Top Ways to Waste a MATHS Channel

Have you ever noticed that if you use a MATHS channel for one or two things, then you can't always use it for a third thing at the same time? This means that almost any use of a MATHS channel is a WASTE of a MATHS channel! In this video the Make Noise crew comes up with some inventive new ways to waste MATHS channels.
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[@ahorseinahospital]

so you're telling me I should switch to Morphagene for the grocery list instead?

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Here's a patch: You'll need a portable battery and a portable speaker. Record your reading of the grocery list into the Morphagene, and place a Splice point at the beginning of each item. Let the Splice loop aloud until you have retrieved the item, then hold Splice & press Rec to cross it off. Repeat until your list is exhausted. Ideally the speaker should be turned as loud as it can go.

[@ahorseinahospital]

Brilliant. You can also have a reel with all possible items, and let a random step sequence decide what you eat today

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

@@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC Morphagene is super awesome and fun. Probably one of my favorite modules in the Shared System along with Maths and Wogglebug.

[@cooloutcoexist]

@@joshstrauts8358 A white marker?

[@johanpetersen50]

My favorite trick is soldering patch cables to LEDs, plug those cables in channels 2 and 3, turn up the attenuators and voila! Tiny lamps You can even plug them into 1 and 4 in cycle mode for stobelights, if you want to waste all 4 channels

[@ericMT]

Don’t forget to add a load resistor or the LED can burn up. I’m sure you knew that already but comment readers may not be aware.

[@ethermod307]

oh i never thought I could use Maths for making sound, I always patch it into an oscilloscope for the nice images it creates. Thnx for the tips, I'll try them out!

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Hahah, the world is expanding for you! Also - we have been enjoying the "Dark Easel" videos, thanks for posting!

[@gaetanofiorin-official]

Good god! I had missed this entirely! This was so therapeutic ;) I love Maths, it was the first module I ever bought. However, now that my system got bigger, I often find myself obsessively postponing to use Maths when building a patch. I always feel like I should save it for later, for something better. Now I know what it is, fear of WASTING! I feel absolutely liberated and ready to split the universe. No more fear!

[@dvdsarescary]

I thought using maths as a flower bed was rather beautiful! IS BEAUTY A WASTE??

[@GhostKitchenBand]

My favorite way to waste a maths is to use channel 1 as an oscillator with limited tracking and then channel 4 as a low pass filter

[@RabRabNZ]

You guys make the absolute best videos !! Newts patch was obviously the best because you could use all four channels at the same time!

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Thanks!

[@drewrampart6438]

I have a DUSG and often hold off using it till the end of a patch for fear of “wasting” it. This video speaks to me.

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

It's a place we've all been! ⚡️

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

@@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC and I like using Maths more than Quadrax as it is easier and more intuitive to me. Nothing against Intellijel Quadrax that is a great and powerful function generator as well but Maths speaks to me. Now I need two more Maths for my other cases to make the ultimate modular quadratic equation!

[@atdubya]

Dying to try that patch-from-scratch generative cycle button patch!

[@bsbazzman]

it really opens up some crazy stuff using it right now lol

[@atdubya]

@@bsbazzman right? I am going to try it on both sides for stereo.

[@bsbazzman]

@@atdubya that’s what I did too! It’s so cool

[@atdubya]

​@@bsbazzman Whoa. I think I need to mult the results to a couple more channels and go quadraphonic.

[@wm_shadde]

I baked my Maths in the oven until they were crispy, Black and Gold for that extra analog warmth! (disclaimer: don't bake your maths!)

[@johanpetersen50]

I never bake my modules.. they're much better when fried🤭

[@fallprecauxionsmusic]

I maked my baths. & staked my wraths in the heart like it was some kind of bucktoothed vampire. & then I sequenced my way off into the morning sunrise...

[@gay_milhouse1160]

that grocery list patch (?) was incredible!

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Thanks! Newt nailed it

[@steveapostolides2975]

I think Maths should make a ‘Newt’ panel, where all the inputs and outputs are labelled ‘Spinach’ ‘Tofu’ etc! 😂

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

I love Maths and want another one it is that useful and powerful. I make fun drum beats modulating Erbeverb with channels from Maths to give me a nice mix of hi hat and crash tones. Then add kick bass drum made from DPO and sample from Morphagene. No need for expensive eurorack drum and bass modules.

[@hudu]

Thank you for speaking the truth! In my system, right next to Maths, I have 2x Function, several attenuvertors, and a bunch of logic modules, just so I don't have to waste a Maths channel. I'm thinking about covering Maths in some sort of resin just to make sure I don't waste it. I can't have the destruction of all those universes on my conscience while I'm trying to build a patch. Bad vibes.

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

I have been telling myself that the goal is to focus on creating the best possible universe. 🎶

[@Autotross]

Love that Earthbound-esque grocery song at 2:50!

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Newt made that special for this segment! 🎶🎶

[@chrismoon2961]

Best eurorack set up at 4:45. Need to post to modwiggler or reddit and ask how I can improve my setup.

[@jkonaudio2460]

PLEASE release the maths shared system, the world needs it!!!

[@jsleeio]

it would pair well with moffenzeef's very rare System Bus Mult

[@gntlgoos]

Would love to add a Function or two to my Maths and create a cascading envelope system patching the Function outputs back into Maths channel ch2 and 3 for interesting summing. For now I just waste 1 and 4 on basic ass triggered envelopes 😭

[@geraldgoodiii6993]

I put a Function in my shared system. I’d put a 2nd Function on as well if I could get just 2 more hp in the top row.. I think it would work then. Then moddemix goes to bottom row.

[@night_speed]

Using MATHS just for the LFOs is a waste of both space and MATHS. Though admittedly the first thing I used it for was a mixer. Back when all I had was a Neutron, Clouds, Ornament & Crime, 2hp Clk and the 4th module I ever bought, MATHS. Really good beginner's setup by the way along with either a Keystep or SQ1 for sequencing.

[@patchingpublics8170]

One of my fav ways to waste MATHS is to use it as an innocent four channel mixer, and then hit the cycle buttons on CH1 and CH4. Some pretty cool distortions and waveshaping guaranteed if you play with the rise and fall. Then add some gates to cycle and the oddness is synced to the rhythm of your patch...

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

If you think that’s a waste wait’l you see some of the things we do in this video ⚡️

[@jfracine_composition]

4:40 haha that case is fiyah Mike !!

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Mike, patch ninja, patched up a VCO and sequencer from MATHS!! ⚡️⚡️

[@MaikeruSumisu]

To be honest, that's exactly the reason I ended up never using my Maths. I always had the fear that I waste its potential, that there is something more important to patch later on. So I got logic units, little mixers, dedicated function generators until I didn't used my Maths at all. Option and analysis paralysis go a long way with this module and me. So better waste a channel than to not use a channel at all.

[@wonkychris5473]

I guess it's mushroom season over there x

[@comPOed]

Considering MATHS channels 1 and 4 are a bit different, you can't know beforehand which channel to waste first. Wasting channel with EOR can lead to situation where you need EOR, so you have to unwaste that channel and use the other one (with EOC) and then gain EOR functionality. For that reason I end up with 3 FUNCTIONs and modDemix instead. My favourite way to waste FUNCTIONs only channel is to patch EOR to HOLD, hit cycle button and wait until it locks itself with +8V and -8V DC. With -8V at hand the modDemix can act as an attenuverter.

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Next level! ⚡️

[@BurkhardusX]

Why is maths not storing the state of the cycle button when switched off and on again?

[@VocalChainsStudio]

My psychiatrist: anything new and good for you this week? Me: well, I got a MATHS - a synthesizer thing, well, it’s sort of a musical instrument. Anyways, I’m excited about that. Psych: so you play it? What did you say it is? [typing] How do you spell that? Me: It’s M. A. T. H. S. Psych [looking down]: hmm I don’t see it in the search. What is it again? Me: oh, sorry, it’s by Make Noise - that’s the company. They make things you can make music on or just experiment with sounds- Psych: Ohhh, there they are. Hmmm. They kind of look like those falling things in that game. Me, trying to remember what TETRIS is called: oh yeah. I can see that. It’s kind of like that. Haha. Psych: well I’m glad you’re having a good week. Have fun making music. Me: thank you.

[@jerryrush892]

Totally a missed opportunity if you don’t make a special addition “Newt Grocery List” Maths panel.

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

That's the DIY version! MATHS and a pen (you supply the pen). 😛

[@BennyDeez1]

I just ordered 9 more Maths!! This is going to be awesome

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Happy patching 😛

[@coldstrangewind6530]

"All those stars set out in order bright in the night's deep. Dark on the cliff, the orphan lamp, moon not set yet... Perfectly round, that bright mirror no one needs to polish, hanging there in the clear air: it's my heart."

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

😍

[@chasethevioletsun9996]

This is so great. My favorite way to waste one (or both) of my Maths is as a basic mixer.

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

⚡️⚡️

[@jsleeio]

@@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC I extremely often wish Maths had a second mixer in the middle. Still four inputs, but two mixers. Now mine (part of a B&G shared system) has a 4-input attenuverting/cascading mixer sitting next to it. Makes a world of difference

[@chasethevioletsun9996]

@@jsleeio That's a great idea! There is a DIY project the developer calls "Calculus" that is basically a double Maths (but derived from the ground up from the same Buchla circuitry that inspired Maths). When I get around to building it I think I will add that extra mixing channel.

[@zannfilm9645]

Use it as a frisbee?

[@BTB88]

I love wasting my maths! I do it everytime I sit down with my synth.

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

That's the spirit! ⚡️

[@felixpeccatum1705]

Guess it needs to be discontinued like all the wasteful modules, like the mysteron and the telharmonic….

[@bennos9588]

Love u MAKENOISE ❤️

[@josef_k]

Main mixer output > MATHS chan 2 in, MATHS sum > output. Set chan 2 encoder exactly (!) to noon. Enjoy the most beautiful sound in the world: silence Bonus: Also works in stereo, using chan 2 for L and chan 3 for R

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Next level patch tips! ⚡️⚡️

[@eternalism8274]

you could probably lfo that using channels 1 & 4 🤔

[@_P3_]

I propose a pen holder, perfect for the desk. The problem is that I lack the unit to experiment. Can we work something out? For example, I can't get enough of the old MATHS lightning pattern t-shirt... just sayin' :D

[@bramsanjanssan4908]

How wonderful!

[@CinematicLaboratory]

There's a reason why I have four Maths. What is the plural of Maths anyway?

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Either MATHS, or MATHSESESES. Your choice, but remember all caps when you spell the module name

[@atomboyd]

@@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC I think multiple Maths is called a "Mathora". Like, I have a Mathora of Maths in my case.

[@edgarm6017]

Muths!

[@DJ_Cthulhu]

A multiplicity of maths 🤘 I have a Function, and a Maths in my skiff, which may or may not be visible in my last video 🤓

[@PaSt1984]

Mathae

[@mythrus512]

Love these.

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Thanks for watching!

[@Voxrobot]

Robot says: No Maths left behind! Please and thank you.

[@graviton9282]

Love it! “Patch responsibly “

[@mtommy84]

One of the best video ever

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Glad you enjoyed it! ⚡️

[@tysonsaner2527]

One day I will understand the jokes I currently do not. #goals

[@degoyen]

Is there a way not to waste my maths?

[@amphiprionvisualmusic8435]

I do have one maths and two function. Always good to use and definitily no waste of space or money

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Happy patching!!

[@teebeedahbow]

Maths is even wide ranging at wasting channels!

[@wretchro100]

i think i would actually enjoy a "system maths"... could be an inspiring diversion

[@909one]

The KZbin Algo brought me here three months too late. But... I must say that after patching Serge almost exclusively for the last six months you don't feel guilty for wasting anything. DUSG >>> clock. WASTED!!! Oh shit, I won't have a clock if I don't patch that. Ok... ;)

[@mehcks]

Newt’s track is a banger

[@grief1]

I don't own a Maths, am I doing it right?

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Yes

[@brightorangeblackvoid6445]

Maths is by far my least favorite popular module; I hope to one day understand it enough to want to use it.

[@pilleater]

AxA

[@benoftroy]

This vid got me feeling wasted. Also hungry, thanks Newt.

[@serdarsaydan]

its love.

[@cspr72]

I find a bunch of Maths (Mathss? Mathses? Mathae?) are great for ordening my sock drawer. The other ones hold my bookcase together.

[@DavidMorales-xz7fn]

Did anyone else get bamboozled by the title thinking that this video was about maths channels on KZbin like Numberphile?

[@brianobush]

This is why I sold my maths and picked up a couple pip slopes :)

[@robin-um4zj]

i think you should do a give away with that grocery list maths., ,.,.,.

[@midilyfestyle]

Content creators at make noise are the goat

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Mission accomplished!

[@nomadskydiaries]

there's no way how to waste a Maths, there's only joy from playing music:))

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

🎶⚡️🎶

[@brunobeeper]

I always waste all the channels of maths… i love to do that!

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

That's the spirit! ⚡️

[@jdanielcramer]

Imma git wasted on Maffs 🙃

[@michaelshenton5760]

I spot a Newt. ;)

[@neuzd]

45. Use Maths as an abacus. 10 pots -> decimal system bebeh! [WASTED!]

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Great idea!

[@jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171]

Biggest waste of a maths channel: attenuverter, or, an inverting attenuator?! Oh damn, ten (10) maths?! I thought that wasting one maths is the same as wasting two functions?! Or the waste of one function is the same as wasting a half of a maths…

[@adambrown9849]

awesome

[@bsbazzman]

I am probably guilty of this 😅

[@walrtbstudios5430]

Now I’m scared to get Maths…

[@walrtbstudios5430]

…but I’m in the process of getting one- fully aware that it will destroy my universe. Or split it in two. Or something. Wth…

[@10kfreemen]

Top tier content

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Thanks!

[@City2x]

This was good!

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Thanks!

[@davido3109]

How yo scape Matrix /Maya... First Time Here... Thanks !!!!!

[@mntbighker]

Now that I know I might split the universe in half I'm advertising my entire Eurorack system on Reverb. So it's someone else getting blamed for doing it. ;-)

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

The good news is the folks in the other universe won't know about it

[@geraldgoodiii6993]

Nice reference to Schrodingers Cat 🐈 Or rather basic quantum mechanics There’s a cat in a box with a shared system. When the box is closed the cat is wasting a maths and not wasting a maths at the same time …

[@vinylarchaeologist]

Make Noise Make Comedy ❤️

[@joshstrauts8358]

Too bad you only make stregas now!

[@euglossine4ever]

So many nice friends ❤️✅🔥 all wasting math

[@bodoelsel]

Now I do need a Maths. Time 2 waste time.

[@Larry30102]

I’m confused……

[@sinuhetorreschacon2008]

me too

[@AaronMcClintock]

@@sinuhetorreschacon2008 It's a joke referring to a common meme on eurorack forums where people are always claiming that using a MATHS for is "such a waste of a MATHS channel." I don't think I've ever laughed this hard at a eurorack video, lol.

[@vidret]

are you.. wasted?

[@jeffhammel4305]

What do you mean that System: Maths is a joke? OUTRAGE!!!!!!

[@ELEKTROGOWK]

I used it, to fill this nasty looking 20 HP hole in my rack.

[@crey3361]

Lmao, but the maths only rack didnt sound bad

[@hardcoreherbivore4730]

We’re gonna need a bigger MATHS. 🦈

[@interference7480]

Anyone wanna buy my maths? It is being wasted too much.

[@jeffjfindley4802]

I absolutely love you crazy bastards.

[@Malfunkn]

Wasted

[@eternalism8274]

get two Maths - twice the waste!

[@Larry30102]

Yeah man…wasted on Maths…did I read that right?

[@johnnymidnight2982]

I've only had MATHS for a week and I've wasted all these channels.

[@FelipeTellez]

Guess I've been wasting my Maths =P .....dear god, the MATHS SYSTEM JAJAJAJA

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

The System MATHS is a challenge to patch! But it's a pretty fun creative exercise. ⚡️⚡️

[@fakshen1973]

What if you're wasted wasting time watching wasted Maths channels?

[@DJ_Cthulhu]

One does not simply, waste a MATHS channel 😉

[@authorless]

Leading Modular Synth User Reveals One Simple Trick To Not Waste Maths. Walker Hates Them.

[@Gmartin4049]

HA

[@blackmateriaofficial2383]

This is why we need an infinite likes button :)

[@MarioGodoyMusic]

OOPS! All Maths

[@barlobarlo303]

What a waste... but in a good way.

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

⚡️⚡️

[@grugotube]

I wasted $290 on a maths

[@hundredsofseabirds8022]

I think I’ve been very wasteful with Maths!

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

That's what we like to hear ⚡️

[@blaaaaaaaaaaaaargh]

Why waste Maths when you can waste Functions.

[@bradburnwilliams-synthstronaut]

Was this video developed as a response to some idiot's s**tpost about wasting Maths cannels? 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

[@iNuchalHead]

Stupid Maths Tricks!

[@florafunk4515]

Maths is useless as a coffee cup. So pointless