Mojave Tutorial 1: Getting Started
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- Mojave is a musically minded granular sandstorm. Drawing its inspiration from vast swaths of desert in the American Southwest, Mojave is a live granular processor that uses microscopic bits of audio to create beautifully crafted sonic landscapes.
00:00 Introduction
01:18 Let's get started with Clock modes, Rate, Gen triggers and how to get grains moving.
02:36 Other ways to trigger grains? Hello, Gen Modes!
03:36 SIZE!
04:26 Don't forget to shut the window. Or, maybe open it?
05:04 Speed: Wait, we can pitch-shift grains?
05:39 Zone: Grains from the present and the past. (Too fun.)
06:35 The relationship between Distribute and Structure.
08:02 Take control of quantization with Sky modes.
09:06 I want my grains to jump around! Drift is your friend.
09:37 Whirl creates a universe in stereo. No, really.
10:03 TWO end-of-chain effects - Feedback and Reverb!
11:17 TWO freeze functions!
13:02 Dune: Mojave's unique CV/Gate output
13:38 Oh, we didn't tell you there's a mic on Mojave?
14:33 Patch Example - "Gypsum"
15:00 Patch Example - "Mic-Check"
15:56 Patch Example - "Interstellar Beats"
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The core of Mojave’s sound design palette is a unique set of melodic and rhythmic controls that presents each grain in a musical context. Generate clock-synced granular arpeggios, or envelope your sound in rich harmonic swirls with the turn of a knob.
All microsound settings can be easily accessed via individual knobs letting you tailor each grain, and effortlessly construct dunes of sound.
Mojave is not exclusive to modular signals either; become the wind itself by using the onboard microphone to sift through and manipulate acoustic audio.
And, just like Nautilus, Mojave’s internal settings can be configured via the USB drive and the Narwhal web app. Whether you are constructing pebbles or sandstone monuments, Mojave is the perfect balance between exploratory sound design and harmonious sublimity.
• Live granular processor and stochastic event generator
• Onboard high quality MEMS microphone
• Configurable Dune CV/Gate output
• Firmware updates & alternate firmware via the USB Drive
• Based on the Daisy platform
// GENERAL
• Width: 14HP
• Depth: 22mm
• Power Consumption: +12V=151mA, -12V=6mA, +5V=0mA
// AUDIO
• Sample Rate: 48kHz
• Bit-depth: 32 bit (internal processing), 24-bit (hardware conversion)
• True Stereo Audio IO
• High fidelity Burr-Brown converters
• Based on Daisy audio platform
// MORE THAN SOUND
The Mojave desert has always been a special place for Qu-Bit team members. A place of rest, a place of renewal, and a place for invigorating the creative mind.
We hope the sonic possibilities of Mojave instill those same feelings in you.
With every Mojave sold, a portion of the proceeds will go to the Joshua Tree National Park Association, and will help to preserve a portion of the Mojave desert that we hold dear to our hearts.
www.joshuatree.org/
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Ps; 2 days later I’m definitively fall in love with the MOJAVE. Thank you for this wonderful module. It’s better than I expected, and when i completely understood all functionality’s & their relationship the dream I haved in my head came true ❤.
Another dimension is open. Thanks again QU-BiT, you have completely know what a music/live producer expect when he makes electronic music 🎶!!! 🙏🙏🙏
My journey with Qu-Bit Mojave. A blog post no one asked for.
Attempt 1: Plug it in and mess around. Sounds bad. Can't make anything sound good. No idea what I'm doing. Why doesn't the clock input do anything? is it broken??
Attempt 2: Watch about 10 mins of this video, immediately put some cheesy reverby karplus-strong melody into mojave now armed with some brief info about how to actually use it... holy shit its incredible... it's SO GOOD and it makes the coolest like actually funky micro-rythyms when it's set to 20ms blip and Distribute around 2pm on the dial... Modulate that shit... Oh my fucking god it's so good...
I bought one and received it yesterday….! And I love it 😍. 2 hours to understand the functionality’s and sound’s behaviours. Today I’m exploring its insane possibilities, and have so much fun and surprises 😮!! Thanks QU-BiT, this module push the sound design to another level (I should say another dimension to be honest). 20/20 ❤❤❤
Great module & great presentation!
Thanks also for including a microphone…so convenient to have one in the case, always ready :)
Thanks for watching! And yes, the microphone - so useful. :)
Just looked at Molten Music Monthly and thought about the beauty of the backside of your resent modules. As an artist currently working as a framemaker I thought a limited number of these backsides could be framed, possibly with the lights, and then sold or auctioned for a good cause, but should definitely first be displayed in an art gallery. I know several visual artists who like me fell down the rabbit hole, probably to do with the blinking lights and those cables looking like scribbles when hooked up, but point is, we need to trick more artists to come down here.
It looks absolutely beautiful! 😍
Thank you! We're proud parents!
What a beautiful module both in sound and physical design.. and I think I saw somewhere that you guys stepped up the unboxing experience as well. A small detail that I feel goes a long way for buyers.
Since May, I told myself no more modules, and I've stuck to that.. but I may make an exception. 😇
Thanks so much! The details are fun for us to design as well - glad you like them!
Thanks, this video is super helpful. I got my module in the mail today and it’s in my rack.
That's awesome. When you get it humming, post something and tag us - we'd love to see it!
Pretty soon will have to have a case of all granular modules. (Nice work!!!)
Ooooh! Nice!! Thanks for watching!
And just when I thought I was done buying modules for a bit, along comes this monster things sounds ridiculous, love it, looks beautiful as well, grabbing one shortly
Glad to inspire! Time to make it grain!
I love grainzzz ❤ great sandstorm 🌪
Thank you! (we love grains too. so much)
sounds dope
Well, thank you! :)
This is amazing
Aw, thanks!! :) We're pretty excited here too!
An amazing instrument.
Thanks so much! We're pretty excited here.. :)
killer module!
Right on! Thanks for watching. :)
Yeah!!!
Yeah!!
Looks great. Maybe I should get one and do a Beads/Arbhar/Mojave comparison.
Sounds fun!
Great tutorial/presentation, looks like a very usable module, well thought out and functional. Very tempting!
Sadly, this seems also a goodbye to Nebulae V2, which I'm sad to realise has been relegated to the Qu-Bit forgotten pile. I'd hoped that Qu-Bit would have updated some ideas in a new firmware (based on requests/suggestions) to make the module more useable, but sadly I suspect it's not going to happen😞.
Thanks for the kind words! :) As for Nebulae---(from previous comments--from Andrew Ikenberry)
"We still have a Neb v2 update in the works! Mojave is not meant to replace Nebulae by any means, and we're still committed to supporting the older products in our line."
Bottom line, they are fundamentally different modules. Nebulae works with samples and sample memory - Mojave is a live processor.
@@QuBitElectronix Great, that's sounds promising. And yes, I see that Mojave isn't meant to replace Nebulae. However, it sort of continues the research into granular territory, that has become a sort of holy grail in eurorack. 😉
Sweet module, I’d love to see more quantised grain examples as I’m not quite convinced if I can implement it in a musical context, it seems difficult to get out of its stuttery unrhythmical behaviour, please convince me 😊
Thanks for watching! If you'd like to hear Mojave in some more musical contexts, check out our video with patch examples from the manual. Great stuff there, and I'm sure you'll find there's many musical uses! Enjoy!
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@@QuBitElectronix Yep, that’ll do it. Thank you. One more thing, the mic is a remarkable addition. What’s the frequency range it can record?
sandstorm
Can you hear it? :)
What is the relationship between setting on the knob and corresponding cv input? Does the control voltage bypass the setting on the knob or does it modulate within the parameters set by it? Anyways wonderful module, like beads with a hint of data bender - I love it so much.
Watched Jeremy's video, and preordered! Any idea when the release date is?
They are shipping out our doors now! You can expect them in retailer shops around the world over the next week or so.
I LOVE this module! Old Nebulae fan here. Please please please implement quantisation in just intonation! This is *critical* for drone music :))))
Yes, I agree (see my comment a little above/after yours). I'd hoped QB would have implemented several other things too, as per requests.
We are working on a custom scales GUI for Narwhal where you can make your own scales! For now, we have an unquantized scaling that is in the Twilight Mode by default, and can be applied to any Sky Mode. With CV it can adjust pitch as little as a third of a semitone, and half a semitone turning the Speed or Structure knobs.
@@QuBitElectronix It's best to just have Scala tuning import over an GUI to make scales. JI requires us to be very precise.
Please consider adding a just intonation easter egg for major and minor modes. Otherwise a large part of what makes this module exciting becomes unusable to people who don't work in 12 EDO.
Maybe just a config file at the root of the USB drive where we can decide the exact note values (in cents) and the number of notes it quantises to, for each of the two quantised modes?
Twelve tone equal temperament is a prison we need to break out of. We who design new musical instruments have this responsibility to history and to future listeners.
Thank you!
I was wondering if this was a Beads killer, but I don't think so. They have much in common but I can see that I would use them differently and for different tasks as I think they have different advantages. Building a second case atm, a long moment that is, and was wondering whether to get a second Beads but don't think so now. Must get Data Bender first though.
Data Bender into Mojave will be a good day for sure. :) Thanks for watching!
At around 15:04 you pull back and show using a case that very nicely fits all the Qu-bit modules.
Could you please tell me what case you are using for this video?
Glad you noticed the case! It is a custom upholstered case affectionately called the "Pillow Case" here in our shop. Outside of that, it is a standard 6U, 104HP Eurorack case.
Planning to get one for my first ever eurorack! I am intrigued by the onboard mic capability and am envisioning to process my vocals. How do you sample the voice in the 'mic-check patch'?
That's so exciting! We're proud to be part of your first steps!
In the mic-check patch, the voice is just spoken into the module. Easy peasy. :)
Thanks so much! My mojave arrived yesterday!
Looks fun but I feel like I'm hearing some zero-crossing clicking every now an then in the demo video. It's a big pet peeve in digital modules for me. 9:57
How many grains at max speed and what’s the fidelity or resolution .
Hi @corticallarvae1067 - thanks for the questions!
Max grains is 24, and fidelity and resolution for Qu-Bit modules is 48k, 32-bit internal processing with 24-bit hardware converters.
Let us know if you have any more questions!
Does speed always affect pitch? And can it be unquantized?
The Speed knob specifically affects the pitch of the grains. And yes, you can have an unquantized pitch range using Twilight Mode!
I guess this will rule out the Nebulae Granular instrument version 2?
At least it seems to have some of the features that were asked for by users in the corresponding forum-thread about a new firmware for the latter.
@@ThMntnstyeah, that thread is taking too long to have a definite response from QUBit, so I think it will never get updated. Fair enough, although I hoped for a few bugfixes.
@@studio48nl Haha, yes, I'm indeed the last poster on said thread. - Looking closer at Mojave, it's of course not "the same thing but better", regarding the sampler-aspect for example, so nothing is impossible. Still I'm feeling let down a bit here by the time that has passed since getting the idea there would be something coming.
We still have a Neb v2 update in the works! Mojave is not meant to replace Nebulae by any means, and we're still committed to supporting the older products in our line.
See below from Andrew, and thanks for watching!
Is it a mic and a usb stick or either?😊
The mic is just above the USB drive, on Mojave!
@@QuBitElectronix does the usb drive host samples too?
Sounds great, but those faceplates are OTT - form follows function
Thank you! Always appreciate feedback /opinions.
Re: form over function - our LED panels are actually meant to improve function through interactive feedback connected to what you're doing on the knobs.
ie: you can tell what the module is doing at a glance - which can be extremely helpful when there's a lot going on.
They look great, but they're also really useful.
Dune > Instant Pac-Man mode 😄
ha love it!