Bastl Neo Trinity - A Modulation Mastermind?

Neo Trinity from Bastl is a module for generating control Voltage - which is the most generic description of a module I've ever made, but that's because it's a very flexible module which makes it hard to describe in a single sentence. It caters to your envelope, LFO, offset generation needs, but that's mixed in with a very “jammable” approach to sequencing and automation, that welcomes rapid iteration on a performance.
In this video my plan is to introduce Neo Trinity to you from an architectural standpoint, then try to give you a feel for its workflow by building up a patch through a few layers of complexity, while mixing in a few extra examples of patches I've been playing with as I've been exploring it.
Transparency notice: this video is sponsored by Bastl - thanks to them for supporting the channel.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:07 Overview of Architecture
03:15 Building A Patch Part 1 - Basic Monosynth Modulation
03:48 BAP pt. 1 - Setting up an envelope
06:18 BAP pt. 1 - Using "Meta" to trigger the envelope
07:37 BAP pt. 1 - Setting up a second envelope (copy + paste)
08:50 BAP pt. 1 - Adding a "hold" section to the envelope
10:05 BAP pt. 1 - Adding a scalable LFO for PWM
13:31 Minipatch - Evolving Drone LFOs
16:09 Minipatch - Self-playing VCO
19:27 Building a Patch Pt2. Sequencing and automation
19:54 BAP pt. 2 - Trigger Automation
20:59 BAP pt. 2 - Rate Automation
21:34 BAP pt. 2 - Automation Length (polymeter)
22:17 BAP pt. 2 - Pitch Sequencing (and Quantization)
26:01 Minipatch - Auto Chord Generator
28:13 Minipatch - Audio Processor
31:40 Build A Patch Part 3 - Algorithmic Beats
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[@bastlinstruments]

We are here to really learn the module

[@OscillatorSink]

❤️

[@vaclav_mach]

Can confirm! I literally programmed the firmware and now I’m learning what it can even do 😁 The “misuses” are great! Thank you very much @OscillatorSink for the video!

[@OscillatorSink]

@@vaclav_mach thanks Vaclav and congratulations on the launch! Patrik has one other 'misuse' patch that I couldn't fit into this video. I'll probably post it over the weekend myself, but you'll probably enjoy it - it's quite silly!

[@decapitateallcops3214]

What is going on with you bro?

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

😂😂

[@ron.h264]

The voltage block we deserve, thank you bastl!

[@SONWU]

Such a great module and a great tutorial!

[@RedMeansRecording]

First

[@OscillatorSink]

And that's what's important.

[@soffter]

damn jeremy beat me

[@OscillatorSink]

​@@soffter he's lightning fast.

[@bsbazzman]

Woah this rivals Tempi’s playability 😮 that record function is a game changer

[@Stadsjaap]

Serious Bob Ross vibes this time! 😂

[@symbiat0]

Do you think this covers a lot (or all?) of what Maths does ?

[@OscillatorSink]

Short answer: no, Maths is much more flexible in one domain, but this can do loads of stuff Maths can't. More nuanced answer: it depends what you would use Maths for. Maths gives you as much control as possible over a voltage function, NT is more about macros with a single (or maybe two) parameters. But then this has all the sequencing, quantizing etc. And multiple channels of it. Maths is also knob/CV per parameter, which NT definitely isn't, but it's also loads bigger, and in a small case, that might really matter.

[@symbiat0]

@@OscillatorSink It’s just a shame Maths is so frickin’ big and no one has made a similar but more compact module… 🤨

[@christophbresch]

@@symbiat0 i never owned a maths, so i'm not sure, but wouldn't a dual function generator (of which there are some small ones, like the cosmotronix delta-v) and a module to mix, invert and offset (like happy nerding 3xmia) cover most of what maths does?

[@MushroomlogicAudio]

No more droneuary jams?

[@OscillatorSink]

No, sorry, I have a few projects that I'm doing in the background (getting this video ready was one of them) and I just wasn't going to have any spare time to dedicate to it. I didn't want to put loads of pressure on myself when I was destined to fail basically!