Composing with LFO's

[@cryptout]

Very good, even in 2022 this is still a very nice way to create new and fresh melodies.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Yeah, I agree. I don't think these techniques will become obsolete sometime soon

[@jamesbaynton1881]

This is a great tutorial, your language, pace and structure of explanation are just right. Thank you.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you for watching, glad you liked it

[@hackaday]

I just watched this, and your other two tutorials. This is brilliant, deep stuff, and it sounds good too.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you HACKADAY

[@redshift4707]

2021 and still hoping for your return Mr.Klobucar,all these years and still enjoyng and learning from your video.I must admit that sometimes i enjoy to play your videos just to listen to your voice and the beautiful sounds and sequence you make.Whish you all the best,cheers

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you Redshift

[@iancain6647]

I like how the reverb on your voice makes you sound like a god comunicating from the heavens to guide us in impeccable patching.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

haha thanks! :) yeah, thats funny, i had the same feeling sometime learning from other people... didnt know i could do that. really glad you enjoyed it

[@ivanilic5639]

Sjajno, hvala na ovome! Brdo korisnih informacija i novih ideja.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Hvala!

[@ambi3nce157]

we need more tutorials step by step like this one !!!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thanks, glad you liked it

[@JosefK93]

Without doubt one of the best modular tutorials I've seen on youtube, exactly the type of information I'm looking for as I start my own modular journey :) many thanks!

[@ericburnett8163]

So helpful, thank you! Sample and Hold modules never really made sense to me until I heard you say "sample rate". It all clicked at that! I knew what sample rate was but that module just never clicked that idea.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Really glad I could help, thank you very much for your comment

[@badbenjy]

Ive just got into modular. That was by far the best patching explanation ive ever seen. Ill be watching it many times.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you very much Ben! Glad you liked it

[@Snuckyfication]

Wow, more of this please. Thanks for putting in your time and sharing!

[@______BS______]

great explanation, thank you.

[@danihansen5255]

one of the best tutorials out there💪

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you very much

[@churchofaggressiveaudio6498]

Very nice tutorial, thanks!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you

[@pbrninja19]

Great video! Great explanation! Great style and pace! Thanks!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you

[@beathaven303]

Excellent work Dinko. Very interesting! Easily the most informative video on modular composition that I've seen.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thanks you very much, glad you liked it

[@naturligfunktion4232]

Honestly one of the most inspiring modular video I’ve seen for a long time. I have never patched like this, but I am going to start right away. Thanks!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank You very much!

[@naturligfunktion4232]

@@dinkoklobucar526 Im gonna watch it again now, really interesting stuff. Do u ever use regular sequencers in your patching otherwise?

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Of course, sequencers can be used in lots of creative and unexpected ways also

[@stefan1draganov]

Not only is this tutorial super helpful, but it sounds so musical!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thanks!

[@Audhentik]

lovely and very helpful! thx

[@dinkoklobucar526]

thanks for watching

[@ubahnrider1337]

great demonstration. and nobody commented on the intriguing background pad in the beginning - sounds awesome.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Ha! :) Thank you

[@zogjones]

Great tutorial. This is the kind of stuff I really enjoy. Techniques that I didn't know how to do, and that I can apply in different ways with different modules. I'd like to have a deeper understanding of modular synthesis techniques, and this video gets me a step deeper!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you

[@alebrenna441]

This is awesome man, thanks a lot!!

[@jorglehmann3892]

Amazing! Thanks a lot. Could not be better. Please more!

[@EternalCosmicTruthOrchestra]

Epic! Love your work; please make more.

[@jasevaughan7829]

Great. Looking forward to your future vids

[@-umbrarium]

Odlicno objasnenje! Pozdrav iz Makedonije

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Hvala!

[@jeffjeffjeffjeff2588]

very useful tutorial. thanks.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thanks for watching

[@danvandal4127]

Thank you! To me, this was one of the best Eurorack tutorials!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you very much, glad you liked it

[@eatfrenzy]

this is one of the best. super clear and precise tutorial explaining the general functions of one aspect of modular synthesis without getting lost in the particulars of specific modules. also your accent is very pleasant.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thanks Rico, glad you liked it

[@Faenith]

Great patch, nice sounding, awesome explanations...it's an ace !

[@dinkoklobucar526]

thank you Faenith

[@sub-jec-tiv]

You rock. I’ve used LFO>Quantizer in the past, but your video is super deep! I have the ADDAC quantizer, and i totally forgot you can feed it a voltage for transposition. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you very much

[@JAkoGreyshire]

I really Like your videos!! Very, very good! Subscribed and patiently awaiting more...Thank You!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you for watching, stay tuned

[@MrTeamcatfish]

Amazing! Thank you and keep up the good work.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

glad you liked it

[@chridmeister]

Very inspiring, thanks very much for making this video!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thanks for watching Christian

[@accidentaltrigger]

superman. out of this world demos. looking forward to more. thankyou for taking the time

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you for watching Paul, glad you liked it

[@Poll242]

Great stuff! Thank you!

[@fo76]

great tutorial, thank you!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

You're welcome!

[@fo76]

@@dinkoklobucar526 too bad you stopped making tutorials 4 years ago.... they're real gems... did you ever consider offering content via Patreon or other platforms? I would be glad to pay for this quality...

[@mgscheue]

Great tutorial! Thank you for this. Looking forward to more.

[@musicalfungus]

Fantastic video! This is one of my personal favorite techniques for modular composition. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@platon-m7n]

thanks for the tutorial, its great, i didn't understand everything in details, but it a good starting point for create beautiful and complex melodic sequences

[@dinkoklobucar526]

thank you very much

[@fuzzpope]

Excellent tutorial, thank you for sharing this!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you

[@fejneerg]

Brilliant, great tutorial.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Great, thank you

[@infradork]

dude this is great!!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you

[@AliasJimWirth]

Very useful information. Thank you for sharing this; for taking the time to create this video.

[@trofimsirenko9779]

This absolutely brilliant. One of the best and inspiring tutorials out here. Keep going!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you man!

[@intensesurtax483]

Great video, clear, concise, everything you want really. Keep them coming!

[@raffitchakmakjian]

well, you're either a madman or a genius. I'm not sure I'd fully comprehend what you did here without 5-10 years worth of hands-on experience. Great stuff! EDIT: I'm exaggerating slightly of course, but great none the less :D

[@dinkoklobucar526]

:) If you find this kind of procedural approach interesting enough, my guess would be that you will start making this kind of systems in no time.

[@cc2009in]

Amazing tutorial, well explained and inspirational. Big thank you!! Keep on with your tutorial series!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Great to hear that, thank you

[@olbos_xyz]

very useful tutorial

[@triplebacon1]

Thank you Mr Klobucar

[@dinkoklobucar526]

You're welcome, thanks for watching

[@Diego_Occhipinti]

Thanks! Very useful and clear

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you

[@jonaseggen2230]

Second time I watch this. This is excellent : )

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you Jonas

[@Dan2Hibiki]

great video mate thanks

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thanks, glad you liked it

[@chisel316]

Very informative and inspirational! Can't wait for more. Peace \/.

[@devmiles]

really nice video, thank you for this :)

[@davidrosset4457]

Awesome!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

thank you

[@alexanderstooshinoff4122]

This is a great tutorial! I really like that you can sync and modulate the shape of the LFO. I first started using a similar technique using a Batumi with the parasite firmware and the semi-random output patched into Braids (with its built in quantizer)

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thanks

[@ddeenniizz0]

thank you so much for this

[@tachelesreden]

Very nice, thanks.

[@j-ltekbrain2177]

Very good tutorial

[@bobbfett.musiclab]

Great tutorial, thank you

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you very much

[@bas040]

This is great!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you

[@donrafaeli]

Someone from Zagreb who's into eurorack? now that's rare! Good tutorial, keep it up, you've got a sub :)

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Yup :) Thanks man

[@xpump876]

Nice - especially @ the 20:00 mark segment!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

thank you

[@GlitchWolf]

Great Tutorial. AMAZING tutorial given it was your 1st go. Please keep them coming. I use the Toppobrillo Sport Modulator and the O_c in a similar fashion quite often. A great way to "find" melodies in the wild :)

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thanks man.... yeah, just polishing the new one, Exploring white noise - part 1. should be out any day now

[@GlitchWolf]

Very cool. Looking forwards to it. Good timing as I got the E352 a couple days ago, which has a very nice "noise" mode to it. Was just thinking today how great this will be as source CV for a Sample & Hold.

[@TonydeKaro]

Inspiring! Thank you! Subbed your channel!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you Tony!

[@LeonvanBokhorst]

Excellent 😊 👍 thanks

[@danvandal4127]

Thank you!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you, glad you liked it

[@RawVeganRising]

Excellent video!

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thanks

[@gullgrey]

Great video! What is the music in the beginning?

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you for watching! It is just something I recorded as ambience for this video

[@gullgrey]

Dinko Klobucar i love it! Have you released it somewhere?

[@dinkoklobucar526]

No, it was just a simple patch to be used as background. But you can check out my soundcloud profile: You might like this soundcloud.com/user-997357582/enso or this soundcloud.com/user-997357582/shinobi-iri there is also some stuff on bandcamp dinkoklobucar.bandcamp.com/

[@pawnotdaw4559]

Hello. Would love some new videos from you.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

:) yeah me too. I hope sometime later this year. Thank you for watching

[@FunkTree]

Excellent

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you

[@phobophob]

great stuff.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

+Alexander Martinz Thanks!

[@FunkTree]

Great tutorial

[@dinkoklobucar526]

thank you for watching, stay tuned. I am planning to do two more tutorials on this subject

[@robotboot]

nice...very clear

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Thank you

[@gamemastertristan3951]

What module gives you the sample and hold functionality? I think you always point ot the 4ms clock distributor, but does this have sample & hold?

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Doepfer dual sample and hold module A148, 5th module in the second row. 4ms clock distributor is used to trigger the sample and hold. Instead of clock signal you can use sequencer or some other methods to create different rhytms.

[@gamemastertristan3951]

Thanks for the explanation. One more question -- so with a complex VCO where the LFO can directly modulate the secondary osc using the S&H would not have any added benefit, would it?

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Sorry, I don't fully understand your question. Sample and hold in this video is used to sample voltage levels from lfo to create values for pitch cv.

[@gamemastertristan3951]

But why can the CV not go directly from LFO to VCO? What is the reason for sampling?

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Try it :) Nothing is stopping you from using LFO to directly control VCO pitch, but you will get continuous pitch change (frequency modulation - FM), provided you are not using some kind of stepped LFO signal. If you want to create distinct pitches (like notes), then you want to keep values static for some time and then quickly change to some other value. That is the reason to use s&h. So essentially, s&h creates stepped cv signal from continuous signal by sampling voltages when trigger occurs. Changing/modulating LFO properties like frequency, amplitude, shape... will result in different values to be sampled, which then produces different sequences of pitches. I hope this helps.

[@ciscocesco]

Hi. I don't understand how that quantizer works. if you set values ​​on it it should give a single note. Instead here (beautiful anyway) chooses random notes. Can you help me understand? thanks.

[@dinkoklobucar526]

hello. quantizer can usually take 2 signals. one signal is the signal to sample and quantize to a voltage for some note. the other input takes a trigger that tells quantizer when to take a sample from the first input. it works exactly like sample and hold but in addition it quantizes the sampled voltage to a nearest note (or using some other selection method)

[@dinkoklobucar526]

if you're asking about the multiple outputs, the quantizer used in the video has 4 channels. www.addacsystem.com/en/products/modules/addac200-series/addac207

[@ciscocesco]

Dinko I have the same quantizer! but I don't understand why if you select a single note in quantizer mode, (C for example) maybe inserting a ramp as input, with the trigger input he takes C and other notes but which are not selected! As your quantizer does

[@dinkoklobucar526]

If you would select only C and if you're in quantizer mode, you should only get note C in different octaves.

[@ciscocesco]

​@@dinkoklobucar526 so even in your case, (with a voltage sampled by the S&H) if you had only selected the C key, would C have come out on various octaves? but if I watch the video at reduced speed I see that when the C flashes other notes come out. Confirm?

[@rumcajs0007]

what is the Name/Mark of the quantyzer?

[@dinkoklobucar526]

It is ADDAC207 www.addacsystem.com/product/addac200-series/addac207

[@rumcajs0007]

very thanks ,-i

[@undertree5671]

Maybe I missed it but how is it so that it always sound in key ?

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Hello, quantizer settings are used to keep it in key

[@arjuna207]

can you add some patch info in the description?

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Hello arjuna207, thank you for the comment. I put some thought into your request and I think the main idea would need to be oversimplified to make it into a patch description. In the simplest form it would be LFO->offset/atten->quantizer, but the video explains what can be built upon this simple concept, and how to control such system in a procedural way. Purpose of this video shouldn't be to copy the patch, but to provide ideas and basic building blocks to realize it in different ways and using other kinds of modules. Since the video shows all steps, connections, parameters, and thought process in detail, I will not be adding any additional patch descriptions. I hope you'll find it useful in current format though.

[@arjuna207]

Dinko Klobucar exactly, i want to understand the principle

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Great then. If you have trouble with any section of the video, let me know and I can try to explain it in more detail.

[@gjc82071]

Cool video & synth. BTW, you sound a little bit like Werner Herzog. :-)

[@dinkoklobucar526]

Haha, great compliment, thank you :)

[@Gluttonforpeace]

this is fucking insane

[@pbrninja19]

666 likes!!! HAIL SATAN!!!!!!