Nice Video, thanks for sharing, Colin! I really love the way you openly talk about your ideas and techniques and don't treat them as your artistic secret or something. I've learned a lot from your videos!
Cheers! Glad you’re finding them helpful! And I don’t believe in secret techniques 😅 everything should be readily accessible knowledge, modular is hard enough as it is! I’ve learned a ton from the generosity of the people around me, just paying it forward :)
In case you don't have one (or several? 😁) consider a Synth Tech E102 Quad Temporal Shifter? The important difference between normal shift registers and the E102 is that the E102 has a delay time between shifts that can be manually or CV controlled. By using clock dividers and quantizers that output gates when the value changes it is possible to create some really interesting patches, sometimes almost magical! :-)
Can't wait to hear those huge poly stacks! Seems like a nice place for the Sinfonion too! I was thinking of getting some Instruo Saïchs in order to stack stack stack.
So I just bought a 60p case. Where should I start? 😜 I do love that polyphonic district idea. Though I keep visualizing the Sinfonion a bit more centralized vertically. I might just be a sucker for Matthias' marketing but with all those voices i'd be pushing stuff through the Sinf (x2 if I could) like crazy. I dig that unit. Anyhoo, brilliant series of vids. I'm learning alot and applying some of your concepts to my little rig (bigger than 60p). Cheers.
I don't know if you have a Mannequins Just Friends module, but that'd be a good one to stick in the poly case somewhere - it gives you macro controls over its 6 outputs which can work as lfos, envelopes or even at audio rate as 6 oscillators. The whole point of the module is to detune/spread the outputs from one another in different interesting ratios, from subtle to extreme, it'd be interesting to run each output to each one of your 6 poly voice rows as a sort of way to have a one knob controllable detune/spread modulation source. It'd also be really interesting to run at audio rates and fm each of the 6 poly voices but that might be too crazy.
NIce ! that poly voice will be fat ! Hey wondering how you do the master mixing ? is decentralized all over the place or is there a spot I heven't understood. Also you don't plan to use some send effects ? by my side in the lower section I would use some "octatrack like trick machine" which would be master mixing ( includ send / return effects chains) + master modulation ( from what I get iyou have master gates + CV seq already, that aim be sent all over the place not sure about other sources of mod yet like random stuff, logic stuff, or performance Lfos) ) , then I would relly see controllers like planar to open that kind of thing ( but your tactile stuff would work too)
the actual audiomix happens on the desk behind me. I multitrack everything, sending all material to bus chains with various flavours before finally ending up in a 2 track. this way I also get to recall my mixes afterwards thanks to the multitrack, while still having a good enough result for streaming and jamming. I'll go through my audio chain soon!
Great setup! How about your outboard and monitoring gear? I'd be interested to know what speakers you use and how you have them positioned in the room when jamming for the best listening experience. Thanks for your knowledge and walkthrough of your system, insightful to see your workflow.
Dude! Fijne periode zit je in man. Altijd een bom aan creativiteit met nieuwe modules. My suggestion for your lead case would be to add clocked random gates to trigger your envelopes separatly from melodie changes, add some control over the speed of the random seed, add (clocked) lfo’s (like batumi/zadar) to modulate filter or vca cutoff use attenuation to add control over those parameters. It will add so much fun and controlled happy accidents :) What do you think?
thanks! interesting ideas, I'll see if I can fit in some of these utilities in the sides closeby. I can definitely see what you're saying, that's gonna be a lot of fun!
Was playing with this today. Adding (sequenced/random) voltage to the release of your envelope works well too! I used pams new workout stepped random which has attenuation and is loopable aswel (isnt really hands on tho)
@@dnarowdy oof I love this idea...! Do you have end-of-sustain triggers or something to sync it up with the release tail? Hmmm could even be cool to use a vc crossfader for this, which crossfades into random stuff when the envelope is low.. ideas ideas!
Spaceship looking more and more ready.. Great stuff! I don't know if others have asked this already, sorry if so: How are you planning to do live gigs when that is possible again? Ill pray for you and your crews' backs that you are not lugging this around from Lowlands to Utrecht and back. Do you have enough (interesting) modules to make a bitesize case which fits your -live- needs?
I intend to mix them on the ringmod in front of it. it has multiple inputs and can be used as a mixer in neutral settings or get rowdy with it and mangle stuff just as easily.
@@ColinBenders Ah, I see. Interesting combination. Now I see this, I actually do a bit the same with my SubRing from AntiMatter sound. Although I seemly avoid ring modulation easily because it changes the frequencies of your signals.
