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Looks like we got another baffled expert here!

Aleatoric means being determined by chance rolling of dice, and this actually isn't that! The LFOs are running at fixed, steady rates, and the interaction between them is governing all events in the patch. Even the 8 Bit Cipher isn't random; it uses a digital shift register to generate gates & CV voltages from a single clock (or the interaction of two clocks) producing complexity out of very simple inputs.

@@JoshuaKennedy321 I see. so, no real chance elements here, then?

@@doctorauxiliary Well, the Cipher's math, despite being fairly basic, is beyond my control and might as well be random ... but if you knew the formula it was using, and kept careful track of the two inputs, then every event here is 100% predictable. I guess this is a good example of how just a few layers of complexity make a system that the average human can't keep track of. Even dice rolling isn't truly random because the dice are governed by the laws of physics. If you could build an accurate mathematical model of the dice and every environmental variable, then you would be able to predict every throw. But it's too complicated and it happens too quickly to see, so we call it "chance" and use simpler math (statistics and probability) to describe it.

It's that Clouds modular delay doing most of the surprising stuff. Clouds and its many clones are probably the most useful modules in all of Eurorack.

If it has a lot of menus, I doubt I would love it! I got rid of every screen in my rack except the Mordax Data.

Thanks! The complexity is deceptive, but it worked to my satisfaction.

I am going to have to fiddle with the Bella clock output settings because I could not get Grids to sync up with it. The weirdness in the middle resulted from over an hour of frustration of tempo not matching between Bella and Mission Control. I'm worried that changing the clock resolution will also "dumb down" the drum patterns like it does on Grids ... the available options are identical according to the manual.

@@JoshuaKennedy321 Uh oh. Clock issues are the worst! I can't get my RD-9 to sync either. It's a real pain.

That's the nicest way to put it. Thanks for listening!

Outputs are connected to inputs, but beyond that I don't think there was a correct way to build this patch.

Cool yes

MicroBrute is pretty good within its limits.

I was considering getting a LepLoop when I found this and realized what it was. LepLoop is _kinda_ the same thing, an analog groove box, but costs twice as much. I think the Lep synthesizer is probably more powerful, but the Anushri sequencer and drums are far superior.

I'll see what I can do ... Thanks for listening!

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the encouraging words.

Lubadh is like a tape recorder with variable speed control and instant jump-to-point. I should have been using it more all along.

@@JoshuaKennedy321 O k let's trade for something... I want. I want.

I'm willing to believe that has happened a few times!

Is that a factory where elves work, or a factory where elves are made? I was fascinated by how it sounds rhythmically disconnected at first, but then after a few seconds it seems to all lock in. I didn't notice that when I recorded it (because I had been listening to the patch for a WHILE by that point), and nothing changes - as you can see, the patch is running and I didn't touch anything except to fade up at the beginning and down at the end. I think this must be the audio equivalent of a Rorschach blot or something where the pattern suddenly "appears" after your ear has gotten used to hearing it.

Thanks! You're really digging into the archives, eh? I don't have that case anymore, but I do have all of the modules ... except the two that are featured in this video! I gave up on the PLL because I just didn't understand what it did and what I could use it for aside from making buzz sounds, and there was some kind of audio leakage in the Octal Poly because one of the VCAs wouldn't close all the way.

Thanks!

I forgot how detailed the SV-1 is for this kind of thing.

Everything old is new again!

It's definitely tighter and more controllable. Passive Operator is, as Patrick described it below "unhinged."

@@JoshuaKennedy321 "unhinged" certainly has its place, though.

I keep things longer than I should.

@@JoshuaKennedy321 me too!! I also take way too long to begin attempting to implement new things into my creative processes. so long that the stuff usually isn't even new anymore by the time I actually start using it.

@@doctorauxiliary Glad to know I'm not the only one! (glances nervously at still-unused Tracker)

@@JoshuaKennedy321 hahaha!! that tracker is a magickal gadget, joshua. it is rare that I take quickly to a new piece of musical machinery. (I'm a bit of a tech dodo. & I almost never read manuals. yes... I'm one of those people.) but the polyend tracker... I really did click with it immediately.

Ah, one step closer to world domination! Thanks

If it's any consolation, I listened to this for a lot longer than 15 minutes...

The Passive Operator is completely insane!

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

@@JoshuaKennedy321 :):)

Until I get it right!

Ah Bit Ranger, so easy to forget... I should dig that thing out and dust it off. Thanks for listening, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I've had that ribbon instrument for a while ... more than 2 years. It's been languishing in its shipping tube because I just didn't like it much, and believe it or not I felt like the theremin was easier to play. But then I pulled it out this June and I think I'm starting to appreciate it now.

I forgot to mention Bastl Kastle which is carrying the weight of the main rhythm part.

Not this time.

Wowww,,,it does have that sorta Cartoon vibe

The Operator is labeled a "drum synth" (and NOON was marketed as one too) but it's a compendium of surprising noises.

Good to know! Thanks.

Yeah, I think NOON is a little more tame, but that nice playing surface is hard to argue with.

I tried this exact same patch with the NOON (disconnected Operator, kept main rack exactly same & plugged all the cables into NOON instead - video maybe tomorrow). I'm thinking now that the way the Operator is built - with a patch bay instead of switches - encourages reckless experimentation and that's what makes it seem "wilder" than the NOON.

Thanks.

Can't go wrong that way!

Yes, the Trogotronic m/669 "Warthog" Originally it was being gated along with everything else, but I took it out and let it run free so there'd be something holding the mix together. It's making the static fizzles and radio whines.

Glad to know it! Thanks!

More Potential = More Potentiometers....hehe..................................................artgghhhh....i'm not a good comedian....lol....haha

@@rhampton1914 One can never go wrong with more knobs to twiddle!

It turned out somewhat reminiscent of some tracks on "Ohm"

Thanks a million!

Clouds still the best granular delay!

@@JoshuaKennedy321 very impressive!! with all the new granular devices that have been developed over the last 10 years since clouds came out... very impressive, indeed.