What Can You Do With a MIDI to CV Convertor?

The Univer Iter is a MIDI to CV converter by Noise Engineering. It lets you configure up to 8 outputs per module to turn a huge number of MIDI signals into a huge number of voltage signals. Make sense? Don't worry, it will soon. Sponsored by ‪@NoiseEngineering‬
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00:00 intro to univer inter
01:45 sequencing modular with push (basic)
06:08 one-note multitimbral modular with ableton
09:35 control change fun with akemis castle
11:40 digitakt sequencing and modulating modular
15:00 m8 sequencing and modulating modular
18:19 WIND CONTROLLER
21:46 playing the entire rack with erae touch

[@chinidadian]

Your ability to produce super musical results no matter the gear never ceases to amaze me

[@awalton]

The magic that hits at around 13:30 is just... wow. I need more of that.

[@MarioGodoyMusic]

Yes! more Aerophone content please!

[@HANGINGOUTWITHAUDIOPHILES]

The amount out music that flows from your hand brain combinations is just wild. The tap runneth! Lovely stuff

[@Jin-Hu]

Just built a Jake’s Custom shop midi to cv module, can’t wait to give it a good play along with this video Jeremy, thanks man

[@gay_milhouse1160]

that mostly mutables case is drool worthy. great video! i'd written this module off as i don't do much with midi, but i was wrong. i could DO SO MUCH MORE

[@Davnak]

Absolutely loved the Arp stuff at 7 min! Great demonstrations of how powerful midi to CV modules are.

[@turbotambourine]

Incredible! I loved getting such a mix of midi controllers and racks! It seems like Noise Engineering have another winner! Lots of io for 6hp for sure!

[@fashionablyari]

the blanks you've got on the rack are on point as always. also, I love the mutable instruments case. it sounds so very fun to play.

[@macaronafterparty]

Glad to see the erae touch showcased here. Very underrated.

[@ShahInShah30]

Lot's Of Info And Inspirations! Dope As Ever THX 4 Your Work!

[@LillySchwartz]

No, I don’t want to skip forward 😅 every single jam was 👌 I definitely need to deep dive into the Befaco MIDI thing I built. Only scratched the surface so far. Great demo of what can be done!

[@krakamak]

These videos do really not help me to keep my oath to stay away from modular... Super cool!

[@pxt0909]

sweet baby j... if I had 3 wishes - I'd spend them all learning from you. Great video as always. Thank you

[@tihkal]

this is insane. thanks bro. finally got me to hook up ableton to my rack with this vid. it's like a whole new world has opened up now

[@mikey303]

Love the bit with the Akemie's castle

[@RedMeansRecording]

Got a love hate relationship with it but I still like playing with it

[@bodhibeats8257]

Wind controllers are the coolest things in the synth world that no one talks about. Thanks for featuring them, Jeremy! (I may be biased, as I play a NuRAD). 😁

[@oldunclemick]

That is so true. I think it's because they're mostly marketed to jazzers (particularly Brecker fans) or saxophonists wanting silent practice or doubling the sounds of other instruments. There is an untapped market of people like myself who are fans of conventional synth music but not necessarily keyboard players. I think of all the people who took saxophone in high school and don't realize that they can easily pick up an Aerophone and play their synths! I've predominantly played my Behringer Neutron because the CV conversion is perfect for the AE-30 - the pitch bend has smooth transitions between up and down (essential for the bite), and the legato is handled properly. The AE-30 is perfect for modular because the thumbpad, elevation, and tilt CCs can be converted to CV to give the equivalent of the live tweaking you'd do if you didn't have both hands on the Aerophone. I have some videos on my channel.

[@bodhibeats8257]

@@oldunclemick BTW, the Aerophones are great! I prefer the touch-sensitive style keys of the EWI and NuRAD, but the Aerophone’s built-in ZenCore makes me jealous for sure. All of these instruments make great controllers, but the Roland’s definitely win on built-in synths. FWIW, the NuRAD has CV out for breath built-in! 😁

[@oldunclemick]

@@bodhibeats8257 the problem with the AE-30 is figuring out how to program the ZEN Core (the SuperNatural sound engine is of no interest to me). After a couple of years just using it just as a controller, I am now doing a thorough investigation of the ZEN Core engine to try to get as good sounds out of it as I can get from my Neutron.

[@bodhibeats8257]

@@oldunclemick Yeah ZenCore is deep and complex for sure! Sounds awesome, but a whole lot to learn! I also have a Neutron that I use with wind controllers. It’s great! 😁

[@marcel_h_]

13:19 mate, flipping base genuine vibe

[@cooltigermusic]

Your videos are of such great quality

[@edwardtang8995]

Awesome - thanks for the ideas and inspiration.

[@solongyouth]

my Digitakt and Eurorack are finally going to be happy together

[@dennisrochat7747]

Love this and love your content ♥️

[@samsakr1]

Waiting on that July M8!!! Very keen to use it to movvvveeee the modular system. Also kind of amazing you can make a track on the train, then move it to the system when you get home 🤪

[@robinlaird]

You had me at Digital Wind 👀😅

[@Lewp77]

crushing it g ! I just might to get those !

[@LordoftheBadgers]

Uh huh. I can see that with my push 3 - which I know you love 😂 ❤ This is 🔥🔥🔥

[@matthodek]

Those last two are inspiring. 🤩 I am just starting to play with touchOSC which seems to have some potential for creating interesting interfaces that would go well with these modules. I love Noise Engineering too...

[@richiesantana7628]

wow a video of just using cc into plaits or rings would be amazing......

[@MD_Builds]

The jams are damn cool :D need more:D

[@0VRLNDR]

I need this badly so I can stop using an entire Pulsar-23 for the 4-pin MIDI to CV. 😂

[@macneilsketchley]

I was using mine as a clock source for my rack lol

[@johnnybigpotato2404]

THAT is super more awesomer! :)

[@treschlet]

I hope that you also have a wonderful day

[@iamjamessmith]

Jeremyyyy love this! When are you gonna play the Strega for us??

[@RedMeansRecording]

Hah. I'm editing a video on it right now.

[@iamjamessmith]

@@RedMeansRecording Be still my beating heart.

[@lazymandoplayer]

Sixty Four Pixels CV.OCD is another great solution and is stand alone if that suits you better

[@rochefsky]

Awesome performance! (and overview!)... What were your drums on channel 10 in the first jam? Thank you!

[@RedMeansRecording]

I think it's a series of samples from the vpme qd but not sure

[@prodbymira]

Maybe it's a bit late to ask for it but how about a video on the SOMA Pulsar-23? I feel like this machine would fit your vibe and general approach to music (I find it really aspiring, creative and unconventional) really freakin' good. Anyways, keep up the good work! Been enjoying every video so far.. Much love from Germany!

[@skelly790]

Yeah, that would be good. idk about the Pulsar, but the Lyra is like the opposite of the Digi in its approach to making music. You could convert the Digi's midi to CV and plug that into the back of the Lyra, but it wouldn't pay much attention. But then it doesn't pay much attention to anything, unless you bash it around the head with a giant sidechain. Made from real chains. But the Pulsar might be slightly more docile.

[@RedMeansRecording]

It's not something I want to buy right now so maybe later

[@TheMachinesWon]

Amazing presentation! Really opened up my mind on this topics. Would you say using the digitone would be a decent way to control a modular system if I don’t have a digitakt?

[@RedMeansRecording]

It has the same sequencer capabilities so yeah

[@vikorfazekas207]

Around min5 ..Nice place to be!

[@lee_at_sea]

Soooooo unfortunate these don't have 14-bit CC. D.O.A. for my purposes.

[@floor_baba]

The M8. The breath controller. 🤌

[@oldunclemick]

I skipped straight to 18:19 because I have the AE-30. Does this converter handle legato playing properly? Does pitch bend transition smoothly between pitch up and pitch down (essential for the bite control)? I'm looking for a separate Eurorack converter but it has to be as good as the Behringer Neutron's converter which suits the AE-30 perfectly but comes with the rest of the Neutron attached whether I need it or not 😀. None of my other converters handle legato and they have dead-spots in the middle of the pitch bend which interferes badly with the conversion of the bite sensor. I use a Space Brains Circuits MidiVolts to convert the AE-30’s thumbpad, elevation, and tilt to CV. The CC to CV conversion really opens up the possibilities for controlling VCF cutoff, resonance, LFO depth, etc.

[@RedMeansRecording]

i did not find either of those things worked, but im brand new to the aerophone so i may have gotten it wrong.

[@oldunclemick]

@@RedMeansRecording I keep forgetting to switch the MIDI Control switch on 🙄! If you're interested I have a video on my channel showing how I set up my AE-30 to work with my Neutron.

[@lenylecointre3304]

I'm looking for something to do the opposite, to have somes input (that I could chose to be CV or gate) and out to a midi. Let's say I want my MI grids to trigger some MPC samples. What module can do that ?

[@tomdaley8195]

Any thoughts on the Hermod+ Jeremy?

[@RedMeansRecording]

I liked the og Hermod so all the new features and screen are nice! It was my primary sequencer for a while

[@symbiat0]

Do you have more than one Constellation / Maestro module ? I also see the Strymon but curious to know what are the main FX modules you like to use ?

[@RedMeansRecording]

i have two maestros, which is silly. i really like the noise engineering fx, ghost, mimeophone, and data bender.

[@distorson]

Does anyone know if the Univer Iter can do something the Expert Sleepers FH2 can't do? Just curious :)

Hey. Would somebody know if it would work also with AE-10? I am not ready to switch to AE-30, yet.

[@RedMeansRecording]

If it has midi out yes

[@oldunclemick]

I don't have the AE-10 but looking at the manual it doesn't have 5-pin DIN so you'd have to go via a computer or try to find a compatible USB to MIDI converter (apparently some work better than others). The AE-30 works really well with modular - the breath, bite, thumbpad, elevation, and tilt give so much control and are easy to set up.

@@oldunclemick thank you very much. That is what I was afraid of and that is why I asked. Thanks for your clarification.

[@maarzt]

my inquiring mind wishes to know. esp since i got one

[@kevinforney9054]

That first jam tho. Damn. How's the Univer Iter compare to the Expert Sleeper's ES-9?

[@RedMeansRecording]

I can promise you the ux and ui for editing it will be much much more user friendly

[@RedMeansRecording]

Also the es9 isn't a midi interface

[@dr.syntheo9489]

Es-9 ?

[@Jin-Hu]

Such a mutable instrument

[@timumbra2476]

Where am I ?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Hell

[@timumbra2476]

@@RedMeansRecording hecc*

[@r1p413]

found it! first :D

[@trharding]

Is his pronunciation of Plaits a bit? I’ve lost track.

[@RedMeansRecording]

its pronounced plaits

[@trharding]

@RedMeansRecording no question,100% agreement.

[@bigman3274]

digitakt superiority 🥸