Poly Digit and Bebo Pedals: Modular Multi-touch Mania

[@LeonTodd]

Killer video - that granular into granular patch was bliss. Coming from a non-eurorack background it was awesome to understand where a lot of the modules come from, and I love the vibe of the channel. Can't wait to check out more vids.

[@SNAFU2012]

love you benn. love your whole vibe. started listening to you like a decade ago, been watching you now for over a year here. love you duderonomy.

[@tsgodman4409]

You're the only YT expressionist that makes sense of it all, and the only one that I end up watching the whole vid, even if it's not my thing I watch it because you're a comedic genius, hilariously quirky, and an all round decent chap. Thank you for your clarity.

[@lorrenaelliott161]

^this ❤

[@happyjessus]

So this is where the cloud delay of the SP got its inspiration from. It's crazy how much Mutable Instruments is offering to the community and even to its competitors!

[@outsider_productions]

Dude I just randomly found this channel and was stunned because I was like wait a minute is that Benn Jordan the Flashbulb??? been a fan for 13 years since I was 15 man. SUBBED!!

[@philms]

Same thing here! 😆

[@CapriciousBlackBox]

Happened to me too lol

[@blushingfrieza]

How did everyone hear of flashbulb? I was the opposite and find out about his music thru this channel.

[@roccoharris]

pardon the blowing of smoke here, but... in the face of all your knowledgability & musicality & such... the sense of humor, man... really makes this youtube channel such a glorious little corner of the world. bravo!! & thank you!!

[@uyscuti5376]

Beebo and Zoia as a Legal Weapon style buddy cop duo would be life changing. Do you hear me, Hollywood???

[@RC-1290]

So... The KZbin algorithm showed me those videos of yours that went relatively viral. Now I'm subscribed. Nice, Relaxing informative video with good pacing. Thanks!

[@TonyAndersonMusic]

Your description of 2020 at the intro is gold.

[@Lalaland.001]

Just when I thought I'm save from draining my bank account this month and then this comes into my feed. I love you for that Benn, my man...Whenever you drop a video that goes in-depth into a synth model or other piece of gear...It has almost always been added to my ever expanding collection. You are actually the reason why I got into modular, you and Andrew Huang, made me take that leap...I salute you Benn for being honest and as much of an unbiased person as you humanly could be...Thank you, Benn...

[@colbycraig3900]

I have this pedal. It currently is not holding a place on my board however.... because I’m finding it to be killer BASS AMP. That’s right boys and girls. It does bass, and it does it very well. It literally does everything. Thank you Digit.

[@skywalker10987]

Do you just use the cab sim? Or does it have a preamp module also?

[@KozmykJ]

Now THAT's someting I find very interesting. Especially while trying to convince myself that I Should grab one, though I've just had a heavy Xmas and Black Friday splash out ... 😉

[@BrockDavisson]

Both are great pedals indeed. I have both zoia and digit / beebo.

[@bradroma]

Brock Davisson please say more. Would love to hear thoughts from someone with both. I use an HX stomp and a Zoia...

[@samroller5788]

Dude okay so im about to buy both. So essentially what you’re saying is they work well together?

[@AdamsBrew78]

This seems like it’d be right up my alley. I’ve fallen in love with using Mirack (iOS VCV Rack) as an effects processor, ever since they added AUV3 support a few weeks ago. (Drambo is amazing for this as well) .. God I love how fast music technology is progressing lately :)

[@lorrenaelliott161]

I understood none of what you wrote and now will be deep diving into all the jargon used as I understood the iOS bit amd am trying to use my iPad in my recording set up….

[@AdamsBrew78]

@@lorrenaelliott161 Drambo is a very powerful modular Groovebox/DAW with an Elektron style sequencer. Very much beloved by fans of Octatrack and other Elektron hardware. MiRack is like a virtual eurorack modular system. (A version of VCV rack for iOS) - where you patch different modules together for synthesis, effects, sampling, sound design. AUV3 is the audio and midi plugin format on iOS/iPadOS - similar to desktop VSTs in form and function.

[@frogen_guitar]

Great job on reviewing this pedal, its obvious you're knowledgeable (had to google how to spell it correctly) of the topic but in the same time fun and interesting to listen. Can't wait for the new reviews to come and outro really got me!

[@davidsteffens3952]

Frozen clouds with a nice synth pad would make a great atmospheric tone for an alchemist style beat

[@zbsfm]

Thanks for bringing this to us! never heard of it. Sounds great. Also, never knew you played guitar lefty/upside down, that's cool.

[@0oSiLveRo0]

I love how you instantly prevented tge Zoia vs type of questions, just as I thought about it.

[@marty2481]

hmmmm you seem like a bit of a legend Benn...thanks for supporting a great Aussie pedal!

[@DoNoise]

Great overview. I got one in the mail and looking forward to getting it!

[@jonaseggen2230]

Creator of mutable instruments Emilie Gillet has called the Red Panda Particle v2 "Clouds" in pedal format, (even though it does not use the MI algorithm). Something I read somewhere, and while searching for this quote I found this instead: Tomkat Pedals "Cloudy". -Btw MI Plaits, is not plates as in device for food, but plaits as in hair because MI Braids.. -A question to anyone reading: What is the most ASMR pedal?

[@RustyTonesJr]

The Baklengs

[@Genghis_Sean_]

That Ben Shapiro impression was spot on lmfao

[@jasonmelstad]

Ben Shapiro in an alternate universe where he's cool and a human

[@Mrpsblobsoflowendmung]

😂😂 brilliant

[@t9h3m]

This effect/pedal looks and sounds so good it makes me want to learn guitar haha Great video, great piece of gear, and whole lot cheaper than I would've guessed too!

[@inthefade]

Don't see why this wouldn't be good with synths.

[@KozmykJ]

"Smudgules" I think you may have invented a new word.

[@Ferrichrome]

I LOVE the asmr/weird impulses it's such a cool sound. Need to try that out with Ableton.

[@findJLF]

Great review - the way you've adopted this pedal, I can tell you're a synthesist and not a guitar player. Gold review - sub'd.

[@Claidheambmor]

Can you not be both?

[@gillesnoesen3668]

Still can't decide between zoia and beebo and mod dwarf. But great and sexy video as always.

[@jona_KardCiv1]

Basically an Ableton FX chain in a pedal.

[@brwhyon]

Thanks for the info, just picked up a ZOIA and looking for a Digit/Bebo and then a Hologram Microcosm and then . . . . .

[@LukezyM]

Mod Duo X?🙂

[@mrblablablabla]

18:47 can't stop coming back to this part XD

[@paulrose]

If both devices are essentially the same hardware but it's the firmware that changes does anyone know why their website lists two devices you can buy?

[@MrAcylus]

Literally just for colour. Emailed the guy

[@mxmilkiib]

They're using LV2 plugins under the hood! github.com/polyeffects?type=source I've done some videos of their Clouds port but in the Carla desktop host

[@davidwoods358]

That's a really nice box of quality fun. Not sure if I could ever learn to use it to my advantage .... but I know the price is very reasonable for what you are getting. Made one at a time by the actual designer, almost too cool!

[@Disc147]

I used to do this on Sunvox with a cheap guitar interface, the latency however... HOOO BOOOy.

[@daraghhaddon4168]

Benn! is there any way you can make those unconventional impulse responses available for download?

[@MrRob33]

Yes yes pretty please

[@christianpucciarelli]

Hello,where can I download some of those weird impulse reverb?

[@MindfulProgramming]

I'm loving this trend of new pedals on your channel. I'm gonna guess that we'll be seeing the Source Audio C4 here soon.. Might swap out Zoia for this Poly Bebo/Digit.

[@BrockDavisson]

If you can keep both... ZOIA has more options and more user presets as of right now etc.. but both compliment each other enough to have both. Especially the cab IR and convolution IR loading in digit / beebo.

[@MindfulProgramming]

@@BrockDavisson if I can keep both, I definitely will 😄 I'm just eager to try anything similar with a _potentially_ better UI. Also, I just suck at building algorithms lol. Every preset I've downloaded is 100% top notch though, and it's worth it to experience everyone's ingenuity. It's really mind-blowing to see what kind of work people put into it.

[@MindfulProgramming]

@@BrockDavisson and now I wish that 1/8" TRS midi were the standard across the board for guitar pedals/all midi equipment 🤣

[@mvsr990]

Tasty Chips has a convolution reverb in Eurorack - the ECR-1. I don't think it does anything else, though.

[@adde65]

Lots of great info here. Just to be clear, you've got the guitar plugged directly into the Poly here (no external preamp)?

[@machinemademan]

if i watch videos 4 years late i can actually afford a few of the products talked about used. my poor man life hack

[@chrismuir7093]

Tomkat pedals has had their Cloudy pedal out for a year or so, FWIW.

[@cmd_f5]

I would love this, but touch screen = not my bag. Still, I love me some quirky IR's. They make the best textures and sometimes easier than tryna set up a synth patch if you already know what vibe you're going for.

[@poubellepoubelle222]

Hi Ben! Have you heard about the Mod Devices effect pedals? I would love to have your input on their Mod Duo eco system!

[@curcapsicum]

Basically, I want one. Great video. Sorry for this additional comment not being relative to the actual content of the video but I hate that I love the shirt you're wearing in this video.

[@codepsynapse3392]

OMFG i been enjoying your videos and I just found out you are The Flashbulb. The last time i heard your music was like 2012, and I remeber saying its cute but I can do it better (being overconfident abnoxiuos teenager glitch music producer) hahaha. Cant believe that I would discover you again after 8 years.

[@ParallelusReflection]

You're awesome. Whatever your videos are about, I am always both amused and educated. Keep it up! Oh and, Our Simulacra is absolutely fire.

[@jiggersotoole7823]

I can get all those sounds and more with my old 80s stomp boxes

[@XiXora]

Tomkat Pedals Cloudy is a more "traditional-looking" version of Clouds too. I was secretly hoping that Zoia Euroburo was going to add more I/O.

[@Herfinnur]

Sargent ASMR is so incredibly campy, yet not at all retro, like camp things otherwise always are (at least to me); I love it! Do you mind if I use it as an artist or album name? 22:35 waaaay to slow

[@ys521wow]

So digit can be Beebo by switch the firmware?

[@ChrisBuonoGuitar]

@16:50 is pure gold. All is forgiven for the Moldover gaffe ;)

[@JamesReedy]

I hope that the midi IO jacks are wired in such a way that they could be repurposed as clock in and 3 CV's or 4 CV's or whatever you like. But if it's real proper MIDI input it's opto-coupled. Yeah I know you could just use a CV to MIDI module. All the same got one on pre-order...

[@NicolasKaniak]

would you recomend this over the Zoia or the H90?

[@softsmoken]

I'm looking for something I can plug a few things into for multieffects but with 3 or 4 in out

[@456or7strings]

Oh, hey, I was born in Acuña in northern Mexico! Also, “perimeter” or “parameter”? Enjoy your vids. Glad I discovered your channel while looking for info on the Poly digit/Beebo.

[@thesygnyl7593]

It must be possible to create gated patterns... which module would produce that effect?

[@Luis-il5nb]

Thank you Benn!

[@MisterMunkki]

So which one is Tango and which one is Cash ?

[@gonzalesiwasaki9128]

Does this effector have a shimmery sound for Straymon/BigSky or does it have a function?

[@RustyTonesJr]

You could cheat by adding another reverb with a pitched note going into it fully wet in parallel.

[@Daphoid]

Poly vs Mod Duo X vs the H9 I see in the background? EDIT: And watched 1 more minute of the video, H9 is cool - but limited IO and older and more expensive. Poly for the win, you've sold me.

[@OrionGarcia]

Love the boutique stuff

[@cray56]

Its not really a guitar pedal. its an effects pedal :-) Synths stereo is brilliant!

[@messer21]

Love your vids!

[@benmorrow1701]

Right to left signal flow? Can this be reversed so it’s left to right signal flow? I feel like right to left signal flow would feel unnatural to Reaktor users

[@BennJordan]

lol, yeah guitar pedals are right to left, so I didn't even bother mentioning it as I feel like we're in their territory for now. But honestly, as a node-based synth fanatic, it didn't bug me at all. I suppose if I had a problem with it I could just move the first module in my chain to the left side.

[@AdrianBond]

Which lens was used in the filming of this video?

[@jayjones2821]

Which is better, The Beebo or x-box?

[@WarrenPostma]

Am I the only one who wished the module browser had ICONS for the modules? Or even randomly assigned emojis.

[@XIIMonkeysMusicGroup]

I own both Poly Digit and Zoia. I use the Beebo side on Digit exclusively! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWXclq2olLupj5Y So this is what happens when you place the Ottobit in the loops of a pair of SuperEgo+ pedals (in stereo after Hedra!), and place those SE+ loops into the stereo loop of Digit!

[@MindfulProgramming]

soooo many routing options! sick!

[@robertsyrett1992]

Wow! This is is my ipad rig in a box ! Thanks for doing a feature on this. Can you load/build Beebo patches on the computer ?

[@BrockDavisson]

No editor.

[@sweettoof9002]

That is one powerful pedal. Hmmmm....this or the Helix Stomp?

[@jimsy5530]

Isn't it called the Beebo?

[@samroller5788]

Oh God so what he is saying is that I can use both the zoia and digit live together on the op1 since he said they cover each other’s weaknesses? Or am I wasting my money buying both. I am asking more about playing live with op1 with the zoia and possibly the digit

[@HarisCupina]

GREAT VID.

[@nogoogleplus]

8:51 for cool cab sounds

[@ryndanriley5348]

I'm wondering if you'll ever be able to combine modules from the beebo and digit. Probably not. But I would probably sell my hx stomp and buy one of these if you could.

[@78awhite]

Your videos would be great even if you weren’t funny... but you are, so... bonus:)

[@ThePedalPlatform]

Really helpful video! Would you recommend the Bebo as a drum machine?

[@eyevenear]

Did you switch camera?? I notice a significant improvement, or you just found a better codec lol

[@BennJordan]

Yeah it's either the super easy autofocus Canon M50 or the beautiful looking Sony A7RIII with XAVC S and a bunch of nice lenses. 🤷‍♂️😅

[@eyevenear]

@@BennJordan haha I dig that

[@milkweedreflections]

There's a clouds patch for Organelle.

[@TheSpoonwood]

wow , this is amazing

[@T.H.W.O.T.H]

I'd watch a Poly wotzit plus Zioa video like a Mormon dad watching his daughters at a community bar-b-q.

[@piets]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqrNaoqMl72dbsk "Now if you're watching this and you're thinking to yourself this pedal wouldn't be fun and I wouldn't be able to do much with it, ... Then you do not have a soul" 🤣 haha indeed!

[@HardestManInTarot]

I like the part where you become Joe Pass

[@Saleca]

Have you worked on the neuro harmony thing lately? Very curious with that outcome

[@christianpucciarelli]

Isn’t this similar to the mod duo or mod dwarf ?

[@6MileHouse]

No direct through, and It's has way too much lag for me, it's going back!

[@sebbosebbo9794]

oh.. Ben S.tyler...thx...

[@dawlessstrolling5306]

Hi Ben, if you happen to read this - if i'm correct, parameters can be controlled by MIDI-controller, right? And if so, can the MIDI-settings be automatically loaded when loading another patch?

[@KevinBrighton]

Alright I gotta ask,. How long did you take to feel comfortable running with the Digit? This was a good video. Thanks.

[@psynautic]

benn is the mod dwarf one of the deep customizable pedals you have on the hopper?

[@BennJordan]

I do have a Mod product in the queue, although I believe the Dwarf is still a prototype so it'd be too early to give it an objective "review".

[@psynautic]

@@BennJordan oh yea that makes sense for some reason I thought it was out. They all share the same platform so it makes sense to look at what is currently a real product.

[@brwhyon]

Ha ha, the dreaded USB, should be a 50/50, but in my world it's always, well 90/10 WRONG, same way with ungrounded power supplies, get to the plug/outlet and damned if it's not upside down. You would think that there would be a law of averages that governs this. Sadly, this is not the case for some of us, some of us are just destined to go through life fighting the curve, my condolences. LOL !

[@MathHammer]

Kemper? AxeFx?

[@koalemos1679]

OMG Electribe 2, take some fucking notes

[@zachshult]

Ben Shapiro and Gear

[@TheSpoonwood]

the "cop show metaphor" being inappropriate..... man, that made laugh..reminds me comics are getting PC crushed ...your Ben Shapiro ahhh just beautiful!

[@innerspacerace9196]

Do not touch it inappropriately

[@jordanWAH]

What's going on with the color? You look really pale or washed out.

[@IntimateNoise]

🖤

[@michaelcarlson6752]

lol @ Ben Shapiro ending.

[@one23johnson]

Next time do the whole video as Ben!

[@H4NDCRAFTED]

Please don’t lol

[@winstonsmith8236]

"Ghetto" is a terrible adjective to toss around in 2020. Just saying, I've been called on it and I now think it's reasonable for impoverished folks to take issue with their neighborhoods being called a synonym for "shitty" in essence.

[@jpsatre]

Whats the better alternative then?

[@winstonsmith8236]

@@jpsatre Take your pick; any synonym of "poorly made" or "crappy" will do. ...any word that doesn't have such a specific historical significance I mean "ghetto" is a real doozy of a word considering it has both the WW2/Jew and the contemporary impoverished/institutionalized sectioning off of the lower class/minority/immigrant population. I know everyone is offended by everything these days yada yada but after befriending someone who grew up in boys homes in the projects- listening to him describe a childhood and life where everyone describes your home as a synonym for crappy or shitty or what normal people use when "slumming it" (another one) and the effect it had on his psyche- I'll never use the word in that context again.

[@jpsatre]

@@winstonsmith8236 i don’t think “crappy” and “poorly made” encapsulates what he meant. Also, I’m from the Philippines and i don’t get offended by it. I literally live in the 3rd world. So don’t get offended for me. 😂 Anyway, Im still wondering what words is more appropriate in this context.

[@Sieism]

Nah, keep letting it go on, this word hasn’t found it’s final resting place and it’s history is fascinating. I’m from the hood, and it does suck and it is shitty but it’s also home and when I’m here I wanna get out and when I have before I’m still filled with a warmth and like to reminisce when I come back to visit, and I’ve never once been offended by it’s usage. Occasionally someone uses it in a context that is extremely negative, but it still doesn’t offend me, it just exposes their ignorance and prejudices. It’s only because it has been allowed to exist that it has organically come to be expressed in a more positive light recently like “ghetto fabulous” and can stir a sense of camaraderie in people from there. Languages are organic, living things and should be treated as such and allowed to run their course, not be dictated by this small, over zealous group of social justice/pc warriors. My two cents