Ornament and Crime Copiermaschine. Full tutorial, example patches and some handy tips

[@SnoopLazersnake]

Wow, this is a seriously eye-opening tutorial! Very clear and well put together. Excited to see more! Thanks for this.

[@SynthDad]

Thank you for the feedback - really appreciate it!

[@rayderrich]

The beauty of a video like this is that it ages very well as in Eurorack modules tend to stay for a long time. Hence I enjoyed this explanation a lot 3 years later.

[@SynthDad]

Glad you enjoyed it! Very true - classic modules last a long time in eurorack

[@MarteenMayjer]

Feeling the same watching this 3 years later haha

[@xnaut_g]

In a novel sense, when you introduced the sound of pi, I began to imagine how one could go deep in two directions (I thought of the Fibonacci sequence but I’m not sure that’s what is actually visible in the pi audio sequence), but two directions with sound. A heavenly direction and a worldly direction.

[@SynthDad]

Funny you should mention that, because in the latest version of the Phazerville firmware for O_C (an extension of Hemispheres) there's an app called Pigeons that uses Fibonacci sequences to produce fun interesting melodies. Check it out!

[@vincentdanopoulos]

You make the single-best tutorials on that module. Insanely helpful. Thanks!

[@SynthDad]

Thank you for watching!

[@alfred9843]

Man , i'm from Italy. Thank you so much for this tutorial. For real. With love !

[@SynthDad]

Happy to help!

[@xnaut_g]

Thank you. Your patch sound great! The only problem I encountered is that when applying this knowledge, my patch was mostly dodgy and weedy sound at best. Life!

[@SynthDad]

Wow thank you for the award - very much appreciated!

[@ArguZ72]

This is pure tutorial gold....thanks dad :)

[@SynthDad]

Happy to help!

[@dsf338]

Thanks for demystifying the o_c, a series like this was long overdue. I love these kinds of swiss army knife modules.

[@SynthDad]

Thanks for watching - stay tuned for more videos on O_C

[@suckerformimi]

Thanks for your videos! Idk if I ever would have understood O/C without them

[@SynthDad]

Glad I could help out :)

[@cardboardmusic]

I'm not sure if you've seen (in the manual) that you can simply freeze your pattern by pressing the down button once. You should see two dots to the left of the scale/mode name in freeze mode. This means it's locked - exactly as you did with the sequential switch and a trigger at gate 2. You've probably seen this, but I thought it might be interesting for anyone watching the tutorial. This way they won't have to gate anything, O_C does it for you. i enjoyed the tutorial too, great stuff as always.

[@SynthDad]

Ah yes good point - thanks!

[@TheNimasan]

really didn't know what to do wihtout these amazing series!! watch then back and forth!! thank you and happy new year!

[@SynthDad]

Happy new year! Thanks for watching!

[@calum-gunn]

As a fellow Synth Dad, I appreciate this a lot!! Thanks so much.

[@seanspartan2023]

This is an awesome tutorial. I like how you explained the patch very clearly. Thank you

[@SynthDad]

Thanks!

[@Vadlife]

Such informative and educational video. Thanks so much!

[@SynthDad]

Glad to hear you found it useful!

[@mono_T0NI]

Very appreciated tutorial, learned a few new things about the Copiermachine. Will definitely check out the other O_c tuorials as well!

[@SynthDad]

Thank you!

[@cozylifemodular1863]

Absolutely love your teaching style

[@SynthDad]

Thank you!

[@BenGeorge77]

Can I be that guy for a sec: what case is that? Awesome video series, O_C looks like a ton of fun.

[@SynthDad]

It's a 60hp 'Accra' case from Modulaire Maritime. A really lovely case to work with and portable too: www.modulaire-maritime.com/accra

[@greykeith]

love these in-depth tuts on Ornament and crime. it's such a dense module, thanks!

[@SynthDad]

Thanks for watching - glad you found it useful.

[@ruscada.cosmic]

Great content! I use O_c in 99% of my patches, usually in Quartemain mode. I then use a sequential switch to make things more interesting. Looking forward to the next chapters!

[@SynthDad]

Good tip - it seems most people are using O_C in Quantermain mode from what I've seen in comments. Funny enough I've never used it!

[@ruscada.cosmic]

@@SynthDad It is good especially if you have more voices going on and/or don't have other gear capable of sequencing. Personally, I love it for mixing 3-4 distinct sequences (usually between 3 and 8 steps) that I then control with a sequential switch, as already said. Usually, I have the first sequence fixed with no additional notes variation, while I allow the others to evolve over time (CV in, controlled by an LFO or MI Ears). By selecting which channels of the sequential switch are active and by clocking the sequential switch itself with a random trigger, I can have a lot of control, i.e. I can get back and forth to the first original sequence, inject some variation, or allow the system to evolve by itself while still maintaining a solid foundation. Beside Quartermain, I love the Piqued and Quadrature modes. Sequins is incredibly powerful but I'd rather use a more ergonomic instrument to write fixed sequences hehehehe. I haven't had the chance to install Hemisphere yet but I'm looking forward to explore it one day. Keep up the very good work!

[@BobCharlotte]

Such a nice and well done tutorial. Thanks!

[@SynthDad]

You're very welcome!

[@datagram8202]

Please keep these coming!!

[@SynthDad]

Stay tuned - new video planned this weekend!

[@scottybasp]

thanks so much for putting this series together! I love it! I've had an O&C for a year and really have only used Quantermain. You've made me realize I've let the other apps intimidate me and that I was waiting for you to do this the whole time. Maybe a Disting series next?

[@SynthDad]

Thanks for the kind words! I'll do a few more videos on O_C apps as I think they are worth exploring some more. I was also going to do some videos on the General CV from Expert Sleepers. What aspects of Disting do you think need a video?

[@scottybasp]

@@SynthDad Disting- maybe just a hidden gems vid. I've had mine (mk4) on DJ Filter mode for a while and digging through 80+ apps for some practical ideas can be time consuming, even with a cheat sheet. Looking forward to more in general!

[@5stringaustin]

Outstanding video - thanks so much!

[@SynthDad]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@illaarocc9469]

That's what I was asking for :) Thanks!

[@SynthDad]

No problem!

[@bluegrasssasquatch4930]

Great stuff! Been on the fence about O/C...but no longer!

[@SynthDad]

Thanks, it’s a great little module

[@jankyswitch748]

This is really great in-depth tutorial. :thumbsup:

[@SynthDad]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@kostantinosmag2986]

Great one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😊

[@SynthDad]

Thanks for watching!

[@yourmaw8790]

cant believe id never heard of SynthDad! can you be my dad please? Anyway, thanks for the videos, im waiting on my o_C arriving in the next few days and you are getting me hyped with these! I think im gonna stay on stock FW for a while, seems like there a few really cool complex apps in stock, and hemisphere seems to be more quantity based and relatively simple apps. Needless to say switching between the two doesn't seem like much of an effort. As you can tell im pretty excited!

[@SynthDad]

Great to hear - I think you’ll really enjoy exploring the stock firmware apps. They are deep and take some work, but once you ‘get’ them then they’re indispensable.

[@deepsynthmagic2414]

This is great, thank you!

[@SynthDad]

You're very welcome!

[@Larry30102]

Is copiermachine part of the standard firmware? Some really cool stuff! Many thanks!

[@SynthDad]

Thanks! Yes it is in the standard firmware

[@skaface1969]

Can I hear OMD - Electricity, sounded very similar when it was in the highest key? Got one of these on order

[@caveofsleepers]

Does the input gain the your last example essentially attenuate the clock coming from Pam’s into a random gate? I have a Pam’s, but I’ve only ever heard O_c give a straight sequence (without rests or gate variation) until this example. Great stuff, thank you!

[@SynthDad]

Do you mean the patch with the General CV at the very end of the video? That's a function of both the sequence from O_C and Shepard mode on the General CV which introduces timing variations in notes

[@tomb-X]

Wow, Great Videos

[@SynthDad]

Many many thanks!

[@jamessusbilla]

thank *YOU*

[@SynthDad]

You’re welcome!

[@Larry30102]

SynthDad! Thanks for the great video. I was wondering, it seems there are a few different makers of the OC. Do you know if they are all the same? Any advantage of one maker over another? Many thx.

[@SynthDad]

You’re welcome! Yes there are a few builders and really it comes down to who’s local to you and have parts in stock. The designs are the same but the faceplates and knobs may be different

[@Larry30102]

@@SynthDad Thanks for the reply!! I bought a Clouds knock-off, and wish I would have bought a different one as the implementation seems to differ from builder to builder.

[@LoVeAmBiEnT]

Around 2 1/2 minutes you mentioned plug it into an envelope Generator can I use a simple 2hp AdSR envelope? I’m so new w modular.

[@SynthDad]

Yes absolutely - that will make an envelope

[@LoVeAmBiEnT]

@@SynthDad ya. I knew it was fine. . Had to make sure. guess I could Mult it if I wanna use plaits and maybe rings Only osc’s I have. Tryn my best to follow along

[@akasickform]

How are you getting that timbre?! Is that just via the filter or...??

[@SynthDad]

I think it’s just the filter. Which bit in particular are you referring to?

[@andrewnancarrow]

I guess as far as triggering I’m still not 100% clear on this. If I don’t want to send pitch but rather want to send CV modulation information (to say modulate cutoff and resonance of filter, or fold amounts with a wave folder) what do I use to trigger it? A clock? I’m not as interested in sequencing random melodies as much as I am interested in sending random but repeating CV modulation.

[@SynthDad]

Well again you can trigger it with a clock, any clock, and just patch the CV output to whatever you want. In the end it's all just voltage so whether it goes into an oscillator or a filter it doesn't matter

[@andrewnancarrow]

@@SynthDad so a clock into the CV input?

[@GrizzlyWang]

this one kinda tricked me :-(, i thought you were having the oc only play the notes you picked via the keystep without setting the root note of the scale. is there anyway you can think of to use copier machine, or a turing machine in quantramain for that matter, but restrict the notes selected to only those provided by keystep?

[@jmmesaaudio]

Thanx for the video. Do you know if this is similar to marbles module?

[@SynthDad]

Yes they share some similarities but approach it differently

[@mcshafty1]

I enjoy your clips on the og O_C. I might have to ditch Hemisphere for bit.

[@SynthDad]

Or buy a second O_C!

[@shane_l8085]

Greetings from a fellow Irish knob twiddler. Ok that sounded weird. Great tutorial thanks, finally got my head round the copiermaschine thanks to this, making great use of it, even using the 2nd output to sequence my Minilogue xd via cv to midi, sounds great with poly. Really wish there was a way to have different buffer length or masking for each output, wonder if it would be possible in an update. I'm surprised you can't modulate the mask like you can in quantermain, seems like one of the most useful things you could modulate but its the one thing haven't included, unless I'm missing something?

[@SynthDad]

Hello! Great to meet another Irish modular user (I know there's more of us hidden out there!) Glad you found this tutorial useful. You can use the CV3 input on Copermaschine to modulate the scale mask like you wanted, and you're right that it gives you a lot of melodic fun that way. Not sure how the buffer length could be modulated. It would make the logic in the code very tricky as if you are changing the length of each buffer which value gets copied into the next stage to play?

[@shane_l8085]

@@SynthDad oh so is cv3 just automatically set to scale mask then? Cos I noticed there was no option to set CV3 on the screen, only CV4

[@SynthDad]

@@shane_l8085 Yeah I think CV3 is hard-coded to scale-mask. Just saw that CV4 can map to buffer length but that's global

[@shane_l8085]

@@SynthDad thanks

[@shane_l8085]

@@SynthDad I really want to try the Hemispheres os but I'm really finding this Copiermachine useful and don't want to forsake it. Having tried both.. is the Hemisphere able to do what this does? I find the manual quote basic, I know it has a shift reg/turing machine, but something like this were you can have two melodies play in counterpoint (if thats even the right term for this)?

[@phazerbrains]

Nice tutorial, but please tune your oscillators together first. Couldn't make through it for out of tune osc.....

[@SynthDad]

Where did you heard the oscillators out of tune?