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Wiring up 10 Safety Valves, Because i wondered what it would sound like!
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[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

All the backing tracks in this are from modular megamixes which will be on vinyl in a fewmonths! but are on patreon to download. The Soundpacks mentionned at the end www.patreon.com/posts/49905645 MODUULAR PERFECTION cases:- www.modularperfection.com/

[@DetroitMicroSound]

One day you'll laugh your ass off if you look back at this video, where you mention "finishing" the MOEE.

[@MakeSomething]

I do know my wood and yes you are correct. That is wood.

[@FirstLast-gw5mg]

I personally won't be convinced until the Waterjet channel guy does the lick test.

[@z4zuse]

Wewd?

[@MusicByproduct]

Yep, it’s wood.

[@colinbrash]

To be fair, some materials are woodier than others. But this material’s woodiness is unquestionably on the woodiest end of the spectrum.

[@DarkMetaOFFICIAL]

i wood like to confirm that. 😂

[@RobertMaxwellMediaCorp]

Judging by the number of projects you're taking on, the number of products you offer on your store, and the rate at which you upload videos, I can only assume that you're working, like, nonstop. Kind of insane but seriously impressive!

[@windshield11]

Indeed, idk where he finds the energy!

[@Geohhh]

Think they are 3. At least.

[@Paes64]

He just gets up 5 hours earlier to be able to work 29 hours a day. ;)

[@windshield11]

@@Paes64 Now that is a superpower for real!

[@funy0n583]

I think it's called adhd

[@gingiedotcom]

"I don't know my wood, but that's definitely wood." Idk seems like you know more than I do.

[@flrs221]

Just removed the 5W 27R resistor going to pin five heater pin on my look mum no computer GMSN safety valve PCB and it's working batter than ever! I just snipped the leads of the resistors and soldered them together. So glad I watched this video.

[@reao]

I always love your narration when putting your builds together.

[@idj20]

As a lifelong doodler myself, I am impressed by your table artwork! (One of these days I might get around to doing a caricature of you). Anyway, thanks for issuing another interesting video, including your Chewbacca impression.

[@stefandumoulin1872]

The museum is starting to look so nice! It's very inspiring to see you work so hard, very much respect! This video made me wonder about a mixer with safety valves, might be amazing to mix drums with. Definitely going to try that :)

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Indeed! Just watch out for the noise floor :D it doesn't just boost the transients!

[@annother3350]

I hope the museum will have a nice bit of information on each piece?!

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Yep that's the last job after everything is in its plaxw

[@annother3350]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER The boring bit?!

[@simonkeohane3096]

Fully appreciate the instructions on patching and soldering, very much what I need

[@marknesselhaus4376]

You say you procrastinate but damn you get a lot done week by week :-)

[@zaxarrrr3659]

My man turned his procrastination activities business, that's all

[@jimmygervaisnet]

Those yellow PCBs are beautiful!

[@6pin66]

Think of how amazing that is , you've created a new standard in modular gear . You sir are a miracle of motivation and innovation . Keep going!!

[@genghisbunny]

Love your attitude and project design.

[@kellymerrill5294]

I am building the erica swamp and it's recommended to use a 10 ohm resistor if you don't have a ferrite bead or just wire it, thanks for confirming in this build as well.

[@dykodesigns]

Structurally sound, the wooden rack certainly is. That looks solid!

[@zacharystopp5394]

10:27 What pure joy looks like 😂

[@zetaconvex1987]

The museum showcase looks nice. I hope its success exceeds your expectations.

[@flekkzo]

I often see people do distortions in series, but I’m more curious of what would happen if you ran them in parallel and with different settings. Like a distorted natural chorus type of a thing.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Gameboy megamachine has it. Just a more mixable sound. Not chorusey mind :) still beats and ohases

[@jameshamaker9321]

I like the idea of a giant calculator. Looking good, it's really a beautiful machine.

[@norbux]

That guitar tone!!! bloody hell :o ))))))

[@LanceThackeray]

9:48 for a second there I braced myself for Justice - Waters of Nazareth

[@tylerkurek4329]

That thing is so gritty and raw in self-oscillation mode, you could make a sick noise album just using that and nothing else

[@ainumahtar]

I was thinking the same hehe.

[@Torchl146]

Your museum gonna be great because you live synthesizers like i "know" none other and show it to the public. I really enjoy your content so much. I wish university classes in my Bachelor where like that I think i would have been so much more fun and I probably would have learned more.

[@patprop74]

remember a time when going to a nightclub was a thing before it was outlawed by Covid lol 9:23 was what it sounded like at the beginning of the evening, and 9:40 is when you knew it was closing time and everything for the next 6 hours sound like that lol

[@Musikkeller-Innsider]

Nice doodle, too!

[@8dioproductions]

Beautiful Noise!

[@UsagiElectric]

That filament amperage requirement gets a little wild when you get to a large amount of tubes, doesn't it? That looks epic, excellent work!

[@toddspeck9415]

I want to buy a shirt with doodles just like your table art. You are awesome Sam. Needs to say....Don't be scared to try it. Black with silver sharpie would be so cool.

[@DisasterxUs]

The voiceover instructional parts are the best

[@oasntet]

Aaaah, use a socket for that tube! Replacing it when it fails is going to be a real pain. Plus, using a socket means never applying solder temperatures to it.

[@souleater307]

10 sounded pretty sweet. id love to see someone play a set and every so often plug in another one and another till at the end all 10 are just making the crunchiest sounds fade off to just that epic glitchy dying sound.

[@devjock]

Getting some real Merzbow vibes over here. Awesome!

[@kspnasa5308]

These kits are looking really nice!

[@henripihet536]

Amazing as always Wanna go to the Museum asap when it open

[@fraxz88]

It definitely makes some sick noises. I love it! I heard some nice riddim bass coming out a few times.

[@colinbrash]

“I was going to build a hundred of them, but it’s a little bit overkill.” Who are you and what have you done to LMNC?!?

[@AesculapiusPiranha]

Listening to this 10 is overkill

[@McTroyd]

That sounds AMAZING. And it's the first time I've ever seen ANYBODY tout the self-oscillation as a feature. I wonder if putting something inductive between them would have an effect? 👍

[@gnarlysoundscapes7210]

lmao That Chewbacca picture got me.

[@PacificBird]

8:17 so I finally figured out what those guys in my counter strike lobbies are running their mics through

[@jkuebler89]

I never clicked so fast. Sounds bitchin', like a growling hellcat. I really wish you would make Eurorack versions of all your PCBs and Panels. I've been wanting to make one of your safety valve versions for so long now.

[@pascalcoole2725]

ISO shorting the 27R resistor you can install a NTC. this protects the valve from flashing during cold powerup and still offers low resistance for max filament heat. This trick was done in valve based TV-sets.

[@javinshki17000]

"procrastination at it's finest" A quote i would live up to

[@gnarlysoundscapes7210]

Nice drawing!

[@gregedenfield1080]

man, I'm so glad I found your channel mate! very, very entertaining and informative. Love your style my man.

[@DSZI.ShyHunterBB]

Very fun! Love your funky vids!!!

[@UghtC]

Watching all those valves light up in a row, reminded me of that scene from Forbidden Planet near the end of the film with the Krell's super machine drawing as much power as it could :-D Awesome.

[@dafoex]

I know each to their own and all that, but I'm glad you didn't use blue LEDs behind the valves

[@darkwinter6028]

Wish I had a jet; I’d love to visit the museum... but I’m in California and really don’t want to spend the better part of a day crammed into a commercial airliner. Yet another thing to build... 😉

[@synthshoot1026]

True brilliant.

[@Marceloriighiii]

Thanks for the demo, it broke my speaker now

[@wideyxyz2271]

I like the Rat scratching wub wub...Great stuff!

[@CausticCatastrophe]

I have GOT to get me one of these cases.

[@TheSilence420i]

This is stretching the definition of "saturation" to uncomfortable levels. I dig it.

[@ndrb8866]

nice to see your videos♥️

[@narrator206]

Definitely going to England now.

[@petarnenov392]

Sounds good for children's birthday parties.

[@nosville22]

once all 10 started going into the mic it started sounding like homemade noise tutorials

[@xyanide1986]

I'm pretty sure that for the Doom 2016 OST, Mick Gordon was messing with setups like this of stuff feeding back on itself and creating interesting and unique sounds to use in the arrangements.

[@TheErilaz]

Sounds like a Metasonic wretch thingie 👍

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Metasonix ruleszzz!

[@wwlittlejOfficial]

Just before it started breaking up, maybe 4 modules in, it sounded fucking glorious.

[@macronencer]

8:51 This is what a Disaster Area sound check sounds like (only 1,000,000,000 times louder).

[@mzflighter6905]

You mean 90dB louder?

[@macronencer]

@@mzflighter6905 I suppose, haha! Although shouldn't that be 180dB if we're talking about sound pressure?

[@lolilollolilol7773]

LOL this dude is the doc and Marty McFly all in one ! xD

[@rhesreeves5339]

I know these damn tubes give ME wood. Everything is SO COOL! ❤ IT ALL

[@Corvid]

8:44 Jesus fuck... That's beyond even Uncle Al Jourgensen vocal distortion!

[@shanehenrie5326]

im diggin the incomplete collage doodle . Maybe one on the wall lol

[@clydeg4274]

Doing the lords work

[@chocogr2024]

Hey sam! What software have you been designing your PCBs in? I have been looking for a vaccum tube footprint and i cant find one anywhere.

[@williamj056]

First!! Love your projects and your personality. Anything with Vacuum tubes gets a like from me :)

[@iswimwithsharks]

hoping you get these modules back in stock soon as really keen to build a couple for my rig!

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Restocking on Monday :)

[@iswimwithsharks]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER HOLY SHIT BALLS THATS EXCITING!!!

[@1tankred]

you are such a cool guy .... like to do a splashi vid with you to the soundtrack of modern gas ;-)

[@tomahzo]

Sounds like the Doom 2016 soundtrack ;D ;D 10:10 : "Some weird, noisy kinda fest of noi*CUE THE DOOM SOUNDTRACK*" ;D

[@definty]

You should have a pan knob on them to make a wide AF stereo field & Wet/Dry, in parallel. Be nice to have a range of saturated distorted and driven all over the place.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Well it's modular that's what using it with other modules is for.

[@definty]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER Good point. I can't wait to visit your museum! I am eventually going to build my own modules when I get some time.

[@Noplan]

LOL. That chubaka sound.

[@foxholeartist]

You achieved death industrial/ power electronics sound. Good

[@howardanderson3061]

This is Awesome!!!

[@eddievanbasten1751]

Magic smoke. 👍🏻😂🤣

[@benderstratoblaster]

Great Video! But why didn‘t you use sockets for the tubes? (for example to try out different tube types (ecc83, ecc81, ecc82 etc.) for different gain structures)

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Because for this module it's pointless. The ax7 is good. I have a socket one and it's problematic on tour

[@bitterrotten]

I fell asleep to my watch later playlist and everything was going well until this video’s 8:20 mark.

[@arcioko2142]

10:12 I actually liked that

[@k0rus]

been watching for a month or two now, im not really sure what kosmo is. i know its the big case, but is it also referring to the module set up? is it sam's own format or am i missing something? searched google and cant find any good info

[@thomasgauntt]

kosmo is the name of his modular synth, kosmo format is 20cm tall panels and 1/4” jacks IIRC

[@JohnLRice]

@@thomasgauntt Thanks, I was wondering what "Kosmo" format was! So, almost an inch shorter than 5U and a little over an inch taller than 4U (Serge and Buchla), and a little over 2.5" taller than eurorack of course. While doing your own one-off format is fun and even cool, I can't imagine any advantages of not sticking with long established formats for panel sizes? Why would anyone besides Sam want to use this format?

[@Reliquancy]

That reminded me of that meme where the guy is looking through a microscope at a board to identify wood and he’s just like yup it’s definitely wood lol.

[@djoverkin]

It's the cover of a book called "Identifying wood".

[@antivanti]

What about running in parallel or a combination? Like 1+2+3+3 or something?

[@pXnEmerica]

Is the cost of a tube socket more than the pain of changing a tube, or building a whole new module?

[@DarkMetaOFFICIAL]

This video: EXISTS.. Every Software VST distortion ever: ..BUT 😭😭😭💔

[@elektroarkivet]

Not far from the Metasonix sound! :-D Cool!

[@zephal]

Hey you should run a 9-10 way crossover before the safety valves and make a multi-band distortion unit.

[@CrimsonButterflyBand]

I remember such calculator models🖤 spooky glow in the dark, welcome to the world of Fallout☣

[@THEREALDATALORD]

You have confirmed that more isn't always more gooder.

[@Dreamdigger]

Nice to know how they sound chained....you are The mad scientist of sound. Would you talk about vocal chain for zebra chlorine sometime.

[@brianharper9798]

I know it doesn't matter which way round the resistors go but my OCD says which ever way you choose they all have to be the same!!!

[@jackasshedgehog]

Could you find the brown note with that beauty ?

[@aaroncarter8845]

I get the feeling that LMNC likes the Korg MS-20

[@mutedsounds2k]

Suggestion: I would have used vacuum tube sockets, for easy replacement. There exist various types of them, pretty much like IC sockets.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Reasons for not using them explained on the site

[@VladoT]

Directly soldering the valves makes micro-cracks in the glass surrounding the pins from thermal expansion and as a result the valve can slowly lose the vacuum and fail early.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Well I have one from 7 years ago and still going strong time will tell I guess. These tubes do not get up to full operating temperature anyway

[@VladoT]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER You have made 10 identical so keep us posted with the health of that modules in the future.

[@simonkormendy849]

The pins on a 9-pin valve are actually made of a special metal alloy, that has about the same expansion/contraction coefficient that glass has, this is so that there's a good metal-to-glass seal around the pin so that no air can leak into the valve, this means that there's very little likelihood of micro-cracks occurring in the glass, consider this....when a valve is operating normally both the internal metal electrodes, heater-filament, and the glass envelope gets hot anyway, whether the valve is soldered onto a circuit-board, or mounted in a socket.

[@6884]

I just realized that you and hainbach are like the little devil and the little angel that pop up in cartoons when one has to take a decision. I guess the decision is going to be "more synths" regardless on who wins...

[@n3ttx580]

8:20 Average Russian's microphone 9:48 this alone makes an uptempo song lmao

[@ainumahtar]

Me, with mild headache: Cool, Sam video Tubes 7+8: Ohai My brain: DFgdsHshdgshf....

[@trevorhaddox6884]

Please use tube sockets! Tubes are not meant to be soldered! The heat can stress the vacuum seals on the pins leading to eventual leakage.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

It does not get to full operating temp also having toured with 2 types of this safety valve for 3 years the socket one has been problematic and the soldered one has been fine. It's fine. If it was gunna be cooking yes. But in this module it isn't a problem

[@GlitchyfrogMusic]

Do you think, there is a way to biuld it for 0-5V?