Polymeters / An easy way to make Melodic Techno

[@yzimsx]

Melody is half rhythm, half harmony, inter-dependently. Polymeters are a way to introduce interesting or at least non-boring rhythmic structure. Actual harmonic changes ("chord changes") are missing from this stuff here, but the rhythm part makes up for it. The devices offer several tools for managing rhythmic structures, but very little or nothing at all for managing harmonic structures.

[@IhorMedia]

"Actual harmonic changes are missing from this". Yes. 100% yes. Managing harmonic structures is tough. I need to take it one step further before call it a track. Thanks for great and beautiful explanation. I really really like it.

[@jgoney]

​@@IhorMedia I'm wondering, could you try routing one of the mod tracks (divided down) to transpose your sequence? You could have your sequence evolve with chord changes that way if you wanted to. I don't have a Metropolix, but from what I'd read I think that should be possible. I'm also not really sure how idiomatic those kind of chord changes are in techno.

[@cryptout]

Which is more that enough for a good Techno track.

[@doverbeachxyz]

That's simply not true. You can tune the oscillator to different notes and modulate the internal quantizer to different scales to achieve chord changes. Last but not Least: Techno Is All about micromovements in sounds, noise and rytmh...not about harmony

[@yzimsx]

@@doverbeachxyz @DoverBeach Of course you can do chord changes if you want. But coordinating changes across sequences on multiple devices is difficult, particularly live. If you have, say, even just two note sequences playing, and you suddenly decide to change the implied chord from Cm7 to Bb6, what exactly do you do, and how many seconds does it take to do that? How many bars has the song played in that time? There is an Eurorack module called ACL Sinfonion that enables something like that, but it's quite rarely seen, for obvious reasons. :)

[@MilesKvndra]

What a cool jam dude! Great to see the Digitakt together with some Eurorack - love this setup! 🙌🏻

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you Miles! Sometimes I feel like this setup just plays by itself!

[@tennhard]

I‘m so happy I found this channel. It’s inspiring what you get out of the Digitakt and a small Eurorack. I’m considering ordering the small Intellijel case and move some of my modules in there. Your videos have taught me that less is more. Please keep making these videos.

[@IhorMedia]

Less is more.

[@digicat247]

Metropolix + Plaits FM mode = Unlimited bassline timewarp of fun.

[@Further-South]

Dear Igor Thank U. I think I find best music instructor in youtube.

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@peladoclaus]

You should definitely make a track with this. I like that one a lot!

[@IhorMedia]

Hey! Thank you! I agree I should haha

[@pabloescapista]

Agreed! Also I'm sure all of us will love to have full time live set from you!

[@skriptico]

Yes you should! Thats the only con with euro, u think about next patch and you "forget" to atleast record things.

[@johanterbeek7864]

One of the best sounding small setups i ever heard! Great balance. I would love to hear this in a club!

[@soerenraudonis]

I use a hacked Launchpad Pro MK I ( the Modular rabbithole is to deep for my GAS ): 8 times 8 step ( 4 times subdivisions ) and the option of beat division and step skip for each track… My mutable instruments are simulated ( beebo pedal ) but after all a whole cosmos of sound to explore :) Great job, less is more;)

[@aaronthompson317]

Great video. You have an excellent manor of instruction.

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@DrVimto]

lovely jam at the end.

[@debontehond22]

Appreciate the attention to visual detail. Clean composition and next level cable management!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you! Glad to hear that!

[@dj_muggzy]

Dope as always! Love your videos, don't ever stop making them! Lol

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you! More to come!

[@lfgraf]

thank you so so much for sharing this!

[@psmaulehlien]

Excellent ideas

[@JevinJulianMusic]

your content is just amazing

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@snoopyoverthehills]

lovely setup ihor!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@zonik1775]

Another clean and bright tutorial.....love your video's!

[@tamingtheherd3616]

Loving your channel. I'm not into modular (yet), but love all the vids you put out using Elektron gear.

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@drewcrewtelevision]

Properly done!

[@Atograph]

You are so good at this! Simple set up and highly effective patching!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you my friend!

[@richarquis]

I finally ordered Metropolix a couple of days ago, and just received MN XPO a few days before. Pair that with Plaits 1.2, and I have so many possibilities. This is a really nice and simple idea for using those control knobs. Paired with Tetrapad/Tete, and one control into Tiptop Z-Dsp and the other into Beads or Aurora, this could go into complete madness. Really looking forward to getting started with Metropolix.

[@Rorschach760]

Techno normally isn´t my kind of music, but this was pretty good stuff

[@skriptico]

Really good! Bravo! Automatic life&death type beat! Sooo goood

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@boydw1]

This is really cool - probably one of the best Eurorack setups I've seen so far (newbie). I have a challenge for you - can you duplicate something equivalent to this with the freely available/downloadble modules in VCV Rack, and post a video of it? I've tried, and am at a bit of a loss trying to figure out some of the alternatives, such as for Metropolix.

[@IhorMedia]

It sounds like a good idea. Not sure there is any replica of Metropolix there though. I have a few ideas for videos about VCV Rack in mind. This one goes on the list too! Thanks for watching and for suggestion!

[@boydw1]

@@IhorMedia Just found a reddit post where someone suggested Bidoo dTroy and bordL - apparently they're both inspired by Metropolix - haven't tried them yet. I think it would great to have more "here's basically the same setup in VCV Rack" style videos.

[@timk8021]

You've got all those connections on your Intellijel midi module and midi control with your DT. All those improvisations can be sequenced with your DT, including tons of randomization and probabilities. That would leave your hands free to handle even more tweaking. Nice video, enjoyed it.

[@Bork_In_Volcanic]

Or with Octatrack, it is quite good in MIDI department (8 fully independent midi tracks with a ton of CCs per channel to use).

[@SteveMaggioncalda]

another wonderful display of the art of simplicity... wow. thx, brother

[@IhorMedia]

Art of simplicity! I like how this sounds! Thank you my friend!

[@primordialcircuits1583]

LOVE what you're doing here.

[@vonehrenheim]

Incredibly inspiring! Love the groove you get going and the really nice sends into the delay. Thank you for another awesome video! ❤️

[@IhorMedia]

Thanks so much!

[@des7638]

Amazaing sounds.

[@zauwee]

Nice work on the patch and explanation, Ihor. Very informative. Thanks for putting it out there.

[@pyrox2518]

hey nice video! very interesting approach to the assignable knobs on the Metropolix. Subscribed.

[@IhorMedia]

Thanks for the sub!

[@stephengreco5115]

Super helpful videos. 1 thing I would add to each is an modular grid link.

[@IhorMedia]

Thanks Stephen! Added a link into description! I would love to add modulargrid link to every video I make about modular, but there is a limit of only 10 racks there! Pity.

[@stephengreco5115]

@@IhorMedia I think its more if you pay. 40 bucks a year for the amount of use i get out of that site is worth it to support. You could always add patch books as a part a patreon support offering?

[@EZBOT_]

Excellent video, very informative and the tunes at the end were great!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you Matt!

[@paranormind-music]

This is crazy man, awesome sound from so little HP!

[@claudecoup423]

this one is awesome

[@robllewellyn]

Ihor. More spectacular content and tunes. Anyone know if I can go to somewhere in London where ppl that play live techno like this? With the same philosophy as Ihor? Live, if you’re here, you hear it. If you didn’t, you missed. Love this moment in time stuff!!!

[@thecreepingman586]

Just found your channel via Instagram. Damn, this track is SO nice! As a Digitakt owner who has been able to unlock about 13% of its capabilities, and someone who is just getting started in modular, this is so inspiring. Looking forward to digging deeper into your videos. Cheers from St. Paul, MN, USA!

[@IhorMedia]

I hope you are at 14% already! haha! Welcome on board!

[@SURCOlive]

Love this! Thanks again for the great videos!

[@BS-uw4mi]

Hell ya. Simple and highly effective planning and presentation, then a killer jam on top. Thank you, Ihor!

[@IhorMedia]

Thanks Brandon!

[@Lostandfound187]

Love your work Ihor, keep it up!

[@runtheriver3670]

Love it🍓

[@bleighhh]

Tor between digitakt and tracker +. The digitakt seems better for live improvisation and the tracker for Composition. Tracker + could mak more since I am planning to get the drunbrute anyway.

[@BrandonAaskov]

Recently discovered this channel, and just wanted to say I love this content. Thanks for making it :)

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you Brandon!

[@FloZirkusOfficial]

Love your inspiring recipes ... cooking is such fun :P Sadly they always end up expensive for me ... now i need to sell my metropolis and get a metropolix ;)

[@IhorMedia]

Thanks and sorry! haha

[@ahenningmusic]

Your videos are truly inspirational man! Have been eying the Metropolix for a while now 🙂

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@psmaulehlien]

Good stuff, man

[@IhorMedia]

Thanks!

[@ohtobeforgiven]

Sounds so clean!

[@alfa156c]

Hi man , Nice Video ! BPM Tricks and automation tricks

[@mikebrodhead]

Great track plus straightforward, digestible explanation equals subscribe. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you Michael for feedback!

[@effiksmusic]

Nice, polymeric sequencing is always fun.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

So Much Yes! Loved this! 😀 👊

[@IhorMedia]

Yes! ❤️

[@cold_fashioned]

Thanks! More great content from Ihor!

[@Tofu_Pilot]

Another inspirational one. Your channel is super-good. Keep going.

[@IhorMedia]

Glad to hear that!

[@fcndzlzr]

This was just epic!

[@tapsy]

Tight!

[@paultuffy]

Sounds very nice and clearly explained. Good ideas here too. Thank you.

[@soundsarchaic1438]

excellent!!! Very Nice!!!

[@tresporros]

amazing! such a tiny setup and so much music out of it!

[@kenb7540]

Excellent !! 👏👍 Love that setup 😁

[@Haschkey]

soo groovey, love it

[@soejrd24978]

Yeaah. Would love some video's about clever patching techniques, like yesterday's MylarMelodies his vid. Or how you can use a mixer as a dry wet controller in feedback mode, that kinda stuff. Awesome stuff dude

[@salamandersm]

Really glad I found your channel- great stuff!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank Jeff! Welcome to this little insanity haha

[@modestcrow]

super nice and inspiring! love your videos man!

[@jamessusbilla]

amazing and well thought out. thank *YOU* so much for teaching it to us at it's most minimal form. easy to follow the signal flow. makes it easier to learn and start. and thank *YOU* for the inspiration.

[@IhorMedia]

You're very welcome!

[@martti7363]

Sounds sick dude, love condensed setups!

[@talweg384]

Thank you for the video. I would love to see how you transition from one sequence to the next with this kind of setup.

[@avalancheadvncd]

very clever set up! love it!

[@Ethan-qe7cr]

Very nice! However a laptop can do exactly that and much more possibilities. I just can’t justify spending that much on modular when a computer can do more

[@IhorMedia]

100%! With the right tools in place a laptop can do everything and a bit more than that. Sometimes that limitlessness might become a blocker however. At least for me.

[@pabloescapista]

Thanks for the another cool groove!

[@duncanbroadbent]

Really cool stuff Ihor - always a great inspiration. Just got Metropolix. some great ideas for me - thanks so much

[@IhorMedia]

Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@colorhead5892]

Bravo

[@r-omega]

I've been an avid Metropolix user since day one and making two tracks sound musical has remained a bit of a mystery to me. Your video shows that keeping it simple can help. PS: Another good Control knob tweak I have discovered similar to what you're doing here is Pitch Pre 😄

[@jolieuke]

Gorgeous !

[@ronaldnollet1461]

cool patch groetjes uit Australia

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you Ronald!

[@cryptout]

Really nicely done!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@saturn_at_sky]

A very inspiring video. I have a doepfer Eurorack Modular in connection with an Arturia Beatstep Pro for a year and can rebuild your patch in principle. I learned a lot about patching and Techno. Keep it up!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@marizuokereke7347]

Nice work, man 👊🏼

[@EdgxrRamosDj]

Saludos desde México 🇲🇽

[@astrateck7897]

Nice tip

[@illustrationmaking]

Wonderful as ever. Glad you used the plaits, as I was wondering if I could use it without a vca :D. The only thing I wish…. That you’d do more! Would live to se 30 minute jams morphing from one track to another, just as performance.

[@IhorMedia]

Thanks for your kind words! I appreciate you! "30 minute jams" sounds like a good idea. Thanks.

[@Bork_In_Volcanic]

+1 for live 30m set. Transitions are the hardest thing to do on modular, would be nice to see Ihor's ideas in this direction.

[@giuliov7934]

Fantastic tutorial I like your modular

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you Giulio!

[@southernmainesonicexperime3438]

Really cool patch, and great walkthrough! Gained a subscriber in me with this one.

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you Matthew! Welcome on board!

[@joelheinonen4926]

Like your vids mate

[@JDVVV378]

Thanks mate nice Tips! 👌

[@nkozi]

Bruh this goes so hard

[@cryptofuron]

I just come back often to listen it, it’s dope!

[@raymind]

Good stuff, dude!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you Ray!

[@maikrobin]

Man, that was awesome!!!! I think I want to reduce my eurorack now - or at least pick some modules to have next to the DT!

[@IhorMedia]

DT is a perfect match for a tiny modular like that. I keep it minimal and it is a lot of fun!

[@iqnill]

Happy dub tech :) very nice.

[@MuslimShortanov]

Man you are so inspiring ! Will buy back the digitakt tomorrow. So cool result from so tiny setup. Crazy ! Can you help to understand how do you send clock and reset information to the modular case from digitakt ?

[@MuslimShortanov]

Oh I see it is midi. Cool.

[@sr.rockefeller]

fire beat

[@TheSmudga99]

Nice

[@looseyfur74]

Metropolix is awesome

[@IhorMedia]

It really is!

[@looseyfur74]

@@IhorMedia bro your channel is awesome too. Been watching awhile learned a bunch. Thanks for all the content.

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you for such kind words!

[@lpearson88gmail]

Sounds great! Although I’m not sure if a 16 beat loop and a 4 beat loop are Polymetric. Change your arp to 3 and leave bassline at 16 then you have polymeter.

[@IhorMedia]

Hey Lucas! I might not clearly explained this in this video. The arp loop was 6 steps (or pulses) long and the bassline 16. Which is polymetric. I think confusion comes from the Metropolix terms: stages and pulses. Yes I did have 4 stages on the arp. First 2 stages had 1 pulse each, and 2 last stages had 2 pulses each. This makes it 6 pulses in total. Pulse is kinda step. Or clock pulse. Hope that makes more sense now.

[@wout6041]

Nice jam and a very good explanation of what you do! Always good tutorials keep them coming! The Digitakt is a fantastic little machine after the last update (i use it more and more and love that little bastard)! With the Analog Four you could do more because you can sent cv and ... to control and automate more of the modular a tutorial with the analog four should be very interesting and the results should be mindblowing it think? Thank you for sharing this video!

[@IhorMedia]

I totally forgot about this feature on the Analog Four or Rytm, to be honest. It might be cool to utilise it as some kind of performance tool. I'll think about this. Thanks for the idea and all the kind words. I appreciate you

[@firstandlast4415]

love it. jam on it Ihor.... wikki wikki wikki

[@KarzenX]

Elektronauts brought me here 🤙🏿

[@M1L31]

f*caking awesome as always 🥰😍

[@aleksandrlukin565]

Hi Ihor! Do you have your live set recorded (in public or at home)? Would be interesting to see/ listen.

[@IhorMedia]

Hey Aleksandr! I don't have any recorded at the moment. I am planning to record a few. Lets say I am working on it haha

[@maxistork6060]

Nice. Did u compress the final mix?

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you! I always put a bit of glue compression and a limiter at the end of chain.

[@dmitrijurovski]

Это крутой звук, у тебя талант!

[@IhorMedia]

Спасибо!