Make Noise QPAS Review (smile pass and mystery wildcard inputs explained)

[@ericmosh]

Man, this Maths module rocks! Now it is even a spectrum analyzer! :D

[@loopop]

Dual!

[@ericmosh]

Haha YES ;) By the way, thanks for entertainment after a hard day of work, love your vids. :)

[@loopop]

My pleasure - thanks for taking the time to write

[@ZElTGElST]

Finally I understand this filter. Fantastic video you made it clrystal clear. I would say the character of the filter si so sweet, tamed and pleasant sounding. Mr Rolando did a really original work here. Cheers. Edit: I would love a DFAM vs QPAS video.I love DFAM but is a bit too much noisy/grittier/harsh most times than not. Probably replacing the ladder with the QPAS would reach delicious and fluffier techno soundscapes.

[@derektsao1988]

I played some of your reviews with a smooth jazz sax as a backing track. And the result was better than I had anticipated.

[@makeshift_battlefield_music]

Haha you are my type of person

[@mikedurden]

Loopop with the best reviews in the game yet again. This is on my want list now.

[@RodneyReviewsThings]

This puts me in a good moog.

[@sokamiru]

Needs to be on a tee shirt

[@jurj4108]

@@sokamiru *tea shirt lol, Just kidding 😅

[@NOLNV1]

The multiple peaks makes for such a nice wind sound!

[@Natemasterflex]

So jealous you have one already! 😂 Great video as usual. Thanks for all your time and effort making these!

[@stephenjames4937]

I just bought myself a QPAS, so this video is jolly useful. Thank you for posting it.

[@jfklmk13447]

We demand more QPAS videos ! (ok I do...but still...) Thank you, Sir

[@Romaindeud]

You may have figured out now but just in case and also for other people who read the comments : it is possible to make it auto oscillate by putting left LP out to right IN and right BP to left IN. From this configuration, V/oct is working well. Got this tip from Divkid video wich is cool and longer than yours but your video is pretty nice and efficient. It goes directly to the cool stuff of this module. Thanks for your quality work

[@CinematicLaboratory]

The Moog ladder remains one of a kind, but as with Poker, four of a kind is a win.

[@jorp4549]

I think the wildcard thing is great because it can lead you places you wouldn't have gone on your own. Part of the appeal of modular synthesis is happy accidents, right? I may be wrong, but in addition to the decay envelope modulating the frequencies, it looks like the wildcard input augments the resonance amounts on those filter cores as well. Waiting for mine to show up so I can investigate further!

[@WiredSpaceWizard]

Thanks for a great review! I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited for a filter!

[@daxtonfleming]

Great demo, thanks for de-mystifying the wildcards! I don't understand why some manufacturers love obfuscating features on their modules...

[@loopop]

Thanks! I hope I got all of it...

[@serdarsaydan]

in terms of filter would you think about to do a in depht review on the sherman filterbank. and again-thank you soo much for doing this review (and all the other) best regards from berlin

[@j-ltekbrain2177]

You always give me the crave to go to patch on my modular.

[@sanfordmusic]

Another great review... this will hold me over until mine arrives. Cheers!

[@fakshen1973]

One of the beauties of having 34,000 subscribers... first hands-on... the down-side... the amount of work done behind the scenes is more than the cost of the module. :)

[@loopop]

This channel is a labor of love for music and interesting gear - not about financially rational decisions...

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Oh wow, this is a beauty!

[@HarryFullerCT]

Oh man, I pre-ordered mine on the day Tony Rolando demoed it at Perfect Circuit. I've been anxiously awaiting its arrival ever since. As expected this video has increased that feeling to infinity. Thanks, I got several ideas from this video that I cannot wait to try!

[@CPSMasteringStudioVancouver]

Very cool! Would love to see another video, you always have some great patching ideas/inspiration

[@wegmore1]

Thanks for the education, Sir. Beautiful sounds.

[@staticdeclarations6058]

@8:00 sounds almost like a physical modeling sort of sound. Super cool, might have to pick this thing up just for its unique capabilities. Thought I was good on filters after getting the SSF Stereo Dipole but this thing seems to have something I didn't even know I needed.

[@ezdubs8511]

Great vid! Would love to see more on pinging the audio input, and how it responds to different shapes and levels.

[@OscillatorSink]

Instant Portal soundtrack at the start 😍

[@broadpath7184]

Very informative! Thank you - your channel is very helpful to my shopping sprees.

[@Frozen_Smoke1972]

Great vid on what appears to be a very interesting module. My one wish would be to hear a bit more of the overdriven stuff though - I get the feeling that there could be some very nice vibes with some animation of the radiate controls there.

[@SandcastleTheory]

The musical applications of this filter would be so much further reaching if the volt-per-octave tracking were more accurate. Interesting module though, and much fun to be had regardless. Cheers!

[@ComparativeIrrelevance]

My thoughts exactly! Shame it doesn't track accurately without the workaround.

[@aeropilot4419]

Comparative Irrelevance simple work around tho 🙂

[@ComparativeIrrelevance]

@@aeropilot4419 Yes, it's simple enough in terms of using few patch cables and no external modules. But that means the tuning will effectively need to be "calibrated" every time it's patched up this way, which - in my experience - is usually way more finicky than it looks here. Especially getting the tracking to stay somewhat accurate across more than one octave. Then it only takes a tiny touch on that attenuverter to completely mess it up mid-patch. Not to mention both frequency CV inputs are now in use, so to add something like a subtle vibrato to the tones it's playing is going to take much more work than it otherwise would. If there's a way to calibrate the un-attenuated CV input so that it tracks consistently, then that would greatly facilitate using this as a musical sound source (and this module seems like it could be a wonderfully unusual "chord machine"). Being able to just throw it in on a whim, without muting whatever else is going on in a patch and breaking out the tuner and reference tones, would make a big difference I think.

[@aeropilot4419]

Comparative Irrelevance totally agree ... would not use in a 1v/octave capacity, but like the filtering 👍🏻✨

[@skunksmisery]

Another awesome video! If you take requests..... Tides2 ;)

[@aeropilot4419]

Whole Life Crisis ditto 🙂

[@churchofaggressiveaudio6498]

Double ditto.

[@wewillrise3663]

Triple ditto

[@NBSStudioMusic]

supered review as always!

[@dr1059]

Best review as usual! :) Thanks!

[@shualiko]

Finally! I get this filter much better now. Thanks! Did you ever make the patch ideas vid with qpas?

[@loopop]

No other QPAS videos sorry

[@thesnipecatcher116]

Ok, that thing is cool

[@MathHammer]

Great demo. It sounds like a potential add to my stereo filter selection. I am a bit put-off by the wildcard inputs, though... not sure what to think. At this point I am going to say the sound wins.

[@mrparksy]

Great videos as usual! Thanks!

[@sokoleski]

great video again... thanks for this one!

[@raphaelpad]

This is the module that will get me into eurorack...

[@aeropilot4419]

Raphael Pad yeah be careful, it’s a deep dive 😉✨

[@mpingo91]

@1:49 The input level knob... Why many filters don't have them and others do? For example Tiptop Audio Forbidden Planet. It has as many as three inputs, LP, HP and BP, and none of them have level control. Is that because it's a cheap filter?

[@girlinagale]

I suddenly have a 22hp gap in my Doepfer case so I'm curious about modules. There's only Plaits and Rings in the case at present so I have "voices".

[@markmccarthy3304]

Great review thank you.

[@hedningakjetil]

I would definitely love to see another video with some QPAS patching. Or did you already do one? I see it is a while since you posted this video. Very interesting module and jealousy make my face go green and blue since I lack the cash I need for a bunch of modules I would really "need" and strangely, every time I watch one of your videos, I find myself in desperate need of whatever thing it is you just demonstrated because you really do sell it well ; ) Ok was good to let some steam off there! Thanks for keeping your great work up - it honestly drives my passion deeper every time.

[@loopop]

Thanks! Though I really don’t try to sell anything - companies come out with products and I tell people what they do and don’t, and if I get lucky I make a bit of music with whatever’s in the week ;)

[@hedningakjetil]

@@loopop Oh of course! Bad expression from me there :/ I think you know what I meant though : )

[@loopop]

@@hedningakjetil yeah yeah no worries, I realize it's a problem...

[@kirkegodfrey414]

Nice work. Thank you.

[@CO5MA]

😍😍😍😍😍 I want it! By the way, your intro track is excellent!

[@maztik8r]

that bass at 14:00

[@Dogboy73]

Awesome module. Definitely on the shirt list. I heard the Make Noise dude (forget his name) saying that the QPAS requires a lot of power & gets hot. I have a TipTop Zues power module, not too dissimilar to the Arturia power module you have. I'm assuming this will be fine. I only have a small Happy Ending kit with only a few modules currently.

[@MarkoDeLaVoota]

Dogboy73 so how is your modular now ? just wondering....

[@petdoe8938]

Perfect thank you , blessed be

[@23jimi]

Could the wildcard inputs also be increasing resonance for the filters it modulates? Makes sense as a 'ping' style input and isnt something you can do from the panel

[@Rw7an]

Thank a lot for all your video, very useful ! Question, which soft do you use to get the oscilloscope ?

[@loopop]

Erwan H Hi, I use MOscilloscope and MAnalyzer by a company called Melda - they’re free with some limitations in the MFreeFXBundle. Occasionaly I’ll use scopes by VCV

[@strangemobius]

Furiously trying to sell my Erica Stereo filter....

[@BrunoWiebelt]

this must be 10 of 10 the top end of filters

[@danielgrace7887]

Is there anything like this but in less HP?

[@CrystalizedDreams]

awesome! but can it do some regular "non formant"sweeps aswell? just in case one would need that. i fear that it will ALWAYS sound a little like a comb filter when it's the only filter in a small rack for example.

[@loopop]

MINDSCRIPTABLE yes, with radiate at minimum it behaves like a “regular” filter

[@NOLNV1]

I like the pun in the module name

[@robertsyrett1992]

Did MN lend you this?! What a beautiful module!

[@Z3RODIVID3]

any chance of a video on 3 Sisters filter? :)

[@immersiveworlds]

Nice!

[@13FML12]

the phasing is quite rough tho at full panning

[@daikuone]

Might be interesting to hear how you selected the modules in your rig... All demos? Why did you pick these from the myriad of modules?

[@loopop]

It’s a combination of what I wanted to show in the demo (wildcard threshold voltage level with aither, loops with Morphagene, fm with maths and sto) and what I needed to play the intro jam (Pam’s, Rene, sto, maths, mother 32)

[@Cloroqx]

Any thoughts on comparing this to the SMR?

[@madmac66]

What would be a good lfo module to partner with this? For a modular n00b

[@buildingblocks8287]

maths... one module to do it all (and its way more than just two LFOs)

[@daviddufour1734]

Like you, I need to visualised sound signal and spectrum. How did you get it displayed? Has someone an idea to display this on screen? Thx for your answer

[@loopop]

It’s an overlay of a software spectrum analyzer using video editing software

[@daviddufour1734]

@@loopop thanks a lot. Did you have the spectrum software name?

[@loopop]

Yes see description

[@deviousxen]

Anyone else use this as the end of their signal path as a stereo VCA/filter? How does that work for you? My signal path still isn't done, but it would be effectively replacing an old Korgasmatron II/needs more VCA power anyway. This is before the audio I/O / IU stuff and Outs in my Intellijel 7U For now, I have the stereo headphones output and need to replace the old audio jacks, but *shrug*. Before I go heavy into those jacks, cause I'm not doing any live sets and just need a signal path to work out of bed with, would it work ok if the resonance was low enough if you had like... How do inverted out outputs for CV from mixers like a Mutamix or Erica Fusion mixer *or both combined and attenuated* Work with the VCA of this if you put it before like... My stereo headphones and eventually stereo out *once I upgrade the jacks* ? How does that work for you? Inverted CV Outputs into a QPAS? How do you use it in your signal chain? I'm REALLY curious cause it seems more on sale.

[@formaquadra]

Make noise QPAS or Intellijel MORGASMATRON, what do u think?

[@loopop]

Hey Ivan, you need to listen and decide based on the sound you like - they have very different character

[@formaquadra]

@@loopop I'm looking for a no standard filter with no standard effects and no standard sound to use in my rack www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/1289360 with my new morphagene :) All the videos I found describe Morgasmatron as a "standard filter" with many more inside but basically a standard one. QPAS seems to sound more "experimental".

[@makeshift_battlefield_music]

So cool

[@am5790]

Would you ever do a complete tutorial of Empress Echosystem?

[@loopop]

probably not though I'm not against it... just need to get my hands on it...

[@am5790]

@@loopop i hope you manage to get one and feel inspired or are impressed enough by its depth to give it a go :) always enjoy your detailed tutorials. Thank you for responding. A good day to you.

[@nectariosm]

So the wildcard inputs are like dynamic accent, of sorts.

[@davidmarks6612]

Perhaps the mystery inputs would react well to the dynamic gate from the 0-CTRL.

[@housemachine509]

Hmm Jomox rackonizer like?

[@tescomealdeals]

!!¡¡ makes it go pew pew

[@D.Z.A.-kp8lf]

How much does this beast cost?

[@SootySweep22]

This module tickled my ear hairs.

[@simondanielssonmusic]

hi there

[@boedye]

That almost sounds binaural!

[@pettaway5530]

Let me have it 🎧

[@PaulJBurns]

Not explaining the wildcard inputs is neither big , clever nor cute. As ever , good video.

[@eliaspagnani2827]

Jedi

[@Nick-kb6jd]

FFS's!!

[@sampleexamplemusic]

sorry to say but i want to buy something with a complete manual on EVERYTHING on the front panel. sounds cool though.