Mutable Instruments - Marbles (random sampler) *In Depth Eurorack Demo Tutorial*

[@buzzsawddog]

I had to go back and forth a few times on this video but they way you explained things was amazing and clear! Thank for what you do!

[@DivKid]

Really appreciate that, glad it was helpful.

[@robertgribbon218]

Major kudos for including relevant snippets of the manual in the video. They make it so much easier to follow along and have turned this into a video that I come back to again and again.

[@DivKid]

thank you, I'm glad the extra work is worth it.

[@dynamictechbass2582]

DivKid always makes the best videos.

[@DivKid]

nice one thank you :) there's always room to improve though and I aim to keep improving.

[@dynamictechbass2582]

From 1 may comes the Modular book PATCH & TWEAK that is certainly helpful

[@DivKid]

not sure it's helpful to me improve video techniques, but I know of the book with like Push Turn Move looks great!

[@joshjuanfifarek7382]

You are really doing some amazing work here with your sample patches. I really enjoy tuning in on your frequencies.

[@DivKid]

thank you!

[@jeremynolan7809]

Bought a marbles explicitly because of this extremely in depth and well thought out vid! cheers!

[@BeatnikHimself]

Word! Marbles is the Biz. I like my Marbles with Abstract Data's Event Boss. I think she would make an excellent companion to Stoppler Beats. Suppose you're into swing, like Dilla style. GET MARBLES. Endless love and respect for Mutable and her contributions to the modular world. GET MARBLES. MAKE BEATS.

[@DivKid]

Events Boss is a good call for something to extend it with and yeah Emilie's contributions have been massive.

[@shadowfall2823]

I just got one of these modules today and this tutorial is AMAZING. But, holy crap this is a lot to remember. haha! :)

[@DivKid]

Put the time in with the module and it's easy to use after a short while.

[@rollingpeople79]

I'm receiving my marbles today and this video is making me understand all the quirks of this module. I'm very grateful!! Thanks!

[@DivKid]

Glad to hear it, thanks Manuel.

[@Matthewsavant]

I’m sold! I’ve been trying to wrap my head around marbles via VCV before buying it and this is the best explanation I’ve seen 👌🏽

[@chrisbliss7130]

just like a personal marble coach. excellent work!

[@DivKid]

haha cheers Chris.

[@wadehathawaymusic]

Yeah, pretty much the definitive tutorial. The video unpacked several areas where I was getting a bit stuck. Many thanks.

[@Nick-kb6jd]

your videos are very comprehensive and never dull. helping me learn more about eurorack!! you're accent is great too!!

[@DivKid]

haha been a while since anyone mentioned my accent. That's Bradford (not known to be the prettiest place!) in West Yorkshire shining through. Cheers

[@stevenstavropoulos8858]

very thorough - thank you. this will be my first module along with some sound sources.

[@DivKid]

nice one, enjoy them

[@jericho2x2]

I initally thought I could resist on marbles, but the functionality and musicality is just impressive. Thanks for the outstanding video and work you put in this.

[@DivKid]

cheers, took me AGES! I'm sure most will never fully see what goes but nice you mention that.

[@catchthehare]

Thanks so much for this brilliant overview. I adore my Marbles, and it will be permanently fixed in my 6u.🔮

[@DivKid]

nice, thank you.

[@GoffeTorg]

"Bubble Bath Radio", Hilarious, I need to get in on that. Great work.

[@DivKid]

"bubble bath radio" ?

[@GoffeTorg]

AT 16:45

[@DivKid]

hahaha

[@DivKid]

forgot about that

[@andrewgreaves56]

Incredible walkthrough. So much more than I ever would have thought. Thank you.

[@jamesfoxall7413]

What a great video - thank you so much! Using what I learned in your video I came up with some new sounds I've never produced before and had a great time doing it. :)

[@CapRockout]

Excellent coverage! Now all that's left is to eagerly await for my pre-order. Such a well thought out and cohesive module. I have a feeling it's going to make my groovebox rack feel like even more of a "playable" instrument. MI has really nailed it with this and Plaits. Has me super excited for Stages' functionality and features to be revealed.

[@DivKid]

Stages knock's it out the park like those two modules do. You don't have to wait too long for that now I think.

[@lauprellim]

Wow - such a useful video. Thank you very much for taking the time to make this.

[@DivKid]

Cheers Paul

[@SyncdAlien]

Fascinating overview and tutorial! 👍👍👍

[@moonzero-xm7014]

You've outdone yourself with this one, Ben! Excellent, as usual!

[@DivKid]

Nice one, appreciate that. Lot of work went into it of course.

[@laurentmialon2594]

Another great vid on a beyond brillant module. Émilie on top of the euro world.

[@CO5MA]

Pure Genius. This device/your explanations 👌🏻

[@DivKid]

great cheers

[@opwave79]

Always appreciate and enjoy your in depth tutorials. I finally got this for my rack and have been experimenting with self patching. I’m amazed at how versatile it is.

[@RobinRimbaudScanner]

Oh yes!! I have been waiting for this!! Amazing. Time for me to 'get stuck in!" :-)

[@DivKid]

everytime I say "get stuck in" I think of you with a little smile. awwwwwww

[@RobinRimbaudScanner]

:-)

[@DivKid]

"'you're always on my mind" ...

[@JustinAshworthMusic]

Mate. Just dropping by to say that I really love your videos. Been watching your stuff for a long time and it has been really helpful for me as I've dived into the eurorack world, many of my purchase decisions are informed by your in depth demos. Thanks for taking the time to make such great and informative content. It's the best on the web.

[@DivKid]

Hi Justin, appreciate your comment here thank you! :)

[@wellurban]

Thanks for the epic tutorial! Looks like a really well-considered module combining several established random techniques plus some unique functionality. I’m not sure I could justify getting it in addition to my existing random modules, but I’d definitely be interested in that “scale carving” approach to quantisation if it were a stand-alone module.

[@DivKid]

yeah the scale carving is great. I manually do that with a playable quantizer like one from Instruo of the ADDAC 207.

[@buyukberber]

After watching this again, I totally want to get this as an oscillator! Great demo! Thanks again

[@DivKid]

nice one! I haven't pushed the audio rate side that much lately but it's good fun. Did you see the follow video I made? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZCaeqxri6mqiK8

[@buyukberber]

DivKidVideo Oh yeah! I have Selen it a while back! Thanks again :-)

[@amar_paul]

Thank you for this ! So in depth and the sounds are super inspiring ☺️

[@DivKid]

thank you

[@erikb.8125]

This module didn’t click for me until this video, thanks for sharing this!

[@gilberth_]

Thanks for the great tutorial and ideas for patches.

[@DivKid]

Thanks Gilbert, appreciate that.

[@TOMKATPEDALS]

What a well thought out module. Layout is great too. Awesome video!

[@DivKid]

nice one Tomkat.

[@Natemasterflex]

Fantastical video Ben! I used to stay away from Mutable modules because they are very abstract in their design and function, but once I finally got one, well that was it. Now I have a good amount with more on the horizon and I really enjoy adding them into my workflow and just for fun. They add a bit of playfulness into what can sometimes be a sterile scientific endeavor.

[@DivKid]

Absolutely and Marbles is great for injecting life into a wide range of things.

[@Plyci]

Man! I chose the wrong afternoon to forget my headphones on the bus into town. Got my marbles a couple of days ago and its utterly brilliant. It’s the centre of my 6u now. Looking forward to hearing/seeing what you have squeezed out of it so far

[@DivKid]

cheers!

[@charlesbronson2806]

Appreciate your channel bro. Otherwise I'd never figure this stuff out.

[@opuitska]

What an incredibly informative and well made video. Thank you so much

[@musictribetv9095]

Wow, great overview. Super clear. Covered all the basics and a bit more. Thanks!

[@markfrygell7852]

Great one

[@DivKid]

thanks

[@meerkatzThe23]

thanks for that,made it so much easier for me to understand this superb module! first time that there was a kind of manual(more than one page), but iz now totally redundant!😀

[@DivKid]

Thanks Markus, glad to have helped.

[@Kohntarkosz]

Thanks for doing this video. I was thinking about picking up teh Pachinko, which is a more compact version of Marbles, and I think you basically sold me on the module.

[@LoVeAmBiEnT]

Bought one. But damn. Need to spend alot of time as with any module. All good when I have A video like this available.

[@piotr803]

Ingenious module. Wonderful review.

[@DivKid]

Cheers P

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Ace! I ordered a Marbles after having a blast using it in VCVRack and look forward to the real module along with Rings.

[@wackenthaljef]

Olivier is really a genius..Imagine all yu can do with this module..and others Mutable modules too!But they are esoteric for me,too complex...

[@DivKid]

yeah it's great

[@PatchMonger]

Really enjoyed, now I'm ready for the module when I receive it! Apparently this week :-) cheers 🍻

[@DivKid]

arrived yet?

[@PatchMonger]

I believe so but I've been away all week so waiting for me tomorrow morning I hope!!! Very excited 😊

[@aptrnxyz]

got a new favourite module

[@jakeage3024]

WOW! I really like this thing! But, I don't think its something I need to be looking at myself for now, a Turning Machine is probably a better start for a smaller 6U system which is what I'm planning. I just really like random. Also, I really appreciate that you use the DATA very often in these videos. I'm not sure why, but seeing waveforms makes everything suddenly make sense to me. So much so, that it is one of the first modules I plan on buying.

[@DivKid]

Yeah DATA is actually a very accurate clock source and modulator and dual oscillator / dual VCA too with wave shaping! Very cool.

[@MarcoLongoMusic]

That Y generator is what sold it for me

[@jsleeio]

I think you've sold me on it

[@DivKid]

:) nice one John.

[@ruslanjabrayilov7363]

Thank you this comprehensive demo

[@DivKid]

Cheers.

[@nameismetatoo4591]

Took me a while to get the hang of it in VCV Rack. I'd love to have a physical one.

[@DivKid]

it's great VCV exists and this can be free to try out and learn.

[@orangewiggler6838]

Great demo and great module!

[@DivKid]

Thanks Orange.

[@tColorsinspacerecordings]

Thanks David! Another perfect example why have never opened a manual.

[@DivKid]

happy to keep helping that happen.

[@nntblst]

This one definitely goes on the expansion of my actual setup!!

[@MichaelDowComposer]

10:20 sounding sick!

[@DivKid]

Cheers Michael.

[@Skootavision]

Stop costing me money dude, I'm on a budget here - GAS!

[@reedtrygd4277]

Skootaman if you're on a budget get a Crave or Neutron and come here again later.

[@Skootavision]

REEDtry GD I have a modular and a studio full of vintage gear, partly because some of the stuff I bought new is very old, but thanks for the tip ;)

[@reedtrygd4277]

Skootaman in that case you're already a lot farther than I am, I don't even have any modular but I'm ready to destroy my wallet. Good luck in making music!

[@Skootavision]

REEDtry GD go for it dude. Getting eurorack together has been costly but it is only way I can see to execute my ideas. It’s a cliche but it’s definitely a ‘journey’

[@mpingo91]

Marbles isn't GAS, it's a MUST.

[@RaffiBalboa]

Great video, thanks so much for your expertise!!!

[@mariusrbech573]

Love the Stranger Things reference haha :) (the image in the beginning that is)

[@DivKid]

:) nice, surprised no one said much.

[@carloschafin9144]

Seems like the evolution of the Turing Machine has reached another level! The cleverness of this module is just so captivating. I like my TM and it's ex-panders, but yikes this unit is seriously random! The trio of new Mutables are incredible as are DivKidVideo's tours of them. Excellent, and the time menu will be a useful resource for future reference. When do you think Mordax will embed a Mutable users guide under one of the DATA menus? -)

[@DivKid]

haha turning that DATA screen into a real little PDF reader or something would be great! :)

[@FioreMalato]

man this was enlightning, thanks.

[@robertsyrett1992]

Over an HOUR!? Sweet Jesus.

[@DivKid]

Yeah I went in hard with this one! So much to cover.

[@midirausch]

excellent demo!

[@DivKid]

cheers

[@spinalbeatz]

Thank you so much for this!

[@DivKid]

Cheers Richard, glad it's useful for you.

[@TonydeKaro]

10:25 Ok, I buy one now! Thanks for the Video, Ben! That made it easy for me to decide if I should get it :)

[@DivKid]

lots of reasons to grab one :)

[@TonydeKaro]

Yeah! One for beats and one for melodic stuff ;-)

[@DivKid]

:)

[@veith]

Wonderfull detailed tutorial!!! Thx again!

[@IvarConq]

Thank you DivKid!

[@Elevator-Sound]

killed it again!

[@DivKid]

Cheers! Appreciate it.

[@jeitoots]

Great video, thanks.

[@JK-zx3go]

Great video.

[@onderbox186]

Adam Sandler, Random Sampler

[@CengizArslanpay]

Is there a way to stop the internal clock of the Marbles on the module itself?

[@MilkywayOutcast]

phantastic

[@DivKid]

cheers

[@steveapostolides2975]

Just realised, in green mode, if bias sets the centre frequency, then the output will be like choosing modal scales. For example, if the centre frequency is chosen as an E, then the resulting scale output would be a ‘Phrygian’ mode. If A is centre, then you’d hear the scale as ‘Aolian’ 😎❤️

[@DivKid]

Unless it's just a raw offset from which the scale value is set. Then it's still a major ionion just starting from a higher voltage. To be honest I can't remember is the bias offsets centre frequency pre or post quantising.

[@waatchyourhead]

I have one of these as my main source of modulation for a Morphagene. But I I find the random stepped voltages it sends out to be too chaotic, and I’m looking for something to smoothly (and randomly) modulate and change/shift parameters in the Morph (I guess more like the Y generator). Any suggestions on another module that could do this (and maybe smaller hp than Marbles too)?

[@andrewnancarrow]

Great question. I’d like to know that answer as well…

[@davidsanfeliumarco9664]

Amazing video! Could you please share whic module is acting as a drum sound source please? Thank you Best!

[@mCKENIC]

Jesus! Thinking I can replace my Turing, Timetable, Stillson mk1 and dare I say it (NEVER thought I would) Wogglebug...

[@jsleeio]

Not sure about the Timetable there, but the others... yup.

[@jsleeio]

PS if you decide you do want to offload the Timetable, ping me here or on Muffwiggler ("indigoid"), I love it enough to buy another one!

[@DivKid]

covers a tonne of stuff! It's all semi linked or breakable with patching but it's not totally the same as all the separate modules.

[@AcidBattle]

vey nice, no longer need to study the manual :)

[@DivKid]

Great! Glad to help.

[@geertmaertens7372]

Many tx; with Mutable Instruments Elements, would Marbles be an addition?

[@MYGAS21]

I use Eurorack as a Guitar Efffect. In the VOLCA MODULAR (again used as a guitar effect), I would use the S&H function to sample my Guitar using the Oscillator as an audio rate trigger, to sample it. I wonder....Marbles seems very promissing.

[@DivKid]

audio rate sample and hold is fantastic, one of my favourite things. You get all those great aliasing style tones and it gives you a sample rate (like how CDs run at 44.1kHz, people record higher now etc) and you can screw with it with the oscillator. Fun when the oscillator is playing a pitch sequencing so you imparted overtones follow a pattern.

[@PspiralifeTutorials]

Is there a way to avoid the triplet divisions & Multiplications of the clock that the t section bias creates?

[@gedwardwells3334]

How would Marbles pair up with Endorphin BLCK Noir ? Could you just use these 2 Modules without any thing else, or would you need more trigger sources ?

[@DivKid]

well there's only 3 trigger outs so you'd only be controlling 3 of the BLCK_NOIR sound sources. So you'd probably want more than that.

[@noobulon4334]

Now I want 2

[@happylittlesynth]

I'm having trouble with noticing any changes when holding the little black button below "T" and turning the BIAS or JITTER knobs ....the manual says its supposed to adjust gate length, but I'm not seeing the results surface anywhere (was having plaits triggered by it) ...am i using this incorrectly?

[@NateHorn]

Cor that percussion way out in the stereo field at around 10:45 as like ASMR

[@sklgy]

But the big question, when and where can I get my hands on this first?

[@DivKid]

out now, ask your local (or closest) shop I guess.

[@0neTwo0neTwo]

the adjustment of width and randomization of gates when holding the button down on the T side and turning either the Bias or Jitter is only affecting t1 and t3 but not t2 since its the master, correct??

[@DivKid]

Not sure exactly what you mean here, worth checking with Olivier directly through his site. I Think the gate adjustment is for each T output.

[@0neTwo0neTwo]

sorry i meant that when making the adjustment im only noticing a change in those characteristics of the gates on t1 and t3 but it could be that im using an OTOOL+ which only has two inputs and i cant see them all at the same time =-)

[@jean-philippedetinguy1988]

​@@0neTwo0neTwo HellO, i just noticed that i think you're right : holding T and turning Bias or Jitter only affect t1 and t3. Since your comment was one year ago, have you had the chance to check this :-) ? / and maybe i'm too novice into modular : i can see the t1 and t3 leds lighting shorter or longer, but i can't hear any effect when triggering Plaits for exemple... should i hear something...? t h a n k s

[@simonmodig]

Hi! Would you be able to transpose the quantized CV by mixing it with note cv from another sequencer with a precision adder, and then patch it to V/Oct on the sound source?

[@DivKid]

Yeah, exactly that.

[@simonmodig]

@@DivKid thank you for taking your time to answer me, I really appriciate it!

[@DivKid]

no worries.,

[@sumocloud]

you could also just mix and then requantize. or just transpose it using O_c or another quantizer with that functionality. that way you can use unquantized CV to transpose it

[@ludotex]

Thanks for making such a long video, very interesting and great pace all along. When you're sampling CV (slow version) does the Spread knob still spreads the sampled CV ?

[@DivKid]

No spread knob is kind of taken over by the incoming CV. Appreciate the thanks for a long video. Somethings just have a tonne of examples and need showing over a long period of time. Feedback is always important and knowing the longer videos with indexes/timing links work is good to hear.

[@wilfred.1294]

just bought this and cannot for the life of me get it to sync with other things. Any thoughts? like when i plug in a clock from an 808 remake it just goes super fast or else completly messed up.. can't make sense of it.

[@DivKid]

Hi Wilfred, the knob for clock rate is a timing multiple or divider when you plug in an external clock. Try adjusting that and adjusting the timing divider button.

[@wilfred.1294]

@@DivKid Aye I have done this.... I dont know! i'll keep on plugging away anyway thank you!

[@DivKid]

what type of clock are you putting into it? Do you know the rate of the signal in terms of the PPQN? Does it work with other modules?

[@wilfred.1294]

@@DivKid It was being clocked by the rd8 drum machine. I had a look at the ppqn after I saw ur comment and adjusted it and it seems to be working well now! So thank you kindly for ur help :)

[@DivKid]

glad that's worked out for you. Enjoy playing around with the gear!

[@C90Recordings]

Excuse me for the clueless newbie question but, do T, Y and X function as Inputs as well as outputs? I'm unclear as to what's producing the drum sounds and how the Output is making it to the mixer. Thanks.

[@DivKid]

No worries, nothing is "clueless" or rather we're all clueless until we know so it's good to ask questions :) The T, Y and X are all outputs. Mutable Insturments often dictate outputs with the grey border/block area around those connections. They can't also be inputs as the signal flows one way. Marbles doesn't make any drum sounds by itself, those outputs go out to modulate or trigger other modules that are then mixed and recorded separately. I hope that helps and feel free to ask any questions anytime.

[@roboticgirl]

When externally clocked, why does Rate still effect tempo?

[@DivKid]

Hi Sheila, the rate knob becomes a divider or multiplier for the tempo when externally clocked. So with a clock in and the knob in the mid 12 o'clock position it just works at that rate. Turning it to the left will divide the tempo, so if you clocked it with a 16th note, you could do 8th notes, quarter notes, full bar timing etc. Turning it to the right you'd get 32nd notes, 64ths etc. It means you can tailor the tempo to musical divisions which is really useful.

[@roboticgirl]

Thank you, that's very helpful. I have one more question. My length knob doesn't seem to be turning length, not sure if there's some trick to using length?

[@copypaste3526]

I wish they would make this for vcv rack.

[@DivKid]

I think it will be on VCV at some point. Olivier releases all the code/files after recouping so much investment so when that happens it should all be available and someone can make the port across to VCV.

[@Hummelsbusch]

Nice! As it almost seems impossible to get a Turing Machine (not in stock at Thonk.co.uk for months now) is this an alternative? Greetings!

[@DivKid]

You can do what you'd do with a Turing machine here but with a lot more control as it's heavily expanded.

[@Hummelsbusch]

Cool... then this will be my "Turing Machine". Thank you for answering and keep up your great work. You are very inspiring!

[@LoVeAmBiEnT]

30:00. What is triggering the V/oct. purple cable

[@DivKid]

Hi Matty, that's the X3 output from Marbles (black cable). However that first goes into the Mordax DATA (behind the overlaid graphic, hence you can't see - apologies about that) before going back out to Plaits 1v/oct on the purple cable.

[@jessejamesmcclear3613]

I'm considering getting one of these. I do wish they were a bit smaller, but... maybe it's worth the HP? :)

[@DivKid]

well it's totally playable and simple to use. Which is more important than cramping everything in for me. But of course sometimes you just don't have the HP, I can appreciate that.

[@louiswarynski9039]

At 23:26, shouldn't it output a medium C (the actual center) instead of an F ?

[@DivKid]

I didn't tune my oscillator so take the notes as a series of intervals not finite values. I don't tune my oscillators to anything other what I feel like at the time unless I'm working with other instruments or a patch that needs to be recorded and recalled.

[@louiswarynski9039]

Yeah but with Spread at full CW, it sounds as a two Cs (two octaves distant), so i would assume it should sound the middle C with Spread at fully CCW.

[@DivKid]

spread fully up is just the highest and lowest possible values. Spread all the way down is no spread from the centre point, that's set by the bias. So the bias would be the thing changing that value.

[@louiswarynski9039]

Makes perfect sense, thanks a lot !

[@DivKid]

Cheers!

[@Nomo_Popo]

Hoping someone will port this into a Reaktor Block. Please?

[@DivKid]

Possibly VCV Rack in the future as they have some Mutable modules already.

[@Rafaelfo.]

what's the synth module playing at 00:43:37​?

[@nathturn3869]

Plaits I’m sure

[@Kupka2408]

Awesome tutorial! I still don't understand what the quantizer function is doing when feeding Marbles with an external sequence, as you can't choose a scale in this mode. Does the steps knob just kick out notes from the sequence when turning it clockwise?

[@DivKid]

not sure without trying it or reading the manual, does that say anything about it?