Pittsburgh Modular Taiga - Patch Guide!

[@TheUnperson]

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[@jetlag_beats]

1st synth in many, many years that I instantly fell in love with at the very first hearing,,,, Awesome machine!

[@TheUnperson]

It’s definitely got some special mojo!

[@austinbooth2024]

Some of the best Taiga content out there! Thanks.

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers man!

[@nics2202]

Man, I love your demos! So much so, I ended up getting the Taiga 😂 I'd missed the release of the patch guide, so glad youve posted this. Don't forget to hit "edit-arp" button to enable paraphonic mode. Had me stumped for a while 😉

[@TheUnperson]

Haha! Hope you’re enjoying the Taiga!

[@danhaydon7291]

13:20 this one of many lovely bits here

[@ruscor]

Lovely patches! The Dirty Echoes bassline at 13:09 was really epic sounding and the Wobbly Delays at 17:33 really took on a life of it's own. Can't wait to fire up my Taiga again and try some of these patch ideas! 🔥

[@TheUnperson]

Thank you! I think the preamp circuit and the delay really adds so much character to the Taiga!

[@RobertMaxwellMediaCorp]

What an awesome synthesizer! Pittsburgh Modular strikes again. That distorted section almost reminded me a bit of Soundgarden's "4th of July."

[@TheUnperson]

Ohh nice ~ was listening to Superunknown the other day!!

[@ChristopherOrth]

Fun patches! I finally got a Taiga myself last week. It does things no other synth I have can do.

[@TheUnperson]

It definitely can ~ are you enjoying the Taiga?

[@vaaalsongs4867]

So mesmerized by Taiga. These are some really great patches 🙌🏻

[@TheUnperson]

It can be very mesmerising indeed!

[@redirishmanxlt]

These are mind blowing man. wow.

[@awpMusic1]

Great video - really useful stuff about patching Taiga!

[@TheUnperson]

Thank you! :)

[@els1f]

Badass as always! 🔥 I'm still gaseous af over the Taiga 😋

[@TheUnperson]

Hahah cheers man!

[@summarity]

17:44 Eerily close to the soundscape as used in Layer Cake when X kills the boss.

[@locavoremusic3680]

i loooooove the distorted echos! Gonna try this out this evening :D

[@TheUnperson]

Me toooo!

[@dodgedforgottenn]

Great Taiga demo! Love the sounds

[@alto464]

Gracias por este pedazoo de tutorial me has salbado muchas muchas locuras de cablesdo 👏👏👏👏

[@mitchminimal6942]

Unnnn, You are awesome! I really enjoyed this 🙂

[@TheUnperson]

Glad to hear it! Thank you :)

[@fischergreen4134]

Nice one this will help me as I try to get my head around my Taiga

[@michaelscottpettis]

Fantastic

[@jeejeeBlaps]

Welp this did it for me. Taiga ordered!

[@TheDoctorM0]

Phenomenal, dude!

[@TheUnperson]

Thank you :)

[@BigEmptyZero]

Sounds awesome 🔥 ive been curious about the Taiga. Wondering how it would get along with my subharmonicon

[@rodnee2340]

That end patch is great. Dark sounding delay.

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers! The delay is pretty damn dark!

[@LordoftheBadgers]

*adjusts tuning*... Still hurting my poor ears! Cool synth and demo obvs thanks mate

[@TheUnperson]

Haha thank you! :)

[@boydw1]

Until this video I think I'd been a touch underwhelmed by the Taiga demos, but I get it now. This thing is capable of some pretty unique flavours.

[@TheUnperson]

Thank you! Yea it’s definitely carved out it’s own space in the synth world :)

[@LordoftheBadgers]

Deffo with you on that Boydw1... The demos until now we're just to me a lot of synth w&nkery rather than musical. Thanks Ali for doing this!

[@patriciaoudart1508]

Just a question of cost I have not the Taiga, rich harmonics and part of modular soundscapes I love.💚☺️😺

[@TheUnperson]

I know that feeling well lol

[@alto464]

Este sinte es brutallll y ya lo tengo 😅

[@nicogrubert]

Great sound demo! Thanks a lot! What are the modules left and right of the taiga and how are they connected?

[@TheUnperson]

Thanks! To the left there’s a power supply and Pam’s New Workout, and to the right there’s Nautilus delay, Beads granular processor, and Fx Aid multi-fx.

[@compucorder64]

Was originally thinking of adding a Moog Grandmother as main simple strong monosynth, alongside my modular. But, now, I'm starting to think one of these in a similar case. End of chain reverb, loopable envelope and a versatile creative effects module would round this one nicely. For versatility, thinking maybe a Desmodus Versio (for flexibility) end of chain. Maybe DivKid's OCHD. And maybe a compact loopable envelope, like the cheap Rides in the Storm one, or ALM Pip Slope. uO_C or uMarbles could also be really useful.

[@TheUnperson]

I think both options sound good. The grandmother seems like a very good synth - and the black version aesthetically really does it for me. The taiga + effects route is very powerful indeed and could keep you sound designing for years :D

[@compucorder64]

@@TheUnperson Definitely aesthetically the black version of the Moog Grandmother just sits right.

[@TheDoctorM0]

I put mine in a 104 skiff w Maths, disting and Morphagene EOC.

[@freejazzbone]

great sounds, how do you have the keystep connected to the Taiga? don't see any MIDI cables or any cables connecting the two, maybe it's the lighting? thanks

[@TheUnperson]

There is a MIDI cable going to the Taiga :)

[@freejazzbone]

gosh, thanks, but i still can't see the cable, must be a black cable in the dark part of the video? the MIDI input on the Taiga is on the far left, oh well, doesn't matter, you've got other modular instruments connected to the Taiga. What's your recommendation for pairing another synth or drum machine with Taiga? DFAM, Behringer Edge? the Taiga does a lot more than the Mother-32, maybe Subharmonicon? Roland TR-08? guess any MIDI or patch/CV cable instrument will work, Taiga sounds amazing, thanks again

[@TheUnperson]

The Taiga comes with a midi to minijack converter so it’s just a standard cable input on the front of the Taiga. I quite like to pair digital gear with analogue to get some unique things happening. Plaits would be a great 4th oscillator, or some fun effects like a sampler. I typically keep drum machines separate but I’m sure a DFAM/edge would be a fantastic companion :)

[@freejazzbone]

interesting, the Arturia Microfreak would probably pair up good with Taiga also,@@TheUnperson

[@Dogboy73]

Just got a Taiga. Struggling with it out of the box. I followed the quick start guide but it still behaving hella weird! Really odd. I'm triggering from an Arturia Minialb 3. Can see the LED's on the ADSR's triggering when I pres a key. But, they're not behaving well at all. And everything else sounds pretty off as well. Very odd. Not sure if it's broken or am just doing something silly! Any tips?! May have to get onto Pittsburgh I think 😕

[@TheUnperson]

If i remember correctly i had a difficult first few hours with the Taiga. The envelopes are very sensitive and most of the action happens within the first 10% of the knobs. I'd also check the dynamics control - open it all the way up to make sure sound is getting through. It takes a while to get used to it's quirky behaviour!

[@oscarvanderburgh9915]

I was wondering… is a classic synth style mod wheel >> lfo amount possible? I haven’t found it on the taiga.

[@TheUnperson]

hmmm you could maybe do it by using the preamp section. Have the preamp process the LFO CV and the mod wheel modulate the preamp volume.

[@oscarvanderburgh9915]

I’ll try that out… thanks!!!

[@marccarpenter2680]

What Module are you using?

[@TheUnperson]

On the left I have a power supply and Pam’s new workout. Right is Nautilus, Beads, FX Aid.

[@marccarpenter2680]

@The Unperson thank you. Sounds awesome. You remember what patches you made. I was wondering if you could do Sounds patches On this set up. I just bought the taiga yesterday. So it shipping right now. The sound you like.were the Intro Midi cc Preamp saturation

[@jfly237]

very cool