Mutable Instruments Plaits as a Drum Machine

[@talimn]

Patch 4 is a bop, keep up the good work homie

[@bengineer_the]

I honestly forgot I was watching a live jam! "This wicked Techno album was just playing away in the background!" :D Very nice work indeed. :)

[@emdotambient]

All very good stuff!

[@kd4pba]

The absolute versatility of this module should not be over looked. The latest firmware really pushes it back to the front.

[@TravisKennedyMusic]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@jonfhutton]

Very nice! Have you seen Traffic module by Jasmine and Olive Trees? Really nice way to simplify the model-switching technique plus a bit of random to spice it up.

[@TravisKennedyMusic]

I have seen it and it looks like a very useful module. It saves a lot of patching but I don’t find myself in need of that functionality all of the time. Glad to see someone making a module for this very function though!

[@OlivierSarfati]

Traffic is very nice indeed. The ?? and Random function really adds to Plaits as a drum machine.

[@bertrandvanasch]

Very nice work ! I’m curious on how you dial your modulation on the model input to to get precise instruments like on patch 4 (I think) ? Do you send an lfo and dial it manually until the hits land on the right models ? I love to send randomness to the model which sounds often very cool but in a more chaotic fashion 😅 Cheers 👊🏽

[@TravisKennedyMusic]

I’m using a Quadratt to attenuate gates from Steppy to change the model. There are a lot of ways to do it but I like how this technique doesn’t require any fancy modules.

[@312dasbkilla]

oh man cool, im new to modular have plaits and Pams. how do you get your drums to bounce like that.. ive had no luck getting good drum patterns

[@TravisKennedyMusic]

@@312dasbkilla I’m using Intellijel Steppy to program the drums. Since Plaits is monophonic, each drum sound is choked.

[@Interzone1]

In a single Plaits setup how can you get more than one drum sound - is this through utilising the model parameter to switch alternately to another sound? Then use delays and reverb to spread beats - I'm only going to use a Grids and Befaco Rampage and wondering how I might get the Plaits to spit out some decent drum arrangement..

[@TravisKennedyMusic]

You pretty much nailed it. With Grids, take the gate or accent outs and mix/attenuate into the model input.

[@synthebo]

😮😮😮👏👏👏👏👏👏🤩