You have a knack of digging up gear that takes me 3-4 months to get in Canada and makes my producer friends FREAK OUT and look forward to our MIDI drum circles. Thank you, never stop giving me weird gear to put on my list.
Your demos are among the half-dozen people I actually stick in my "music to listen" playlist, rather than my "about music" playlist. Because I know your demo jams are worth listening even if I don't care to learn the piece :)
Must have watched your wonderful demo 30 times ! This scrooge is affecting my sanity. I'm receiving mine tomorrow. Thanks for having me spent my last money :-)
The design is as fresh and innovative as it can get and looks funny as hell. Congrats to Neutral Labs for this creature and to Mylar for nailing the demo once more time
I immediately like the way the modular integration is approached, with the lack of commitment to a particular purpose in A, B and a lack of distinction between internal and external modulation in X, Y. We have component modules, we have full function modules (like full voices), we have semimodulars (full function modules where you can override internal normalisation), but this is a fourth vibe, if I can lean into sex-positivity without offending anyone, there's a sort of happy sluttiness to the jacks for something that is otherwise so integrated? Does that make sense? Also, this is disturbingly weird in a totally good way. Just love the thinking here.
I'm building one. Immediately knew it was for me. The thing is, you can run those sounds into a 24/96 mix with SSL-like tone shaping and other raw-sounding analog instruments and it's going to just sit right, especially if you're going for darker textures. It's better even than a Drum Kastle for that stuff as it's entirely analog-circuit glitch, where the Drum Kastle is tiny low-bit digital computers. I've experimented with this sort of thing before but this is beyond anything I was able to do, times five. Just inspiring and great :)
Extremely cool. I hope they will let me review one, but as usual, all is already said and done in your amazing presentation. It's so forking silly you can only do one thumbs up.
Thanks m8, as there are infinite weird voltage combos you can feed the various voices then I think it massively needs more videos to just show examples of “here’s what this voice can do”
@CinematicLaboratory Extremely cool, I agree. Scrooge already had me listening to the Neutral Labs teaser on another platform within the first 5 seconds ... As an exception to my usual buying behaviour, I couldn't even open the TH-cam app today because I had to order the DIY kit immediately 🤣. With my hands still sweaty after ordering, I'm happy with what I've seen so far on TH-cam. @Mylarmelodies very successful demo to the heart of the matter 👍 @CinematicLaboratory glad to hear something is coming, to you and from you. I think everyone in the community is excited to see what you do in your own way. As for you "big TH-camrs" in the modular community, you all, even the ones I haven't mentioned, don't need to put so much pressure on yourselves to find something else for releases. You / we have a habit of doing something specific with products repeatedly, each of you does this in your own way - we consumers visit you one after the other because we have got to know you over time and therefore look specifically for decisions: Maybe wait and see what "he" does with it. We can wait a month. With the Metropolix release, for example, I think many were too fast on TH-cam. (They counted half of the video time PulseCounts because the lenght parameter factory setting was overlooked in the time pressure).
This module sounds WILD. I like how you can dial in a groove and tweak it until the timing of the voltage ramps are just right in the pocket. Layered with a traditional 808 or 909 gives you instant glitchy techno. Goes from tweaky groove to cosmic chaos with just a few fiddles of a knob. Must-buy for me. This seems like the “happy accident” heir apparent to the 303.
Reminds me of Sine Beats by Native Instruments. I used them in Reaktors 5 and 6. Correction: still use them from time to time. Kick drum from Massive 1.1 or Go Box, - everything else - Sine Beats. The modular aspect is interesting though, I haven't really explored the modular aspect of drums much, as it's very difficult for the integrity of my workflow to use hardware for anything other than melody and sound FX. Still on the lookout for a decent groovebox/sampler with a decent granular engine and a responsive touchscreen which would allow me to alter samples live with ease.
20:15 nasty. Love it. Reminds me of the Bastl Drum Kastle in a way. (Obviously the Drum Kastle is only one voice and it’s a different type of voice, but the sound is similar) Reminds me a bit of the later more aggressive stuff Mouse on Mars got into from 2010-ish onward.
This made me miss loving interesting new gear videos. I just might pickup the DIY desktop version now. I could listen to just drum beats with this thing syncing along all day. Nice work and thank you!
I could be wrong but I don't remember ever seeing you use the Deluge. Hate being the one to call out a machine while featuring another, but would love to see what you do with it. The Scrooge looks super fun as well
This would seem the perfect complement to a DFAM (and all the rest of the Moog Mother ecosystem) for some really cool IDM/EDM/DubStep beats. Really fantastic design choices. I bet it would also sound awesome with a Soft Pop 2. I find that I automatically have the urge to run this through a SpectraVox.
holy shit this thing sounds bonkers the thing that got me into modular was your BIA demo a few (what is it 7 years) ago this little bugger gives me that same kinda vibe....... WANT
Given how often I see manufacturers asking 200-something for just a single voice drum module, getting a five voice drum/percussion machine with a parameter locking sequencer for ~500 monetary units is a good bargain by Eurorack standards.
Although I'm not entirely sure I could fit this in with my music, and price wise it's a little more than I was expecting, I really like it and will certainly seek out more demos of it while I have a long think about it. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
@@nyppy I'm not calling it expensive for what it is. I accept specialised instruments cost more than mass produced items. The problem isn't you, it's me, as the saying goes.🤗
@@niallmacdonald2710 Ah, got it. And yeah, obviously the price would be less if it was mass produced in China instead of hand assembled in Germany with love. 🥰 But I'm not interested in running that kind of business. If you ever want one in the future, feel free to reach out, I might have b-stock available at a discount.
@@OscillatorSink Hm, why not. A Eurorack module with just voice 1. Ideally with a basic microcontroller that would be able to feed the voice the same varying voltages that the Scrooge sequencer makes. 🤔
Music Thing Workshop sighting!!! Sorry. I've been really excited for that one. Anyways, this drum machine is sick!! The passive operation is awesome, would love to see what you'd get out of it with a 0ctrl.
Yes - I have a double USB A port Anker power supply I tried first and that was noisy, then I tried a single port supply and the noise was gone. Spoke to Neutral Labs and they advised that not all supplies are equal! Obvs not an issue via eurorack power, but can’t confirm what power plugs would be better than others - I suspect single port ones help rather than one plug sharing power between two devices.
The Scrooge sequencer can do weird things to the CV which I assume the Cirklon could not, so you'd lose some of the sonic possibilities. But other than that, it would work just fine. Scrooge loves audio into the POKE CV inputs, so you could cover additional sonic ground by sending like a bassline (sequenced from the Cirklon) into one of the voices.
This sounds like trying to build a synth circuit on a bad breadboard with loose connections and crappy cables. By the way the whole "coming to life when poked with a voltage" thing works like this: Almost every input and output of a chip has protection diodes to the internal V+ of the chip and to the internal ground of the chip. So a chip can sometimes work without a supply voltage, just from the current that is flowing in through one of the inputs , through the protection diode and thus powering the chip.
Wow! It's awesome! I've dreamed about to make myself something like this (but not so well prepared, I mean no "PLocks" and etc.). But I've ditched my DIY project as I've started to buy affordable synths )) How can I order the DIY kit of this machine if I'm in Russia? I don't want to invent a bicycle )))
Love it! Plastikman will have one permantly set up in his bathroom :D You didn't show us how to set the tempo.. Great video btw. You're an excellent demonstrator /teacher.
Hold FUNC and press TEMPO, then either use the step buttons or the left step knob to adjust the tempo. FUNC again to exit. The manual is available on the Scrooge website, and a cheat sheet will follow soon.
@@nyppy keep coming back to this video. It’s such a wonderful machine 🎉 I wonder if/how it could be slaved by a computer midi file /Ableton link.. Or some sort of middle thingy turning midi to CV. Thoughts?
@@jm6734 MIDI to CV would work, but of course you wouldn't be able to create the weird CV rendered by the Scrooge internal sequencer. I will add MIDI note capability in a future firmware update, but it's not straightforward, as the step parameters do not easily map to MIDI messages like pitch or velocity.
I clicked this one so fast, ready to add it to the GAS list, but hmmm, no, I'm skipping this one. Love the glitchy sounds and the interface looks pretty well thought out, but it all seems a bit same-y in character and tone, and in the end comes off rather pricey for what you're getting.
such a nostalgic sound, it plays all the greatest hits of my 56k dial up modem
With the right step parameters and some creative wiring, you can actually use it to connect via old-school dialup.
Unfortunately if anyone happens to come into your studio at the same time as you it immediately stops working
You have a knack of digging up gear that takes me 3-4 months to get in Canada and makes my producer friends FREAK OUT and look forward to our MIDI drum circles.
Thank you, never stop giving me weird gear to put on my list.
It shouldn't be like that this time, Moog Audio should have it in stock any day now.
Your demos are among the half-dozen people I actually stick in my "music to listen" playlist, rather than my "about music" playlist. Because I know your demo jams are worth listening even if I don't care to learn the piece :)
thank you!!
Must have watched your wonderful demo 30 times ! This scrooge is affecting my sanity. I'm receiving mine tomorrow. Thanks for having me spent my last money :-)
I hope you have fun jamming, and won't need to go hungry!
The design is as fresh and innovative as it can get and looks funny as hell. Congrats to Neutral Labs for this creature and to Mylar for nailing the demo once more time
Thank you. 😇
This will be very happy living along side my Pulsar 23 me thinks!!
Great demo and production as always!!
Your demo lets the Scrooge shine! And shine - in a weird scroogy way - it does. What a fun box. That’s what CMOS technology was created for!
I immediately like the way the modular integration is approached, with the lack of commitment to a particular purpose in A, B and a lack of distinction between internal and external modulation in X, Y. We have component modules, we have full function modules (like full voices), we have semimodulars (full function modules where you can override internal normalisation), but this is a fourth vibe, if I can lean into sex-positivity without offending anyone, there's a sort of happy sluttiness to the jacks for something that is otherwise so integrated? Does that make sense?
Also, this is disturbingly weird in a totally good way.
Just love the thinking here.
Really love how many weird percussion machines there are on the market right now.
can you name a few? Would love to have one for experimentation but those I know are all kinda pricy
i love how much you can eek out of every voice. really cool
Sounds awesome and crazy - great showcase for it's weird and wild abilities
I'm building one. Immediately knew it was for me. The thing is, you can run those sounds into a 24/96 mix with SSL-like tone shaping and other raw-sounding analog instruments and it's going to just sit right, especially if you're going for darker textures. It's better even than a Drum Kastle for that stuff as it's entirely analog-circuit glitch, where the Drum Kastle is tiny low-bit digital computers. I've experimented with this sort of thing before but this is beyond anything I was able to do, times five. Just inspiring and great :)
ace and thanks for stopping by!!
Extremely cool. I hope they will let me review one, but as usual, all is already said and done in your amazing presentation. It's so forking silly you can only do one thumbs up.
Thanks m8, as there are infinite weird voltage combos you can feed the various voices then I think it massively needs more videos to just show examples of “here’s what this voice can do”
@@mylarmelodies Oscillator Sink goes into some depth with each of the voices: th-cam.com/video/yZrzIYsrids/w-d-xo.html
@CinematicLaboratory Of course, let's do this!
@@nyppy I would be honored! What an amazing design!
@CinematicLaboratory Extremely cool, I agree.
Scrooge already had me listening to the Neutral Labs teaser on another platform within the first 5 seconds ...
As an exception to my usual buying behaviour, I couldn't even open the TH-cam app today because I had to order the DIY kit immediately 🤣.
With my hands still sweaty after ordering, I'm happy with what I've seen so far on TH-cam.
@Mylarmelodies very successful demo to the heart of the matter 👍
@CinematicLaboratory glad to hear something is coming, to you and from you.
I think everyone in the community is excited to see what you do in your own way.
As for you "big TH-camrs" in the modular community, you all, even the ones I haven't mentioned, don't need to put so much pressure on yourselves to find something else for releases.
You / we have a habit of doing something specific with products repeatedly, each of you does this in your own way - we consumers visit you one after the other because we have got to know you over time and therefore look specifically for decisions: Maybe wait and see what "he" does with it. We can wait a month.
With the Metropolix release, for example, I think many were too fast on TH-cam. (They counted half of the video time PulseCounts because the lenght parameter factory setting was overlooked in the time pressure).
My GAS hasn't been triggered by anything for a while, but you may have broken my clean streak with this one
seconded
I really didn't want to buy anything else this year, but I feel the same way here...
It IS particularly unusual and weird to be fair!!
I’m on this list
Got a growing interest in this - the chaotic percussion is appealing
That somehow sounds very cool! I am always happy if a manufacturer is brave to create something not so standard.
I wouldn't even know how to do standard. 😁
@@nyppy 😁👍👍
All amazing instruments Martin
whoa! that things wild. looks/sounds pretty rad for adding some texture to a beat!
9:30 - 11:30 Insta Oizo Analog Worms Attack!
Ace vid & demo as always my friend! Ace!!!
And then name checks Oizo at 14:30ish- Hah!
And then creates a new genre called halfway house- Yes!
Haha!
ha yes I’m glad other folks picked up on that vibe!! love monsieur oizo
Same- Been blasting that record since 99 when it came out-
Highly influential!!
This module sounds WILD. I like how you can dial in a groove and tweak it until the timing of the voltage ramps are just right in the pocket. Layered with a traditional 808 or 909 gives you instant glitchy techno. Goes from tweaky groove to cosmic chaos with just a few fiddles of a knob. Must-buy for me. This seems like the “happy accident” heir apparent to the 303.
Reminds me of Sine Beats by Native Instruments. I used them in Reaktors 5 and 6. Correction: still use them from time to time. Kick drum from Massive 1.1 or Go Box, - everything else - Sine Beats. The modular aspect is interesting though, I haven't really explored the modular aspect of drums much, as it's very difficult for the integrity of my workflow to use hardware for anything other than melody and sound FX. Still on the lookout for a decent groovebox/sampler with a decent granular engine and a responsive touchscreen which would allow me to alter samples live with ease.
You always manage to inspire me, even when I don't own the instrument at hand.
🫡 thanks m8
A drunk DFAM
This is so cool. I would love to get my hands on one of these.
20:15 nasty. Love it. Reminds me of the Bastl Drum Kastle in a way. (Obviously the Drum Kastle is only one voice and it’s a different type of voice, but the sound is similar) Reminds me a bit of the later more aggressive stuff Mouse on Mars got into from 2010-ish onward.
Lovely. This should play nicely with my Elmyra 2. Looking forward to building the kit
i was just thinking the other day that someone should make a semi modular groovebox with CV in/out. super cool.
This made me miss loving interesting new gear videos. I just might pickup the DIY desktop version now. I could listen to just drum beats with this thing syncing along all day. Nice work and thank you!
Thankfully there’s still crazy stuff being invented!!👌
Incredible that a company that I am the direct target audience manages to stay in business with such weird synths!
Every morning I wake up and wonder the same. 😁
I could be wrong but I don't remember ever seeing you use the Deluge. Hate being the one to call out a machine while featuring another, but would love to see what you do with it. The Scrooge looks super fun as well
Yep just got it - it’s very good!! Will keep messing with it and see how we go
Great effects would make this thing shine even more. I love how there is an output on each voice. But I would love more cv control on each voice also.
Remember how much control you have via the sequencer - and a secondary voltage input is also right there on the panel
@@mylarmelodies Can you sequence the tone control?
No, you set them manually and sequence the Poke inputs
Ya, this and the Elmyra 2 pffft so fun.
Wow this looks insanely fun
This would seem the perfect complement to a DFAM (and all the rest of the Moog Mother ecosystem) for some really cool IDM/EDM/DubStep beats. Really fantastic design choices. I bet it would also sound awesome with a Soft Pop 2.
I find that I automatically have the urge to run this through a SpectraVox.
What I would do is use the poke trigger also on beat while the sequence off beat or different divisions or clocks also to get patterns.
What a crazy inspiration machine..awesome.❤✌️
So, it's Landscape Noon with a sequencer?
Yeah see other comment but I think it’s a definite inspo - its own implementation tho, plus adding a sequencer makes it an all in one machine
@@quantum_ocean I didn't mean to sound reductive or pejorative. I welcome this starved-circuit synthesis style! This is pretty neat!
Realllly cool sounds there. Nice to see you're getting the hang of the Deluge too :)
That’s all your fault, so thanks!! 😂
holy shit this thing sounds bonkers
the thing that got me into modular was your BIA demo a few (what is it 7 years) ago
this little bugger gives me that same kinda vibe....... WANT
Very dope! Just curious can it swing and can it take external clock?
Yes and yes!
3:31 sounds like experimental rap! Cool! I mean voice is mixed with scrooge the way it sounds like it’s a song
I dig it. Seems pretty powerful the way you had channel 1 layered. I bet it gets out of habd easy.
Yeah five voices with long gates is a lot! So as with all things letting the right sounds take the stage at the right moment always helps
Given how often I see manufacturers asking 200-something for just a single voice drum module, getting a five voice drum/percussion machine with a parameter locking sequencer for ~500 monetary units is a good bargain by Eurorack standards.
Although I'm not entirely sure I could fit this in with my music, and price wise it's a little more than I was expecting, I really like it and will certainly seek out more demos of it while I have a long think about it. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
There's a DIY option, if that would work for you. It's not too hard to put together, but at least some soldering experience is ideal.
@@nyppy I'm not calling it expensive for what it is. I accept specialised instruments cost more than mass produced items. The problem isn't you, it's me, as the saying goes.🤗
@@niallmacdonald2710 Ah, got it. And yeah, obviously the price would be less if it was mass produced in China instead of hand assembled in Germany with love. 🥰 But I'm not interested in running that kind of business. If you ever want one in the future, feel free to reach out, I might have b-stock available at a discount.
@@nyppy That is very decent of you to even consider. Thank you.
Gonna need one of your Opsix filterbank/comb synthesis physical modeling style sound design walkthroughs for the DIGITONE II asap
18:34 sounds like a Rrose track! Waterfall off of Merchant of Salt!
This is a dope piece of gear!
Simultaneously reminds me of the DFAM, Norand Mono and the Metasonix D1000. Not bad going.
This sounds like somebody stepped on a Gameboy.
MAN! Just a single voice on this thing could be an instrument in itself!
Don't give me ideas. 😁
@nyppy DO IT!!
@@nyppylike I said in my video - voice one with some drive after it is a instrument in its own right.
@@OscillatorSink Hm, why not. A Eurorack module with just voice 1. Ideally with a basic microcontroller that would be able to feed the voice the same varying voltages that the Scrooge sequencer makes. 🤔
@@nyppy how much?
Ive been mulling it over and over in my head on how to simply tell you that you remind me of whinny the pooh. I dig it. Synth pooh.
Oh bother
Music Thing Workshop sighting!!! Sorry. I've been really excited for that one. Anyways, this drum machine is sick!! The passive operation is awesome, would love to see what you'd get out of it with a 0ctrl.
I like that it can go "beep boop" AND "squish gurgle pop"!!
Getting it to make exactly those specific sounds was of utmost importance during development.
Watching... just curious about this machine
but then 13:41 happened...
yeah i buy that !!!! 😅
That thing is Absolutely Slamming. 🎉
Artist: Crash Course in Science, Album: Signals from Pier Thirteen, 1981, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
A time travelling Scrooge turned up in 1981. Madness.
USB power is usually pretty noisy, did you notice anything in that regard?
Yes - I have a double USB A port Anker power supply I tried first and that was noisy, then I tried a single port supply and the noise was gone. Spoke to Neutral Labs and they advised that not all supplies are equal! Obvs not an issue via eurorack power, but can’t confirm what power plugs would be better than others - I suspect single port ones help rather than one plug sharing power between two devices.
This is dope. When did you get the Deluge?
Last few weeks. It’s good
@@mylarmelodies Nice! I was surprised at how awesome the synth sounds were and really dig the isomorphic layout for, you know, creatin' and stuff.
Very cool instrument and great explanation. Thank you!
Hooray for interesting things!
this.
Excellent
This seems pretty inspired by the Landscape FM Noon but in an evolved way.
I think that’s a fair assessment!!
So so so much ❤
Oh my gas! love.
Ok I want one!
This is cool. Like an alternative to a Syncussion. It has it's own sequencer, but you think it would pair with a Cirklon with CVIO pretty well?
The Scrooge sequencer can do weird things to the CV which I assume the Cirklon could not, so you'd lose some of the sonic possibilities. But other than that, it would work just fine. Scrooge loves audio into the POKE CV inputs, so you could cover additional sonic ground by sending like a bassline (sequenced from the Cirklon) into one of the voices.
God I so want one of these ....
Sounds like parameter-locking aggressive audio rate filter / pitch modulation on an analog four / analog rytm
As a person hurtling through his thirties with joint issues it'd be nice to have a source of broken crackles and textures other than my knees. :D
😂
Oh neeat-o!
I like this
This sounds like trying to build a synth circuit on a bad breadboard with loose connections and crappy cables.
By the way the whole "coming to life when poked with a voltage" thing works like this:
Almost every input and output of a chip has protection diodes to the internal V+ of the chip and to the internal ground of the chip. So a chip can sometimes work without a supply voltage, just from the current that is flowing in through one of the inputs , through the protection diode and thus powering the chip.
Getting heavy Elektron Machinedrum vibes from this
So, Scrooge = "starved" sound = electricity miser? 🎩🧐
Ha I did wonder about the name - I think that’s as good an explanation as any
Reminds me of the boss fight music from the Portal 2 soundtrack.
Wow! It's awesome! I've dreamed about to make myself something like this (but not so well prepared, I mean no "PLocks" and etc.). But I've ditched my DIY project as I've started to buy affordable synths ))
How can I order the DIY kit of this machine if I'm in Russia? I don't want to invent a bicycle )))
Thonk might ship to Russia. They're out of Scrooge kits right now, but should be restocked soon.
@@nyppy Thank you! I'll try it! But... I can't pay via PayPal... IDK how to solve it.
@@nyppy P.S. I believe they're out of RF since our conflict in Ukraine.
@@KiR_3d Best ask Thonk via email.
@@nyppy Just added my e-mail to their waitlist.
freaking weird machine :) love it :) thanks for the demo
strega needed a rythmic companion. here it is
jesus fkng christ. that was awesome :D
Headphone out? Was missing this in the Elmyra 2 and kept me from pulling the trigger
Yup, dual headphone out even.
Damn, might just sell my Elmyra 2 for this 🙌
I think this may scratch my Perkons itch. It's an itch I can't afford.
Ich bin verliebt 😅
This definitely steps into the realm of 8-bit sound, even if unintentionally. The device has a cool aesthetic!
Yeah I was defo getting the same too, weird chiptune glitch for days
I can assure you, it's absolutely intentional. Digital malfunction sounds from analog circuitry. 😇
Love it! Plastikman will have one permantly set up in his bathroom :D
You didn't show us how to set the tempo..
Great video btw. You're an excellent demonstrator /teacher.
Hold FUNC and press TEMPO, then either use the step buttons or the left step knob to adjust the tempo. FUNC again to exit. The manual is available on the Scrooge website, and a cheat sheet will follow soon.
@@nyppy keep coming back to this video. It’s such a wonderful machine 🎉
I wonder if/how it could be slaved by a computer midi file /Ableton link.. Or some sort of middle thingy turning midi to CV. Thoughts?
@@jm6734 MIDI to CV would work, but of course you wouldn't be able to create the weird CV rendered by the Scrooge internal sequencer. I will add MIDI note capability in a future firmware update, but it's not straightforward, as the step parameters do not easily map to MIDI messages like pitch or velocity.
I use several iOS apps to this exact same effect…BLEASS fx and multi effects in logic create this same sound. Still cool.
Interesting
I would have love an aux in for added sound prcessing with my own euro modules.
It sounds better than mr oizo
Simply use any of the POKE inputs with audio, it will "process" the audio just fine. Those inputs love audio, not just gates.
yeah boiiii
This makes me as hard as a Nine Inch Nail... give or take a couple of inches.
I got a question... does this machine think of christmas as "humbug"?
What's today, my fine fellow?
Take my moneys 😮
god darnit algorithm i don't have any money!
Feeling this one
😍Oulala
❤
Is it a bad idea to buy this just because Scrooge is my favourite Disney character?
Whatever it takes I guess?! 🦆
I clicked this one so fast, ready to add it to the GAS list, but hmmm, no, I'm skipping this one. Love the glitchy sounds and the interface looks pretty well thought out, but it all seems a bit same-y in character and tone, and in the end comes off rather pricey for what you're getting.
so like, dfam but different? I am less than a minute in
Yes and no - I need to pair it with mine
Meh, i keep hearing a PO 12 in the scrooges sound, if you know what I mean
cool looking machine, but it sounds surprisingly meh 🤭
@ you can say it about everything :)
Fart Box lol