Behringer DeepMind - Let's Build a... Drum Machine!

[@crasheffort]

Nice creative patch. It's a similar workflow to using the moog dfam or the Berhinger edge. Working the deepmind mod matrix feels very much like using a modular synth.

[@mithramusic5909]

Your video is fantastic. You're exploring possibilities of the instrument that it wasn't necessarily designed for which can get pretty involved, but you're explaining it so well and so clearly that a total synth and Deepmind beginner like me fully comprehends every move you make, which makes your video incredibly helpful and valuable. Thank you so much for this

[@michaeldaniels8859]

Superb demo, thankyou! Your knowledge of synthesis, not only on the deepmind is incredible. I've learned so much on your videos, thanks again, Mick.

[@OscillatorSink]

Really happy you took something away from the videos! Thanks for watching!

[@davidducks]

One of the coolest videos for the deepmind. Thank you sir.

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you!

[@RyRoc]

THIS IS BRILLIANT!!! The depth of this thing (DEEPmind 6/12) is insane!

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you! And they're not joking about the "Deep" part of the name!

[@AlejandroGuerrero]

Man this tutorial was soooo great. I didn't know I can do these things with my Deepmind12D. I'm really grateful !!! THANKSSSSS

[@spr30]

Trent Reznor approves of this

[@ThePhoto2010]

👍

[@sw7681]

your deepmind videos are very informative! big thanks

[@OscillatorSink]

I'm glad you've enjoyed them!

[@ANCMMX]

DAMN!🔥 You won a subscriber. Keep it up!

[@11000038]

You are a genius. I'm not so a drum machine or a vst for me. Love the videos and my dm12!

[@AlexanderBoehmMusik]

Nice greatings from germany, good video!

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Love it. Needs Nitzer Ebb vocal

[@synriser6742]

Great sounding industrial drum patch.

[@OscillatorSink]

Thanks buddy :)

[@neanderthalboneflute6519]

Brilliant work again mr sink. You just sold this puppy.

[@OscillatorSink]

Cheers! Let Behringer know that I sent you 😉👊

[@thomasroooney1835]

That was great! Thanks for the video.

[@OscillatorSink]

Cheers! Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@AlexStaveley]

I'd love to see you synthesise some well known 80s sounds

[@RetroPlus]

I'm a big fan of non drum machines being convinced to play drums

[@OscillatorSink]

Me too. Its one of my favourites.

[@80Jay71]

11:30 "Not perfect"?! I think it sounds great! Raw and synthetic. :) But, of course the end-result is far better!

[@HeberMN_]

feels almost like moog DFAM

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

Thanks for this video. Very helpful…

[@RubberMammy]

Thanks Mr Sink. I’ve just emptied my bank account for one of these beauties. Inspirational and then some.👍

[@OscillatorSink]

Enjoy your new synth!

[@harryhaller_1927]

28:33 🙌🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@MetaMicroLabs]

You've got my attention - time to experiment!

[@OscillatorSink]

Have fun with it! I love "abusing" synthesizers to turn them into drum machines.

[@RyRoc]

@OscillatorSink what did you do at 19:57-20:00? Something about stereo and bypass but I can't figure out what adjustment you're making there....help! Thanks!

[@OscillatorSink]

I just went between bypassing the effects chain and turning it back on. Just to remind you what it sounded like before.

[@stuartcarter7053]

This is brilliant - love the way you set the 'snare' to an irregular number of sequences to keep it constantly changing. Any chance you can allow us to download the patch?

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you! Yeah, I'll probably build a couple more drum patches using a few other variations on these techniques and put it out fairly soon.

[@seba_korecky]

amazing tutorial, thx

[@Electronicmassacre]

Sounds cool:) this is giving me an idea. I wonder if I could make a unique drum kit using sampled waveforms and layering noise samples on my digitakt then resampling back in to make a sort of personalised drum set:) 🤔

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you and I bet you could!

[@4afoxx]

Oh, my wish, I‘ld like to learn more about using the sequenzer 👍

[@Gavinshortall543]

Awesome. Can I ask a stupid question? Would it be possible to hook let's say strymon sky to this or similar? Thanks

[@OscillatorSink]

Yes, just connect the outputs of the Deepmind to the inputs of the Big Sky. Big Sky world work well as it's in stereo.

[@Gavinshortall543]

@@OscillatorSink awesome, I'm so excited to get the 12, I know I don't need pedals because honestly the delay and reverb sound amazing but it's good to know I can pick up a few ones I've been wanting to use with this and a neutron down the line. Again thanks for all your amazing videos

[@christopherd8127]

My friend thank you for thios video! Even though I'm very late, I have to ask for a favor. I'm having trouble finding any help here on this but I have a deepmind 6 as well as the neutron and I am looking how I can create a sequenced rhythm coming from each. (A ton of videos show its ability to do this, however noone explains well enough on how to create this stuff. I just want to start jamming with my synths here and having trouble being able to do it without going into a DAW.

[@OscillatorSink]

Between the two devices you could just connect a midi cable (probably out from Deepmind into Neutron makes most sense), but honestly I think in your setup as is you're missing a conventional sequencer to tie everything together. Something like a Keystep Pro (or Beatstep Pro, but the sequencing is monophonic there) to provide clock and sequence your Neutron would maybe work?

[@christopherd8127]

@@OscillatorSink DM6 has a ctrl sequencer but I have to say it's a tad confusing for someone new to synths in general. I was already looking into the Keystep but you just convinced me. Thank you!

[@OscillatorSink]

The control sequencer isn't reeeealy a conventional melodic sequencer, although you can use it that way, it's not really its main purpose - also you can't really easily send it to an external device.

[@christopherd8127]

@@OscillatorSink Gotcha, I was thinking of returning the DM6 and getting the DM12D with a keystep 37 controlling it. Would this work fine and would you approve of this?

[@OscillatorSink]

@@christopherd8127 I think the Deepmind 12d is good value. I'd look at the Keystep Pro maybe though as it would let you sequence the Deepmind and Neutron at the same time: the KS37 would leave you being able to control only one or the other of your synths in that scenario.

[@AlessandroCarn]

Brilliant!

[@OscillatorSink]

Cheers!

[@feldmann2]

Phantastisch!!!

[@OscillatorSink]

Danke!

[@gorsefan]

cracking disco patch on some kind of moody steroids, love it!

[@OscillatorSink]

Yesssssss

[@silkee]

I do like the pikey DM12. So cute!

[@robotman6493]

can you play a lead over the control sequence drum beat simultaneously on the Deepmind?

[@OscillatorSink]

Without some magic in the Mod Matrix, anything you play with be "drum machined". And with only 8 slots in the Mod Matrix you'd struggle to create the magic and still have a drum machine. So in practice the answer will almost always be no.

[@robotman6493]

@@OscillatorSink Can you show how it would be done even if it doesn't sound as beefy?

[@OscillatorSink]

Say you used Mod Matrix slots 1-4 to build your drum machine, you would assign the remaining slots with Mod Depth 1-4 as the destination, note number as the source, and full negative amount. This would make it so that anything involved in making the drum machine wouldn't affect the sound at higher notes. But 4 slots is barely enough to pull off a drum machine patch, so it's not going to sound good.

[@davealley1753]

Shit got soooo real at like 23:15 hahah. Epic work mate

[@OscillatorSink]

Yeeeeaaaaah

[@gasparlucas92]

awesome!!

[@alex_masiuk]

Big thanks!!!

[@drstupid1]

Many thumbs up

[@OscillatorSink]

Cheers!

[@InkyDaCaT]

That is brilliant, loved guess the drum machine tempt! On totally different subject, I didn't picture you with long hair??? says pink haired lady😂😂😂 cool put in cant wait in vids, two weeks to get desktop and try!!!!

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you! Yes long haired hippy rocker over here! I hope you have an amazing time with your new synth!!

[@massimocesareAnnaloro]

Bravo!

[@OscillatorSink]

*bows*

[@juanvaldez5422]

Is this patch includes in any of your patch packs? Its freakin awesome

[@OscillatorSink]

I don't think it is off the top of my head, I'm afraid. You'll just have to follow along and build this one yourself!

[@juanvaldez5422]

@@OscillatorSink I'm going to try. I'm not a genius synth guy, just a simpleton guitar player lol. One question though, I have watched and been following along mentally as I do. Dumb question, what patch are you starting on, to begin with? Sorry, im just learning the deepmind. Also, I must say this is the coolest channel I have found in a good while. Thank you.

[@OscillatorSink]

@@juanvaldez5422 thank you! Don't worry - I'm a simpleton guitarist too actually! I'm starting from the default patch. Hold "Program" and tap "Compare" and you'll get the same starting point. All of my patch building videos start from that point.

[@juanvaldez5422]

@@OscillatorSink ah, ok cool. Thank you so much.

[@ThePissso]

ill in a few months try your appplica and further add all to the akai minak imput signal on the line in plugin coming out of our the deep mind with me iv gt to go backwards to plunge forward don't know what I'm really asking but from your show and tell i m in the attempts of further ...As we wish no woop woop on any beast air and water

[@regenbogenfuchs1520]

Whaaaaat!!?? amazing:)

[@christophepetchanatz3028]

Great, thk yu

[@watchmeasifly]

You're amazing

[@OscillatorSink]

No u r

[@SEkSkapela]

such an industrial!!!

[@OscillatorSink]

Yup! It's a crunchy little boy!

[@SEkSkapela]

i'm about to buy it in a week, the first thing what I will create will be your patch, because I need it desparately into my project! :) hope you won't mind it, cheers and thanks for learning us a lots of things :)

[@OscillatorSink]

Have fun with it - there are lots of ways to create variations with this patch so I'm sure you'll find your own versions!

[@SEkSkapela]

I'm pretty sure I will make some "mistakes" and make something very different but that's the beauty of synthesis :)

[@ET2carbon]

Not gonna share those patches man? !

[@OscillatorSink]

@@ET2carbon not this one - I've showed you how to make it yourself though and you can apply the techniques to an infinite number of your own cool patches. I have three, free patch packs available on my website though, and I built a Webmidi system to make sending them to your Deepmind less annoying.

[@jfly77]

I’m looking at getting a minilogue or a deepmind, since you have experience of both which one would you recommend (if you had to choose?)

[@OscillatorSink]

3 questions: is more than 4 note polyphony important to you? Which do you prefer the sound of? How deep do you want the sound design options to be (if this is important to you at all)? Honestly they are very different instruments and my tastes and requirements will probably differ from yours. For what it's worth - I bought the DM first.

[@jfly77]

Many thanks for the reply. I prefer the sound of the DM but I have one more question. Do either of them allow you to manipulate a line in signal like the korg minilogue?

[@OscillatorSink]

Well the Minilogue does, but I wouldn't value that feature above the sound of the actual synth.

[@sprungingforvoltage]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@OscillatorSink]

👊

[@sprungingforvoltage]

Seriously thank you for this DM series. I have a DM12, and your vids are hugely inspirational.

[@OscillatorSink]

You're very welcome, let me know if there's anything specific you'd like to see on the channel 🙂

[@KungFuBlitzKrieg]

Is there a synth that allows you to draw wave shapes in order to craft a sound?

[@_thanksdavid_]

In terms of like literal drawing of the waveshape (as opposed to methods of additive synthesis which is a similar but less intuitive process), the only thing that accomplishes that would be in the Eurorack world. Waldorf is really the only hardware synthesizer company really utilizing wavetables which is the closest thing to doing what you're asking for and unfortunately they don't know how to market their products for Jack shit. In terms of Eurorack, Erica Synth's Graphic VCO is a new product which gets you what you want

[@OscillatorSink]

Fairlight CMI ;-)

[@KungFuBlitzKrieg]

Great! Thanks for the feedback, guys! :)

[@gorsefan]

Casio FZ-1/Hohner HS-1

[@ily7271]

in fasttracker 2 you could do this :)

[@LighthouseFRTT]

sounds like early human league to me not nine inch nails

[@Conforce]

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[@AJOLDMUSI]

Kicks fat right