What is Granular Synthesis with Arbhar

[@pelbender1653]

I think this is the best tutorial I ve ever seen

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I appreciate it!

[@Barefoot_Joe]

I'm a simple man, I see mushrooms and synthesizers, I subscribe.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Cheers!

[@ritec]

Jason at Instruo is a freaking genius. I cannot think of a better and more beautiful interface for a granular synthesis module.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, it sounds AND looks great!

[@21pm]

Thank you so much for including the Microsound by Curtis Roads in the corner, one hell of a book!

[@syndrohm1920]

Very good explanation with appropriate samples where it is easy to understand what arbhar can do! Keep on rocking Omri.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much!

[@Natemasterflex]

I love all of Curtis Roads books and papers! He is a great teacher. Nice vid 🐈

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, I have to be honest, this one was a bit too technical for at times, but nevertheless it was very inspiring.

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Thank you Omri, that is one impressive module. Nice to see Curtis Roads getting in on the act also. I see the Disting mounted in the top of the case sideways on very interesting mounting.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, it's an adapter I saw in a video a while ago and decided I need one :)

[@orbitalpatterns]

wow, now i need an arbhar. this was a great tutorial

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, it's a beautiful module... thanks!

[@dreamdealer]

this is such a fun and beautiful module, really digging your videos with it.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thank you!

[@Almanacs]

Amazing module! And that piano melody was beautiful.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, it's a beauty...

[@pault4249]

I just like the way you say Arbhar

[@Citizen-1a]

Its a really nice module, both sounds and visuals. Great explanation too. Arbhar is gaelic for grain - the out socket should probably be labeled "Uisge Beatha"

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks so much! Yeah, pronouncing it is harder than using it...

[@VirtualModular]

Aren't the letters 'bh' pronounced as a 'v' sound in gaelic? Or maybe like the letter w in German! (I'm English but live in Scotland). Guessing it's like ar-var, could be wrong. I don't have a Eurorack setup but need one just so I can get this module!

[@tymaraist9729]

do you still have Arbhar? would love to hear what you’re doing with V2 if so!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, I decided to explore other paths recently, so I didn't get the chance to dig deeper into V2...

[@pongtrometer]

I hope the Intruso Granular synth makes into the VCV RACK library.

[@deepumamman]

Wow. Great module. I am new to all this and this sounds fun. I wanted to know if there is any similar module in VCV rack to play with and learn before going ahead. Thanks

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Oh yes, granular can be so much fun... Have a look at Clouds or Supercell in VCV Rack. Supercell is based on Clouds but has a few more features.

[@martingoldmannmusic]

Ok, so now tell me which modules to get rid of - i need some space in my Eurorack ;) btw: missed the "ohhhh yeah around 11:40" ;) 12:30 - there it is :)))

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Arbhar is a beauty...

[@martingoldmannmusic]

@@OmriCohen-Music i put it on my wishlist :)

[@TomLeg]

The ones you have now are no good. I suggest you ship them to my disposal firm, where I will get rid of them for you for a modest fee.

[@The5F02]

nice effect at 11:56

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Yeah, that's a nice one :)

[@endless_arps]

Very nice demo! Can I ask , if not recording via the build in microphone , how does one get the sound into arbhar?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks! Well, it has a mono input as well so you can just send audio into it.

[@endless_arps]

Thanks for the quick reply , a bit of a noob question but thanks! Love your content a lot 🙏

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@endless_arps no worries 🙂 cheers!

[@MmostlyRandom]

excellent demo

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks!

[@nefertiti979]

Super Cool Omri! As always! And super helpful! I have a question, can I use Instruo Ochd to send cv to MOD CV Input on the CV Expansion Module to control the parametres of the Reverb in the "Stereo Reverb Configuration:"(Maybe at high rate to achieve a constant CV tension?) Or do I need something like Maths or Shades or etc...? Hope I'm clear. Anyway, Thanks!!! You're se inspiring!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks! Well, actually, the MOD CV input, when in reverb mode, will add reverb together with the dry signal with positive voltage, and will output only the wet signal with negative voltage so you can use Ochd to move between those 2 states. I never tries it at audio rates though. What do you mean by constant CV tension? Do you mean like freezing the reverb? You can freeze the reverb with both positive and negative voltages if you add about 3 or 4 volts.

[@nefertiti979]

@@OmriCohen-Music Thanks Omri, so kind! basically I'm wondering if there's a way to send a positive voltage using just ochd, maybe a fast lfo, so to have just "one" state" (wet and dry mixed) and not move between wet/dry (positive) - wet signal (negative). The fact is that I dont' have enough space in my case, so I'm i'm figure out if there's a trick using the ochd :) Anyway, again Omri, your music is great and your video are super helpful. Thank you so much. D.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@nefertiti979 I appreciate it, thanks! And I guess you will need another module for that to rectify Ochd so it will output only positive voltages. Do you have maybe Kinks from MI? Or maybe an attenuverter with offset control?

[@nefertiti979]

@@OmriCohen-Music No, I don't. I have Morphagene, Hyrlo (mixer) and Ooots (Master Out) from Knob Farm, uZeus from Tip top. I'm going to buy Arbhar ( I found it here at my local store), and I would like to add Ochd and then it's just 2hp left, and I was thinking to buy a 2hp verb for the Morph. And then it's 60hp and it's done :) But I guess I have to find another solution if I want to use also the built in reverb of Arbhar. Or I can just put the 2hp verb after the Hyrlo and before the Ooots, so I can use anyway ochd for modulation (for Morph and Arbhar). I won't be able to use the built in Arbhar reverb (pity), but I guess that's the solution. Anyway, thanks man!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@nefertiti979 Well, something fun you can try is using the CV out of Morphagene to control the reverb of Arbhar. Do you have any other gear other than Eurorack? Keystep? BSP?

[@ryanpalma5947]

How do you time stretch a sample without effecting pitch like with Nebulae?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, I'm pretty sure that it's not possible on Arbhar, but on the Morphagene you can use a clock to "glide" through the grains and the slower the clock, the slower the playback. But yeah, it's not the same effect like on the Nebulae.

[@ryanpalma5947]

Omri Cohen Thanks. I have an Arbhar coming in the mail, let’s see what it can do. There is a video of someone timestretching using the parat+ app and modulating the scan(I think) - anyways, blessings Omri :)

[@ryanpalma5947]

Omri Cohen kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIuWdXuoeNyLebc

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@ryanpalma5947 What is the parat + app? But anyway, it's a beautiful module that can do so much, even use as a wavetable oscillator!

[@ryanpalma5947]

Omri Cohen supposedly it is an app that can send CV into a specific WiFi Module the instruo Aither, so that you can modulate stuff from an iPad

[@glnnk_art]

Hey Omri, how does this compare to Beads? I have one, and I really want an Arbhar. But they seem so similar. Does it pay off having both?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Hi! Well, I have Beads as well and, to be honest, I hardly use it. And I don't really think that they are the same. I think that Arbhar goes much deeper into granular synthesis, and is much more musical. What do you like about Beads? What do you think is missing?

[@CWealthMusic]

Great video! I just recorded a similar, yet cruder video of the arbar. Amazing module!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Thanks! Yeah, it's a beautiful module...

[@redstone589]

and the biggest difference compared to morphagene? thx

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, I guess that the way you will use them is totally different. Morphagene is more for sampling with its SD card, and Arbhar is more for processing. Have a look here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6a1gZeYpq9-Y7c

[@wattmeter]

Very cool. How to do similar in VCV, if possible?

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Well, I guess that Clouds in granular mode will do the trick. You have grain length (size), envelope (texture), density, you can scan with the position knob, and change the pitch. Also the new Ghosts is somewhat similar.

[@GeorgeLocke]

There are many varieties of granular synthesis that don't involve sampling, and iinm granular synthesis was originally based on synthesized tones

[@OmriCohen-Music]

Couldn't find anything about iinm, can you share a link or something, I'm curious.

[@GeorgeLocke]

@@OmriCohen-Music "if i'm not mistaken" - sorry, just being a pedant about the statement "granular synthesis involves samples and sampling," cuz, like, well actually, that is a late development in the history of granular synthesis....

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@GeorgeLocke Don't worry about it, but I'm really curious to know more. Can you point me to somewhere I can read about it? Or can you tell me more? Everywhere I looked it was based on sampling...

[@GeorgeLocke]

​@@OmriCohen-Music Microsound, of course! (To be clear "iinm" is just an abbreviation for "if i'm not mistaken.") Pulsar and cloud synthesis described in there are both based on sines and blits. Going back further, we have Gabor matrices and Xenakis' stuff from CNMAT, I don't remember the details very clearly, but it's all there.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@GeorgeLocke Yeah, I read it already once but I guess it's time to go through it again :)