I’m seriously in love with all these videos. I can’t thank you enough for these. I’ve learned so much from this channel it’s bordering on ridiculous. Thank you 🙏🏻
I find these (or similar) drum synth modules sound best, when you don’t try to make a drum pattern that sounds like a drum pattern. More like ”random sequences with the snare in the wrong place but the whole thing fills the spectrum nicely”... as long as there is one sound which plays a pattern relatively easy to follow, the human brain can make sense of all of it. But regular drum patterns... ? It will always sound like a Roland demo from the 80’s :-)
c cheshire Exactly what I was going to post - unconventional forms of CV/gate control is what makes modular worth it. I understand why more standard sequencers have been offered the last few years, but I fear it’s somewhat regressive to having people buy/setup elaborate x0x type patches instead of learning more about how the patching works / clever ways of getting more interesting music. That’s half the fun of the wires!
definitely right- the fun of modular drums is unique sound design tool. I like WMD percussion modules like Fracture and Chimera because you can get many non percussion sounds like smashed windows and gunshots besides drum beats.
I’m pretty sure the drum sequencer has headers on the back to directly connect to the drum modules. The Erica Techno system uses this extensively so you can play without having to patch everything
''Divorceware''' When i saw that in the thumbnail, it made think of all the times my wife yelled at me for buying gear. ''How much did this cost?'' ''Another synthesizer? Whats wrong with the ones you have already?'' ''Oh, so you are willing to pay 250$ on a little box with knobs, and claim that's cheap, BUT, you wont spend 50$ on a dinner date with me?
HOLY SHIT?!? How have I not found your channel yet?... Until now? 🤦♂️ Subbed with all notifications immediately. I mean, thr value alone of finding gear that will expedite my divorce is worth its weight in gold. #priceless Synth stuff is a bonus at this point! 👍 So this is the only video I've ever seen of yours, but I can guarantee you have a new subscriber for life. Going to binge on your videos right away. Perfect amount of dry wit along with tasty Analog Synth porn and fun sounds; I even learned something! Great video. Great channel. Cheers! -H.B.
If this is the first video if his you've seen, I highly recommend going through his library and watching as many as you can. The guy is pretty much everything I strive to be. You should also find the three hour video where he scores an entire show soundtrack with a chamber orchestra. I watch that from time to time because it's just amazing. It's not on his channel though so you'll just need to search the TH-cams.
Sonic Clang awesome thanks for the info. That's usually what I do when I find a channel I really like; I'll go back through the entire catalogue of the channel and just binge on videos. His content is so incredibly interesting and unique as well. It's refreshing. And it's not unique in a way that feels forced or goofy just for the sake of bring different, rather you can tell the style and format of the videos are genuine and natural. They flow like a conversation would, and have a superb balance of information, music, comedy, and of course SYNTH GEAR! Thanks again for the suggestions!
this is the first video I've seen of yours and you earned your self a subscription! Entertaining and well edited with a good flow of information and peppered with humor. Cheers mate keep it up.
congrats on the buying the ES9. I was one of the ones saying how great the ES8 was (when I'm not sticking up for the potential of AI on spitfire's instruments)
Maybe you could write to a theme for the album; each track written thinking of a chapter of a favourite book or different characters or something similar. You're used to writing for film so setting yourself similar limitations and boundaries might help to make choices when possibilities can seem endless
so, I've been having a LOT of luck giving up a bunch of control to my modular system. for example, just kind of patching, not "randomly" at all but more "what if I did this" and not planning to accomplish something specific If I like it, I keep the cable where it is If not, adjust knobs to see if I can find a sweet spot If still worse than when I started, just unplug and back up In particular with logic modules, clocks, LFOs, gate patterns - I stopped thinking so much and just started patching and listening Works amazingly well to create crazy intricate hi hat patterns, and that's often all I need if I have a steady kick and snare
Alessandro Cortini has somewhat shown years ago with the Sonoio albums that modular drums can be cool. One of the keys to his sound was the use of distortion on all the drum tracks (Decapitator he mentioned on Sonicstate, but the mixer of the buchla also has some headroom issues that creates some pleasing sounds).
I went in the total opposite direction for drum sequencing in my euro. I feel I already had so many XOX styled drum machines the last thing I wanted was another traditional method to sequence. I use a pithoprakta, lots of logic, knights gallop, four bricks rook, zularic repetitior all driven by a tempi. I can do purely generative, I can play in rhythms, or I can use look up table of patterns euclidean or otherwise, or any combination of the above modulated and logic'd to the nines. Its been a hugely liberating way to program drums.
Soooo I don’t do the modular thing, aaaand I’m a drummer... but what I’ve been working on is to use a series of delays with various beat synced times (a 1 beat delay with high feedback into a 4 beat delay with high feedback, then kill 1 beat delay and let longer delay become basically the “sequencer”) Can’t you use a delay module to delay your trigger signals as well? So you can get cool grooves off the grid? Or do modular delays not work with trigger/gate signals?
@@thedrumunkey8582 as long as the delay is DC coupled you could delay a trigger, though tbh anything with a sharp transient/leading edge you could use as a trigger. So in short yes you could
Holy balls, that "montage" of sounds at 04:17 has my spidey senses tingling, it's absolutely brimming full of character - can we have your permission to sample it please Christian?
I'm glad you're still doing these Modular Mondays. I'm hopefully mere weeks away from getting my modular setup! The modules I'm going with are uncharacteristically devoid of percussion though...
0:45 Incoming Swan!!! .. Absolutely agree on expert sleeps (using ES8) .. Modulating modular - what sets it apart from any other studio tool; the interactions will always lead to happy surprises - put those CV’s about! Try weird things! Happy patching!
It’s not modular, but in my opinion the single best drum/Perc synth is the Nord drum. Nord drum 2 has trigger/pad inputs, so you should be able to shove in varying signal levels to simulate velocity. I’ve hooked up 6 digital metronomes and messed with the volume and it responds...
Ladik drum boy, nlc Doof and Akai Rhythm Wolf plus a pocket operator. Cheap but fun drums for eurorack. Also the drums from novation circuit are good in the mix. Great review but these eat a lot of hp IMO. Cheers
Auch, spending a lot of money to get a modular 909 doesn't make sense even though I love the Techno System. The DFAM does, because it's creamy analog. Two DFAMS makes double sense. But in the end you'll need some Noise Engineering stuff or a Pulsar 23 to get to the 21st century. Grids also works. And a Metron with a few Voltera's. I know it's easy to write this down after you filled your case. But it's a long journey with lots of detours and dead ends - and you always know what the right decision would have been - in retrospective...
I love modular drums they are super fun but expensive. You want a good eurorack mixer and use compression, reverb and distortion with modular drums then they sound amazing. A good trigger sequencer is key or you can use a Euclidian sequencer to get unique drum beats going.
Great vid as always! I went the other direction and got rid of the euro percussion modules in favour of a Digitakt, well pleased! Ps - bought a Lyra8 the other week - mental machine, if you ever come down to the Scottish Borders give a shout and I’ll give you a go🤘🤘
divorce ware is right. I'm a hobbyist, but I had to lay out a case just to spend a few hundred bucks on the MPC ONE. I've avoided modular cause I don't have enough time to document that case
I LOVE the Divorceware segment :D so spot on for those of us who want to buy something, know we shouldn't, but miiiiiiiight do it anyway. It's just funny. Also, I wish I had the kind of money to be able to buy equipment like this to play around. I'm looking at it thinking, is there a less expensive digital plugin version of this??
Is there any reason you're creating patterns in the sequencer instead of using midi from your computer, or even just sampling and rearranging in DAW? I understand this is probably just for the video, but what does your actual workflow look like? I've been wanting to get into modular stuff for a while now, but buying and using sequencers seems silly to me when I have a perfectly good DAW to run all the sequencing I need. Do these VC sequencers offer something that my DAW does not?
Thank you for one more great video! I have learned tons of nice things from your channel. Only one question that I am interested in. How to start a career as a media composer? I have portfolio (only audio tracks) and studio, but what to do next, is it better to mail to local directors and send them my tracks, or mail to music supervisors, or something else. I will be grateful for any response or advice from you! Thanks!
These modules are quite obviously heavily inspired by the 909. At least the snare sound is 99 % of the 909 but a lot more midrange. The hihat sounds more like the CR8000. These should sit nice together with the 303 if you still have that?
I never knew what he meant until he said it and I noticed.. Nope.. I never do that thing.. other finger signs sure.. but never that one. I remember people who did though.. lol.
This is similar to how I use the virtual rack software; adding the CoreAudio bridge to capture my noodling around in LogicProX. I configured a maxed out rack mount Mac Pro for shits and giggles... __________ 2.5GHz 28‑core Intel Xeon W processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz 1.5TB (12x128GB) of DDR4 ECC memory Two Radeon Pro Vega II Duo with 2x32GB of HBM2 memory each 8TB SSD storage Rack mounting rails (ships in separate box) Apple Afterburner card Magic Trackpad 2 Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad - US English $53,949.00 (and I'd still have to buy the monitors) Now _that's_ a fine piece of divorceware!
I've actually done the same just because I was curious. In case you didn't notice, and I think this is quite amazing, they are actually selling a monitor stand for >1000$< with it lmao.
I'll invest in a pair of Barefoots and stands first. Rumor has it Apple will produce their first ARM computer by end of year or beginning of next. Just one more Intel Mac Book Pro for me (the new 16") while waiting for the equivalent in the next platform...
Ah yes, "when gear twiddling replaces composition time", a time sink if there ever was one. I fall victim to it. I am looking for a sound and the next thing I know I have gone down the rabbit hole of knob tweaking sound design never to return. A lot of songs have gone to their deaths that way. Focus...
The lesson here is don’t get married, get drum machines 🤣 If clickity clackity is your thing Christian, I highly recommend checking out the Elektron Digitakt and Digitone. Not modular, but a whole lot of fun, with proper clicky clacky retro computer buttons! If you’re still not sold yet, they also have retro 80s styled screens...in yellow 😎
andy morris - Does a bear wipe his ass with the rabbit 🐇 ~ as long as he doesn't have an issue with shit sticking to his fur of course. (see if you're old enough to get that reference). 👍
Because you're meant to have it at the bottom of your rack so the leads trail upwards..... mind you.... there's always slack and gravity..... yeah, you're right.
Unfortunately it's part of modular synthesisll. Quite often you are forced to run leads over the controls. There is often no good way to place all the modules you have, it is always a compromise. It's why semi-modular and integrated synths were created.
Nice video, as always. Think it's a shame you have abandoned the out-of-the-box dream. Some of your modular patches/jams before where awesome, I'm sure you could make a great album without the comfort of the computer :-D
beegsyboy don’t worry... that spirit will be present in my album... I just want the tracks to be able to really sculpt and mix. In fact my idea moving forward is even more exciting....
Modular drums are just different than classic drum machines and samplers. I think modular drums have the advantage of cv modulation. I really don't want my Iteritas modules sounding like my MPC Live, Toraiz, Octatrack or OP-1. You can only stretch an Amen snare but so far because the organic personality is locked in through the aspect of the sample, whereas a synth perc module like the Basimilus can mangle and twist from a snare into a bassline, kick or some strange bell of a high hat with changes in timbre and and envelope. The tool changes in the right hands.
Is recording a drummer smashing some stuff out and then running that audio through your modular against the parameters of your album? Or justing one shot drum samples in a similar way? I feel like synthesized drums are probably always gonna be whack to some degree. *Pretends the Roland drum machines don't exist*
Err I dunno. As a drummer and a drum machine fanatic, synth and acoustic/recorded both have their place. Both can sound flat and undynamic in comparison in different situations. For making certain electronic music, recorded drums would be a hard no. However certain Hip Hop etc etc would sound better with recorded samples. All context I guess
I find the idea of modular drums to be just a bit too much money for not enough performance. I'd rather buy a drum machine with separate outs than reinvent the wheel to make a separate module for every sound. It's just not the strong point of modular.
The variety of drum modules is sparse. They aren't all single tones - you can buy fullly programmable drum modules that have an array of outs and ins. I see you point but the idea of modular is that its adaptable to anyone.
@@fakshen1973 Yes another key word for modular is EXPENSIVE hahaha! You can basically get fully routed drum machines though, so there is some more comparatively affordable options. But yeah building a custom kit with separate modules is $$$
Sorry, but I thought that sounded okay. Drums on their own may always sound "whack," as far as I'm concerned, unless it's Bonham bashing the skins with four sticks, of course. So we must always hear "percussive" sounds in context. In my ever so humble opinion, of course... And what do I know... I only create beat-less ambient anyway :-D (I hope no one saw my "here" "hear" typo!)
Your problem is you told everyone you were making an album. Any professional writer will tell you nothing motivates them like a deadline. Maybe you need(ed) an actual music production job. Otherwise have fun.
Thank you so much for those videos! They calm me down
I’m seriously in love with all these videos. I can’t thank you enough for these. I’ve learned so much from this channel it’s bordering on ridiculous. Thank you 🙏🏻
I find these (or similar) drum synth modules sound best, when you don’t try to make a drum pattern that sounds like a drum pattern. More like ”random sequences with the snare in the wrong place but the whole thing fills the spectrum nicely”... as long as there is one sound which plays a pattern relatively easy to follow, the human brain can make sense of all of it. But regular drum patterns... ? It will always sound like a Roland demo from the 80’s :-)
I agree, it's kind of like when a Robot is an obvious Robot it's cool, but when a Robot gets too human, it's creepy
Totally agree with this. One of the biggest strengths of modular is irregular programming and just how interesting it can be.
c cheshire Exactly what I was going to post - unconventional forms of CV/gate control is what makes modular worth it. I understand why more standard sequencers have been offered the last few years, but I fear it’s somewhat regressive to having people buy/setup elaborate x0x type patches instead of learning more about how the patching works / clever ways of getting more interesting music. That’s half the fun of the wires!
there's no such thing as snare in the wrong place.. ;)
definitely right- the fun of modular drums is unique sound design tool. I like WMD percussion modules like Fracture and Chimera because you can get many non percussion sounds like smashed windows and gunshots besides drum beats.
I’m pretty sure the drum sequencer has headers on the back to directly connect to the drum modules. The Erica Techno system uses this extensively so you can play without having to patch everything
"The universal finger sign of EDMers from priveleged backgrounds the world over" had me in absolute stitches!
''Divorceware''' When i saw that in the thumbnail, it made think of all the times my wife yelled at me for buying gear.
''How much did this cost?''
''Another synthesizer? Whats wrong with the ones you have already?''
''Oh, so you are willing to pay 250$ on a little box with knobs, and claim that's cheap, BUT, you wont spend 50$ on a dinner date with me?
HOLY SHIT?!? How have I not found your channel yet?... Until now? 🤦♂️ Subbed with all notifications immediately. I mean, thr value alone of finding gear that will expedite my divorce is worth its weight in gold. #priceless Synth stuff is a bonus at this point! 👍
So this is the only video I've ever seen of yours, but I can guarantee you have a new subscriber for life. Going to binge on your videos right away. Perfect amount of dry wit along with tasty Analog Synth porn and fun sounds; I even learned something!
Great video. Great channel.
Cheers!
-H.B.
If this is the first video if his you've seen, I highly recommend going through his library and watching as many as you can. The guy is pretty much everything I strive to be.
You should also find the three hour video where he scores an entire show soundtrack with a chamber orchestra. I watch that from time to time because it's just amazing. It's not on his channel though so you'll just need to search the TH-cams.
just hook your partner on making music and go happily ever banrupt together
Sonic Clang awesome thanks for the info. That's usually what I do when I find a channel I really like; I'll go back through the entire catalogue of the channel and just binge on videos. His content is so incredibly interesting and unique as well. It's refreshing. And it's not unique in a way that feels forced or goofy just for the sake of bring different, rather you can tell the style and format of the videos are genuine and natural. They flow like a conversation would, and have a superb balance of information, music, comedy, and of course SYNTH GEAR!
Thanks again for the suggestions!
this is the first video I've seen of yours and you earned your self a subscription! Entertaining and well edited with a good flow of information and peppered with humor. Cheers mate keep it up.
congrats on the buying the ES9. I was one of the ones saying how great the ES8 was (when I'm not sticking up for the potential of AI on spitfire's instruments)
Omg! Humbled that you have me in there! Love your channel sir!
Maybe you could write to a theme for the album; each track written thinking of a chapter of a favourite book or different characters or something similar. You're used to writing for film so setting yourself similar limitations and boundaries might help to make choices when possibilities can seem endless
Basilimus Iteritas Alter, WMD Crater, SSF Entity.... just saying...
Excellent suggestions. Don't forget the Quad Drums.
just got crater and chimera and like... im speechless
Michigan Synth Works - SY0.5 - Pearl Syncussion SY-1 clone
Dani Koenig sounds excellent but need more cvs
@@romaingady true, but worth it for the sound
Loving the DFAM ...
This feels like a ministry of information public relations video from a future in which music tech is in a state of enforced ubiquity. Dope stuff.
so, I've been having a LOT of luck giving up a bunch of control to my modular system.
for example, just kind of patching, not "randomly" at all but more "what if I did this" and not planning to accomplish something specific
If I like it, I keep the cable where it is
If not, adjust knobs to see if I can find a sweet spot
If still worse than when I started, just unplug and back up
In particular with logic modules, clocks, LFOs, gate patterns - I stopped thinking so much and just started patching and listening
Works amazingly well to create crazy intricate hi hat patterns, and that's often all I need if I have a steady kick and snare
Alessandro Cortini has somewhat shown years ago with the Sonoio albums that modular drums can be cool. One of the keys to his sound was the use of distortion on all the drum tracks (Decapitator he mentioned on Sonicstate, but the mixer of the buchla also has some headroom issues that creates some pleasing sounds).
I’d really recommend sticking a gentle phaser on any digital hats. Really helps give it movement and variation
Cheers for the tip, I’ll give this a go
They aren't digital but analog.
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: yeeeeeeeeeeeeees.
lol
You gotta learn all the classic drum fills and patterns.... Time is tickin', old man.
Currently rolling down the interstate somewhere in Florida and by the movement of my head I'd say this groove is a winner.
Is there ever going to be a part ii?
I went in the total opposite direction for drum sequencing in my euro. I feel I already had so many XOX styled drum machines the last thing I wanted was another traditional method to sequence.
I use a pithoprakta, lots of logic, knights gallop, four bricks rook, zularic repetitior all driven by a tempi. I can do purely generative, I can play in rhythms, or I can use look up table of patterns euclidean or otherwise, or any combination of the above modulated and logic'd to the nines.
Its been a hugely liberating way to program drums.
Soooo I don’t do the modular thing, aaaand I’m a drummer... but what I’ve been working on is to use a series of delays with various beat synced times (a 1 beat delay with high feedback into a 4 beat delay with high feedback, then kill 1 beat delay and let longer delay become basically the “sequencer”)
Can’t you use a delay module to delay your trigger signals as well? So you can get cool grooves off the grid? Or do modular delays not work with trigger/gate signals?
@@thedrumunkey8582 as long as the delay is DC coupled you could delay a trigger, though tbh anything with a sharp transient/leading edge you could use as a trigger. So in short yes you could
Holy balls, that "montage" of sounds at 04:17 has my spidey senses tingling, it's absolutely brimming full of character - can we have your permission to sample it please Christian?
I'm glad you're still doing these Modular Mondays. I'm hopefully mere weeks away from getting my modular setup! The modules I'm going with are uncharacteristically devoid of percussion though...
0:45 Incoming Swan!!! .. Absolutely agree on expert sleeps (using ES8) .. Modulating modular - what sets it apart from any other studio tool; the interactions will always lead to happy surprises - put those CV’s about! Try weird things! Happy patching!
It’s not modular, but in my opinion the single best drum/Perc synth is the Nord drum. Nord drum 2 has trigger/pad inputs, so you should be able to shove in varying signal levels to simulate velocity. I’ve hooked up 6 digital metronomes and messed with the volume and it responds...
haven't laughed this hard in ages. Commentary was hilarious
0:56 that swan looked a little bit confused with the situation
Ladik drum boy, nlc Doof and Akai Rhythm Wolf plus a pocket operator. Cheap but fun drums for eurorack. Also the drums from novation circuit are good in the mix. Great review but these eat a lot of hp IMO. Cheers
This is cool
You're hilarious man, that whole section at 4:20 killed me. Thanks for the laughs.
Very good tweaks Christian.
Omg this was awesome, I would love to grab those drum samples from you, the gear is awesome!
Those modules play back samples already just FYI
Auch, spending a lot of money to get a modular 909 doesn't make sense even though I love the Techno System. The DFAM does, because it's creamy analog. Two DFAMS makes double sense. But in the end you'll need some Noise Engineering stuff or a Pulsar 23 to get to the 21st century. Grids also works. And a Metron with a few Voltera's. I know it's easy to write this down after you filled your case. But it's a long journey with lots of detours and dead ends - and you always know what the right decision would have been - in retrospective...
I love modular drums they are super fun but expensive. You want a good eurorack mixer and use compression, reverb and distortion with modular drums then they sound amazing. A good trigger sequencer is key or you can use a Euclidian sequencer to get unique drum beats going.
can you just route DIY piezo drum trigger pads into module trigger inputs ??? or do i need some drum trigger interface module?
Mother of God, click-bait title of the year! Can't watch now, but you are already getting a thumbs-up just for the title! 👍
Great vid as always! I went the other direction and got rid of the euro percussion modules in favour of a Digitakt, well pleased!
Ps - bought a Lyra8 the other week - mental machine, if you ever come down to the Scottish Borders give a shout and I’ll give you a go🤘🤘
Put Maths Envelope into the Pitch CV for some truly amazing transients
Oversynth for Minitaur! Nice find. Good luck with the album.
divorce ware is right. I'm a hobbyist, but I had to lay out a case just to spend a few hundred bucks on the MPC ONE. I've avoided modular cause I don't have enough time to document that case
Hats A are analogue and Hats D are digital (sampled)
... yes indeed and Christian has Hats A so analog, even if he says they are digital.
I LOVE the Divorceware segment :D so spot on for those of us who want to buy something, know we shouldn't, but miiiiiiiight do it anyway. It's just funny.
Also, I wish I had the kind of money to be able to buy equipment like this to play around. I'm looking at it thinking, is there a less expensive digital plugin version of this??
0.50, bless the swan coming over to help you :-)
Is there any reason you're creating patterns in the sequencer instead of using midi from your computer, or even just sampling and rearranging in DAW? I understand this is probably just for the video, but what does your actual workflow look like? I've been wanting to get into modular stuff for a while now, but buying and using sequencers seems silly to me when I have a perfectly good DAW to run all the sequencing I need. Do these VC sequencers offer something that my DAW does not?
Thank you for one more great video! I have learned tons of nice things from your channel.
Only one question that I am interested in. How to start a career as a media composer? I have portfolio (only audio tracks) and studio, but what to do next, is it better to mail to local directors and send them my tracks, or mail to music supervisors, or something else.
I will be grateful for any response or advice from you!
Thanks!
Hard hitting.,
Thanks for the video :) What patch cables are you using?
wow. just wow. modular is amazing.
These modules are quite obviously heavily inspired by the 909. At least the snare sound is 99 % of the 909 but a lot more midrange. The hihat sounds more like the CR8000.
These should sit nice together with the 303 if you still have that?
I never knew what he meant until he said it and I noticed.. Nope.. I never do that thing.. other finger signs sure.. but never that one. I remember people who did though.. lol.
The joy of modular drums for me is unreal sounding drums and ott modulation!
never liked modular drums
but this sounds really great
This is similar to how I use the virtual rack software; adding the CoreAudio bridge to capture my noodling around in LogicProX.
I configured a maxed out rack mount Mac Pro for shits and giggles...
__________
2.5GHz 28‑core Intel Xeon W processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
1.5TB (12x128GB) of DDR4 ECC memory
Two Radeon Pro Vega II Duo with 2x32GB of HBM2 memory each
8TB SSD storage
Rack mounting rails (ships in separate box)
Apple Afterburner card
Magic Trackpad 2
Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad - US English
$53,949.00 (and I'd still have to buy the monitors)
Now _that's_ a fine piece of divorceware!
I've actually done the same just because I was curious. In case you didn't notice, and I think this is quite amazing, they are actually selling a monitor stand for >1000$< with it lmao.
I'll invest in a pair of Barefoots and stands first. Rumor has it Apple will produce their first ARM computer by end of year or beginning of next. Just one more Intel Mac Book Pro for me (the new 16") while waiting for the equivalent in the next platform...
No part 2?
Hi mate, excellent machinery and video and all that. I'm an injury and divorce lawyer, can I put a link here?
That kick at 5:57 oooooooo!
Ah yes, "when gear twiddling replaces composition time", a time sink if there ever was one. I fall victim to it. I am looking for a sound and the next thing I know I have gone down the rabbit hole of knob tweaking sound design never to return. A lot of songs have gone to their deaths that way. Focus...
Yup, this is my experience with music as well. Decent idea to start, get the bones recorded and then lose myself in synth/sound design for hours.
Yes, but it’s not 909 in modular form. It’s more abstract, percussive. Like BIA, Dinky’s Taiko, Soma’s Pulsar 23
4:24 that huge head scared me 🤣
"and threaten our marriages" hahahahah
The lesson here is don’t get married, get drum machines 🤣
If clickity clackity is your thing Christian, I highly recommend checking out the Elektron Digitakt and Digitone. Not modular, but a whole lot of fun, with proper clicky clacky retro computer buttons! If you’re still not sold yet, they also have retro 80s styled screens...in yellow 😎
Kick … no kick here
Erm, "can modular drums EVER be good?"
Does a bear shit in the woods :-D
andy morris - Does a bear wipe his ass with the rabbit 🐇 ~ as long as he doesn't have an issue with shit sticking to his fur of course. (see if you're old enough to get that reference).
👍
Why would they design it so that the patch leads run over the front of the control panel?
But great video again Christian! Thank you.
Because you're meant to have it at the bottom of your rack so the leads trail upwards..... mind you.... there's always slack and gravity..... yeah, you're right.
Unfortunately it's part of modular synthesisll. Quite often you are forced to run leads over the controls. There is often no good way to place all the modules you have, it is always a compromise. It's why semi-modular and integrated synths were created.
@@TheCrowHillCo Just get one of those velcro tie things, you'll be reet. :-D
Nice video, as always. Think it's a shame you have abandoned the out-of-the-box dream. Some of your modular patches/jams before where awesome, I'm sure you could make a great album without the comfort of the computer :-D
beegsyboy don’t worry... that spirit will be present in my album... I just want the tracks to be able to really sculpt and mix. In fact my idea moving forward is even more exciting....
Modular drums are just different than classic drum machines and samplers. I think modular drums have the advantage of cv modulation. I really don't want my Iteritas modules sounding like my MPC Live, Toraiz, Octatrack or OP-1. You can only stretch an Amen snare but so far because the organic personality is locked in through the aspect of the sample, whereas a synth perc module like the Basimilus can mangle and twist from a snare into a bassline, kick or some strange bell of a high hat with changes in timbre and and envelope. The tool changes in the right hands.
Are the Erica Synths drum modules analog or digital?
It depends but you can find these info on their website.
Nice!
How is the recording quality of the es9?
Christian, have you ever listened to duo named Hammock?
Cool sounds and dope patterns there! I do hope the divorce visual is a joke. Other than that, I love your videos!
Seeing this I think I will just use the many drum machines in my DAW. And have my modular concentrate on bass and melody..😬
This album is going to take longer than a new TOOL album :)
I could spend hours and hours on gear like that :)
ES-9 FTW
Feed the 🦢!!!
Put up the multitrack up for download :D
What kind of question is that!? Of course modular drums can be good, modular can do pretty much anything good if you put the time in.
Your Divorceware section feels very...umm...intimate?
Nord Drum 2 - nuff said
The Snow Goose;)
Those drums sounds.... PHANTASTICK !
Is recording a drummer smashing some stuff out and then running that audio through your modular against the parameters of your album?
Or justing one shot drum samples in a similar way?
I feel like synthesized drums are probably always gonna be whack to some degree.
*Pretends the Roland drum machines don't exist*
@INFINITE 2020 Your spelling is whack, bro. ;)
Err I dunno. As a drummer and a drum machine fanatic, synth and acoustic/recorded both have their place. Both can sound flat and undynamic in comparison in different situations. For making certain electronic music, recorded drums would be a hard no. However certain Hip Hop etc etc would sound better with recorded samples. All context I guess
Try Elektron Analog Rytm
I find the idea of modular drums to be just a bit too much money for not enough performance. I'd rather buy a drum machine with separate outs than reinvent the wheel to make a separate module for every sound. It's just not the strong point of modular.
The variety of drum modules is sparse. They aren't all single tones - you can buy fullly programmable drum modules that have an array of outs and ins. I see you point but the idea of modular is that its adaptable to anyone.
@@okidot Well, that's my point. Unless you're modulating various aspects of each drum module, it's a very expensive prospect for just drums.
@@fakshen1973 Yes another key word for modular is EXPENSIVE hahaha! You can basically get fully routed drum machines though, so there is some more comparatively affordable options. But yeah building a custom kit with separate modules is $$$
Writing a book is actually quiet easy, figuring out how to write a book is the crux... the same stands for an album ?
hmm the blurred out slack channel certainly piques the curiosity.
Sorry, but I thought that sounded okay.
Drums on their own may always sound "whack," as far as I'm concerned, unless it's Bonham bashing the skins with four sticks, of course. So we must always hear "percussive" sounds in context.
In my ever so humble opinion, of course...
And what do I know... I only create beat-less ambient anyway :-D
(I hope no one saw my "here" "hear" typo!)
Plonk.
Goose is like "sup, you have something for me? Uh, no.. I was on my iphone... I totally came over here for a.. drink of water.."
Erica are not French. They're based in Riga, Latvia
Cocker yes but the analogue drum modules are a collaboration with a French company named in the video.
@@TheCrowHillCo My mistake. They sound great regardless
Um...I have watched almost all of your videos and have never seen you in a t-shirt. Feels a bit weird, honestly. Anyway...
Matt Akers Music next week pyjamas.
Your problem is you told everyone you were making an album. Any professional writer will tell you nothing motivates them like a deadline. Maybe you need(ed) an actual music production job. Otherwise have fun.
That's an insane amount of work to program rather mediocre drums. That sequencer is overpriced IMO. NerdSeq looks better
Soo many adds 😭
omg click out NO. clock out.
Er...
T-shirt?
Unexpected close-up?
One thing I cannot stand is adds in the middle of a video, sorry