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Eurorack Synthesizer ft Mutable Rings Roland TR 8 Barricade In this video Im having a go with Mutable Instruments Rings with the Roland TR-8. Rings is getting signal from Synth Box, V/Oct from Beatstep Pro and going through Timefactor Delay. DRUMS. Okay the TR-8 is getting Big Sky Reverb and gated by the Bastl Skis, rhythmic trigger by Bastl Little Nerd. Im really liking these Bastl modules! No, really. Bass sounds a little funky. The DNA is feeding the JP-6 VCF but gets lost underneath the percussion. So, yeah theres no mastering or EQ here. Recorded direct to Tascam DR-5. download file now

Evolving Chords Eurorack Synthesizer Performance Demo Performance using evolving chord changes with my custom DRE4MTR4CK Euro module. It has 4 independent tracks of polyphonic pitch control: Track 1: Pittsburgh Synth Box, internal filter Track 2: DNA Symbiotic Waves, JP-6 Filter clone Track 3: Disting MK3, Doepfer SEM filter Track 4: Rings, no filter. Clocking direct to envelopes, triggering pitch changes manually. Track 1 pitch CV is going through a PM Toolbox slew limiter. Mix is going to Timefactor delay. Recorded direct through a Mackie 802 to a Tascam DR-05. download file now

DRE4MTR4CK Eurorack Sequencer User Guide The DRE4MTR4CK is a simple and intuitive Pitch CV sequencer. It has 4 steps, and it has 4 Individual tracks. Each track has its own clock input, clock output, and Pitch CV output. In this way, it can behave like 4 completely independent sequencers. In this video I show how to use the DRE4MTR4CK in more detail. 0:00 Introduction 1:23 Installation Options Correction: the graphics say -5v when it should say +5v (positive 5v). 3:06 Boot-Up Defaults 3:32 Connections and Operations DRE4MTR4CK is a custom module built by hand. Full specs available on my previous post. download file now

Drum Machines Mutable Clouds Eurorack 3 Roland TR 8 In this video I run a Roland TR-8 direct to the Clouds input and use it to add space, texture and rhythmic motion to an otherwise standard grade drumlooop. Third in a video series demonstrating various drum machines with the Mutable Instruments Clouds. download file now

DRE4MTR4CK Eurorack Sequencer Module The DRE4MTR4CK is my custom Eurorack module that has been two months in development. DRE4MTR4CK is a simple and intuitive Polyrhythmic Organic Melody Progression Sequencer in a mere 12HP. It has 4 independent, externally clocked tracks with 4 steps each. Each track sends pitch CV to one of your VCO modules. With external clocking, you decide if timing is slow and dreamy, bouncy and up-tempo, or all out fury going into audio rates. Unused clock inputs are multiples from input 1. Clocking can be interrupted for a track by inserting a floating patchcord. Manually trigger a track step using the TRIG buttons. Intuitively build evolving chords or poly-rhythmic note progressions. Simple pattern modes and Octave transpose for each track provide seemingly endless note progression. Mix things up with Step reset and track data Rotate to re-circulate CVs among your VCOs. 16 memories are provided for program note data storage. Recall of programs during performan...

Eurorack Sequential Switch Demo I spent this past week building a Sequential Switch module for my Eurorack. In this video I talk about what a Sequential Switch can do, and then I demo a patch I made. If you havent seen it already check out Mylarmelodies excellent demo using a Sequential Switch to change up melody progressions on the fly at https://youtu.be/QbxaWluHXEU After watching his video I KNEW the Sequential Switch was damn cool and I HAD to build one for myself. It works by taking each input trigger pulse, and sequentially advances one of 4 signals to be routed to a bi-lateral destination. Mine is a clone, functionally anyways, of the Doepfer A-151. Although I found the schematics elsewhere. I generated a circuit board layout in Osmond Cocoa, made a prototype PCB and populated it for my own learning experience. It turns out the a Sequential Switch can do more than pass control voltages around, it can deal with audio signals as well. download file now

Eurorack Dual AR Envelope Project This is my Eurorack Dual AR Envelope. It takes a trigger/gate in and outputs a simple AR contour. Its not the snappiest attack in the west, but it gets the job done. My objective was to take a simple, cost-effective circuit that could fit on a 6HP panel. I wanted to build the Nonlinearcircuits Triad design, which has three AR envelopes, but did not want to do any SMT soldering. So I opted to layout my own through-hole PCB. I like their circuit for the simplicity, and it uses only easy-to-source parts that I already had on hand. The link to my adaptation of their design is HERE. I have included front panel, hole locations, and the original schematics for reference. I substituted BC547 NPN transistors on mine and they work fine. I measured current consumption at 25mA on +12v, 23mA on -12v, 5v is not used. I am not affiliated with Nonlinearcircuits. download file now

Drum Machines Mutable Clouds Eurorack 2 Linndrum LM 2 Second in the video series dedicated to granular re-synthesizing rhythm boxes with the Mutable Instruments Clouds. In this one the Linndrum gets the treatment. Be warned, these sounds go into bizarre uncomfortable noise territory. download file now

Eurorack Synthesizer Jam Mutable Rings Roland TR 606 Fracture In this video I jam on the Eurorack, a bit of chill electro house. Arpeggios: Mutable Instruments Rings to JP-6 Filter BP Mode + Timefactor delay Drums: Roland TR-606 + small amount of Big Sky Room reverb Bass: Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizer Box Sequencer: Arturia Beatstep Pro Mixer: Mackie 802-VLZ3 Recorded direct to Tascam DR-05 download file now