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Hi Exposure,

No complains here about the rhythm, nicely done :-) I love the sonic discovery tour throughout your track, surprising us with several surprising & interesting sounds!

Thanks a lot for sharing this with us and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi The-Erc,

If you look for a cheaper and simpler clock divider, then why don't look into Doeper A-160-1 or A-160-2? The A-160-5 is a mulitpler by the way. Saves you the DIY part ;-)

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Lugia,

Yes, fair enough about those two Noise Reaps. Still, it's same as with the VCAs, right? You never can have enough oscillators ;-)

And never can have enough filters ;-) Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Zucker and Kel_,

Zucker: Import VAT will be applied on everything above 20 EUR - so you have to add about 20 % to all prices.

May I ask where you get this from? As far as my knowledge goes, there had been made a "Christmas Eve" deal between the EU and the UK meaning that the trading stays under the same conditions, meaning again that there will be no VAT charges between EU countries and the UK.

So I am a bit puzzled by this, has the deal been changed?

Thank you and kind regards, Garfield.

Looking forward to giving it a listen @farkas

Clicked through to the newest rack and those are some nice additions @Nabroc. If you put this together let us know how it works out!

It doesn't meet the required 17 minute drone threshold for you folks, so I guess it's just a dark ambient track? :)
I was trying an exercise in restraint and tension. Sound sources are MiniMod VCOs, Recombination Engine, E352, QPAS, Crucible, and a Prophet Rev2. Hope someone might enjoy it. As always, thank you for your time.

Thanks Exposure! It is a very powerful live sequencer and once you get the hang of the workflow, very fast to program and save dozens of patterns and sequences chained together. I do wish idiots would quit down voting my YT channel videos. Not sure why they hate on my channel videos?

Ah, don't know - I think voter turnout was higher than with any british election before and I would also count not voting as not caring and beeing fine with any outcome, especially in this situation. That's what leaves me confident to say that it's what the majority voted for.

As far as I know it was only possible to state if the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union. Either or and pretty straight forward. So what else did they thought they voted for?

And it did not seem to be particulary difficult to acquire information about what this actually means if one wanted to. It's not that it was not obvious that nigel farage is a fascist dickhead. And being lied to is not the whole story as everyone had the choice whom they wanted to listen to.

So yes, the majority voted for following nationalism, throwing the Polish out of the country and making Brittania great again. Of course that is terrible for all other people and making this a referendum is a totally stupid if not ethically immoral idea, especially when one does it out of merely tactical considerations. But I guess this is not the place to discuss these things.

Unfortunately for eyeryone a UK category would make sense now. Of course one could still try to build a network with Irish modular freaks to get around this...
-- Zucker

Definitely not the place for this kind of trolling no!

Ah, don't know - I think voter turnout was higher than with any british election before and I would also count not voting as not caring and beeing fine with any outcome, especially in this situation. That's what leaves me confident to say that it's what the majority voted for.

As far as I know it was only possible to state if the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union. Either or and pretty straight forward. So what else did they thought they voted for?

And it did not seem to be particulary difficult to acquire information about what this actually means if one wanted to. It's not that it was not obvious that nigel farage is a fascist dickhead. And being lied to is not the whole story as everyone had the choice whom they wanted to listen to.

So yes, the majority voted for following nationalism, throwing the Polish out of the country and making Brittania great again. Of course that is terrible for all other people and making this a referendum is a totally stupid if not ethically immoral idea, especially when one does it out of merely tactical considerations. But I guess this is not the place to discuss these things.

Unfortunately for eyeryone a UK category would make sense now. Of course one could still try to build a network with Irish modular freaks to get around this...

I still have no actual reference for any of this stuff that makes sense!!

But yes... double down on the UK only please!! It is a stupid ridiculous thing to ask for...

I do disagree with he idea that the majority of people voted for it though

1) they were lied to and they voted for something else entirely (still crap - but the argument holds very strong)

2) By majority, you can only possibly mean the majority of people who voted

3) There are strong indicators that the vote was rigged, but this is highly dubious, sketchy, who knows?

It's awful!!!

once again, I apologise to everyone on behalf of the UK

Hi Kel_,

If I read and understand the news papers correctly (reading in Germany as well as in the Netherlands) then with this Brexit deal both ways (UK to EU and EU to UK) there will no import taxes apply (free good traffic, i.e. as it currently is). But then again with how many pages, 1200 or 1600 pages thick contract, who knows...

I guess time will tell :-)

Kind regards, Garfield.
-- GarfieldModular

Import VAT will be applied on everything above 20 EUR - so you have to add about 20 % to all prices. That will be a problem of course as VAT was already figured in the new price of any modules bought pre Brexit and buying from the UK would now result in basically paying the new price for European citizens. What is the VAT rate for Brittain now? In the US often there is no VAT applied so buying fomr there still makes sense if it is worth the shipping. But from the UK it seems that one would have to pay double VAT - one for the Queen and one for Europe...

Apart from that shipping is still a bit cumbersome. Also the DHL rate has increased from 14 EUR to 28 EUR and custom forms have to be filled in and attached to the parcel - just as with all other Non-European countries.

So I think it would really make sense to give the UK a seperate category. As sad and stupid this shit is. At least it's what the majority of the people did vote for on several occasions.

Well done @Exposure, this is excellent and also some inspiration to keep my bass lines simpler lol. And yes, the switch at about 6 minutes in is awesome. Looking forward to more from you!

This DIY module from yusynth is pretty close to what I''m looking for.
(Found via this thread at Muff's which has a few schematics for making clock dividers.)

@Garfield @Exposure

I really appreciate all the positive Feedback! I hope 2021 will be a good year for us all, remove the plague and enlighten us with wonderful tracks :)!

Stay healthy!
Best,
jingo

Nice! Especially when it switches up half way through. And those high hats sound perfect. Both thumbs up!

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I don't think either of those modules does what I'm looking for.

The Time Wizard does look very cool and is clearly overkill fro what I want. Having peered through the manual I don't see a straight forward way to even get the binary divisions I want. The switchable ratios are 1:1, 1:3, and 1:4. If that 3 was a 2 it would basically work, although it seems ridiculous to use such a large and powerful module for such a small task.

The Fractio Solum looks good also, but I want to be able to instantly change the ratio, which I doubt I can do with an encoder.

I expect that this would be easy to DIY, but otherwise it looks like basic clock divider + switch is the way to go.

Sounds great. I'm impressed with the Minibrute 2s bassline!
I actually just had to unplug my TD3 and hide it because I couldn't stop making acid tracks. Haha
I really enjoyed your track on the best of MG compilation that @troux put together. Well done.

This one was recorded live in one take, the original one lasted something around 20 minutes so I removed the boring parts with less variations and left almost 10 minutes.

The bassline is from the minibrite 2s, drums are drumbrute impact and the rest is from plaits.

That's a fantastic track Jingo with some great ambient / trance sounds indeed, well done!

That's a groovy one, well done!

The Metron seems like a beast for live performances, a really interesting module for drum sequences.

Let me give you a counter-suggestion instead:

Get a paraphonic / polyphonic synth and use Eurorack to create timbral variation of a harmony. Eurorack is not good at creating complex harmonies.

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Had fun learning my new WMD Metron sequencer and came up with fun creation tonite:

Finally getting the hang of the Metron sequencer it is super fun and powerful and great for on the fly changes to create dozens of variations and patterns on the fly in second! Can save for later recall as well.

I've been adding Noise Engineering's Fractio Solum for this sort of thing in some of the recent builds I've done. Works as desired...but ALSO adds clock multiplication in addition to division so that you could just as easily use it for ratcheting.

Oh, yeah...this is coming along. BTW, as for oscillators...there's actually the dual output from the Cloud Terrarium and the duo of dual crossmod-capable VCOs from Noise Reap. And in this build, the gap between the Noise Reaps is meant to have a Happy Nerding FM Aid, which can then tandem those into one OBSCENELY massive single, complex FM tonescaper. Yep, this is one of my designs, actually.

The point about adding another "relatively normal" VCF makes sense, though...hence the expansion space on the left end. MY vote there would be for something else complex...I was thinking about Doepfer's Xpander VCF, but mated with another of their little 4-in mixers so that it's possible to create "composite" filter responses. Best spot: between the Morgasmatron and Veils. The build's sort of a "every coast" design, so having things like that are an excellent fit...Buchla on the cheap!

So...melodics...here's a suggestion: feed just one VCO from one of the Noise Reaps into the Fold Processor, then instead of using a filter to mess with the timbre, feed the Fold's CV controls with some modulation sources (envelopes especially) so that you get a very in-your-face sound that has a shifting timbral "punctuation" at the attack of each note. Then send that right into one of the VCAs, no filtering, toneshaping purely done West Coast style with the Fold. There's a lot of that sort of thing lurking in there...explore and find MORE! Just don't connect outputs to outputs...but everything else is fair game.

EDITED Jan 10th 2021, 04:18

You can also push the resonator filters into near-oscillation with some of these, which lets you emulate resonant spaces...not just the resonances inherent in an instrument. Another fun thing: use a very short delay after the resonator's output...and CAREFULLY feed this back to the input. If the delay is short enough, it'll do "comb filtering", then you can "play" that with the resonator itself.

Hi Jingo,

You said: I am trying to get more and more into the calm waters of sounds and music.

I think we all should :-) That's the best advice I heard so far in 2021 :-)

Thanks a lot for sharing your patch notes too, it's (at least for me) always interesting to hear/read how people setup their modular synth, the way it's used, etcetera.

Can't wait for your next track! Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Defragmenteur,

Wow, that's a cool sound! Amazing how you managed to get that done like that. It sounds to me more like a real instrument than that it would have been done by a modular synth :-) Especially the first one and a half minute.

Thanks a lot for sharing this and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi The-Erc,

I can recommend the Time Wizard as well, very lovely tool and in every patch where I use a clock, I use it in combination with Time Wizard. I use it in combination with Tempo (from Make Noise) but you can use it with any other clock module as well, of course.

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Jevans,

You certainly got a rack with a few very interesting modules, the Hermod for example and in combination with the Hermod and a few oscillators you should be able to get some melody out of this rack :-)

If this would be my own rack, I would add one or two more oscillators, for example an STO from Make Noise or the Dixie 2+ from Intellijel.

I do see the Morgasmatron but is that the only filter you have in your rack? I feel you are lacking a bit on filters, try to consider one or two filters that have a different characteristic than what you can do with the Morgasmatron (I don't have experience with this module so it's a bit difficult to advice you here).

Having oscillators and filters added, you should be able to get some melodic results! Actually with this setup already but adding a few more oscillators makes it even better :-)

Have fun and kind regards, Garfield Modular.

Nice!

Thanks Troux!

Kudos to all of you, and @mowse and @mog00 I'll get your tracks uploaded this weekend.

Thanks! Great! You did it.... I am very happy to be a part of it.... All the best for 2021...

Maybe the Shakmat Time wizard is what you are looking for..

Thanks Garfield,

Yeah WMD percussion modules are crazy fun and do way more than traditional 808/909 drum beats that is why I love them so much like BIA does weird stuff as well. Making a drum machine on modular is too expensive if you just want regular dance beats get an Elektron Rytm for that way less expensive easier to program. But for experimental beats ah that to me is the sweet spot of nirvana for modular! I would never be able to get these weird sounds that easily otherwise and also the modulation madness.

It sort of mimics the physics of string or bell resonance. Like when you pluck a guitar string or hit a cymbal, the note rings out with overtones and resonates.

also what does a resonator do?

I think i like the Intellijel one more, just cause i could find a video on how to use it

Wow. That did it. I swear i tried it before to no avail. Thanks a ton!

Finally got a chance to sit down today and listen to the entire playlist. Nicely done, everyone!

Does anyone make a clock divider whose ratio is set by a switch or buttons? I'm thinking of something very simple : 1 input, 1 output, and the choice between clock ratios of 2, 4, 8, or 16 at the output.

I have had look through the MG database but I don't see anything like this. There are a few modules (2hp, SSSR) which are quite similar but use pots to change the ratio, and obviously lots of clock dividers with those ratios on different outputs. The effect I want could be achieved by combing such a classic clock divider with a 4-position switch but I was hoping to find it in a single module.

Hey, if you've got aging boomers who buy old cars and pour THOUSANDS into restoring those...and all they do is what they did in the first place (drive around, waste gas, etc)...I'd think it's a zillion times more virtuous to put that same type of money into something like THIS, get creative, and get some art out to people who can benefit from it. Both hobbies...but one has a lot more cultural potential than the other.

@troux
Thanks for making this happen, glad I could contribute.
Great tracks, everyone!
Peace,
Gabor

EDITED Jan 10th 2021, 08:39

Man oh man, a fellow can dream. I couldn't justify the expense for a hobby, but it's fun to imagine.

Man, that would be sweet.

Hm...about 7 this morning, I got hit with an idea about this thread. Kind of a nuts idea, but consider this:

So, you want something that's exploratory, that has an unlimited palette of sonic potential, that you'll live with and use for a LONG time without exhausting the fascination, and that's got a unified aesthetic. So, I got my dead ass out of bed, came up to the studio, and started cooking.

And cooking.

And then, it all pretty much clicked in place. Now, this blows your budget totally. By orders of magnitude, even. But it IS everything you're seeking. And it will take some time to assemble this, given the expense, unless you've got deeper pockets than most MGers. However...it's not Doepfer. It's not even Eurorack. This...

...is what I came up with. Now, bear with me for a bit...

This Serge system might seem pretty large. But it's not. Each "boat" (there's eight here) is only 17" long, maybe a couple of inches deep. And yes, you can get brackets for the Serge boats that allow pairs to fold up, so it's actually got a certain degree of portability to it. But it REALLY is at its very best when it's placed prominently in a nice space...the 21st Century postmodern equivalent to having a Steinway in the drawing room, I suppose. So this isn't simply an instrument for playing...it can be set up for generative music for gatherings, and it'll REALLY raise eyebrows with just its presence alone. So, aesthetic AF.

But as I noted before, that's not really the point. FUNCTION is the point. And frankly, you simply cannot get denser functionality than is found in Serge systems. Not even with much of Eurorack, either...because many Serge modules are capable of doing several different things depending on how you've got them patched. For example, while there's only five things labelled as "oscillators", the system here has many more things that can function as that, since even the LFO-type oscillators can track well into the audio range, and modules such as the Universal Slope Generator (yep, the core of the Maths...so the 2nd panel, 2nd row might just look a tad familiar) can also track into audio...so that one panel with two DUSGs is also "hiding" four more VCOs. Similarly, you might wonder where are all the VCAs? You only see four, right? Well...no. There's those, then the four more in the Stereo Mixer, then ALL of the modules marked as "Active Processor" are also VCA-able, plus the X-Faders work that way, too. And there's probably something else that'll do that as well...working with one of these is sort of like sculpting sound, not simply arranging signal chains.

Oh...yeah. No mults. Anywhere. Serges use single banana patchcords...which are stackable. So this thing might seem to have limitations until you realize that sources of audio or modulation can be spread across the entire system, more like building a spiderweb of signals. And really, it's more like audio and modulation sort of...break down with these systems, you don't have a clear division between the two. And that makes the potential for complex sonic exploration go right off the scale! But at the same time, you only have ONE cardinal rule: don't connect RED to RED. That's IT. Otherwise, anything connects to anything here, and functions of circuits can change just based on what you're feeding them with...and can they even change just by changing a signal's basic value: lower, something thinks its an LFO...but jack up the CV, and it's outputting audio. Or modulators turn into sound sources. And on and on...yeah, when I said "exploratory", I really meant it!

Now, yes, this isn't where this started. Not even CLOSE. And one stumbling block here is definitely the price tag. But even though this is a $28.5k budget imploder, the most expensive panel is the last one on the third row, and it's $3k because it has both the Frequency Shifter AND the coveted Wilson Analog Delay on there. Most of the rest (even the TKB Sequencer) float between around $1500-2000, which...if you think about it...if the Doepfer system I slapped together was around $7k, that amount would get 3-4 of the 8 space panels. If you can budget properly and spread the cost out over time, it really won't be that much of a hassle...it'll just take a while, with a hellacious payoff once it's all assembled.

But at this point, it probably looks utterly absurd. That's why, before rejecting this offhand, I think you should take some time, see what this can do...plus what it might do with some hands-on discovery time...and consider if this might not be what you were aiming at the whole time. Copy it to your account (and yes, it'll be fine with a non-Unicorn account), dive into the build, check out the different submodules, and start puzzling what you might be able to pull off with a system on THIS scale. It's not what you'd expected, sure...but surprises can be truly fun, and this'll have an infinite supply of surprises!

Have you tried the Trig input instead of the Tempo CV input?