Verbos Complex Oscillator Demo

Next in line in the Verbos range : the complex oscillator. It’s the biggest demo yet, with a few more examples than usual. It’s hard to demo such a deep oscillator, but I hope that these few patches will give a fair idea of its sound. BTW this is a fairly recent CO without vactrols.
0:09 - Intro
2:57 - Panel
8:08 - Short Sequence
16:08 - Bubbly Drone
22:38 - Modular Drum Machine
34:24 - Detroit Lead
38:48 - Outro
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[@vinylarchaeologist]

Verbos module demos are much needed. You did a great job, and many thanks!

[@LucasMarchal]

Thanks, glad they are of help.

[@vinylarchaeologist]

Sorry for being such a fanboi, but I somehow keep watching your videos over and over, and despite the repetition, I always keep discovering new things in them. Plus, your music has that rare quality of never sounding boring, again, despite the repetition! Thank you, and looking forward to more demos.

[@LucasMarchal]

Hehe no problem I appreciate the comment very much ! I'm all about the repetition ;)

[@owenthesoyboy]

Excellent sounds and this whole demo is fun to watch, nice to hear your ideas! Cheers from NY

[@LucasMarchal]

Thanks hehe, glad you like it !

[@platon-m7n]

great patches! thanx for good job Lucas

[@SageCircuits]

After building, practicing, playing with my modular over the past year: "I need a better sequencer" After watching this video: "I need a Verbos Complex Oscillator"

[@LucasMarchal]

Voltage Multistage and Complex Oscillator go hand in hand :)

[@SageCircuits]

@@LucasMarchal Complex Oscillator is on its way... You are to blame! :)

[@SamMcEwin]

I wish all demos were like this. Beautiful, musical and very enlightening. Thanks for sharing.

[@LucasMarchal]

thank you :)

[@ELEKTROGOWK]

I have sent back the Intellijell Shapeshifter and I bought the Verbos CO instead. What a pain reliever. This oscillator is so hands-on. and easy to understand. Great Demo!!!

[@LucasMarchal]

Thanks ! Shapeshifter is very nice but they are quite the opposite in terms of layout ! The CO really is the easiest to work with.

[@nikiji9593]

Probably one of the best techno drums with a modular I heard!

[@LucasMarchal]

Thank you ! Drums are from the Jomox Alphabase

[@nikiji9593]

@@LucasMarchal I was referring to the end of the video when you make a beat with only the modular. Very inspiring !

[@LucasMarchal]

@@nikiji9593 Oh yes ! It's a fun exercise !

[@jammystraub488]

Wonderful demo! Thank you for making this!

[@LucasMarchal]

Thank you 🌀

[@aaronjenkins385]

Another great demo Lucas! I’m really loving the tones of the verbos stuff, it really is beautiful, and you do such a great job of demonstrating them. Once again you have given me more ideas for use of the DPO. I really like the fact you share so many tips on creating your sound that are transferable to other systems. Keep up the great work!

[@LucasMarchal]

Thank you Aaron ! That's the nice thing about complex oscillators, they are all different but they all share some concepts and with modular you can always find ways to tweak an idea to suit your system, you just need a couple of utility modules :)

[@samuelyang1140]

Nice one! Can't wait for an Overstayer Modular Channel demo!

[@LucasMarchal]

it will come, in time :)

[@insecto.3725]

thank you for your videos! After power watching yours and really liking the sound you get out of the Verbos CO, I finally pult the trigger and got one. The sound from the final outputs I like more then the final out on my DPO. Ofcourse the DPO also sounds fantastic, but I barely used the final out because it can go grazy way to fast. So I was using more the standard pure waveforms ... but thats not why you get a complex oscillator for. Verbos final out sounds like a big sweetspots for sounds I love. It's like on the DFAM .... Turn it on, tweak the knobs and forget the time.

[@LucasMarchal]

entirely agree ! Big, BIG sweet spots.

[@ydlp7705]

Superbe vidéo, super son, merci beaucoup l’ami! (:

[@LucasMarchal]

Merci beaucoup :)

[@dmitrymaximov7961]

Awesome demo. Thanks

[@LucasMarchal]

thank you :)

[@foenzie]

it is amazing how these modules sound. cannot replacate it with the stuff I have.

[@LucasMarchal]

I've heard that a few times. I haven't tried that many analog complex oscillators to compare though.

[@mrotaveria]

I have the Furthrrrr, which i love, but I also enjoy the rawness that comes from all the Verbos stuff. I think you are super talented on animating short/repetitive sequences, thats the bread and butter of minimal techno, right?

[@LucasMarchal]

Thank you ! Furthrrrr seem to sound really nice too. I love repetitive stuff, the idea is to make it seem as if there's a lot going on where in reality it's quite barebones !

[@Braunld]

Would like to see/hear a deep dive like this for Odessa. Not sure if this is a sort of product placement, so apologies for the off topic request. Odessa seems quite different than the Verbos CO, but it'd be cool to hear some lower register, beefier sounds from Odessa, as opposed to the airy, upper register stuff. Great music, as always, on your channel. Thanks for the in depth demos, and for the focus on minimal, repetitious grooves, etc.

[@LucasMarchal]

No product placement of any kind here :) I definitely intend to do an Odessa demo at some point, I just haven’t had it that long so I want to explore it a bit further first.

[@janctrl5524]

Nice demo, thank you. would have loved to see more demos with pitched sequences thou.

[@LucasMarchal]

Thanks. I included one at the end but It's not really my forte. I still use pitch quite often but not for melodies much.

[@onderstroom]

20:00 love it!

[@LucasMarchal]

Synth bubbles for days

[@wackenthaljef]

Le son de ce complex est ,je pense le meilleur des VCOs que j'ai entendu...tout les modules de Mark sont exceptionnels je trouve.

[@LucasMarchal]

Bien d'accord ! Mon oscillateur favori

[@wackenthaljef]

@@LucasMarchal Je me suis lancé dans le modulaire betement en en achetant trop et juste par curiosité,je pense après ces années que faire comme toi c'est la bonne façon,choisir un fabricant majeur et completer juste par quelques modules..mais bon,je croyais connaitre la synthese,en fait c'est très compliqué si on est pas electronicien quelquepart.Bravo et merci pour tes vids!

[@LucasMarchal]

@@wackenthaljef C'est normal ça fait partie du cheminement... je suis moi aussi passé par plein de differents modules avant de me fixer sur ce système. Pas besoin d'être electronicien par contre !

[@wackenthaljef]

@@LucasMarchal Ah bon alors tu me rassure je vais insister encore un peu pour comprendre ,mais y'a vraiment des modules compliqués.Mme mon pere qui etait ingé en guidage missiles etc..il me disait"c'est pas simple tes trucs! Merci Lucas pour tes videos!!

[@wackenthaljef]

@@LucasMarchal Ben,tu sais par exemple en ce moment je touche plus mon systeme,j'arrive plus a avancer,je comprend pas certaines chose alors j'ai laissé tomber,peut-etre que je suis trop vieux,je reste sur mon quantum ou on peut vraiment aller chercher des trucs de fous,et je viens de choper un Korg 700fs 700...LE son de la tuerie,bon synthé hyper cher(pour un petit synthé) mais le son quoi.

[@andykandolf1948]

you should be doing the demoing for the verbos team. Much nicer than what they are showcasing on yt.

[@LucasMarchal]

now we have both :)

[@steveambrose1]

great demo , how are you clocking the alpha base to the modular please? thanks

[@LucasMarchal]

I use a ERM Multiclock, great device

[@GoGoGoRunRunRun]

The Verbos system sounds amazing! Complex OSC with Amp&Tone really sounds like they're one. Those Mike Parker-esque sounds are great! Could listen hours to that wobbling OSC. Btw, do you use a free running OSCs when you're making a track? It would drift in and out with the beat, but maybe that's what makes it special...

[@LucasMarchal]

They do really go well together. Yes it a free running oscillator but it's rather easy to find a "cycle" that works with the tempo of the track. It will drift but that's definitely part of the appeal.

[@dennisrochat7747]

Well Lucas, thanks to you I now own a CO, Muti-Envelope, Sequence Selector, Voltage Multistage and the Amplitude & Tone Controller ♥️ Having loads of fun making music with these modules!

[@LucasMarchal]

Very nice to hear ! Enjoy :)

[@ObscureMachines]

30:35 Good god man! 👽

[@LucasMarchal]

Thank you :) it’s the LXD’s fault

[@davidsattar]

Helllooo! Are you using the old version of the oscillator? Or the new one? Besides the question I really liked your approach to the oscillator and the great sounds your get out of it! Best greetings

[@LucasMarchal]

It's a newer version without vactrols !

[@joshkorody7376]

I love my DPO so much but your killing me here.

[@LucasMarchal]

softly I hope

[@alexandreleduc1929]

Hello, très cool cette démo ! Est ce qu'il y aura une demo similaire avec le foundation oscillator? J'hesite pas mal entre les deux

[@LucasMarchal]

Merci ! J'en ferai probablement une sur le foundation mais pas avant un petit moment.. En tout cas entres les deux je préfère de loin le CO, beaucoup plus complet et versatile.

[@alexandreleduc1929]

@@LucasMarchal Ok c'etait un peu mon ressenti, la question se posait aussi surtout pour l'économie en hp du foundation. Merci encore pour tes démos des modules verbos, il y en a très peu sur internet et c'est toujours agréable de pouvoir avoir un aperçu un poil détaillé de ces modules.

[@leonard.c]

Hello Lucas, great video, you really got me i to verbos. I have a question in wich you might help me, i‘m planning my first eurorack case and i‘m not sure yet if i should go first gor the harmonic oscillator or the conplex oscillator. I‘m into techno as you are producing. I hope you can help me, if not anyways, thank you for your great videos, it’s a pleasure to watch them!

[@LucasMarchal]

Hey, thank you :) To me the complex oscillator would be an obvious choice, it's more versatile, and also more useful in a small system. The Harmonic needs more modulation/modules to come alive whereas the CO is more standalone. Full disclosure I've tried the HO twice and never really gelled with it, whereas I always loved the CO.

[@leonard.c]

@@LucasMarchal thank you a lot for your advice, seems that I have to wait then till the CO is available again.... Ps.:Just subscribed to your patreon, looking forward to see many more great videos from you! :) all the best Leo

[@leonard.c]

may I ask you one more question: what would be your first Verbos modules to start with, what is necessary to start and what can be added later? Would a Complex O, Amp&Tone, Scan&Pan and a Midi toCV/Gate be enough to start with?

[@LucasMarchal]

@@leonard.c No problem and thank you for subscribing to the Patreon! I'd say CO/Amp and tone for sure, then an enveloppe (I like Make noise Function (or Maths which is always great in a small system) and it goes well with Verbos, otherwise if you want to keep it 100% Verbos the multi enveloppe is great too). Midi to cv module if you intend to sequence externally. Otherwise the Voltage Multistage is pretty essential too.

[@leonard.c]

@@LucasMarchal cool thank you, I expected way more modules to be necessary. Do you think a dram would be a good idea to get a dfam to add to it, as it has a lot of features my modules don't have yet?

[@mamakuproject]

Which version of the amp and tone filter is best suited to the CO in your ears?

[@LucasMarchal]

Best suited I don't know... I've used it exclusively with the v1 for years, now I have it paired with the v2 because it makes for a better layout on the row and I like it too. I think both are splendid modules. The v2 has more range, v1 more mojo.

[@mamakuproject]

@@LucasMarchal thanks. And what about the dual four pole, have you tried that?

[@LucasMarchal]

@@mamakuproject The Dual Four Pole is nice but it's the weakest link in the verbos line in my opinion... sometimes I find it amazing sometimes just so so... I'am always on the verge of selling it but then I always find a reason to keep it. It's a nice pairing with the CO !

[@indiqiqi8954]

Hello, another great demo thank you ! one thing i don't understand is how you use the sequential switch since you pass it only one signal, i.e. your modulation, so are you using to clock the modulation on/off ?

[@LucasMarchal]

Yeah that's what it does. The modulation only goes through when the sequential switch arrives at that point. You can watch the Voltage Multistage/Sequence Selector demo where this is explained better.

[@hf328]

Hey man, mind sharing how you use the Verbos Random Sampling and CV Processor? Would love to see a video! They both look great but I find it hard to get my head around what I'd do with them ahah. Love the latest ep btw!

[@LucasMarchal]

There's a bit about the CV processor in the Model 158 video, but it's essentially just a slew and a few attenuverters/offsets. Nothing crazy but having them all together is super useful and leads to interesting patches. The Random Sampling is a modulation hub, I find the fluctuating randoms super musical for modulation.

[@Danielbarbus]

How long did it take you get all the modules? Very cool setup and great video!

[@LucasMarchal]

it's been a long process, I've been at it since 6-7 years maybe. but there has been a lot of buying/selling and trying different modules before setting on this mostly verbos system.

[@Artinmotionmusic]

amazing mate! i have my eyes on the verbos complex but as i already have a mangrove and others oscillators in my case. been thinking to get the foundation. sound wise are they the same ? thanks for the video!!

[@LucasMarchal]

Thanks ! They aren't really the same... nothing can quite compare with a complex oscillator (of any brand), there a special sauce under the panel which is hard to replicate. The Foundation sounds great and will definitely give you some Verbos raw tones though.

[@Rareos]

@@LucasMarchal is your CO the old or new version? great demo btw.

[@LucasMarchal]

@@Rareos It's the version without vactrols.

[@Rareos]

@@LucasMarchal nice, good to know, as I liked the tone of yours...got me closer to finally picking one up then. Thanks.

[@elinch]

🙏🙏🙏

[@LucasMarchal]

Thank you :)

[@isaaclevy7469]

😍

[@gladlawson61]

Mind kept shifting pitch. Maybe if I bought a newer one it wouldnt happen. Definitely crazy sounding.

[@LucasMarchal]

Mine is pretty stable, the Vebros modules need good power, something to keep in mind.

[@nickjones5641]

How is the tracking?

[@LucasMarchal]

Honestly couldn't really say... My guess is not bad, but not amazing either. You'd have to ask on Modwiggler or on the FB Verbos group.