5 Ways to Use Beads From Mutable Instruments

[@musicsoundgear]

LOL. I saw a Mutable Instruments thing in a KZbin video, so I thought I would check out what it was. That is the most complicated thing I ever saw musically. I'm 6 minutes into the video and I still don't know what it does.

[@NICUofficial]

Putting your voice through it was SO awesome. I feel like you could do sound design for an entire Sci-Fi feature film with this one module alone LOL I worship Mutable Instruments tbh but I have a long, long way to go before Beads is intuitive for me. Truly one I would rate in the "advanced" category (or maybe I'm just an idiot). Anyway, exploring is half the fun of modular :)

[@mcshafty1]

Cool. This is the clearest overview of this module that I've seen. I've had a Clouds for a couple of years and it still baffles me. Beads sounds great

[@whiterottenrabbit]

Are you serious? THIS is the clearest overview you managed to find? How the fuck did you missed Divkid's video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3ybap-Vl8yHm5o

[@mcshafty1]

@@whiterottenrabbit I dunno duderino. Just managed to miss it. But I still have my Clouds 😊

[@jedgould5531]

To know what it’s doing, I like to hear a dry signal first not only wet.

[@fessgrandiose]

Thanks for the tip!

[@callesjonell5943]

I was wondering about the latency of the pitch shifting when you used the microphone. Sounded like the processed sound was really late, lots of latency. Or are there other settings where you get a more instant response?

[@fessgrandiose]

You can increase the Density to get rid of that.

[@whyyoumakethissohard]

Why do you say counter-clockwise while turning the knob clockwise?

[@DJRickDawson]

can also set it up to do volume shaping/sidechaining with a 4/4 kick.

[@TheNimasan]

if you turn dry/wet fully clockwise patch gate into seeds and v/oct into pitch and ja short tap on seeds, you enter a the vca mode! you dont actually need an extra vca!

[@walrtbstudios5430]

There are sweet spots but they seem few and far between. The trick (for me) is to feed a wide variety of sounds into it, play with the knobs and see what happens. I’ve had great results with- of all things- the Glitch Storm series of microprocessors from Spherical Sound Society. Oddly, I had the same trouble with Clouds until my fourth(!) try, when I bought the MSW Monsoon with Parasites loaded. I shan’t be selling that (as I did the other three).

[@rabihrizk5562]

beads splicer wins !!!

[@eighth_wave]

Awesome rundown! Thank you ✨

[@whiterottenrabbit]

5:06: counterclockwise, got it!

[@zippy-zappa-zeppo-zorba-etc]

I was thinking of getting a synthesizer. Now I'm thinking of sticking with guitar.

[@dewdop]

Lol

[@radical_ans]

This is like masters level synthesis. There are tons of cheap entry level synths out there if you wanna get your feet wet.

[@zachary963]

Lol. Try the Crave by Behringer. It’s actually easy to use lol. I’ve been on guitar and bass only for a decade and just got a Crave and it’s awesome

[@wes2819]

many thnx for this clear overview

[@KindDas]

somebody knows whats the name of the audio output the row over beads?

[@TR-707]

the module that ended the company

[@supercompooper]

This was more helpful than you possibly could imagine ☺️

[@NicleT]

Very insightful and inspiring! Great video.

[@dewdop]

I was curious about price and it looks like this synth retails for around $360 US

[@earthman_]

Very helpful 🙏🏼

[@tris421]

Nice vid!

[@cardboardmusic]

Rainmaker or Beads?

[@pixelatedbeatz]

Thanks!!!!

[@Savvier]

make will grain it

[@fessgrandiose]

so this is your thing huh

[@livelooper]

I had Beads on the 'must have' list until I watched this. Pretty good demo, but every sound screams "digital". In the event of someone doing a vid which shows that Beads can take analog sounds and mess with them without imposing that digital vibe I'll put it back on my wanted list. ( not against digital as such )

I mean, it is digital, it's granular synthesis but you use the scorched earth setting to get a nice lo-fi analogue sound from this for sure. I also like to run a parallel output from Beads to distortion and overdrive and subtly ( or not so subtly ) bring that back into the mix with the original signal just to get some harmonic distortion going too.

[@livelooper]

@brucepercy . Useful suggestions, but what I want is something *more* hifi, not less. It's possible, if you ever get to hear the very first Curtis Roads pieces where he was discovering granular synthesis then the sound is radically different to modern implementations. It's just down to how good the programmer is at dsp. Warming it up with filters and distortion afterwards is a good idea, of course, just not the end result that I'm after.

[@tobias_george]

It is very digital. Sometimes difficult to avoid artefacts but they can be quite interesting. Kind of program-dependent. I use it to create layers and textures which complement analog voices. Patching for feedback can create cool spectral morphing and weird bass swells. I'm liking Magneto delay and FM pads alonside it at the moment.

[@livelooper]

@@tobias_george Yes, I wouldn't want a whole mix of digi stuff, but throwing it in with the analog creates a nice contrast. With Beads I think that it works on things like human voice and acoustic instruments better, as you get that it's a processed sound. ...but when processing an analog oscillator it just sounds like the lamest virtual analog imaginable.

[@decapitateallcops3214]

Sux this video is in mono

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

Millions of guitarists, like myself, but how do synthesis experts & novices use their knowledge? Other than movie landscapes...

[@zachary963]

All sorts of waves. Classic rock, like The Who and Rush, new wave like Depeche Mode, alternative rock like The Cure, dance music like Junkie XL, and I’m sure video games and TV shows.

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

@@zachary963: I remembered synth a lot during the 70s but haven’t seen it incorporated into things as much, since then. Until I really got thinking about it. I want a Korg Minilogue and have done some absolutely amazing things with it but have never incorporated it into any of my music because I’m more of a hard rock n blues player. But I’ve always really liked it and that’s why I watch you from time to time. Thanks for getting back.

[@CaseJams]

Here. I did a rock track on modular using an enhanced clouds clone (predecessor to beads) and the Sam sampler module he has three to the left in his case kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqWnlHtnh82Ugrc

[@ryanpwm]

You know there’s all of electronic music right? Ya know, with extraordinarily large festivals and audiences. There’s more synths than guitars in modern music and that’s been true for a long time.

[@Dogboy73]

Everyone's videos are way, way better than anything I've managed to get out of Beads. Amazing sounds. I just can't get it for me. Constantly wrestling with this module 😕