Modular Monthly: Clock dividers & multipliers

[@Gerromie]

You sold me. I bought the 4ms rotating clock divider because of this video.

[@themonohub5455]

Absolutely inspiring review. If it is a review. Whatever it is, I have never been so inspired to run to my local music shop by any other modular synth video as this. Not that my local music shop sells modules, but the inspiration was there. Who ever this guy is he deserves the award for positive inspiration from a journalist. If there is such an award. FM, I hope you're reading this. Also, that 4MS stuff looks so bloody good. So much nicer than the other designs in the case/rack.

[@timoskam7646]

My modular adventure starts next week. I have to say that I've watched many tutorials and yours was by far the most entertaining. Keep up the good work! You have a crazy nice system

[@zechs5079]

How are you doing on your journey? Continuing or abandoning?

[@gladlawson61]

Mylar and divkid are gods gift to modular teaching. Thanks!

[@RandomMakingEncounters]

These are truly some of the most helpful videos! Thanks for making a limitless and complex topic understandable.

[@Variable1000]

The David Attenbourough of modulars xD&

[@gorillaau]

Fan de "Here we see a modular synth in its natural environment..."

[@tidalwaveforms3813]

Lies. No cat.

[@LaurensDesmetMusic]

@@gorillaau "At first glance, this peculiar module might look quite normal. But as soon as its starts rotating, his true nature becomes apparent...."

[@Digalog]

"Yesh, yet another day that we can witness the modulars arousing properties affecting the environment. This particular divisive element brought great variety to possible establishing routes to further propagate it's intentions. A marvel of digital and analogue nature."

[@chetronics]

I just started the journey of building a synth from scratch 9 mo's ago as electro music suddenly called at my electronics hobby. You have became research material on building a clock divider and operating it. I found your excellent demonstration very exhilarating. Thank you! And it definitely gives inspiration on what modules to construct next. Blows my mind. . Definitely sub'd!!!

[@richarquis]

Good lord. The most plain jane looking module. I was impressed by what it was doing with the synced rates, but then when you showed what it can do with audio frequency. Holy crap.

[@bobthesalesclerk]

This is that module that I have had in my cart like 1000 times and ended up buying something else. Changing that.

[@fremder99]

As a drummer that loves polyrhythms this was music to my ears! 😉 🎛🎛🎛

[@MRFraserHellRaiser]

another brilliant video. Love your videos, some people are so boring explaining modulars and totally bamboozle me with what they're doing. Cheers!

[@iron_buddha]

awesome setup, awesome sound, awesome execution. thanks for making these videos, and for demystifying the modular magic :)

[@ilovethework]

I wouldn't have thought to use it to divide the audio rate. That sounded wonderful!

[@luxnox9303]

This is a HUGE modular tutorial!

[@Larry30102]

So this is a few years old who cares?....this is a gift that keeps on giving!

[@JonnyParker-]

damn you're a lucky guy to have all that stuff man, I've always been drawn to modular sounds, something so unique about the processes.

[@phormzlab1743]

Brilliant and engaging video as always. None of this was news to me, but still watched the whole thing thoroughly captivated. Ace. :))

[@Slacquerr]

15:10 Does it rotate _if_ there's a DC voltage (then at what rate?) or do you rotate to the voltage applied (like an offset, eg 1 step per volt?)

[@busch028]

Great video as usual mylarmelodies!!! Thanks for your time as always. I was debating on getting a 4ms clock divider and this kind or sold me on it. If you want to have similar functionality but have it rock tight with your DAW, I suggest the Sync-Gen II by Innerclock Systems. That module is awesome.

[@seanhornibrook]

I just got my first clock divider last week - system is still a baby. Got the Doepfer A-160-2 (the one that can do prime division.) I had grossly underestimated the power...

[@empirix]

Love these tutorials, big up to FM for these

[@StingrayOfficial]

4MS rotating clock divider is legit. Although there are cleaner sounding dividers if you use it for audio rate.

[@axelnussbaumer]

Yeah, it sounds like it was having trouble following the square and saw waves. Any recs?

[@joningram2985]

"Hope that was useful. We'll catch you again soon. BUY!" Like at least one other commenter, this is what sold me on the RCD. I still haven't purchased one, but I plan to do so eventually. It'd add a lot of spice to my rudimentary eurorack doodles in between pretending to be a "sound designer" squiggling the freq knob on a filter fed by white noise for 45 minutes to no applause or cash payout.

[@WillisZzz]

This is one of those modular vids I keep coming back to. Question: where is the swing/shuffle coming from?

[@thecaptainofrock]

the part that was like beeooowwwwahhh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh beeeeeooowwwwahhhh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh.

[@geecen]

Great video - thanks. Just wish there were more than one a month!

[@mikaellundqvist]

Musical instrument for engineers, MIFE. I know the EM pioneers did use similar stuff many many years ago but it seems so complicated that most artists or hobbyists likely shy away from it. Another limiting factor is the analog part of it, just the usual few waveforms like square wave, sawtooth, and so on. Synths like the Roland Fantom should have a much better future in stiff competition with today's and tomorrow's #1, the soft synths..

[@fecktoph]

yes..yes yes...awesome ...still. kit version of RCD and breakout great value and what an insanely creative tool. thanks great tutorial !

[@seansnyder7744]

Me the entire video: "I wonder how a sample and hold generator would work in this set up?" Video at 16:01: "Stick a sample and hold generator into the rotate input..."

[@Colgatelicious]

anyone notice how right at 17:33, when he moved his hand down, the pitch went down too!

[@ADHDev1234]

20:36 Subharmonics?

[@DaJesuts]

So i technically don't even need a sequencer to create a module drum set up? Just a clock divider, clock source, and my drum modules? Trying to save money, advice would be great!

[@sonicultura]

This i great! Since I have a lot if synths already could I use this so I can send this to a cv/gate midi module converter?

[@StarmanDeluxe2001]

Love my 4ms SCM! Now I want the RCD. How do you get the Tiptop hats to go long-short like that? Is it the length of the trigger they are responding to automatically?

[@devmiles]

you always make great, inspiring and well explained video's! ACE!!!!

[@MrJemabaris]

Can anyone tell me which case that is? Looking for something with 3 rows and angled.

[@jochempaap]

whats the name of the presenter? i love how he explain and his videos are the best?? where i can find him does he have his own channel or something?

[@TripleTSingt]

video description. mylarmelodies

[@station2station544]

Yay for 21 minute videos re: inspirational units that are only 4 hp!

[@imageofsin]

using the RCD as a sub osc was a cool cool tip

[@mike.thomas]

You're awesome!

[@GodrikGen]

This actually makes me want to buy hardware to make music. Looks like I've got to have some money saving in front of me for the next months.

[@JonathanTreadwayAudiodoneright]

i have for sale some mod’s ! and it was fun to learn ! u should buy study learn sell and expand !!!!

[@rofilmmedia2]

Instructive and inspiring. Thank you!Rolf

[@pantalalabs]

My guru... Thanks for sharing your knowledge !!

[@walrtbstudios5430]

Well, it sort of IS a maths lesson… The Doepfer a-160-2 is great for this, as it does x2 to x8, powers of 2 and primes. The secret is to get a bunch of cables and just experiment.

[@piotr803]

Awesome. Is your reverb via PC or another module?

[@Lofuckyou]

You really need to add more sequencers to your system. All kidding asides, great video!

[@ChrisBennettGameDesign]

Love the part with PEG. Ace!

[@whiterottenrabbit]

I am only starting to learn about modular systems. My question is: is it possible to assemble a mini modular system containing only a clock multiplier and a clock divider? My idea is to have a clock generator (for example the Boss RC-300 loop station) that outputs a clock at let's say 100 BPM. This clock controls the speed of an arpeggiator of a synth (e.g. a Korg R3). I then branch off the clock signal, run it through a clock divider and control a drum machine (for example a Korg Volca Beats) at 50 BPM. At the same time, I'd run the original 100 BPM clock signal through a clock multiplier and control yet another drum machine (e.g. Teenage Engineering PO-12) at 200 BPM. Of course I'd need a MIDI-to-CV converter, but this is a secondary problem. Would the overall idea work out this way? If so, could anybody suggest videos, blogs or homepages that deal with this sort of thing?

[@timsullivan2141]

i had a similar idea. i'm sure its possible. i also use a rc 300also. curious to hear if that works for you. would you use the tap tempo input on the rc 300 instead of internal clock?

[@whiterottenrabbit]

tim sullivan I don't like tap tempo buttons in general, because I am never perfectly precise with them, so it almost always gives me some odd tempo with positions after decimal point, something like 89.3 BPM or something. I like the BPM to be a whole numer (most of the time it's either 100 BPM for nice downtempo jams or in the range of 120 - 130 BPM for a little bit faster electro tracks), so I always use the value knob on the RC-300 to set the BPM to a particular number. Since the RC-300 doesn't accept external MIDI clock signals (unless the midi clock comes from yet another RC-300), I use it as a MIDI clock master for everything I want to sync, which works quite reasonably well (except for the Korg Kaossilator pro+, which falls out of sync ever so slowly. But that is a different problem altogether). Now, I'd like to broaden my horizon and experiment with clock dividers, syncing or even triggering different drum machines. After watching videos about modular systems the whole day (!) I am pretty sure that this is possible. Now, it's only a matter of time and money :) A lot of time and a lot of money... :(

[@timsullivan2141]

+whiterottenrabbit ah. but you can trick the rc 300 into being the tempo slave by sending it tap tempo as midi note from anything. like your daw.

[@whiterottenrabbit]

tim sullivan Ah, OK, thanks for the suggestion! NEver experimented with that, because the current setup worked out for me just quite OK. But I will experiment with that more!

[@tophermars3985]

@mylarmelodies ....total noob inquiry bruv, but when you use the maths output to rotate clock divisions, how would that correspond to the 0 coast? Which out would i use?

[@Jeradman51]

Bit of a late reply, and I'm sure you've already figured it out. But that would be the Slope section on the 0-Coast!

[@JB-xv4bw]

Does anybody know what chassi this is?

[@Digiphex]

Is there a list of the modules in this system?

[@monobonoX]

+Wavestrike Electronics Top Row (L-R): 4ms Pingable Envelope Generator Makenoise Maths V1 ALM Beast's Chalkboard Cylonix/Intellijel Shapeshifter Cylonix Cyclebox /w Expander Doepfer A-106-1 (I think) STG/Soundlabs Post-Lawsuit Filter (I think) Middle Row: 4ms Rotating Clock Divider /w Expander TipTop Audio Z8000 Intellijel µScale Intellijel Atlantis Blue Lantern Party Logic (guessing) TipTop Audio Trigger Riot Bottom Row: Intellijel Metropolis Makenoise Pressure Points (X02)+Brains Expert Sleepers Disting Transistor Sounds Labs Stepper Acid

[@mylarmelodies]

+mono bono Knowledge! It's a Doepfer SEM filter on that top (visible) row btw! There's also an assortment not visible including lots of the excellent Tiptop Audio 808/909 modules.

[@jedgould5531]

Just wish I were seeing the module better. Can’t follow the patches.

[@1800KLIENFELD]

I'm wondering if I can buy a clock divider and a small case and just trigger my moogs like this. Is that possible?

[@mylarmelodies]

+MISTER KLIENFELD If they have gate inputs, yep. You need a clock/gate source is all!

[@1800KLIENFELD]

+mylarmelodies Dude. Thank you for these videos and the prompt reply. You the real mvp! I'm actually going to delve into modular and the diy case vid made my day and saved me some change. Thank you!

Yes

[@josephwright5140]

Hello, how do you feel about the 4ms quad clock distributor?

[@LoudPaul1]

I have one and I like it a lot. Mylar has used one in his more recent videos in addition to the pamelas workout, because it's very easy to change clock rates on it.

[@arbautimusic]

sold!! thanks for sharing

[@joekarmazyn2825]

it slows up *Mind Blown*

[@Thastor]

I would love to have that. Would make even more epic tracks with it

[@andrewrichardsuk]

Oh yeah.... baby... I'm arriving... I'M ARRIVING!!!

[@forehead84]

These vids are always interesting but whilst modular is so on trend I think it should be weekly rather than monthly :)

[@yaveeya2992]

I use mine as a quantizer with drums..

[@callow473]

seems u dont need a sequencer with a clock divider and lfo

[@sslum]

Im very new to all of this. what is the benefit of having your own home made modular system instead of a computer program? is there better sound production or just more hands on options?? someone help plzz

[@drew.k2385]

im very new as well, but the main benefit i have noticed is that the modular scene tends to be more organized and well documented then software synthesizers. also it's more tactile and physical if that makes sense. but what tips the scale for me is that software is literally hundreds of times cheaper than hardware. the gear you're looking at in this video is probably 10k+ total. its ridiculous how expensive it can get.

[@adamsmith4416]

+Andrew FK Price is the limiting factor me. I think it is for the majority of people. That, along with portability and the ability to recall patches. I can take Reaktor Blocks on a laptop anywhere and it cost me 169 pounds. Does it sound as good as a a system like that? No of course not. At least not when it come to fat analog stuff. However it still sounds pretty good and there is plenty of cool stuff you can do, with things like sample manipulation, that are not possible with old school modulars. I can't even conceive of making something like Ultraloop or the Finger with those. Also, most of the concept I see here are transferable to Reaktor Blocks and other similar environments. A lot of the educational materials, available on KZbin and elsewhere, for old school modulars have been very helpful in that regard. So for me, what we have is two separate realms of technological development, with many concepts that overlap and relative strengths and weaknesses depending on what you're trying to achieve. It would be good to have access to both, but for now, I'm pretty happy with what I've got and what's possible with it.

[@RudefoodArchive]

+tsuisou x slum The quality of the sounds are incredible and you get all sorts of amazing things happen by accident that wouldn't happen with a computer programme. its a real life electronic instrument waiting to be brought to life by you and it helps you push past your limits into new territories

[@juliaseppi2205]

@@adamsmith4416 However it still sounds pretty good and there is plenty of cool stuff you can do, with things like sample manipulation, that are not possible with old school modulars.? You can do plenty of sample manipulation in modulars. At least not when it come to fat analog stuff. Not all sound generating sources in modular are analogue, plenty of digital stuff knocking about that can sound as good as analogue modules. Sure you can use reaktor to do this type of stuff but the fun in modular comes from physical patching which is missing using a computer. Computers are just glorified tape recorders for me personally.

[@BeatnikHimself]

Mine failed on me in less than a year. Buyer beware!

[@cougarman8]

Mine did too:(

[@fo76]

Excellent demo! I like this approach to generating rhythms... just fearing that I'll go bankrupt if I go down this road... :-|

[@AsylumSeaker]

Dude rotate the clock divider when its doing audio rate!

[@modularnepl900]

Nice case

[@fiddlestickzmuzik]

Yes you can create interesting patterns and sequences, and weird and wonderful sounds, but we still need our DAW's and computers to edit and arrange, and do the tiny interesting stuff in. I see modulars as fantastic sound creation devices, but inevitably we still need our DAW's if we are to record these sounds and sequences to make tight tunes, of course if you're not interested in recording anything then you won't be concerned with a computer or software, but as someone who still likes to arrange and make tracks that have interesting intro's and twisted turning sections and endings, then only a DAW can complete these tasks imo...and this is coming from someone who has just started venturing into modular, and is fascinated by the whole concept, just don't throw away your samplers or DAW's is all I'm saying...sell your keyboards for module money, but keep your drum machines though..:)

[@weave_of_k]

I don’t recall anyone recommending we throw away our DAWs. This is just a video on rhythm generating. It’s all very quite clear.

[@Martin-vj7zx]

i want a modular synthesizer!! xD

[@JoobSensei]

the hand

[@Digalog]

Adams Family

[@KialSubPressure]

I need more modules so I can put the computer away!

[@5ephro5_dogstar30]

Wonderful

[@Dmatic89]

Fun stuff....

[@303HQ]

Super rad and interesting!

[@GoldryBluszco]

5 years later computers are cool again

[@whitenoisefromelectronicto1728]

SPLENDID

[@phobophob]

good. one.

[@DrGeta666]

do you have a face or are you just hands?

[@mylarmelodies]

Just hands

[@evolutiom]

ACE!

[@bocahpetualang89]

wow.. it's a space command center..

[@kaare1992]

That microphone tho :(

[@MmostlyRandom]

Ace :)

[@cvebeats]

Why is everyone talking with their hands? Cool video minus the hand trend.

[@RudefoodArchive]

tbh they were some of the wackest drums I've ever heard

[@mylarmelodies]

+R Schmu ha

[@thedeeprot]

:D

[@motorhead412]

ace

[@Hummelsbusch]

My ears are FUCKED. I don't hear the hats...:-(

[@EclipseSound]

1. Spend 30 000 $ to make 80/90s drum sounds. 2. Profit.

[@mylarmelodies]

+Eclipse Sound (HIGH QUALITY SOUND BANKS) 1. Make HIGH QUALITY SOUND BANKS 2. Profit?! 3. Complain about what other people do with their time on the internet

[@EclipseSound]

mylarmelodies Who complains?

[@juliaseppi2205]

That system didn't cost 30.000 dollars. You're coming across as a little bitter.

[@EclipseSound]

@@juliaseppi2205 No you are just from the west - people are soft there and see hostility in every inconvenience or differences in views.

[@juliaseppi2205]

@@EclipseSound Enjoy clicking that mouse :)