Mutable Instruments Plaits is a Drum Machine???

[@TheUnperson]

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[@kinzhalcrni]

Great demo! I‘ve also been exploring the drum voices of Plaits for some days using the Traffic module from Jasmine & Olive Tree to modulate model selection on Plaits and CV ins. Fun stuff with many happy accidents. Thanks for hinting to try out the second output of Plaits. Didn‘t try the obvious.

[@afuckinusername]

I just wanted to leave a comment about Traffic. That is a really great companion to Plaits, Plonk or BIA. Don’t have one, but would like to get one in the future.

[@TheUnperson]

Gonna check out traffic ~ seems there’s a nice hype about it!

[@OlivierSarfati]

I have a Traffic paired to Plaits. Also use it in the same manner with a Michigan Synths SY 0.5. Works very nicely in both cases :)@@TheUnperson

[@locavoremusic3680]

sick jams as always! Never stop :D

[@TheUnperson]

You’re too kind!

[@N31L50N_music]

Relatively new subscriber. Loving all of your videos and patches; you’ve helped me with some recent module purchases. One of the best ways to let that tea go cold 👍

[@TheUnperson]

Thanks! Very glad to hear you’re enjoying the videos and patches ☺️

[@BTB88]

All of your videos are great, but the ones focused on plaits are my favorite. Great video and jams.

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers! Plaits is one of my favourite modules for sure.

[@els1f]

2:50 WHAAAAAAAA!?😱🤯 That sounded amazing when you switched that in! I love using the beatstep pro velocity to choose models on plaits. It helps to plug into an attenuator first. You can end up throwing tones, chords and some dx7 bells in accidentally😋

[@rolandhanchard2072]

was going to suggest using one of the "melody" sequencers into the model select

[@TheUnperson]

You’re a genius! I gotta try that out ☺️

[@TheUnperson]

Lol yea the rabbit hole is 🔥 Good idea about using the velocity ~ I always neglect that feature!

[@els1f]

@@rolandhanchard2072 damn, that's a really good idea! You can have finer control over the selections other that spinning that knob and hoping lol. Thanks for that!🙌👏 I'm going to try rn 🙃

[@Don_Kikkon]

Sterling work man, always so damned musical. Yeah I employed a Minibrute 2S in much the same way. Had the main CV and gate outs to constrain the 2S's noise (metalised) into a closed/open hat pattern, then had the extra 2 CV outs on kick/snare duty. 1 out as trigger for both and the other as switch between kick and snare. Worked pretty well. Many thanks for another inspirational offering.

[@TheUnperson]

Nice ~ great way to create a full drum kit! 😃

[@leocarr1551]

This is so sick

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers! 😃

[@koffer]

Amazing setup!

[@TheUnperson]

Thank you! ☺️

[@stephanmobius1380]

Jasmin & Olive Trees' recently released "TRAFFIC"-module makes Plaits (and similarly versatile modules like BIA) an easier-to-use 3-voice drum machine. The first and second batch of traffic modules was sold out in minutes.

[@TheUnperson]

I’ve been hearing a lot about this module the past few days ~ definitely gonna check it out! ☺️

[@GhostKitchenBand]

You can sequence the model to create monophonic linear drumming type patterns. Not ideal for live performance, but it’s doable. Thanks for all the hard work you put into your videos! Super informative and inspiring

[@TheUnperson]

Thank you! Much appreciated ☺️

[@weave_of_k]

very nice jam at the beginning of the vid.

[@TheUnperson]

Glad you like it!

[@ChristopherOrth]

I've done some cool drum stuff with Plaits by using MI Frames to set up different modulation positions for each step, and then sequence those positions via another SEQ. Also great with Pressure Points. That let's me get a wider range of tones on each step. But it's still pretty much Kick-hat-snare-hat-kick-hat-snare-hat. Do the same trick with Rings for some extra percussion and it's a pretty full and cool kit, but then you've taken up like three sequencers. lol

[@TheUnperson]

That’s a neat idea! It’s worth using the 3 sequencers if it inspires some music! ☺️

[@XiXora]

You really want some preset modules or sequenced CV to use more than one drum model here to help mould each sound with each trigger imo. I have done this with a set of attenuverters though which did the trick but I do like to tweak between sounds like high-hats so they aren't as robotic.

[@TheUnperson]

Sequenced cv would be perfect.. especially if it could modulate the parameters per hit!

[@rodrigospacecraft_]

I'm getting some interesting kick/snare results with that last technique. It works surprisingly well.

[@TheUnperson]

Yea it’s quite easy to dial in!

[@redlester]

Some cracking sounds, great stuff. The answer of course is to get a Disting EX as well, then you instantly have access to four more instances of Plaits! Or is that cheating?

[@sonnyobrien]

What do you mean?

[@TheUnperson]

I do have a Disting Ex but haven’t yet explored the plaits mode ~ I get easily confused with too many menus lol

[@TheUnperson]

There’s a 4x Plaits algorithm in the Disting, and a 4x Braids one too!

[@VirtualModular]

OK, I know this is a modular hardware channel but I'm obliged to point out that you can run as many Plaits as you want in VCV/Cardinal 😅 It's a digital module, so the code is exactly the same. There's even a polyphonic clone called Palette, which is amazing. If you wanted all the sounds at once, you could make some beats with the virtual version and sample a few bars into the OP-1 I guess.

[@TheUnperson]

Haha you’re absolutely right ~ could patch such a great drum machine in VCV rack (I’ve just started exploring it recently!).

[@VirtualModular]

@@TheUnperson great, I would love to see some videos on that. I'm not sure if a hybrid setup with your other kit would be amazing, or a complete pain on the arse. Would be interesting though!

[@JeffHopkinsMusic]

You need a Traffic :)

[@TheUnperson]

I’ve only just heard of this module because of the comments on this video ☺️

[@pontiuspilates]

It would have been cooler to see a macro controller in action. With one, your Plaits or BIA, or Pico Drums can become like Elektron machine with P-Locks!

[@TheUnperson]

What’s a macro controller? I’ve had my eye on the BIA recently…

[@sonnyobrien]

What do you mean by macro controller?

[@pontiuspilates]

​ @TheUnperson @@sonnyobrien CV recorder-sequencer for multiple stored values per step. Stuff like Endorphines Total Recall.

[@thefullyautomaticmodel6210]

Agreed. Sonically, very capable but not being able to have more than one sound hitting at a time is another potential issue. That said, it's workable for sure. Wonder if the code can be hacked to make it more useable? All the drum elements in this video is Plaits (5.30 onwards), with some processing after (delay, verb, granular) kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4vFqWSIn6mqn8k&ab_channel=TheFullyAutomaticModel

[@TheUnperson]

That video is incredible man ~ great job!!

[@thefullyautomaticmodel6210]

@@TheUnperson ah, thanks. Appreciate you checking it out. Loads more to come. Almost finished editing another, so will pop that up soon. New modules and case keep distracting me :)