Mutable Instruments - Rings

[@TheMightycoco]

Every now and then I'm coming back to this video just to listen to the pattern beginning at 15:20. Since years. I could loop this for hours. It is by far the most beautiful thing, you did. Thanks.

[@ToasmYT]

You are so damn right! It’s gorgeous.

[@logarhythmic6859]

I do the same thing lol. It's absolutely beautiful and inspiring.

[@volkamikaze]

Me too… loving it!!

[@musicandlife3167]

What a great guy for making all these great videos!!! And for helping me spend my money on things I shouldn't be buying....

[@DivKid]

+Music and life haha thanks and sorry for your bank balance.

[@OB1techno]

Keep coming back to this video as I get to know my Rings and every time I'm struck by the simple beauty of that progression at the start/near the end. Sounds so good.

[@justawatchin2]

the move to harmonies at the very end reminds me of Three Trapped Tigers' kind of phrases. absolutely beautiful.

[@rossanderton3424]

Great demo, this has to be one of the most versatile modules around, thanks for posting!

[@DivKid]

+ross anderton Add various inputs (Elements exciter section is comprehensive) or audio ins etc and yeah it does all sorts of sounds!

[@enomoeb]

The polyphony part by itself is going to make me buy this module.

[@DivKid]

:)

[@davebonawits]

hi, i just bought this module because of the polyphony part

[@nedavine]

The poly mode demo was gorgeous. Such a lovely melody.

[@DivKid]

+nedavine certainly is.

[@mangu1972]

totally agree

[@cordoie9748]

Just coming back to this demo to listen to the poly-part again and again. It really is touching and would deserve an entire song. Just doesn't have the module - yet ;o)

[@Gin-toki]

@@cordoie9748 I just saw a video by Alex Ball demoing a Prophet 5, where he recreated some of "radiohead - Everything Else", and some parts of his demoing the sound really reminded me of this poly part.

[@laboutique6257]

Absolutely gorgeous

[@recycleyourself1]

great sequences to show off how beautiful this thing can get, especially starting at 15:18

[@DivKid]

+recycleyourself1 thanks

[@cardlads]

GUESS I'MMM GETTINGG RINGSSS

[@DivKid]

haha

[@danieldorrmensch8325]

That is so gorgeous. It touched my soul, which is the perfect explaination why I have to buy it.

[@DivKid]

Thanks Daniel that's great!

[@sysexstudio]

Man, as soon as I start thinking about one Mutable module, another pops up. And then a month later, another one pops up. They are all so awesome! Thanks Olivier, 2016 looks like another year with no spare funds. :) also, thanks Ben for the great detailed demos!

[@DivKid]

+Sysex|Studio thanks. And yeah Olivier is certainly knocking them out of the park with the modules. Great work!

[@sunilsolanki]

Shame the retail version will have all white knobs. Love the blue and pink... Gorgeous work by Olivier again. Bravo.

[@DivKid]

+sunil solanki I kind of want two white knobs so mine can look like the retail version! haha

[@helixmh]

My god that poly mode sounds beautiful! I need this in my life! I was thinking of getting another clouds but not after watching this!

[@DivKid]

+mark harpum it's beautiful with Clouds!

[@adamsmith4416]

+mark harpum Just imagining what that would sound like with the multisampled Una Corda I bought a while back, or with an electric piano, especially in the upper ranges. A combo that had that post reverb on a send would be something when used with acoustic guitar. A bit like when I used to use sine wave glissandos, pitched to a particular scale, as impulsive responses in a convolution reverb to get drones that would emphasize a particular scale or mode. Except with this module you can can control pitch dynamically so you're not struck to a single key or mode. It pisses me off that I'm in debt, or I'd be buying a module like this every week. This and virtually everything else from this particular developer is one to look to, when my financials are a bit more healthy:)

[@WillisZzz]

15:20 lovely strums

[@metatron7515]

thank you for these videos! love Mutable & these videos help A LOT

[@DivKid]

Happy to help, thanks for the comment.

[@justinhuffman2430]

Top notch overview

[@DivKid]

thank you

[@BlueWolfSe7en]

Great video Ben. Olivier has seriously nailed it with this module, gonna sell like hot cakes me-thinks. Duo & Poly is gorgeous, strings sound fantastic!!!

[@DivKid]

+BlueWolfSe7en yeah I'd be really into it just as a string and sympathetic string module. The modal synthesis mode feels like a bonus.

[@alexsmokemusic]

Excellent demo. Beautiful module.

[@DivKid]

+alex smoke thanks Alex, appreciate it!

[@geecen]

Thanks for the demo! Great to get a resonator on it's own.

[@DivKid]

+geecen Yeah it works great. Using Elements alongside it is also really cool for some stereo dual resonator action.

[@thisisprisma]

good job again! beautiful sound in polyphony mode

[@DivKid]

+thisisprisma cheers!

[@PISrex]

excellent demo! love when you touch microphonie , i feel the human contact from here !

[@DivKid]

it's a great module for interaction. Cheap too.

[@xpump876]

rings my bell : D - Thanks for posting!

[@DivKid]

+xPump ha!

[@narudh]

it's funny how things go full circle ... we go eurorack to get analogue yet all these great digital modules come out!

[@mcshafty1]

Great run down. I've pulled the pin. All the smd parts are in place - just waiting on the panel and the smaller pots. I've also knocked up a Mikrophone from parts in the spares box. With the sounds demo'd on this clip it's going to be fun. Looking forward to twiddling (and tapping, strumming, rubbing, and sctratching!)

[@TerekkiTerekki]

Considering another one of these what a great module.

[@DivKid]

Yeah Elements and Rings is nice but double Rings would be cool too.

[@TerekkiTerekki]

DivKidVideo had elements when I got into modular never gelled with it as much as I do today with rings - inexperience maybe ;-)

[@DivKid]

Elements has a whole other side of it to learn, the left side exciter. And there's a lot of excitement that could sound harsher or softer etc. Modal synthesis needs and requires both to really get going, but the little pulse Rings generates creates such a nice sound through Rings that I know many don't look beyond it.

[@petdoe8938]

Stunning as always thank you, blessed be

[@Auxar]

And again a very good demo :-)

[@DivKid]

+Auxar Netlabel thank you cheers for the comment.

[@cataraxis]

Was played around with a contact mic into rings and stumbled on the EXACT strumming sound of the intro to Sigur Ros’ ‘Hafsol’ - I couldn’t believe how similar it sounded.

[@DivKid]

ah ha! Yeah I didn't know that piece, it's definitely a similar string twang thing.

[@canecreek00]

Superb video and an Amazing module, I'm starting to think I need 2 Rings & 2 clouds.

[@DivKid]

+cane creek how about 1 Rings and 1 Elements both patches. Rings into the left in on Clouds and Elements on the right? Mega stereo Mutable action! :)

[@mwvm_music]

beautiful. Great demo

[@DivKid]

+corduroyfarmer thanks

[@KordTaylor]

A really nice demo!

[@DivKid]

thanks Kord.

[@mrparksy]

I have given in and purchased one!

[@DivKid]

Enjoy it.

[@LFOVCF]

4:56 Love that sound across the stereo field.

[@DivKid]

+LFOVCF :) me too

[@CmathTV]

I've owned rings for over a year but had no idea you could process audio! DUH!. Purchased for its Psudo duophonic in the second mode on both sides.Also anyone thinking of buying this should be aware this puts out a very high level of signal which certain destinations were not handling depending on the settings. I purchased passive jacks that pad the outputs 6db per side. Not a problem if you are plugging rings into something that can handle the load

[@DivKid]

Yeah it's a resonator so that's what it's meant for. Totally easy to miss though as it works so well with the normally functionality and on board pulse generator striking the resonator.

[@sopasopasson5563]

Thanks a billion. Very nicely explained, even me the noob can follow and be inspired !

[@Psionetics]

Excellent video!

[@Banloca]

i mean...i have no idea what youre talking about but it sounds bloody amazing! haha

[@seppedemeyere]

Great video, thanks man! How did you program that strumming sequence for showcasing the polyphony?

[@mariusrbech573]

Odd and Even are Norwegian names, they're quite happy about that :)

[@DivKid]

haha

[@richarquis]

Odd and Even came first and second, from Norway. Den Mark followed after.

[@Ferrichrome]

14:43 why is this so satisfying to listen to?😂

[@TerekkiTerekki]

Great vid as usual - have Marbles playing two rings but only have one clouds how would you run two rings into one Clouds module in your opinion, cheers, d

[@DivKid]

I'd get a stereo mixer and mix down both stereo outputs of Rings to one stereo signal and put that into Clouds. Alternative you have a Rings for hard left and Rings for hard right. Or mix them in mono and just go mono into Clouds.

[@DominicDimartini]

I wonder how many people were trolled, waiting for you to patch that thing into clouds. 😂😂😂

[@DivKid]

When Rings came out Rings into Clouds wasn't a thing yet, not the meme thing anyway.

[@badmammal]

Hello, very inspiring video and has got me exploring rings every day. Like others , I love your polyphony section and melody. I’m a long time musician but am just getting into modular, so I’m a little slow at times with the technical end of things .. is your strum melody/rhythm split to the volts per octave ? are the strums also just grabbed from your melodic midi sequence ? Gonna explore guitar into the strum tonight :)

[@lifkatechno]

Morgan Geist - Lullaby Nice one :)

[@DivKid]

Similar vibe actually now I've listened. Good call.

[@lifkatechno]

:)

[@Basimilus]

That pattern at 4:57 sounded godly!

[@DivKid]

thanks :D

[@DanielBeaulieu]

Samwell Tarly does the best synth demos

[@neildenari1007]

Thanks for all your fantastic videos Ben! Would you say Rings is the best module for producing bell tones/sounds?

[@DivKid]

It's always hard to be objective and say something is "the best" as the uses cases outweigh the potential of any one module for "bells". Analogue FM, digital modulation, modal synthesis all will do nice bells. There's certainly lots of mileage in Rings for bell like tones. do you have any more specific examples so we can narrow it down? That'll help me form a better answer.

[@GeorgeLocke]

Recordings of bells are best. Especially if recorded to wax cylinders or minidisc.

[@deefman]

I came back here again - Prof. DivKid, the bass timbre is amazing indeed, I will try to recreate it. I wonder why you have both strum & 1v/oct plugged in all the time. In your examples it sounds like every new note is a changed note, so then Rings would extract a strum anyways or is this the "secret" to your tight bass examples? What do you strum with in the Bass-examples - the same gate which drives the sequencer of the 1v/oct? Or the gate accompanying each note from DAW? Thaaaanks!

[@DivKid]

Hey, cheers for the question and comment. I'd plugged in the strum when making the patch so that I could "re-strum" the same note. Rings will detect pitch changes and strum itself but it won't "re-strum" on the same note again then. Most of this video was MIDI from my DAW going through a Vermona qMI MIDI to CV. Gate into strum and pitch into the 1v/oct input.

[@deefman]

nice, thanks a lot!

[@DivKid]

no worries. Fire away questions anytime.

[@dan-alexandrumancas590]

off topic, but reading you're using the qMI, makes me feel more confident in my choice...since I settled on it before getting to this comment :D

[@exdvayne]

Hey Dan, 1 year later, may I ask how you're doing with the qMI, would you say you did a good choice? thaaanks ;)

[@InVacuo]

Those sympathetic strings... Think there'll be a Rings in my future.

[@MAXDOG34]

+1 Ksus Susk. Which to go for first - Rings, Warps, Clouds, or Braids....... As always great video.

[@DivKid]

I can't decide for you there. Two are sound generators and two are processors (primary functions) so that's the first choice to make. Braids has more variety, Rings is the stronger at what it does but does less comparatively.

[@vanhalwrapping]

awesome review! really helpfull! Do you recommend buying the Rings and Peaks to use as effects for other external synths like a microbrute, SH101 or MS2000? I want to start a modular rack but haven't got the money yet for enough modules (vca, vco, lfo's etc etc) to make a standalone system. And is there any way to get my hands on the contact mic module?

[@DivKid]

+Marnix van Hal Well Peaks will provide you with you CV to modulate things, what are your inputs on the MS2000 and the SH101? You can process anything with Peaks other than triggers/gates etc. Rings is great fun with a range of inputs. Something dynamic that already features filtering and VCA modulation works great. The contact mic module is the Music Thing Modular Mikrophonie available from Thonk.co.uk

[@JohnLRice]

Damn you! I think I "need" this now! ;-)

[@DivKid]

+John L Rice haha yes, yes you do! Plus the reveal of the Easter Egg shares even more amazing stuff :)

[@JohnLRice]

+DivKidVideo hehe, I need to sell some stuff so I can buy some stuff! I looked around a bit but didn't see any Rings for sale. Are they not shipping yet or are they just sold out every where?

[@DivKid]

+John L Rice sold out everywhere I think

[@joaopedronogueira4071]

Great demonstration! I'm having some dificulty tuning Rings to play with external synths. I use uScale to quantize it to a scale but then I find it hard to get it in tune with external instruments playing a progression. Any tip? Cheers!

[@DivKid]

the structure knob provides such massive shifting harmonic content it can sometimes feel out of tune. Keep everything static and play one long note into it against a reference or into a tuner to get yourself set up first. Then you should be good to go. Hope that helps.

[@davemaier8350]

OMG that last bit ...

[@DivKid]

+Dave Maier :)

[@GeorgeLocke]

Say, that's an interesting pair of modules there at the beginning.

[@DivKid]

which ones? Rings and Clouds?

[@GeorgeLocke]

@@DivKid yeah. you're a trend setter.

[@deefman]

Hey DivKid - thanks again - I also like the music of your patches itself. I wonder: You have this "strummed" melody line in the beginning & also another like this but different somewhere in the video. This strum-pause-strum-pause-melody - I can't quite guess what the source for this "human-organic" melodies might be? Can you help me? A certain gate source?

[@DivKid]

+deefman it's a midi sequence from my DAW, so it's simple to put together ... not so much on the modular! :) A burst generator like the Noise Engineering one would work well.

[@amadoucherifdounamou6513]

cool mec

[@markschweter6371]

Love your reviews, a few purchases were the result of your videos, including 'Rings'. One thing I'm not clear on while you're covering the modes... You have strum and v/oct inputs patched, is the sequence only strumming, only changing v/oct, or both?

[@JapanoiseBreakfast]

It has to be both, otherwise they wouldn't be able to get repeated notes out of it. v/oct only self-strums if you change note.

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

After loving my Plaits, I ordered Rings and Marbles to use in my new setup. Shame that Mutable Instruments quit making Clouds.

[@melophobian]

Emilie from mutable is working on a follow up for clouds

[@SoundsAndGear]

Nice man!

[@DivKid]

+SoundsAndGear.com thanks

[@danibruens9926]

+DivKidVideo hey I have intellijel atlantis and metropolis and clouds..would you advice rings or elements? thanks in advance ( great videos btw)

[@allears62]

god thatpoly mode is just a killer, I thought that ringified elements might keep me happy but...

[@DivKid]

+allears62 yeah Elements has a chord generation like a solid block chord, this does the strummed poly note thing. Braids by the way does the strummed poly thing in the PLUK mode.

[@FountainheadHAL]

@14:59 you tap the patch cable between the Thing and the Rings... wouldn't that be a sign of bad grounding or is the Thing that sensitive?

[@DivKid]

you can often hear things touching the end of a cable as jack cables carrying ground on them.

[@secretstairsrecords9972]

Great video. You make it very understandable and less intimidating. I'm going to crush all of these and hope I retain something haha. I assume these translate or function similarly in VCV Rack?

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Ace! Would you recommend Rings or Plaits if you had to pick only one module for ambient sounds and why?

[@DivKid]

Hello, Plaits is much more varied with all the modes it offers. But if you like the sound of Rings and it's modes then having the two outputs in stereo is really lovely.

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

@@DivKid thanks Ben! I have to try both out and decide. Already on my second rack, need to hold off the addiction as can get very expensive.

[@jamessusbilla]

thank *YOU*

[@YannickRBon]

thanks! Those last polyphony chords got me far... far far away!

[@DivKid]

+Yannick Appenzeller :)

[@MrOzzyHD]

What is playing the sequence in the beginning and the end. You speak about its own internal pulse generator, and was wondering if it was only the rings playing with that generator, or are you using some vco to play this! And very nice video. Cheers!

[@DivKid]

+Ecstasy In Order it's just the Rings module into Clouds. No oscillators, just the simple on board pulse generator exciting the resonator. It's a midi sequence from my DAW playing the midi notes in.

[@dingalarm]

Thanks! Excellent video! Do you think that Rings would make a conventional Ring Modulator redundant ?

[@DivKid]

Hello, it's not a ring modulator at all. The name may be deceptive Rings is just a module name. It's a resonator, not a ring modulator. Of course you can think of similarly if you wish as something to process a waveform. In the same way as you can think of a wave folder and a filter as two units that handle harmonic content. But they do it very differently.

[@dingalarm]

@@DivKid Thanks for your reply! I am aware that Rings is not actually a Ring Modulator. I mentioned redundancy on the basis that both units can produce "bell" or "gong" type sounds, with Rings, of course, being capable of doing so much more. Then again, we wouldn't have Daleks without Ring Modulators 😋😂

[@meerkatzThe23]

i finally need one!

[@motoboy6666]

Rings into clouds … the origin … where it all began

[@DivKid]

if you can just play this video out into the Rings input, back into Clouds then the cycle is complete.

[@Knardsh]

I need some help understanding the strum input... what is yours connected to throughout most of this? All i can figure is to use a lfo and get a steady rhythm... also, with no strum input a single note cannot be struck 2x in a row? seems to be my experience...

[@DivKid]

it's the gate output from a MIDI to CV sequencer. That's right with the pitch CV input, it's just detecting changes. So you'd need a strum input (gate) to do that.

[@Instrumentals4Sale]

tones tones tones

[@synthicate86]

+DivKidVideo Noticed you have a stackable going to the external input from the 6:00 to around 10:50. What are your two sources, and how can you stack on the input without overloading the circuit?

[@DivKid]

When this first happens in the patch starting around 8:26. As the title and description says it's an external bass synth. The stacking on the input isn't mixing signals (this isn't a good idea) I'm using the stackable as intend which is to split signals like a passive mult. It's how I'm getting my dry (not going through Rings) and wet signals (Rings processed). The green stackable takes the bass synth audio present on the expert sleepers cable in the back of it down to a mixer so I have my dry split. It goes from dry (not rings) at 8:26 to Rings around 8:37. It's the same signal splitting for the latter parts with vocals, drums etc. You can split the signal at the source with a stackable. So say a VCO output plug in a stackable and another cable into the stackable there. Then take the stackable to one source and the other cable to another. Or go VCO output into stackable and plug the stackable into it's desination and split it at that side.

[@synthicate86]

Thanks for the explanation, +DivKidVideo. I actually didn't know that a stackable would offer a second out of the carried signal on the patch cord's destination! Your video tutorials are supremely helpful. Keep up the excellent work my friend!

[@DivKid]

thanks for the kind words. The signal flow is dependent on what's plugged in. So output on one end to an input on the other. Yet the signal is available at both ends. So it's another way of working and patching.

[@TheAdamMalcolm]

wondering what sort of sequencer you were using when you got to the polyphonic, streamy bit? :)

[@DivKid]

That was from my DAW sending out MIDI.

[@alexjann3113]

Wicked video as always. What are you sequencing Rings with?

[@DivKid]

+Alex Jann that was my laptop and DAW if I remember right.

[@alexjann3113]

+DivKidVideo fair play. Just got mine yesterday off the back of your video! I was chucking a metropolis sequence through it then into clouds. Think Rings just became one of my favourites in the rack! Keep up the great work. Awesome channel for modular! :)

[@mightymike1978]

Hi, thx for the good video-review! I'm not sure wether you mentioned it or not: What was your gate-/cv-source again? And how "musical" was your input? Thx in advance! Best regards, Michael

[@aliasghar907]

which are your favourite mods from Mutable.., and in general?

[@DivKid]

+aliasghar907 depends on what I'm doing and what I'm feeling that day. Some days I really dig Streams and Shelves (not as hyped as others) other days I get lost in Elements and Rings. Sorry for the vague answer but hard to say. Happy to chat more specifically if you have questions about types of modules. Want to chat over email or Facebook? Feel free to message me on here.

[@aliasghar907]

rings and clouds seem ok.. but also the new roland demora... there so exp. I dont mind waiting for more better ones to come out while i bank dough and get more bang for buck later while i learn more of what i have now thou.. but clouds, rings, and rol. demora seem timeless ienough to get if i had the dough already.. eh?

[@DivKid]

+aliasghar907 they'd be fun. I don't think saving for "what might come in the future" is ever worth really bothering with for too long. Who knows what other people are working on and what might come out. Lots stays unannounced and just appears. Saving up some dough to fall back on for new stuff is wise though. But if you want specific stuff I'd grab it and try it out. Buying second means you won't loose much money selling things on.

[@aliasghar907]

check me on facebook at VAHID NRIVISAN @ EDMONTON ALBERTA... I had to change my last name to avoid being targetted by trolls for my world saving/antiwar attempts(long story)!

[@rustle9369]

Towards the end what are you using to generate the notes going into the Rings resonator? - nvm midi from daw

[@DivKid]

Yeah MIDI for this as I happened to be playing around with those melodies etc.

[@jameswoods4908]

Can you explain how you did that with the drums for a complete modular noob? How could you achieve the same with drums coming from a drm1? Stack the individual outs to something in the Rings? Thanks for any help

[@DivKid]

Hi James, you can run audio into Rings. So if you bring audio from other sound sources into a interface module (modular levels are higher than instrument and line by fair bit) such as the Doepfer A-119 you can then just patch that right into Rings.

[@jameswoods4908]

thank you man :)

[@0neTwo0neTwo]

at 15:19 where it begins to talk about polyphony what is creating the "triple strum" is it the MIDI sequence of notes close together being fed into the V/oct or is it cleverly spaced gates into the Strum input??

[@DivKid]

It's MIDI from the DAW so a quick cluster of non overlapping notes gives both the quick burst of 1v/oct changes and a quick burst of gates. However Rings will "pluck" itself when a change on 1v/oct is detected with no gate input so you wouldn't need the gate necessarily.

[@0neTwo0neTwo]

cool thanks for your explanation, have a nice weekend

[@DivKid]

Cheers, you too.

[@michaelmireles4480]

How are you doing the Vocal part. I have rings but can't quite figure out how to make it play notes. My set up is 2 Mother32s, braids, streams, ripples, & rings..i know I can use the mother 32 with rings but don't know how

[@DivKid]

Hi Michael, which vocal part? If you can list the timing in the video that would be helpful. With the Mother32 you could patch the gate output into the Strum on Rings and the pitch output on the Mother32 into the V/OCT in on Rings. Alternatively you could take the audio output from a Mother32 into the "IN" and process audio through it. I hope that's helpful for you.

[@michaelmireles4480]

DivKidVideo hi thanks. And I mean at the 12:00 min mark

[@DivKid]

Vocal just goes into an interface module to bring the level up to euro rack voltages and then that goes into the input of rings. How are you getting on with the general "playing notes" of Rings?

[@DBPawlan]

Hey, if I already have Braids & Rings (as well as Clouds, Peaks, Streams, etc.), do you think that I already have most of what Elements can provide in terms of modal synthesis? Would purchasing Elements be a little redundant? I have other VCOs as well (Spectrum, Shapeshifter) so don't know if this would be too much.

[@DivKid]

Well Elements has the other half of Modal Synthesis Rings doesn't. So depends how deep you want to get into it.

[@pizzamanmep]

I am having trouble understanding the Poly mode. I get the fact that you need to "strum" to achieve some kind of polyphony but what actually happens if you press 4 notes at the same time? Will it only play and decay the first note? Thanks

[@DivKid]

Hey, so this isn't MIDI where you can play polyphonically. Nearly all modular synth modules are monophonic in that they have a single input. Pitch comes on the 1v/oct input and there's only one here. There's also one one gate input to trigger the sound. The 'strum' works by playing a fast group of notes and what happens is each note overlaps and rings into the next. A bit like slowly strumming a guitar chord. You'd only hit one string a once but each string (unless muted) would keep ringing into the sound of the next string. This allows you to do that 4 times and also have those voices pan around the odd and even (or you could take that as left and right outputs). I hope that helps. If not let me know I'm happy to chat.

[@pizzamanmep]

Thanks for the reply, unfortunately (or fortunately actually...) I bought the module past week end! Really nice and organic sounding sounds are coming out of it. I love it! Your video played a big role in buying the said module hahaha! Thanks :)

[@arjanschuijt9799]

Hey Ben great video as always!! How and where you route Your audio signal when you use the stereo output? ( Odd and even outputs)? I Only have mono mixers....

[@DivKid]

+Arjan Schuijt Hi, I took the odd and even output to my Pittsburgh OUTS and then into my sound card. If I wanted to use the odd and even within modular with only mono mixers. I'd try to create two differently processed mono paths to create a dual layered signal at the end (even going back to mono). Maybe filter one output while using a different envelope on a VCA on the other. Or just take one output which works well too.

[@arjanschuijt9799]

+DivKidMusic hey ben, thanks a lot for your response man! I guess you use the same setup when using the multiple output of the elements module? keep up the good work with your video's. Are their already been video's form you for Future Music?

[@DivKid]

+Arjan Schuijt Hi Arjan, first video for Future Music is online now. You can find the Modular Monthly playlist on my channels homepage now :)

[@arjanschuijt9799]

+DivKidMusic , just watched it today great as always!!! Dope module that Octo

[@DivKid]

+Arjan Schuijt yeah it's killer offers so much and is easy to use.

[@samlevine9639]

Really tasteful loops. I love the thumb piano and the Indian classical vocals! What're you using to playback those loops?

[@DivKid]

playback can be anything from a laptop into an input interface/module, to an in depth sampler module or just a simple Radio Music from Music Thing Modular.

[@duncanthompson957]

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[@Koettnylle]

Awesome demo! What did you use for strumming sound source at 15:18?

[@DivKid]

No audio input, MIDI sequence from my DAW.

[@nicorosenberg5856]

So it works also as a sound source?

[@LowPassMountain]

Thanks for the in depth demo. Great module just received one. A quick question, why are you stacking signals on the input? I thought that was a no no. Have a great day.

[@___Benedetto]

This helps me in MiRack ( Mobile VCV rack ) .

[@allendes]

what did u use to sequence that amazing melody??? on the polyphonic part!!!!

[@philliplloyd9891]

How did you connect your drum machine to the module? Was it external?

[@DivKid]

External sounds through an interface. Could have been a Deeper A-119 taking the audio input at the time.

[@777merkaba]

Would you pair Rings with Braids as a modulator? Also have moddemix for ringmod, looking for deep spacey sounds.

[@rustle9369]

I didn't understand much of what you said. But i can tell you right now i intend to find out

[@DivKid]

Hey Russell, not a problem! :) hopefully more recent videos are a little clearly. I'm aware I have a strong accent.

[@rustle9369]

ay up no problem with the accent i'm from Yorkshire you sound that way out, Just some of the terminology i'm unfamiliar with. your video has defiantly convinced me modular would be hell of a lot of fun.

[@DivKid]

ay up! Nice one. Yeah there's lots to take in with modular but I still find the endless learning fascinating and incredibly motivating. Fun world to be in.

[@rohanjoseph101]

Thank you for taking the time to make this. Some beautiful sounds :) Can you explain how you get a stereo into your daw/recorder/mixer - Where does the output from rings go to?

[@DivKid]

Output from Rings could go straight to a mixer or sound card. Or into a specific output module which is handy. You can process both of these in the modular though or anything else really. The outputs are 3.5mm jacks so adapters would be needed to go straight into most things.

[@rohanjoseph101]

DivKidVideo Thank you for replying! What would you recommend as a good way to combine multiple signals from modules like Rings to send to an output module? Sorry, I'm really new to this.

[@DivKid]

Nothing to be sorry about, I had a tonne of questions and got a lot of help getting into this too. So first you need to define a few things ... how many sources, how many channels of mixing do you need? Mono or stereo? What outputs do you need? Jacks / XLRs / adapters on cables / headphones etc. Is volume important? How many channels? What will your mixing or recording set up be for other things in the set up?

[@rohanjoseph101]

DivKidVideo DivKidVideo Thank you so much for getting back! If I had 4 sound sources for example, 2 of them stereo, and the finally leave the system through a stereo pair of outputs, but not before going through some kind of mixer modules that would allow individual volume control (maybe even allow envelopes to affect volume?) The goal is bring all of this out from the modular and into either 1. A dedicate recorder like the zoom and/Or the computer for combining with other tracks. Apologies again if m sounding vague. The idea is for the modular to feel like a self contained instrument that would interface with an external recorder but with individual control over all sound sources inside the modular before they head outside of the system.

[@tim5122]

how good does this track v/oct changes? is it hard to tune to my other instruments?

[@DivKid]

tracking is spot on and I've not found it hard to fine tune against other instruments. The CV input to frequency acts as a fine control when you don't patch anything in so it's really easy.

[@tim5122]

Thanks for the reply! Sorry for the noob questions, but I can definitely use this without an excitation input, right? I can patch the KB out from my mother 32 to the V/oct and it will track ?

[@Thermospore]

I just finished building mine a few hours ago. You can run it as it's own sound source, just trigger each note with a gate to the strum input and put the pitch cv into the v/oct! I have yet to mess around with the excitation input, but I'm sure it will sound great too.

[@chisel316]

What module(s) are you using to create the strum effect?

[@DivKid]

You could use a burst generator, the new Befaco Burst I just covered would do it really well - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX6xopywlrmBZ9E but here I was using MIDI from DAW.

[@chisel316]

Thanks! I'll check it out.

[@LarcTald]

i am wondering wich kind of sequencer you used to do the melody at the end preview?

[@DivKid]

MIDI from my DAW if I remember right.

[@LarcTald]

@@DivKid ah ok! merci -)

[@DivKid]

no problem

[@aenamabag]

What did you use to make that sequence for the final jam? Very nicely done.

[@DivKid]

That was a MIDI sequence from a DAW which allowed me to create that strumming affect for the chords.

[@aenamabag]

@@DivKid Thanks. It's a pretty cool effect.

[@Mrpepito1989]

Hey DivKid, Lovely video once more! What did you use as inputs in the intro? love the cloudy bell sound!!! Cheers!

[@Mrpepito1989]

(Also from 15:18 in de video)

[@DivKid]

There's no input in the first patch or the one at 15.18. But the strum and 1v/oct are coming from my DAW sending MIDI out to the modular.

[@Mrpepito1989]

+DivKidVideo sorry, that's what i meant :). Cool, and at every v/oct change there is a strumm? Sounds realy cool! I have a Erica synths sequencer, that should be able to do this kinds stuff with the rings, right? Cheers! Love your channel!

[@DivKid]

each note is really short so gates don't overlap. That creates the strum affect with the fast "strums" of notes in the sequence.

[@DivKid]

Thanks BTW glad you love the channel. Appreciate it :) What's the Erica Synths Sequencer? The PICO one?

[@wackenthaljef]

Thanks Kid! Because of you i just bought,Clouds,Ripples braids and Ears... Hope it 'll be great!

[@DivKid]

All fantastic modules!

[@benjaminhorn8848]

great vid. really helpfull. i only have space for an elements or a rings in my case, what gives me the better options for long evolving otherworldy ambient, atmospheric and drone sounds from very dark to light in combination with clouds?

[@DivKid]

+Benjamin Horn Elements so you have all the impulse and noise generation to feed the resonator section.