I guessed the chords in my mind’s ear in the part where it changes key and then I went wait isn’t that sheep? Lol

I sold my Mono a while back so can't help too much with the specifics. Generally I found the Mono to be very stable but not very ergonomically friendly. Live I wouldn't want to be doing anything other than selecting presets I'd made or I'd get confused for sure. Have you looked at the Mono V2 ? I had one order early on but cancelled because of the all the bug reports. Now by all reports the firmware is rock solid although people still seem a little wary of the USB MIDI and prefer the DIN MIDI. Really for what it can do it's an absolutely amazing machine yet it has never seemed to 'break through' into popularity. Maybe it's just too complex?

@@RichardDeHove got the Mk2 last year but it was just too buggy for me too, so i send it back, it crashed frequently and all sorts of issues on the OS, I don´t really use USB midi so I can´t say about that, I´m fine with good old din midi, just found an Mk1 brand new so I think I will give it a try, for the Mk2 I might wait and see if they really fixed by now..

@@LucaOrtega I was looking at reports on V2.1.2 which seemed very positive. But Norand lost a lot of people (including you & me!) because of their buggy MkII firmware. Well V1 looks a lot better anyway! At one stage I was so close to getting a second MkI and using them as a drum machine duo :) Certainly I never had any crash issues with V1.

@@RichardDeHove Mk1 looks better indeed ;)

Thanks Brian :)

TLDW: Mobius is good enough.

@RichardDeHove , Great to hear that 👍

A beast and a useful companion :)

Yes, still got the GEB-7. A perfect companion to the DB-01. I'd use it on every video but I'm usually trying to show the 'raw sound' of other effects. A find a tiny boost on the bottom end, a scoop at 500 and highs to taste add a beautiful finish to the sound. You really notice it after you've had it on for a while. The volume slider is a bonus.

@@RichardDeHove Thanks, will go for it:)

Thanks Mr Midicake :) Biggest surprise to me was the potential to add an LFO-sync to any parameter. Still feels like I'm wading in the shallows though ... so many more controls to try.

Agreed! There's no finer machine for playable ergonomics than the Perkons.

@RichardDeHove hear hear! This is the successor of the 808, 909 and more. I actually got a second one and run them in tandem. So many possibilities, sonically and rythym wise. Ahhhh.... thank you erica synths, you've nailed it!

@@aurumtree I subbed your channel for the day when you post "double Perkons" video :)

Do you mean just like a "last step" function to get 3 steps or 7 etc? Shift+Last step

Yes thanks!

You know you're a hardcore synth player when you start to appreciate LFO phase :D

I wanted to do the "degrading looper" thing as part 2 but I realized (too late) that it needed MIDI CC commands rather than just MIDI note number like the Timeline. I searched for a cheap way to get clocked MIDI CC commands but nothing. (Recently with V7 firmware the Midicake Arp gives that ability.)

Only just syncing them via a common clock.

@RichardDeHove how? Sorry but I'm a complete noob and am really trying to learn about connecting stuff up and all the terminology. I have both and really want to try them out together

​@@Thegingerwolff Well, as soon as you have a few machines I think one of the most fundamental questions is: How will I keep everything in sync? In other words, what will be the clock source that gives stop, start and tempo commands to all the machines simultaneously. Once you get a big setup you'd probably want to get a separate dedicated clock source, but with two machines then you'd just choose which one you want to be the master. Let's say you decide that Perkons should be the master and it will send its clock to the DB-01. With these machines there's two ways to do this: 1) You can use the Perkons "clock out" port on the back panel and connect a cable from there to the DB-01 "clock in" port. The Perkons port is 1/4" and the DB-01 is 3.5mm so you'll need the appropriate cable. With Perkons as the master you'll then need to go into the DB-01 config menu and change the clock source to EXT (external). 2) The second method is via MIDI. Take a standard MIDI cable and connect it from the Perkons MIDI out port to the DB-01's MIDI IN port. Then go into the DB-01 configuration menu and change the clock source to MID (MIDI). Now when you hit Play on the Perkons the DB-01 will start in sync. If you wanted the DB-01 to be the master then just reverse things. Connect the MIDI cable from theDB-01 MIDI OUT to the Perkons MIDI IN. Leave the DB-01's clock source as internal, then go into the Perkons config menu and change it's clock source to MIDI.

@RichardDeHove amazing thanks. I was considering a separate clock device as I have quite a few devices now. Anything youd recommend ?

@@Thegingerwolff I use an ERM Midiclock but I think they're out of business now. But it's an excellent simple little clock. You could go for something like the DisasterArea Micro Clock (I haven't used that one and there's sure to be others like it), or even just use a MIDI controller keyboard that has a clock source. Also if you were considering a hardware sequencer then that would naturally become the master. Depending on the DAW it might also be possible to run the clock from a computer but I think this has the potential to make things very messy. The beauty of a small outboard clock is that it doesn't commit you to always use a certain machine. For example, you could decide Perkons was going to be your master clock, or a dedicated sequencer, but then you'd need to use that machine in everything just so you had a clock.

Yes, but it's hidden in the config menu. If you want something for live I suggest pairing the DB-01 with a Boss GEB-7 bass EQ pedal. It really enhances the DB-01 tone and gives you a volume slider.

@@RichardDeHove Thank you again, you really opend up the Bassline for me, with your video, so many good use cases for it.

The DR-2 definitely has an industrial side to it that isn't often heard. Also I'm confident it will eventually get chromatic playing. Mr Modor is very active on the firmware side.

The El Cap has to be one of the most-loved pedals out there. It certainly has loads of character.

If only everyone had your good taste in music :D

A combination of saving the tweaked kits and tweaked patterns to different slots? Perhaps I misunderstand the question....

An interesting feature on the new Boss SDE-3 delay allows for sync with an offset knob. The best of both worlds.

You're right - and I used to agonise about the mix :D Since then I've put a big fat compressor on the music ducked to the voice.

Probably easiest to just a copy a blank project over the top. Otherwise you could take the SD card out and delete it directly from card on computer.

Understood, thank u!

Brilliant demo by the way thank you!

There are lots of excellent high-end reverbs out there, some even more expensive than the Nightverb. In that top tier you can safely rely that they all have a top quality sound. So then maybe the decisive factor becomes something else - price, functionality, size, looks, or a single specific feature. For me what sets the Nightverb apart is that it feels designed to be played. I also have the Big Sky and although it has plenty of knobs they feel more like programming aids than something you'd use while performing. Others I've tried were even more strongly a case of selecting the preset and moving on. The Nightverb is also clearly a desktop unit rather than something that lives on the floor with a pedal button which is another indicator it should be tweaked. Erica and firmware? Couldn't agree more. For me the LXR-02 is screaming out for some love and even the DB-01 could do with some extras like a enhanced FM and ratchets. My guess is most of their programming power is currently going into the new Steampipe synth and after that the great eye will swing back to Perkons.

@@RichardDeHove steampipe synth? please elaborate.

This was from a year back. It's release is now imminent: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWK0ZaKHe8-Gd8U

@@RichardDeHove nice one looks amazing

Thanks Chucklehead (Squadron 617?). I need a mere few hundred more hours and the Syntrx tutorials will be ready to go :) It's a deep beast and I wouldn't want to just do a live-action version of the manual. I'm just level 1.

@@RichardDeHoveI think your level one is most people’s level 10! I’ll keep my fingers crossed. You really are the gold standard of tutorial videos. I’d even pay for it! (And for one on the source audio ventris, because your nemesis video is great) Oh, and 617 is my area code in the states !

​@@Chucklehead617I've sat on this comment for a few weeks hoping to report I've reached level 2 on Syntrx. Not yet ! lol

So I went and wiggled the faders. Yes, they are a bit loose, much more so than the LXR-02. Personally I wasn't a fan of the knobs which was why I immediately replaced all mine. But to send it back because of fader overwiggle seems a little harsh given how good it sounds. I keep encouraging Mr Modor to release a reknobbed all-black version :D

@@RichardDeHove i can tell you mine were not smooth had a lot of wobble and were the cheapest id ever seen on any device ever! seriously cheap. maybe an early model? who knows..

:D I think that's a stretch, but a million monkeys on DB-01s and Nightverbs are bound to hit on something eventually!

Classic. Hab’s hinbekommen !

@@castlewiper5726 Cable issue?

It was a pretty long MIDI cable so maybe that? But in all it was all OK. Can't think of any machine where I'd say updating the firmware was top entertainment :D

@@RichardDeHove Hmmm, maybe. That could be it. Anyway, to anyone reading this: we made the upgrade process pretty foolproof through the years. Don't be afraid to upgrade your machine. If it fails, you can just start again from the beginning. 😊

Der erste Abschnitt war vollständig an die Parameter gebunden, sodass das "twiddling" der Knöpfe keine große Wirkung hatte.

The DR-2 is such a sleeper. Out of the Big 5 drum machines it's the shy but talented star sitting in the corner. I think an "all black" special edition might give it a moment in the spotlight.

I was on 012. Version 013 has just come out. Must be time to update the firmware :) This might help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGLGe36Pr9x7npI

@@RichardDeHove tried a few times to update the firmware but never got working settings for transfer. Now its running but so slow it will take hours..

@@gwsound Success?

It's been out for a few years now with consistent supply, and the developer is very active (just released OS13 with new models!). OTOH it doesn't seem to get the online love of the Pulsar-23 or Perkons. Hard to tell how that might translate into numbers. I do love the sound engines on this thing though.

My repainting efforts are limited to a single technique: black spray cans XD

Haha! This has disturbed me for ages :) I forgive Erica in that maybe this was made before they decided on a standard desktop size. The Acidbox III OTOH is a perfect fit but just not as wide. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Zen II sometime in standard size.