Behringer Four LFO - quad digital LFO module

[@moogfooger]

I've had this module for a little while now and use it all the time. A very handy unit to be sure. The intermodulation is a nice feature. Driving one LFO with another one. Cool. Thanks for uploading another great video!

[@ozhalljr]

Thanks Tony. I'd love to see some of your favorite patches with the Four LFO.

[@moogfooger]

@@ozhalljr probably nothing that you have not already come up with OZ but I am planning on doing some videos in the near future..

[@ozhalljr]

looking forward to them!

[@FluxFreeman]

Thanks for the review I’m starting my modular journey and this helps

[@ozhalljr]

You’re welcome. BTW, the price just dropped on the Four LFO unit at Sweetwater. Also on the 2500 modules.

[@Leerf-driftingpitches]

Mine arrives tomorrow - thank you for all you

[@ozhalljr]

Let me know what you think of it.

[@Leerf-driftingpitches]

@ will do 😎👍🏻

[@Leerf-driftingpitches]

@@ozhalljr Oh my Oh my !!! I also bought the Abacus / Chaos and Victor I also added the Model D into the bottom Tier and then added the Behringer K2 MK 2 just at the side and boy Oh boy with the Four LFO synced - Wow . I managed to Sync all via Logic Pro and different Midi Channels . Thank you for your inspirations that in turn make me see how far I can push the System 55 and my own creativity

[@ozhalljr]

@@Leerf-driftingpitches Wow! That's some pretty massive integration. Let me know if you post a video or record something.

[@Leerf-driftingpitches]

@ Yes I had to use 3 Tip top Stackable cables also . I’m in the process of getting video camera’s for my studio so will do . All my System 55 tracks and solely modular incarnations are on Soundcloud @ driftingpitches Thank you once again for your great knowledge 👍🏻

[@AndyVonal]

Hi O.Z.! Once I realised that the firmware for this was open-source my reluctance to get hold it fell away. I have just ordered one and expect it will liven up the modulation in my rack a lot. Thanks for going through the modes in such detail. It's been very helpful!

[@ozhalljr]

Great deal!

[@AndyVonal]

@@ozhalljr it is!

[@PhilipTaylor_007]

What a great tutorial, thanks my man. 😀😀😀

[@ozhalljr]

Thanks Phillip!

[@BeyondTyrants]

This pairs really well with Behringer's Four Play, their quad VCA module. I've got both for my polyphonic synth build with the NiftyKEYZ case. I've also got a quad envelope generator from NANO Modules as well a quad VCF from Doepfer, along with their quad sequential switch and quad interrupting mixer. There are very few options out there for four voice polyphonic setups which is why I'm mentioning these other modules here. These all happen to be rather affordable. It's probably because every other aspect of achieving four voice polyphony is expensive. The best option I've found is the NiftyKEYZ case for $599, but that also gives you a TON of utility like you'd find in a standalone synth, like an arpeggiator and pitch/mod wheels, but with extra stuff for the modular world like cv/gate and mults. Once you've got that case, the next most expensive part would be the four LFO's. That's where Behringer comes in. You'll save anywhere between three and four hundred dollars buying this clone that sounds and behaves exactly the same as the original.

[@ozhalljr]

Very cool setup. I had missed the quad vca from Behringer. $45 wow!

[@TribalDanceAmirYa]

Thank you so much my brother 🧚🦣🌺🥰

[@ozhalljr]

Glad it helped!

[@ewencousin]

I use it in divide mode to get bass sound with 2 or 3 octaves stacked ;)

[@ozhalljr]

Nice!

[@pe00000001]

This module is a ripoff of the The Xaoc Batumi, but not the one you flashed at 0:09. That one is Mk2, a much improved and expanded version with new features and extended range up to full audio. It offers various variants of random, noise waveforms, advanced synchronization and frequency multiplication. It can be used as polyphonic VCO with wavefolding and DX-7 style FM.

[@ozhalljr]

Thx for the comparison. The Mk 2 sounds cool.

[@Grooveboxin]

Do you know what open source means?

[@pe00000001]

@@Grooveboxin As an author of such code I know it very well. Do YOU understand the difference between using someone’s open code and stealing the whole concept of the product, its functions and design which are NOT open source?

[@MishaKosenkov]

@@pe00000001But if it is so, why no copyright claim has been filed against Behringer by Xaoc?

[@pe00000001]

@@MishaKosenkov because Behringer is a global behemoth who can afford hundreds of thousands $ for a legal battle, and xaoc is a small company who can't.

[@returnofthenative]

Thank you.

[@ozhalljr]

thanks for watching/commenting!

[@chrisinmadison]

Thanks for the great primer to the Four LFO. I'm confused by what's going on at 10:50 when you are saying you're running trapezoid, triangle, sawtooth, etc waveforms from the four channels. As far as I can tell, we can only set one of those assign waveforms at a time, so I'm curious, how are you running all four assign options at once? Thanks O.Z.!

[@ozhalljr]

Chris, you're correct that only the Trapezoid waveform is output from the Assign section (on all four LFOs) @ 10:50. Go back to 10:00. I have four VCAs whose audio inputs are different waveforms from the same oscillator. Note the color coding of the cables for the input, output and control (they are the same for each VCA). The colors are associated with the four 921 waveforms. So the cables I'm pluggin in at 10:50 are associated to the control inputs of the four different VCAs. Note that I'm in "Quad"rature mode on the Four LFO. So what I'm doing is "morphing" from one waveform to the next, in sequence in this example. I hope that helps. O.Z.

[@chrisinmadison]

@@ozhalljr that's very helpful O.Z., thanks. It's always challenging for me to follow a tutorial on KZbin, being relatively new to it all, because the author always has a different setup than I do, and often you can't see a lot of the modules that are actually in play. So your color coding is really helpful. As I set up a facsimile of your example, I just went ahead and ran 4 different waveforms from different oscillators to recreate your scenario and had fun experimenting from there with various voltage sources and patterns going to each signal entering my VCA. The Batumi, er, Four LFO, has so many possibilities I'm a little overwhelmed by it, but that process of decoding a new module is one of my favorite aspects of synthesis. Thanks again! I'm looking forward to exploring more of your content.

[@ozhalljr]

@@chrisinmadison Thanks Chris. Glad you got it to work. Happy Synthing!

[@ozhalljr]

@@chrisinmadison Thanks Chris. Glad you got it to work. Happy Synthing!

[@BlackMan614]

A clone of the Batumi. Can you get any more desperate?

[@ozhalljr]

thanks for weighing in.