Bit of a late post here, but just picked up this module today and wow, never has my system breathed so much life. Debated between this and Maths for many years and finally decided on this one. I was not expecting all the interesting polyrhythms you can get out of it. The Phase mode is incredible and love the tips here you suggested!
@DivKid5 жыл бұрын
Great, cheers Jerod.
@eduardozayn37353 жыл бұрын
InstaBlaster...
@seantunn7 жыл бұрын
This video convinced me i needed a Batumi in my rack....now I've got one and it truly is awesome!!!
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
Hey Sean, glad to help that purchase along. It's a great module.
@PatrickOBrien7 жыл бұрын
I've had this module for over a year and didn't know half of what it could do. Especially the press and hold, and the jumper adjustments. Nice vid and will reference it often!
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
nice one, doing my job right then :D
@Flohr9 жыл бұрын
Love the quadrature and phase modes. So sweet! Great demo as always.
@DivKid9 жыл бұрын
Flohr I think the Phase mode and Divide mode (with external clock) get most use from me.
@kempertodd7 жыл бұрын
Great as always! I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would give a 👎 on any of your vids. They are all top notch!
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
Cheers Todd, I don't know either. I guess having a hater means what I'm doing is working? haha.
@sunilsolanki7 жыл бұрын
Just became one of your Patreon members! Thanks for all that you have already taught me Ben. Really appreciate it.
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
thanks a lot, really appreciate that! :)
@switchyard24564 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, excellent and in depth. This is a masterclass in how to do a module review.
@cybchris9 жыл бұрын
Kudos on the really thorough, but even more importantly musically interesting, demo.
@DivKid9 жыл бұрын
+Chris Meyer cheers Chris appreciate it.
@DivKid8 жыл бұрын
@Evan Sugerman ... I can't tag you or reply but the voice are simple oscillators into VCAs and just using the LFOs for VCA level. I think it was four Intellijel Dixie oscillators (but for this sort of patch could be anything) and the oscillators are tuned to the intervals you are hearing. The VCAs if I remember right were from a Bubblesound VCA4p.
@xpump8769 жыл бұрын
Excellent LFO and another great demo!
@DivKid9 жыл бұрын
xPump thanks!
@canecreek009 жыл бұрын
Another module on my shopping list, great video.
@DivKid9 жыл бұрын
cane creek You won't regret it!
@sysexstudio9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great demo. A few shops just finally got these in over here in the states. I'm definitely going to have to get this one and the POTI for it.
@DivKid9 жыл бұрын
***** I think the Poti is essential. If you never clock anything and really don't want to then maybe not but for me I'm not into having jumpers for anything on the back of modules. Having the expander is great for having different shapes on offer and clock or reset.
@sysexstudio9 жыл бұрын
DivKidMusic I'm the same way about jumpers on the back of modules. I'd like to have all options available from the front panel, or in this case, the expander.
@0Metatron7 жыл бұрын
Hi Ben does that mean you can't clock the Batumi without the expander? Thanks
@sysexstudio7 жыл бұрын
badaszewski You can choose to either clock it or tap tempo (with manual gate) with the jumper set to SYNC mode or reset the LFO cycle to zero (hard sync) with the jumper set to RESET mode. The expander just lets you throw a switch to change between these two options without unscrewing the module from you case to set the jumpers on the back. You could also make your own expander if you know how to.
@0Metatron7 жыл бұрын
***** cool thanks
@WimDaans9 жыл бұрын
great demo, teaching me a few new tricks too .... gonna have to put it on my shopping list now ;-)
@DivKid9 жыл бұрын
Wim Daans great to hear. Thanks Wim.
@jinx14019 жыл бұрын
Just picked up one of these on the strength of this video.
@DivKid9 жыл бұрын
+Justin Blackwell nice one, cheers Justin and enjoy the Batumi. Did you grab the Poti expander?
@jinx14019 жыл бұрын
+DivKidMusic Not yet but it's on the list (along with several other modules you've demoed) Analog rytm arriving tomorrow so skint for a while yet however.. Do wish people wouldn't make odd hp sized modules though.
@threeinitiates82607 жыл бұрын
that sequencer next to it is pretty
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
yep
@DualNatureMusic7 жыл бұрын
excellent demo!
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
thank you
@TerekkiTerekki5 жыл бұрын
Excellent vid as per usual
@evansugerman60318 жыл бұрын
Wonderful demo! Thank you... Would you be able to explain a little about how the 4 voices you are using at 6:00 are constructed?
@daughtersofdivorce68039 ай бұрын
God damn. Having two of these just for use if both the Quadrature and Phase modes feels well worth it...
@DivKid9 ай бұрын
I can definitely get behind "more LFOs" as a concept.
@stevenstavropoulos88585 жыл бұрын
thank you man
@DivKid5 жыл бұрын
cheers
@thisisprisma8 жыл бұрын
to my list! really well explained, another great video! :)
@DivKid8 жыл бұрын
+thisisprisma thank you you won't regret it.
@kaecake9575 Жыл бұрын
"[…] it might rely heavily on electronics, tapes, I can kind of envision maybe one person with a lot of machines, tapes, and electronics set up, singing or speaking and using machines." - Jim Morrison 1969
@DivKid Жыл бұрын
Great quote, it was already happening around that time too in terms of people exploring electronics and tape.
@kaecake9575 Жыл бұрын
@@DivKid the 60's we're experimenting the sounds we hear in disco. We are running out of main stream music. This generation has seen just about everything but these machines and so far. Indie music and indie experimental music is wanting that illusion of sound. Japan is a image of this synthesizers and the CRT-TV Guitars... And the Bar Code Music...it's amazing how I can see the music change like it did in the 1960s movement. And the Rock n Roll ban of The 1950s.
@schmooster4 жыл бұрын
on the list
@sunilsolanki7 жыл бұрын
Oh bugger, you just made me want to buy another module! ;)
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
haha my bad!
@VagPoop_ Жыл бұрын
still a classic
@DivKid Жыл бұрын
yeah absolutely
@7177YT5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, but hey did you try and break some speed reading record? You tear through that demo at around 180.000 words per second. (:
@JubileeGiggles4 жыл бұрын
slow the playback speed
@Wheel3335 жыл бұрын
Nice ,thanks. What was that little inline attenuator you used ?
@leatherdeath6 жыл бұрын
How exactly does one get it to cycle at a 28 hour interval?
@DivKid6 жыл бұрын
if I remember right you go divide mode, set the frequency on channel one as low as possible and then use another channel to divide that down even further.
@WillFehlhaberMusicOfficial9 жыл бұрын
DivKidMusic do you think you would give a tour of your complete modular and how you organize things?
@DivKid9 жыл бұрын
Will Fehlhaber Music when I get time I plan on doing some sort of system run down and also some more beginner focussed video series but I just don't have time with how in demand (which I'm really thankful for) the videos are for module overviews with manufacturers. Also my system isn't laid in a particularly nice way as things are all over. I try to keep manufacturers bunched up together the best I can so that in the videos if it's an XAOC devices video there's other XAOC modules that I have next to it. Promoting the brand as well as the single module sort of idea. I'm happy to talk about it though so maybe email or Facebook? What's best for you?
@WillFehlhaberMusicOfficial9 жыл бұрын
DivKidMusic I am a patient guy. I just bought a Doepfer Dark Energy 2 as I do not have the full enough income to start into modular. but I like the Eurorack format because it is space efficient. I look forward to the future videos.
@DivKid9 жыл бұрын
Will Fehlhaber Music ok cool, be good to chat anyway. Always good to chat synths. I nearly bought a dark energy a while back.
@oldsoulsound5 жыл бұрын
Sorry to resurrect this old post. Ben in the beginning :37 you say "...each new note triggers a gate." How exactly were you doing that? Battumi to attenuator to quantizer, sending pitch info to oscillator. Where does the gate come from?
@DivKid5 жыл бұрын
Quantizer generates a trigger on each new note.
@oldsoulsound5 жыл бұрын
@@DivKid Thanks Ben, Still trying to figure out how to do this. I'm using a O_c in Quantermain mode. My understanding is that I would only get pitch CV out from that. Sorry still learning.
@rdomain8 жыл бұрын
Looks like a worthy addition! Is there any way to skew the wave forms like on the QPLFO? Or the lesser likely, do a one shot? Thanks for the vid!
@DivKid8 жыл бұрын
no waveform shaping on board. I like running CV through the Abstract Data ADE-10 Reactive Shape or wave folders though which is good fun if you're looking for some CV wave shaping. They don't do an envelope style "one-shot" either. There's way to patch up something that would "one-shot" but it would be a big elaborate patch with many modules.
@rdomain8 жыл бұрын
+DivKidVideo OK. Thanks for the info. I was hoping it could replace the QPLFO as I like to use that as the EG for drum synthesis. This still looks like a worthy addition tho.
@DivKid8 жыл бұрын
does the QPLFO do single cycles?
@RyanKunkleman6 жыл бұрын
what voice are you using in the phase section its really nice
@DivKid6 жыл бұрын
The sounds from the phase section are sine waves through a VCA that's got a little clipping and character to it. Judging by the date the video went online (as I really can't remember 100%) that's 4 Intellijel Dixie mk1 oscillators with their sine waves into the individual channels of a Bubblesound VCA4p. Using the LFOs to modulate the levels of each VCA. Oscillators just turned up to an LFO.
@bigkingsha4 жыл бұрын
I think I heard another LFO in the background - a Law Frequency Officer
@kempertodd6 жыл бұрын
Hi Ben thanks for this. Where can I find the inline attenuverters you are using? That would be great to free up some VCAs.
@DivKid6 жыл бұрын
RYO Airtenuators were at THONK - www.thonk.co.uk/shop/ryo-airtenuator/ - but no stock currently. They might have the DIY version if you look.
@mantrasoul6 жыл бұрын
+DivKidVideo great tutorial, i am very much thinking of getting this with the expander - what are the drums you are using, are those also generated by the modular or samples - if so, coming out of which device etc.?
@DivKid6 жыл бұрын
Can you link me to the timing of where the drums are and I'll listen and tell you.
falling saw in phase mode would be super lovely to use as triggers for some super musical exponential VCAs - do you need the POTI to make that happen?
@aliasghar9077 жыл бұрын
Is that the best lfo module in your opinion or...? ...or Fourmulator is better... or any others u prefer?
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
I think "best" doesn't exist. It's too subjective to say outright something is the best. What are you looking for in an LFO module? Then we can be specific and cutting down the options to best suit you.
@aliasghar9077 жыл бұрын
DivKidVideo wuz worried ud say that..good honest answer nonetheless.. hajajehe
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
haha well Batumi is fantastic and I'd recommend it for adding LFOs to your set up. Abstract Data Octocontroller is also very good for LFOs and Random / Clocks etc. Plus 8 outputs. They function differently though. So what are you wanting LFOs for? Sometimes you want CV over the LFO so a feature packed one is better other times just lots of LFOs is a good way to go.
@MattRozema4 жыл бұрын
Given the option of Batumi or Stages to modulate an Elements, which would you choose? Both look amazingly capable. I'm interested in which way your experience would steer your decision.
@_jurk2 жыл бұрын
Question: @ 3:28 in the video (quad mode); if rate is controlled by the first LFO do those other 3 faders control the depth of LFO's 2-4. Thanks!
@DivKid2 жыл бұрын
If I remember rightly there's a mode that changes the phases of the LFOs relative to the first and another that changes the clock divisions of the LFOs relative to the first. Just checked the manual "2. QUAdrATUre lfO MOde Click the central button until the yellow, quad LED lights up. The first LFO is a master con- trolling the frequency of all the remaining LFOs. Each subsequent LFO generates a wave that is 90° shifted in relation to the preceding one (90°, 180°, 270°). In this mode, sliders 2-4 and the CV inputs control the respective channel’s am- plitude. The reset/sync 2-4 inputs allow for additional control described later in this manual."
@milk_bath6 жыл бұрын
What reverb are you using here? It sounds like a spring, it has a nice drippy quality.
@DivKid6 жыл бұрын
Hard to say but sounds like it was the v1 Music Thing Modular Spring Reverb or the Doepfer A-199.
@terryvergos63657 жыл бұрын
Thanks, very explanatory. Just one more q: What's the LFO's rate? Also where can we find this handy attenuator? Ta
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
Hi Terry, what do you mean the LFOs rate? The fastest and slowest range do you mean? The passive in line attenuators are RYO Airtenuators available through them direct and Thonk.
@terryvergos63657 жыл бұрын
yes i mean the range, sorry...
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
no worries. Range is 28 hours (yes more than a day per cycle) to 500Hz
@rustlewoodz97006 жыл бұрын
holy moley
@DivKid6 жыл бұрын
:)
@radiokoala9 жыл бұрын
Cool footwork @ 11:10
@DivKid9 жыл бұрын
radiokoala the wonky kick? Sort of a like a dodgy ankle spasming over the foot pedal :)
@radiokoala9 жыл бұрын
DivKidMusic yeah, some nice rhythms to be had with this cross-patching, I can imagine!
@raggamuffin2349 Жыл бұрын
great vid! whats the oscillator / audio source at 2:55?
@DivKid Жыл бұрын
Hello, that sounds like the VFOF mode on Mutable Instruments Braids. Plaits will get similar with it's vocal synthesis too, or you could find some vocal tone wavetables and load those into a wavetable oscillator. Hope that helps.
@GuitarsAndSynths4 жыл бұрын
Would you care to share some patch examples for us newbies to modular? Been really loving mine.
@MeinNameisHase3 жыл бұрын
Why is it called "tap tempo"?
@ekoboydj4 жыл бұрын
can u use it without the poti and still sync and use it as a clock mult/divider too?
@DivKid4 жыл бұрын
Hello, yes the settings are set with 'jumpers' on the back of the module. So you can set it up as you like then forget about it. POTI simply offers a way to switch these things quickly without removing the module from the case.
@ekoboydj4 жыл бұрын
@@DivKid Thnx for the quick reply Ben. However is it poss to use it as a replacement to a typical clock? say a time wizard?
@DivKid4 жыл бұрын
yes you cause LFOs as clocks. Best thing is to take the square wave out and use that as the clock signal.
@ekoboydj4 жыл бұрын
@@DivKid i imagined that was the case but is great confirmation coming from you :) thnx man
@DivKid4 жыл бұрын
happy to help
@JapanoiseBreakfast5 жыл бұрын
Around 11:04, it sounds like one of the modules is triggering when the light on the rightmost slider goes *out* rather than fully lit. Is that normal? I'd expect the light to be highest when the square wave's just moved up, but it looks like the opposite.
@pe000000014 жыл бұрын
LEDs on sliders indicate the sine wave, not square.
@toml65357 жыл бұрын
how to compare this to an ADE-32?
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
I can't really offer much other than what you can find just looking at both modules. This is four channels ADE-32 is eight. ADE-32 will do more per output mode but those are a button press or so away (still fast and very much NOT menu diving). They are different in HP. This is sliders per channel function and four modes, ADE-32 is shared knob control and LED feedback for settings. What is it you want to do?
@MrFreaksfreak7 жыл бұрын
during the very first example, how do you get a gate for each cv note outputted by the quantiser?
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
ADDAC 207 quantizer has trigger outputs for evertime a new note is generated. Really useful feature. Also trigger in so you can tell when to quantise if you don't want it free running.
@RolfJacksonDK3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Question: The inline attenuator you use, where can I get one of those?
@DivKid3 жыл бұрын
RYO used to make Airtenuators. You can get Mutant Modular attenuators here though - bit.ly/mutantmodular There's a video looking at some of what they offer (new bits since then) here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqnHknmlg9trfLM
@danielgrace78876 жыл бұрын
Where can you buy the RYO Airtenuator (in the UK) ?
@DivKid6 жыл бұрын
Thonk sell kits if they still have them in stock.
@danielgrace78876 жыл бұрын
DivKidVideo I guess such devices are not really in the spirit of modular, but popular with some semi modular owners or those with no spare rack space.
@JuanAMatos-zx4ub5 жыл бұрын
Is the Poti necessary to sync to a clock?
@DivKid5 жыл бұрын
Not at all. Just change the jumper setting on the back.
@DavidWangMochipet6 жыл бұрын
What is that attenuator cable thing you are using? Thanks
@DivKid6 жыл бұрын
RYO Airtenuators. Thonk have kits, really easy to solder, even my useless soldering skills didn't get in the way.
@DavidWangMochipet6 жыл бұрын
DivKidVideo thank you! Almost all sold out but I found a kit on synthcube if anyone wants one. Thanks for the great videos !
@DivKid6 жыл бұрын
Cheers David.
@myecoute6 жыл бұрын
Hey Divkid! I'm missing good LFO modulation in my system (just started) and I know a lot of people who love this module, but I'm wondering if it's still a good pick or if there are other things that have come along since that are updated in any crucial/interesting ways? Would really appreciate any suggestions!
@DivKid6 жыл бұрын
This will definitely be a great LFO for you. Four channels, multiple outputs per channel, influence over the LFOs with CV. Good stuff.
@myecoute6 жыл бұрын
One more question if it's not a bother, before I drop the $change - wondering what you think of Mutable Instrument's Stages (if you've played with it yet) as another option?
@OttookkowumbeFM8 жыл бұрын
Hi, wich Attenuator do you use?
@DivKid8 жыл бұрын
+Ottookkowumbe FM no idea what I used in the video. But it really doesn't matter. An attenuator is an attenuator. It brings the signal down from full signal strength (whatever you put it) to 0 and everything in between. I have a Thonk AT AT AT which is good, the RYO Airtenuators are great for putting something between cables. I probably used Airtenuators in this video. Sometimes I use a VCA with bias/offset/gain control and just use the manual level to attenuate signals without actually modulating the VCA.
@chemicalBR06 жыл бұрын
I'm torn between this and the Erica black octasource (no room in current rig for both) has anybody tried both and if you could have only one of them which would it be?
@DivKid6 жыл бұрын
Not tried the Octasource but with Batumi doing all it does, especially with new firmware I think that would be my choice.
@chemicalBR06 жыл бұрын
thanks for the reply... I ordered a batumi today from matttech :) eventually the nice layout swayed me. (there's nowhere near enough flashy sliders in my rack ;)
@NutritionalZero7 жыл бұрын
Batoomeh!
@DivKid7 жыл бұрын
batoooooooooomi. toooomi like mooogy
@unkyherb65053 жыл бұрын
If there is Anyone in the World I would want to chill with and pick their brain, it's Divkid 😉👈
@teknobryan8 жыл бұрын
is that "voice" VCO Braids?
@DivKid8 жыл бұрын
which part? The vocal formant sounding bit is Braids.
@Ureallydontknow4 жыл бұрын
I really don't like it > 100 Hz. the sin becomes garbage. even if you mix them. they all have the same low sample rate. this is why I only use batumi for 1Hz sines.
@pe000000014 жыл бұрын
It is still pure sine up to 500Hz, check on scope.