NDLR Setup Jam
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- For those new to MIDI setup, Steve sets up The NDLR with 3 Volcas (Bass, FM, & Beats) and the Deepmind 12. He shows how to connect them via MIDI and gets a little jam going, trying some (very!) random patches on the DM12. :-)
Intro and connecting Volca Bass
3:01 - Connecting Volca FM
5:07 - Connecting Volca Beats
6:00 - Jam on just Volcas
7:46 - Add the DM12
8:10 - More jamming and trying some random DM12 patches
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This is a great little device. Works on hardware, laptop, iOS. Very happy you guys put 2 ins and outs plus clock and usb! Hope you keep supporting it!
I just bought one and within an hour already love it and hooked.
Love my NDLR. I wrote a set of Cherry Audio Voltage 2 modules to control the NDLR with virtual CV. This gives very fine control over performances and opens up all sorts of generative possibilities. As the heart of a generative set of modular synths, the NDLR is just stunningly effective and fun.
Thanks for hooking up the deepmind. I am ecstatic to finally find the hardware i need to expand my horizons on the dM12.
Can't wait to get mine! Go guys, get founded
Ok guys. You got me ... I bought one.
Thank you! Hope you find it a creative force in your studio!
@@ConductiveLabs First session yesterday was ablosutely awesome... what a brilliant piece of gear
Ordering one today! I would have loved to see 4 midi outs. Even if it was the mini jacks so a splitter isn’t necessary.
I need a NDLR so bad.
They are on sale at conductivelabs.com/shop :-)
Really excited about this device. Hoping to see users be able to load their own patterns and support for different scales and modes.
Yea, it would be nice to have a patch library for this for patterns.
Custom Arpeggio patterns are something we'd like to have. Not ready to promise it yet but it's possible. Custom scales are not going to happen in the first release. It breaks the model for handling chord transitions (sonority) for the user. Or it requires an elaborate editing environment so you can assign your own chords to scales, which a lot of people without music theory backgrounds would struggle with.
We added a pattern editor with 20 built-in patterns and 20 user slots to save patterns. You can see a demo here th-cam.com/video/A7g10ROueuE/w-d-xo.html
Cool video Steve, nice!
Thanks for sharing, can't wait for my parcel to arrive :D
this is very cool! would love to hear something that sounds like actual music though
th-cam.com/play/PLVL26OPxckm41-aBLkyt60ykxUDeF1F85.html
I just came back this; what can excellent demo for how to connect things up. Just about anybody will be able to figure out how to hook things up with this.
To be honest I did not find this demo very good, but I am sure the NDLR can drive into more musical jams given the right sounds and effects.
I am definitely interested in this device.
So…it is the music created you were not fond of?
@@geraldhenrickson7472 The issue was mainly that no good patches on the connected synths were prepared, making it hard to like what the noodler was actually doing. So I would have liked better preparation. Still have NDLR on my wishlist though!
It’s very hard to learn how to make this sound good
By the time he has all of this hooked up it sounds like bunch of different musicians playing different songs. Even though they are in the same key and beat, it's a mess. From what I've seen from NDLR demos, less is more. I think the Volca Bass and the Deep Mind would have made the best combo and I would have liked to hear just those 2. Or, change the patch on the Deep Mind to not be so random compared to what is going on with the Volcas?
This is a product demo, right?
He did a rather odd transposition at the beginning of that performance, then grooved away in a different key, which is exactly what the NDLR is meant to do, albeit the choice of key changes is something a skilled musician demonstrates as improvisational talent. The NDLR can't make those decisions (nor should it, imo), nor can choose the best presets for your performance, and as you probably know, if you just scroll through presets you are always going to get a trainwreck of different moods.
So while you are correct, it's not a very fair criticism. The NDLR just did what it was told to do, and it can do way more than what he showed here. There are so many videos of talented players doing more artistic things on TH-cam with the NDLR, including the playlist compiled by Conductive Labs, you should check them out!
Or make your own video...
The want is real
Helloooo, I love the look of those though I can't find any, are you still manufacturing? I hope so, this looks amazing!!!
In stock and taking orders on our website here: conductivelabs.com
Can the NDLR trigger a sequence from another sequencer or can it only trigger a "note on" or other data like that??
@@uiliumpowell4684 It can send a MIDI Start command when you start a NDLR part, which will start other MIDI devices that are listening for it.
@@ConductiveLabs Thanks for the feedback. That sounds unique. I haven't heard of any other products that could do that. Can it then manipulate the other sequencer's data with transpose or scale conformity or anything else? Do you have any videos on this? I really like the idea of controlling and manipulating other little sequence parts like they were single notes, in real time or not.
Anything with MIDI transport controls will send a Start/Stop command, and sometimes they support "pausing", which is a MIDI continue command. NDLR can do all of that too. Unfortunately, MIDI has no concept of scale, key or mode so it can't tell another device (other than another NDLR) what scale to use. The NDLR will transpose MIDI input to The Key and Mode you have selected and output it to your sound module.
Plan to support this. Wish it had a simple on-off switch rather than needing to plug and unplug the USB cable.
Hi James, a power switch is something we will look into. Probably a soft-switch that shuts down The NDLR.
nice demo! those volkas do sound fat btw. (:
IIIIIIIIIIIIII Is a MIDI splitter also known as a MIDI through box?
Technically, it is a through box, but the product in the video is called AmpTone Lab MIDI Splitter.
Luke is it you? Glad to have you have, didn't like episode 8 at all.
Hello Steve! Great Idea! Wish you good luck with this project. I have a question about MIDI clock. Is it stable?
Hi Alaxander, can you be more specific about your MIDI clock question? MIDI clock should be stable on a MIDI cable with modern processors with microsecond timers and relatively high clock speeds. However, USB jitter is likely present as on all USB MIDI interfaces. We will do more precise measurements when we are further along in development.
"MIDI splitter" or MIDI thru-box?
Right, not technically a MIDI splitter but you know what we mean. You can "MIDI split" with great authority using our new MRCC MIDI Router Control Center conductivelabs.com/mrcc
Hi, very cool gear!
It would be interesting try to create a drum track on a synth drum computer like Elektron Analog Rytm or something else (1 midi channel/ 12 sounds). Do you think is it possible?
Mannnn!!!!!! I was thinking the same thing
Have not tried that exactly, but I often use the Drone part to trigger a kick. The drone can be set to re-trigger on the first down beat, every other downbeat, alternate, etc.
What midi splitter is this ?
That is an Amptone Lab MIDI splitter. It's a good one because it's active (powered) so works with more MIDI devices than an unpowered splitter. Conductive Labs also has a mini 4x4 MIDI router called MRCC 880, if you have other MIDI controllers to switch between. And it's a USB MIDI interface with 4 USB MIDI virtual inputs and outputs. But if you don't have enough equipment to justify a MIDI router, the Amptone has been reliable for me. The Sixty Four Pixels Banana Split is also an option if you want more outputs.
MIDI Hub? where?
Are you referring to the AmpTone Lab MIDI Splitter in the video?
He perdido mucho tiempo mirando cómo enchufas cables a tus aparatos. 8 minutos enchufando cosas y 4 minutos dedicados al NDLR
Por favor, vea algunos de nuestros otros videos que demuestran The NDLR. Seach TH-cam for "NDLR".
That's not a jam; that's a catastrophe 😲
Yes, pretty random, should probably plan that part out a bit better. Hopefully the point of showing how to get things connected was understandable.