How to make a eurorack techno live patch - with Beatstep Pro and 16n Rework

Hello! At the end of last year I made a video about what modules and things to consider if you’re interested in building a modular techno system. Today we go over a patch I like to use on my eurorack system for techno oriented performances. We’ll have a detailed look at the percussive and melodic parts. As well as how I control this setup with the Arturia Beatstep Pro and AtoVproject 16n Rework.
Timetable:
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - Percussion
07:46 - Melodic Voices
12:33 - Workflow
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[@MonotrailTechTalk]

From now on patch & block diagram illustrations are available to Patrons ;) www.patreon.com/monotrail

[@BoardgameBaker]

This guy is quickly climbing the “best synth channel” chart in my book. Excellent information!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

So glad to hear it, thanks for your enthusiasm!

[@thesaltirecade2258]

yup, same here!!

[@mymodularjourney]

The echo straight after the Osc was an eye opener. Thanks!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Hey, glad to hear it, cheers!

[@danvandal4127]

for more dubby things you could also run the osc through a phaser

[@stevekirkby6570]

Fantastic description and run through, and I really appreciate the work you put into the graphics and flow diagrams. Great. Thank you!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Glad to hear it, and you're welcome!

[@Wojohomack]

Another outstanding video full of easy to follow examples. Love this series. Always something new to learn.

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks! Glad it's helping out!

[@walrtbstudios5430]

Inspiring stuff- thank you! I’ve just found that running a kick through the Make Noise Mimeophon and a Wasp filter is brilliant for that techno rumble, so with one-third of a techno piece in the bag the tips here are invaluable for building the whole piece.

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

You're welcome! That mimeophon is an interesting device, might try it one time :) Cheers!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Also check out my video on techno ruble if you haven't yet ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4DGdqqAgcytadU

[@walrtbstudios5430]

@@MonotrailTechTalk Been there, seen it, feared for my monitors…

[@whiterottenrabbit]

Thank you so much for these amazing and helpful videos!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

You're welcome, glad you liked it!

[@j0bey1]

Some great information here, really well explained, thank you.

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Glad to hear it, thanks!

[@4lpina]

Absolutely love your videos! 10/10

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thank you so much!

[@matryall9426]

Love this series of videos, some great tips and tricks for live performace/jamming. I've just ordered a 16n Rework kit, i think it's going to be a game changer :)

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Hey, glad to hear it! And congrats on the 16n, pretty sure you'll enjoy it!

[@waynecowan1651]

awesome video, well done! thanks again

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks for watching, and you're welcome!

[@massimopetrozzi1451]

very cool video as usual!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thank you!

[@tonyt303]

Fantastic video. I got a LOT from this one. Thank you.

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Glad it was helpful! Cheers :)

[@snirbarilan4147]

Great channel man keep it up !!!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@Crapsepp]

Nicely explained very detailed and understandable! Good work!!! Thank you and keep it up

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Glad it was helpful! And I will, really enjoy making these and the friendly feedback I get :)

[@vertigev]

Wow, what a great video... Thank you!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thank you! Glad to hear you liked it :)

[@TiminatorFL]

Learned so much from this video. Thanks, again!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Glad to hear it, thanks!

[@ritec]

Great video!!

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks for watching!

[@saren6538]

that was brilliant..such a good teacher !

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks a lot, glad you liked it!

[@bilelromdhane2346]

Dude I thank you so much for your channel it is amazingly helpful you are so kind to do that keep it up please for all of us techno fans wanting to play techno at its best with this kind of hardware please never give up on your lessons

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Hey, thanks for letting me know! I really enjoy doing this, and recently decided to go full time! Will see how that works out :) All the best!

[@LeoPerantoni]

Whoa, I didn't know this AtoV fader thingy and now I really want one. Looks like a VERY useful device.

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Nice! It's really powerful for control over performances like these. Also did a separate in detail video in it!

[@newdensity7553]

Great and intelligent setup. Do you send eurorack levels into the Mackie mixer used in this video, or do you reduce them to line level first?

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks! And straight into the Mackie, but via a VCA or attenuator for safety. Here's a video I did on recording the modular if you're interested! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXmvmZR7orWnfc0

[@DoffThyFace]

When you run your voices into the mixer, are you passing them through anything first to step down from euro level to line level?

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Hey! The last step is the Linix VCA. I use the attenuators on that to set the level for the melodic and drum voices, generally going to about half the maximum level before going to the mixer. Cheers!

[@chatolars]

Brilliant , just discovering your channel...very interesting setup with the outboard mixer(have a very similar Mackie myself lying somewhere) but does it work well with modular levels or are toy using an antenuattor before hitting the mixer?

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks, glad to hear you like it! I mostly use the setup described in the video, with the Intellijel Linix VCA as the last step before the mixer. The VCA works as an attenuator there, so I can adjust the volume a bit to more regular mixer friendly levels :)

[@chatolars]

@@MonotrailTechTalk great! Might try that. Congratulations on the channel . Very clear and complete explanations and tutorials thanks for sharing

[@dvdny]

Korg ER-1 FTW.

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

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[@mit136speichenumdiewelt]

Respekt to you open your work! Learned a lot. One hint. Do you want your location with a "J" between I and N?

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thanks! And I don't. But I'm Dutch, and my YT acount is dutch, it automatically translates Berlin to the Dutch way, Berlijn. I can't change that it seems, and I was hoping it would just show the name of the city in the language the vieuwer would be using his YT. But it doesn't. So it's a bit annoing the way YT works. Might just stop using the location, as more people have mentioned it.

[@mit136speichenumdiewelt]

@@MonotrailTechTalk Do you have a PayPal.me address?

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

@@mit136speichenumdiewelt Hi there! Sorry, this comment was auto-blocked by KZbin, maybe because of the link in it. Just noticed it now ;)

[@Jaysusitsme]

Hello sir! another great video. Would it be possible for you to share a downloadable PDF. of your workflow diagrams at the end? I'm a noob and it would really help me understand. FI you could it would be very col of you.

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Hello Keith! Thank you! And quite some people have asked me for this, and as I make all these videos for free, and making downloadable .pdf costs me extra time I decided to meet the requests in the middle ;) Im working on them right now, soon a lot of old, and all upcomming videos will have downloadable .pdf available for $4 patrons. This way I hope to create a more sustainable situation for me to keep making them, and it will be possible for people to donate a minimum of one month and dowload all the pdf files. Hope that's a fair deal! All the best!

[@Jaysusitsme]

@@MonotrailTechTalk When you put it like that it makes sense. It is a happy medium, you’ve got yourself a new Patreon :-)

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

Thats so great! Hope to make them available in a month, cheers!

[@interference7480]

Keith, you can screenshot the video perhaps? Save the man his time for all the effort he is putting into these amazing videos. :)

[@danvandal4127]

how do you like the Nux Tape Core?

[@MonotrailTechTalk]

For price its great! I think it sounds good and the feedback is fairly easy to control around the higher settings. I have some trouble connencting it to the PC for additional settings, wich is a bit of a bummer, but have to put some more efford in it. Through USB you can set things like wow and flutter you can't set on the pedal itself.