Patch From Scratch: Percussion Synthesis

Hey everyone, I was waiting to do a patch from scratch, but right now seems like the correct time. So I chose percussion synthesis as my first one. It's a favorite past time of mine, using my analog rack to patch up a bunch of gnarly percussion voices.
Hopefully this helps everyone get a window inside my head to understand what all is going on when i'm patching and recording.
The kick drum is Schlappi Engineering Angle Grinder, FM voice is Angle Grinder being modulated by Happy Nerding HmVCO, the third voice is Interstellar Radio and the last voice is XAOC Belgrad for pinging.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to hit me up in the comments.
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[@rotadsr]

I think TH-cam must create undefined security copies for this video because it is so far the most amazing we can find here! Thank you soooooo much!

[@GrantBoss]

Thank you for watching, dude!

[@Goldkalb]

Thank you for sharing your routines and ideas, this is very helpful and transports alot of inspiration for my own workflow. Would love to see more videos of this kind!

[@GrantBoss]

No problem! Thank you for watching. I should have some more videos like this coming in the next couple of weeks!

[@Benjamin-fu4fl]

Man I’ve been looking for you for a long time. I love you’re work but then lost you’re name and absolutely could not find you. But I just did. Love you’re work.

[@corticallarvae]

Love your work

[@postsolarpunk]

Extremely satisfying, thanks for all the ideas Grant!

[@GrantBoss]

No problem! Thanks for watching.

[@kevinlong7630]

These types of videos are so helpful, keep them coming!!!

[@GrantBoss]

Thank you, super glad it was helpful.

[@briannielson971]

Dude! This is Awesome! Thanks for the breakdown definitely informative! and it sounds radical!

[@GrantBoss]

No problem! Very glad it was helpful.

[@xvi_am]

Very helpful, thank You, love your videos 🖤

[@GrantBoss]

Thank you, kindly! 🙏

[@hypnoz123]

Great walkthrough!

[@GrantBoss]

Thank you!

[@sugarwar4139]

Wow! That's amazing! The content is easy to understand!

[@GrantBoss]

Thank you! That’s the best compliment I could get. Very glad it was easy to digest.

[@sugarwar4139]

@@GrantBoss That's a great tip! Thanks!

[@blackdunes1]

Hell yeah! Thank you for doing that 🤘

[@GrantBoss]

No problem, thank you for watching!

[@equalequalslopezcartoons3702]

Great video 😅 I feel foolish now all that time I spent looking the perfect drum machine and it was already sitting in front of me.

[@GrantBoss]

That’s the amazing thing about modular. Now you gotta make some beats!

[@kirkyoung4147]

loved the bonus clouds biz

[@GrantBoss]

Thanks dude! Effects are 🤌🏻

[@endless_arps]

Yeah man 🔥🔥🔥

[@KentBuchla]

Yeah! Waiting for this one!

[@GrantBoss]

Izzzz gon be fuuuuuunnnnn!

[@KentBuchla]

just watched it. Can you explain what Boundary is? Also, congrats on placing in the Modular Challenge! Nice work!

[@GrantBoss]

Thanks dude! I’m excited to see what I get lol.
Boundary is half a slew based function generator, half 4q VCA, with some clever normalizations. The VCA sounds great and it’s the most plucky function generator I’ve ever used. It can essentially make any filter sound like a lpg it’s so tight.

[@sstrudeau]

Love this. I've pulled off some of these components w/ other modules (kick, FM, hats) but haven't tried the filter ping technique yet; once my rack is back together I'm going to give that a shot.
Love the noise out of Interstellar radio. I have a cheap Tesseract FM radio thing but have a hard time getting usable noise out of it.

[@GrantBoss]

Thank you! And I’m glad I could bring one more technique to the table for you. Interstellar radio has such a huge palette of tones, it’s great.

[@angeloboltini]

Maaaaan this is great! Gives some great insight not only in your sound design, but the sequencing as well. I just bought a Grids hoping it would get close to Mito... But your patterns do seem decidedly cooler. Gonna play with that some more, and save up for a Voltage Block! Thanks for sharing (:

[@GrantBoss]

Thanks dude, glad it was helpful.
Check out rcd as well, it’ll give you that funk you’re looking for.

[@angeloboltini]

@@GrantBoss I think I have one of those in either VCV or Mirack. Gonna check it out, thanks (:

[@valdir7426]

bought the interstellar radio I discovered through your videos (my very first sound module) and it's awesome; for full noise improv as well as for making complex drums; and as an effect too. Now I'm torn between making harsh noise or IDM.

[@GrantBoss]

The answer is always both! Lol
It’s such a great module with a massive pallet of sounds. Throw it into a reverb and try making it do chords! That is a really fun one.

[@conk971]

🔥🔥🔥

[@an_outskirt292]

ace!!

[@kirkyoung4147]

YUUUUUUH

[@mentaluntildawn2412]

Very inspiring kind of content. I really like how you balance between pure chaos and predicatability. It's so energetic that it's almost calm. Does that make sense?

[@benoftroy]

great patch, thank you so much for sharing!! I'm curious, what's the sequencer on the left side of your case you're using? and I'm curious about how it's clocked from Pam's. didn't look like a steady clock?

[@GrantBoss]

Thank you!
It’s a discontinued clock divider called Mito. The clock is receiving is just a 4x steady clock from Pam’s. The groove you’re hearing is coming from Mito itself.

[@Wouterferdinand]

09:48 what kind of generator would you need to create this perc sounds in Serum for example?

[@GeorgeLocke]

Awesome sauce. Where do you get your tomatoes?

[@djdozoz]

Which mode is Clouds in?

[@Goldkalb]

Thank you for sharing your routines and ideas, this is very helpful and transports alot of inspiration for my own workflow. Would love to see more videos of this kind!