PULSAR-23 in-depth explanation LOOPER & CLOCK

A series of demo-videos with detailed in-depth explanations of PULSAR-23.
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[@robcaldwell3172]

I made the following to help reinforce my understanding and allow me to revisit sections of the video. Though I would share. Clock Module 0:32 Clock Modulation 2:17 Clock Source Selection 2:30 Clock Dividers 3:26 Clock Reset 4:55 Creating a Metronome 5:28 Attenuating Metronome output 6:56 Creating Swing or irregular pattern with a modulated clock 9:10 Using and external clock source 12:15 Using the internal LFO square wave for the clock source 12:35 Using the SHAOS (Pseudo Random) module for the clock source 12:50 The Looper 14:47 The Looper Overview 14:50 Looper reset (glitch free In sync Loop) 19:05 Channel loop programming and play 20:21 Bank structure and function 21:58 The control section, bank selection, velocity selection, loop stop and start, quantize 22:35 Looper programming example 24:35 Looper play mode example 27:34 Bank copy function 29:25 Quantize and individual clocking 34:34 How to quantize 36:02 Playing the loop from different positions within the loop 36:35 Shifting the individual pattern 37:43 Restoring all patterns to original state 38:55 Clocking channels from other sources 39:52 LFO clocking HHT 40:10 SHAOS clocking SD 41:17 Recording with alternate clock source 41:30 Divided master clock, clocking BASS 42:01 LFO to make (rapid trill/roll effect) 44:33 Example of how the looper behaves as an audio loop 46:12 Sound modification of a loop 48:58 Additional rhythmic modulation examples 49:14 Basic (pattern) rhythm with the clock dividers 53:40 Clock through pulse (shape) converter 54:25 Clock through pulse (polarity) inverter 55:36 Clock sync LFO HHT filter MOD 58:30 Clock sync SHAOS BASS CV in (pitch variation) 59:24 Clock sync SHAOS Bass filter MOD 1:00:34 Adding looper rhythm to a clock driven pattern 1:01:24 Tactile circuit bent rhythms, no cables or loops 1:02:23

[@airturnip]

If only all KZbinrs were this helpful ☝️ thanks 🙏

[@edwardferry8247]

Many thanks that was incredibly useful 🙌

[@ITSYABESTIE468]

much appreciated

[@ruwenpoljak3553]

TY!!

[@JohnoWells]

Oh, man--solid effort. Much appreciated!

[@andrewhuang]

most excited i've ever been about a drum machine!

[@nathanbell6962]

There are not many instruments that have the creator explaining them on KZbin. Very unique

[@Sensenwerk]

Try Dave Smith. But yes I agree. Love the possiblities this thing offers regarding sound-design. Watching Nick's tiny preview makes me think the raw sound is fantastic, too. And having a tutorial featuring such a great accent from the creator - fantastic!

[@rtomas47]

Vladimir Kuzmin did it with Polivoks.

[@ferum2225]

I have been using the Pulsar for 3 years now. I still come across functions and possibilities I had no idea about previously. As with all Soma stuff, there are a lot of hidden depths - and a strong call to creativity . Also, live experimentation is deeply rewarding with these instruments. Go Soma! Love u guys!

[@gnarlysoundscapes7210]

41:01 You can connect any kind of bullshit and it will never freeze... that made me laugh lol. xD I'm amazed at the design of that thing. It really is like an electronic organism.

[@etfy4953]

Just received mine. Build quality is very high. This thing is a monster 😻🐉 I'm glad to find those video tutorials since I the pdf manual didn't glue (at all).

[@deastman2]

Thank you for making these in-depth videos. I’m gaining a much better understanding of different ways to approach the various sections of the machine. It’s very inspiring!

[@stopselei7758]

one of the most inspiring and by far the most musical 'drum machine' I've ever put my hands on

[@banjoemily3852]

Vlad, this is the coolest sound maker I've ever seen/heard. Very exciting stuff! By the end of 2020 I will own one! Need to sell some stuff first. Very excited to see everything you're working on and releasing!

[@DayflightTrok]

Banjo Emily me too

[@aSimpleChat]

Vlad, this is an insane machine! Thank you for the detailed explanation of what is possible. Very impressive creation. You deserve recognition for the hard work in dreaming this idea into reality. I just received mine and I was able to follow along. The best 1 hours spent on music creativity in a while!

[@sebastianalarcon1204]

You are a genious Vlad, this instrument is all I have ever dreamed for

[@expeditiondechouette]

His voice makes this instrument even more interresting.

[@brnsndwch]

Love the fact that you can patch with your fingers for quick tests or experimental creation :)

[@Phlow]

Wow! So many possibilities to mangle beats, sounds in such new ways. What a unique Instrument.

[@alanb7868]

Vlad, I don't understand how you were able to pull yourself away from this thing long enough to actually get it in production. I have never had an instrument speak to me so directly before and am kicking myself for not getting on the waiting list immediately after it was announced. On the bright side, there will surely be many more demo videos before it arrives!

[@ChrisBrooker]

Always a good sign when you can "feed it any kind of bullshit and it won't freak out." 🤣 Guess who just pulled 3 modules from their rack to sell and get funds together 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@russianvoodoo]

I have this weird feeling like Richard D. James is watching this too.

[@RonCavagnaro]

What if that was him liking your comment

[@ChrisBrooker]

What if @@RonCavagnaro is really Richard D James trying to be cheeky?! 🤯

[@niyagentleman8143]

@@ChrisBrooker hahahahhaaha

[@BazekBlu]

"That's all well and likely, Mr. Bond, but this drum machine is equiped with a special hypnotic device..."

[@SuperOssi]

thanks for this series! i did not really understand some features now, but i'm going to watch this over and over again...until the postman rings 23 times xD

[@MrDudleytheCat]

Variation is always the thing missing to me on modern drum machines. It’s just four/on/the/floor relentless repetition. The way this machine adds change, variations and movement is brilliant.

[@UNSCPILOT]

Truly an analogue beast of possibilty in this digital age... I don't even make music (yet?) But his tech is enthralling to witness and I really wanna experiment on one

[@w4nder3r430]

Vlads the best, takes his time to show us the possibilities, just pure gold 🥇

[@northerntao]

Thanks Vlad - I found the manual description of the looper confusing. This video helped very much.

[@somasynths]

Can I ask what confused you? Maybe we need to put better explanations to the manual.

[@northerntao]

Vlad Kreimer The description of the looper bank changes was the most confusing. It is a strange , new way of sequencing for me. Seeing you demonstrate the looper in depth works better for me than just reading about it. I’ve mostly used the clock dividers (with various modulations) and external MIDI to sequence the triggers

[@RonCavagnaro]

Thank you so much for this series again

[@samanarjmand1366]

55:14 “now, let’s create some bass” Yes, please!

[@rossmotus669]

purchased some week ago, fantastic instrument, very original and creative too.

[@anthonyrothercom]

great explanation and demonstration of the looper. so inspiring.

[@visisydandthevoid]

This is the most amazing drum machine ever. ❤ Definitely going to get one for my future music projects.

[@Edonyle]

Beautiful Instrument. I wish you could divide the clock by other numbers than powers of 2 (e.g. 3). Although combining the clock divisions and modulating the clock by itself seems to give endless possibilities for experimentation

[@gnarlysoundscapes7210]

The stuff at 1:03:15 is awesome. The possibilities are truly endless.

[@AndreijRublev]

Such a complex and interesting machine.

[@praticle]

I hope you get your hands on one, I feel like you could do great things Andreij!

[@AndreijRublev]

@@praticle thank you! It's a bit out of my budget, but it's not bad to have some dreams eheheh

[@Djpuzzle]

I'm so stoked I just got one of these!

[@TheFlippertube]

Out of the box indeed! It's so exciting!

[@shaft9000]

awww phuck! me brain went 'AHHHHrgh!!!' as soon as the screenprint focused in-camera bossy design u have there, tovarish :O)

[@RedCloudServices]

thank you Vlad for the great videos

[@klinkske]

I love your accent. I wish younwould say some maffia talk so,incould sample it and use it in a next track :) - also,think the pulsar 23 might be a good toy for my studio... but another color maybe :)

[@manfrombkk]

The Jazz machine kicks in at the 1 hour mark. Followed a little later by finger drummers in a marching band

[@jedgould5531]

Seriously thanks for this, I just got a white one ) Closeups! Some of us are old and have trouble reading; helpful to use maximum zoom. I am trying to get the sounds to be dirty and find the drive setting may not be strong enough. What is the best way to quickly switch between clock divisions, or even do so randomly.

[@TomasBodin]

Vlad I just saw Todd Barton talking about not to stack several outputs into a single input when talking about Buchla. How does this affect Pulsar 23?

[@teknotarot3125]

Is there a way to clear all the recorded drums in the looper completely? And or if you want to start a new fresh bank and you have something recorded could you say while the looper on bank BD is running clear SD bank? Thank you. So far I have been able to only clear by recording over each drum sound individually...To make it simple i am asking about an “erase all” function.

[@somasynths]

Maybe we will add such function in the future. And you can erase only one drum channel simply holding corresponding DEL sensor

[@christopherpederson1021]

Yea, I find the del sensor somewhat wonky

[@alanblight9233]

I love this thing .

[@xperimentador]

Hello Vlad, thanx for sharing this great machine! I have a question about the patch/crocodile cables: Is it possible to damage the Pulsar by using the wrong patch combinations, or in/outputs ?? Thank you!

[@somasynths]

No. Everything is protected

[@xperimentador]

@@somasynths Thank you Vlad! Looking forward to play with Pulsar-23 :-)

[@mundelator]

Very very helpful, thx Vlad !

[@christopherpederson1021]

man I love this guys accent

[@rekindle]

So cool. Does it have a swing control for the quantise and/or internal clock? Or is that a dumb question?

[@somasynths]

If you will make the overall clock swinging the looper content will be swinging as well

[@rekindle]

Thanks for your reply Vlad Kreimer ! And congratulations on the Pulsar, you’re doing great things!

[@InFamousProductions]

Vlad baby, mine is already paid for and I'm waiting for it on it's way to me. I have a ton of questions , such as can you send an LFO from something like the matrix brute LFO out and use it to control in pulsar? and also what does the "out" do on each channel? is it just sending cv or actual sound? or both?and can you use all 4 voiced/channels to make a 4 Osc mono synth out of it? it looks like it can be simultaneously synced, but can you make all channels respond to a midi keyboard? that will be the shit if you can.

[@somasynths]

Yes, you can control Pulsar by external CV (LFO etc). OUT is the actual sound. Yes you can use the 4 channels to make 4 osc synth. You can trig all channels via MIDI but only bass recognize midi pitch.

[@InFamousProductions]

@@somasynths thanks for answering my questions. I can already guess what Pulsar -69 will be like hahah. I realize that the more it will do = the more it will cost, and also that the Lyra will do all the "traditional" synth sounds. I'm always interested in what the limits are of any piece of equipment is. I have a feeling that someone will hack the Pulsar -23 and make it do more. I am not that technical, but I have been watching all your vids and others , and have a few wish lists for it, but I also know you are making equipment to do those other things. after watching the looper and clock vid, I realize that very complex rhythms can be made, especially from external cv .

[@AgustinDavidF]

A dream machine come true

[@maskomath]

Hello. I have a question. When i stopp the looper it dont start again after pressing the add button again. Is my looper broke or what could it be?

[@unifiedfield_thisisit]

Hello Vlad, I have a question about using external triggers: I am sequencing the Pulsar BD from the eurorack sequencers. I am unable to get the full velocity. The attack is very quiet, maybe at medium or low level. Do you have suggestions? Do I need to amplify the trigger or gate before sending to pulsar? Is there a way to do this without external amplifiers?

[@chapelierfouTV]

Hi, Vlad. Am I right to assume that, when copying a pattern to a different bank, Bank 2 implicitly listens to the pattern in Bank 1, Bank 3 listens to the pattern in Bank 2, and Bank 4 listens to bank 3 ?

[@chapelierfouTV]

Also, is there any reason to use the right pins of attenuators as inputs and left pins as outputs ? I'd do it the other way, but I suppose it works both ways ?

[@somasynths]

No, it copys the last bank that was before switching. You can reverse attenuator pins it will work in a kind nonlinear and strange manner.

[@chapelierfouTV]

@@somasynths Okay, makes sense ! Damn, I'll need to get used to the attenuators, then.

[@funkytransport]

nice work.. what a beast!

[@ScottMoonSharon]

Vlad, would I have to use an external sequencer or MIDI to play odd time signatures? Also curious if there is any possibilities of randomization for CVs?

[@somasynths]

Yes yes

[@mynameisfernelly2696]

I held down the L/Bank/ADD/DEL combo for the copy/paste but it keeps stopping and going to a blinking Bank mode

[@the_waxen_pith8128]

I am sequencing via midi and I’m assuming this is also sending a clock, however the clock divider is not using incoming midi clock. As I understand it this is by design but is there a way to connect the midi clock to sync the divider or does it require a further clock source via cv. I can’t find the answer in the manual, help much appreciated thanks

[@skriptico]

lots of great ideas!!

[@syntholabo]

@12:00 mind blown

[@barrydunlop480]

i can’t wait to get mine, shame the wait is so long

[@jayvich75]

Vlad the genius

[@AlexKislitsyn]

59:20 I presume this is a video cut and not a sequencer timing glitch?

[@josephfelice601]

not unless the knobs have automation.

[@tubemoog]

I wish you could store the layouts

[@InFamousProductions]

that's the 3rd generation. I can see what 2 will be and mine is being shipped now.

[@spltrcl]

killer, vlad. beautiful.

[@thierrymaillard132]

how to save his paternals on soma pulsar 23? please?

[@paradiddle16]

mad machine!

[@annother3350]

Genius

[@guysmiley7289]

my RST button doesn't seem to do anything in INT clock mode. Is that normal?

[@somasynths]

If you are sure that it is so - please contact our support [e-mail]

[@guysmiley7289]

@@somasynths Oh it's fine. It just doesn't light up like the first beat normally would. I never used it before, i'd just use the CV in. Thanks.

[@DayflightTrok]

Fantastic

[@ianrobichaud6698]

Is the Shaos circuit acting like a Rungler?

[@somasynths]

No, both are based on shift-xor pseudo-random but the design is very different

[@ianrobichaud6698]

@@somasynths Interesting. I don't think I've seen anything like that before. Thanks for the reply Vlad! Hope I can scratch up some extra dough to buy one of these in the future. The Lyra looks fantastic as well

[@votekmendo6485]

Crazy stuff What an awesome design

[@massimocesareAnnaloro]

Unico!

[@grindecay]

Извините, может туплю, но как регулировать длительность записываемого лупа? Или она не регулируется?

[@somasynths]

Либо частотой клока либо преждевременным ресетом

[@jameswooster4250]

Hey Vlad, your website is down FYI

[@VJFranzK]

Nearby a Pulsar, spacetime is altered...

[@lg88-j5d]

Спасибо за видео, а на русском будет гайд по пульсару двадцать три?

[@vvnbel]

это на чистом русском видео, акцент сразу выдает подсознательный перевод)

[@dragosmastacan18dmastacan19]

can you use a arturia beatstep with that?

[@joshgrondin3675]

I am pretty sure yes.

[@christopherpederson1021]

Pretty sure why they designed it. Because of things like this

[@def4425]

HELL YEAAAAHH!!!

[@niyagentleman8143]

whatz the price of da magical machine ?still prototype?

[@somasynths]

please visit somasynths.com/pulsar-23/

[@zodchyi]

Аааа.. на русском бы инструкцию такую .. очень нужно купил, и очень хочется на 100% использовать пульсарчик

[@salvadorcoromina146]

Activate subtitles please

[@Kkidzz]

1:00:24 ..... I'm good

[@stacybigfoot4801]

But how does it sync with other machines?

[@VJFranzK]

MIDI in, or CV obviously

[@vvnbel]

бро, у нас с тобой одинаковые пальцы=)

[@taccntb4345]

Richie Hawtin's wet dream.

[@yoko9883]

This is how Bruce Lee died

[@bangkokcanon]

watching this film?

[@candykrackenmysteryboutiqu388]

At 31.07 i fell asleep

[@EightsEverywhere]

Want so bad!

[@dubbynelson]

I assume the voltage going through the pins (or whatever they are) probably isn't enough to harm you if you use your body as a patch cable?

[@sandidjulkic6497]

Its not the voltage, its the amperes that kill