My Steevio-style Eurorack Modular Live Techno System

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Here's a Patch Illustration of the Core Sequencing concept as I have implemented it: www.modulargrid.net/e/patches...
Here’s the complete system on ModularGrid:
www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/v...
Here’s VCOADSR (EDIT: He's since had a re-brand and is now known as 'ebcidic')’s mint set that inspired me to get in touch with him:
/ vcoadsr-live-at-yuma-k...
Here’s Steevio’s Primes explainer video that I have attempted to base this off: • Freeform Techno / Mach...
Key Modules to google:
Doepfer Precision Adder
Doepfer Switched Multiple
Ladik S180
Ladik S183
Ladik Clockworks (See also Make Noise Tempi)
ALM Busycircuits Akemies Taiko
ALM Pamela’s NEW Workout (my master clock - brilliant brilliant module)
Abstract Data ADE-60 VCA
Abstract Data ADE-50 Mixer
Make Noise MATHS
Make Noise Erbe Verb
Ornament & Crime

[@suzybeeMINDTOURS]

Excellent ! and thanks for the kind words mate... Steevio

[@mylarmelodies]

[@petecatt]

grooves fo daze

[@BoyXx76]

is there any way to recreate those two sequencers adding themselves together in vcvrack? Would love to try it first before buying all the necessary modules :)

[@mylarmelodies]

Yup. I've tried it. Just wire it up!

[@BoyXx76]

I think this would make an awesome video, since everyone could try out this concept themselves!

[@DruLeeParsec]

Hey, Congratulations on your marriage! That's awesome. I wish you both many, many years of happiness.

[@CastToVoid]

Can't imagine a better way to spend your honeymoon than to reimagine your live kit

[@Digiphex]

You made Steevio's concept easier to get my mind around and it seems to have that Mylar sound to it nevertheless. Excellent.

[@debaserNYC]

So great! Thanks for this, I could watch these videos for hours!

[@disparity-bit]

Yesterday I told my wife that I could easily buy $1500 worth of Eurorack sequencers and still just barely feel ok about my sequencing setup. Then I watched this video. Some AWESOME ideas about improvised sequencing with logic modules. THANK YOU!

[@carloschafin9144]

Super fun a usual. Love the sequencer combining with the different pattern lengths. The Steevio Primes vid is great, and this is nice exploration in to those techniques as well. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@jrodohio]

I've probably watched this ten times, and I pick up something new every time.

[@gregorio98000]

Mate I can't tell you how inspiring and well done this video is, cheers mate! And merry christmas

[@romerouno17]

Thank you for your great videos, I can listen to you talking about modules for hours ;) !

[@politesociety]

Congrats! And thanks, I always appreciate your explanations of your thought process rather than just the technical explanation. Sounds wicked. Good luck with the set if you haven't already played.

[@rednax3333]

Congratulations! 🍾🎉Wishing many wonderful years ahead together! ❤️ Thanks for another awesome sauce vid, mate! 👍👌

[@Dan2Hibiki]

Great vid man, been trying to wrap my head around what steevio does for ages

[@OscillatorSink]

Man, this setup sounds SUPER musical. Really great. Gah... I can see myself finally submitting to modular in the next year, and it'll mostly be your fault.

[@rednax3333]

Oscillator Sink He gets that all the time... he’s gotta be numb to the guilt, lol! 😆

[@tubetech1001]

great stuff as always man :) all super well explained and inspiring

[@Wil_Dsense]

This sounds amazing ! Proper electronic dance music. flows nicely and sounds so euphoric 👍🏻

[@denistercier]

I absolutely love this. I'm not really involved in this kind of music, but the way you shares your experiences is very very inspiring. Thank you so much.

[@mylarmelodies]

Thanks!

[@ben1210]

Nice to see Steevio getting props, and your setup is a corker!

[@mylarmelodies]

ben1210 Steevio is life

[@pyptlim5041]

Brilliant thank you for this really useful. Really helped with my own struggles and ongoing thinking about modular. I think there’s something in finding your voice in music generally and then finding the right voices with eurorack 😎

[@evwaldron]

You're killing me man... you've had me drooling over the Metropolis and Trigger Riot for almost a year now and with tax return season just on the horizon you throw out this sick sounding madness and neither of those are even in the rack from what I can see.

[@UpandDownRacing]

Thanks for this walk through, also the hand gestures, brilliant

[@Unifono2012]

Great video. The moment the taiko turns from glitches into melodic is awesome

[@pantalalabs]

And we really missed your videos. happy youre back

[@marcel_h_]

amazing, really good one and warm music comes from you mate

[@Larry30102]

I’m pretty new to Eurorack and I understood about 1% of this, but it was very inspirational. Many thanks for all the info to investigate. I’ll be pursuing it.

[@ericyoung5960]

Your closing statement is advice gold!

[@atatatatatat]

Really enjoying the "system" videos instead of module reviews. I think that module videos are great, but there's not enough information for people trying to build a full machine. Seeing how each module can be used in the wider context of the system, which can be then used to make music is very refreshing!

[@Rhapsodyinnoise]

Olly Seber well said. And these are not module specific remarks, so it applies to pretty much any module performing the same function

[@mylarmelodies]

Thanks - they're actually a lot easier to do, although the research involved is more time consuming!! :)

[@atatatatatat]

And more expensive I'm sure. I guess you're mainly working with set up at the moment, but I'd really enjoy seeing patch breakdowns for more patches you come up with. It's great to see other ideas people have and adapting them for my own system. Hope the gig went well!

[@mixolydian2010]

Im sold.."make ineffable grooves for days" only ever heard Joyce use ineffable before cheers Mylar

[@bendickson8904]

I'll need to study further. love the sound of this. love love love...

[@jontip]

Wonderful work sir, and huge congrats on getting hitched 🎊

[@smartassrecords]

this is what makes the eloquencer so useful as it can save melody lines

[@mej6519]

wow that vcoadsr set at yuma is classy stuff. congrats on getting hitched man, great explanation of "the steevio process", it kinda makes sence now.

[@Yor_Sothoth]

congrats on both of them nice thingamajigs; love your videos

[@kill_screen]

sounds incredible, great setup

[@angelovazquez110]

Wow! Thanks for the tips. I would love to see how your setup has evolved since this video. Great work!!!

[@borisborisov500]

amazing video. Relatively new to modular and taking a lot out of your video. Plus your reactions to some of the sounds are hilarious. had me laughing. nice work

[@TomMadisonSoundsLewis]

Steevio would be proud.

[@mynmyself]

Great to see some Ladik love!!! That guy needs more exposure!

[@pboosten]

This is great. Eager to hear you perform on the 18th of this month.

[@BorisKraft]

Congrats on getting married! And awesome stuff on the modular, as always. Thank you!

[@BlackWarriorLures]

I like this way of thinking about your system.

[@quollism]

Very educational video, lots to chew on here! Thanks. :)

[@TheSlowGrowth]

Good job! Very inspiring for my own workflow!

[@jank-official]

could you do a video mini series, discussing your favorite VCOs, VCF and Mod modules - the reason is that most videos on KZbin are pretty standard, but I like your opinions about e.g. WASP filter or Akamie's etc. I bet you will have some interesting viewpoints on those typical module categories :)

[@pantalalabs]

I wish the best to the new couple!!

[@playboxadministrator9229]

First of all, congratulations on your marriage. Second, I'm so glad you made this video. I have watched Steevio's video on how he his rack is hooked up. Great to see this method broken down as I want to perform Deep House using my rack. A few tweaks in the setup will enable me to do that based on what you have demonstrated.

[@user-ed5ix1sw6i]

congrats man (on both things!)

[@DavidDeLuge]

Very nice progression.

[@nodflenders3665]

Awesome work man, congratulations for the marriage. I may have to get an Akemies Taiko and a Basimilus, they sound great.

[@jank-official]

congratulations, friend!

[@lienwei007]

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

[@theinternetseekers2436]

Nice work!

[@deejaydubla]

Congratulations on the nuptials, man! Also: I should really get a dedicated precision adder.

[@chemicalBR0]

Sounds amazing.

[@LittleMusicBoxes]

This was so useful👍👍👍

[@garlandkent5626]

Purely and perfectly complex.

[@derykmoates377]

This process looks really fun, and your modular choices for sound generation make it all really musical so far. That Jove sounds great, I thought it was the same as the Polaris which i have but now I'm sure it's not.

[@LarsDanielTerkelsen]

Yes!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@travelwithcamera]

Congrats on your wedding Mylar!

[@balazstorok9265]

Sir, you are awesome.

[@unfocusedcooking]

This is awesome. Wow.

[@synkrotron]

Makes me wonder if I could take my own system on the road... Still a bit to do yet, in terms of modules, and we (I share a system with my son) are currently expanding our current Doepfer LC9 with a new Doepfer LCB case, which the LC9 will sit on. Also so much to learn and then practice!

[@j0bey1]

15:50.....FAAAAAAAARRRRK!!!!! Mind blowing.

[@dejd233]

Congrats!

[@nielsblume]

Very impressive. I've not moved to hardware and probably won't as I love the convenience of my software set up but this makes it all very tempting.

[@mylarmelodies]

Set it up a similar patch in software!! Should be totally doable in VCV...

[@spektrum4913]

Totally inspiring!.. you guys should definitely play at some of the psytrance festivals who would lap up this stuff.. 🕺🏽😍🤪💖

[@SoundProvider]

super nice, thanks!

[@maxfneutra]

Love it!

[@PaulikasKarolis]

I find your videos incredibly fun and educating and I don't use these two words in the same sentence a lot! Can we expect an updated explanation of your drumming workflow?

[@Puto73]

Amazing!

[@pwinterhalter]

Great video

[@alieustiansamateh6401]

Legend! 👊😎

[@el_dani]

congrats on getting married, thank you for the insight on your great Eurorack skills/ performance ideas!

[@MsZumoman]

Excellent video. Couldn't agree more about separating the gates from notes in sequences. Endless jamming possibilities. I use euclidean circles for gates like this, 3 channels of gates and easy to see and change in the moment.

[@mylarmelodies]

Neko Neko Beats Ta - Literally just got one actually - how is it live, in front of an audience?!

[@MsZumoman]

mylarmelodies not gigged the circles yet but it’s the first thing people notice in the rack, who doesn’t love leds circles? Only annoying thing is the encoder can be clicked easily when turning and that changes the mode. Love it though, big display of tempo and triggers is very helpful in the dark.

[@ronkanditt4989]

Hey mylarmelodies, could one euclidean circles replace your two Ladik S180, Ladik S183 & the Ladik Clockworks?

[@jamescigler]

Nicely done mate, and congratulations!! If you haven't already read up on Euclidian patterns for those trigger sequencers, definitely give them a good browsing.

[@mylarmelodies]

Thanks mate. Good shout. Any recommended links? Have nabbed the Euclidean Circles module and planning to make that my riddim boss.

[@jamescigler]

Halfway down pg 4 of this PDF shows a list of the most common cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/publications/banff.pdf I recently fell down the rabbit hole of the Monome Teletype and it has a very handy Euclidian Rhythm operator. samdoshi.com/post/2016/03/teletype-euclidean/

[@JAkoGreyshire]

Looks like a Basimilus iteritas alter in there too... Must be fun to mash up the BIA with the Taiko!! oh yeah! I like the explanations about the setup.. I could imagine a Omsonic Pixel Dust in there too..

[@aeropilot4419]

Congratulations ✨🙂🙂

[@mynewcolour]

17:20 evokes Underworld ... a GOOD THING !

[@NOLNV1]

Congratulations on the marriage, and that taiko eh! The sound makers in this case are dangerous as hell, I mean I could just endlessly listen to those TR drums, that beautiful squeak of the jove filter, and the taiko...

[@FunkTree]

Congrats

[@offworldnetwork]

15.45 ... worth the wait :-)

[@plentas]

Great video, now we have to crack the gate decoupling part :)

[@benjaminlau6648]

Doesn't he send the gates to a sequential switch that routes each gate to a different voice?

[@mylarmelodies]

Benjamin Lau Yep!

[@plentas]

is it really that simple? :)

[@Leandrob13]

So, I have been watching all your modular related content for about two years now. I think I understand your take on modular techno performance. Improvisation through random orchestration. Well thought strategies but with no predictable result. I am more of a structural dude but I like your thought process. The thing is that your approach seems to imply to have a large system, at least not that portable. Do you think that with the new tech around sequencers and modules could help you reduce your live modular? It would be a great idea for a new series on educating us mortals. Thanks for being my eurorack sensei. Wish you the best, man.

[@Leandrob13]

I think Surgeon’s approach is my kind of thing: portable setups kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGa3mIuPnZmInrc

[@brandonelkins2957]

Mult the Pulse out from the TM (maybe with a clock divider between) to some of your percussion (hats?) to give it a little random flavor!

[@NickHchaos]

Precision adder / multiple changing sequences on the fly: so basically the Stillson Hammer mk2 does all these things, has 4 separate outs and cv over every parameter of every sequence that can be simultaneously changed on the fly--apparently I arrived at the same conclusions as Steevio because that's how I do everything--infinite sequences that all keep sounding good as you can make each whatever scale and mode you want. I also use the cv follow/sync on my AQA electrix VCO to essentially put in 2 separate sequences into it that shift back and forth aka complex oscillator with better tracking and more control.

[@postmodernneonate]

got those mock 808's creepin around the top rack.

[@junaidf]

Man, amazing setup and info. you’ve convinced me to buy your entire list of modules! One question, when playing live, are you changing scales (and picking new notes) when moving to the next track?

[@mylarmelodies]

You can do yeah - trick is to slowly evolve it and keep a consistent energy and hook going - easier said than done when you don’t quite know where you’re actually going with it. But if everything is quantised it works well enough. New video dropping later today which goes over next evolution of the system

[@TimRichardson1984]

this is much better

[@mooseinbeesocks2700]

I just started screwing around with the adding module in VCV I cant wait to try this. Hmmm... Gives me ideas for sampling modules as well.... Muhahaha!

[@mixolydian2010]

Great video, thanks for sharing your ideas, how did the gig go?

[@ebcidic]

@mylarmelodies Thanks for the mention, much appreciated & loving Steevio's technique too! Since you made the video I've said farewell to VCOADSR and now working under the alias 'ebcidic' - consequently the link to my set you mention has changed to soundcloud.com/ebcidic/vcoadsr-live-at-yuma-komedia-brighton-2017 - enjoy!

[@fuzzpope]

Godlike Powur.

[@blave549]

I wish I had a clue as to how you do this. Very cool.

[@carloschafin9144]

Very interesting following your journey with the live setup. Nice idea on mixing the seqs with the adder. What are the sequencer modules you have here?

[@vyvhope-scott]

I'm really enjoying your videos, really clear, really interesting! OK, an obvious question: do you actually modify your patches much (live even?) or do you develop a system over weeks or months and then gig with it? I suspect the latter as all those cables are nicely velcro'd together. I regularly lose patience with my setup and tear all the patch cables out, but sense this is not really a good idea.

[@mylarmelodies]

Yeah, rip it up, then rebuild and then learn it as is - striving to the ‘perfect’ setup - where perfect means you can improvise forever and it doesn’t get (too) boring

[@joshstory9520]

Great video! I find it very inspiring to follow the progress with your live set up.. 2 questions - What quantizer are you using after the precision adders? Is it just 1 quantizer that receives the added CVs and quantizes them and then sends the same 1v/oct to both of your VCOs? Also, I see the Turing Machine patched up but you didn't mention it in the vid. How are you using the Turing? Good luck with your gig!

[@mylarmelodies]

Josh Story Ta - sorry yes there’s quite a bit I don’t cover but just wanted to focus on the core concept first (I’m probably going to change quite a lot quite soon!!) - in this I’m trying the Ornament and Crime as a quantiser, and the precision-added outputs of the sequencers are feeding into it, all getting quantised to the same scale, and then going to the voices. The turing machine is currently just Jumbling the rhythm selection of the Noise Engineering Zularic Repetitor in the top case!

[@joshstory9520]

Awesome, thanks for the reply... Hope the gig went well for ya!!

[@scifctn]

Thanks again for this great run through! It's rare that modular videos are both entertaining and informative, and you've nailed both! One more question - Can you explain more in depth how the CV is routed into the Adders and then into the voices? I think I'm missing something. Also, why use 2 separate adders? Just so that you can have different "summing" options for each of your two voices? I'm assuming both adders are being fed with identical CV sources.

[@mylarmelodies]

waves_of_awesome This might help a bit: www.modulargrid.net/e/patches/view/33924

[@mylespotters]

Just when I thought I was done at 7U + a 42HP sidecar, here I am thinking I strongly need 12U.

[@dismorph]

Mylar, thank you so much for these videos! Your video and sound production is top notch. That box lamp and LED Lamp are excellent light sources for showing the eurorack details, I cant seem to find a similar lamp. did you build the box one yourself?

[@mylarmelodies]

Pteropus The box is IKEA, but the LED light is a CN160

[@dismorph]

Thanks!! Keep up the ace work! You're an inspiration!

[@thetaflux6267]

Thanks for the killer ideas. I'm gonna try this, but with the new Malekko Varigate 4+(2 channels of CV+gates with adjustable length and clock speed) and a ALM Beast's Chalkboard, and sequencing the gates from my octatrack..... this is gonna be fuckin' crazy