Mesmerizing Erica Synths Perkons HD-01 // Deep Dive and tricks 

Agreed! 🙏

Totally agree with you, WE eat 909 drums since 30 ans, all what is possible to do with the Roland had been made and thx to Erica synth for purpose us a machine who can creating hard style kicks without many multi effects for making music more real kicks, i can't ear thé 909 techno kicks or electribe sounds ! For sure, m'y next toy ASAP 😂

agree this is a modern update and unique sounding even different from other drum machines like the Rytm.

I'd love to have this, I really would. Only I can't justify the price. I'm hoping behringer bring a clone out sometime soon, you know what they are like 😂

Well said. I have the techno system and I'm tempted to switch over this just because of that.

Wonderful to hear, thank you ❤️❤️

Thanks Daniel ! Yeah that really made all the difference for me. Can really process it and almost create additional voices that way when touted through some heavy delays or other creative effects.

i feel like the utility is incredibly but i'm honestly worried i'll short something doing this

Yeah A+ tip there, I had no idea!

Thank you !

That's the sign of a truly inspirational bit of kit! I really want one

Thanks Mark 🙏 yeah will do! Probably more on the demo side of the spectrum but definitely will create more perkons videos :)

Thank you 🙏

100%, The best I've heard for sure, totally agree 👌

Thanks for the kind words ! Once you get to know the details and things start to become common ground (which algo does what etc.), it’s very easy to get into a flow state 👍

Thank you:)

Thanks :). Keep on twiggling 👍

Nice! Such a wonderful instrument right? :). Yeah more videos definitely coming :)

@@Davemech Indeed! Loving Perkons and Erica stuff in general. I feel Perkons is a great compliment to some of my Elektron boxes like Digitakt, A4, Digitone. I really need to explore the fx loops further though.

Woohoo! That’s Easy money 🎉

Awesome :) thanks for watching 🙏

Btw Voice 3 on Algo 1 and Mode 2 is called resonant bassdrum.

@@Kablehead Jup. But to me it’s more low Tom-ish. Can’t dial in more punch.

I agree love mine!

Jup! Amazing piece of kit ❤

I was about to say the same!

Awesome. Enjoy! Yeah it’s really really great. Flow machine

Thank you! :) 1) because I use stereo fx and the send and return are mono. So sending out to a stereo effect adds stereo width. Additionally it gives me a way to mix the effected part of the signal separately. 2) that’s the master out which is going into my mixing desk (SSL big six). Same for the outputs of the effect pedals. Cheers!

Cheers ! More jams will definitely come. Been working on a new setup with perkons and will show it soon. That’s a lot of gear that you’ll sell though. Perkons is awesome but be sure you can try one out before getting rid of gear that you love. Sometimes a new shiny thing can blind us from the fact that we already have what we need ;)

hey dave mooi werk op de perkons daar ! klein technisch vraagje , hoe breed is de perkons zonder de zijpanelen? De wachttijd op mijn toestel is 5 weken . Wil al een kastje maken...

Pretty neat idea :)

Hehe thanks. I know that control all is a feature that’s why I showcased it. That was not what I was pointing out when talking about the bug ;)

Thank you ! There’s a whole lot of processing through push that I can control live. Plus an IMC on the master m output.

Those are OTO Boum (left) and BAM ( right) :)

Thanks ! ❤️ It sounds great and beefy on a big system. That’s for sure. I can’t really compare it to other instruments as there are too many factors at play. With samplers it depends on your samples for starters. I can make all instruments sound equally shitty or great really. Just a matter of dialing in what you love to hear. Sorry for this non-answer 🤷‍♂️

Waiting for it to come back from getting repaired but that’s definitely something I’m going to do :)

@@Davemech Awesome! Really looking forward to it 💯💯

Thank you ! Those are OTO machines, BAM and BOUM. A reverb and saturator/compressor

@@Davemech thanks; quite interesting with the semi-inserted audio connectors to the OTO machines. It reminds me of a internal quirk of the Roland JD-800 synthesizer (that I used back in the 90s), where you could get some truly unique metallic sounds the fx modules if you basically overloaded everything and turned the volume of the JD-800 way way way down .. and then simply by navigating the fx menus with the knobs, the internal signals created these wonderful harmonics. As for the audio routing of the setup in the video, sorry for asking, but could you please check if I'm getting it right? HD-01 main output to Raindrops, Raindrops output to OTO red, OTO red outputs to OTO yellow HD-01 osc1 output to Raindrops HD-01 osc4 output to OTO red OTO red to mixer I'm considering starting getting into techno production again, but never left the scene since the early 90s. Your content is highly appreciated.

Thank you ! If you go for Bebe cherie, very cool mixer, I’d skip the oto boum for now as Bebe can cover some of that really. Bam is a beautifully vibey reverb and maybe a delay. Raindrops is certainly nice. Bebe cherie has 1 “send” by using the mute/alt out function. So you could use a delay on that for example and then one of the perkons voices through the BaM :). You could also start with a simple 4 to 6 mono track mixer to see if that suits you and then slowly add to it with fx and eventually exchange it for a mixer that will suit your needs. Sometimes it’s better to start with some basics to find out what you’re looking for :) hope this helps ! Cheers

The individual outs are really direct out from each voice. The master comp/bbd are only on the…. Master out :)

@@Davemech thanks I didn't had how to test it atm. Newbie question but saved me some hassle

Why choose ? ;)

@@DavemechI just ordered one to interface with MPCX

Thank you! Yeah might do that :). Have a few early demos when i just got it that are just perkons without effects. On my channel 👍

@@Davemech I discovered them, but now I want more, you made me go for one today

Thanks ❤️ To be fair, with Elektron stuff it’s really possible to create as big a sound as you want. Certainly with the samplers, you can put in any sample and further shape the sounds. So I wouldn’t say this sounds fuller per se. The thing is that it’s much more narrow and focused on a positive sense. So the sounds really blend well and the overal sound signature is indeed quite warm and nice right out of the box. With Elektron stuff often you need to work a bit harder :) but then you get a lot more flexibility and sound design options in return.

I had quite a few Elektrons including the awesome Machinedrum UW. I think they have a certain recognizable sound which you like or you don't like. Always a tad on the clinical side. This sounds very different I think. Love it. Thanks.@@Davemech

@@larbgai75 ah yeah they can sound a bit like that but you can definitely break loose of that and make them sound as gnarly, broken and heavy l as you’d want. Takes a bit more work though :)

@@Davemech I would have to disagree:) Even in your vid with the fantastic Oto Boum at the end I recognize that sound immediately, but anyway each his own.

@@larbgai75 agree to disagree I guess :). To me, the reason why that tracks sounds the way it does is because I made it sound like that.

Thanks! Yeah I guess 🤷‍♂️ it does have quite a rangy snare voice though. “Normal” snares are possible I just don’t tend to use them all that much in my music if ever. (IDM is mostly experimental music btw, not the same as EDM ;) (sorry just had to add that as idm is one of my favorite “genres” even though it’s not really a genre at the same time)

Awesome thanks for the kind words and enjoy perkons ! Yeah your name indeed suggests this is a perfect match 😁

It’s a send effect so you send the voices to the BBD. Main out only

@@Davemechoh no, bbd effect on single output is the only thing I‘m missing here personally. But anyway, nice and unique machine. thanks for your feedback ✌🏻

@@simonwehner but that would mean 4 BBD’s not one :D but yeah I understand you. But the bbd as send effect has quite a few upsides too 👍

Same firmware. It’s not an issue but simply indicating the level of the voice. So if the light is dim it means the volume is low of that voice. The brighter the led the louder the signal. When using subtle hihats etc on voice 4 this is to be expected 👍

Hi Anglo, not entirely sure what you mean. Do you mean the additional hardware around the perkons ?

Thanks ! Yeah I think I might post some longer jams with it in the near future :)

Certainly 👍

It does send out triggers from each voice. Just triggers so no note information. Can’t sequence melody via midi from perkons. There’s no extra track. Just the 4 :)

@@Davemech tx! Getting mine tomorrow. Nice!

@@mickvdzwan cool! Enjoy !

Do you have a ' how to do techno rumble with the perkons ' masterclass ready? :)

Toevallig in een documentje staan:) Cheekless perkons: 430 x 315 x 90 Wel even onder voorbehoud 😬 geen idee of ik het echt tot op de halve millimeter nauwkeurig heb gemeten Veel plezier met perkons. Echt een pracht instrument

heel erg bedankt !!!

Voice 1 direct out goes through delay. Voice 4 direct out through reverb. OTO boum is on the master insert of my mixer (which is not on screen ). Cheers :)

It changes the parameter on all voices at once. Control all :) you can also record that into the sequencer which is really cool

@@Davemech was this in the manual? I couldn't find it anywhere! Do you know of any other undocumented features?

@@Cowboy-Ben-Almanit is in the manual for sure. One undocumented feature is shift + shuffle which an activates flam mode. Select a speed with the sequence trigs and then press and hold a voice trigger (or visa versa ofc).

@@Davemech Ok, thanks! I re-read the manual and found it in the Parameter Lock section!

Hey, volgens mij gewoon inbus dacht ik

Not really no. It’s a flavor that you may like or want to experiment with but perkons sounds great on itself as well 👍

You can already do 3 Hold shift and change a parameter. It will change that parameter on all voices. Let go of shift and they revert back. Though your idea of having it do that with individual controls is quite neat yeah. Send in a feature request :) One feature request I really would love to see is shifting a voice’s sequence left or right. But I haven’t come up with a workable way of implementing such a feature yet.

@@Davemech wait, I thought holding Shift and changing a parameter changed it across all 4 voices, like you said in your other comment. Now I'm confused!

@@Davemech I like the idea of per-voice sequence nudge, though. That would work well with a per-voice sequence reset!

@@Cowboy-Ben-Alman yes it does. En releasing it snaps everything back. That’s why I said: having that feature (snap back) for individual parameters is a neat idea. Ah I see I made a typo :) corrected

@@Davemech ah ok that makes sense now!

Yeasss! Live them

Yeap 👍

No but I’m sure they are aware of this. It’s a pretty common thing you can do with Jack output sockets. Depends a bit on the architecture of a synth if it can be used though I guess :)

🤷‍♂️

Hey! I think they will be nice to use together yeah. I haven’t tried yet so far. You get 5 channels so all individual outs plus the main out can be used which is nice. The reason I haven’t really tried yet is that I had other plans for perkons :). I’ll put it on the list of things to record a video of ;)

@@Davemech thank you! Looking forward to the video ;)

Thanks 🙏 it glues the mix and adds a bit of saturation but it’s mainly the sound design and balance of sounds I guess :)

@@Davemech Oh yeah, I'm sorry! I didn't want to insinuate you had nothing to do with it. The Perkons always sounded so muffled to me, but not here! So yeah you're doing something right with the sound design!

@@ringtangting oh no, it didn’t come across like that at all. Sorry if my response seemed like it did haha :) much appreciated! Yeah the boum definitely is lovely as a last stage compressor saturation

@@Davemech You did not come across like that! I just worry a lot about what I say. Greeting from a fellow polite Dutchie. ;)

@@ringtangting Haha top :) Cheers!

Nope not yet

😀 splendid

OTO Bam and Boum

Yeah. I can now consistently recreate it: wiggle a knob and while doing that press and hold shift. It will go into control all mode. But when you release shift the parameters don’t snap back.

@@Davemech That's exactly my experience... Ruins the fun every time it happens.

It has plenty of hard snares. I just don’t use snares that often. ;)

Has much more than just randomness. Can record all parameters into the sequencer , parameter locking, shuffling, odd track lengths, speed per track, direction per track. There’s an lfo with all parameters as destinations. Etc. So sure, only 16 steps (you can also chain patterns by the way), but you can make it sound like much more than that ;) and on top of that it’s the way you can keep moving everything by using your hands as modulators that makes it so engaging. So to call sq-64 far superior is quite a leap.

@@Davemech ..I really like Erica Synths that's why I wanted to check this out.. I have a bunch of Erica Synths modules.. I have a lot of sequencers, 3 SQ-64's, 3 keystep Pro's, 2 Beatstep Pro's , Tiptop Audio Circadian Rhythms, Trigger Riot, SQ-1 and bunch of other Euclidean rhythm module, besides other older hardware sequencers.. as far as quick straight forward live proformance goes I think that Circadian Rhythms is the winner.. 8 tracks up to 64 steps per track, can chain patterns up to 512 steps, micro timings, trigger delay per step, swing.. when you hit stop all the track parameters are saved.. if I want an abstract sequencing method the Trigger Riot is the winner and a lot of fun.. I have the Circadian Rhythms and Trigger Riot SyncBus together which I like to refer to as Quantum Synced because using a 16 to 16 pin ribbon cable they become one sequencer in absolute perfect timing.. I don't think you are aware of the sequence parameters that are available per step on the SQ-64 while being able to see and edit 64 steps all at once..? ..the SQ-64 has 16 tracks (8 are triggers the other 8 are midi) in the D drum trac.. there is ROTATE, FILL, Direction,.. per drum step there is LENGTH, OFFSET, PROBABILITY and STEP DIVIDE which does really nice micro timings and more.. being able to see and edit all 64 steps is huge.. it would be easy to see the differences all you would have to do is midi map 4 sequencer tracks on the SQ-64 to control the HD-01 and see what you think..? ..you can get a used SQ-64 in excellent condition for $160 or less..

@@Davemech ..I really like Erica Synths I have a lot of their modules.. I understand what you are saying but I think you should take a look at the SQ-64 then compare.. I have a lot of sequencers.. 3 SQ-64's, 3 Keystep Pro's, 2 Beatstep Pro's, SQ-01, Tiptop Audio Circadian Rhythms, Trigger Riot, Euclidean sequencers and other older hardware sequencers.. I can have as many LFO's as I want in a eurorack format.. as far as quick straight forward live proformance goes I think the Circadian Rhythms is the winner..64 steps in a pattern and can chain up to 512 steps, trigger delay per step, micro timings, different views and when you hit STOP everything is saved.. for abstract sequencing the Trigger Riot wins and is a lot of fun.. I have the CR and Trigger Riot SyncBus together which I like to refer to as Quantum synced.. by using a 16 to 16 pin ribbon cable they become one sequencer in absolute perfect timing.. the SQ-64 has 16 tracks in the D drum track (8 triggers, 8 midi) ROTATE, FILL direction ... then per step .. LENGTH, OFFSET, PROBABILITY, STEP DIVIDE which does really nice micro timings and more..the real benefit is being able to see and edit 64 steps at once.. to see the differences all you would have to do is midi map 4 drum tracks and see what you think.. you can get a used SQ-64 for $160 or less.. I don't see any clear advantages to the sequencers on the HD-01 vs what I have..

No need to be sorry. To each their own. Cheerio

Sure thing :)

Thank you!

What are you trying to do exactly and how are you connecting things ?

@@Davemech a guitar FX pedal send > pedal in > pedal out > return. Turn up the voice FX send. Nothing.

@@Eightball69couple of obvious things to check: 1. Guitar pedal works on other gear/mixers? 2. Guitar fx is set to 100% wet? 3. Jack plugs are plugged in completely ? Point 3 especially. The trick that I showed here works when routing the fx out to a mixer for example. When you use the send return on push itself make sure that the Jack plugs are inserted completely.

@@Davemech yup tried it all, doesn't work. I'll record a video perhaps