Good point! Been watching since the early OP1 days, so much so that I've forgotten what his previous channel name was before Red Means Recording. I think it was his name?
I love your channel so much! Been going down the synth rabbit hole for about a year and you saved me so much time and money with your solid advice and thorough content. Much mahalo!
Fantastic video. I’ve had the SWN for a while but didn’t quite get it until now. I really appreciate you showing us what this miracle can really do. Thank you :)
The SWM is up there on my want list, I just started building my second 204hp rack recently since the addiction is real. I'm currently building a stack of Non Linear Circuits modules to throw in it.
Great video as always and a big help in understanding the module. So much in a small space. So interesting how it breaks down the voices to such interesting forms. It’s wonderful to have modules like this that break conventions.
Such a great machine, I love that you also get 6 ‘free’ lfos for modulating other synths or itself . It’s very undervalued on reverb/eBay imho but who am I to complain when I managed to buy one for nearly half rrp. There is a fair bit of learning to get it down but it’s worth the effort.
While this module can do a lot (wavetable, lfo, quantizer, envelope). After taking it for a test run I felt that it did a lot of things pretty well but not one particular feature stood out for me, I was pretty relieved that I didn't have to commit to buying/keeping it. Recently I got the ensemble oscillator.... and well me old chappie...that's something that is next level.
Next firmware update is supposed to add longer gate detection with in CV/GATE mode so you can define length of envelopes by gate length and essentially make all 6 oscillators playable polyphonically with different note lengths.
I hover on the edge of modular synth obsession and watching these videos does not help!!! My only solace which prevents the descent into poverty bought on by such an addiction is the ancient Micro Modular I am lucky enough to have. How I wish you could acquire more modules like this for it.
It is, it just takes practice sometimes. I cane across a modular system in a trade, and i mostly learned by Doing. When watching videos, it’s easy to get discouraged with the amount of vocabulary/connections being used, but modular can be for everyone!
Dude it’s pretty easy, I was actually turned off from modular for years (I have little synthesizer experience still) but I decided to take the plunge and the fact that every patch is different and that you mostly experiment when patching it becomes a natural flow. Just randomly trying things and then remembering things you’ve done in the past and seen online to put in your tool box
Edgar M.P. True, honestly the only barrier really is the technical language, whenever I explain stuff about modular to my friends I always say the word along with a normal synonym in parentheses, like sound generator vs oscillator
@@zaneaustin22 Bless you all for being encouraging and helpful. Don't assume it's the language tho. I'm an EE from the control electronics world so the concepts are all familiar. then add in that i'm a synth nerd so i even understand the context. i got rid of my first synth, a used vintage arp odyssey, because i got sick of patching it, and it only had sliders and switches. since then i only have purchased synths that can store patches, or ROMplers, which are just preset libraries. The greatest thing to me since sliced bread, is affordable digital control of analog, so i can finally save analog patches, not just digital. i'm also freaked out at something intricately wired with actual wires that is a HUGE mess to clean up or make a major sound design change. to me, modules like the deepmind12d, microfreak or dreadbox typhon(my next synth), are where it is at. everything i have is controllable from a master keyboard and patch changes are quick. Plus after i spend an hour tweaking a patch to perfection, i want to save my work. I love the sound of like the moog system55 but seeing one is almost a panic attack when i ponder actually patching it. So i really dont believe i have the correct mindset for modular, but the lights are the best in all of synth world and i watch modular videos for the knowledge...and the lights haha. ps. the part i really like about modular is the ad-lib sound creation as the rig is tweaked in a live performance. this is like my performance mode using my soundset. scary but exciting and no one knows what is coming next. example: ambient audio painting of an alien rainstorm done live, 1 take 1 track...i hope i dont choke heh th-cam.com/video/RD8aSIW-cdQ/w-d-xo.html
wow that short intro was magic! BUT it's not the gear, it's the artist behind. So I take all your wonderful sounds, put them in a box, shake to get 90% less magic and 90% more blurps et voilà: I know how the gear would sound in my hands ;) I can tell you, it's disappointing haha
Modular is really interesting, but not affordable at all. I saved for the OP1 for a long time.. the amount of time and money you can dump into music creation is mind blowing. Keep on doing what you love. (and make more OP1 content with different genres if u can 😘) Blessings from Germany
I’ve had a bit of GAS for this since I saw Aaron at Maven Fiction rave about his, but this may have tipped me from ‘would quite like’ to ‘really want’. Let’s hope it doesn’t get to ‘need this NOW’…
Thanks yo, I had to tell you I went modular after this getting a Doepfer Lc9 Three tier, The SWN is my first module ( iknow smart right) my second Module well the BasTL CIAO! But the other real Module The SMR.....freaking GENIOUS I KNOW..... then the doepfer 106-5, Braids by Blue lantern, Then the Squid Salmple, with Pams New workout...... Not bad in.... lil under a year ( isaw the video about six months late...... ITS ALL YOUR FAULT. just kidding. sort of Ive been a disc jockey on turntables for 17 years started Producing about fifteen years back, Gotten huge into synths in the past 4 years Minilogue, Pro 1, Td3, Tr8 aria, SLMK3launchpad, The Cat, and ph yeah Crave ( ihave gotten 3 osc melodies from that thing very impressive the crave)
Jeremy, i wonder if that LFO/CV in the middle, Can i sequencer external gear? do you know if it can do that? like send that middle pot into a pitch in a VCO? Please advise
Any idea how we can play Chords from an External MidiKeys with all 6Voice..? As i nolonger can frind the Polyend MiditoCV Module that patch all six of SWN's Voice.. Thanks for the great demo! HappyNewYear! Dre
Does somebody know how much recording time there is for recording your own wavetable? I wonder if you could throw some samples in there to use them as wavetables, like on the wavetable synth in Ableton.
Hi Jeremy! You know Modular used to be fun inexpensive good times, every interesting module now is 400 to 1000 bucks, who the fuck can afford that? This is a very cool module and you did a fantastic demonstration as always! But after buying the Encore and Swarm RT-311 I have to go cheap on everything else! I would love a Pamela’s and a Rene, there would be another thousand! I’ve been thinking about changing Rexcellence Magee to Can’t afford my hobbies! Peace Bro,
My favorite part about is how tactile the LFOs are. I hooked then up to Morphagene yesterday and got some really satisfying, surprising results. Do you know of any other LFO modules that have this many outputs that are just as tactile?
Maybe the OCHD, which are 8 sine wave lfo which are phased differently between each other. You can get some very nice organic patches with it. And it’s 4hp
I'm thinking of building my own euro rack with a Behringer Neutron and a Behringer PRO-800 as must haves after discovering the amazing world of synths. What modules should I check out in addition?
pamelas new workout is an amazing clocked modulation and sequencing source. make noise maths for both envelopes and awesome lfos and also crazy math modulation. rene for generative sequencing. mimeophone for amazing time traveling delay and reverb.
Hiya, sorry to be slight off topic (ps, loved this tutorial, very keen on getting one of these sometime), I notice you have Knit in your case. I've playing with the idea of getting one (or the 8hp beehive, though this will limit other areas) and this size will allow me to fit my dream stuff in my case. I was just wondering how you find it for performing and if tuning, etc is difficult with it's smallness? Sorry to post this question but I've been looking around for someone who has and uses one for an informed opinion. Cheers :)
@@RedMeansRecording Thanks for getting back to me, that's just what I want to hear! Got plenty of things to modulate with so sounds a goer to me! Keep up the good work man, great content!
I tried the new feature of recording one waveform at the time, but I didn't understand how many I had already recorded (you can browser via colour but it doesn't really clearly show that you have X recording slots left). Have you tried that yet? PS: since you are asking for workflows: Mine are very different. On the one hand I like to use it as you did, just by selfpatching and running it through a Moonphase stereo filter, and letting it createt its own LFO-VCA rhythm, OR I have it STUFFED with cables coming from my Hermod and I try to record actual melodies that are longer than 6 steps into the Hermod with 6 voices.
@@RedMeansRecording You mean each single LFO? In ... that RED mode (so many names). But without changing pitch? Interesting. Tell me more if you tried recording a whole sphere just by recording individual waveforms, I wasn't able to really see my progress on the module. Maybe I missed some blinking light.
@@RedMeansRecording Thanks. I had a suspicion it was. Those cases seem too good to be true - huge power supply, built very tough, fair price. Is there a catch?
Are you trying to become the Bob Ross of synthesizers? Because if you are, then you are well on your way!
Good point! Been watching since the early OP1 days, so much so that I've forgotten what his previous channel name was before Red Means Recording. I think it was his name?
it used to be my name, yeah
yeah go checkout his LXR drum machine demo for MegaBobRossAction
Listening to you ramble while you noodle is such a joy.
I love your channel so much! Been going down the synth rabbit hole for about a year and you saved me so much time and money with your solid advice and thorough content. Much mahalo!
That’s a seriously powerful and musical module. Adding this one to my GAS list for sure! Great video btw, ty!!
This thing is nutty, thanks for the rundown. Right now, I use Tides + SMR, and this looks like both in one module!
Nice!
Bonus points for the mini roulette table on the module 😁
i never understood this thing until now. Thank you
+1 for using blue-red for left-right.
Fantastic video. I’ve had the SWN for a while but didn’t quite get it until now. I really appreciate you showing us what this miracle can really do. Thank you :)
One of my favorite modules that I own! I can spend hours just looking at it. Great video :)
Hands down the best SWN video. Sold me mine. Just got it!
It looks so hard but... I can't draw my eyes away. It's too good. You're too good. Keep going.
This whole demo is beautiful
The SWM is up there on my want list, I just started building my second 204hp rack recently since the addiction is real. I'm currently building a stack of Non Linear Circuits modules to throw in it.
12:35 i was speechless, it's so beautiful, so cool
Great video as always and a big help in understanding the module. So much in a small space. So interesting how it breaks down the voices to such interesting forms. It’s wonderful to have modules like this that break conventions.
Such a great machine, I love that you also get 6 ‘free’ lfos for modulating other synths or itself . It’s very undervalued on reverb/eBay imho but who am I to complain when I managed to buy one for nearly half rrp. There is a fair bit of learning to get it down but it’s worth the effort.
While this module can do a lot (wavetable, lfo, quantizer, envelope). After taking it for a test run I felt that it did a lot of things pretty well but not one particular feature stood out for me, I was pretty relieved that I didn't have to commit to buying/keeping it. Recently I got the ensemble oscillator.... and well me old chappie...that's something that is next level.
I'd love it if 4MS made a stand alone model with bigger knobs and more spacing between the CV in/outs.
a brilliant module. it will never leave my rack!
Make sure to check out the Channel Locks, which let you dial in the sound on one or more channels then exclude it from cv changes
Love wavetable synths. My main two are Intellijel Shapeshifter and Waldorf NW-1 but I'd love this one, too. Six voices is appealing.
Great demo here ! Love your sound !
Great video. The drums you chose were perfectly suited to this module and sounded absolutely lovely.
I haven't gone down the modular rabbit hole yet but I know it's going to be deep when I do.
Beautiful module and beautiful sounds. Thank you.
12:27 is amazing
Thank you, finally a good video about the SWN 👏👏
Next firmware update is supposed to add longer gate detection with in CV/GATE mode so you can define length of envelopes by gate length and essentially make all 6 oscillators playable polyphonically with different note lengths.
woah
great walkthrough Mr. B, very much into this!
Brilliant use of a brilliant module!
this is so pretty omg
I use the SWN alot for the LFO's , Its really worth it for that alone.
I hover on the edge of modular synth obsession and watching these videos does not help!!!
My only solace which prevents the descent into poverty bought on by such an addiction is the ancient Micro Modular I am lucky enough to have. How I wish you could acquire more modules like this for it.
This was fantastic
no you're fantastic
One minute in, just listened to the previews.
A lot of those sounds remind me of Cave Story for some reason
wavetables were used by early tracker music makers to make music we associate with video games.
Beautiful.
That escalated quickly.
i love modular monday’s
me too
i like all the pretty flashing lights. I don't think my brain is patched correctly to operate modular. But the lights are great.
It is, it just takes practice sometimes. I cane across a modular system in a trade, and i mostly learned by Doing. When watching videos, it’s easy to get discouraged with the amount of vocabulary/connections being used, but modular can be for everyone!
Dude it’s pretty easy, I was actually turned off from modular for years (I have little synthesizer experience still) but I decided to take the plunge and the fact that every patch is different and that you mostly experiment when patching it becomes a natural flow. Just randomly trying things and then remembering things you’ve done in the past and seen online to put in your tool box
Edgar M.P. True, honestly the only barrier really is the technical language, whenever I explain stuff about modular to my friends I always say the word along with a normal synonym in parentheses, like sound generator vs oscillator
@@zaneaustin22 Bless you all for being encouraging and helpful. Don't assume it's the language tho. I'm an EE from the control electronics world so the concepts are all familiar. then add in that i'm a synth nerd so i even understand the context. i got rid of my first synth, a used vintage arp odyssey, because i got sick of patching it, and it only had sliders and switches. since then i only have purchased synths that can store patches, or ROMplers, which are just preset libraries. The greatest thing to me since sliced bread, is affordable digital control of analog, so i can finally save analog patches, not just digital. i'm also freaked out at something intricately wired with actual wires that is a HUGE mess to clean up or make a major sound design change. to me, modules like the deepmind12d, microfreak or dreadbox typhon(my next synth), are where it is at. everything i have is controllable from a master keyboard and patch changes are quick. Plus after i spend an hour tweaking a patch to perfection, i want to save my work. I love the sound of like the moog system55 but seeing one is almost a panic attack when i ponder actually patching it. So i really dont believe i have the correct mindset for modular, but the lights are the best in all of synth world and i watch modular videos for the knowledge...and the lights haha.
ps. the part i really like about modular is the ad-lib sound creation as the rig is tweaked in a live performance. this is like my performance mode using my soundset. scary but exciting and no one knows what is coming next. example: ambient audio painting of an alien rainstorm done live, 1 take 1 track...i hope i dont choke heh th-cam.com/video/RD8aSIW-cdQ/w-d-xo.html
Thanks again, Jeremy. You just cost me $600. 🤣
wow that short intro was magic!
BUT it's not the gear, it's the artist behind.
So I take all your wonderful sounds, put them in a box, shake to get 90% less magic and 90% more blurps et voilà: I know how the gear would sound in my hands ;) I can tell you, it's disappointing haha
Hey man if I got the Cloud Terrarium, do I need this too?
I'd like to thank the algorithm
me too
love it. but can't afford it right now.
12:36 should def be a song
AWESOME
The quality of this video
Modular is really interesting, but not affordable at all. I saved for the OP1 for a long time.. the amount of time and money you can dump into music creation is mind blowing. Keep on doing what you love. (and make more OP1 content with different genres if u can 😘) Blessings from Germany
Yeah something like DJ Koze on the OP1
U answered your own comment, dumbass
god i love dj koze
@Red Means Recording th-cam.com/video/wAc5C14ZY8A/w-d-xo.html
lusting after the OP-Z myself 🙂🧿
This shit sounds like the noises I hear when my sleep paralysis demon comes to visit me
Ace! Would love the 4ms SWN and 4ms Spectral resonator in larger setup.
I’ve had a bit of GAS for this since I saw Aaron at Maven Fiction rave about his, but this may have tipped me from ‘would quite like’ to ‘really want’. Let’s hope it doesn’t get to ‘need this NOW’…
Sweet Module,-
Do you think this would be a compelling addition to a semi modular like the neutron, with no other eurorack modules?
since it's basically a self contained wavetable synth voice with 8 lfos out, yes. it's insane.
Will buy my 4th or 5th Polyend Anyhwere to put this in a pod gogether with Hermod and an 8hp clouds to travel.
i like your content)
Thanks yo, I had to tell you I went modular after this getting a Doepfer Lc9 Three tier, The SWN is my first module ( iknow smart right) my second Module well the BasTL CIAO! But the other real Module The SMR.....freaking GENIOUS I KNOW..... then the doepfer 106-5, Braids by Blue lantern, Then the Squid Salmple, with Pams New workout...... Not bad in.... lil under a year ( isaw the video about six months late...... ITS ALL YOUR FAULT. just kidding. sort of
Ive been a disc jockey on turntables for 17 years started Producing about fifteen years back, Gotten huge into synths in the past 4 years Minilogue, Pro 1, Td3, Tr8 aria, SLMK3launchpad, The Cat, and ph yeah Crave ( ihave gotten 3 osc melodies from that thing very impressive the crave)
Nice. "Ochd" is a word btw. Probably Scottish Gaelic as that's where Instruo are based. We have similar word for eight in Irish Gaelic "ocht"
That is correct, Ochd is Scottish Gaelic for Eight.
@@znxster Indeed there are many similarities between the two languages despite the fact that they can sound so different depending on dialect
TIL
Looks like something you would find in an alien spaceship
cool
Jeremy, i wonder if that LFO/CV in the middle, Can i sequencer external gear? do you know if it can do that? like send that middle pot into a pitch in a VCO? Please advise
That's a very hi-fi mic you got there.
at2035. love it.
Great.
I've resisted the SWN until this. I'm now $600 poorer :-D
you wont regret it
Me too. This is worth way more than 600 fucking dollars in my humble opinion. I am a humble man though. I brew iron axes for a living.
YES!
Looks really nice, 4ms seem to do a lot of this type of thing. I'm curious to know how much you use this (still)?
Thanks in advance.
super cool ! which one do you use drum module?
Ngl that looks like a spacecraft.
Can you do a vid on the basics? Where does one start?
i'll try!
Any idea how we can play Chords from an External MidiKeys with all 6Voice..?
As i nolonger can frind the Polyend MiditoCV Module that patch all six of SWN's Voice..
Thanks for the great demo!
HappyNewYear!
Dre
Hi Jeremy. Can we limit it to 4 steps instead of the 6? Thanks for all the content!
Is that those pinball game from windows XP, Is't? :)
Does somebody know how much recording time there is for recording your own wavetable? I wonder if you could throw some samples in there to use them as wavetables, like on the wavetable synth in Ableton.
2.5 seconds
I love these videos. My bank account... not as much.
Hi Jeremy! You know Modular used to be fun inexpensive good times, every interesting module now is 400 to 1000 bucks, who the fuck can afford that? This is a very cool module and you did a fantastic demonstration as always! But after buying the Encore and Swarm RT-311 I have to go cheap on everything else! I would love a Pamela’s and a Rene, there would be another thousand! I’ve been thinking about changing Rexcellence Magee to Can’t afford my hobbies! Peace Bro,
Are the individual LFOs acting like VCAs for each of the channels?
yup
Can this be used to modulate or effect other oscillators like the Cursus Iteritas Percido? After all, it has a bunch of effects, LFOs and VCAs.
Hi, great demos! What did you use for drums/percussion?
Video description should have it all
My favorite part about is how tactile the LFOs are. I hooked then up to Morphagene yesterday and got some really satisfying, surprising results. Do you know of any other LFO modules that have this many outputs that are just as tactile?
Maybe the OCHD, which are 8 sine wave lfo which are phased differently between each other. You can get some very nice organic patches with it. And it’s 4hp
Michael Hellqvist BOOM thanks!
Edgar M.P. You’re welcome brother. Happy module hunting 😄
@@MichaalHellthey’re triangle waves actually
I'm thinking of building my own euro rack with a Behringer Neutron and a Behringer PRO-800 as must haves after discovering the amazing world of synths. What modules should I check out in addition?
pamelas new workout is an amazing clocked modulation and sequencing source. make noise maths for both envelopes and awesome lfos and also crazy math modulation. rene for generative sequencing. mimeophone for amazing time traveling delay and reverb.
Hiya, sorry to be slight off topic (ps, loved this tutorial, very keen on getting one of these sometime), I notice you have Knit in your case. I've playing with the idea of getting one (or the 8hp beehive, though this will limit other areas) and this size will allow me to fit my dream stuff in my case. I was just wondering how you find it for performing and if tuning, etc is difficult with it's smallness? Sorry to post this question but I've been looking around for someone who has and uses one for an informed opinion. Cheers :)
Knit is small but ok. It's not performance oriented but if you tune it and don't mess with it it will.be ok
@@RedMeansRecording Thanks for getting back to me, that's just what I want to hear! Got plenty of things to modulate with so sounds a goer to me! Keep up the good work man, great content!
I tried the new feature of recording one waveform at the time, but I didn't understand how many I had already recorded (you can browser via colour but it doesn't really clearly show that you have X recording slots left). Have you tried that yet?
PS: since you are asking for workflows: Mine are very different. On the one hand I like to use it as you did, just by selfpatching and running it through a Moonphase stereo filter, and letting it createt its own LFO-VCA rhythm, OR I have it STUFFED with cables coming from my Hermod and I try to record actual melodies that are longer than 6 steps into the Hermod with 6 voices.
I've started now sequencing it with gates at cool intervals into the lfo clock in. It makes the lfo speeds sputter around and it's really fun.
@@RedMeansRecording You mean each single LFO? In ... that RED mode (so many names). But without changing pitch? Interesting.
Tell me more if you tried recording a whole sphere just by recording individual waveforms, I wasn't able to really see my progress on the module. Maybe I missed some blinking light.
Mmm yes, low numbers pleases me. Yes.
how is thom yorke makes music!
What kind of modular case are you using? I have a mantis but the idea of a solid, transportable case seems highly preferable right now.
This is a trogtronic
@@RedMeansRecording Thanks. I had a suspicion it was. Those cases seem too good to be true - huge power supply, built very tough, fair price. Is there a catch?
It looks and sounds awesome but Is it worth the 600$?😅
kinda reminds me of Cave Story at the start there...
should I ditch my ensemble oscillator for this... hmmmmmmmmm
No
@@RedMeansRecording roger that. I appreciate the response.
!!!
@12:43 is better than sex
don't get me wrong but I think there's really niche audience for all that modular stuff
And those in that niche are very happy that RMR is on board.
@@badbenjy keep em coming!
modular is just music with a different face. every synth you touch is a collection of modules.
why??????????
nobody knows
It's music, but, like, from a brain? And some blinky things. With cables in. The point is: wavetables.
youre not a real modular synth fan unless your wavetables are in 4 dimensions
Beautiful.