Stuff I forgot: TO TURN NOTES OFF: Simply click the encoder. TO CONTROL BOTH CHANNELS AT ONCE: Hold the Channel button 'til it blinks THERE'S A RESET IN: send a trig to the reset in to start your sequence from the first note. CHANNEL RESET: Hold Shift and Hold Reset until the LEDs change. This will reset the currently selected channel (or both if in Global Mode). Y'all catch anything else lmk ~
Good straightforward tutorial. Not a ton of fluff or crazy extra patches. You are nice and chill and not acting like a wanna-be used car salesman, accident lawyer, or top40 radio DJ, which is refreshing. You don’t insist on showing your face, which annoys me with other people’s tutorials. It’s all about the module which is what I’m looking for. Nice work! 👍
The only decent Tutorial on this module. I saw the Qu- Bit video and passed on the module. Saw your Video and went and bought one. They should hire you
Great tutorial, thanks! There's one little thing you forgot to mention (disable/enable steps by pressing a button so you can grow gate patterns too) but I learned a lot in this 15 minutes! It's such a great module! Thanks again!
It's nice to watch you exploring the module while explaining it. There is a sense of wonderment there that I enjoy. And your voice is calming. Good tutorial that clearly demonstrates what the unit is capable of. Thanks
Quite interesting and very detailed overview. This helped me because I'm on the lookout for a sequencer that fits my needs. Just sold my Renée v.2 because it doesn't work for me. I now am considering the Bloom as it does fit in more with what I am trying to create.
Holy shit how do you not have more subscribers? Amazing video! I think once I manage to sell some of the items on my reverb I'll get this thing to play with (I'm a bit too broke to get it immediately xP)
Enjoyable watch. In the future, you should edit in an example of the module under modulation, perhaps at the end. In this instances, branches and paths would have been fascinating to see under some slow, perhaps clocked modulation. That said, looking forward to more.
Great demo thanks! What i'll hope for in a future update is to save an actual path you've taken from the original sequence... I had some really wicked sequences played by this thing but could't figure out how to save that apart from recording.
Thank you for the tutorial.its so helpful. Have you pair up w other sequencers? I d like to see how to tweaking the notes to match the pitch with others.
Great tutorial! Thank you:) My two channels aren’t clocking in sync with each other. When you reset, there is a lag and they are still out of sync. Any advice for syncing them? I want to use channel 2 to transpose the root of channel 1 and it is seeming impossible to sync up this operation. Also, how does per step note value change work? Is there some way to here the note value of just one step with the sequence stopped? Thanks! I have read the manual multiple times, but I learned more from your video than I ever got out of the manual!
It wasn't quite clear but I gather the "ratchet" feature doesn't subdivide the step into sub-steps but instead adds additional steps? So that it's not for example, inserting 1/16 notes in a stream of quarter notes, but adding additional quarter notes thus extending the time length of the total sequence?
Wow well versatile sequencing! only I think the two-hand-change-everything with this small button left handpress necessity is a kind of design backlash 😢 …. handson in a full case only if in left lower position and even then editing should be mostly one-handed ! Maybe a fw solution could be to allow a doubleclick latch activation of this button…. that edit and finished doubleclick again, ( like KORG on request changed a similar situation with programming the SQ-64) or reverse the function between activated and disabled
So, I just got my Bloom. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the major weakness in Bloom is the controls on the left can be channel local. But the controls on the right are always global. So If you change the mutation, branches or path, no matter what channel you are on, you are changing both channels. This seems like a glaring obvious oversight. If those controls were encoders (not pots), and channel local, you would have a much more capable two channel sequencer. Or am I missing something? Even if the pot doesn't affect the other channel (which I assume it does immediately), the pot location will be different as soon as you switch to the other channel. And any CV modulation of those things will affect both channels. Not just the one selected while the modulation is applied.
Also just got my bloom! Not sure if you have it in global mode, but the right had controls should only control the channel you're on. CV modulation will affect both though, but taken from the last left position of the pot.
@@OllyV Apparently you can switch between channels and the other channel won't be affected by different knob positions unless you move one. Of course the instant you touch the knob it JUMPS to the new position regardless of how it was set before. Not ideal, but it is what it is.
how do the scales work. are they all set to the key of c.. or do i manually tune my oscillator to whatever key I want the root note of the scale to be. for example if I tune my oscillator to D and then I set the scale on bloom to the minor scale, would the scale on bloom be d minor
Hey Aaron, the Root knob can transpose a sequence to any note. So if i wanted to be in the key of D minor i would set the sequence length to one note (just so i could repeat that note) then turn that specific note knob all the way to the left (to it's lowest setting), and use the root knob to change that note to the desired Root note - In this case D. After that all you do is change the scale setting to minor. Bam, D minor.
Fone hello, after all this time I ended up getting bloom, and I love it!! But, there’s an issue I’m having when I divide the time division, when I divide the sequence by 8 or even 4 the reset Lags, when I hit reset manually or send cv to it, it still lags which causes everything to be offbeat, it resets perfectly when I leave it at its normal rate or I multiplied the timing but NOT when I start to divide it. Have you came across this same issue. and I also updated the firmware and everything and still no fix. Any help would be great Thanks!
Awesome tutorial man! Let me ask you something. I noticed that you did only 3 racthets per note exemple..but how many ratchets can you really have? I'm wondering if it's possible to do it in a way where we can really have a ratchet and not a repeat feel. Maybe if you add enough ratchets to step it can be achieved?
hey man, i think you can have 8 rachets per step. unfortunately the rachets are note repeats. hoping qubit can update this with a new firmware - bc i agree, we need REAL rachets.
Since the encoders are not detented, is there a prescribed number of increments to turn an encoder to close or open a gate? Or for that matter an operation?
it requires you to depend on your ear to hear how much the gate is open/closed. The amount of change between open and closed is pretty subtle. ive found the qubit gate function to be a little lacking so hopefully its something they could work on in the future.
Can i have all 16 steps going but have a rest between notes so nothing will play so i can have long gate on let's say sequence step 4 to create ambient longated sequences?
imo yes. but this may have more to do with the vco / synth that your sequencing. If I set step one to play a note with a long gate, I would be relying more on the vco/synth's decay or release knob for getting it to decay in an ambient /drone-y way. you can definitely mute any notes within that 16 step sequence. I'd then set the rate of the sequence to be quite slow. This would give you that ambient vibe youre looking for. Add in a bit of randomness and you can get some really interesting stuff.
Great content! For the per-step slew and rachet - When I shift-press the slew encoder, the sequence stops. Is that a new thing, or am I in some kind of 'mode'?
Great video, thanks for taking the time to make it :) Just got my Bloom today, and my unit stops playback when choosing per-step settings. Also, the top scale/bank blinks instead of the channel light. Wondering if you had this at all? Guessing maybe it's different firmware?
when you enter the per-step mode, try hitting the channel button when playback stops. I think this is the default behavior but once you click the channel button the bloom continues playing the sequence.
Is it possible to have “silent“ steps where nothing is trigged? And if so... how? And can channel 1&2 have different lengths - for polyrythm? Really really great tutorial btw!
Yea for sure. To have a silent/muted step just turn the step off by clicking the encoder. Simple as that. You can have different lengths for each channel as well.
I have 3 qubit modules now - they all seem to be built well. The bloom has a lot of rotary encoders - They spin all the way around so they need some play. I have no complaints on build quality so far.
00:18 Rate Knob
00:40 Length Knob
01:24 Scale Knob
01:58 Changing Notes
02:03 Changing Gates
02:48 Order Knob
03:09 Pattern Knob (Saving, Loading, Changing)
03:53 Div/Mult Knob
04:06 Slew Knob
04:10 Welcome to Hell
04:20 Ratchets Knob
04:54 Notes Knob (Per-Step Note editor)
06:16 Per-Step Rachets
07:01 Per-Step Slew
07:34 Root Knob (Transpose a sequence)
08:19 Channels (And how to Move between them)
09:50 Mutation Knob
10:30 Reset sequence to original setting after being mutated
10:43 Branches Knob
12:03 Path Knob
13:50 Ins, Outs, Utility Patch Points
~Fone
Stuff I forgot:
TO TURN NOTES OFF: Simply click the encoder.
TO CONTROL BOTH CHANNELS AT ONCE: Hold the Channel button 'til it blinks
THERE'S A RESET IN: send a trig to the reset in to start your sequence from the first note.
CHANNEL RESET: Hold Shift and Hold Reset until the LEDs change. This will reset the currently selected channel (or both if in Global Mode).
Y'all catch anything else lmk ~
@@fone6359 are you aware of an iOS App with similar functionality?
"Willy Wonka like hellscape" really got me. Thanks for that.
😂
Good straightforward tutorial. Not a ton of fluff or crazy extra patches. You are nice and chill and not acting like a wanna-be used car salesman, accident lawyer, or top40 radio DJ, which is refreshing. You don’t insist on showing your face, which annoys me with other people’s tutorials. It’s all about the module which is what I’m looking for. Nice work! 👍
thanks man🙏🏽 i would be bad at selling cars. I think i'd just be like "hey man... do you want to buy this car...?"
@@fone6359 haha- yea or like… here’s a car, it’s for sale…
Best Bloom tutorial I have seen thusfar. Qu-bit should hire you to do their tutorials.
Thanks Gert. i would love to review some more qu-bit gear ! just don't have the money at the moment.
Yea the Qubit guy is annoying lol
The only decent Tutorial on this module. I saw the Qu- Bit video and passed on the module. Saw your Video and went and bought one. They should hire you
Thanks Ross 🙏🏽
Best tutorial on this module. I ordered one after watching this and have been loving it since day 1. Thank you.
6 months in, how is it holding up for you?
Great tutorial, thanks! There's one little thing you forgot to mention (disable/enable steps by pressing a button so you can grow gate patterns too) but I learned a lot in this 15 minutes! It's such a great module! Thanks again!
It's nice to watch you exploring the module while explaining it. There is a sense of wonderment there that I enjoy. And your voice is calming. Good tutorial that clearly demonstrates what the unit is capable of. Thanks
thanks man
Amazing tutorial. So straight forward and covered everything. Love this sequencer. Never leaving my rack.
Brilliant tutorial, Hope QuBit appreciate how many units you've sold for them off the back of this excellent tutorial;)
This was needed. Bloom is easy to just fiddle around with but its got crazy depth. Thank you.
Thanks Switch
Bravo! Every tutorial should be as concise.
Superb tutorial- please do more.
Thanks - got some more vids planned soon
Do more videos. You do a GREAT job!
Quite interesting and very detailed overview. This helped me because I'm on the lookout for a sequencer that fits my needs. Just sold my Renée v.2 because it doesn't work for me. I now am considering the Bloom as it does fit in more with what I am trying to create.
Holy shit how do you not have more subscribers? Amazing video!
I think once I manage to sell some of the items on my reverb I'll get this thing to play with (I'm a bit too broke to get it immediately xP)
thx spacecookie - am trying to up my subs!
Love the overlays in your video!! So much of modular reviews is hard to understand unless there is a hard zoom in for every function
Thanks man you just sold this module to me, great tutorial/demo
Thanks, Adam. 🙏🏽 throw me a sub
This was great. Easy to follow and easy to understand. Good job!
Dude, thank you man!! Quick, to the point and super informative! Awesome
Had mine about a week, so still learning my way around. This was very helpful- thanks!
Amazing tutorial! Thank you for sharing!
So great you're making these videoes! Thank you.
N0TKA thanks for watching 🙏🏽
Enjoyable watch. In the future, you should edit in an example of the module under modulation, perhaps at the end. In this instances, branches and paths would have been fascinating to see under some slow, perhaps clocked modulation. That said, looking forward to more.
good idea - next time i'll modulate it.
Brilliant tutorial, thankyou! Anyone else think this guy sounds a bit like Lightbath..?
Awesome video! Thanks for the upload and info!
Thanks for this video! It's very helpful
thanks great demo - one on the way
You did great on this...very easy to follow you... thank you!
Great video, very well explained and demonstrated. Thanks for sharing, about to go pick one of these up.
Thank you for that very helpful in helping me decide where and what to get module wise.
🙏🏽 Glad it helped
Amazing tutorial! Thanks!
Great demo thanks!
What i'll hope for in a future update is to save an actual path you've taken from the original sequence...
I had some really wicked sequences played by this thing but could't figure out how to save that apart from recording.
good point. saving a path as a stand alone sequence would be a solid addition. lets hope for a good firmware update in the future.
Fantastic tutorial, thank you!
🙏🏽
Great tutorial.
This is great -- really useful!
Really good tutorial.
Great demo thanks!
thanks lyosha
Great tutorial, thank you
many thanks!
Thank you for the tutorial.its so helpful. Have you pair up w other sequencers? I d like to see how to tweaking the notes to match the pitch with others.
I haven't paired with another sequencer yet but it's an interesting idea for the future.
champion!
This is really good!
Thanks for watching, m tate 🤙🏽
Fun 👌 nice job
Really helpful--thanks!
thanks great job keep it up !
Loving these videos. Subbed. Do you own a nebulae? Would love to see one on that.
I don't own one but maybe someday
Best tutorial by far. thanks!!!!!
BTW is there any way of erasing all saved patterns at once?
Great tutorial! Thank you:) My two channels aren’t clocking in sync with each other. When you reset, there is a lag and they are still out of sync. Any advice for syncing them? I want to use channel 2 to transpose the root of channel 1 and it is seeming impossible to sync up this operation.
Also, how does per step note value change work? Is there some way to here the note value of just one step with the sequence stopped?
Thanks! I have read the manual multiple times, but I learned more from your video than I ever got out of the manual!
It wasn't quite clear but I gather the "ratchet" feature doesn't subdivide the step into sub-steps but instead adds additional steps? So that it's not for example, inserting 1/16 notes in a stream of quarter notes, but adding additional quarter notes thus extending the time length of the total sequence?
Wow well versatile sequencing! only I think the two-hand-change-everything with this small button left handpress necessity is a kind of design backlash 😢 …. handson in a full case only if in left lower position and even then editing should be mostly one-handed ! Maybe a fw solution could be to allow a doubleclick latch activation of this button…. that edit and finished doubleclick again, ( like KORG on request changed a similar situation with programming the SQ-64) or reverse the function between activated and disabled
So, I just got my Bloom. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the major weakness in Bloom is the controls on the left can be channel local. But the controls on the right are always global. So If you change the mutation, branches or path, no matter what channel you are on, you are changing both channels. This seems like a glaring obvious oversight. If those controls were encoders (not pots), and channel local, you would have a much more capable two channel sequencer. Or am I missing something? Even if the pot doesn't affect the other channel (which I assume it does immediately), the pot location will be different as soon as you switch to the other channel. And any CV modulation of those things will affect both channels. Not just the one selected while the modulation is applied.
Also just got my bloom! Not sure if you have it in global mode, but the right had controls should only control the channel you're on. CV modulation will affect both though, but taken from the last left position of the pot.
@@OllyV Apparently you can switch between channels and the other channel won't be affected by different knob positions unless you move one. Of course the instant you touch the knob it JUMPS to the new position regardless of how it was set before. Not ideal, but it is what it is.
I only wish you could clock the two “independent” sequencers separately!
switch/mult?
@@jesseurban8964 How would that achieve independently clocked sequences? (Doesn’t really matter now anyhow. I sold my Bloom.)
how do the scales work. are they all set to the key of c.. or do i manually tune my oscillator to whatever key I want the root note of the scale to be. for example if I tune my oscillator to D and then I set the scale on bloom to the minor scale, would the scale on bloom be d minor
Hey Aaron, the Root knob can transpose a sequence to any note. So if i wanted to be in the key of D minor i would set the sequence length to one note (just so i could repeat that note) then turn that specific note knob all the way to the left (to it's lowest setting), and use the root knob to change that note to the desired Root note - In this case D. After that all you do is change the scale setting to minor. Bam, D minor.
Fone hello, after all this time I ended up getting bloom, and I love it!! But, there’s an issue I’m having when I divide the time division, when I divide the sequence by 8 or even 4 the reset Lags, when I hit reset manually or send cv to it, it still lags which causes everything to be offbeat, it resets perfectly when I leave it at its normal rate or I multiplied the timing but NOT when I start to divide it. Have you came across this same issue. and I also updated the firmware and everything and still no fix. Any help would be great Thanks!
Just in time for my first purchases ! Can both channels play at the same time, and flip between the two while sending their outs ?
YEP - There is also a mode where you can monitor both channels at the same time - hold channel button for 3 secs
Awesome tutorial man! Let me ask you something. I noticed that you did only 3 racthets per note exemple..but how many ratchets can you really have? I'm wondering if it's possible to do it in a way where we can really have a ratchet and not a repeat feel. Maybe if you add enough ratchets to step it can be achieved?
hey man, i think you can have 8 rachets per step. unfortunately the rachets are note repeats. hoping qubit can update this with a new firmware - bc i agree, we need REAL rachets.
Since the encoders are not detented, is there a prescribed number of increments to turn an encoder to close or open a gate? Or for that matter an operation?
it requires you to depend on your ear to hear how much the gate is open/closed. The amount of change between open and closed is pretty subtle. ive found the qubit gate function to be a little lacking so hopefully its something they could work on in the future.
Can i have all 16 steps going but have a rest between notes so nothing will play so i can have long gate on let's say sequence step 4 to create ambient longated sequences?
imo yes. but this may have more to do with the vco / synth that your sequencing. If I set step one to play a note with a long gate, I would be relying more on the vco/synth's decay or release knob for getting it to decay in an ambient /drone-y way. you can definitely mute any notes within that 16 step sequence. I'd then set the rate of the sequence to be quite slow. This would give you that ambient vibe youre looking for. Add in a bit of randomness and you can get some really interesting stuff.
Great content! For the per-step slew and rachet - When I shift-press the slew encoder, the sequence stops. Is that a new thing, or am I in some kind of 'mode'?
Try tapping the channel or reset button.
@@fone6359 I've been looking for this answer everywhere! you sir are a god amongst men!
Great video, thanks for taking the time to make it :)
Just got my Bloom today, and my unit stops playback when choosing per-step settings. Also, the top scale/bank blinks instead of the channel light.
Wondering if you had this at all? Guessing maybe it's different firmware?
when you enter the per-step mode, try hitting the channel button when playback stops. I think this is the default behavior but once you click the channel button the bloom continues playing the sequence.
@@fone6359 Awesome, thanks for your reply!
Has anyone out there demoed how to simulate dotted notes (dotted eights in particular) in Bloom - using tied notes and gate lengths?
Is it possible to have “silent“ steps where nothing is trigged? And if so... how?
And can channel 1&2 have different lengths - for polyrythm?
Really really great tutorial btw!
Yea for sure. To have a silent/muted step just turn the step off by clicking the encoder. Simple as that. You can have different lengths for each channel as well.
Can I ask what the build quality is like? In the video, I'm pretty sure I see the knobs flexing a little at the touch. Looks a bit weak.
I have 3 qubit modules now - they all seem to be built well. The bloom has a lot of rotary encoders - They spin all the way around so they need some play. I have no complaints on build quality so far.
Hey man, for some reason when I shift click on ratchets or slew it stops the sequencer but it seems like yours keeps going. Any idea why?
try clicking the channel button when the sequence stops.
@@fone6359 That worked!
I’m hoping some day with an update we’ll be able to effect both channels at the same time :)
to control both channels at once: Hold the Channel button 'til it blinks
Fone I had no idea! That would have been cool to see in your video!
@@calderwood9641 yea sorry, i forgot a couple things and put them in the description.
Can it mute a step?
Damn
I'm a little sad there's no swing...
i use an intelligel steppy for swing
Soo much helpful, thx dude!!
Great tutorial, thanks!
Great tutorial, thank you!