Serge Modular Paperface 50 | #4

[@BenjaminCarey]

awesome sounds... also some clever rhythmic clocking of the two programmers with the sequencer, metronome and routers there.. nice!

[@FortheSoulFtS]

A lot of great sounds in your videos!

[@AnnesYarak]

This channel is so damn good and inspiring! Thx a lot! Dont stop!

[@laurenthilairet2004]

Nice ! Deep sounding.

[@Landman_sounds]

Another great video!

[@walterinpv8499]

Wow, brilliant!

[@OoraMusic]

beautiful!

[@somberville3351]

This sounds soooo good

[@fromcodex]

Looking to buy this exact system as my first venture into modular. Would you say it’s difficult to learn all the different ways of patching? is there a specific or particular way to power this thing or is it just plug and play? I saw you have to tune by ear, meaning what exactly the sequence or oscillators? Sorry for all the questions.

[@VoicesFromBeyondTheWaves]

I wouldn’t say the modules in the system are hard to learn but a synthesis background really helps. It’s an environment where very little is already done for you, so there are a lot of decisions to make. There are a lot of great tutorials on KZbin if you want to get a feel. Doug Lynner’s channel has a lot of great information if you haven’t already seen it. The R*S Helios / tempo di roma combo comes with a power supply, so it’s just a matter of plugging the supply into an outlet and the panels to the supply. Everything is in the box…although I can’t recall if they supplied the standard 3 prong power cord, but you probably already have a bunch around anyway. The sequencer doesn’t have any quantized voltages so if you are wanting specific intervals or melodic sequences that are tuned to western 12 tone relationships, you will have to achieve that by ear. Hope that helps a little bit!

[@fromcodex]

⁠Man I would love to see a live patching to see exactly how you make a melody on this beast as well as to see you workflow! Maybe that could be your next video? Live Serge Patch #7 !

[@fromcodex]

@@VoicesFromBeyondTheWavesthis is such a silly question but i’m about to buy this setup from perfect circuit, out of curiosity what white and red banana cables did you get and from where ? 😅

[@VoicesFromBeyondTheWaves]

@@fromcodexNot a silly question. I purchased those from Modular Addict. They are more economical than Pomona banana cables and the cable material is very flexible vs. Pomonas which are more rigid. Those are 12" and 18" lengths though you will probably want a couple 24" cables as well.

[@nikarga]

would you recommend this to someone also looking at the Easel? I've never had the pleasure of owning a Serge but fascinated by the sound. Have owned an Easel and its a little too basic for my taste. Currently toying with a Shared System, but this thing sounds sooo good. Confusing to understand inputs vs outputs... any thoughts?

[@VoicesFromBeyondTheWaves]

It’s definitely worth a look! I haven’t owned or used an Easel extensively so I can’t draw direct comparisons. I would sum up the Paperface as raw and flexible. The individual modules are very basic but have plenty of room for exploration. The I/O hieroglyphics are mysterious to despiser but the learning curve is not steep. The are no illegal connections, just some that do nothing ie. Output to output. When patching sometimes you strike gold and sometimes you strike out, but that’s just modular, right? The Easel and shared system are more tailored to tonal music, but Serge can compete in that realm too.

[@nikarga]

Thank you @@VoicesFromBeyondTheWaves is there any particular reason you chose this system over a mantis/croc/inori/etc + tkb?

[@dubstationzero4908]

increadible textures , but i thought that the paper face vcos don't track v/oct ? how are you getting the melody ?

[@VoicesFromBeyondTheWaves]

Thank you! The VCOs have been updated with temperature compensation and a v/oct input on the 50th anniversary edition made by Random*Source and are very stable. However there are no quantized voltages on either panel, so the melody is still being created with voltages from the sequencer/programmer tuned by ear. The non v/oct inputs on the oscillators work equally as well when creating melodies.