Really want to see/hear some more cross patching with the neutron. I can totally see myself getting a 2 teir rack for that. Not a modular guy but ive lost many hours on the neutron...
You are now responsible for me wanting the Proton twice as bad as I did. It was hilarious, just as I was thinking "I should see if he has a video using the Neutron and proton together", You patched them together... I want to get into modular but I find it very daunting, so I got the neutron to start and figured I'd get the proton later for the chance to build a synth with 4 osc, 3 filters, 3 lfo's, 4 enveloppes, etc. I see it as an opportunity to learn how to patch with the option to say fuck it and return to just having 2 great-sounding analog synths. On the other hand, if patching turns out to be something I like, then, that same synth could also go through a Moog or Roland filter, a myriad of amazing effects, or I could get some FM osc setup and feed it through all the same treatment, and that's just remaining on the more sane side of those devilish patch cords. My biggest fear is for my wallet....I may like it too much. Thanks for a very well-executed demo.
Spoiler: You'll like patching, say goodbye to your wallet, lol. Now being serious: If you don't fall into the trend of buying the new super expensive module, you can have lots of fun with many of the cheap. All Doepfer are dope, and not expensive at all. Also Behringer's modules are very cheap, great value for money. I recommend you to start with basic tools, don't go for the crazy stuff. @MonotrailTechTalk is great channel for that, highly recommended.
@@DeepSpaceus Oh...I get what it's like....That's what I'm worried about. At the same time, using 2 units like these 2 already gives you a whole lot of sonic capabilities already. Grab almost any Moog semi where you can patch into the filter and you're golden. That setup will give you a 1/2-hour live gig by playing 3 notes and tweaking stuff.😂
I've to test it deeper, but at first glance it didn't surprise me much. The oscillators seem to be quieter than the Neutron until you turn on the subs, then they get really punchy. The filters too, it appeared me to be darker and the resonance not as "screamy" but it clips the signal before when you turn it up. I still have to try the soft mode carefully, and many other features. I bought it to be a toolbox for my modular setup, so I only tested it the very basic stand-alone features.
I don't think a Proton is on my short list for now, but I could see adding one to the herd somewhere down the road. It sounds a bit cleaner and warmer than the Neutron to my ear, until you deliberately push it into dirtier territory.
@@decimal1815 sure, I had the same reaction. This is just out of the box and didn't RTFM, so it's like any user tweaking knobs for the first contact. I'm playing a bit deeper today and I'm starting to like it.
It's downfall is the lack of more attenuators , unless you add external ones , it was my main gripe on neutron but now the balance is worse on proton , were do you level osc's instead of just one mix balance , where do you level out cv's from the patchbay, not thought out well this synth
I got mine 2 days ago but i gonna have to send it back cause of the size of knobs(they are really small and look like toy IRL, it was big supprise cause on youtube it looks like its regular) and amount of time needed to get good sound out of it. It's beast and has lot of potential but can't really get it to fit my workflow. Wanted something to have as first hardware unit and tried out Edge+Crave combo first and then Proton now. Finaly i decided to get Minifreak + Edge as the entry synth combo :). Crave had some nasty white noise bleed with and without patched ext audio input.
I've to test it deeper, but at first glance it didn't surprise me much. The oscillators seem to be quieter than the Neutron until you turn on the subs, then they get really punchy. The filters too, it appeared me to be darker and the resonance not as "screamy" but it clips the signal before when you turn it up. I still have to try the soft mode carefully, and many other features. I bought it to be a toolbox for my modular setup, so I only tested it the very basic stand-alone features.
Really don't understand the design philosophy of making the LFO shape knob bigger than everything else..?? If it's so important, why share it between 2 LFO modules?
@@clonn I make some pretty cool triads with my 3 neutrons running together. Also cool 1 and 5 power chords. There is vids on YT of others doing the same.
To be fair, the Taiga costs twice as much and doesn't have a patchable folder, different beast. Not knocking the Taiga, it sounds phenomenal but it's not really an apples-to-apples comparison.
@@PatternRecognitionMusic No, im just comparing the wavefolding part.. i was hoping it would sound as good... I think there are shape patchpoints on the Taiga though... Edit: and normalled to the lfo it seems... I'm a bit confused by the terminology though: waveshaping/wavefolding after rewatching the interview on sonic state with the guys from pittsburg...
