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I have been an electronic musician since 1982 (that's right kids, 40+ years!) and have been involved with numerous rock bands and music projects throughout my career - if you can call it that. I was there when the Juno-60 was born and became Legendary. I saw the dawn of (affordable) home computers and computer-based sequencing and digital recording. Man, I'm old.
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Great videos! I like my temps utile, but definitely didn't use it as much as I had hoped when I got it. Seemed like some odd behavior--or even like the burst didn't work well. But I think it is a matter of approach being it is organized more for a technical approach that just doesn't feel intuitive for everyone. Great to see how you are able to approach it and make sense of it in useful ways!
Just curious if you were vaxed before Covid. I'm now more afraid of the long term effects of the Moderna vaccine than I am of another virus. I had Covid two Xmas ago. It was brutal, but no hospital.
I hope there are no long-lasting effects, my friend. I've rarely get sick at all, but when I do it's usually quite epic! I was taken out for a week, but as I mentioned, pretty sure mine was "gentle" compared to others.
A little late but worth the wait! I’m loving this series and so is everyone else. What a journey it’s been, even if it’s slowed down a little. A wise man once said “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”.
Currently im using RavenEye video transmitter and i can view the screem of my G2 on my phone as well as control my gimbal ronin rs4 using my phone. Magic arm would give a more versatile way to mount your camera. One question can u control your lens both zoom and focus using ATEM? Great lens you got there, is it 12-35mm Panasonic Lumix Vario?
Ooo I will have to check out RavenEye. Thanks! As for my lenses, I have a few. The one in this film I believe was the Panasonic Leica 15mm/f1.7. Links in the description.
Check out the other videos in this series. I found that buying rails, power supply and busboards was pretty inexpensive compared to buying a prebuilt (professional) custom case.
Thanks for sharing, but it would have been so much more interesting if you had demonstrated this with the Behringer 182. Problem is that getting reliable results from a quantizer is much more difficult using an analogue sequencer than from an LFO sweep. For example, I had great difficulties with using the Doepfer A-156 dual quantizer to get any decent results with the Behringer 182, simply because it regularly, randomly sharpens or flattens the note, which makes it rather useless for the purpose. my Q-040 has not arrived yet (I sent the Doepfer back), but the reason I am going to try it is for the fact it has a jumper that allows you to have some control over the noise hysteresis and I am hoping that will make the Q-040 much more reliably produce the same notes all the time. We will hopefully find out soon.
You are absolutely right, on all count, and in fact a few episodes down Seaseon 2 from this one, I cover the entire System 100 build, including exactly what you ask for here. It's a long video, but there are chapters. I hope this helps you find the Q-040 is in fact a wonderful device. Here's the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ffRmwsNZtBo.html Thank you for watching!
Got a favorite hunk of glass you use in your photography or film projects? Let me know in the comments here, as I am always looking to improve my imagery as much as I can! Also, be sure to check out Part 2 of this 2-part series where I show how I build my camera rigs: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PT6FKSnbPxY.html
Do you build camera rigs, or outfit your photo/film equipment with gadgets, doohickies and thingamajigs? Share your best creative use of parts to build your ultimatae camera rig/cage below! Also, don't forget Part 1 of this 2-part series: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n7UYEdF9xWY.html
Have just discovered a module that gives ratcheting , clock division and variable step lengths etc functionality to the System100 182 sequencer. Search for GP-82 (4hp). I ordered the kit version but you can get it fully assembled too.
Absolutely fantastic video. Thank you for taking the time to explain everything in such depth. This is pretty much the exact same setup I have in mind and now I am even more certain about what I am after. Wonderful. All the best to you!
Threw this little recap video collection together to celebrate the release of my 5th Modular Journey collection on Bandcamp. Check it out here! visionsmusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/my-modular-journey-5 and thank you as always for your continued support!
Great review. I think that ultimately this case is much like all things Behringer: not the highest quality kit on the market, but the price to utility ratio is so good that it will be a great value for producers anywhere in the pure hobbyist to semi-pro range.
Are you willing to pay 1,250% more to not have the small bending imperfections? lol. I just got two of them with the System 55 so if they aren't bent like yours I'll let you know.
You haven't built anything new since May 2024 Were may 6th lol Some people.like to vacation some love to embark into musical voyages Great Series I loved the part with your face in vice lol and that passionate middle finger lol
Love this. Looks really nice. That speaker carpet is so hard to work with, I found that 3M adhesive spray works the best and you want the wood to be tacky, not too wet or you get those wrinkles. Also you have to use a scissors to cut it, not a knife or it frays up as you saw. But overall it looks really nice. I haven’t done this yet but I’m pretty sure you can buy the Tiptop Mantis 2 or 3 tier brackets and connect the Behringer Go cases together. I have a full System-100 case almost exactly like yours as well as another case full of Make Noise modules and was thinking of connecting them together. Then I thought I could get a third case and do a 18U 140HP system and put it next to my 168hp cabinets. So I might buy the Mantis brackets and see. The holes should all line up because Behringer basically copied parts of the Tiptop case. I do have the big Behringer System 55 that has the red brackets that aren’t sold anywhere, I wish Behringer sold those in 2 and 3 tier versions. The only issue with connecting everything together is you have less flexibility when patching since it’s one huge unit instead of 2 or 3 separate cases. Sorry for my long comment but maybe it will help your algorithm somehow. I appreciate how well you’ve documented your modular journey, it’s been very educational for me.
I like your style! 18U x 140HP was a direction for me, but I went with 168HP instead as a kit for the learning experience. Love the Behringer GO case tho, so I may downsize to that setup someday.
Good advice about the particle board. I was going to use MDF which is always ridiculously heavy but I learned that Doepfer uses 1/4” birch or similar wood on their low cost cases and they are actually quite strong for using such thin material. I’m in the process of replicating a Doepfer monster system (168hp) with a 6U base and two 9U cabinets, mainly because it’s too hard to move one giant 24U 168hp case no matter what material you use. I know the angled look is cool with one large cabinet (that’s what I have now) but I thought sort of a reverse Marshall stack look with the 2 cabinets on top of the “head” or base in this case would be interesting. This series is great. I’m really bad at woodworking so I’ve been doing a lot of research before building anything and this has been very helpful. I do think what companies charge for custom cases is a little crazy. They are handmade though and labor is expensive. Did you ever mention where you purchased your black rails? Those look nice.
I do indeed, in a couple of these videos I mention Modular Synth Lab (NL), the rails, threaded strips and PSU/Boards. Check the description for a link to their site. And good luck on the case! Big, Black Rectangle won't do you wrong! 🥰
Good comments, man .. yes, I also am overwhelmed with the features, of this collection, (having what you're showing here) .. I've got one old module (year 2012) that is very basic, and easily understood .. compared to the multi-mode (it's not menu diving, .. but rather button diving, for Mutables). I believe what happens is there is many randomized facets that can happen at once, .. to the point that the musical-like impact is smothered, or destroyed, in our hearing. IF I can discipline myself on concentrating on 2 or 3 features, avoiding my brain from overload, and .. alot of times .. and the musical result, is satisfactory .. to even quite good. They're all good modules .. but, Stages .. as you've pointed out, standing pretty tall, in it's abilities. I wonder if I won't learning more about Stages, .. for years. I believe that Calsynth has good clone substitutes, to almost all of MI's line, .. though, I don't own any of them, yet.
I've replaced them with After Later Audio clones. Nothing wrong with CalSynth of course, I just haven't gotten to that pile yet :-) Check out the Cara & nRings followup video to see how that went. Thank you for watching!
@@VisionsMusicGroup Hey, I'll check that out, sometime. Somehow, I missed your mention of ALA, .. which could serve in the same way. Yes, .. it's great that there are alternatives/substitutes. I'm sort of in the larger modular person, though .. even if does entail another skiff, or whatever. It CAN get busy enough where even the more spacious MI layouts are a bit too close together, with enough cables .. ah, but it's a compromise, after all.
Nice build. The layout and flow makes sense. A lot of these big builds tend to be a random pile of modules. I like it when you can setup a base patch using those little yellow Doepfer wires instead of a default rats nest of wires, and then build from there. Good work.
Hi the delay 172 is a chorus, I love it, make it more subtle . The gates on the 173 can be used as a sub osc with the S/H module - check out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fWShhGTb9zk.htmlsi=ilEykIkNGoXxHD7z this is the only video that uses them for a purpose and it works. Great vid by the way the sound of the 100 is soooo good. I love the early Human League and this is their sound (Reproduction and Travelogue) Such a great sound - thanks
It's a thing I've done since the invention of VHS recorders 🤣 Call it PTSD from not having camcorder devices when I was actually a real musician in the 80s, years of memories, lost. I have more than made up for it since 1990 though. If I told you I have around 15TB of recorded material, would you think I'm nuts? 🤪
Nothing wrong with the Go case... I had two but sold one when I went "custom case".... Problem is, that I gig a lot and the Go is not that gig-friendly -it's manageable but awkward. Eurorack cases are a pain in the butt!
If you think modular is expensive, try getting the tools to build everything yourself ;-) I regret not documenting my first steps, I just started a few months ago and got cameras later than actual modules... Nice series, I like your voice a lot too.
