(TDLR: more advanced and more basic stuff. A lot of channels cover the middle ground) To answer your question: the nerdier, the better, but most definitely keep the graphics! Every video that makes me think of a different usage for my rack is welcome. The composition approach sound really interesting, so the viewers not only know how the patch works, but also how you get there. Good beginners guides are a blessing for people getting into eurorack, so if you enjoy doing those, keep doing them. I assume the point of your beginner case is that people can recreate those patches on their computers, which sounds like a really good idea.
Thanks! Indeed a mix of plans. But good to hear you also like a variety of things! I will for sure keep the graphics, and a focus on new-to-eurorack people. Also have to admit I enjoy diving into topics like the Leibniz system and DROID, but hose videos do take about twice as long as a more 'simple' starter tips video. So will keep videos mixed for sure :) Cheers!
Happy New Year! I think you excel at explaining complex stuff. For example, I think your Leibniz videos were stellar, and I’d most love to see that taken even further with Poczdam, Ostankino, etc. ADDAC demos are also always so welcome, because they tend to otherwise not get the attention they deserve. You also expressed interest in doing more on composition, which is also always interesting.
Thanks for letting me know! Those in-depth videos (like on the Leibniz system) cost me a lot of time, and hear some people say they prefer other things, so it'S good to hear your voice :) There is a Ostankino II on the way, and have plans with ADDAC for sure as well! All the best :)
Thx for all your great Videos 🙏🏻. I like really to watch more about very tiny and small modular systems…like the starter kid or smaller. Perhabs also a small modular effect system for external gear. ✌🏻🕊✨🌈🙏🏻
Thanks! And yes, that is a great idea! I had the same, but didn't write it down. Think it's a nice idea to show small starter setups with different approaches, but have a special plan for that, which might take a bit more time :) All the best!
Happy new year Manuel! Haha, yeah, actually just realized that while editing, so had to leave a message there :) Hope I will actually get to jamming more. Fingers crossed. All the best!
Best modular channel of 22 IMO! Looking forward to more in 23. I would say less specific module stuff and more patching techniques/concepts and patch breakdowns. You're the best at explaining that kind of stuff.
Thanks bro for that inspiring and breath taking knowlege, i startet eurorack about 6month ago and you are the one who helped me the most! Keep patching!
I would like to see how is your sound come together in this tight way.. more utilitis lessons (like i have the doepfer 172-2 slew limiter/function generator an i don‘t understand nothing.. cant find much in the net..)
Hey, thanks lovely to hear! First of enjoy your journey! And thanks for the suggestions. I also have the 172-2, and it's a great module. will take the tip allong! Cheers :)
Thanks! And that's a lovely answer to hear of course. Indeed I think it's important to make sure I enjoy the making the videos. Now I am spending more and more time with them even more so! That will mean that I do a mix of topics I expect :) All the best!
Happy new year! And that's been on my list for some time, but can't actually find the time, haha. Some videos on sequencing will come for sure! All the best :)
Basic Synthesis Techniques please :) I have my Eurorack for a few years now but not a lot of time to play (small kid). Your videos really help me enjoy things faster!
Thanks! Ah yeah, that wasn't on the list. But like and will keep doing that! I enjoy diving into fun things like the Leibniz system. Glad to hear people appreciated it :) All the best!
Hi! I'm starting my modular journey this year, and your channel helped me in this decision. As a newbie, I like your videos where you show how to creatively use certain type of module. This helps when your modular setup is small and you looking for new piece of hardware. More videos like this will be appreciated! Writing music is also interesting topic, but I have small twist to this: writing music on modular without additional processing software. Thank you for your excellent work, and have a great 2023!
Yes, nice! I hope to achieve at least some of it with the different systems. Some are slightly more genre specific, so hopefully something for everyone :)
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Happy New Year and thank you for your videos which are amongst the very best, if not the best, educational video on modular syntheses. I'd love some videos about composition and performance. I also would be very interrested about how you record and produce a final mix (mastering, ...).
Thank you! That's nice to hear :) Composition and performing come up a lot, so will start thinking about how I can start making videos on that. The practical recording part can be found in the video I made last year (linked in the top right corner). When it comes to producing I have to say I don't feel confident enough to teach on that. Others are doing a great job already! Thanks for sharing, and all the best for 2023!
I would like to see more live performance oriented videos, with patch breakdown and explanation of the signal chain and especially sound processing. :)
Thanks! A majority of people are mentioning the live performing part, so will make more time for it this year for sure! It will be new to me but will tray :) All the best!
best wishes for 2023 and beyond. thank you for sharing this passion! (I'd like to see you incorporate elements of your visual arts into your modular videos)
Thanks for your expert tutelage! Although there are many module demonstrators who spend a bit of time on theory, I appreciate your focus on concepts that can be applied in general to creating music on a modular instrument. Along those lines, I'd like to see you create some videos that detail your creative and performance process. I find it hard to dechiper the patches of many modular videos, but you make it easy. Please, keep producing your diagrams which are one of the elements that make your videos outstanding. Ich wünsche Ihnen viel Glück in diesem neuen Jahr!
Thank you! Indeed the illustrations and my experience as a freelance animator over the last 10 years have brought me to thinking I could add something to the modular scene. It's very nice to hear people appreciate it! I will for sure talk more about musical patches an performing this year! All the best :)
Happy new year ! As a beginner un modular would love some video on ADDAC percussion such as 4 voices 106 T-Network if possible Many thanks for all supports and good stuff/inspiration!
Looking forward to the 2023 trail! My preferences are all five categories of topics that you listed, in reverse order: The further down on that list, the more eager I am to hear your thoughts. Happy New Year!
Congrats on the progress on the channel, very informative and high quality videos! Hope to see these cases shine in some good old studio sessions this year:) (or live)
Thank you! Oh yeah, I realized I already said something similar last year, but I turned out to have very little time for music between making videos for this channel and doing other things to pay the bills. But his year is another serious attempt to make and record more music! All the best wishes :)
This is my favorite modular channel. The way you explain things matches very well how I approach learning - the graphics, the functional breakdown of the building blocks of each patch while treating the patch as a whole have all been very helpful. Last but definitely not least is that I really enjoy your music as well. I've been gradually listening through your jams on the non-tech talk channel, enjoying them quite a bit and basically discovering a new musical landscape that I was not aware of prior to starting dabbling with modular. I understand why the majority of other modular/synth content is gear "reviews", but those are the types of videos I tend to avoid now. Even assuming that the sole purpose of producing video content for RU-vid is advertisement translating into me as the content consumer purchasing gear, the most effective type of video for that purpose in my case have been performances that have inspired me or tech talks that have made me learn more about modular synthesis in general. I do hope, however, that it remains possible and viable for my favorite creators to make videos independently of advertisement revenue streams... and with that I'm off to Patreon.
Thank you! And thanks for sharing! Indeed Patreon is massive game changer. To be honest I enjoy diving into new stuff myself sometimes, as I am just curious about nice companies making interesting modules with new concepts. But I hardly get paid for that, and in the future I plan to almost never chase new releases, just talk about interesting things whenever I like. Indeed though, about 95% of the money I make through this channel is through Patreon. As the people there are starting to fund parts of my life I plan to ask the same there, and create good content for patrons! All the best wishes for you!
Nice! Working on it now :) And make sure to watch the video I already did on DROID if you havn't yet: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MoEIG4K-aJ4.html
It would be nice have some tips on how to perform/write with compact cases. How to think and design little playful subsystem of modules. Given the clarity of your explanations, it would be very useful
Thanks for the message! A lot of people mention performing, so will try and dive into that this year for sure. I will keep compact cases in mind, and might go over some alternate small setup using my collection as well. Cheers!
This is a great channel. Your overviews of patch concepts and techniques are really excellent and don’t see anyone else doing anything similar. The Leibniz system overview is truly helpful as really didn’t get it beforehand. I’d put this into the category of how to get more from particular modules. Thoughts on composition techniques are also very interesting. Overall think you do a really nice job on explaining concepts, please keep it up!
Thanks for sharing! Friendly comments make it worth it :) Will try for a mix of things I think, as it turns out there are always different people with different preferences. But will do more with composition and writing music for sure! All the best :)
What a great video! Really digging the different contained cases/setups approach and your presentation of them with examples and signal flow is stellar as always. Looking forward to 2023, best of luck!
DUDEEEEEEEEEE WTF, this is a freaking surprise, why you never told me about this? we know each other for years, and you never said anything.... man I mean I'm happy to see you doing this!!! Let's catch up soon with a beer on Boxhagenerplatz, ... Are you going to Superbooth?
to be honest, content is perfect. few seconds in on a video about the erica black wavetable, and here am i again. my advice to you, work on your presence. have more confidence in yourself, and relax a little. atleast thats the vibe i get, but damn! nice content and you owe me monies now. for all the modules i have to buy.
Thanks for sharing! Happy to hear you like it all, but I will explore performing and writing a bit in the near future, see how people respond to it :) All the best!
Basic synthesis techniques and creative ways of using them would be my pick for videos to make! I really enojoy the nerdy details on deep dives on specific modules as well. Please never stop doing the patch examples with visuals, I would even say this concept can be expanded to highlight the difference an interesting module can make depening on its role in the patch example. For example same patch with slow LFO, fast LFO, synced LFO etc. So basically I am saying detailed musical patches yes please too :)
Hello! Thanks for the message. I have to say I also enjoy the nerdy deep-dives. It's fun for me to learn about complex original stuff like DROID and the Leibniz system. But also takes a lot of time, and I notice it's not for everyone. Which is fine of course. In any case I am also happy with the starter system, and will use that for lots of basic synthesis techniques. And will venture into more on writing and performing this year as well. A lot of people mentioned it. All the best!
i watch most of your videos whether i'm interested in the module or not because of your patch ideas, it often sparks an idea of something to do with my own setup. one thing i'd love to see/hear more about is people's "philosophies" of patching/writing/performing, not just how to do it but why you do it, what your goals are, what you want in a live performance/recording. i'm down for the esoteric discussion
Glad to hear it! I always try to put a lot of valuable patch ideas in videos that can be done with alternate or other modules as well, unless it's something like the Leibniz system. In the future I plan to do this even more. Use modules to explain concepts, and less to explain a specific module. Will also start thinking on how I can share more about the creative and writing process! Cheers :)
@@MonotrailTechTalk right on, i'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on that. just to let you know i think you do a great job of sharing patch ideas and i think you hit a nice balance of "this is what i'm using but you could also use..."
Hello! That's on the list! Has been for a bit tbh, DROID videos are among the time consuming ones :) But I want to make a DROID video where I combine a series of ideas, with a full patch from scratch example or two. DROID is great, and will give it more attention for sure!
Nice! I might try that, but have to admit I am most comfy with my fully scripted style! Some people are great at just chatting in the camera, but not me :) I did three videos i called 'Patch of the day' with - still scripted - but on camera patched tips and ideas. I liked those and might look into it more. They were also fun to make. All the best!
I'd also like to see the Leibniz system taken further. Different chaining configurations and examples how to incorporate with Ostankino ii and Odessa would be amazing!
Thanks! I have to admit those videos really took a lot of my time, but it's very nice to hear people enjoyed them! Was also really happy to hear form the folks at Xaoc they liked the videos, so there will be more on their stuff for sure!
nice systems...i like the look and function of those xaoc devices. Also, nearly bought an IO Himalia...got the sponde mixer which is excellent for routing eurorack voices in and out of guitar pedals.
Ha! Love to build some lego in my spare time, lot's of MOCs indeed, but this one is actually an old official set from y childhood! Had to replace a few parts, but still in pretty good shape :)
Performing/writing and detailed musical patches There are plenty of synthesis technique videos and in depth module videos but a lack of how to use modular musically
Thanks! I will explore it for sure. It's also harder to write and record I found, because less obvious then just explaining all a module can do. But also made the decision I am in this RU-vid stuff for the long haul, and want to make personal and meaningful channel over time. all the best!
@@MonotrailTechTalk A suggestion for covering this topic is to follow the format that other composing channels use. They breakdown composing into smaller subblocks and describe how to use those subblocks (i.e. how use sequencing to extend a melody). Not sure how that will translate to modular where things are more fluid. P.S. Your videos are amazing and I enjoy watching them. I actually found you through your modwiggler posts!
Ah yeah, that is a Thomann case designed to transport a Pioneer XDJ. To be honest, it's slightly to small, but I made it work. Will explain more about the case in my next video! All the best :) Case: www.thomann.de/de/thon_case_for_pioneer_xdj_700.htm
OMG... I haven't really looked at the Mavis. Does it have the same sequencer as the M32? I have the M32 and am sad to admit, I can actually use its sequencer, sorta.
I record video with a Sony ZV-1, which has a build in mic. Then I also record my voice with a better mic, and audio directly through an interface. In video editing software I can easily visually match the good recordings with the audio of the camera.
Hi there! Love ADDAC and a lot of their modules, I'm actually working on something exiting with them :) But also completely independent and indeed have to admit I put it aside for a while. I still have it, and would love to come back to it, but it took me to much time diving into it and all the updates. That also has to do with the fact I try making a living from this channel, and in many ways have to be efficient and don't have as much time to just explore the module unfortunately.
@@MonotrailTechTalk thanks the response.. Same here - love addac but got a bit weary with update churn on this module. Still have it though. Looking forward to your hearing more about your collab project. Thanks again, Russell
@@MonotrailTechTalk Yes, sorry it was a bit dry ;) I really love modular synthesizers, but I'm tired of all these videos that push me to consume and change modules when I already have a coherent set. I'm thirsty for musical culture, hardware and musical techniques, but I need to see something other than consumer products :) I really enjoy the videos where you position yourself as a teacher, thank you.
