How to cross patch sequencers and create dynamic sounds and melodies

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Hello everyone! With a lot of eyes towards upcoming Superbooth 2023 I thought I'd make a relaxed video with a simple sequencer trick :) Generic Affiliate links: Perfect Circuit - US - bit.ly/3Yn0Gll Sound of You - EU bit.ly/3DzdFYi Clockface - AS - bit.ly/3YkDJ1B

[@electronicgarden3259]

A new video from one of the best modular synth channels 😃

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks for sharing your excitement! :)

[@quantum_ocean]

Very cool. Love the diagrams. You’re one of the best modular educators on KZbin. I wish more people used diagrams.

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Glad you like them! Happy to make these as long as people leave comments like these :) Cheers!

[@apeirogonmusic]

I love that your videos are concentrated on patching techniques , modular possibilities and an expanding on modular basic components Stellar as Always

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Glad to hear it! There are a few modules I want to tackle, but in general I will focus more on basic ideas, patching techniques and music! Thanks for watching :)

[@jpiekkala]

Yes, please moore variations on this theme!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Will do! Apart from reviews on a few modules I like, I plan to focus more on general patching and musical ideas this year :)

[@HomeOfHappyPixels]

Lots of patch ideas plus some real nice music- great video!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Hey, thanks for letting me know! Glad you liked it, and all the best :)

[@earanwe]

I really liked this vid. The idea quite simple, the sound of it is quite amazing tho

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks, glad you liked it! Cheers :)

[@jenumclucas7014]

Great video! You diagrams are very digestible so I appreciate it! Keep up the good work 🙌🏾🔊

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

thank you! Always happy to hear that, thanks for letting me know, and will keep it up for sure! :)

[@HousePlant_Ambient]

Thank you for all your uploads. It has greatly improved my modular journey ❤

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

You're very welcome!

[@XYtoTheDoubleG]

Was thinking of getting rid of my 2nd sequencer until I watched this video! Really superb work mate!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Hey, thanks a lot! Glad to give some inspiration, enjoy! :)

[@blofeld3889]

Very nice tutorial! Never thought about it, learned something new, thx!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Glad it was helpful! Always good to hear people get some use out of these :)

[@chonbaquer]

Thank you for spreading your knowledge so freely. ✌️

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

You're very welcome, happy to make these :)

[@l1fef0rm]

I really appreciate your videos; you have a knack for teaching. I do wish you would have demonstrated this technique with a Korg SQ-1, just because almost everyone on the planet owns one. Great tutorial, nonetheless.

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Hi there! I did a video on the Korg SQ-1 a while ago with lots of tips :) But the idea is you can take any two sequencers you like of course!

[@hobboth]

So much juicy ideas! Thank you!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Glad you liked it! :)

[@ericmosh]

This is so inspiring! Thank you!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks! Glad you liked it :)

[@ericmosh]

@@MonotrailTechTalk I tried to make a patch like this but I have a question. How do you set your sequencers so that they play notes of the same scale? Do you have to set each note so they fit in a certain scale? Or do you set each sequencer to a scale?

[@prentissriddle]

I love all your videos, but this may be the most immediately useful one yet. So many great ideas to try! 💡

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

That's good to hear! All the best :)

[@musicgeek99]

Great video! Thank you!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching :)

[@humanerror3139]

Thank you for all your fantastic vids, so clear and concise, the best on YT 👍

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thank you very much! All the best :)

[@NEVERSLEEPmovies]

Great video again! I like the transposed cross-sequence a lot. How did you manage that the transposed second sequence stays in the same key and the sequenced harmonies are not just blindly transposed up or down?

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Ah, you found the flaw in my video! Realized this after editing and uploading the whole thing. Both sequencers have a great implementation of 'transpose' which isn't actually transposing. I forgot to explain that properly. Bloom 'shifts up' the sequence within the scale. And Moskwa adjust the range of the sequence, instead of transposing. So to be fair, I should have called that chapter different!

[@debbie09090]

Interesting and remarkable variation in the sequences you patched. I would be interested to see some ideas for performance controls you could use to add and remove complexity and reset sequences so that a form of song construction could take place.

[@funkl0314]

Wow excellent tutorial. Thanks

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Glad you liked it! All the best :)

[@TPsynth]

Great stuff!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks for watching!

[@oyoyoyo7624]

Gorgeous

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks!

[@russ254]

ooh, can't wait to watch this!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Hope you like it! Cheers :)

[@russ254]

@@MonotrailTechTalk super fun! I'm using Voltage Modular, and only recently, after 5 or so years, moved on from the 8 step sequencer (mainly because it doesn't have a gate jack for each step - I've been duplicating and syncing seq's to get a gate for just 1 step) One thing that I like is to use a copy of an 8 step seq as a clock, with a few gates disabled, to give what I call a "drunken clock" to other modules. What I don't do is modulate modules - I usually just add more modules rather than modulate. You've got some wonderful sounds with all your modulation (8:08) - wonderful results when you're 3 layers deep, modulating your modulation! Thanks so much!

[@Jan-dB]

wonderful!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks!

[@blixxa]

omg this video solves so much for me!!!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Glad to hear it! Cheers :)

[@PatternMusic]

This is really good. I think I can do a lot of this with the Rene 2 and Pams.

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Nice! I think so to :)

[@MrJemabaris]

What is opening the VCA in your patches? Since it is not shown in the diagrams I tried to trace the cables, but I figured it would be easier to just ask :) Lovely video as always! I really like to be shown new ideas that can be universally applied to most decently configured racks! Greetings from Germany

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Nothing! I wanted to include the VCA in my patches to make them complete and more beginner friendly. I do use the VCAs to set the level before sending a signal to my outboard mixer (and that's good practice). But in all patches where there is no modulation to the 'end of voice' VCA, there is no modulation, you can just as well leave it out if you are sure your outboard mixer and or audio interface can handle eurorack levels. all the dynamics come form modulating the filter.

[@MrJemabaris]

@@MonotrailTechTalk Thanks for clarifying! Although I believe going from a VCA straight into your mixer/interface by just reducing how hot the signal is, is also not best practice. Ideally there should be an active circuit converting the signal from Eurorack to line level (in the form of an output module) so that not just the levels but also the impedances match. Of course it's not absolutely necessary but I believe it's the "correct" way of doing it. Cheers

[@saltatempoAEM]

Thanks for this video. I'm a beginner but it seems to me in real continuity with Berlin School tradition, isn't it?

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Hey, these tricks for sure! In general the modular is very suitable for Berlin school stuff. But also all other genres :)

[@JacobSkriver]

Nice patches as always. But I am confused here: couldn't these patches have been built just using both channels on the Bloom itself?

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks! I wanted to show the idea of cross patching 2 basic sequencers, and make it visually clear which is which. But indeed Bloom is a 2 in 1 and can do almost all of these by itself :)

[@jblock41]

What module(s) provide all of the additional EGs? My ARP has only one.

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Hello! I two of my favorites used in this video are the Xaoc Zadar (Quad env), and ADDAC 506 (Quad env). That gives me more then plenty envelopes for al sorts of situations :)

[@LeonTrimble]

I like this one too! do you have any ideas for effects that alter the 1v/o signal - obvious one is arpeggio but what else can you do with pitch signal?

[@russ254]

my biggest growth in thinking has been realizing that it's not a pitch signal - it's a signal that can be sent to any other module for any other purpose. you can ring mod it, send to mod effects, SEND IT THOUGH EFFECTS, bernoulli it, trigger a function generator like maths or pam, transpose to a different key with dc offset, send to logic module, rectify, attenuate, pitch shifter, frequency shifter. . .

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Russ254 is totally right, the 1v/oct is just another signal. I referred to my video on the Beatstep Pro, but realized I forgot to mention why :) In that video I use both the 1v/oct signal and gate for quite a number of things. As modulation source, but indeed you can modulate it like any other signal, although it will easily lose it's 1v/oct precision.

[@russ254]

here’s something easy that I just thought of. . . . send it through an inverter (maybe also dc offset to transpose higher or lower) then a quantiser to get back in key with the original, send to second voice

[@LeonTrimble]

@@MonotrailTechTalk yeah i'm asking specifically about precise tools for modulating the 1v/o signal - what tools are out there and what can you use - precision adders are one thing obvs...

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Ah I see. One I know of, but think it's discontinued, is the Frequency central Trans Europa. Good for octave switching, transposing, etc. But tbh, when you like messing with these kind of things I think it's best to switch it around and use a quantizer. Then you have all the freedom to create interesting signals with sequencers, envelopes, LFOs or anything you like, and then quantize it at the end.

[@Ryannaut_g]

I have a dubstep question. The genre I want to create is called dubstep and I want to create hard driving baselines for it, can modular do it?

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Yes it can.

[@kratersignal]

great 👍👍

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks for watching! :)