great Video ! thank you

Great tutorial! That randomized patch is super psychedelic. Nice work. I own the Voltage Lab 2 which I have come to love so much that I am reconsidering the Tiaga as an addition to fill in some of the missing pieces within the VL2 such as simple ADSR envelopes, Hi pass/Bandpass Filters, and sync jack inputs. I love how large the filter knob is and how much space is around that knob to get performative with it The shape knobs are also nice in that respect. A well throughout layout by Pittsburgh - much better than many other semi modular synths and modules. I would personally hesitate to include the phrase "subtractive synth" to describe this synth due to the fact that at least 50% of its features are not typical subtractive/east coast features. Three wavefolders and a lowpass gate, combined with the subtractive filter makes it a well rounded synth. It is a shame that it doesn't have cv over envelopes or the lfo rate and that the envelope times are hard to have fine control over. Pretty important stuff. I do find that the course tune on the voltage Lab 2 is a bit too sensitive. I wish that all modern oscillators had a lock-in-place button like the frap tools brenso to avoid accidentally knocking it out of tune.

An all-round great tutorial! Looking forward to more. Your delivery is awesome. Your patch diagrams are easy to read, I like how they appear either next to or overlaid the camera view. And also, its so refreshing to hear the patch in the context of music that is well produced and mixed. That seems to be very rare in the EuroTuber scene. I would love to see more XAOC, FRAP TOOLS, & JORNALOGUE.

Great video, I like the way you go through things quickly yet in detail. I had a Quadigy and while I loved its functionality I found it to be too fiddly for how I like to work, and I ended up with a Quadrax for my workhorse 4-channel AR/ASR/LFO needs. There's just so much it can do and I found it quite easy to get around once I got used to a few button combos. CV routing is a little wonky and I wish it had more CV ins, but it's so good I'm considering another. Zadar is simply too menu-based and fiddly for what I like with modular (tried it at Perfect Circuit a while back).

I like your style of tutorial/overview. The diagrams really speak to me better than other KZbinrs doing Eurorack. I really appreciate the comparison of these modules. Often i am comparing several modules to make the best choice for my needs, and you have just made it very easy to do some of that reserach, Thanks and keep it up!!

Okay, so... both I guess.

Morphagene for rythmik and abhar Textur es Love it

The Zadar can realtime warp each waveform along time and amplitude, mirror along the time axis and you can freely adjust the timing from audio rate to half an hour. Also you can freely adjust the amplitude from 0 to 10V. And with the NIN expander you have CV control over 2 parameters per channel (while I seldomly use more than one). It is unquestionably less direct than the other modules. Its handling can be a little tedious, but it is intuitive nonetheless and it provides by far the most variety and most complex waveshapes in all frequency ranges, especially when you use cross-modulation. I think, it is the best envelope generator for complex sound design, generative patches and ambient pads. I also have the Quadigy, but I confess, I haven't ever considered CVing it, yet. It is my go to ADSR+ envelope. I should spend more time on making use of more of its features. The Quadrax sounds very interesting, but I'm good with what I have.

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This channel will have 10k subscribers in a year if these keep up

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How to arrange Patchcables😜

Amazing sounds, tipps, and production value. Keep it up!

Just found your channel and I am already a fan. Very interesting way of talking about music. Refreshing and inspiring. Thanks!

great content!

This was very enjoyable!

Yet another excellent essay that summarizes a great selection of theory papers into modern composition techniques. This is my second watch because there’s too much good stuff to take in at once. Thank you so much for making this and sharing your knowledge.

Love the stuff you're exploring and explaining here. Thanks!

Really like the video. Similar taste in modules. Curtis Roads has so much to offer

Interesting.

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Great video - lots of food for thought here! Are you familiar with Georgina Born's "Making Time" article? She takes a more philosophical approach to music and time...

I've said it before, but it bears repeating - you have one of the most unique takes on applications of modular synthesis I've come across. Thought-provoking ideas. It's very refreshing to see an emphasis on techniques and musical ideas (as opposed to why I should buy x module lol). Always a treat to see the stuff you make :)

I’m planning a build around this and a X0X style sequencer, Nerdseq would be the brain and then the other sequencer would handle other things, mostly triggering drums, but yeah, have to get this, love trackers and it has many many features, thanks for video

Good video. Whilst its correct that you cant use a keyboard with the base Nerdseq, you can use one to speed up workflow with the multi-io expander. This also gives an encoder for faster input and allows you to use a Launchpad for on the fly pattern launching! So cool.

One of my favorite modulation sources to use with ultra Perc!!!

Great patches, great music, great explanations. Overall: i hated it. J/K it was great.

I love that you are using Thomas’s Nerdseq! Thomas is a great guy and never stops adding features to this legendary sequencer.

I feel embarrassed to ask but can you tell me which module is to the left of the Arbhar 2hp expander? Is it an Instruo licensed module or a third party expander of Arbhar by chance? Thanks so much and I really enjoyed this video. I hope you continue uploading these quality videos. 🙏🙏❤️❤️

Excellent vid 🙏❤️

Hello! Where you design thé patch?

thanks for that! i'm really want to get that one. using quadigy for my modulation source for this kind of rhythmic modulations, but it got is limitations in that role. interested to know how do you use the quadigy.

great video , I love shakmat . what are you using for the kick , it sounds so good.

I love this. thank you!

That BASS

I’ve heard quite a bit about this particular filter module breaking and/or dying after a certain period of time? What’s going on there?! 🤔 Thanks!

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Batsh1t crazy! I love helping promote tiny abstract channels for some well above average inspiration. Well done.

I picked up one of these at a good deal used when I was looking for an end of chain eq solution. Pretty quickly I realized it's overkill for that, and think I need something more set and forget. But this video has had me rethink immediately parting with it before putting it through it's paces in a other position in the rack. Good stuff. Thanks!

Wasps? Bastards. I was enjoying a beer by the lake a couple of days ago. A wasp flew into the can without me seeing. When I took a sip, it stung me on the inside of my top lip. I put the can down, and saw it before it flew away, it was one of the big buggers, almost the size of the asian murder hornet, which are common where I live. Not a joke comment. It really happened. So yeah, screw wasps. That said, I am ordering some new Doepfer modules in a couple of weeks, I'll have a closer look at this too.

Wow… excellent content. It’s a very interesting topic. Thank you!

Well produced comparison! I have all three of these modules in my rack. I own a Quadrax, Quadigy and the Zadar is a friends'. All three of these modulators are different. For excellent classic styled ADSR EGs, you cannot beat Quadigy. For a Buchla styled function generator, the Quadrax is amazing! The Zadar is something I am glad I didn't buy. I find the navigation of various vector shapes kinda bleh. But I did like your demo of using it as a 3osc; gonna have to try that one. However, I still believe one of, if not the best modulator in eurorack is the old Mutable Instruments Stages. Highly flexible, especially given you can expand it by chaining multiple modules. I have four chained in my system, and it is fucking awesome. 24 LFOs, 12 ARs, 6 ADSRs, 4 six-stage EGs, or one 24-stage step sequencer; and every possible combination of the afore-mentioned at the same time. The multiple Stages is close to what I would love to see as a smaller module. A multi-segment envelope generator, MSEG, similar to what is found in the Zebra2 or other u-He VSTs. Basically like a Zadar but you draw in the vector shape. Ideal.

Quadrax is the only one of these 3 modules I own, so I have an inherent bias. However, I want to mention a few things that folks might like to know about one of my desert island modules that the video didn’t seem to have time to get into: -Quadrax in LFO mode will go very well into audio rate and tracks 1v/oct. Combined with all the wave shapes available, you essentially have 4 powerful Wavetable oscillators on hand! However, tuning these oscillators is a well known shortcoming for Quadrax. The Rise knob controls oscillator frequency, and only the final quarter of the knob’s range covers the audio rate frequencies. Tuning can be difficult, as you imagine, but it’s not impossible. -Like any AD envelopes, mixing multiple envelopes can give you an ADSR shape. For example, make 2 Quadrax channels trigger with the same gate input. 1 channel is AD, the other is AHR. Feed both their outputs into say, the IntelliJel Quad VCA, mix and attenuate the signals to taste, and presto, ADSR envelope. Of course, using 2 channels for one envelope is a lot resource wise. But for folks like me that use simple AD envelopes most of the time, it works.

Great Video!

Interesting opinion that Zadar doesn't work as well for large systems. To me it's the best MSEG generator out there. The only comparable module I'm aware of is Control Forge, which is much bigger, more expensive, and only does one modulation shape at a time.

Excellent review thanks. Another option for a space friendly quad envelope is the Make Noise Pons Asinorum. It also has an LFO option per channel and is super user friendly in a live setting as the navigation and LED colours make it easy even in the dark.

I found Zadar to fit my small rack very well and I like its shapes selection, but I have not used quad envelope generators enough to decide whether it is best for me. So far so good.

I had Zadar for awhile, but found it too fussy to be fun….felt like I had to search a little too much for the right shape… right now am using Tangrams, both Verbos Env modules, Falistri, Comtour 1. But Ive been wanting something more….something snappy & eclectic. The Quadrax & Quadigy seem very interesting, but I wonder about lack of immediacy with Quadigy’s menus and button combos with Quadrax….

I like your flow diagrams and content. Great channel. Thanks