Eurorack Patch From Scratch & Gear Talk: Sequencer-less Organic Texture Patch 

Hey everyone, thanks for all the amazing feedback 🙂 A few people seem to struggling to get a similar result when trying the LFO and noise mixing trick. I forgot to mention in the video, you'll get different results with different mixers, it really depends on how much headroom the mixer has and whether the mixer amplifies signals or not. I've demonstrated it here with the fairly inexpensive Doepfer A-138s and it works great. I can also confirm it works well with Serpens Hydrus, NLC Clump, SSF Vortices, Bear Modules Matrix Mixer, Doepfer 138-M Matrix Mixer. You could also try putting a static DC voltage to the mixer to push the summed signal off the 0 volt axis and smack it into the edge of the mixer's headroom. Even if you can't get the same result directly from your mixer, mixing noise with an LFO is still a useful technique for crunchy sounds. Wavefolding, amplifying and compressing the output should result in something fun. Experiment!

dude ive watched this video everyday for the past month please come back to utube 🥺🥺🥺🥺

This is by far the most inspiring and helpful video about eurorack patching I've ever come across. After watching this, I felt like I've been at couples therapy with my rack :D Thank you! Also I just finished listening through "Building The Forest" for the second time. Amazing work and skills, very inspiring!

Monster patch, big ISAM vibes!

Thank you! Would love to see more patching from scratch videos!

Very interesting indeed

Awesome video

Blow my mind after 6 minutea

Please do more of these! This is crazy inspirational! This video inspired me to get started with modular!

Awesome. Thank you for sharing. Super inspiring. I’m definitely going to grab that Verbos Noise & Filter.

Awesome stuff Micheal, demo patch worked out great. Thanks for sharing some of your techniques. Looking forward to the next instalment.

That was super awesome! Great work! Really hoping to see more videos like this!

Absolute beast of a sound. Great ideas and I love your use of the Fracture, got my eye on it too. Looking forward to more of this!

At about 18:45 the automatic subtitles interpreted the patch as "Applause" I couldnt agree more. Excellent video.

Great patch and sounds. Nice to see the process behind building these textures from simple components. Lots to explore. Shout out to the plant patch assistant!

I’ve watched this about ten times now. Love this patch and exploring the sub frequencies mixing and no sequencer.

Insane ideas in this. Very unique content

Thanks for this video, not just the information but also the calm explanations! This is a great resource!

This guy is a wizard...really inspiring...

Really interesting synthesis ideas here that also sound awesome! Thank you!

Hey man! I really enjoyed your approach to patching - very inspiring.

great video on an interesting technique and well explained. I've been trying these techniques out previously, but hadn't tried out the tube after the mixer, and picked up a few other techniques as well - keep up the great work and thanks for posting this! :)

Mate I watch this video once a day everyday lol great patch

Nice idea, very interesting stuff, and this for me has been one of the best modular videos I've watched in ages.

Thanks a lot ! I learned so many things watching that video.

Very informative video, love the organic dynamics you’re got out of this patch.

Really sick patching mate!

This is gorgeous, excellent work my friend. Keep it up!

Half way thru this vid and already picking up some ideas. Definitely going to put something together and reinstall my old Doepfer matrix mixer with a pair of Flight of Harmony Plague Bearers.

please make more of these. so fuckin good man. gonna buy ur bandcamp album tomorrow

Wow! Amazing patch man! Thank you so much for sharing it! I hope there will be more like this!

Crazy, was thinking about sending you a message the other day asking all of these questions! Love the things you get out of the modular, thank you for this! 🙏

This is completely gold, thanks a lot. Very inspiring and original. Do you plan on making a series of videos on this format ? I'm usually more into an autodidact approach,, but if you would consider lauching a patreon on this path, I'll suscribe on day one. Also everyone, go listen to his release, it's incredible.

Thank you for this! Very informative and good patch! It’s such a relief to not hear sequencer based sounds. With literally millions of patch possibilities, why not venture out? I enjoy the territory you are exploring in working this way.

Thank you for this !!!

So inspiring. Thanks. 🙏🏻

Love this! Thanks

This is great content!! ✌️

This was awesome! Also love using the Cs-l wavefold output as an LFO :). I’ve never tried mixing an LFO into the mixer before though! Would love to see a tutorial on animal/bird sounds 🐦

Dude you have that actors voice mang - love your videos

Interesting methods, thank you and sounds dope. Ps. Thank you for introducing fracture, i need to look more into it as i love clap over snare and good claps been diffcult to find. When i started in eurorack. i didnt have sequencer and after i got one i feel like my patches got more dull and less personality. As without had to find ways to build the construct and it gave more surprises of sort. So been thinking to learn to just use different kind of envelope/function generators and clock dividers ect.. to build sequences

Thank you, super inspiring stuff! 💚

Interesting stuff, definitely some interesting things to play with. I started off watching wondering why you weren't using the matrix Mixer but then you explained 😀

I'm entertained!

Man I loved this !

damn, that was great !!

Now that's a really good modular idea video !! Very inspiring, I've been thinking about getting a module for noise, maybe Fracture would be great... Do you think we can achieve similar results with a sampled flat noise played by something like a Bitbox sampler ?

I am curious to see what you are using the zoia for in your patches!

after doin more research, this is pretty much creating non linearity with the double wave folding. been looking for more sources about cybernetic patching like this but can’t find much. guess i’ll jus watch this 100 more times

Is all that powered of the tip tip Uzeus? Or is there another power source in there. If not, that is incredible if all is powered of that small power supply.

I love this vid-I’ve watched it multiple time now. Can you talk a little about your case? What is it and how is it powered? I saw a Zeus, but that couldn’t possibly power all of those modules, could it?

Amazing patch, I’m trying to something similar, but I’m struggling with few things, so far I can get a nice squashed sounds with white noise (verbos) and the osc from the graphic vco, for the lfo I’m using the vector lfo(ornament and crime) but when I duplicate the signal from the mixer and send it to my dopefer a136 waveshaper doesent work as it does on your patch, also since the lfo I’m using doesn’t have wave fold and depth like yours I don’t get that nice cycle you get, last thing last also my new Pamela’s workout doesent get triggered by the lfo. Any hint? Thanks a keep the good work

Good stuff! Thanks! I like the aesthetics of your Rampage module a lot. I am working on the DIY build right now but I am following your example. Question: were did you find the caps for the momentary push buttons? Answer would be much appreciated! 🙏🏼🙌🏼

So I try this trick at the beginning and it doesn't work as i'am expected.mixer is not a vca...or the doepfer mini stereo mixer have some Easter egg???!?!?

Great video. How much hp is that case?

Hey! your patch is very helpful but you don't answer !! my question is if you can get the same lfo loop with a DPO??

How much of the sound is the poor uzeus crying for help?

is this possible to repliacte on vcv ? :)

Hey!!! What brand are your cables? they look very flexible!

is 1 uZeus powering all of that?