Intellijel Rainmaker Eurorack Demo

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CONTENTS:
00:00 It Begins
02:29 Opening Thoughts
05:01 Panel Overview
10:41 Sounds
17:05 Blank Slate Playaround
38:02 Closing Thoughts
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[@RedMeansRecording]

Ugh fine I'll get one

[@chasethevioletsun9996]

Looking forward to what you do with it!

[@Koettnylle]

Thing is, i came here after watching your demo. Which was great!

[@PT-yx1lf]

As you read this comment , you begin to feel quite drowsy . Your eyelids become heavy and now you are fast asleep . You will send me this Rainmaker . When you awaken , you will look at the empty space in your rack and think " I could fit a Rainmaker in there "! You do just that . And we are both happy . The End .

[@jh-jy6ib]

it worked when i woke up my rainmaker was gone oh well must have been dream

[@davidsidoli679]

Ha ha--indeed it's a beauty isnt it.

[@deanivan3951]

😂

[@howardmoscovitz9353]

I saw this a few months ago and based on this I decided to get one to process my Moog modular I got in 1972. I’ve watched this video at least 5 times. Indeed this is a splendid module and I enjoy it immensely, but I’m much more impressed by your musicianship. Bravo!

[@AustenMixes]

How did you find the module? Good fun?

[@AI-Heaven-Hell]

So nice to see an early Mylar Melodies Demo. It makes clear how much you have progressed in terms of presentation since then. Could maybe make it again? This time with your current clarity of image and sound, the index and the timeline? The rainmaker deserves it, it is still one of the deepest and most interesting modules around..

[@matudelia]

This module (and thus partly this video) made me get into eurorack around these times last year. What was meant to be just an external send effect for my DAW,evolved into an entire eurorack-setup which is now just a tad short of 800HP. Phew - that escalated quickly!

[@VincentsVideoVisions]

Must be nice to be rich

[@dengyun846]

Can we get a 1-year update on your journey? Did it keep growing, slim down, or is it taking a vacation?

[@stephenspackman5573]

@@VincentsVideoVisions There's being rich, and then there's staying rich!

[@positronalpha]

I don't even have a case, nor any real plan to go modular, but your videos are hypnotic.

[@playing_jazz]

I started there

[@Misksound]

me too. now i'm filling my second case...

[@TheLewakas]

warning buying modules is highly addictive! I got away from heroin but I am still on the modular stuff and it eats all my money

[@DrGeta666]

This is where I'm at. Watch 100's of videos. Drool over patch cables. Very scared to buy the first module. I know it won't stop

[@SorchaSublime]

im guessing youre into modular by now?

[@hiemehbarron9768]

This is the best module demo on KZbin. Thank you.

[@johnbiddulph5428]

Another musical classic from MylarMelodies. It is so helpful to hear an in depth exploration of a module that examines musical potential and possibilities. Thank you. John

[@kojiaudio4472]

Thank you for making these videos! All of your videos have a nice structure which makes them fun and easy to watch. The only negative thing I have to say is that I'm going to live under a bridge soon because of all of these fine modules out there.

[@Ellotus13]

My god I love these videos so much. You are the main reason I got into modular, the first mover if you will, thanks for that! These are so chill, well made and extremely informational. Just all around ace!

[@errorbox4976]

Me too! Mylarmelodies got me into modular in a serious way (now im broke :)

[@Ellotus13]

We should organize a support group

[@sunilsolanki]

Fantastic video. Demystifying one of the most scary (to me) modules in a very simple and plain way of understanding it. You just might have sold me another module you madman!

[@Zhevros]

42 min of mylar the gods smile upon us

[@howardanderson3061]

Yes I heard, "Help Me help me help me", great stuff! I do not have a Eurorack set up but I am so getting the Rainmaker. It is an incredible piece of gear that just stands up on it's own. Love your presentation, I've watched/listened many many times and it never gets old! Thanks

[@howardanderson3061]

Haha lol, I love it, very funny

[@Sonakinesis]

Great to see the Rainmaker explored like this. Definitely seems like my dream delay. Thanks!

[@rednax3333]

Imma get comfortable and settle in for this one! 😎👍

[@Unifono2012]

amazing modul. Great video again!

[@RobertMaxwellMediaCorp]

Rainmaker is looking like a must-have because, believe it or not, some of us modular people aren't terribly creative and really need help from presets and randomize functions in order to figure out what we want to hear. I definitely like having the machines show me what's good, at least as a starting point. Great video!

[@timmbrockmann959]

Haha I love your overwhelmed enthusiams for this little beast.. "THE last words in Delays" As a Delay fan, and just building up my case, it´s clear that I have to buy this. Thanks for the video!

[@arsenegupengath3104]

Great demo ! One of my fav module

[@WiredSpaceWizard]

Mine will be here today. Thanks for the great vid!

[@maxwellotto4202]

Couldn’t have timed this better! Just picked up a Rainmaker two weeks ago and wished that you would do a video for it!

[@Stillgrey]

25 minutes in....getting that Autechre vibe :D what a great module. Love it, thanks so much for your good and informative video's.

[@slowwildapunk5315]

Dope video, the rainmaker deserves so many more of these. A note on the Karplus Strong and Ping Arp presets-you don't need an input, you can just ping the trigger (gate/trig or red button) to get it to pluck, and then jack your pitch into 1v/oct, tweak from there, and push the comb through the delay to to pitch shift, make chords, or make it rain harder.

[@mylarmelodies]

Good spot - can you tell I'm bad at reading manuals? :3

[@derivativ3]

Oh god alex I just took my first leap into eurorack from the little earnings I save as a high school senior right now... and after watching this absolutely phenomenal demo many times over for months now drooling at these sounds I can finally say I’m putting together a case, DIY wood worked in fact, and I have just bought the rainmaker myself to accompany my moog sub phatty... I don’t know what I might have gotten myself into but I’m sure it’ll be fun :) Thanks for inspiring me to pursue synths I’ve watched your channel from my start :) cheers, -Mylo

[@mylarmelodies]

😘

[@davidsidoli679]

What an awesome,stunning bit of gear,I probably will purchase one.

[@FadingCanvas]

I've been scratching this Rainmaker surface for almost a year now. A fart into this thing can give you anything from a soft sweet rain to a thunderstorm. One self made patch has kept me mesmerised for months, haven't gotten out of that yet. Great video, still helpful after a year of study.

[@thecld7541]

Amazing module... and great video, thanks!

[@mixolydian2010]

Brilliant video. Always wondered why i would want to spend £600 and 36hp on a very fancy delay unit that i probably wouldn't understand how to use. But as ever you demystify and your enthusiasm opens things up. Im still battling with getting to the bottom of my shapeshifter to go for one of these yet and a new cabinet too lol. Thanks again.

[@Fluidstructure]

Ive been into Eurorack since 2018, modular since 2015, and I never really dug in to see what this module was all about… and now I know! And I think I want one…..great demo as usual sir! 🙏

[@HowardPettit]

16:00 gave me chills. I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE

[@ydlp7705]

What the hell men Clearly, just rewatching your channel, I’m growing. I understand much more about what’s going on with modular synthesis these days, thanks to you I guess! Cheers, hope we’ll meet someday

[@benjiwill]

Mylar Melodies - X module overview - X module now sold out 😂 As always, great clip! 🙌

[@markusfuller]

Ok Ok take my money. that sounds and works in a really interesting way.

[@fukingvoodoomagicmani3606]

34,35&36 mins in have some of them he coolest sounds,love it !

[@HousePlant_Ambient]

Damn it. You had sold me, that was fucking soothing and awe inspiring. That with Rene, and Clouds, ooof.

[@robertsyrett1992]

I always wanted to make a Brian Eno Album.

[@paulluna8099]

Robert Syrett eh Eno is almost entirely digital not analog.

[@davidkoch4165]

This is a digital module@@paulluna8099

[@johnhorrobin8560]

Robert Syrett The author of this video has never heard an Eno album that sounds anything like this module.. they are mostly piano or unrecognisable instruments heavily treated but I have about 8 of his cd's and non sounds like this. J Horrobin

[@SorchaSublime]

@@johnhorrobin8560 you could run a piano through the module

[@suntzu3541]

Holy shittttttttt this sounds great!

[@bluntobjct]

fuck this is the best thing i've heard in ages!!! love love love what I heard here!

[@Dogboy73]

Amazing looking module.

[@jacco1967]

Already got this super delaying filter pitcher. Fun vid.

[@felixfelix9084]

What the hell i watched this video since the upload like 1000 times and i really dreamed to have this module in my case! now after 3 years i finaly come around and purchrased it, im now waiting for it to come, and i am watching this video non stop 😂😂 it will make a nice combo with my soma lyra 8fx and 0-coast 😍 also i am still really in love with your videos its just the way you talk about music its like you talk about a good old friend :D greetings from italy

[@mylarmelodies]

Awww yiss - good things come to those who wait! It’s a beast, enjoy your new friend!! x

[@contumancia]

very nice sounds mate

[@davidsimons1377]

Nice demo. Such an amazing module, even though it takes up rack real estate I'm seriously thinking about buying a 2nd one!

[@ELEKTROGOWK]

Yeah 😍 , finally after several years of waiting and searching I got one from ebay. Damn this module has become rare. It feels for me like the last crusade every GAS dictated modularist is searching for, the last 36 HP which have been staying blank for so long are filled now. My trip has come to an end. I hope 🙈

[@wackenthaljef]

This module is absolutely fantastenormousawesome!!!!To do what this module can do,i will need 249 Doepfer modules..(i think).

[@geoffreyhoffman2739]

“Oh my christ!” Classic comment from this video. Awesome! Subscribed

[@zipnone1996]

what a beauty!

[@justanotheryoutubechannel3102]

I love your demo videos! They can get a little over my head, but they are so accessible and YOU seem to really like drawing cool and unexpected tones out of gear where others seem to just try and find novel new ways to make the same old boring sounds more complicated. I found your "it's not as scary as it looks" comment comforting as just BASIC patch ideas are Chinese with a speech impediment to me... talking about that Shape Shifter demo that made THAT my favorite oscillator EVER. Stop trying to make my first rig more complicated!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! Please do keep talking plain English in between doing crazy things with unique gear. OK... now you did it... SUBBED! (and I'm not talking woofers)

[@andersjeppsson8499]

Mind blown at 29:30!! Aaaaargh! And again at 35:50... Stop iiiiitttt! :-) Amazing demo!

[@micro7075]

4:35 - "OMG It sounds like an Animal Collective record". Nailed it.

[@jsogman]

mike sims I would have also settled for 'record by The Orb' for that matter but as soon he said that I was head nodding indeed ;)

[@ShilohJanowick]

10:13 me any time mylarmelodies uploads

[@dinkoklobucar526]

hmmm, looks like lots of possibilities... reminds me also of what can be found in shapeshifter. Complex modules, but... man, lots of features, great stuff!!!

[@sleepphilosophy]

just ordered one

[@CrazyAboutVinylRecords]

Your videos on the Rainmaker and Shapeshifter persuaded me to buy both. I don't think I have ever seen $1,100 disappear from my wallet so fast.

[@SomeOne-pd6vm]

was this before or after the camero ?

[@Yor_Sothoth]

please make a ton of follow-up videos where you play around on this marvelous rectangle of god

[@mylarmelodies]

+1 for "marvellous rectangle of god"

[@jsogman]

(That's exactly what it is m8! )

[@surered4958]

28:50 I cranked my headphone volume. What a ride.

[@Chozal]

What This is incredible

[@carycrank9453]

this is awesome!!! but i havent enough space in my rack for this big module ;-) very nice video, i have to subscribe!!

[@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers]

Good health and much happiness to you and all the viewers here! Cheers!

[@chemicalBR0]

WOW this thing is nuts, I particularly liked the Karplus strong tones. excellent vid as ever

[@MrZiggyMarbley]

this is it!!!

[@Veqtor]

Just ordered one a week ago! Looking forward to exploring it! Any thoughts on using it in a live setting?

[@ZodiacGallery]

Blip in -> Brian Eno record out 😂 You are amazing!

[@Spinnaker36]

Ha! You can't get me this time; I already have the Rainmaker. Would be great to see something built up from scratch, and definitely definitely how using modulation might sound. A 3 day long video methinks …

[@Savvier]

25:34 what a sound!

[@plymouthrockrolloverlastna2461]

I just got a subsequent 37. I have no more money. Please stop. (but seriously though your videos are amazing and the one time you liked one of my comments was the highlight of my commenting career)

[@mylarmelodies]

Second highlight I guess - thanks m808 x

[@wordscontrolminds]

Thats why its known as Euro-crack!

[@timmbrockmann959]

One symptom of GAS is that you think about what you can sell of your gear in order to get the next best fancy thingy ;)

[@DrakkarCalethiel]

That module is a beast, probably the most advanced delay on earth! (If there's something more advanced, I'm lost!)

[@damiansalza7297]

It is basically an Eventide with CV and dedicated knobs. Amazing but Eventide has been doing this for years.

[@sebastiannickel4377]

Do you mean the Eventide TimeFactor?

[@stjepan_8902]

My guess is Eventide harmonizers, like Orville or h3000...to hear what they can really do, check out Squarepusher's "Go plastic" album

[@Misksound]

I have Kyma-but this is like portable Kyma. damn you and your glorious hands!

[@richardharrow1946]

From a two note rhythm it goes completely Underworld-esque ambient sequences tunnel trance

[@jamesmfindlayYT]

"Who needs LFO's when you have fingers?" - nice that one made me laugh!

[@jandillingh]

ace!

[@znolive]

I cant fucking shit wait for this to rock my soul.

[@znolive]

OK, so I bought this yesterday and having watched this video b2b 5 times plus Bens I am going in.

[@bystander85]

I have Ableton Live and I was thinking of using it for effects processing while I'm getting started with modular. Do you have any suggestions how I would have to wire things from the modular setup to an audio interface so that I don't necessarily effect every sound ? Maybe create some sort of send system with a mixer?

[@discolizardpatchesnstuff4142]

Everyone doing ambient seems to have one of these. If I knew I wanted a delay unit AND a reverb, would this do a good job as a reverb unit? Seems like it's possible but perhaps fiddly

[@ig88andribs]

This was hilarious 'oh my god'

[@vinylarchaeologist]

3:12 You had me at “Brian Eno record” :)

[@MrStupidHead]

To be fair, it is the complete opposite to how Eno works. The only thing in common is "weird sonorities". Eno considers every single note he puts down on tape. I enjoy both approaches, but instant Eno is a poor assessment. It'd be like saying all silence sounds like John Cage. (Although Cage would probably be OK with that).

[@vinylarchaeologist]

@@MrStupidHead Thank you for your comment, and I believe you are correct. However, I'm sure that's he didn't mean it in a workflow/compositional kind of way, just in terms of sound and soundscapes. (And Eno would probably be OK with that :))

[@MrStupidHead]

@@vinylarchaeologist I think you are right! :)

[@Hummelsbusch]

…if I put the Mother 32 back into it's own case I could make room for this little fella. Damn. Eurocrack...

[@KeithCanisius]

The mother usually ends back in its case I think. LOL

[@howardwint3998]

How are you getting along with rainmaker in 2022? Still discovering new things with it and loving it?

[@ArctaProductions]

I've been waiting patiently for this thing to be in stock for two months and my patience is starting to run out

[@666Freefall]

29:27 fckn amazing!

[@davidsimons1377]

Some parts toward end of demo remind me of Stravinsky----he'd have loved it haha!

[@penguinothewaves]

Goddamnit. I need a bigger case now...

[@busch028]

Was wondering if you were going to do this module as I think I saw it in your rack when you did the logic module video. Very intimidating front panel. I admit, I looked at it and dismissed it thinking, "nah, looks like you need to go menu diving for hours to get a sound you like." I think it is much easier to wrap your head around than I initially thought. It may creep into my rack at some point thanks to you.

[@davidsidoli679]

Is this a silly question but does this unit have midi sockets or am I correct in assuming there's no need for midi

[@BrooseWayniac]

great tutorial mate...! how would you handle this module as a Stanalone? i want to plug it into my patchbay to feed in some lowlevel outboardgear... like my synths or a e-guitar... how could i use the rainmaker to work for me? or is it that simple that i use the output of it like it is outboard gear? thank you

[@LoudPaul1]

If you're still thinking of doing this, you will want to bring your line-level audio through a eurorack amplifier/preamp to get it up to 5v. and probably attenuate the level of rainmakers output back down on the way out. but yes, otherwise it is that simple.

[@woodlandcritterpunch]

It feels so overlooked to me that this is also a modal synth, one with much finer control and sound quality than what you'd find in Elements and Rings. That alone is enough to sell me on it.

[@sumocloud]

Can this really do everything rings can do? I know they both use comb filters, but I assumed rings would have some extra parameters. I don't how you shape the sounds with rainmaker beyond feedback and filters (?) and it doesn't do any physical modelling stuff like elements as far as I can tell. Another way of looking at it would be, instead of spending huge on this, get a cheap delay and rings. That would probably get you close to some of these sounds and give you v/o over the echoes. This does look cool though. The granular stuff takes it to another level of spacing out.

[@sumocloud]

(Also the concept of "sound quality" as some kind of absolute is problematic.. It sounds good but then so does elements to me.. Higher resolution doesn't equate to better sounds. Ppl pay good money for bit crushers and vintage samplers because they sound good, not because they have "fine sound quality")

[@richarquis]

Hey, Alex! I just got Metropolix a couple of weeks ago, super happy about that, just starting to get my head around it. There is a used Rainmaker in my local community at a decent price, I'm hoping to nab it in a few weeks. I'm watching this again (I forget how many times now) and wondering how the Rainmaker's pitch shift might work alongside the Metropolix accumulators? Have you tried this?

[@mylarmelodies]

Thanks! I haven’t - I suppose the issue is things happening out of key right? May just require careful choice of semitones to iron out duff notes, I assume you’re using it all in a studio situation rather than live?

[@richarquis]

The used Rainmaker sold before I could get it, so I'm still trying for a new one, but out of stock each time. Trying again next week though. In the meantime, I got Morphagene and Mimeophon (finally!) plus Spectraphon. If Rainmaker is available, the the first idea in my head would be Metropolix A pitch sequence into XPO1, into Rings or Elements audio input, then into Rainmaker. Then, Metropolix B pitch sequence into XPO2, into a mix of Morphagene/Spectraphon/Mimeophon, order may change according to the weather, with a mix of both those A/B channels through X-Pan. Then a mix of dry and wet outputs into Zoom L12 to Ableton, so I can have the dry stems in Live for daw fx, plus the live modular mixes, all as separate multitracks. So, if the pitches went bad, I'd still have the dry signals anyway, good for later editing. And if it worked, the live modular signals would give results that the daw never could. Lots of possibilities. Just wondered if you'd done it or what you thought. Guess I'll just have to jump in the deep end and give it a go, since I know I want it anyway. Cheers, as always.

[@johnpaulpatton9786]

You referred to Brian Eno, but I'm hearing tons of Kraftwerk in this thing! They used to use a string machine/choir sound, and it sounds like this is taking that sound, chopping it up and doing cool shit to it. Makes me wonder what my Streichfett would sound like through it. As you say, ACE.

[@mynewcolour]

“it’s just sixteen delays ...” !!!

[@Alex_the_fox]

nice one. are you in germany in the near future? lg

[@jdsc100]

Wkd video. Just got one, do you find it has a reasonably high noise floor when you turn the wet dry up compared to other intellijel stuff?

[@mylarmelodies]

Not noticeably - it might be worse if you are playing compounded repeats, as it'll accenuate the existing noise floor

[@themennissvids]

4 hour generative music patch stream? FOUR HOUR GENERATIVE MUSIC PATCH STREAM

[@seangoldring]

not surprised to see you here!

[@atiron6543]

eurorack neophyte Q... as a guitarist seeking modular, could I place this in a rack and wire my guitar through it? could it be worth the effort? love your videos :) inspiring

[@mylarmelodies]

Atiron Totally yes. Was mentioning this to the band I play in actually, the Rainmaker is a bit like a H3000 in a module...therefore ace for guitar. You need a guitar input module and ideally an output

[@sevrin1965]

This machine would be devastating in the hands of VCOADSR, incredible sounds at 16:00 :-0

[@Banloca]

holy shit this is sick. I've never used modular synthesis before but my first buy soon is going to be the moog dfam...and definitely this too now! not sure how you actually load a sound from the dfam into this tho?? i suppose id have to just work it out!? ha

[@mykhayloslobodyan1250]

Wait wait wait wait. Can it morph from one preset to another?

[@t1daljpg]

Where’s your dry signal coming from around 30:00 or so? I love those sorta “metallic toms”, curious what you’re getting that sound out of. Edit: I see you with that sneaky II-V-I

[@mylarmelodies]

Can't remember but it sounds a bit like the Drumbrute Impact, wavfolded/fm'd things might get you to that sort of place!

[@dvdny]

This is a module I could build a rig around.

[@nectariosm]

Got one a couple of weeks ago. A lifetime is not enough to explore all the things it can do and I was always looking for a hardware version of Logic's Delay Designer in Logic Pro, especially since I moved to Ableton about two years ago. Its huge, its insanely expensive and I sold my Scooper and DLD to fund this, but I have made a "pseudo" DLD preset on the Rainmaker so its there to recall. My main gripe with it is that even though I can set up the gain inside the module so that the dry and wet sounds, are equally loud, the mix knob drops both dry and wet outputs substancially at around noon where the dry and wet sounds are equally loud, so when its under CV control, I have to compress the f@ck out of it inside the DAW to tame the parts where the sound is mostly dry or mostly wet. Another smal issue, that I am still trying to figure out, is that with no rate modulation, no Slip, when you freeze a loop in, it slowly goes out of sync after a while. I mean ok the Rainmaker is not a looper, but it would be nice if it held the sync like it does when it just works as a delay. No deal brakers and unfortunately the mix knob is analog so an update cannot change the mix curve, so it is what it is.

[@MUNRO13]

nektar agree about the wet dry mix. My only gripe, but quite a big one.

[@fakshen1973]

Shakey-cam with the oLED cut out and replaced? It's not shaking along with the picture. What gives?