Episode 41: Make Noise Maths 101 | Eurorack Modular

[@TheModularClubhouse]

Interested in Make Noise Maths? US: bit.ly/PCMakeNoiseMaths EU: bit.ly/THMakeNoiseMaths

[@skriptico]

Still a great deep module in 2023. Love to see recent tutorials about this! great job fra! thanks a lot.

[@tripcode]

I enjoyed that, thank you. I have been using Maths for a while and I was just looking for ways of refreshing my idea about it and making the most of it. Going back to the basics is good.

[@wheeves1]

Side chain audio and visual representation was great!

[@TheModularClubhouse]

Thanks a million Bob :)

[@EZBOT_]

Excellent video! Gotta love MATHS!

[@TheModularClubhouse]

Absolutely!

[@TheNimasan]

great video. would be great to see the whole rack... i mean also hermod to get the bigger picture here. yesterday i got my hermod. it has a very very small screen, which i honestly dont enjoy, its an amazing module. i bought a magnifying glass to be able to use it. it works. thank you!

[@TheModularClubhouse]

Good feedback. I’ll try to switch my camera angles a bit.

[@drtchock]

lovely, thanks! i bought Maths way too early in my modular journey and didn't fully grasp it. need to get one again. is the scope the ES-9 to VCV Rack?

[@TheModularClubhouse]

Glad to hear you liked it :) And yes, it's the ES-9 to VCV Rack :)

[@walrtbstudios5430]

It’s hard to argue with the broad consensus across modular world that Maths is the one module you cannot afford to be without. However, I have never yet seen a tutorial or demo that explains what it actually DOES- and this, I’m afraid, is no different. The only thing I can assume is that it somehow makes sense once you get hands-on with it, but it’s one helluva investment if that turns out not to be the case.

[@TheModularClubhouse]

I think I understand your conundrum. Maths is hard to summarize. You could say it's a 4 channel mixer with attenuverters plus slew limiters on channel 1 and 4. You could also say it's a dual function generator, or just say it's a poor-mans Serge Dual Universal Slope Generator (DUSG).... Every time you try to describe this module you will overlook one of its applications (and maybe infuriate a part of the internet in passing at the same time ;) ), so I have to agree: it will make sense once you get your hands on it and figure out how it will work in your workflow. I cannot guarantee it will fit in yours, but what I can say is that it will fit into most modular workflows. I love it. But there's no accounting for taste of course :)

[@walrtbstudios5430]

@@TheModularClubhouse That is a comprehensive and thoughtful response- thank you! I may have to take the plunge; I can always sell it on if it really doesn’t agree with me…

[@kostantinosmag2986]

Nice one

[@TheModularClubhouse]

Thanks 🔥

[@earlsfield]

Good one. You said something interesting at the start, about how "purists are saying you should use Maths this way or another" - I am really interested what did you mean by that, I never heard anyone saying "do not use function generator for mixing audio signals" or smt like that, but I would like to know what is it you heard. People are so weird sometimes with these "rules". But Maths being what it is, I can't think of a thing you "aren't supposed to do with it" - if it does the job, and sounds right, just do it lol. Also, while I appreciate making the video is hard (I tried and gave up) and please do not get this as critique, if you have Mordax, you might want to have everything from birds-eye view rather than from this angle, as well as simplify patching a bit or pre patch, it is hard to follow what you were trying to demonstrate (although I know well what you wanted to do with envelope follower and side chaining). Just a friendly comment from a fellow modular nerd, I wish you all the best in content creation:)

[@robsinHL]

Love you, but for the envelope demo, there's too many modules being patched in. It's really hard to follow what's being plugged in off camera. I don't know any you mentioned... are they VCA's, voices... clocks.. no idea. Simply take the output of an oscillator, a steady sine wave, plug it into a VCA in on your doepfer, plug the clock into maths and the envelope out to the CV of the VCA. The envelope is controlling the volume of the VCA via the CV. That's it. I'm an utter Maths beginner, and this is all I really know how to do otherwise I would have moved on to different video. ES-9 in the mix is an utter black hole, I'm not sure what's going on on your desktop other than the scope (BTW, congratz on owning one, they're impossible to get for the past year).

[@jscherpe]

Thanks a million Rob, great feedback that I will apply in coming videos. Regarding the scope: I actually only use free plugins (www.meldaproduction.com/MOscilloscope) and/or free software (vcvrack.com/) as an oscilloscope. If you want to use those to visualize CV (and not just audio rate signals) you will need to use a so-called DC coupled audio interface. I use the ES-9 for that but there are other options as well. Both standalone and in eurorack. Hope this helps.

[@TheModularClubhouse]

Apologies. replied with the wrong account.

[@R3V1ZION]

Great video!

[@TheModularClubhouse]

Splendid! Thanks a million :)

[@geerhoar]

I think Maths is a super great value in low hp to do what it does. I would encourage folks with smaller hp to get Maths. However, I don’t think that folks like me who chose not to get it should be labeled “elitists” because we wanted to spend a lot more money and hp on separate modules that do more in the categories Maths covers (e.g., slope generators that track 1v/oct inputs, more analog logic functions, etc.). Frankly, there are several things I wanted to do better/differently than by using Maths.

[@TheModularClubhouse]

Thanks for the feedback! I stand corrected :)

[@geerhoar]

@@TheModularClubhouse Thanks for making the video-it will help folks.

[@InterplainMusic]

You should at least have given the names of the devices you used. It is not clear to hear what you are using to set up the clock. I am new to the modules. You don't pan the video to show what you plug in where..