miRack - How To Make A Simple Synth - Beginner Friendly Tutorial!

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"miRack - How To Make A Simple Synth - Beginner Friendly Tutorial!"
FEATURING:
I'm very excited about the miRack modular synthesizer app on iPad!
In this video, I show how you can build a very simple 1 Oscillator Synthesizer,
sequence it with a sequencer and keep your notes in key.
We briefly explore some of the sound potential in the "Audible Instruments - Macro Oscillator", which is based on the real-world "Braids" module from "Mutable Instruments".
More *Beginner Friendly* miRack tutorials to come!
Whatever kind of music you are making - KEEP IT UP, Friends!
Don't stop making *YOUR MUSIC*!!
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[@christetro]

I am a music tinkerer and this is the first modular tutorial to ever make sense to me! Thank you and great job!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey, Chris! That is great to hear! Thanks for watching! 😁👊

[@ashleygillespie9883]

Just discovered mirack and your series on the same day and I’m just starting to learn modular. I really like how engaged you are with your audience and i love your enthusiasm and how thorough and honest you are. This channel is gold , can’t wait to dive in !

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for the support! 😀 👊 I do a weekly livestream on Sundays at 10am PST, where we also sometimes cover modular, both in miRack, and in real-world gear. In a few hours, I'll be live with a Digitakt and a small Eurorack skiff playing around - if you want to come chill for some real-time music making! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmWxi6ODrtehjJI

[@AdamHardymaniOSMM]

Thanks Dean, I’ve been looking at modular for a while but wasn’t sure where to start, this is great - keep em coming! 🙏

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey, Adam! Thanks for watching! 😀 👊 More soon! WOOT! 👍

[@RottenCircuits]

More please, this is great stuff! Once again dean knocks it out of the ball park!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

💙 Thanks very much for the kind words, Bro! 🤗😁👊

[@sebastiannassen]

Thank you a lot! There's a really steep learning curve to this! Nicely done, great teacher!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey, Sebastian! Thanks for the support! 😀 👊

[@uleesays]

Super useful. Plus, I really enjoyed watching the video. Great work man!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! I hope it helps you in *your* musical journey! 😀 👊

[@TheDjchriscollins]

Brilliant, thanks so much for the vid, at last modular starting to make sense

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks for watching, Chris! 😀 👊 More to come at a beginner friendly pace (as I'm still a beginner in Modular, too!) 👍

[@yvonnedickerson5326]

Many thanks, Dean! This is precisely what I needed! You da mayun!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks for watching, Yvonne! 😀 👊 Next episode picks up right where this one leaves off and is uploading now! 👍

[@gregstrauss3888]

Thanks so much, this really helped!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for the support, Greg! 😀 👊

[@toddlongmiremusic]

Dean, I agree with Spider, I am very happy you are producing videos for miRack. I picked it up a couple of weeks ago but was a little lost. I didn't have much time to dedicate to it because I was away on a trip for work. Now that i am back I am looking forward in following along and learning about modular synthesis. Come on, people, get this man to 5,000 subs!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks very much for the kind words, Todd! Getting ready to make the next tutorial right now! WOOT! 😁🙏👊

[@jarickthom9767]

Thank you for this tutorial - it breaks down the concepts of modules and what simple ones do. I have to admit I was overwhelmed when I first started looking into this. Your vids and tutorial were perfect to learn how to use such amazing synth technology. Look forward to learning more in the future!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks, Jarick! 😀 👊 Lots more tutorials on miRack coming! 👍

[@omnidivergence9846]

I have been doing modular for awhile now and I found this content very well explained. Great work!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for the support! 😁👊

[@geocache66today]

great tutorial, well paced and draws you in. well done friend, inspired to make my purchase. will definitely follow your work. keep going bruv !

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks for watching, Richard! 😀 👊 Loads more to come on miRack! The more I learn about it, the more I want to learn about it! 🤤 Here's a link to all of my videos for it so far: kzbin.info/aero/PLK5Ai5ysFp2v7YmCDLCHdFRIu4ZKU4G7h

[@Noidal77]

Thanks for your help!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey, John! Thanks for watching! 😀 👊

[@kmontzka]

Thanks for the great tutorial! Certainly helps with first steps on what can be a daunting app. So many possibilities that an easily become overwhelming. With your enthusiasm and clear explanations, it’s easy to dive in. Thumbs up indeed!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching, Karl! 😀 👊

[@WhySoBroke]

Electroamigo! I cannot thank you enough for this great tutorial! Gracias!!!!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Awwww Yeah! 😀 👊 Thanks for watching! This app is so deep with so many possibilities! 💙

[@sascha10489]

Ohhh man I really like the style you’re explain these stuff. Very fluid and not so much uninteresting Blabla. You have great teaching abilities 🙏🏽👾🙏🏽

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thank you very much for the kind words, Sascha! 😀 👊 Very much appreciated! 🙏

[@cosmicslop1272]

Great tutorial. Very well explained and demonstrated. Thanks

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for the support! miRack is awesome! 😁👊

[@cosmicslop1272]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio your demo was so good I’ve just this second purchased it. Now to start playing!! 😀😀

[@hmosc]

I just found your channel looking for info on mirack. I’ve been working with synths since 1968. I like you approach to explaining. I subscribed. Good luck going forward.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks very much, Howard! 😀 👊

[@rb8058]

Nice. Subscribed!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for the support! 😁🙏👊

[@abdielmolina8912]

¡Gracias!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! 😀 👊

[@dictabeat]

Cool stuff dean. I just bought the app and learning the basics now thanks to you.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Sweet! 🤗😁👊 Careful, this app is what led me to purchase my first piece of Eurorack gear, (Pittsburgh modular SV-1b synth). Then, upon actually touching and patching a *real-world piece of this stuff* - I WAS CRAZY HOOKED!! 😍 This is an endless rabbit hole - we just need more hours in the day! 😏 HAVE FUN!!

[@dictabeat]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio I'll consider myself warned but for the 10 bucks I figured this couldn't hurt to get me acquainted with this stuff so I can discover if this is something for me. 😁

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@dictabeat Hell Yeah!! 👍👍

[@bassphantom4613]

Awesome

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! 😁👊

[@tablaninja]

Thank you SO MUCH!!!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

You are very welcome! Thanks for watching! 😀 👊 I am pretty much *blown away* by miRack, and there will loads more *beginner friendly* tutorials coming for it! 👍

[@G0nz0uk]

Learning VCV Rack then I found this for the iPad last night! Great vid, I want to connect it up to my DAWless gear next.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! 😁🙏👊

[@AndreaFalesi]

Thanks Dean, I really needed it. miRack is great, but I'm not really good at building modular synth patches. Your videos will be a valuable help. Cheers.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

I'm just learning modular too - This is crazy complex! We're going to go very slow in the tutorials! 😀 👊

[@stephanmaier5634]

Dope!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! 😀 👊

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

Great start to this modular series. I'm already on the third playthrough of this vid whilst at work, just listening and absorbing all the info while working. Will follow along later and get this beginner's patch set up on my iPad to play with. I'm so glad you've taken the plunge down the modular Rabbit hole. I couldn't think of a better Teacher to have on this excursion! Always direct and clear instructions and explanations. Thanks, mate! Keep 'em coming! :-)

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

THANKS, Buddy! 😀 👊 I'm thinking for the next one, we'll connect up a midi keyboard to PLAY the synth, and add a couple more oscillators! Awwwww Yeah! 👍👍

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

Electronisounds Audio Having a wonderful evening here, lost down the Rabbit hole with miRack and a cup of coffee. Followed your steps and got this patch going. Couldn’t resist trying to add an LFO to modulate the Timbre of the OSC. Connected a waveform from the LFO to the OSC Timbre and turned up the Modulation dial on the OSC. Ooohh! That worked, but out of sync with the sequence tempo. Connected the V/Oct from the LFO to the Clock 1 output...and hey! Now the LFO is modulating the Timbre to the clock tempo! Don’t know if that’s what I was supposed to do, but it’s done something that’s behaving as I wanted it to! Lol. This is so awesome, mate, a huge modular playground on iPad, dream come true! I took the Red Pill! Ok...I’m going further in...more coffee needed.... (Edit) Actually, connecting the Clock 1 output to the LFO SCL and tweaking the SCL dial works even better.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 AWESOME!!!!!! Get it!!!!! 😲👏👏

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

Electronisounds Audio Lol. Now added a synced delay, a reverb, and modulating the Colour on the OSC with a different waveform from the LFO. Don’t know what SAM function is for on the BOGAUDIO LFO, but I’m modulating it from CLK2 set to a different ratio. The result is a very nice spacious polyrhythmic arp which is sweeping through a range of Timbres and Colours. No sleep tonight!!! 🤣🤣😲

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 You are waaay ahead of the game, Buddy!!! AWESOME!! 😀 👊 That sounds awesome! (Just an idea and please *NO PRESSURE* , but if you want to email me that session when you are done with it, I will *show it* in tomorrows tutorial video!!) Either way, Sounds like you are deep in that rabbit hole! 👏👏

[@b.c.slumber3694]

Very helpful :)

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for the support! 😀 👊

[@fabrizionepote9688]

Great tutorial ... go go electronicsounds...🎛🕉

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thank you very much, Fabrizio! 😀 👊 I've got a lot of ideas for other things to share - lots more beginner friendly tutorials coming! 👍

[@adamb2987]

I actually don't have iOS anything but this tutorial is very useful for VCV Rack on Windows too! thank you! It is so easy to follow your tutorials

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey, Adam! Thanks for the support! 😀 👊 I actually learned a lot about miRack by watching VCV rack tutorials from Omri Cohen!

[@vaspers]

I find the miRack to be so complex, I rarely use it for anything, but love my other 30 iOS synthapps. So your tutorial is something I need to watch. THANKS, man!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Yeah, this is the same thing as learning "real-world-eurorack" - it's Soooooooo deep. Thanks for checking it out! 😁👊

[@vaspers]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio I am about to give up on miRack right now. It's not responding well to taps, double tap to delete a module. If I can't delete modules, it's no good.

[@emil-9432]

I totally see myself using this for actual musical applications, hopefully developer will implement polyphony down the road! This could potentially become *the* synth to rule them all! I’ve already designed some interesting sounds vastly different from any other synths I got. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

"I’ve already designed some interesting sounds vastly different from any other synths I got." - YAY! That's what i'm talking about right there! BOOM! 😀👊🔥🔥

[@kentaccordionist]

Good to finally put a face to the name.... great tutorial Dean. Hope price don’t go up in the next few days I might have to wait till Tuesday to purchase.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! 😀 👊 The more I explore and play around in this app, the more I am liking it! Lots more *beginner Friendly* tutorials for miRack on the way! WOOT! 👍

[@jimshannononsounds]

Great tutorial. I just purchased miRack last night. There's not a lot of "getting started" tutorials on miRack. I think in chat the other day Spider was saying how miRack runs on a 2016 iPad. I think the difference between the black/white patch bay I/0 is black is output and white input. Something like that. Looks like I got to get at least the iPad Air Q1 of next year for the iPencil etc. Looking forward to more or these Dean.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

BOOM! Thanks for watching, Jim! 😀 👊 Indeed! The lack of tutorials is what ultimately made me decide to go for it and make some, even though i'm not very skilled at any of this yet. I figure if I can at least *help* get some people *started* who otherwise probably wouldn't find a place to *start* - then it's a good thing! Awwww Yeah! 👍

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

Jim Shannon on Sounds Hey Jim. Yeah it’s running quite a few modules very nicely on my 2016 iPad Pro. Definitely a screen pen of some kind is essential with this app, although you can also pinch zoom into the modules which helps a lot. Man! This modular business is a totally new and interesting learning curve for me. Really enjoying the challenge!

[@TeddyLeppard]

This is just a fun kit building experience for anyone into electronic music.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

WOOT! Thanks for watching, Teddy! 😀 👊

[@kentaccordionist]

Bought and built my first working rack. Thanks..... I hate creating modular synths with a vengeance but they do sound great once you get the hang of programming them.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Congratulations on your first working rack! 😀 👊 I used to really be turned off by all of this as well, and had a very hard time trying to learn a bit of modular synthesis a few years ago, with not much success... I'm really glad I tried again with miRack, because i'm definitely starting to get the hang of it now, and it's a *lot* more fun now that i've invested enough time to understand a little more. The more I learn, the more fun the actual patching is getting. And i've still barely even scratched the surface of what looks to be possible in here! YAY! 👍

[@kentaccordionist]

Electronisounds Audio just been messing about using multiple oscillators filters and effects,not worked out the midi input side of things yet, it will connect wirelessly to my micro Korg but as yet can’t make the Korg play anything intelligent.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@kentaccordionist You are in luck!! It's the FIRST THING I show in the next tutorial !! WOOOT!!! 😀 👊 You can check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXLcnZx_lsSqjtU

[@walrtbstudios5430]

Well Dean, it took nearly a year, but I can safely say that this has me hooked. Whether it was your modular Sundays, or Ed B’s encouragement, or the fact that my Typhon has been put back to December, but I determined this week to sit down with a tutorial or two and work this out. I’ve found that the time spent on it increases exponentially each day (there’s a limit, surely?), and I’m now at the stage where I’m annoyed at the quality of the delay modules... Next I’ll be tackling the drum module tutorials, in the hope that if I can build something really cool in miRack I won’t need to drop £250+ on a Drumbrute! Thank you.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

WOOT! Awesome, Wal!! 🤗😁👊 There is a *reverb module* in MiRack that is really, really good - it's called "Plateau" and it is so delicious! The MiRack developer is really dedicated to the app, too - so more modules to come for sure! ❤️

[@walrtbstudios5430]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio Thanks for that Dean- I did try it, but it looks like I need to master LFOs before I can use that to its potential. I have however built a gobsmackingly good bass patch around a Valley ‘Feline’ filter and M1 ‘Superdrive’ and reverb modules, sending clock 2 and 3 to the filter cutoff and res. It’s all the basses I will ever need! If I can work out how I’ll copy you into the patch...

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@walrtbstudios5430 Oooooh! Feline and Superdrive i'm not familiar with! There are so many modules in MiRack! It's EPIC! ❤️ At some point, i'd like to try and combine it with Real-World Eurorack -- Too much good stuff!

[@BsYtHandle]

Your happy faced intro always makes me smile. Love your content! I think something extra that I would have found interesting and super helpful would have been an insight into your process in setting up this video. For example, you mention that you were referring to an image off-screen to help you build this patch. Where did you find that image and what made you choose to use that particular one? I would also be interested to learn how you know which cable goes where? "Left to left and right to right". Yes but why did you choose the white part of the module rather than the grey? Anyone who I have watched misses out these foundation stones when they attempt to pass on some knowledge. For me that means it disappears into the pile of untethered knowledge that could be so much more helpful. I cannot recreate what you do because some of the very first steps in why you do it are missing. Lastly, you are now the proud owner of around 5,000,000HP x 2000,000U of populated Eurorack space. So you have gone from here, a self-confessed novice, to there, a super-geek, in one year! Now, either you are some kind of learning machine or there's something there that you could pass on too! I hope that I have explained myself in a way that is helpful for you without making you feel like I am attacking you or your channel. That is certainly not my intent. Thank you for all the time and effort you spend on this.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Well, yes - I am a learning machine. This is ALL I DO. 🤓 I can't pas on my personal enthusiasm, unrelenting commitment to creating electronic music, learning ethic or attention to detail. This is how I make my living (sound design) ( www.electronisounds.com ) and is *also* my only hobby/passion/interest outside of keeping my wife happy. 😏 I don't even have a car if you get my drift. I rarely leave the house. LOL I've been an electronic music producer and sound designer since 1994, so I had a *lot* of knowledge already going in to Eurorack - which helps immensely. Meaning, I already knew how to make music and sounds, I just didn't know this exact format of working. The image offscreen was just a SCREENSHOT that I made that helped me remember what modules to use and how to route them so I wouldn't forget or do it wrong in the video. With over 500 modules available in MiRack at that time, and being a beginner at modular, I needed cheat notes! 😏 How to know where to touch and what to patch? Like I explain in my videos - I watch a LOT of other people teaching beginning concepts videos, then LEARN from that, and share what I can. (real-world Eurorack videos are 100% relevant and able to be learned from - just seek out the CONCEPTS you want to learn (i.e. triggers, gates, envelopes, filters, routing etc...) and that infortmation translates to a LOT of things in MiRack. If you watch all my Mirack beginner videos in sequence, You might get the answers you seek. I have 17 videos on MiRack here: kzbin.info/aero/PLK5Ai5ysFp2v7YmCDLCHdFRIu4ZKU4G7h However, this world is the DEEPEST RABBIT HOLE THAT EXISTS (!!), and there is no global manual for it all. I personally got into it 3 other times before I really "GOT IT". These are not easy concepts. Welcome to the arena. You will definitely need to seek out way more learning sources to fully understand this type of thing. I would need to make *hundreds* of videos to even scratch the surface of what is actually possible here. 🤓 Look for more videos on the BASICS, and if you stick with it, things start to slowly make sense, the more time you spend learning it. Like I mention in the videos, this cat right here: kzbin.info/door/uWKHSHTHMV_nVSeNH4gYAg is a MUST FOLLOW for beginning concepts to help you get started with all of this. 👍👍

[@procyborg]

great tutorial and teaching skills. Just a note: maybe do a small video about the differences between CV and audio. Because you're always referring only to ins & outs (or maybe i missed it?) - could be confusing to a beginner. Greets from Vienna

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks for watching, Alan! 😀 👊 Thank you for the suggestion! I'm still a total beginner at modular, and don't have a deep understanding of it yet. 👊

[@AdamsBrew78]

There’s a toggle button on the top of the screen that makes it a lot easier to move modules around. I always find it quicker than using the longpress on the top of each module method.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

BOOM! That is a *great tip*! 😀 👊 Thanks for that one! Stupid me - I thought that icon was for *locking* the modules so that they would not move at all. 😏 DOH! This is so much easier this way, especially when you want to move a bunch of modules around quickly. YAY! Thanks again! 👍👍

[@MeerkatMuzic]

Great tutorial Dean we need a AU hosting module inside MiRack then I could use the Tube AU app to watch you actually inside the rack and follow along. That would be cool.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

EPIC! I like the cut of your jib, Buddy! 😀 👊 (Oh, and thanks for watching!)

[@MeerkatMuzic]

Electronisounds Audio I’ve dropped a few hints to the dev about your miRack videos over on the Audiobus forums Dean so hopefully we may see a AU hosting module proper insisted MiRack next year.

[@sascha10489]

I did it in split screen view😆

[@Lorichs]

Thanx for a super usefull video 😊. Drambo has pushed me towards modulars. I can resist MIrack no longer. That Oscilator is F-ing dynamite 🧨😃👍🏼💪🏼

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching, Peter! 😀 👊

[@skroll71]

I really, really like your videos on this. I have re-created this patch, watched the video over and over and even tinkered with it. But - I still cannot wrap my head around the signal flow here. I believe I am “too linear”, so if somebody will help explain why this does that and in which order, I would really, really appreciate it. Thank you so much for your videos!!

[@GovernorSilver]

Thanks for the tutorial. Question however... I had the sound going until I touched the MSC Hack mixer. I think I accidentally muted something but can't figure out how or why. I see the level bars pumping on channel 1 of the mixer. Any ideas?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Sorry, I can't be sure exactly, but what I did in the beginning was to save a lot as a different project name, so I could go back to a working version if I broke something like that - because it happens as you are learning for sure! I hope you got it working and keep at it!😀 👊

[@NoFishCanSwim]

Thanks Dean. I'm really interested in modular but find it confusing and intimidating. This is a great help. One question; why do you use two mixers here?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey, Grant! I find it pretty confusing and intimidating as well - it's so deep! 😀 👊 I'm using the *large* mixer for routing audio (it's not super important in this first stage, but when we start routing some effects through it to add to our synth(s), and adding more instruments to the session, it starts to work it's magic!) The other little mixer I'm using to connect the amplitude envelope to the oscillator.

[@schautamatic]

I’d pay some close attention to the video at around 4:00 (give or take) regarding LIMITERS and how “absolutely the way to go” they are for the safety of your tympanic membranes. I’ve had some scary times in Garageband working on some subtle dark ambient experiments where I had the volume turned up fairly high already due to low initial gains. Then I started monkeying with new plug-ins to hear their effects and sometimes there were some…SERIOUS unanticipated “effects”!! 🧨⚡️💥🙀😬😵‍💫

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Indeed!! Thanks for watching, Steve! 😁👊

[@EdBMetal]

Dude, i can’t even tell you how super useful this video has been for me. It instantly kickstarted my understanding of the app so much more and i already turned this synth into a 4 osc full stereo synth with multiple send effects. Damn this is fun and addictive. Is there a good stereo chorus in miRack though that you know of? I don’t know if there are more available than just the two that pop up under the Chorus tag. But i am not impressed by those two at all. I wonder if there is a way to have miRack routed with AUM in such a way that i can use my own AUv3 plugin effects inside AUM working as an external send effect for the mixer inside miRack... hard to explain maybe what i am trying to accomplish.... i am not trying to put my AUv3 plugins on the overal master sound of miRack, but interested in putting them as send effects on the individual mixer channels inside miRack. I doubt there is a module that functions as an interface between AUM and miRack to route such things. shit, i am starting to see why you switched to hardware Eurorack gear. LOL! 🤘😎👍 Hope to catch your live Eurorack stream later today again 😃

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

BOOM! Great job, Ed! 😀 👊 Unfortunately I'm not super familiar with the chorus modules in Mirack to know which one(s) might be good, sorry! I love your idea of INDIVIDUALLY routing the audio out to AUM to create FX sends! WOW! NICE!!! Unfortunately, I don't know of a way to do this at this time, like you said - we can only put the fx on the entire "master" of what is coming out of MiRack when hosting it in AUM (that I know of !). Thanks for watching!

[@EdBMetal]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio i still have to watch more of your miRack tutorials for sure. I am still a total noob. But i am already so happy i am getting a grip on these basic things thanks to your tutorials! You are very clear and structured and thorough when explaining these things. Super educational and so much appreciated synth sensei 🙏 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 My own fault i have kept myself so long in the dark. It seemed so overwhelming and confusing but you really inspired me with your live Eurorack patch sessions. I see this is just an entire world on its own inside iOS music making. Very cool. I might actually consider getting Drambo now i see how much fun this modular stuff is. And i think that might even be more accesible for noobs like me probably since i believe there is less patching involved, right?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@EdBMetal Thanks, Ed! 😁🙏👊 I've not actually played with Drambo, buuuuuuut - I've not heard anyone say *anything* bad about it - everyone seems to love it, and if there were more hours in the day, I would check it out as well. It looks like you can get CRAZY DEEP with it! 😀 👊

[@matrixknobs2848]

👍🏻

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for checking it out! 😁👊

[@pauljs75]

I kind of get the idea, but this is a bit harder to follow using the browser version of the app. (Doesn't seem to have the same components and some minor UI differences.) Are there other tutorials specific to that?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Sorry, I don't know anything about a browser version. (?) Do you mean VCV Rack? If so, Check out Omri Cohen's YT Channel. It's all the info you need.👊

[@MrLouloulepoux]

Are all these modules coming with the app when you purchased it?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Yes!! 😀 👊 So many modules included!! 😀

[@strangersun7721]

Wonder if I'd be able to wire it up to my hardware modules using Expert Sleepers ES-8 like I can do with VCV Rack on the PC. Will have to check this out. Thanks, Dean.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

...looks up Expert Sleepers ES-8....... OH SNAP!!!! 😲 👍 I bet you can! That looks crazy sweet! BOOM! 🔥🔥

[@strangersun7721]

Electronisounds Audio I'm going to try this tonight

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@strangersun7721 Oh Snap! GOOD LUCK! 😀 👊

[@ShapeNoise]

Hey, yep, do it! It works 🤠

[@ToastedGhost]

Just bought, worth it for the Audio effects alone, g in AUM . Many thanks and keep the tutorials coming Brilliant!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! 😀 👊 Lots more miRack tutorials on the way! 👍

[@ToastedGhost]

Electronisounds Audio cheers buddy look forward to them

[@wayneanderson2866]

(Hits like before video starts 😂)

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

That is *very much appreciated*, Wayne! 😀 👊

[@emil-9432]

Lol, I do that too, and on Jokob’s and Doug’s videos too. I know I’m gonna like it, but with all the excitement I might just forget 😋

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

Nice and clear walkthrough. I guess you could lose the one channel mixer and route the envelope output directly to the main mixer Level CV input for the same effect? Doesn't make much difference here but if you have multiple channels keeping the module count down probably helps. All depends on how quickly a module processes the CV I guess for an accurate envelope.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

The one channel mixer I think is needed, it's connecting the amplitude envelope to the oscillator. This is the part that I have the *most trouble* understanding, right now - that specific routing/connection between the Oscillator and the amplitude envelope. 🤔

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

@@ElectronisoundsAudioIt's all a fun learning experience for very little $. As far as I can tell the envelope is just modifying the level so this could be done either in the one channel or main mixer. I will compare the two at some point myself rather than just spout ideas. :)

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@MatthewJohnCrittenden *Please* let me know how that goes!! 😁🙏👊

[@glass.tapper]

I had this same question: why the single-channel mixer? Figured since I looked into it and found that it (routing ADSR “out” into mixer’s “level” port) could be done on a “main” mixer without needing the intermediary module, I’d comment here. I figure if we were needing to purchase additional modules this might be pricey, but since this is miRack (ouRack? youRack?) and additional modules & cables don’t cost a penny, you can patch it whatever way makes most sense to you. 👊🥸 Digging this series, Dean. Hoping you won’t abandon miRack tutorials now that you’ve splurged on hardware.

[@kyletallon]

The one channel mixer is being used as a VCA - voltage controlled amplifier. The Envelope from the ADSR module is controlling the level of the mixer, which is amplifying the signal from the oscillator. Each oscillator basically needs an envelope generator and vca so you can control it instead of it just droning on whatever note it’s receiving via v/oct signal.

[@ToastedGhost]

Always love your videos. Have you tried holon.ist yet? Bet youd love it

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! Wow, holon.ist looks very powerful, indeed! 😀 👊

[@ToastedGhost]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio Yes it is, at first a little like Mirack a daunting experience, but break the ice an it is amazing. Even using an existing rack it can add an extra dimension. Data from the gyro, rotation, the moon and sun, speed etc the list is massive. I would love to see what a master of sound like yourself could conjure up.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@ToastedGhost I need more hours in the day! 😁

[@ToastedGhost]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio I need more hous in the day and I am retired. lol. Serriously just getting my head around holon.ist, just woke up to the thought that it could also power any CC in AUM, say cutoff filters changing with gravity, panning control by heat, I mean the permutations of this thing are amazing. Dancers controling their music. To bend your mind even further have you looked at Beatcutter another extrodinary tool. My soloution to your time problem is clone yourself. Problem sorted!

[@heinzkunobert1359]

Very helpful! Keep going with miRack. Is it possible to copy a section of molules?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks for watching, Heinz! 😀 👊 I'm not 100% sure about the copying of modules, but I don't know of a way to do that at this time, sorry! It might be possible, i'm just very new to this app as well. 👊

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

You can duplicate modules by double tapping them and selecting duplicate from the pop up menu, but I’m not sure if you can copy a bunch of them at once.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 Boom! Thanks, Buddy! 😁🙏👊

[@Madmohawkfilms]

Hi Dean, can you replicate Make Noise’s MATHS module in mirack like you can in VCV Rack? Thanks man

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

I don't think that module is inside here, but i'm honestly not 100% sure on that because I don't use Maths personally. Yep - I'm *THE ONE GUY* who is not into Maths. lol, sorry! 👊

[@Madmohawkfilms]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio Thanks Dean, I saw a video earlier where a gent built his own MATHS from the modules in VCV Rack which I’m told is the Daddy of MiRack. I keep flipping back n forth wether to just grab a Tip Top Happy Ending Case and the MATHS and be done with it :) I’ve also been messing with Drambo which is pretty powerful too.

[@Madmohawkfilms]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio had someone tell me to try the Befaco Rampage Module in Lieu of the MATHS Module on VCV Rack.supposedly MIRack is based off VCV Rack

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@Madmohawkfilms Yes, MiRack unquestionably is an offshoot from VCV rack. :) Yep, that Befaco Rampage module is indeed inside of MiRack!

[@Madmohawkfilms]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio I jumped on MiRack, figured, $10 what;ve i got to lose? Lunch money? Drambo still seems EASIER to me but using Virtual versions of actual Modules is enticing in case I jump to hardware since I’m a GAS Fiend.

[@truthmanifestingtruth]

Can it be played like a piano with an external midi-controller

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

YES! Absolutely, But - i only know how to program MONO SYNTHS at this time. 😀 👊 Polyphony is a whole other thing... I show how to connect your midi controller in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXLcnZx_lsSqjtU

[@rolandechosmith5526]

Why do many presets not have a keyboard?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Because for the most part, the fun part of Euroack is about using the sequencers to create music, not just playing a simple synth with an external controller or an external sequencer. 😁👊

[@ToastedGhost]

Just a question why does this setup use 2 mixers? cheers

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

In this example, the mix1 is connecting the amplitude envelope to the oscillator so we can shape the envelope of the sound. That's the only way I know how to route it. 😀 👊 Also, we keep adding things to the larger "main" mixer in my next few miRack videos. 👍

[@ToastedGhost]

Electronisounds Audio Right I kinda understand. Seemed weird at first. Cheers again

[@schautamatic]

Ok, so I downloaded VCV Rack 2 (free) so my (Windows) laptop has something useful to do. Not a bad starter if a little clunky and glitchy at times. Meanwhile, I finally BOUGHT MIRACK and for now learning it on an iPhone SE 2020 until I get my upgrade (iPhone 13 pro max). Sure, I have to zoom and move around a lot but otherwise it WILL work even on a “budget” iPhone SE! So even if you don’t have an iPad, GO FOR IT anyway!! Just be prepared to also pay like $1.13 tax on that app. 😡😖😸😸

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey, Steve! That's super cool that it's working on the iPhone, too! WOOT! 😁👊

[@schautamatic]

Or add a THOUSAND oscillators like that one crazy guy of the Look Mum No Computer channel did on his sound wall. 😂🤣🤪😄😄

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Yesssssssssssssss!!! Now you're talking!! Mwuhahahaha!! 😁👊

[@billfusionenterprise]

A sad not about this synth is that there is not allot of presets in it. You think that this cross bred VCV would have more, allot more. To help out those starters

[@glass.tapper]

Might want to check out patchstorage.com/platform/mirack/ if you’re (still) looking for presets to reverse engineer and learn from.

[@Michael_Lak]

Iz brings up ipad synth and 15 seconds later I'm making music. Meanwhile......

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Awwwww Yeah, this is modular synthesis - the final frontier! It goes deeeeeeep..... 🤓😁👊

[@jospehbloseph7172]

Ok guys, I’m going to go ahead and grab this and guys I’m going to move this into the patch guys, ooh and guys I won’t say the name of the module guys, I’ll just move it guys. Great, confused yet guys?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Homie - You realize that I'm going as slow as I possibly can here, and that 800+ people found this tutorial useful? SHEESH! If it's not for you, it's not for you. Take a breath. 😁👊

[@jospehbloseph7172]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio lol, I was just making a joke, I liked and subscribed

[@periurban]

Very useful video, but I found your constant use of the word "guys" annoying. I know I'm here, but who are these other people you are addressing?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Yes, I know I say "Guys" too much - Not a helpful comment. If you get value from my videos then watch them, it's that simple.

[@periurban]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio Don't worry, it won't stop me. But... oh well. Just be you then! xxx

[@glass.tapper]

“Who are these other people?” ALL OF US. We the Internet People. 😂

[@periurban]

@@glass.tapper None of them are here. I've searched everywhere. It's only me and the dog, and he isn't listening.