Transistor Sounds Labs Stepper Acid Eurorack Sequencer Demo

[@apecityelectronicsoundstudio]

21:01 This sequence as it evolves is one of the best riffs I've ever heard! Then at 24:21, whoo!

[@davidbetts2980]

Nudging to sequence to the beat is a great feature, wow this synth has loads of potential. This is going to be the foundation to everything sound I create 😉 Really appreciate the video's you've done on this.

[@derivativ3]

That polyphonic sequence at 20:00 is absolutely mesmerizing... Makes me want to build up a modular just to drown it in reverb... Damn that would sound really fantastic in an ambient setting. Anyways absolutely great stuff Mylar, I absolutely love your shit

[@reevespeterson]

I love these videos, I don't own any modular gear but I've learned a whole lot about using synths in general just from these. Also, this one is my favourite because if I'm not mistaken, the guy creams himself at least 3 times.

[@SamuelWebster1337]

such good timing! I just had one land on my doorstep, and after playing with it for a while I thought to myself 'this is dope, I'd love to see a mylarmelodies review'

[@DivKid]

Infectious as always mate! Very good :D

[@mylarmelodies]

Thanks duck

[@travelwithcamera]

that'll do! :)

[@amsynths]

DivKidVideo vg

[@t3l3phasicworksh0p]

These videos are the reason why I have backed your Patreon campaign..... Oh and please feel free to send any modules you have "finished exploring" to me.....................

[@devmiles]

How awesome too see one of the best demo guys around pushing this shit to the limit, makes his own party, screams the fuck out of his modular cave and let the whole world enjoy along. Mylar deserves his own module .... fuck yeahhhhhh! fucking ace!! And that's one hell of a sequencer my lad!

[@Johnws26]

Just bought the sequencer because of this demo. Lovely acid you make.

[@Phillibos]

i can literally see how much fun you're having there in the ending. i'm sitting here infront of my computer and are laughing with you :D what a sick tune that is.. 22:00min ca.

[@moket808]

Another epic demo. Could watch it all day long !! thanks

[@penguinothewaves]

You have made a lot of really great videos... but this is by far my favorite. I want to jam like you

[@liqwidbpm]

That last groove was fire!!

[@buriedintime]

great walk through and jam sessions.. some really nice melodies in there. groovy stuff too :) thanks!

[@senarodrigo]

Dude you have the best sounding eurorack demos. Subscribed!

[@ponkor]

20:23 ....sick.....there is a track in there ...great work.

[@fx_berg]

...not just a sample library...in fact you should also start doing nature documentaries. just imagining how you´d describe an elephant and a crowd of lions somewhere in a desert....ace. funky attenborough. but seriously - these are BY FAR the best demos/vids out there. you actually can learn something, you always get dope bits musicwise and it´s entertaining as hell. again, ace.

[@Zanthxs]

Love the Scope . . . it adds something unique to the experience.

[@mynewcolour]

added acidoscope !

[@hgc2189]

awesome shit man, great commentary and super fuckin informative. i get the real feeling of "everything is just a button that does something" rather than what the fuck am i looking at.

[@Phillibos]

maaaaaaaaaaan, finally a new one - and this is my favorite one. can't stop watching. fucking great demo with nice musical examples, that's whats so cool about your stuff

[@mylarmelodies]

Thanks dood, more at the end of the month!

[@BlackWarriorLures]

Dude, this sequencer is beyond dope.

[@BlackWarriorLures]

impressive sequencer. I like that the interface is actually something a musician can use instead of looking like a nuclear reactor panel.

[@TerekkiTerekki]

Pairs so well with Atlantis

[@phormzlab1743]

Ha ha, brilliant ....another top vid. Always a shitload of fun. Cheers!!

[@barnabascee1889]

RE: the 303: "It's like it was designed by a person who hates people" ~ CLASSIC LINE! Perfect delivery!!!

[@greatlakestrader]

great sonic groovescapes Brother!

[@odiousire]

Love the last bit!

[@pathingmusic]

Just ordered a Rings because of this video. Damn it.

[@davidbetts2980]

Currently watching this whilst doing overtime to pay for the acid Eurorack 🙂

[@oldgoodrandomroutine]

13:17 ah Aphex Twin !!1 so good

[@vooveks]

8:35 My jaw started going. V. nice sir. Subsequent patterns also deep.

[@Zanthxs]

That Oscilloscope and Your Sounds are some fine stuff!

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Trying to decide between this and the Winter Eloquencer, WMD Metron and 512 vector for sequencer.

[@sickboi11111]

How did you manage to pull off that evolving envelope modulation noise thing at 16:40?

[@tomwalker4917]

Brilliant video

[@steefdroid]

Mthrfker! The stuff from 17:14 is super inspiring. Amazing stuff my friend. Where can I buy your music again? When are you performing in San Francisco? :)

[@steefdroid]

OK got the $4/month Patreon thing so I get your 50 minute bonus stuff :) Thanks dude

[@mylarmelodies]

You're a dude. Thanks so much!! More to come this month :)

[@mylarmelodies]

And in terms of buying music...soon :) Though you just got access to like 55+ tracks of mine!

[@steefdroid]

Sweet :)

[@hapticsynapses6992]

I just noticed your tiptop power module installed upside down on the left side so that your flying bus is pointed the right way. Nice.

[@thisisprisma]

this is awesome! now my doubt is stepper acid or sequencer 1 from audio damage... price says a lot though

[@thisisprisma]

can it do ratchets?

[@mylarmelodies]

It can't do ratchets! It can do what a 303 sequencer can do - only in a much more friendly way.

[@thisisprisma]

thanks for answering! yeah it is really cool! just put in on my shopping list... nice video!

[@JohnSchussler]

This has the same flaw as the Audio Damage sequencer, and I just don't get why. The jacks are at the bottom! Right where your hands go! Metropolis and Rene get it right and put them at the top...I'd love it if this did that as well....

[@busch028]

Another brilliant installment. Three quick questions if I may: 1) Have you ever messed with Audio Damage Seq 1? If so, how do you feel they compare? 2) Can you do a demo of the Akemie's Castle? :-) 3) What reverb are you using here? Erbeverb? Blackhole? :-) Thanks for your time!!!

[@mylarmelodies]

Ta! 1) Yes I reviewed it for FM and it's very good, obviously much more complicated/deeper than SA, but there's an according cost! 2) Yep. Can and will in the coming months. 3) Valhalla Room!

[@busch028]

Cheers man!!! Thank you so much for your reply. I know you are busy. Much appreciated. Looking forward to more installments. Keep up the great work!!!

[@therealajahn]

This jam made me imagine some strange pagan ritual in some granite temple. In the center and the chanting robed bodies is an eight armed ape slamming things into the floor and making epiphany noises that ring beyond the cold edge of the light and back.

[@divineaccidents4374]

where are you running the accent out into on the atlantis ?

[@axelrigaud]

Which one is best for live improvisation ? This or the metropolis ?

[@ceedig303]

Your videos are the best in the game. What are you patching the accent out into?

[@d0ug6raham]

brightening up my day :) fuckin dope! thanks man

[@TheColossalOstrich]

Oh my god please tell me you have all of this up somewhere to download in HQ without commentary. Wow this is good.

[@viennaditto]

Oh my god please tell me you have all of this up somewhere to download in HQ WITH commentary ;-)

[@Shishlik81]

Veeeeery good, Im getting one for sure

[@russelsimmons5305]

What are you using to sequence the drums around 13:15?

[@mylarmelodies]

All drums sequenced by Trigger Riot in this, except the use of the accent to trigger the Akemie's!

[@russelsimmons5305]

Thanks. Wow just saw your other vids, looks like a sweet module.

[@geoffsmith8172]

16:40 - 17:40. So when are you signing with BNR?

[@tanchwa3740]

so... in the context of making melodic acid in a bigger band setting: Stepper Acid or Metropolis?

[@mylarmelodies]

Stepper acid for that Id say - I literally have used it in a band to make acid

[@ph0sph0rcrt7]

17:54 is this voice produced by the Atlantis?

[@mylarmelodies]

Yep, looking at the wires, I think so, without an external signal (the 'ext' is up but without an input signal that adds a sine wave)

[@ph0sph0rcrt7]

That synth has produced more than one sound I have heard from old school house and rave music. This is another example of a sound that holds you captive and makes you want to do anything to get the circuit that makes that noise. This is why I would tape techno off of the radio and play it until the tape breaks. I just got an Atlantis and feel like I have so many sounds I have missed for so long. This synth also capable of creating those long haunting sounds during some of the scenes in Blade Runner 2049. Im just floored...

[@ph0sph0rcrt7]

Correction.. The Blande Runner sounds were produced by a Yamaha CS-80 apparently but Atlantis has very much the same kind of scream.. Especially when ran through reverb filters

[@ph0sph0rcrt7]

Wait now that I see your patches.. Do you have the akemies castle triggering the modulation on you atlantis.. Somerhing else is influencing this sound.. Trying to recreate with just my atlantis.. Nothing quite like this comes out.. Also goingbto maths... Just want to know how to get that arpeggiated sound i know its a note sequence but that voice is so raw sounding it gives me chills

[@ph0sph0rcrt7]

Aha! Wait.. 17:23 sounds like you mixed in the base of in for a bit but cant see what module was being mixed in..

[@junaidfaruq761]

So what is the oscillator here exactly?

[@sumdup]

Rings

[@harryvincent]

The jam at 13:00 is fucking sick mate

[@harryvincent]

Actually it just keeps getting better and better after that aswell

[@killahkay2112]

That Loop in the END is FUCKIN BADDDAZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!! I need an atlantis

[@jasper374]

I really can't decide between the Stepper Acid and the Metropolis.. Which one do you like the most? I want to make sequences similar to Four Tet, Aphex Twin and Floating Points, I noticed a lot of the time they use an 'acid style' sequence but more slowed down and unique and modulated (I guess?). They use slides a lot and I think the slides on the Stepper Acid sound amazing! Any advice? Love the video btw!

[@geraldgoodiii6993]

8:35 on for the next min or two. Fire!!!

[@nicolausala]

beeteween metropolis and this which one do you prefere the most? i can't choose :(

[@mylarmelodies]

Get both

[@stevebuchan6642]

17:54 that is dope

[@apecityelectronicsoundstudio]

23:06 Starts getting super super intense!

[@IsvisibleIsinvisible]

Bloody ace.

[@ArtFluids]

Hey can you review the Orthogonal ER-101?

[@xsjcol]

+1 on this. Only because watching this video has made me want to swap out my er-101 for a stepper acid so bad.

[@mylarmelodies]

That thing seems pretty nuts, would be interesting to see one

[@xsjcol]

It's nuts, just need to keep referring to the manual all the bloody time.

[@NuNonsenseMusic]

The Highlight of Stepper Acid 21:00 "FUUUCCCKK YAHHH"

[@CaalamusTube]

You're a riot man! :]

[@sklgy]

Can I order this anywhere in the EU? Only found US sites that sell it so far :( Really loving this amazing sequencer, it's the only one I found so far that can chain multiple patterns, which is so damn handy.

[@mylarmelodies]

Assume you can order direct from Transistor Sounds Labs?

[@matthewcrane1599]

Are those sound built in? Meaning can you use it stand alone?

[@kebrooify]

thanks for the video! :) in your opinion which one enables you to be more creative between this sequencer and the metropolis from intellijel ?

[@mylarmelodies]

kebrooify Creativity is down to you, not the module!

[@kebrooify]

Haha fair enough! :) I do my first steps in modular hence my question! but I do agree with you though!

[@mylarmelodies]

Best thing is find (or make a pilgrimage to) a modular store where you can try both, and see which jives with you best. There's no 'good or bad' when it comes to gear, just what you gel with or not. Some things come easy, but you do need to invest a bit of learning time with certain other bits of gear, once you overcome the hurdle you might find it was the best choice. I guess I'm saying to make sure you give everything a good fair shot, don't write things off too quickly!

[@t3l3phasicworksh0p]

Awesome video as always - instructional and inspirational. Like listening to Aphex Twin with Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Williams providing approving comments! Any chance of uploading patch diagrams onto Patreon (constructed with ModularGrid)?

[@mylarmelodies]

Hah! Ohh Matron... Yes I could do diagrams - I guess it's very simplistic with this - the key is to think about blending the voices of Rings through the Atlantis's input (and to that end 'hybridising' analog/digital wherever possible), but triggering them from the same sequencer, and it all being in sync with nice drums. Trigger riot is doing all the percussion sequencing (except in the Akemie's castle bit where the Accent output of Stepper is doing the business)! Let me know if any more questions!

[@simonmodig]

How do you use the accent out in this video? Seems like it goes to maths, and then to two places, at least one of them also on the atlantis. I guess maths i generating an attack-decay-cv with very fast attack and then opening the filter? what more? Great video!

[@Anarchosyn]

Yeah, ok.. I've asked you this before, but where can I listen to your music? Your snippets are all so damn good.

[@mylarmelodies]

soundcloud.com/mylarmelodies/technotest2 is a start - my modular stuff is quite different to my 'computer' music, plan is to have computer music album out next month! But plan to make a live system to effectively do what I'm doing in videos, live

[@bittrigger2487]

Hello ! A newbie question please ! I enjoy your demo :-) I use analog synths, have few of them (P08, A4, Sub40, Korg...) but I still not jump in eurorack world, probably next step... To play the stepper Acid, I see that you also use some other modules, sound module ? Exactly, what is this setup ? Cheers !

[@mylarmelodies]

Fenks! Here is the current state of the big case: www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/144384 ...But yes you just need something to make sound that has CV and Gate Input and you can play it with the Stepper Acid. Like your Sub 37!

[@SamwellClark]

14:18, Dayum, so rich!

[@moket808]

EPIC ! 17:33

[@woodster909]

wow 21:00- 25:00 sublime acid

[@co.agmusic]

17: 30 sound just love that

[@TheBumpdjs]

sickest vid eva

[@DivKid]

"could be trigger drums with this, doing all kinds of weird shit"

[@makke1195]

Sick!

[@noiselabproject9659]

In a box with midi version would be nice too !

[@ArguZ72]

Can't wait for this to drive my x0x heart

[@sammakesmusic]

These are fantastic fodder for sampling!! Can I please have your permission to sample your videos for my tracks?

[@olecranonrebellion9976]

Why do all stepper demos sound kind of the same?

[@ricardochagas3327]

Are you trying to get me into modular? Because i've been much much far then I am now...

[@TRaddcliff]

if you had to...HAD TO....give on up, which would it be. Metropolis or Stepper Acid? ;)

[@mylarmelodies]

TRaddcliff I would personally have to keep Metropolis, but I would be completely screwed for the live band stuff I've been doing where I use Stepper's sequence recall every night. They're apples and oranges, there will be plenty of folks who disagree with me, and they're right too!

[@TRaddcliff]

heh...thanks. thought you might say something like that. this vid is absolutely SICK! 14min onward is fantastic. 17:30 is my favorite part. wish that bit went on longer. 17:53 too. thanks for the reply.

[@mylarmelodies]

TRaddcliff There's a 50 minute version extended version of this video on my Patreon ;)

[@TRaddcliff]

SWEET! your demos will render me penniless.

[@t3l3phasicworksh0p]

Intellijel Metropolis or Stepper Acid - discuss?

[@mylarmelodies]

Both, obviously!

[@adriano_sp]

which 303 module to use with this? newbie here.

[@mylarmelodies]

Check out the M303 from Acidlab, looks ace! Intellijel Atlantis is what I'm using in this (which is more of an SH101 in a panel)

[@adriano_sp]

ok thanks!

[@pathingmusic]

There once was a dude, Mylar, Who didn't commute by car. With his many U cases, Patching modular "aces," There once was a dude, Mylar.

[@Ikiddkriss]

sold

[@woodster909]

24:25 swoon i need to save some pennies

[@steefdroid]

Have you ever tried the audio damage sequencer? How do they compare? I like that the AD has 3 extra CV channels... which I would want to use for polyphony but not sure how easy that'd be. The TSL SA looks awesome in your hands, ... I think I've got to not buy a Rene but get this instead :) I know- completely different units; but I want this now :)

[@mylarmelodies]

Thanks! Yes I've reviewed the Sequencer 1 for Future Music before - they're similar in certain core working respects, but the Sequencer 1 is a much more advanced/complex sequencer and capable of generating many other types of modulation/gates and 'parameter lock' style workflows etc, and longer individual sequence lengths. Stepper Acid is much simpler, and I would argue a bit more immediate (such is it's nature - it's simpler) - but you still can make long 256 note patterns, you can program very specific passages of music, and you can save patterns to memory, and it's immediate, fun to interact with. I guess the biggest thing is that the Stepper Acid is around £295, and the Sequencer 1 I've seen at some retailers for £499.

[@steefdroid]

Oh I must've seen that video then because I saw all your FM stuff haha. Must've been a while since I've seen that. Yes I love the immediacy of the SA which is obvious seeing you jam with it :)

[@mylarmelodies]

Nah just a written review! Issue 288 of Future Music

[@YannickRBon]

F*ck yeah! Yous should defenitly post this on youp*rn!

[@julienmorda9537]

Dancing!!!

[@NickHchaos]

It's cool for what it does, but it seems hard for me to justify these 1-track sequencers now that there's multiple good multi-track ones, just in terms of value/price, and space. Don't know that I would ever trade my Stillson Hammer Mk2 within my 6U for anything.

[@mylarmelodies]

Nick H I need to try the hammer. Comes highly recommended

[@NickHchaos]

mylarmelodies I only have a 6U so I constantly have thought about density of function--with the hammer +ADDAC 206 I have multi track non linear/endless sequencing. It's excellent.

[@cyber-detection-syst82]

17:54 énorme 0,o'

[@devmiles]

that's what i told my girlfriend .. i'm detached ..ahhhh fuck yeah !

[@nicolausala]

[@mishpult]

detached

[@TheHKstudios]

im dead

[@AB-hf3sj]

I think your metropolis is feeling neglected.

[@mylarmelodies]

She's fine! They like to duet together

[@donaldlykins4548]

I gotta quit watching your videos I'm gonna go broke lol