disting NT - Quickstart

An introduction to installing the module, understanding some basic concepts, navigating the UI, loading and editing a factory preset, and creating a basic preset from scratch.
00:08 Unboxing and installation
01:12 Power up
02:12 Loading a preset
03:45 Hiding (and showing) the help
04:38 Concepts and terminology
08:32 Navigation
12:08 Starting a fresh preset
12:49 Adding an algorithm
15:35 Saving the preset
16:14 Adding another algorithm and connecting them up
19:09 Adding an independent sub-patch
22:06 Removing an algorithm
23:12 Reordering algorithms
24:03 Modifying the Aleatoric Piano preset for external clock
26:55 Algorithm "specifications"
29:30 Navigation recap

[@VinceFinemMusic]

Excellent! I've always wanted a Disting but with the power of Windows NT!

[@mntbighker]

🤣

[@JamesWiegand]

The logical flow and layout of the UI is so straightforward it looks simple, but it is actually brilliant. I can see where I might use the manual to get started and then forget about it. And it sounds great, too. Not half as complicated as any alternatives, either.

[@FelipeTellez]

this is STELLAR. Very inspiring to see you continue to innovate and iterate on your ideas.

[@Probbie]

Wow.... I've owned and loved every version of Disting. So far.. Great stuff 👌

[@ricksnowden2150]

The final boss of Distings!

[@FileTransferProtocol]

This looks very cool. So much room for experimentation. Congrats on launching it!

[@grodzillaaa]

What an insanely powerful module.

[@53hp]

I wish I could give this 100 thumbs up! Well done!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@MathewGracie]

Ive used my EX in so many patches, can't wait to get my hands on this.

[@synthanatomy]

Congrats :) the big screen was a long awaited feature :)

[@shinyless]

finally decided to upgrade from mk4 to Ex last week... OF COURSE a new version had to come out the week after :) Looks very nice !

[@rayderrich]

I am sure there is a name for this kind of thing happening, and I lived through it multiple times.

[@leonkezele5671]

fantastic video, wonderful voice and explaining!

[@masaengineering1766]

And you may ask yourself, "How do I work this?"... love it

[@wadehathawaymusic]

Damn, I've been doing so well managing GAS for several months...and now this beautiful module.

[@dillipphunbar7924]

Another temptation to make yet another case,,ARRRGGHHH... Looks really powerful/

[@philtobin9510]

lol...I was thinking the same thing as I look on Signal sounds to see how much it is.

[@devonhansen7705]

amazing work. would love to see the quad looper algo demo'ed on this, I imagine it makes the use of the looper in live performance a lot more comfortable/feasible.

[@in_10z]

How exciting yet another Disting. I've owned every version of the Disting modules. I love my EX and it's more than I need already....except for that microscopic display.

[@wavejockey]

an extended vid for playing & controlling it through MIDI would be most welcomed

[@okeribok]

Wow it's Like a spartan but more powerful version of the 4ms Meta. Omri Cohen could make weeks of content about this!

[@rayderrich]

Superb to see the Disting family grow, but I am sure this 5 button machine will make me even more confused about which button does what, just like with the Mk4 and EX I already own. It will all be worth it though, so thank you for your hard work!

[@felipepiedrahita5917]

This is great! I wish the panel design could be more ergonomic and buttons and screen could be under the jacks so they are never in the way

[@mamakuproject]

An ER-301 for the masses!

[@wavejockey]

Or a Percussa SSP done right

[@StingrayOfficial]

Crazy luck you had exactly 22hp of space or this video would have been awkward! (also nice module!)

[@DaveCattell]

Niiiice! Great evolution of a great concept. The BIG question is can you persuade Robin Vincent to cover it ;-)

[@phelper4554]

This looks awesome but the fact that the 4ms meta module is even cheaper is crazy!

[@rulindachatt]

meta is a port of a pre-existing piece of software(that is frankly annoying to use even with a mouse and computer screen). This is built from the ground for this hardware. Very different.

[@phelper4554]

@@rulindachatt I think everybody knows that the meta is based on vcv this is why it so popular in the first place 🤣

[@ExpertSleepersLtd]

@@phelper4554 In the UK the disting NT is the cheaper module. The £/$ conversion has gone a bit mad recently.

[@tillorrly1128]

Wait, the preset is a JSON, so does that mean it can be edited with a computer and shared with others? That's would be epic.

[@ExpertSleepersLtd]

Yes.

[@wavejockey]

it seems every little thing runs now on JSON

[@tillorrly1128]

Yo dawg, I heard you like modular so we put a modular in your modular... Also Roland, you may take notes, that's one way to make a usable menu diving menu.

[@mntbighker]

Os leans hard into the Disting mind set. It's like Elektron stuff. It's an acquired taste. They are super feature rich, but the complexity has a cost. My only suggestion for Os is to enlist the help of someone not so close to the development to do instructional / demo stuff. Someone skilled, but not so close to Expert Sleepers. I feel like the audience would connect with them better. You would get a lot of comments like "this tripped me up, and here is what I did". Just a suggestion.

[@ExpertSleepersLtd]

I've involved more people than ever before in a fairly lengthy beta process for this module, so a lot of those little details have already been worked out.

[@mntbighker]

@@ExpertSleepersLtd I must say it looks far more approachable to me. And the conveyor belt metaphor is great.

[@PorchBass]

How fast do signals propagate through a/d + d/a? Usable as real time effects?

[@chitlun]

Ah Jayzus! Can somebody lend me 600 quid? 😂

[@frankbohle755]

Hey, looks really interesting... ! But one or two questions before buying... Are the LFO able to be synced with an incoming clock ? And, I'm looking for a FX (delay, reverb) where I can manipulate the "send" - not the mix! If these two things possible, I'm in ;-)

[@ExpertSleepersLtd]

There's no LFO clock sync at the moment, but it's a shoe-in for a future update. If the effects can't be set up as you want them, you could combine them with a mixer algorithm which *does* have a send.

[@philtobin9510]

£600...I've run out of family members to sell...what organ can I live without.

[@GrosPleindeSon]

kidney

[@orchestratedpassage9468]

B3

[@grodzillaaa]

I've looked at the manual and there seems to be a lot of the ex single algorithm present but i didn't find the looper. I like it a lot on the EX and i thought that this new interface would be a great fit for it. Did you not implement it because it doesn't fit well in the module "paradigm" of having algorithms plug into each others?

[@ExpertSleepersLtd]

There will definitely be a Looper. I've not done it yet because I wanted to reconsider what was possible on this platform rather than blindly re-implement the EX looper, which is very much designed around the capabilities of the EX.

[@grodzillaaa]

@@ExpertSleepersLtd wow, that's going to be so good. That could be crazy cool to have a module that does something akin to the 1010 blackbox among other things. Thank you for your answer.

[@jockcooper8888]

dang I don't have any free HP

[@jfg09]

This is great! However, you should work on the panel look. The module panel has no personality and lack information. For example, why is there no label for button and knobs? It was not important for small module but this one is huge (just a feedback from someone owning multiple ES modules)

[@pmwmartens]

I like the minimalistic look

[@rayderrich]

I have this issue with the Mk4 and EX all the time, this new beast won't make it easier, but adds fun for sure.

[@lat3shift]

Is it just me or would a button for „execute/enter” (instead of pressing the encoder) provide a way better UX? 🤔

[@nated789]

Space is limited in Eurorack

[@lat3shift]

@@nated789 It shure is. But there are 4 Buttons on the panel 🙃

[@youtubevideos415]

When you make a video about a product, how about actualy explaining what this even is? Watched the first minutes and have no clue what this is, so i'm leaving...

[@donutschool]

Fair comment if this just popped up in your feed - but this is just one of a shedload of videos Expert Sleepers use to "illustrate" their website and manuals (I think they've got one for every algorithm on the Disting Mk4...) - starting each one with a description of the module would get pretty tedious! You're meant to come to it from the product page or user manual... Downside of using KZbin to host videos for your website, I guess - some people are going to get them out of order/context. That said, in the modular synth world, "Disting" is a pretty famous range of modules, so most of the target audience will get what a "Disting NT" is going to be...

[@youtubevideos415]

@@donutschool This video just popped up in my feed and i have no clue about anything of this. I just like synths.

[@ajja]

@@youtubevideos415sounds like a great opportunity to learn some more about synths 😊

[@TheMikeFun]

You should have stuck around until 4:39.