Molten Modular 07 - Installing my first row of Eurorack modules 

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I've been finding the articulation of your thought process extremely helpful. Thank you.

EXACTLY the type of video I've been waiting for.. can't thank you enough... please keep us "in the loop"

on the off some interesting sounds coming out without hardly tweeking any knobs, yummy setup and thanks for the informative upload

I Love this video. It so nice to see someone doing this for the first time and very inspiring as well.

Wow this is great insight. I have been using the different tools to play my first Eurorack modular setup and this has been super helpful!

Great videos gets me really excited to start making a eurorack, gutted that I didn't realise these videos were so new looking forward to see what you come up with in the next one!

The best part of this is how excited you get when you make the sounds. Hahaha

Fun to watch! It hasn't been that long since I started so I very well recall the mixed feelings of excitement and confusion. You've put together a very balanced system. I can't recall if the Batumi is triggerable. If so, then you have another potential envelope generator. Disting + Turing Machine will be a nice completion of this row, for sure.

I had tears of joy running down my face @ 17:58. This is awesome stuff!

Ahh the smile on my face when the sine from the make noise first shown through! thank you for this video it's exactly what I needed!

Wow, such an amazing series to introduce people starting a modular rig. Thank you for this - it was very helpful. It was brilliant to follow it from your point of view, which, at the time of the video at the least, was the view of a novice spending an enormous amount of time learning about the world of eurorack. Thanks again for sharing. Definitely subscribing.

Love your video , concept , approach, everything is great .

Thank you for all of these tutorials, quite helpful and inspiring.

Very interesting approach to modular synths. I am just starting now...by sawing the plywood to build my first 60hp case...I must admit that your enthusiasm is contagious...I can’t wait to buy the first module

Thank you so much. You make this stuff so much fun. I am presently at this very stage in the process and this was a nice way to see what I have to do and you confirmed some issues for me with testing the modules as I put them in. Haven't got a Maths yet, but someday I'm sure. Keep up the good work.

Looking forward to the next installment :)

I enjoy watching your journey as I'm about to embark on my own journey:)

This is a great series!!

unplug the ac power from the wall when installing modules D: cheers, subbed. beautiful rig man!

Inspiring video. Just bought a Mother 32 and I'm heading this way.

.. which then it's going to trigger that, which then shapes the w0tsit which then shapes the thing... Brilliant ! This simply makes me happy - it should not but it does.

Great choices. And they are absolutely correct about the Maths.

I love it. Just keep talking, man!

hahaha love your commentary, also helped me through my installation process. Thanks!

Just installed my first module a week or so ago. A Tip Top Audio Fold Processor in to a Tip Top Audio Happy Ending kit. Already had a Kilpatrick Audio Phenol & a set of banana to mini jack cables. Was very satisfying installing my first module. I’m hooked now. Looking to the second. I’m in no rush as I have all the basics with the Phenol. Looking to add to its capabilities. Maybe a Maths? I also like the Erica stuff. And I’d like an Expert Sleepers ES-8 for connection between software and hardware. I’m thinking VCO that also goes low enough to be an LFO. Some way of taking a signal, splitting and mangling beyond comprehension and beyond! Like the look of the Worng Vector Space. So many options, so little rack space ........

Hahah great video. I remember watching this when I was first getting into modular

Good point about the Disting MK4, using it as a "try before you buy" type thing. Just getting into Eurorack and things like that can help a newb from making expensive missteps!

this is THE BEST "intro to modular" video i've seen yet. also, if i ever DID build a modular, your thinking is on a similar page as me... modules that add to TONE are essential, digital stuff is annoying, and who needs sequencers? i haven't been impressed with maths either as all the videos i've seen for it have been mind numbing make it stop! "sequencery" stuff instead of chunky bass & lead tones. my understanding of synths is rudimentary, so it's nice that you explain why you chose specific modules besides the maths you were forced into buying kicking & screaming. besides oscilators, envelope generators & filters (arp wet, distorting attitude, & vocal sounding), i'd go for a ring modulator, sample & hold, some kind of distortion/flanger, midi to CV, and pitch & envelope followers for tone shaping & processing audio before a maths too. not everyone does "knob twisting synthesis"... especially those godawful annoying filter sweeps! LOL i'd try to build something like an arp 2600 with a twist of buccla attitude. never been a fan of "cheesy 1970s sci-fi" moog sound. arps sound juicier (the filters) & more interesting to me. anyways, like you mentioned in the previous video i watched, this is a fun vicarious watch & is so far about the same kind of tone-centric kind of hot rodded synth i'd build too, though i really liked a larger wavetable oscillator i saw with more knobs and some pretty cool tones & maybe more of them along with a knob based FM module. as to modules like clouds, samplers & granulators... WHY?! you can do THAT junk in software & better.

Avoid Mutable Instruments?? NEVER!! My favorite modular company. I realize this video is 4 years old. Presently I own: Clouds, Beads, Elements, Rings, 2 x Plaits, 2 x Tides, Warps, Veils, and Marbles. As for Maths, I had one and got rid of it after a time. I just couldn't find enough uses for it to justify the 20hp of rack space it was taking up. So I replaced Maths with two Cosmotronic Delta-V function generator modules at 10hp each. Each module has two channels of snappy envelopes, LFOs, built-in VCAs, etc.

you are a pretty cool dude. thanks for the videos

This video is the best! Thank you! (I'm at that point now where I don't know if I need a clock-attenuator-thingy either haha :))

It's a thing of beauty. I hope you'll do some videos of your songs/creative expression to see how it turns out. Whenever I get into something new, I always read about people suggesting things I wasn't as interested in either. For instance, when I wanted to learn piano/keyboards, many say, "Get a full-size 88-key". But then later you get a smaller one & find out you really didn't need the full-size. I was looking at prices and I thought the Mother 32 was $500 but $600...I bet all of it sounds really good...analog hardware probably just sounds better (I assume it's analog).

The cool thing with maths is that you can patch the end of rise and end of cycle out as clock or trigger sources, then put those into something like your envelope generator and it will trigger the eg. also, using maths in cycle or even batumi, you can plug those into the cv ins on your vca and get rhythmic gating effects.

With your British accent I hear sauce every time you say source. Great videos!!

good choices

Nice one...

Hi Robin, thanks a load! This has been the most useful "modular" vid I have yet seen. How quickly you could get interesting sounds out of a basic set-up. I have avoided Eurorack, thinking "This way madness lies..." or "Such a lot of money to make fart noises" (have you ever been to a modular synth meet? Farts galore!). But this has made me want to investigate further. I will follow your advice but my own mind is going down the "Standard system from a manufacturer (eg Doepfer)" and then add more and yet maybe that's not the best way... Much research to be done. Thanks for the advice in your previous videos and the tips. BTW just wanted to say that I have also been fascinated by Erica too...

congrats on the new system! i think a dedicated EG and Maths are good to have, though Maths can do envelope duties. A very basic patch for Maths as an attack/decay envelope would be to take a vco output to an input on Veils. Then take the output of either side of Maths into the cv input on Veils. If Maths is in cycle mode, adjusting the rise and fall can produce a tremolo style sound, always running. Or you could turn cycle off and send a gate or trigger to the "Trig" input, like from the M32, to gate the envelope. Sending a signal into the input with an arrow will "slew" the signal based on the rise and fall times. Hope this helps a little! Maths is super deep but incredibly useful after you spend some time with it.

Thankyou. And yes, i believe Disting 4 is a "no brainer".... grab one.

I always think its very silly that the euro world / Doepfer decided to assign red as negative bus when red has always been positive!

If you want to cut down on HP you can switch the maths with a function. great video and wonderful choice of modules, i plan to get the filter also.

This really should be ep. 6.

very fun video. i have the same taste in modules. i am checking out the dual adsr from inteligel or maybe the verbos env because i really like sliders to allow me to see the env and move things faster!

Really enjoying the enthusiasm you have for this. Maybe it is a vulgar request, but in future videos it might be useful to give an indication of price of the set up. Especially as I know one of your intentions with these videos is to guide the newcomer through the process of getting into euro rack.

You could use your Mother 32 to sequence your VCO modules using the KB (keyboard) and Gate outputs

lovely jubbly

I think an attenuator would be a good addition so you can control the range of your lfo. But other than that you've got a great setup. I hope I can afford to get my own rack started one day.

Part of why I chose the mother 32 as my "base" module is that it has the midi i/o already. I'm primarily controlling my euro rack frequency over midi (using Sibelius or Notion) then I'll mess with the filters (etceteras) in real time. You said you may replace the mother - but then you have to spend another bundle of money on a keyboard and midi i/o.

Ha ha ha... I don't know how to play with the Maths yet either! I held off on buying one...... Maybe I will take the plunge now that I'm not alone anymore with that predicament.

Nice rack! :) btw, I think you also might need to get one or two mults as well... (or just use those "star shaped" plastic thingies for it, seems to work as well)

Just decided to not rely on maths as an EG in my plans. Thanks 🤙

ACE!

What did you use for clock? I see a lot of folks using ALM Pamelas workout but Erica Synths makes a cool looking clock module as well.

Noooo, No Episode 8? You can't go wrong with a Turing, look into the volts module as well, good for modulation if you don't use it as a second voice cv source.

Have you had a look into using the 'Make Noise: Contour' for your ADSR? Make Noise seem to be the only company I want to put in my eurorack nowadays :')

DooM soundtrack 2016? Ya got my attention

You MIGHT need a module like the pittsburgh in/out to bring in outside audio to be filtered and otherwise modulated by your modular. Edit: DO NOT GET A DISTING, I predict you will leave it set on quantizer mode and never change it.

Think you could make a modular grid setup and link it? This looks like damn near the perfect setup for me!

I have 3 unused power ribbon plugs in my rack atm is it ok to just leave them for now it’s not being moved around… can they cause any problems?

At this point, I'm thinking that maybe using a series of 2hp modules might be the way to go for expansion due to how much more you can get in a very small space. The only puzzle for me is how many 2hps can you fit into that skiff before you run out of power or slots to plug into. Need to do more research on that...

Would be great if you could list the modules in the description

What did this all cost you ( monetarily)? I have really enjoyed your journey and I think I would like to do the same

This is awesome! One really basic question. How are you sequencing things from the M:32? I dont see any cables going out of it. I tried watching at the start of your video but I cant see how you did it. Whats plugged in where please? You are helping me along my way through modular

Hi, really interesting video thanks, would be cool to starts building a modular synth but I know it is pretty expensive and never ends 😂. So I'm wondering how much all this could cost...

On Erica‘s web site they say one needs an extra module to adjust Mother 32 voltages to euro rack voltages, because they have a different range. But it seems you are not using that, so is it not required after all?

So if I am trying to build a basic modular setup that is affordable and portable at the very bare minimum I would need: 1) Power+case+patch cables 2) keyboard controller+sequencer 3) VCO- oscillators x 2 4) VCF- filter 5) Mixer 6) Modulators- LFOs x2 7) Envelope generators (ADRS)x2 8) Modular Synth unit- Mother 32 or Dark Matter come to mind 9) Drum synth sequencer/sampler for bass AND last but not least: The Maths! How many power supplies would you need for 10-12 modules in a 85HP two row configuration?

„It’s powered“ - I feared you would start from that point. But I would really like to know what power source you chose and how you mounted it.

How are you getting on with the maths? I went for the befaco rampage. What's your modular grid rack name?

When are you going to do a Bitwig Studio 2 review? Doesn't it work with CV now or better than it used to? I'd like the review to be 6 videos of 1 hour each...a very thorough review. :-)

What type of budget do you need for this?

I'm a mother 32 guy myself. Novice as well. Any advice for the mother and sto?

I could play around with assorted modules all day without really knowing the acoustics/physics behind what I’m doing.

Didn't you talk about how the Virtual eurorack was teaching you what and how to patch? Molten Modular 3 was it. in this regard this feels a bit unprepared. but then, adding what i know so far (teaching myself about the electrical parts for 2 weeks now since i want to diy my setup): as far i know the MATH is an LFO/Envelope/Mixer mixture, so it generates, mix and modifys CV signals. You get a Trigger,Pitch and Gate from your semimodular synth, also you have an sequencer in there. pitch -> VCO Gate -> Math/envelope -> mix it with a LFO -> VCA/all the filter Inputs i would actually look to get some way of drums in to the rack, also ideas are: Noise, sample and hold, sequencer (so it can operate fully standalone) I look Forward to your first steps, may be they change my way of thinking about my future modular. HAVE FUN! [ that's the Main Part ;) ] about my plans: Personally i want to go full diy and i am planning to build all my first modules myself ( cgs.synth.net/modules/ a lot of work already done) the CV side of modular synth is for me the most interesting part, like building Pitch -> Envelope -> VCO to get a gliding voice adding an lfo to the mix and you get a varying gliding voice were the amount of the variation can also be controlled. Thinking about what i want to build, i go kinda crazy and in the and i reach like 5 envelopes, 2-3LfO, a vew mixers etc just to control every aspect of the sound over time etc, you have so many entry points to modify your signal, its just horrible and beautiful. i want to finally start building but the parts need to to be ordered, they are so many xD

Hi i'm going to have a fresh start with ableton on my vaio laptop but just want to know is my specs good or i have to upgrade to a new system : processor - i3227u (1.90ghz) os:windows 8.1 ram:6gb hdd :500gb just to get on a intermediate level i can upgrade it with overall 8gb ram or getting a ssd maybe will it help ?? please let me know thanks in advance

16:54 Cooking with GAS

You know what you need now? 2 Maths! :)

I hate the maths cult. We don't all need a maths. It's a great module, but it's not ubiquitous

:-)

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this guy is kinda stuborn