Massive Eurorack Drums & Beyond // Steady State Fate Entity Ultra Perc

Here we have the vastly powerful and highly flexibly ENTITY ULTRA PERC from SSF (Steady State Fate). This module continues and develops on the Entity Percussion Synthesiser and is part of the drum line up for SSF right alongside the ENTITY ULTRA KICK.
The ULTRA PERC features lots of modular building blocks inside its circuits including two resonant filter cores, a wave folder, filtered noise generator, trigger delays, envelopes, VCAs and more. It’s a whole mini modular system in a module that while focussed on percussion sounds can be used as a processor for external signals. You’ll see anything from west coast style synth voices through the broken tape machine style FX processing in the video … among the more obvious wide range of drum sounds.
It’s 100% analog (despite some digital FM like tones at times) and to be blunt it is utterly impressive, vast in its potential yet still easy to dial in great sounds.
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ENTITY ULTRA KICK
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- signal flow diagram // bit.ly/EUP-diagram
STEADY STATE FATE DEMOS
- Steady State Gate // • Low Pass Gates Reimagi...
- Entity Ultra Kick // • Is this the BEST kick ...
- RND STEP // • NEW DIVKID MODULE // '...
- ZPO // • Steady State Fate SSF ...
- Autodyne // • Steady State Fate Auto...
- Stereo Dipole // • Steady State Fate Ster...
TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS
NT = no talking patch examples
00:00 Hello and patch previews
02:04 What is the Entity Ultra Perc and how have I found it?
03:30 Extended feature run down with sound examples
08:26 ALL THE PERCS! Kick snare and hi hat at the same time
10:38 Snare drums - clangorous thumbs and noise flams
12:29 NT // HAVE AT IT!
12:57 Complex West Coast Voices
15:17 NT // The Snare That Smacks
15:54 Responsive Dynamics and Layering Triggers + Accents
19:07 NT // Dynamic EXT IN triggering - house basslines
19:36 Ultra Perc as a processor - a whole “back end” for an oscillator
21:15 Chunky Techno Rolling Riffs
24:03 NT // Responsive Dynamic EXT IN pinging
24:24 Broken Tape Machine & Warped Vinyl Noise - killer destructive nostalgia
26:22 NT // 100mph fly by percussion - DNB Ditty
27:02 Evocative Dynamic ‘real world’ percussion
29:27 AUDIO RATE TRIGGERING // Glottal Throaty Filter Style
31:31 NT // Turning characterful kicks into basslines
31:53 Beautifying (or ugly-fying!) Delays & Feedback Loops
33:16 NT // Blips & Donks
33:38 The Clap/Snap Patch - flams and slap back knocks
35:29 NT // Hi Hat + Snare at the same time
35:41 Phil Collins’ Pitched Tom Fills
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[@michaelfaymusic]

Ben, you’re such a valuable asset to this niche, nerdy realm we all inhabit. You just seem like such a solid dude. Thank you.

[@DivKid]

Hi Michael I really appreciate that. I try to share the good work of people and make and share as many musical ideas and techniques as I can with this stuff. Lot of love for the community and glad to be a part of it. Thank you!

[@jamescigler]

Wow, this is awesome! What a great example of a module that is, on the surface designed for a specific type of sound, but is also incredibly flexible and multi-purpose.

[@DivKid]

Well said, funny that SSF have the Ultra Kick when this will churn out massive chest bumping kicks (and nice soft little round ones too) and the twin resonant filter meets folder as an odd external processor was a lovely surprise.

[@jamescigler]

@@DivKid This was also a wonderful reminder of the tones I used to get running the RES-4 into the A-137 waveshaper. My my, how the mind fatigues with age LOL

[@andrewmarshall195]

Great video and explanation dude! This module seems really really innovative! Love it!

[@monkey_breath]

absolutely amazing, and fantastic video, i really like how you broke down what is making which sound at what time in this. that tends to get a little confusing in a lot of gear videos, but well done, you made it less confusing!! also that module sounds freaking amazing, it's really stepping on the GAS.

[@danielkibbee1907]

The synth voice patch was amazing. Your videos are quite inspired and I really used them to start my first case

[@DivKid]

thanks Daniel, such range as a synth voice I hope was a nice surprise* to people. *or not, as you get to know SSF you know what range Andrew engineers into his stuff.

[@unkatom]

I love it when ol’ Divkid gets to try a truly deep drum module in his vast racked array of deep modules 👍

[@Nick-kb6jd]

that was a great demo. I immediately plugged in a square wave to the trig and started folding those audio rate "drums". so cool. Learned a lot from this, and got some great ideas. Look forward to the patreon vid. thanks DivK. watched it 3 times now.

[@DivKid]

Hi Nick, that's great to hear thank you for the comment. Always great to hear when people are getting something from the videos. My ultimate goal is to leave a huge trail of patches for people to try out across all these videos. Gotta admit after editing the video I went back to put an oscillator into the trigger again and play with the audio rate drum thing. Love it.

[@olastrandh2977]

Great module. Great sound designer. Thanks for teaching us, Ben!

[@DivKid]

Thank you, appreciate it.

[@mrotaveria]

A great successor of a great module

[@leandrodomingues50]

Ultra-cool module, as always from SSF! Andrew module designs never disappoints! I just hope one day he makes a nice desktop synth too. 😊

[@shane_l8085]

A happy owner of the Dipole and Vortices I was ready to snap this up when I heard the first demos but had no idea it was gonna be this versatile! Sounds amazing.

[@bluenautilus]

Man, this thing just sounds so good.

[@DivKid]

that really is the bottom line.

[@michaelkonomos]

Man you made that sound good. Especially your sound design on that snare!

[@DivKid]

Thanks, appreciate that. It's easier with some modules than others to get where you want to go, this is like one big sweet spot that you just need to dial into the type of thing you want from it. Lately I've been using it for kicks and as a weird filter mostly.

[@bastard2934]

Pulled the trigger on this one because of your video! Massive!

[@LikeMinds_]

Wholly, this looks promising!

[@antfactor]

Wow. Cool stuff. Cheers!

[@dslavin]

Just to give the requested feedback (pun intended), I love the distorted wacky sounds. To be short, it all sounds good at this end (as usual)!

[@InVacuo]

Hardsync! Definitely will be rewatching this one!

[@DivKid]

nice one, thanks!

[@barrytaft2472]

5 out of 5 Hard syncs!! Sounds amazing!

[@DivKid]

haha 5/5 hard syncs! I'll take it. Thanks Barry.

[@michaelsorhaindo5167]

Great video as always! Loving the Snares you got out of this. I really see this module slotting in my drum case! Struggling to find the hard sync input in the comment section though 😂

[@DivKid]

I've been writing to Google for weeks about this and they haven't implemented that feature request yet! :D

[@metamyther]

Been a fan of this module since it came out (I snagged #4!) So psyched to watch for patch ideas on this one.

[@InVacuo]

Yeah dude, been real interested myself (still haven't pulled the trigger on it yet), listened to your Soundcloud clips of it, you and it do some nice stuff together!

[@metamyther]

@@InVacuo nice! i'll try and keep the demos coming. thanks for listening!

[@mariodanix1211]

Great content - keep on groovin

[@wljhawk]

Was just looking at this today as a possible swap with erica synth drum sample module

[@nickjones5641]

I like the the snare and tom sounds.

[@DivKid]

There's lots of that to explore, only so much time in the video for it but variations of snares and toms are easy to go through.

[@dubstationzero4908]

Hard-Sync … killer demo

[@DivKid]

nice one, thank you!

[@stujay]

Hard synch! (I always get there eventually, Ben.) ;)

[@DivKid]

HARD SYNC! :D happy to have you anytime.

[@McEnroe911]

Just got mine in the mail today. Perfect timing on the video Mr Div! Any updates on when more RND Steps might be available? Cheers!

[@SoundsMick]

Sold me with that decaying ratchet envelope sounds great

[@DivKid]

yeah there's some nice patching to explore there.

[@DBPawlan]

Really love the delay feedback sound. Also really love the Tendrils splitters....can't find any here in the U.S.!

[@NineHellHeaven]

I had the original Entity Percussion. I thought it sounded great but the sweet spots were hard to find so I sold it. I'm kinda interested in this so thanks for the video.

[@mamakuproject]

Same here

[@kaiserclicker8479]

wowowowowow thx u div!

[@oddcircuit]

hard sync...SSF is quickly becoming one of my favs...gonna pull the gate/trigger on the Dipole and this one soon! That Rnd step looks useful as well

[@uplinkstudio]

Another great video. I have the original entity perc and love it. Do you think it would be worth upgrading to the ultra?

[@mikenoface]

Nice Hainbach shout out. :)

[@DivKid]

haha thanks Mike, hoped someone would notice. That graphic was actually from the GOD's BOX Loose Fruit demo I made, so it's not the first time.

[@maskinbatterist]

My wallet did not need this video!

[@thestever]

Great vid! What module(s) did you use for the "acid verb" bassline in the 2nd example? It sounded great!

[@DivKid]

If you use the timing index in the description to give me a section I'll go listen and check so I can answer. Or give me a time stamp (03:47 for example). Thanks.

[@sinsofourfathers]

Does it do the same thing as the previous version where different trigger patterns result in different dynamics? Rapid triggers producing more harmonics etc?

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

I find that drums benefit greatly with compression and distortion and sometimes reverb. I use Mutant Hot Glue eurorack mixer for this.

[@DivKid]

wonder what you think of this one, listen to "The Snare That Smacks" at 15:17 it sounds compressed and driven it hits that hard but it's absolutely just the raw output.

[@DivKid]

I do like the Mutant Hot Glue though, used that for a long while. Usually with a noisier PT style delay in the FX send/return.

[@gladlawson61]

I like ssf stuff

[@DivKid]

it's highly impressive design work and high quality stuff.

[@adamswierczynski]

This might be a better alternative to a second DFAM.

[@AutoCadbr]

👍

[@amineberradaehl]

Hi Ben, if you had to choose amongst these 5 modules, which one would you pick up for Trance / Progressive / Minimal music : BASIMILUS ITERITAS ALTER ? ERICA SYNTHS DRUM SAMPLER ? THIS IS NOT ROQUET SCIENCE WOBBLER 2 ? SSF ENTITY UTRA PERC ? or MODBAP MODULAR TRINITY ? Thanks for your feedback :)

[@Nick-kb6jd]

I’d pick Ultra perc and BIA, coz those are the ones I have. Ha. Seriously though, you get the raw analogue sounds of UP and the digital goodness of BIA.

[@inf0tr8r]

personal decision, what works for one person might not work for the next good luck

[@amineberradaehl]

@@Nick-kb6jd I did so - fantastic choice

[@amineberradaehl]

@@Nick-kb6jd THANKS

[@jakme8237]

Yo i want to hear your finished house music and techno tracks. Do you have an artist page?

[@kiunthmo]

whats the noise like this with gates? i've got my jomox on reverb because the high freq noise from gates made it awful for recording

[@DivKid]

"noise like with gates" what sort of gates do you mean? Like do I need a noise gate? Like other analogue modules if there's an issue with your power (massive weak point for Eurorack) then you may hear it through this (I didn't while working on the demo). I'm also not hearing it make any of it's own noise. The output in the video is raw and unprocessed so there's no noise gating or removal. Feel free to follow up though as I'm not exactly sure what you're asking.

[@kiunthmo]

@@DivKid i found some modules have a kind of trigger noise, high freq. whether thats from a sequencer, or a PTM on the module itself. imagine a HP filtered white noise for the trigger or envelope duration, not loud, but definitely audible. could be power, i've done what i can to debug that. intellijel case so power ~should~ be good. but i definitely think modules themselves are a factor, i tried buying an e440 multiple times and all had high freq noise (constantly), but got a joranalogue filter 8 and its crystal clear. i'd be selling the jomox anyway, wasn't a fan of the process of working with it.

[@mr-iz8cx]

Sounds great! Could anyone recommend similarly flexible digital drum modules to me? I'd love to build a small rack just for drums/perc but dont know where to start. Cheers

[@mamakuproject]

AD Neuron

[@mr-iz8cx]

@@mamakuproject thanks very much. I didn't know AD was making hardware. Also great to know. Cheers

[@mamakuproject]

@@mr-iz8cx it’s discountinued though. But a great digital drum voice.

[@inf0tr8r]

basimillus

[@mr-iz8cx]

@@inf0tr8r thanks Dylan, I'll give it a look

[@klarkinelis]

hardsync ;) hahah still watching

[@DivKid]

haha thanks!

[@klarkinelis]

@@DivKid what do you think - for live situation techno drums - sy0.5 or ultra-perc?

[@DivKid]

Ultra Perc smacks harder than most things. Huge range to it as well.

[@jayopp109]

Anyone know in the 'Phil Collins' Pitched Tom Fills' segment how to sync the Trig with V/Oct cascading sequence?

[@jayopp109]

I found one solution sending the ultra perc out to a step sequencer clock in. Although this is an easy one module solution, Im still curious to know if there is another way to achieve this.

[@DivKid]

Hi Jay, lots of sequencers offer both CV and gate sequencing at the same time. I used the Eloquencer where on the same channel I select the gate pattern then the note per step too. What equipment do you have? I'm sure we can figure something out.

[@jayopp109]

@@DivKid Thanks for the response! Your right, it is way easier then I thought. I am using Stolperbeats sequencer which I believe you can't manipulate the CV but I can send the trigger to another sequencer that can. Took me a day trying to use a LFO, comparator, and quantizer before I realized this lol

[@DivKid]

Hi Jay, ah yeah Stolperbeats (love that one) is just rhythm so I would use it's clock to drive another sequencer and then use that for the CV. Also nice results from LFOs, comparators and quantisers too, i.e. doing it the modular way :)

[@Cowboy-Ben-Alman]

Did your DATA actually show 2 guys dancing or did you do that in post? I want that!

[@DivKid]

Hi Ben, not the first time I've been asked about thing I overlay on DATA ... I added that in the video edit. Apologies for misleading if that was the case, I had fun with the silliness on there for this video though.

[@Cowboy-Ben-Alman]

@@DivKidok! I was like, new firmware?!?!

[@DivKid]

I guess my overlay editing skills are getting better! A video file playback on it would be fantastic.

[@Cowboy-Ben-Alman]

@@DivKid I honestly just want it to boot up with my preferred settings. And maybe have a screen that shows all 4 tuners simultaneously. I talked to Mordax in 2018 about firmware updates and they said they were working on something, but I've never seen anything!

[@DivKid]

They were working on a few things but nothing has come of that publicly (or privately to my knowledge, though like any company they'll have things we haven't seen yet). 4 tuners at once would be handy, as would reboot in last state. I always save my settings on slot 1 and then load them back up, but it would be nice to not think about it.

[@mariodanix1211]

those clip in the data

[@333baxter333]

Man, do you have a jam track? I'm trying to find it in this vid but it keeps changing

[@DivKid]

What do you mean by jam track?

[@Rafaelfo.]

What's providing the plucked voice at 32:15?

[@DivKid]

Hello! That's Elements from Mutable Instruments. It's got a fantastic exciter section (which you don't get with Rings) so lots of impulses, samples, noises, and synthesised little sounds can excite the resonator which leads to wide range of sounds.

[@Rafaelfo.]

@@DivKid Cheers! As often when watching your modular videos, I arrive for the review then get sidetracked by various other wicked bits coming from here there and everywhere.

[@modularbias]

Steady State Fate Gate Ultra Entity Perc Kick 🎛

[@DivKid]

that's the one! Imagine the Entity Ultra Kick, ran into the Entity Ultra Perc, ran into the Steady State Gate! :D

[@boydw1]

@@DivKid I'm kinda surprised you didn't try that in the video

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Was wondering if you’ve ever tried the Boba Fat. It looks like it could be good for analog toms and congas, and kicks. Seems like a great design that lots of people haven’t heard of because before CalSynth started making them assembled, they were DIY only. (I’m not affiliated with CalSynth i just like their stuff.) i still haven’t had the funds to buy it. But i have a major soft spot for synthesized percussion (like the UltraPerc). The ability to use this module as an additive oscillator is pretty cool!

[@korberd]

Thank god I don't have space in my case 🙏🏼

[@pilonipil]

Is it a better kick than the Ultra kick…?

[@inf0tr8r]

no

[@pilonipil]

@@inf0tr8r DivKid suggests otherwise

[@inf0tr8r]

@@pilonipil no he doesn't

[@maxistork6060]

Take my money😂

[@cksample]

lol @ fudge sucking unicorns

[@DreamingRobots]

Hard sync

[@apolloview9305]

🥸

[@decapitateallcops3214]

Ben, it’s extremely sad and disappointing to see modules in your rack which you never make a video on or even mention.

[@DivKid]

I'm sorry I don't have 100 hours in every day to get through everything you'd want ... or that I'd want to. I'd love to cover way more. But good videos don't come from nowhere. On a more serious note though, which modules are you wanting to see demos of?

[@outlier5844]

@@DivKid He wants all of them, God damn it....

[@buzzfunk]

Thing is: im not going to invest in a module that only does Perc sounds.

[@DivKid]

you've not watched the video then ... it's way more than percussion only sounds. Read the description for pointers to interested external sound processing, whole west coast style melodic and complex synth voices. Also worth looking at the signal flow diagram I link to. It shows the building blocks in the circuit so you can see what you're getting.

[@spiralmoment]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@outlier5844]

What about a filter that only filters?

[@peterpalko6962]

Haaaardsyyynnc!

[@DivKid]

haha yes!