Xtensions | Shared System 'X' tutorials episode 05 | New Arrivals

In my Shared System X series, I am exploring custom layouts for the MakeNoise multiverse. Since most modules offer basic features (modulation, basic waveforms, ringmod) they can also be useful for learning modular techniques. I already made a 'first patch' video for the new Channel Saver and PrssPnt modules, but they can have a different purpose in every new patch, so I wanted to use the 'new arrivals' with various modules like Morphagene and Mimeophon. They are extensions to the collection you already have, and this collection will immediately extend its capabilities with millions of new options. But I'll also revisit the DXG because it has a kind of 'weird' signal path I did not fully understand.
Here are the topics for today's tutorial:
00:00 Introduction
00:10 Dynamic gates
01:52 Complex LFO's
04:06 Mimeophon meets PrsSPNT
07:38 DXG insert/return
09:03 Waveforging (making twisted waveforms)

[@p.enzovoort8929]

Otherworldly sounds!🪐

[@arpmoog]

To infinity!

[@alamunez]

Make Noise gear is so cool. I just wish they would hire a good UI designer.

[@CinematicLaboratory]

I can understand that. I also feel Tony came a long way since the WoggleBug V1 design and I learned to love the UI's ergonomics and visual language. There are a lot of beautiful designs out there, which are too hard to use or read. Mutable gear is just amazing, but the icons are too small. Frap Tools makes the best looking modules, but they don't use labels to encourage experimentation. With MakeNoise, I always feel at home. But I am very biased beause I started with MN in 2018.

[@MelonSprout]

is there any microsonic writings on this? i remember some theories related to this kind of "zooming in" but I'm curious if you know of any.

[@CinematicLaboratory]

The most obvious book about this subject is Microsound by Curtis Roads. I noticed it myself on the Mordax Data oscilloscope while zooming in on an analog squarewave and noticed it's not square at all. There are a lot of little details happening when the waveform goes on/off, like peaks and wiggles. I also remember an image of a vinyl groove under an electron microscope. It's fascinating.

[@goonfish]

​@@CinematicLaboratory hell yeah, and Maths is your go-to for "zooming in" on imperfect analog waves for organic/subtle modulation sources?