Vermona Melodicer - Let's Get Creative! 

Lol *Bliss not bits

I commented that to him recently. Great call. I see his HAS ONE in the video! Beautiful synth

Mono Lancett and PerFourMer are both sweet. But PerFourMer is just 👌🏼😘💥

The NLDR is great with 4 outputs: pad, drone, Motif 1 & 2. You got more options with the NLDR in my opinion

@@joostvanbunnik7646 NDLR is cheaper too! (at least where I am)

@@stephanrewind Thanks!

Hi. I love my Melodicer(s), I actually recently bought the polyphonic MIDI extender module. Need to do a video about that soon. But yes there are alternatives, of course we have the Labyrinth from Moog now (another video opportunity though everyone seems to be doing those recently!) plus there are plenty of eurorack modules that generate rythmic sequences for you. Melodicer remains rather highly priced but still I have no regrets with mine.

Haha. I'm impressed you recognised my out of focus synth 👍 It has a cool light show doesn't it

Hi, The Melodicer will only ever play the notes you tell it, Rings does add harmonics depending on the settings.

Hi, you can get eurorack modules that will turn CV and gate signals into MIDI messages. They are usually MIDI to CV converter modules that have a MIDI out as well as a MIDI in. I haven't tried any unfortunately so can't give you my personal experience.

@@TimShoebridge thank you Tim, was just checking out the Kenton Pro CV to midi convertor too. I like their products just was not sure what all the Melodicer requires . Appreciate your response thank you

I use sequencers to help me formulate ideas. They may not stay in the mix but they do their job. Any music - well, that I'd consider to be music anyway - repeats itself at least once!

Yes I noticed a total lack of tutorials, will add it to my to-do list 👍

Thank you very much :) I was actually getting really stuck into the Hydrasynth and ended up writing the beginnings to a song with it which was promising enough that it is now consuming all my time. So yes definitely hugely inspiring but the review is going to have to wait a little while as I now absolutely have to finish this song that I started!

Ha! Thanks Chris. Great to do business with you 👍

Yes true about start stop, but you have the ability to mute gates which works but is not perfect. I haven't encountered any bugs yet but I'm not surprised there are some with a module this complex 😒

@stefan_burczymucha there is a thread at Mod Wiggler where the reset is discussed (it works fine on mine if you keep the tap clock in mind). There is also a link in that thread for the newest r25 firmware with e.g. a changeable clock input. They already fixed some bugs and to my knowledge the process is ongoing :-) I can't link it here directly because YT is deleting those. You have to search it e.g. on Google. Vermona rocks!

@@tdallas4539 wow! amazing, thanks for info!

you can use a turing machine followed by a quantizer (that lets you select the notes to play), I think it can be close and both modules can be used for other purposes, but the price will be the same. The Vermona is really done for a specific job and you don't lose your times to get the result. So question is "do you need a stochastic sequencer in all your tracks?". If the answer is "yes", then buy it :-)

The main difference between this and a turing machine + quantizer is: with the turing machine/quantizer combo you get random values that you can freeze/loop up to 32 steps, that then get quantized to the notes of the scale you did define in the quantizer, but when your using e.g. one of the traditional 7 modes/scales, you can't for sure tell which key it is in (for those 7 notes can be 7 different scales, depending on the key). So you need to use a second voice to create a bassloop or maybe a drone that really hammers that key home into the ears of the listener :) With the melodicer, you can specifically define which notes can be played, and how probable it is, so you make the rootnote more probable then the others, and /or do the slowly introduce more notes, playing the sliders (like Tim does in the video). So, from a composer/songwriter perspective, someone that has a key/scale in mind that he wants to use, thats a win.

@@roboklops3193 the tools is of course handier than a set of modules you have to connect. I will not enter the debate how to patch them to get exact same result that's not the point. The problem is just the price of the Vermona module for somethings you can already do with existing modules. It's more handy, so it's ok to pay something, but not sure this help worth $450. Just a bit overpriced. But it is a cool module, of course.

@@stephanrewind Were you aware of the benefits of the NDLR over the Melodicer - prior to this video?

@@stephanrewind Thank you Stephan for the response. I have a Radias and thinking of selling it. It does not fit well within the context of my music. However I would consider an Access Virus. I continue to think - within the style of the music I love, will this instrument be a contribution.

or moving brush on canvas, or pressing button on camera, or pushing buttons in text editor... I think creativity can only come from smart youtube comments /s