Moog DFAM + Eowave QUADRANTID SWARM Modular Techno Practice Jam
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- This is me in the early stages of practicing with something I've been mulling for ages: A tougher techno modular case, built around the Eowave Quadrantid Swarm and mighty Moog DFAM in combo, plus drums and FX. Inspired by Surgeon, Karenn, and Lady Starlight. A simple system for very late nights/early mornings. INFO BELOW!
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/ mylarmelodies
Everything you hear is coming from the case. Note the Doepfer Precision adder is used as a 4 channel audio mixer with mutes. 4ms QCD supplies clocks and reset signals, it's great.
LINKS TO STUFF IN THIS:
➤ This is the system: www.modulargri...
➤ This is a video about the Quadrantid Swarm: • Ultimate Techno Synth?...
➤ This is a video about the Moog DFAM: • Moog DFAM Analog Percu...
➤ Drum sequencer is Shakmat Four Bricks Rook: www.shakmatmod...
➤ The Kick drum is WMD Crater: wmdevices.com/...
➤ FX Aid applies delay to the Swarm: www.happynerdin...
➤ These are the coloured 'knob caps' I'm using: www.thonk.co.u...
My watch is telling me it needs sunlight. How appropriate.
I love seeing people make such great music with smaller racks. It makes eurorack less intimidating compared to the videos of people with their wall of modules
I wonder how difficult it is to learn Four Bricks Rook. It seems like a powerful trigger / gate sequencer
@braunld it's not difficult, it's just that the dfam and swarm already come with vca filters, slide sequencer etc, the others come loose and are different flavors, effects, sounds, they are not complex oscillators, where were the slides and accents??? It is just an example although with these two modules it can be done, having a Eurorack fauna is very enjoyable and it is just as difficult to have 2 as it is 100 (you don't buy a hundred at once it is little by little), it has not used sliding or accent that makes it sound better, much better and acid filter for example, more acid, the reberration is lacking for example, I don't know, a great Eurorack studio isn't scary, you start with two modules and end up with a hundred hehehehehe greetings
When the long lasting G Shock is flashing battery low, you know this man hasn’t seen the outside in months. (Also, thank you for this! I’m dying to put a swarm in a rack with my DFAM)
I have been overwhelmed with the feeling of happiness that it has made me ill, I believe this is what they refer to as "fucking sick"
Hahahaha ❤️
Agreed 👏👏
Honeysmack speaketh the truest words!
Very smart marking the 1 and 2 on the DFAM sequencer with trimmer topper colors!
First thing after watching your last vid on the swarm was emailing eowave. Cant wait to get it in my studio! I hope eowave gives you the credit you deserve for showcasing this synth in the best way possible:) Big up!
I can't seem to find one anywhere. Been looking since december. :(
@@ignacecoenen7488 i know, everyone seemed to be sold out. Eowave had two units in stock for people who wants to buy from them directly:)
@@audunkvam9009 ooff. I'll try to reach out to them directly, but that's a super slim chance. Thanks for the reply! I hope some christmas gifts got returned, and it's back in stock soon. I should have put my purchases in a different order. This just goes to show, just buy the gear when you want it. (this is terrible advice, please do not follow it)
I got mine from Detroit Modular a week ago. They seem to be the only place that has it in stock atm
Best modular samba I’ve heard in long while!! Gnarling!
I ended up buying the eurorack Q.Swarm after watching your last video on it. It’s a beast!! It’s big in the rack, but well worth the space for all its techno!!
I saw your first video about the Quandrantid Swarm and I thought "I bet that plays nice with the DFAM"... and then I found this :)
That case looks extremely fun.
So this is the perfect modular case, size wise. I just watched your other video about how to get started in eurorack. Wow, you make it sound amazing!
So ok: since your last video I actually went and bought swarm and Ive been building a setup together with the Dfam, subharmonicon and a NYX. This machine is absolutely nuts. I got it running through and eventide space in de modechoverb mode. Thanks for the inspiration. Your jams are fantastic.
Your set up sounds insane!
Your dedication to fixed footprint modular maximalism is absolutely awe-inspiring. Watching this at christmas because I wanted to enjoy the wrapping paper for a few days more ;)
Thanks and Merry xmas to you, m8! x
wicked man. Keep it up. I bought a swarm after your first video too! Eowave should give you props!
Man... You have no idea how much I look forward to your videos, and what an amazing affect you've had on my SYNTHESIZER journey. Analog Hardware, Digital Hardware, Software, Standalone Synths, Modular, subtractive, additive, East/West Coast - all of it. Out of all the channels I watch & follow, your videos are the most enjoyable for me, the most interesting, and just fun & free flowing in general.
loopop & DivKid are super technical, and I learn a ton from them. Learning Modular, HAINBACH, LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER, Perfect Circuit, and tons of others channels I'm missing are all great channels. There's so many great people running great channels making great music & reviews & tutorials on the beauty & wonders of Analog Synths and sythesis/Synthesizers, but I can always come back to your channel for great content.
Love your style. Presentation. And that you actually make music during the videos even when/if they're reviews & such. I just can't overstate how much I thoroughly enjoy the content you create.
And if you would ever have time, it'd be awesome if you'd ever be willing to have a chat on Signal, or something like that, just so I could pick your brain on things. I'm limited financially at the moment for what gear I can afford. My only hardware synth so far is the Behringer Model D that I bought for myself last Christmas. And then I have an Arturia Keystep to control the Model D( and whatever else I end up getting) and a Novation LaunchKey 25 that I use as a midi controller in Ableton, Logic Pro, and previously Propellerhead Reason. I've produced Drum & Bass for 18 years in various DAW's and only got into Synths & analog gear since 2018. Synths have reinvigorated my drive to make music and be creative, as before I was 75% sample-based and music production became boring & tedious searching thorough 100's of GB'S of samples.
But now: I can't wait to get home from work or wake up in the morning and noodle or create patches in VCV rack. But even with great free software Synths, Synth VST's & VCV rack, I'm compelled to get my hands on physical Analog HARDWARE. It's an Itch I just HAVE TO scratch.
Anyway; enough rambling. Thanks for so much stellar content!
Cheers!
Agreed!!! 100%
Well at least you can say " Look,iI'm just a human being ! ".....
holy shish, this is some great stuff right here bro! found your channel cause i am starting in modular now and because of your vids i am gonna be broke but happy soon ;-) great stuff man keep it up! Best techno i hear on the YT together with colin. love that Eowave QUADRANTID SWARM!! Cheers mate
Thankyou for the link to the Thonk replacement knobs! I have a DFAM (and M32 and Subharm) and noticed right away the custom knobs, and was like "hey now!" - happy to see you listed it in the links. Thank you!
Very nice!
the end of it, reminds my of some Danny Casseau tracks from Trax-X and Atom-X on the label Reload Records from Belgium,
That M8 is what I call “GnarlyAF” 🤟🤤🤙
Got my Swarm last week and I've been playing around with the oscillator modes and "spread" for the last couple days. I was impressed by the sound from the spring reverb. I think it pairs nicely with your DFAM.
Watched and listened while drinking morning coffee and making pesto. The Pesto was ground to Perfection. Your comment re eurorack being about making instruments is good work. Thanks Alex. ACE.
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@@mylarmelodies loving the Make instruments not Walls (of modules) vibe.
Less is plenty. 👍
I'm glad to see the quandrantid in a bigger system [edit]. This definitely needs a rumble kick though - some filthy delay/verb on the kick then distorted would make this thump
Yes. So very yes. All the yes. 🤘
Thank you! I’ve been looking forward to hearing these two paired. Now I know what I’m buying next. ❤️
this sound quality is sooo good 0_0 alien hyperspace techno
eowave needs to pay you commission. I think everyone sold out after the last one.
That Shakmat sequencer looks dope!!!! Got me tempted
It’s deep! Still trying to wrap my head around it as you see, but it’s very capable and powerful
Sounds like you are preparing for the end of the pandemic! Happy 2021.
And here you are in this video with the DFAM :D! (EDIT: there's some dark magic to be had with the DFAM with that tempo nob all the way to the the right. You basically get everything from a 8-point wave shapeable LFO to an 8-voice paraphonic chord [I might try to mod mine to CV control each individual pitch/vel :/ ]. That beat was disgusting BTW; absolutely loved it.)
Very awesome combination.
I just love this channel. You're the best thank you.
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Very Adam Beyer and Cari Lekebusch-esque...me likes!
This is some good good shit! In another life I'd configure my case to be an all-in-one, but right now it's set to be my Analog Four's '5th Voice' as it were.
I was hoping you would do this combo !!!
perfectionated simplicity! 👍
Devastating as expected. These two are meant for each other.
They’re star crossed lovers
Sick stuff and inspiring
That crater friggin kicks
Very nice!
Super awesome bro, hope one day I can create such great sounds on modular
You had me dancing... good stuff
Dammit, u beat me to it!!
Brilliant
DETROIT VIBES MAN
Utterly amazing
Very cool little setup! Makes me want to try something similar! Sounds dope!
On the side note: have you ordered Pulsar-23 from SOMA Labs? I wounder what you can do with that thing!
Yes, pulsar please !
Gotta have a QUADRANTID SWARM
Do you have a modulargrid Link or list of the modules you are using? Im currently collecting some infos and I would to complement my 0 Coast, swarm and many Instruments with a more FX based rack but its Always great to See into other Setups to find Inspiration of synergies of modules :) great jam btw Loving It
LOVE IT !!!!💥🐙💡🙊🔥🙉🎵
Christ on a bike!!
ACE
Perfect combo!
holy gnar
Holy shit! you've done it!
FFfffuuuuuucccckkkk!! THAT WAS SICK!! Also, thanks, man. Now I gotta save EVEN MORE money!!!
Yeah 😎🙌 thats the stuff!
Great....nice jam
Really fun stuff.
ACE!
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Even more amazing than the usual amazing. Are you planning to going stereo at the final layout or is it for the big mono speaker club where the walls make it omnipresent? I guess no clubs for now. Damn virus. But the world is a club too. Hang on in there!
Yeah I really want some stereo action. Will have to re-jig and get stereo mixing! Am thinking about external drums as well via TR8. We’ll see 🤔
Slamming!
This is some good stuff
Banging. Any chance you could explain the patching and routing a bit?
Nice jam!
I feel like I am getting a better grasp of modular in general from watching this channel but I still have no idea what certain things do:
switched multiples
adders/precision adders
'delayed' modules like delayed lfo/slew/etc
Dope system! Not sure what Ears is gonna do, but I think I'd ditch it and add a little oscillator that you could put into DFAM's Ext Audio. Something like Sinc Iter, or maybe just some voltage controlled noise like VCNO or Noise Square. Plugging just about any voltage controlled sound source into DFAM's Ext Audio really expands it's range.
That’s a great shout - I want to explore adding a looper to it but it may be a bit too much to handle - the Ears was for returning the looper to the modular since you can use Eowave Airtenuators on the way out.
Thank you!
Nice one 👍
sweeeeet
Hey, nice ba-dooh rhythm! I recently gotta a quadrantid, cool synth although i'm not a big fan of those tiny knobs, what's the tops upgrade you got? Thankss)
Thonk Tall Trimmer Toppers - they're great! www.thonk.co.uk/shop/tall-trimmer-toppers/
@@mylarmelodies hands down, thanks a lot!;)
THIS IS A TEST **on wire management and a few good things**
THIS WAS A SUCCESSFUL TEST, I RECKON YEH MATE _/infinitely jamming_
After completing the test, gonna have to write a thesis titled, "Wake Up Nerds: You Don't Need Ten Bagillion Money Currencies Spent On Devices, All You Need Is The Spirit To *Jam* and Lord Bop Will Grant You The Keys to Infinite Rave" with this video listed as a footnote
Hell yes! [Insert Christian Bale ooh face meme]
How did you change the knobs on the Swarm? I have the standalone version and the original knobs are very tight and won't come off when trying to pull them as they are basically installed in the knob holders on the circuit board. Did you solder off the default knob holders or just pull harder than I did?
I didn’t remove the old knobs - those are Thonk Tall Trimmer Toppers which just push onto the trimmers they have!
@@mylarmelodies Ah yes, that makes sense. Thanks!
Excellent video. Could you please tell me what exactly do you‘ve used as fadercaps for both the q.swarm and the tiptop modules? Thanks in advance.
Check the description for link, but they’re Thonk “Tall Trimmer Toppers”
I like it!
Battle Cat
God I cant wait to get my Swarm. Stupid Covid. lol
btw, never knew crater sounded that good
Same thoughts.
Yup it’s good.
@@mylarmelodies Thanks mate. I need another kick (just have a Boomtschak) and I just decided that this will be the one.
NGL i thought your condenser mic was a bong at first.
It is. It's called the "Song Bong." That's what I love about Japan. They always make multifunctional items.
Holy shit 🔥🔥🔥
Amazing Video man. it is so good, I was thinking to start playing with modulars, so you help me a lot, man, I go forward it, just some dough, Can I fit all the devices into the Arturia RackBrute? If it is not, what rack case should I have to buy? Thanki you so much for you help and attention. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
buy a bigger one than you think you need 🥴
Nice jam! Love what you are doing with the QS - looks like the sequencer is playing in time with the clock, but having its reset changing at random clock beats?
BTW, I think I see 2HP unused. Better fill it!
Yep using the QCD to spit out two clocks for it - one to run the sequencer and a second slower one to do resets!
@@mylarmelodies Nice... I haven't tried anything more than a basic clock signal into my QS. Inspired me to try a few things...
are you using the Precision Adder as a mixer for the hihats here?
sorry mate, late to answer - but yes! Makes a mixer with mutes innit!
The Swarm is such a hidden gem that no one knows about. How are you triggering its sequencer out of order?
See demo here! th-cam.com/video/nwLpLXpfnBU/w-d-xo.html
Did you put a jack into the quadrantid reset ? From where?
One of the QCD outputs, set to a slow rate!
Dope
Does anyone know a place where I can find those knobs for the swarm and the DFAM?
www.thonk.co.uk/shop/tall-trimmer-toppers/
@@mylarmelodies awesome thanks!
I love my swarm , it arived couple of days ago and is so gooood.I see u have colored knobs on it,are they a bit biger then original? The originals are very smal so are those on dfam osc1 and osc2.When you put patc cables in its a bit hard to put fingers between cables and this small pots lol, was thinking for alternative pots/ knobs
Check the description, I’ve added Tall Trimmer Toppers from Thonk. Defo worth getting a bagful. If you’re not sure which colours, get black!
the only thing missing is the sound system in a field just of the M25
Amazing!!!! Im really interested to know did you put the Swarm’s spring under it or did you removed it?
You can pry it out from the original case and stick it in another one! It’s held in with sticky foam
Shiii*t. Rad!
Enthusiasm !
A quick question, the replacement knobs on the swarm, where did you get them from and are they easy to swamp out?
They’re Thonk Tall Trimmer Toppers! Just push on.
this made me buy a 108 hp 6 ucase
Amen
@@mylarmelodies 5 months later I've bought a quadrated swarm, 909 hats and mutant hot glue with other modules. Oh my dear lord its the easiest way to get an hours worth of a live set.
one more trick is to trigger the gate on a step sequencer for variation. that be all
U da best
Hey @mylarmelodies, I am having trouble playing this thing using midi. It syncs up and starts the sequencer, but it doesn't reset the pattern when I hit play, and I can't play anything using external midi controller. I feel a little stupid:)
Also when in poly mode using clock in with CV, when I am hitting pads to play chords I also engage/disengage the triggers on that pad which messes up my pattern. Any advice?
Shoot Eowave an email to clarify! Not sure as hardly touched the MIDI side when I made this!
hey man. hopefully you will see this. just wondering what case this is and power is required to run this. im going start my own rack. so want make sure i have enough power.
This is an old Lamond case with a Tiptop uZeus and 3000ma adapter for it - the lamond cases aren’t available anymore but hopefully you can find modern equivalents!
The Tiptop is on the low end in terms of power delivery for this case size by the way.
@@mylarmelodies sorry mate. one last question and pis prob a stupid one. ive been strudying these modules and your routing today and cant figure out where your audio out to your mixer and speakers is. thanks in advance
sorry mate just bumping this question. i can follow the signal chains to everything excepat the master out to the speakers. thanks in advance.
woahhhhhhh!
Nice live set!
Btw May I ask where could I find those knob for dfam and tip-top?
Check the description! 👍
Appreciate it!
just turned it up louder so my wife could appreciate it too
Love the knob swaps you did on your DFAM, where did you get them?
Check description for link - they’re Thonk Tall Trimmer Toppers
@@mylarmelodies Thanks! I wonder if I can find something similar in the states, you guys are spoiled over there with Thonk!
Awesome! Can you give me some info on your dfam knobs?
Check the description! Tall Trimmer Toppers from Thonk
what are those little knobs you've brilliantly put on the little trim pots ? And where does one find those ?
befaco
They’re Thonk Tall Trimmer Toppers, check the description for link!! 👍
@@mylarmelodies thanks , reading challenged am i .