When cv is stuck in the knobs become attenuators but the knob setting that I had changes to zero (the cv is not “added” to the position I had). This design behavior is different from my other modules. Any advice?
thanks, that's definitely my whole point and approach. To try and teach things and share ideas in not just a technical but a musical way. I can't promise you'll never see a cactus, in fact I've made several "ambient synth gardens" for a joke in some videos. Fun to get silly with that stuff sometimes.
AJH Synth. Truly great modules and great customer service (in the rare and unfortunate event that you should need it). My favorite ready-made module maker and NLC for DIY. Thanks for the video! Outstanding, as always.
This is a fantastic module. Nice work AJH. Having used a pair of Electric Druid LFOs extensively for the last year or so, I have to say this is a great iteration that kept all of the features I like.
Also built one around the stomp LFO chip. The depth control is the thing that chip has that this one doesn't. Lots of fun to be had voltage controlling depth
One cool use of the waveform twist that I have discovered is to use the module as a clock source. Set the waveform to square and modulate wave twist. It pushes your clock around in interesting ways but you still have an underlying consistency of an unchanging rate.
Hi Ben, that sounds like an excellent use case. Some looseness / freedom with the tempo while retaining something constant about it. However if the thing you're clocking takes the rising edge of the pulse the rest of the pulses width should have no affect? ... does this work with everything you can clock in your system or just some specific things?
@@DivKid I've been using it to clock the 0-CTRL, which is just taking the rising edge. It's still a cool way to clock a sequencer because it moves those sequenced notes around when you modulate it but still within that constant overall tempo. External clocking of the 0-CTRL also frees up the speed knob to change the length of the envelopes that the 0-CTRL creates without changing the tempo of the sequence. I reckon this is an under-utilized aspect of that sequencer. I have also been sending a copy of the 'clock' from the Tap LFO to CV mixer and blending a little bit of it with other modulation sources to the send that CV mix to the filter. This means you get a bit of that full pulse width effecting the sound too.
I need complex modulations for the Haken Audio Matrix module. I just receive the AJH multi burst Env yesterday but now I think I've to try this one too.. Nice vid, thanks Ben !
I really love using mad LFOs to drive modulation on things like the BIA and Akemie's Taiko to create strange beats. My favourite wave shape is probably the one simulating a bouncing ball with gravity. Think I'll take the concepts here and try and use them in VCV Rack or Bitwig to output crazy complex LFOs via ES-3 into my modular. As fun as it looks £250 for a single LFO is a bit rich for my blood. If I get four LFOs for £60 with a Doepfer A-145-4 and sum them via a Maths I can get a lot of variation and it's really tweakable especially if you loop in something like a Rides in the Storm QUA to attenuate them.
I love everything about 2HP, save the HP. I wonder if even 2HP has an all 2HP case. My hands are just too big to have much 2HP that requires much touch. I use a iPad stylus to turn the knobs on my 2HP modules. The rubber tip on the stylus acts like a little gripper.
Fav lfo is prob a sine that’s been warped to be asymmetrical… really gives musical results. I like to modulate pitch that way.., attenuate down to one or two percent!
Thanks for the great video. Saw this on Modular Grid and it looks really interesting. I am working out a small system for a Palette case and I think this would spicer up modulation.
My favourite waveshape is either sawtooth or sine, and I love to apply it to my filters. I'm sure that I can apply it to my quad VCA, too, but heck if I know how to. Ben, if you have done a video about the versatility of VCA's, I'd love to see it and be educated and inspired. Let me take a look...
Videos with lots of VCA stuff ... this one came to mind first - th-cam.com/video/wkdQX6Q_vnA/w-d-xo.html - might be the most helpful. Rabbit Hole - yes it's a tube distortion but most of it is VCA based. th-cam.com/video/odgjnRGYYyk/w-d-xo.html all VCA demos, patches will apply to most VCAs. MM VCA - th-cam.com/video/YN0P7u0vHGEh/w-d-xo.htmlttps://th-cam.com/video/X-BHRjfrgwM/w-d-xo.html 3x VCA - th-cam.com/video/YN0P7u0vHGE/w-d-xo.html Black Quad VCA - th-cam.com/video/hxFzsd94XR8/w-d-xo.html MA VCA - th-cam.com/video/xHL463pxurM/w-d-xo.html
Novice questions here: is it possible to slow this lfo down for even longer drones using a utility module/negative voltage? How low can this lfo go this way & on its own?
@@DivKid is it possible using other modules to adjust the voltage & make the lfo longer? I'm trying to figure out how negative voltage can create very slow lfos
as I say it's limited, I should have said in the circuit (to be clear) which means it will not go any lower with negative voltages. 0.05Hz is the limit however you try to get slower.
Love square wave LFO’s. Something about the sudden, strict, rhythmic feel. One of my favorite uses is that I made a patch that was the same pitch/velocity signal going to two different patches, essentially, but then using a square wave LFO to alternate between which patches’ audio was going through at a time so that they weren’t playing together at the same time. Sort of a poor man’s wavesequencing.
Hey just letting you know there is a certain troll who is calling out modular as useless, because they think a DSI Mopho can do what modular can? You know, and I know they don't know what they're talking about. Most people who have never used modular do not understand signal flow to begin with. Keep up the great work.
It would be beneficial to see how you patched many examples through a diagram for the paid patrons. As incredible as it sounded, it was a bit bewildering. At times the explanations aren't enough without the whole visual context. It would be great to pan the camera to a zoomed-out state for a second so that one could pause the video to see the patches. It might not be 100% clear, but it'll add more context for the novice and intermediate. Thanks for your content!
Hello, I'm available for Patreon supporters very regularly so feel free to chat and ask questions and I'll do my best to walk through additional patch details and any questions. I replied to your comment on Patreon too but as I said there, our Discord community is the best place as I am in there multiple times a day with the community to chat and take questions. In case you don't see that but do see this though ...any specific part of the patches you'd like to talk about?
Fav LFO shape: Triangle. Its like the vanilla ice cream of LFO shapes but it just works.
AJH makes such great modules. Can't go wrong with any of them.
Ben, as usual, an excellent demo and explanation. Thanks. You’re an institution in the Eurorack community.
💙just bought one based on your review.
Hope the video gives you some nice patch ideas to try out, thanks!
Ajh modules are becoming very appealing. Fun, quick hands on, creative patching. Great vid thx!
well said. AJH definitely do great work throughout.
When cv is stuck in the knobs become attenuators but the knob setting that I had changes to zero (the cv is not “added” to the position I had). This design behavior is different from my other modules. Any advice?
I love your videos as I actually learn something, the patches are always musical - and not a cactus or succulent in sight....legit!
thanks, that's definitely my whole point and approach. To try and teach things and share ideas in not just a technical but a musical way.
I can't promise you'll never see a cactus, in fact I've made several "ambient synth gardens" for a joke in some videos. Fun to get silly with that stuff sometimes.
@@DivKid haha! I wonder if ambient synth garden is still available as a handle on insta 🤔
AJH Synth. Truly great modules and great customer service (in the rare and unfortunate event that you should need it). My favorite ready-made module maker and NLC for DIY. Thanks for the video! Outstanding, as always.
thank you, glad you liked the video and AJH certainly do fantastic work.
This is a fantastic module. Nice work AJH. Having used a pair of Electric Druid LFOs extensively for the last year or so, I have to say this is a great iteration that kept all of the features I like.
Yes I built a very similar module with the electric druid chip. Haven't really explored it so this video is inspiring.
Also built one around the stomp LFO chip. The depth control is the thing that chip has that this one doesn't. Lots of fun to be had voltage controlling depth
In combination with the offset.
One cool use of the waveform twist that I have discovered is to use the module as a clock source. Set the waveform to square and modulate wave twist. It pushes your clock around in interesting ways but you still have an underlying consistency of an unchanging rate.
Hi Ben, that sounds like an excellent use case. Some looseness / freedom with the tempo while retaining something constant about it.
However if the thing you're clocking takes the rising edge of the pulse the rest of the pulses width should have no affect? ... does this work with everything you can clock in your system or just some specific things?
@@DivKid I've been using it to clock the 0-CTRL, which is just taking the rising edge. It's still a cool way to clock a sequencer because it moves those sequenced notes around when you modulate it but still within that constant overall tempo. External clocking of the 0-CTRL also frees up the speed knob to change the length of the envelopes that the 0-CTRL creates without changing the tempo of the sequence. I reckon this is an under-utilized aspect of that sequencer.
I have also been sending a copy of the 'clock' from the Tap LFO to CV mixer and blending a little bit of it with other modulation sources to the send that CV mix to the filter. This means you get a bit of that full pulse width effecting the sound too.
0:34 0:53 Are there examples using AJH Sonic XV Filter? Which OSC? SSF Zero Point Oscillator?
I need complex modulations for the Haken Audio Matrix module. I just receive the AJH multi burst Env yesterday but now I think I've to try this one too.. Nice vid, thanks Ben !
I can imagine these modules working with the Haken module, certainly keen to try that one out for myself too.
I really love using mad LFOs to drive modulation on things like the BIA and Akemie's Taiko to create strange beats.
My favourite wave shape is probably the one simulating a bouncing ball with gravity.
Think I'll take the concepts here and try and use them in VCV Rack or Bitwig to output crazy complex LFOs via ES-3 into my modular.
As fun as it looks £250 for a single LFO is a bit rich for my blood. If I get four LFOs for £60 with a Doepfer A-145-4 and sum them via a Maths I can get a lot of variation and it's really tweakable especially if you loop in something like a Rides in the Storm QUA to attenuate them.
2hp pluck has a polyphonic overlap too
I love everything about 2HP, save the HP.
I wonder if even 2HP has an all 2HP case.
My hands are just too big to have much 2HP that requires much touch. I use a iPad stylus to turn the knobs on my 2HP modules. The rubber tip on the stylus acts like a little gripper.
[plays jaw dropping bassline with sweet on-the-fly warbles]
“It’s just a fun one.”
🔥
haha thanks!
Looks like a great module, I’ll be getting one
Hi Chris, enjoy it when it arrives.
Fav lfo is prob a sine that’s been warped to be asymmetrical… really gives musical results. I like to modulate pitch that way.., attenuate down to one or two percent!
that sounds like a nice natural vibrato effect, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the great video. Saw this on Modular Grid and it looks really interesting. I am working out a small system for a Palette case and I think this would spicer up modulation.
My favourite waveshape is either sawtooth or sine, and I love to apply it to my filters. I'm sure that I can apply it to my quad VCA, too, but heck if I know how to. Ben, if you have done a video about the versatility of VCA's, I'd love to see it and be educated and inspired. Let me take a look...
Videos with lots of VCA stuff ...
this one came to mind first - th-cam.com/video/wkdQX6Q_vnA/w-d-xo.html - might be the most helpful.
Rabbit Hole - yes it's a tube distortion but most of it is VCA based. th-cam.com/video/odgjnRGYYyk/w-d-xo.html
all VCA demos, patches will apply to most VCAs.
MM VCA - th-cam.com/video/YN0P7u0vHGEh/w-d-xo.htmlttps://th-cam.com/video/X-BHRjfrgwM/w-d-xo.html
3x VCA - th-cam.com/video/YN0P7u0vHGE/w-d-xo.html
Black Quad VCA - th-cam.com/video/hxFzsd94XR8/w-d-xo.html
MA VCA - th-cam.com/video/xHL463pxurM/w-d-xo.html
Blimey, thank you, Ben.@@DivKid
no problem, any questions let me know and enjoy the VCA patching.
Luv 2 wub
Novice questions here: is it possible to slow this lfo down for even longer drones using a utility module/negative voltage? How low can this lfo go this way & on its own?
Hi Brian, it's limited to 0.05Hz (a 20 second cycle)
@@DivKid is it possible using other modules to adjust the voltage & make the lfo longer? I'm trying to figure out how negative voltage can create very slow lfos
as I say it's limited, I should have said in the circuit (to be clear) which means it will not go any lower with negative voltages. 0.05Hz is the limit however you try to get slower.
Love square wave LFO’s. Something about the sudden, strict, rhythmic feel. One of my favorite uses is that I made a patch that was the same pitch/velocity signal going to two different patches, essentially, but then using a square wave LFO to alternate between which patches’ audio was going through at a time so that they weren’t playing together at the same time. Sort of a poor man’s wavesequencing.
Someone at AJH really misses 2012’s dubstep.
Damn. Excellent stuff. On the ol' list.
After playing with the ajh burst envelopes, did you have a favorite for modulation between the two?
Hey just letting you know there is a certain troll who is calling out modular as useless, because they think a DSI Mopho can do what modular can?
You know, and I know they don't know what they're talking about. Most people who have never used modular do not understand signal flow to begin with.
Keep up the great work.
Not sure who the "certain troll" is but that's nothing new. For what it's worth I really liked the Mopho while I had it.
@@DivKid Yeah I have an SE and module, they go well with my other gear but it won't be able to replicate what most modular can do.
Awesome vid and cool module. Curious: can it be used as a VCO if clocked at audio rates? -- if so, how high can it track reliably?
looks like it's based on the Electric Druid Tap LFO chip. In which case it will go up to 50hz.
i'd like to this a Divkid video about the Mob of Emus. It may be very interesting.
It would be beneficial to see how you patched many examples through a diagram for the paid patrons. As incredible as it sounded, it was a bit bewildering. At times the explanations aren't enough without the whole visual context. It would be great to pan the camera to a zoomed-out state for a second so that one could pause the video to see the patches. It might not be 100% clear, but it'll add more context for the novice and intermediate. Thanks for your content!
Hello, I'm available for Patreon supporters very regularly so feel free to chat and ask questions and I'll do my best to walk through additional patch details and any questions. I replied to your comment on Patreon too but as I said there, our Discord community is the best place as I am in there multiple times a day with the community to chat and take questions.
In case you don't see that but do see this though ...any specific part of the patches you'd like to talk about?
Did the mad man do all of this in analog circuitry!?
Probably not. As clock multiplication isn’t really viable in the analog domain.
@@PWMaarten oh yeah, i didn't think about that. Still a really fun module, loved the demos that Ben patched up.
I only watched because I have a grievance with my kitchen sink.
Hopefully your kitchen sink kicks itself into touch soon.
Plunge it. Surprisingly that worked for me. Drano did nothing