastl Tea Kick
Bastl ABC
Microbe Equation Composer