Loom 2 (ft. Marbles) | All Mutable Instruments Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

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✶ TABLE OF CONTENTS ✶
Intro: 00:04
Loom 2a: 00:49
Loom 2b: 04:44
Everything you hear in this video was performed live with the Mutable Instruments modules you see on screen, plus some other Mutable surprises to be revealed in upcoming Loom videos.
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[@mylarmelodies]

That last bit was sweet as heck

[@nodflenders3665]

Awesome work as always, Olivier is a genius. I complain about how broke I am but his modules are always so well priced compared to others on the market.

[@kohlhofer]

I am really intrigued by marbles. I have been using touring machines, euclidian rhythms, logic, branches, etc to create what this one module seems to offer in one comprehensive package.

[@nntblst]

Alexander Kohlhofer yes you are right marbles is basicly part branches, turing machine, s&h and random cv generator with quantization.

[@rbeny]

this ROCKS

[@BoBeats]

Wonderful!

[@HousePlant_Ambient]

Man, crazy, now after two years- I finally have a modular rig and everyday I work on it little by little- learning new ways and almost getting to where I would like to be in this modular community.

[@Lightbath]

🌟

[@plym5343]

Wow, this is so beautiful. Very inspiring to hear such a small system make such rich textures and full outcome. Great idea with the Loom : - )

[@jedgould5531]

Watching your head moving I feel like I’m being disciplined 😊🔒

[@jarretclement6447]

Sooooooooo good... I've been waiting for price to drop on that Sapel that's on the forums, particularly like that it has dedicated octave and semiton knobs, but I'm not sure how I can live w/ out this. Olivier should be paying you handsomely for this. ;)

[@tommy3mundell]

Beautiful music.. want this gear now:)

[@BEiche-lp1jb]

I really love how this turned out. Really nice job!

[@dpschwartz1]

Delicious and nutritious. Can't wait to try my hand with one of these some day...

[@guyewhite]

That was such a bomb studio. Was this a custom scale in Marbles or one of the onboard options? I see that Deja Vu is engaged. Curious how to get a set of notes in there without any weird ones appearing. I see that I can program some in. Is that what you did here?

[@Lightbath]

Yep. Exactly. That’s my own scale carvings. That’s the trick. Choose the full scale you want to use and then three more progressively simpler versions of that scale by removing more and more dissonances along the way and program that in. I can walk you through my philosophy and approach to scale programming in a session if you want. In fact I just worked with someone on that last week. If so, you know how to reach me 😉

[@guyewhite]

@@Lightbath that’s a deal!!! Booked on Patreon!

[@Lightbath]

💫

[@prgrms]

Great work, been chilling at home with your stuff on TV for a while... inspiring me to get into Eurorack. Really nice touches to your vids with the little pebbles and arrangements and things. Really helpful you provide all the links too. Cheers

[@PatchMonger]

Fenomenal, this was an instant buy for me. First time I see a module released and I buy it. Wonderful music as usual 👍

[@robvbeats]

Loving this. Nice work as always.

[@kevinemk8745]

reminiscent of Caribou (as Manitoba) - Start Breaking My Heart opening to Dundas, Ontario

[@Lightbath]

Woah! Wow, I just looked that up. Totally. Very similar timbre and texture and shape. What's wild is that it was recorded about 18 years ago.

[@Autotross]

Very nice! Been trying to choose a turing machine for a while, pretty sure Marbles is it.

[@Lightbath]

oh, yes - turing machine plus lots of elegant additions

[@kozmicstreamz]

beautiful stuff. Yesterday I didn't know about this module and now I think I need it ... and I am waiting on my case lol

[@anttik5764]

Amazing, just got into your videos AND modular! Great music dude :)

[@paulborg9239]

Great demonstration, quite lovely.

[@toximan2008]

Hi, Tim Hecker :) Great performance. Sounds gorgeous!

[@Genshi]

As usual, so very beautifully done!

[@BrandonGuerraDrums]

Mannnnnn!!! This is so beautiful! Wow.

[@HousePlant_Ambient]

Alright. I hope you see this, and respond lol. I am listening through headphones, and what module is making those auto pan wobble in the first track. Is it by Ripples? Or Blinds? I was scrolling to find an answer lol

[@Lightbath]

I think you might be referencing the Clouds grains that are panned at max

[@ifaber68]

i love this "random" beautiful sequences, good! :-)))

[@LXP-MUSIC]

great! just insane

[@AllisterDotDash]

Sounds amazing! I’ve listened to this 3 times tonight and I’m sure I’ll be playing it tomorrow morning. Setup and surroundings look great. What case is that?

[@Lightbath]

Thanks. It’s an MDR case. Link in the description. Also, I really miss that studio. Did a residency there in 2018.

[@AllisterDotDash]

@@Lightbath ahhh thank you! I read all the comments trying to figure it out when I should have simply read the description. Looking forward to more videos.

[@subfifth]

Really like this one!

[@HousePlant_Ambient]

So, Clouds had stopped being manufactured, did Mutable replaced it? Made a better one?

[@Lightbath]

Clouds won’t ever be replaced but something different along those lines will be released at some point. It’s a modern classic and is very unique. There are many Clouds clones and micro versions that are really great. I prefer Microcell by Grayscale as it ‘fixes’ a design ‘flaw’ of the original and is still a little smaller.

[@nycpny8396]

You said marbles is doing all tbe rythym & pitch cv for all the loom series videos. I don't know what the t section outputs of marbles is doing, theres no drums being triggered. Is it triggering an envelope on plaits, tides or something else?

[@Lightbath]

Yep. Triggering events like Rings strum and Stages envelope for Plaits.

[@nealohara782]

plays so well with the other mi.

[@gerundgerund]

So Good!

[@olzen6507]

He is a great Talent and he is drven with his passion this lucky Guy😚👍🏻

[@olzen6507]

Wow ! very large amount of different randomness.

[@alsoknownaudio4075]

Very nice

[@halberkstresser]

4:50 so clean

[@YannGuillermou]

Marbles holy fuck I'm so jealous!!!

[@mehdirichard6543]

shipibo modular session nice

[@DJ-Lazy-Lodger]

yeahwelltic!

[@tColorsinspacerecordings]

Unbelievable!

[@SlowDescentToWild]

If I were to buy a case like this (with plaits) would i be able to use it with a Moog grandmother? I ask because plaits is -3 - plus 7 cv and Moog is -5 To plus 5...

[@Lightbath]

Oh, I see. Well, it sounds like that’s nothing that a little attenuation/offset can’t handle. But you might not even need to do that for it to work just fine, especially if you stay to the middle of the range. But I would suspect it should work just fine. I expect to receive a Matriarch this winter so I’ll be able to confirm the Moog + Eurorack compatibility firsthand... eventually.

[@SlowDescentToWild]

Thanks for replying. Is it the tuning that would potentially be affected? And If so could you change frequency of oscillator or am I misunderstanding the issue?

[@prgrms]

perhaps a silly question but what do you use for output? or do you go from the modules direct to your recorder. i see on modular grid there is no output section. apologies i'm a bit new to this

[@Lightbath]

In most Loom pieces everything is run into Clouds and then I just go directly out to my audio recorder. In some pieces, Rings is its own channel and Plaits into Clouds is the other. But in all cases, it’s just straight out of the modular into the recorder. Most mixers and recorders and audio interfaces can handle modular level without the need for an output module.

[@LarcTald]

can't wait to have my marbles playing the DPO.

[@francescogaist1686]

this sound is soo gorgeous , which modulation is going into clouds for get that scratching sound?

[@Lightbath]

Thanks. Clouds has four audio quality modes and the lower modes have that grainy/scratchy/noisy sound.

[@francescogaist1686]

@@Lightbath thanks dud! I have clouds , but never get this sound also in that mode , u mean third red , first yellow mode, thanks for reply :)

[@draconianrhythms]

What case / stand is that? It’s so nice

[@Lightbath]

It’s the Korolev by MDR. The link is in the description.

[@draconianrhythms]

@@Lightbath apologies .. I see now.. thank you

[@Lightbath]

All good. Enjoy.

[@dantelerae]

Beautiful. :)

[@0neTwo0neTwo]

thanks for the video, what kind of skiff stand is that?

[@Lightbath]

the stand is part of the case (and is removable). check the link in the description :)

[@0neTwo0neTwo]

@@Lightbath thank you

[@wackenthaljef]

Bryan ,it would be nice that you will show the patch before playin;... like ....5 seconds ,so we could watch it and learn ....thks!

[@Lightbath]

Ah, good idea. Like shoot video looking at the entire patch?

[@wackenthaljef]

@@Lightbath Yes...for me it would be important,but if im the only one ,i dont know.

[@Lightbath]

Cool. It’s a good suggestion. Until I can get a second camera to show more of the case, it’s a good idea. Thanks.

[@wackenthaljef]

@@Lightbath thks to you!

[@duckwrth2472]

are you using anything else than this rack??

[@Lightbath]

Nope

[@OctaveZangs]

Yes dude!

[@CengizArslanpay]

Is there a way to stop marbles internal clock on the module itself? :)

[@Lightbath]

Good question. I hadn’t thought of that but found this at the bottom of the manual on the Mutable Instruments website: TIPS AND TRICKS If DEJA VU is past 12 o’clock and the loop length is set to 1, the outputs remain frozen in the same state.

[@CengizArslanpay]

Lightbath it would be nice to have a button combination to make this process instantly :) without changing parameters. Maybe I should mail MI for this :?

[@WiredSpaceWizard]

Hell yeah!

[@Kupka2408]

That's beautiful!! How did you sequence this?

[@Lightbath]

That’s just how Marbles works. You turn the knobs and listen and react and it’s like magic!

[@Kupka2408]

@@Lightbath Pretty cool, if I ever get back to eurorack I might build a rack like this - seems perfect to me!

[@Lightbath]

Until then you can use VCVRack!

[@Kupka2408]

@@Lightbath Never tried that, yet - maybe I should! Unfortunately I had to sell my system a few months ago due to some "personal issues"... :( But I just got an AE Modular System, which is also a lot of fun :) So the modules seen in this rack are the only ones that you are using in this video? I almost can't believe that you can get that much sound of such a small system :D Seems like I need to check out Plaits, Marbles and also Stages. Never seen any demos of them so far.

[@Lightbath]

Yep, only these modules were used. It’s a pretty powerful little system. And yeah, pretty cool that Autechre released their Nord G2 patches.

[@jonaseggen2230]

Nice bookshelf to, whit a globe and everything. Good to see some people still have books, Whit pages made out of paper, that you have to turn in order to make them work. And rack, what kind of rack is that?

[@christopheroneal4593]

It's listed in the video notes that it's an MDR Modular case

[@jonaseggen2230]

Oh! tnx

[@Lightbath]

There's a link to the case in the description. And I've been doing a residency at a studio near Portland, OR, so the books and the entire place actually, isn't mine. Wish it were, though. This place is beautiful.

[@jonaseggen2230]

Yes, tnx. Christopher O'Neal over here just told me so. I should probably learn to read, get a few picture books to start with probably. Maybe books could be called text modules? Or that is probably something else.

[@hoveringsombrero1]

i'm portland based, are there any modular performance or workshops coming up? thanks

[@simplestickman5513]

There's lots of hissing, is it MI or ?

[@Lightbath]

it's intentional

[@MrThecarrott]

@@Lightbath who does the hiss / sat ? It was the best part for me

[@Lightbath]

Clouds provides all that texture in the lower bit mode.

[@RPS3000]

is this the way to get some free modules?

[@Lightbath]

define ‘free’

[@RPS3000]

Lightbath ure right its for the price of youre Face

[@Lightbath]

My face? Worth millions 🤑. But seriously I’ve been a beta tester since Rings. I made these videos out of my own volition because I’m truly excited about what Mutable is doing this spring. And I shot the intro with my face upon the suggestion of some filmmaker friends. I dunno how much I’ll keep it up as I sort of just miss the simple musical videos of my hands. But I’ll probably continue to explore this format as I create more tutorial content and then stick with the simple approach for the musical content.

[@RPS3000]

Lightbath ok bought

[@zackhexum]

Curious, is this multi-tracked, or is everything just one live performance?

[@Lightbath]

The details you seek are in the video description :) But to directly answer, yes. Single performance. Much of the Loom series is actually recorded straight to 2-track with everything running through Clouds as the last module in the chain (stereo output).

[@zackhexum]

Thanks for the reply! I'm a novice on the modular front, and it's inspiring to hear these possibilities.

[@Limbic1000]

I can see a shipibo blanket 😉

[@Lightbath]

🌟

[@Natemasterflex]

I lost my marbles.....

[@trukxelf]

Love the timbres but this is a teeny bit like noodling,

[@MrKiely415]

Who else remembers Risky Business with Tom Cruise?

[@ComparativeIrrelevance]

Awesome!

[@CampSpaceship]

No you're both awesome. I love all the modular youtubers. Very positive community.