miRack - Make An Ambient Drone! - Beginner Friendly Tutorial!

[@krazywabbit]

content maybe four years old but the wabbit appreciate the carrot to chew on. I have been hot and cold on modular and finally putting my feet in the pool. Using the iPad is a great way to practice and makes the wallet happy. Your vids on miRack are helping. Going old school with pen and paper to take notes. One day my patches will be mean thanks to Dean! Happy New Years brother! Stay safe. Keep rockin it!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for checking it out! SO may possibilities and miRack is a great way to learn some basics and make some cool stuff, too! 😁🙏👊 Here's a link to my playlist with lots of beginner friendly concepts: kzbin.info/aero/PLK5Ai5ysFp2v7YmCDLCHdFRIu4ZKU4G7h

[@ToastedGhost]

You have to be the best tutor on this subject. Super easy to understand. I am already creating my own sequencers and only bought this a few days ago. Amazing things do happen outside of comfort zone! Thanks a million can’t wait for the next one. Mirack is also great for designing your own audio effects inside your DAW. Brilliant and this has to be the best tenner I have ever spent.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

💙 Thanks very much for the kind words, Bro! 😁🙏👊 I am having an amazing time with miRack! 👍👍

[@SiEffen]

Loving this series Dean. Just recently got mirack to try to get my head around synth design.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for checking it out! 😁👊

[@DylanParisMusic]

Hey Dean! Just want to shout you out for being such a rad and positive part of the music KZbin community, keep up the great work!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

💙 Hey Hey! Thanks very much, Dylan! 🤗😁👊

[@braveheartsbeardstudios]

Btw, I think those little knobs are called "attenuators". I got 3 moogs (dfam, subharmonic, mother32), who didn't like that they were "semi-modular", he was already spoiled by freedom of full modular. He mentioned the lack of attenuators in the moog patching, and suggested I immediately supplement the moogs with some passive attenuators.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks!! Yeah, Attenuverters it's what i've been calling them these days... Haha

[@CWCage]

This was a great tutorial to help me get jumped started with MiRack. Good job explaining the basic of just getting some sound out of this software . I’ve been wanting to jump into modular synths and your videos are a perfect beginning! I was tweaking an ambient drone and adding my own color before I even got to the end!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Awesome!! Thanks for watching! 😀 👊

[@walrtbstudios5430]

Well, that got mad pretty quickly. I followed it step-by-step and it was awesome, if rather different. And then I figured was what it lacked was some mushy percussion, so I went ahead and did that. And then... I may never sleep again!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

HaHa! Yessss!! That's exactly the vibe right there! 🤗😁👊

[@thescreenviewer1349]

Dude you are a genius. You deserve million of subscribers.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks very much for the support! 😁🙏👊

[@Dpower]

Awesome tutor man! Best wishes for u and ur channel! :)

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching and Happy Patching! 😁👊

[@sascha10489]

Thx again🙏🏽 I love the way how you explore, introduce and explain us new modules er very new tutorial👾

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks very much! 😁🙏👊 Lots more to come! 👍

[@infn8loopmusic]

@16:00 It's officially named the modulatory moderatory knob. 🤣 J/k but it does basically moderate the modulation so... Maybe? I guess you could call it a 'modulation mix' knob because your mixing in the modulation signal, so it's just a potentiometer and a resistor, right? So, a knob is a knob. Thanks so much for these tutorials. I just discovered MiRack and I'm finding your vids very helpful!

[@brylie_music]

The knobs are “attenuverters”, meaning they attenuate (reduce) and invert (x * -1) the signal based on whether turning to the right (attenuation) or left (inverted attenuation) 😃

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thank you for that! 🤗😁👊 I've come a very long way with modular/eurorack since I made this video! Still doing beginner friendly content, too! Be sure to subscribe if you're into modular. 👍

[@SicksentZ]

Really enjoying your miRack tutorials fam. Kudos

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks! 😀 👊

[@CarloalbertoRigo]

You are the best. Very clear and clever

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks very much! 😀 👊 Lots more tutorials on miRack to come! 👍

[@MattDiamondMDE]

This was amazing, thanks so much for the tutorial!!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching, Matt! 😁🙏👊

[@vanbernard1922]

Great tutorial for great app with my iPad pro. You are very good teacher for newbie like me in modular synth. Waiting for other good video. Thank for your work 👍🏻🙏🏻

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks for watching! 😀 👊 Much more to come! 👍

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

Very cool tutorial, thank you! I will give this method a try, and send you the result! I’ve already had an idea now for adding an extra twist to this setup 👌😉 Yep. Those adjuster knobs are usually labelled as Mod Amount or Mod Depth on prepared synths. It would be nice to see the knob’s movement being animated, as you get with most other iOS synths, BUT then again, you don’t get that priviledge with real modular hardware, so it would take away a lot of that fun “do it all by ear” experience that you have with hardware. And extra animations on all the modulated stuff would probably add an unnecessary stress to my iPad’s CPU 😅 Thanks as always for the knowledge and inspiration, mate! 👊😃

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Can't WAIT to hear what you make with this technique!!! 😁🙏👊 I'm getting your "QingYing" patch in today's video, but I wish it was a TRACK not a patch - it sounds BEYOND AMAZING GOOD! 😲😲😲 💙 You are such an amazing producer and have such an amazing ear for hitting those frequencies "just so". 💙 (There was *one time* that when I automated a knob in miRack - IT MOVED to show the automation. It was AMAZING, and I kinda wish all the modules had an option to show the movement.... It was a mostly all-white distortion module... maybe a sign of future updates, perhaps? 🤤🤤🤤) MIDI LEARN IS COMING!! 👏👏👏

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

Electronisounds Audio Aww! Thanks, man! That really means a lot! 👊😁 I was actually thinking of creating a few more ambient chilled patches for my collection in miRack and then performing/recording each one as a live jam/track into Wav files. I could then drop those onto audio tracks in Cubasis, arranging them to play one after another, merged together with other little noise/drone-type interludes also from miRack. A sort of modular album, if you will! Hmm...big dreams, but gotta try! Might just work! 🤞🙂 Midi learn, you say!? I was thinking how cool that would be today! Now *that* would make live-jamming of patches *much* easier for performing/recording! A more realistic experience too! 😲😁

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 We got into this app and the *perfect time*, Mate! 😀 👊 I can only imagine that we will keep getting more new modules as well... 🤤🤤🤤 You should definitely put together that modular album! Oh YES! 👌

[@reasOneMusic]

Yo are you sharing any of those patches @spidericemidas ???

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

Reasone Music Hey mate! Good to see you popping up here! Hope you’re having fun with this awesome app! I’ve been submitting my miRack patches to Dean just for his “guest patcher” feature and invitation in these vids. But I won’t be sharing the actual files for download anywhere else in the community this time because I’m actually in the process of recording each patch as a full live jam track which will then all be mixed and stitched together to make an album of continuous evolving music 100% miRack modular. I may then post the finished project somewhere like maybe SC or something. 🙏🕷

[@perrystearns5515]

miRack + Pad platforms seems like such an obvious choice for teaching electronic music theory/practice going forward ... just waiting for the next baby Mozart

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Agreed! 😀 👊 I don't know music theory as well as I do music production. It is my biggest downfall as a producer. 😞 That being said, I still have a huge amount of ideas for more miRack tutorials! Loads more to come! 😃👍

[@reasOneMusic]

This is excellent man! Thanks for making these mirack vids !

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! 😀 👊 Lots more miRack videos to come! 👍

[@redskylullaby]

Nice job, these tutorials are spot on

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thank you very much! 😀 👊

[@syviur]

I love your channel mate

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

💙 Thank you very much, Luca! 💙

[@marquezvanroeschen5340]

Nice! Love the app and your tutorial!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! 😁🙏👊

[@lucasgeorge8687]

Great tutorial

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for the support! 😁👊

[@isaac.anthony]

Thanks Dean! Now i gotta figure how to get this working inside audiobus3 so i can sync it with my MC707...

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

That sounds sweet! GOOD LUCK on the sync!! 😁👊

[@pierrenhy3835]

I really ippreciate your vidéo Wichita are very smart. Think you very much

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching, Pierre! 😀 👊

[@ObXession]

Amazing ! 😎 keep the tutorials coming 🍻 Gracias !

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks for watching! 😀 👊 Lots more to come! I can't believe how much we can do with all of this! It's EPIC! 👍👍

[@tobiasrabelink7733]

hello Electronisounds Audio i have a idea i want to make a crackling sound i have MiRack as well on my ipad what do i need to do for that? can you give me a hint??

[@tobiasrabelink7733]

like a rocket

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@tobiasrabelink7733 Not sure exactly how one would create that, but some white noise run through a low pass filter, then tweaking the filter's cutoff knob slowly could be a starting point. 😁👊

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@tobiasrabelink7733 This fella made a tutorial on making a rocket launch sound: kzbin.infoZwI6e5KePL4

[@daveydixon1363]

I don't seem to have that limiter module. I do, however, appreciate the time and effort you have put into showing us how to use this amazing app and allowing us to get to grips with the dark science of modular synthesis

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

Davey Dixon It doesn’t show up in the Tags menu if you search for Limiter. It can be found instead if you search in the Packs menu under Bogaudio (Named LMTR). It’s probably not tagged with the word Limiter, so it’s not being picked up in a Tags search. Hope that helps!

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hi Davey! Thanks for watching! 😀 👊 For some reason, the limiter doesn't show up when you list the TAGS of "limiter", but you will find it in the "BogAudio" pack. listed as "LMTR" - 👍👍 it doesn't really add CPU and is so helpful in protecting our ears from the occasional odd bloopy-bleep freak-out. 😏 lol

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 You're the best, Buddy!!! 🤗😁👊

[@richiefearn4214]

Thanks for the video it’s helped because I haven’t made music this way before ,all I used is ableton and vst plug-ins I never really hat to make anything from scratch which is what I love to tackle so thank you 👌👍👍

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching, Richie! Hope it helps you in *your* musical journey! 😀 👊

[@AtomIntention]

Is it possible to put in an envelope so that the drones come in a little more slowly every time they randomize? I tried to figure it out but I’m so elementary

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Sorry, i'm not exactly sure how that would work. 👊

[@Lorichs]

Nice vid Dean. I’m loving modulars more and more 😊 I tried to play around making a modified version of your patch. Strange because that lfo is not there. There is one that looks very simmilar but it is called “ seriously slow lfo”. And it is… well seriously slow.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey, Peter! Thanks for watching! 😀 👊 I just checked, and the BPM LFO from Frozen Wasteland is still in there 👍, but it looks like they changed the skin to a blue color. Took me a minute to find it in their pack of modules!

[@Varnation_Steppa]

The bpm Lfo is different in the version I have, has it been updated?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! 😁🙏👊 It quite possibly has been updated, yes - they've released a number of substantial updates in 2020. 👍

[@AtomIntention]

It’s like blue right? I thought the same thing Seems to work similar though

[@АртемКлыков-ь6б]

Veeery goood 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤙🏻🤘🏻

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! 😁🙏👊

[@joeyg4008]

16:00 It’s essentially a built in attenuators

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Thanks, Joseph! 😀 👊

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

Had I known about the limiter, I might still have working speakers on my old MacBook while running vcv rack

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Yikes! Sorry to hear about your speakers, Bro! 🤗😁👊

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio Yeah that bass test was the final thing those old speakers could take

[@seazenbones6945]

I found it useful. Definitely! Off to work on my own patches, you may never see me again?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Have fun in the rabbit hole, Stephen!! 🤗😁👊

[@brylie_music]

Co-mingled movement could also be called “phasing” 🌊

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Nice one, thanks!! 👍

[@kuhliloach8842]

miRack automation via iOS DAWs is the most powerful software synth in existence, that is until VCV makes a plug-in

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

That sounds awesome! 🤗😁👊 What DAW are you using to send the automation to Mirack?

[@kuhliloach8842]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio Cubasis3. Any DAW that supports AUv3 Parameter Mapping will work. miRack gives 16 parameters that can be used for automation.

[@СтаниславР-в7и]

Can you make it for Windows ?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

I don't make it. But you can check out VCV Rack on windows. It is very similar. 😀 👊

[@СтаниславР-в7и]

@@ElectronisoundsAudiovery sorry. I think your product would be a commercial success on Windows. An impressive list of modules and such an elegant interface. I am using Softube Modular. I wish you success and prosperity. Thanks for the hard work

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@СтаниславР-в7и It's not my product. I do not make this software. 👊

[@СтаниславР-в7и]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio oh, sry)

[@musmerized658]

Hey Dean. Thanks for another awesome video. I made an ambient patch but then every time I try to record and save it with the master recorder module in mirack the app crashes and nothing is saved. Any idea on what might be causing this or how to solve the problem?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Yeah, i've had that same issue with the master recorder in VCV Rack... Not sure on this one, really - BUT, a possible work-around here is if you can load miRack as an instrument inside of AUM, then you can record the output of miRack directly using AUM's built-in recorder. Hope that helps!

[@musmerized658]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio Thanks man. I really appreciate your channel and the fact that you always answer questions super fast. You’ve made it possible for me to learn so much modular in a month that would take me a year to learn by myself lol.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@musmerized658 Sure thing!! Glad to help! I owe so much to other KZbinrs for helping me grasp the basics when I was starting with miRack and Eurorack - people like Omri Cohen especially - his videos really helped me get a grasp on what I was doing, how to start doing it better, and with more purpose! 😁👊

[@ToastedGhost]

How could I send you a patch? Is that possible? I have been foolin with the atomi dual seqeuncer and the tachyon entangler. Wild stuff.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

That sounds *sweet*! You can email it to me directly - right from the app, using the "share" feature in the browser if you long press on a project name. junebug ( at ) electronisounds ( dot ) com 😀 👊

[@autoauto2000]

great...thnx

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! Thanks for watching! 🤗😁👊

[@autoauto2000]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio any signs of an Update for the App?

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@autoauto2000 Sorry, I don't have any idea on that sort of thing. I follow the dev on twitter, but i've not heard of any new updates coming soon. 😀 👊

[@autoauto2000]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio Not a good sign...mirack is the reason for my ipad

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@autoauto2000 Is there something **specific** that you are expecting to be added or waiting on to be added? 😀 As it is right now, you should be able to have years of amazing patching and creations with MiRack?

[@void.stati0n]

16:50 you mean attenuator?:)

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Hey Hey! I'm still not sure whether I mean Attenuator, or Attenuverter? Hahaha... Thanks for watching! 😁👊

[@noctunoctura2408]

first mistake...did not show how or where you loaded the first think I see at 49 seconds....I need pretty much a walk through..

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Easy with the attitude, you're getting a response on an almost 2 year old video in less than 20 minutes. They are in the Bogaudio pack section. 👊

[@noctunoctura2408]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio 🤣my bad man .. been watching it the whole time .. but ended up finding it tho ... this is pretty much an awesome video...I don’t know shit tho about anything like this ... I use GarageBand to make stuff on my phone.. I like it cuz I’m used to it now but I definitely need to move to something else besides my phone .. this thing is awesome tho..

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@noctunoctura2408 I've got more videos on it if you want to learn more. ;) kzbin.info/aero/PLK5Ai5ysFp2v7YmCDLCHdFRIu4ZKU4G7h

[@noctunoctura2408]

@@ElectronisoundsAudio definitely am going to and subbed... I got almost all the way through the whole video and messed up a wire and have no idea where it went ... went from awesome sound to no sound .. bout to start over 😂

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

@@noctunoctura2408 Oh man, I totally feel that!! 👊 That is exactly how it was for me in the beginning! I found that once I stuck with it enough to remember *some* of the *basics* , it starts to get *a little* easier. 🤗