6 ace things a Disting does.

[@Fuzzfooger]

The interface is a meme in itself at this point, but I love mine. I find the trick is to leave it in one algo for a few sessions and just learn that algo rather than flip between the algos regularly

[@pizzamanmep]

thats why I'm getting a Disting Ex... But I admit that I used to own an MK4 and could not get passed the interface though

[@l1fef0rm]

Disting is truly one of those "must have" modules. Even if you don't use it much, it will always have the thing you need when you need it.

[@Fuzzfooger]

I always reccomend it to anyone with a small system like mine as just changing the algo can completely change the sytem capability or purpose in a second

[@tylerneidermayer]

Just started playing around with the programmable quantizer algorithm the other night and had a blast quantizing marbles sequences to 22edo and other microtonal scales. Disting never disappoints!

[@alter7181]

That jam for the stereo tape delay is just fantastic! Love my disting and this video reminded me of all the potential it has that I haven't explored.

[@CatFish107]

Brother, I love a disting. Excellent efficiency for my experiment palate. Matrix mixer and Rampage hogging the hp. Get that disting in there, some 2hp modules, erica picos, and now we're talking.

[@ydlp7705]

Yeah a hecking decade, crazy how the Disting serie continues to be a staple of eurorack. Thank you M. Ostler for keeping those firmwares up to date. People are making music from those lines of code.

[@dillipphunbar7924]

I remember you doing that first video a decade ago and I wanted one or more of these to start my system. I finally got around to getting one, less than a fortnight ago, and I am so happy. My humble system is nearly complete. Thankyou.

[@mylarmelodies]

Now that’s good timing - thanks and enjoy!!

[@walrtbstudios5430]

Recently bought the EX, so sold one of my Mk IVs- and I’m kinda regretting it, even though four (in effect) would have been ridiculous. It is the ultimate “I wish I had x module; oh wait, I do!” module. Edit: bought another Mk IV. Inevitable really…

[@Don_Kikkon]

Brilliant, great fun and inspiring as always. Your Disting and Quadrantid Swarm vids particularly are evergreen classics.

[@jaredpreston3815]

another banger. I have never wanted one of these, but seeing this video makes me see how helpful they could be if you focus on just a few algorithms that suit your needs in a smaller case.

[@mylarmelodies]

I ended up cutting the line out for pacing but I did say when I filmed this that even in my BIG case here (not that big compared to many!) there are a ton of missing types of modules which the Disting could be...all the weird plumbing and utility stuff and effects especially (rectifiers, pitch quantizer, crossfader, waveform animator, phaser, vocoder, comparator, you get the idea)

[@markgatland977]

I'm THIS close to getting one as my next module. This has probably sealed the deal 😊👍

[@interference7480]

Dis close?

[@ElectricWound]

A well deserved 6 course audio feast for os and the Disting. Happy tenth birthday, Disting. Once more an unmistakable mylarmelodies original. Thanks for doing this. Also... ace!

[@mixolydian2010]

Brilliant. Going to have great fun playing with this selection tomorrow. Take it easy.

[@spenzasequenza]

The stereo Noise Gate was so useful on the master Out, I just permanently installed it inside my live case (to not waste HP) and bought another one to play around with : )

[@jennoscura2381]

Thanks for contributing to my gas. This looks amazing. So much functionality in a small package that isn't too expensive. The Turing Machine functionality looks great. I have a 2hp Turing Machine. Having a second Turing Machine that does 111 other things is fantastic. If you haven't checked out the 2hp Turing Machine, you should. It can do up to 32 steps. Do a comparison between the Music Thing, Disting, and the 2hp.

[@user-wb4uk1sg4y]

The Orgone Accumulator from Neutron Sound also has a pulsar synthesis mode.

[@van_daddy_z]

Cool, never heard of Pulsar Synthesis. I was able to make it analog with a WMD Legion and Joranalogue Select 2, cool new technique to add to the arsenal

[@TheDavidPoole]

I enjoy watching your videos like this - it gives me something to aspire to. I have a mk4 and an EX. The Mk4 is currently on quantiser duty and the EX is currently flipping between multi sampler and granuliser. I'm taking time to learn as much as I can about each algo for a while. Thet are amazing tools! Saw Os at Synth East and had a nice chat. Your patch-off set was amazing by the way! Cheers ✌️

[@larsgustav.gudbrandsen]

I have two. Contemplating a third. Love the wavetable osc and the clocked ping pong delay...

[@overand]

If you love them so much, why don't you marry them! (By getting a Disting Ex, which marries two mk4 modules + more new features & a much better display!) not saying you should ditch the Mk4s though. Spread the love!

[@larsgustav.gudbrandsen]

@@overand I know... mainly it comes down to price. Mk4's are relatively cheap second hand compared to the EX. I could probably get three Mk4 for the price of a used EX. I also have mixed feelings about tiny lcd displays in my rack. I kind of love the retro charm of the dot-display on the Mk4, even though it can be hard to navigate the algos some times...

[@LightBeyondTheStorm]

Thank you for this! It has inspired me to go and have a proper go of the Pulsar VCO and to make way more use of the1V/Oct sampler

[@theb_roll]

I would love a video on the Klee!! If you ever get the inkling to do so. Thanks! Another great video as always. :)

[@N0B0DY_SP3C14L]

This kind of awesome is why I have two of them. Very classy presentation. Nice work on the graphics and camera work. BTW, greatly appreciate the fact that you did this with the Mk4 and not the EX. EX seems cool as well, but quite a bit more expensive, larger, and the Mk4 is what I have, so cheers, geez!

[@happygolucky2231]

lovely! the disting is a ever growing magical modular swiss army knife 😅

[@Silkynight]

Got 2 . Also Os should be knighted

[@robertsyrett1992]

10 years of disting videos!

[@mylarmelodies]

Does that make Disting MK1 vintage?!?

[@robertsyrett1992]

I dunno, but it definitely has 'mojo'@@mylarmelodies

[@mylarmelodies]

Lets start a rumour that the MK1 has warmer algorithms

[@sonickoas]

@@mylarmelodies😂

[@jeffryarchambeau5441]

The mk3 uses half the current of the mk1 so obviously the mk1 must be twice as warm. Plus only 16 modes in the mk1 so it must be much less digital than the later models. 😊

[@SpikesStudio3]

Cheers Alex, really enjoyed that. "Disting. Every home should have one."🙌

[@kaitlyn__L]

Oh hell yeah, Signal Sounds! I've bought my most recent synths from them, and hung-out on their modular in the shop a few times. Props to them for commissioning you to make this ;) Also, I'm now imagining someone with a rack that's just, like... 10 Distings.

[@neuroactive3301]

Excellent Video! Please do another one with more unique algorithms of Disting...

[@funkl0314]

Incredibile patches. Sound fantastic. Thanks so much for the video

[@tothefinlandstation]

Thinking about starting out with just a Disting EX and a case/power supply to use with my semi-modulars (Minibrute 2S and Neutron).

[@mylarmelodies]

Seems sensible IMHO, it’ll do a lot and support whatever else you add

[@TheDavidPoole]

Does make sense - but I guarantee that it won't be long before you end up filling that case and getting another!

[@xxhawkgtxx]

Just found out there is an amazing touch OSC editor that makes the disting so much easier to program. Really takes a hostile interface and makes it extremely easy to use.

[@DashGlitch]

I see a new mylarmelodies video, I click. Side-note the Buchla conversion is almost complete

[@DashGlitch]

p.s I basically have 4 Distings LOL 2 x MK4 and an alpha-ex

[@Wiktorion]

Fantastic video. You're so good at what you do! You constantly inspire me to make music and have fun with it. I love your video style, it's as if I'm in the room with you, jamming out. Not a lot of people get that right without it feeling forced or dishonest.

[@synkrotron]

I have two Mk3, two Mk4 and two EX so, I will watch with interest 🙂

[@nickcope]

My fave feature: N1 Switch set to mode 3, which is chance based. So it becomes a probability skipper - huge!

[@kaykramer9045]

This video makes me want to buy a second and third one of those Distings 😂... on the other hand, I have a mk4 and a Disting EX, so it's like 3 already...

[@boblove2912]

Great video but its not true that new algorithms are added on a "nearly monthly basis". That is quite misleading.

[@Orangetronic]

the digital oscillator on the Fenix IV has a pulse train mode that is a bit like this Pulsar malarkey, and this has absolutely inspired me to go and play with it :D

[@Orangetronic]

muahahaha kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqTJnamepr-Hj7c

[@therealajahn]

Why'd you release a video right now? Im tryna get some work done. 🙂

[@monkeyplusplus]

Lovely walk-through. Thank you for making it. And I see that Klee in there - Klee users unite! There are dozens of us!

[@mylarmelodies]

😂

[@nickb.4118]

The klee is my all time favourite sequencer. I’m so sad I sold mine. I have a 7u 104hp rack but I somehow made it work lmao

[@Lime_Tree_Audio]

I saw it in there for the first time... This is really interesting! Now I want one... 🙈

[@raphaelfuchs8222]

the coolest thing my disting does is gather dust in a stashed away box next to dead modules and diy prototypes. learning only a few of its utilities might be the right approach tho. thanks, man :)

[@mylarmelodies]

Yeah defo rack it up!! Even just having it as a dual sample player or delay is mega

[@mitdemall]

Well, I got one because it was heavily recommended on youtube, but the whole menu diving was just to overwhelming to properly use. Now its just sitting in my case as a tuner, pretty useful to have live xD

[@mylarmelodies]

Worth spending a bit of time with one of the online manuals like this one and seeing what else you can suss on it distingquickguide.rustle.works (there’s others too!)

[@Don_Kikkon]

Do one of these every year!!

[@dr.feelicks2051]

I needed a bit of your brand of enthusiasm. The wizardry of Oz is a staple in all my cases, the mk4 doesn’t get enough love though.(the mk4 fits pallet cases)

[@mylarmelodies]

There’s a lot of “new and shiny” of course since it was announced, but the fact is, it’s insanely useful no matter what scale you’re at (well, short of Martin Gore levels of modular)

[@MonkeyBeats-zl6tr]

Funny to see the disting in the middle of big, rich history modules.

[@dubstationzero4908]

i still love the digital sample and hold ... just put it back in my live case . i haven't been steering the ship as much lately and need to get back to floating adrift . did your classic technique getting a bass line from my melody only added a sequential switch which uses that melody plus the chord root note.

[@mylarmelodies]

Thanks!! Yeah it’s one of the best for that as it absolutely holds it pitch.

[@spick1923]

I've said it once I'll say it again. Don't Dis, dis ting bro!

[@dodgedforgottenn]

Great video, like usual!

[@crypticallegory]

Also increases your mileage when you’re suffering from GAS!

[@mylarmelodies]

Oh that’s good 👏👏👏

[@rainbowkrampus]

Finally! Some asexual representation in the modular synth world.

[@Cantrip1957]

Ok. Im going to get one! Great video. Was always put off by the interface but can see opportunities if I focus on one at a time. How are these for updating algorithms? Ive the FxAid whch is awkward to update in my experience.

[@LeonTrimble]

I have three. One isn’t enough. I bought them at the same time do I don’t have the problem of choosing just one mode.

[@wheniwaswater-2903]

Most excellently done! Woof! 😂

[@zackcolbourne6921]

I can't wait until 2034 when we get the Disting EX video.

[@Maycauseblindness]

I have a Disting in each case. It’s like a pocket knife

[@donnydarko7624]

Great video. No hate to you. I'm not a fan of what I heard with the stereo tape delay. Yeah it 's a stereo delay, but it sounded nothing like tape whatsoever. I thought it sounded very digital for a couple reasons. When modulating the tape speed it sounded like there was some amount of stepping, Im not exactly sure that was due to the disting or if that was due to the audio source though. My other gripe is that it didnt have the creamy diffusion or the darkness you get with tape, no wow and flutter that I could hear, and it sounded too clean. With 84 algorhythms though Im sure I could find some use for it though in any case.

[@nickb.4118]

Whoa you seem to have changed your setup! So much buchla and a klee. I'm curious - has your workflow changed much? How are you liking the klee?

[@dma42]

one day I'll build a modular entirely out of Distings

[@tanchwa3740]

I'm actually starting working on a new single mode arpegiator algorithm for the disting EX that I think you might like. I'll come back to this coment in a few months once its available.

[@SonicVibe]

So dope but modular scares me lol 😱

[@chemicalBR0]

the disting is an amazing little module. its so good that I have 3 of them :) that amounts to an insane amount of functionality in 12hp it gets so many updates that its the gift that keeps on giving and Os is open to user suggestions (it has a scrolling mode on midi and wav playback that constantly scrolls the name of the file instead of reverting back to showing what algorithm it's on, Os implemented that within a day of me suggesting it as a feature, it was just a passing remark on a twitter post he had made :) I use the clocked midi playback A LOT (J1) so you can also use the disting as a sequencer of sorts and its really helpful to see what file is playing at any given time . here's a wee vid of that in action kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHqWm6F-mLdmiqc

[@VictorSteiner]

Haven‘t used mine in a long time, this makes me hungry for disting again :D A lot of people claimed that the Disting‘s effects are just o.k. and it‘s more of a „if you like that kind of effect on the disting buy a dedicated module which always sounds better“. Would you support that statement?

[@mylarmelodies]

I’m not entirely convinced the Disting is a poor cousin in any of the effects really - it’s too subjective! The FX aid and Nord lead taught me that what matters isn’t the power of the unit but the talent of the programmer. So you’d have to compare directly to know. At the end of the day this maxim applies here too - “the best camera is the one you have with you.”

[@VictorSteiner]

@@mylarmelodies All of that makes sense :D

[@mylarmelodies]

@VictorSteiner I think the moral here is bust yours out and do some experimental jams - worth making sure it’s updated with latest algos and have a look thru the manual to see what you haven’t tried

[@mcolville]

Formant input? Is it just a CV input to modulate the formant?

[@mylarmelodies]

Yep!

[@user-do4cj5sd7k]

time to get dis thing dusted off Thanks!

[@prsy]

I have a theory that we'd see a lot more disting usage and discussion if more people used a midi controller for the parameters and let go of the idea of "menu diving". Ideally they'd use a befaco VCMC and get full voltage control over everything but those themselves cost like 2 distings. I may have to Be The Change I Want To See In The World on that one

[@mylarmelodies]

To what extent is MIDI control possible? I am aware it supports it but not the possibilities really!

[@taxxess]

So there are pins on the back for midi breakout and it works with several variations of midi I/O offered by expert sleepers, but really anything with the right pin out (literally any midi port with pins really) can be connected to it.

[@donnydarko7624]

@@taxxess That would definitely make it more appealing from a UX perspective.

[@deejaydaniel4154]

what a system damn

[@corticallarvae]

Sounds cool I just wouldn’t call it tape speed feedback

[@GeorgeLocke]

Beads does pulsar synthesis!

[@mylarmelodies]

Aha - nice, didn't know that and I have one in this case!! Well not too surprised to find out it would be a MI module that would

[@Noname7401]

Dam when is your house album coming out bro?

[@init-crioxica]

What about midi? This, in my opinion, is also a very important component))

[@mylarmelodies]

There is a MIDI expander. Not tried it but check the manual for more on what you can do

[@init-crioxica]

@@mylarmelodies I can load a lot of MIDI and control the BPM using the clock, i think if you output the signal to several modules at the same time it will be very interesting.

[@nickmarkham3743]

"Isn't that what you buy a four grand modular to do? " . . . Psh. Who stops at four? :P . . . Or do I have a problem?

[@MrSharps02]

i shit on my disting a lot, but maybe i should give it a fair shake and use it for something other than slew once in a while

[@lupo8282]

A decade ago................... fuck me, time is hard.

[@bigboygametime]

Two newbie questions: Do these all translate to the disting Mk2? And how does one download new algorithms? Thanks!! 🎉

[@mylarmelodies]

Sadly not, these are all algos released since that model! In the description is a vid I made which does go thru ALL of the original algorithms tho!

[@walrtbstudios5430]

I can’t answer for the Mk II, but insofar as the Mk IV is concerned, the upgrade process is probably the easiest in all modular. Take iPad/iPhone, download the latest firmware from the website to the sd card and follow the simple instructions. Takes a minute or two tops, and you don’t need pc or Mac.

[@bigboygametime]

@@mylarmelodies Wait I double checked and I actually have a Mk4, my bad 😅 In that case... all good? 👀

[@mylarmelodies]

@@bigboygametime Yes!! Get it updated and some samples on the card and you can try all this 👍

[@Don_Kikkon]

... And of course there's nothing stopping you from sampling (J5 & J7 algorithms), editing, slicing, reversing and/or recombining CV signals (LFOs, env/env patterns, stepped/slewed pitch CVs or wotevs) from other modules in your system. Then firing off these CVs to do things in your system perhaps at double or half speed without the associated pitching of audio. You'll not be a noob for long with a Disting. 🤗

[@kay_lpzw]

❤

[@mylarmelodies]

6mod6 FTW

[@johnnswildyears]

Make sure to keep that injured finger clean!

[@mylarmelodies]

Ha, workin on the studio while also making this video - the injuries kept piling up 🥴

[@johnnswildyears]

@@mylarmelodies

[@grief1]

Ive got 4 of these but Im watching this video instead. wtf is wrong with me

[@mylarmelodies]

The best position to be in is wanting what you already have!! Hopefully this’ll inspire some jams

[@HANGINGOUTWITHAUDIOPHILES]

Hang on. Was it always “dis thing”? !

[@mylarmelodies]

Would have to ask Os but otherwise what else?!

[@HANGINGOUTWITHAUDIOPHILES]

@@mylarmelodies ha! Love it. So obvious now. Thanks for enlightening

[@overand]

I hope he eventually releases a Mk5 - maybe the same display (maybe not?), but with enough RAM (and cpu performance) to help out with improving the flexibility & performance of stuff like delay, without the sd card workaround. (Which is itself amazing!)