Bastl NEO TRINITY is a Modulation Powerhouse! Patch examples and tutorial

[@SynthDad]

2:50 ERRATA: I'm holding channel button A and click on CLK/SYNC button saying that that this turns on/off clock sync for that channel. That's not what it does! Pressing the Channel button + CLK/SYNC turns on clock quantization for the trigger recording. By default that’s on, so every manually recorded trigger (or LFO reset or gate) is aligned to the clock (doesn’t matter whether internal or external). Turning it off enables user to record off beat patterns. The LFO SYNC is done by pressing SHIFT+CLK/SYNC. That way the knob becomes clock divider/multiplier

[@stephenspackman5573]

It's a tiny detail, but the inverted L layout is ingenious.

[@JorbLovesGear]

Tapping in trigger rhythms is crazy cool I can't believe I haven't seen that in a module before. It wasn't until you used it with drum triggers that it felt like Pam's, but after that it feels like it covers some of the same ground.

[@SynthDad]

Tapping in the triggers (and then recording modulation over that) is a very nice feature

[@lordundhimself1310]

Jorb!

[@SynthDad]

@@lordundhimself1310 The One and Only!

[@TheCubanGiant]

It's on the list for my future 100%. Its got similarities to Pam but also a lot of differences, that tap recording really introduces a human element that makes me want one of these very bad. Infact, pairing it with Pam seems like it will great, I imagine patching this to the CV in on Pam and use the add/subract/etc to make some cool on the fly adjustments to your Pam's patterns via that tap record. Can't wait to try it out!

[@SynthDad]

Oh yes this and Pams together would be a modulation powerhouse and so much fun to try!

[@GaryHayes]

Thanks for ducking the music under your voice - big diff! And what a great module, thanks for your detailed looks

[@SynthDad]

You know as I mixed the audio I kept that feedback in my mind the whole time and re-balanced my entire gain staging to make it sound right. Thanks again for flagging it to me!

[@GaryHayes]

Makes what is already high production value, even more so!! @@SynthDad

[@BeniRoseMusic]

This is absolutely bonkers!

[@lordundhimself1310]

I think a lot of people are gonna have one of these in their case, like Maths

[@BluesFerguson]

Although its expensive, the Mnemonic Devices Juniper is similar to this but with 8 channels & an LCD screen. It has a full modulation matrix, so you can create some really wild modulations by cross modulating the channels by one another.

[@SynthDad]

Oh yes that's a lovely module with a ton of power. Haven't had a chance to use one yet.

[@catscanmeow]

its probably worth mentioning your oscilloscope doesnt have antialiasing so the envelope shapes we're seeing look more stepped than they actually are. I bet a beginner would be confused by that.

[@SynthDad]

Good point! And the screen recording software they use also adds some jaggedness to them

[@brownmoney27]

I'd really benefit from being able to record my knob movements

[@SynthDad]

LOL,

[@andrewmcloud]

Excellent review! Banana spotted ;)

[@SynthDad]

Yes indeed - they're so handy to have!

[@HenricWallmark]

Nice! What firmware do you have on your 1uO_c?

[@SynthDad]

I run Phazerville on my O_Cs

[@andrewnancarrow]

Phaserville is THEE BEST

[@HenricWallmark]

@@andrewnancarrowcool! I’ve never changed it from getting it 3 or so years back. Any advice?

[@soffter]

Hell ye my guy

[@andrewnancarrow]

What did you patch in at 7:24? The audio glitches

[@SynthDad]

That's the sequencer CV output from the Oxi One to send pitch info to the V/oct on Pizza

[@andrewnancarrow]

Ah thanks! So maybe a bad question, but I was thinking on getting marbles for generative/ random triggers and CVs. Do you think this module is maybe something that would make marbles a bit redundant in a way? Just curious your thoughts. I mean I know they are definitely different but in a way they cover similar ground and the Neo seems to have the edge with being able to record your own CV and trigger patterns

[@SynthDad]

Great question: @@andrewnancarrow I had a Marbles when I first started in Eurorack (it's one of those classics we all need to own at least once). It's a great module, no doubt about it, but I got frustrated with it after a while. A little 'too' random for me. I think NEO is a fantastic modulation source that can do a lot of similar things, but it's not *exactly* the same. Marbles generats randomness in triggers and CV, and while NEO has stepped random LFOs it doesn't generate random triggers (like the t1, t2, t3 outputs on Marbles). Of course given it's modular you can approximate Marbles triggers using envelope modes LFOs triggered from another LFO on NEO. Not sure if that helps though! Being able to record CV and triggers is a fantastic performance feature IMHO

[@andrewnancarrow]

Thanks for the reply. I kind of feel like I get what you are saying about Marbles. And I feel that Neo is probably going to be a lot more interesting. I do already have a couple O_C’s so I think with all that Turing machine capability plus all the cool things I could do with Neo, maybe I could bypass Marbles

[@andrewnancarrow]

I think actually the main thing I was interested in with marbles isn’t as much the random but the more curated t1,t2,t3 drum patterns (red mode) that are weighted differently based on the bias settings. Seems like Neo kind of has that

[@michaelt_tamtam]

How much is it and when can I get it?

[@SynthDad]

I'm sure it'll be in all good modular stores soon - and Bastl probably sell it too!