The allmighty Stochastic Function Generator - In-depth with the ADDAC506

The ADDAC 506 is a quad function generator with a stochastic element. It offers four channels that all can be used as LFO, envelope generator, slew limiter, trigger delay, as well as attenuverter, offset generator and much more. The stochastic twist makes it easy to add anything from subtle, to extreme randomization to your settings, bringing life and flexibility to your patches without external modules.

In this video I explain how the stochastic element is controlled. I go in-depth over all the functions and features of the ADDAC506. And finally, dive into a series of patches, just scratching the surface of this module’s many, many possibilities. Enjoy!

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Timetable:
00:00 – Intro
00:58 – Stochastic Function Generator explained
03:31 – ADDAC506 In-depth overview
08:05 – Basic patches
11:39 – Multi channel patches
14:53 – Bonus ideas

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[zyxyuv]

I'm subscribed to hundreds of channels and this is the best modular channel on YouTube. Your format is the most direct and educational.

[unfamiliarenvironments]

Glad to see someone giving this module well deserved attention - if you do another one, talking about how you use the expander would be interesting. Really appreciate the time you spend on diagrams and such - really a nice resource for the community. Cheers!

[Larry]

I would challenge anyone to find any of your videos that aren’t interesting and/or informative! What you bring out in this module is crazy and wonderful. I’ll just have to put this one on the list as my racks are full. I literally have a “list”. 😁 Big thank you. You show what is capable in the eurorack world.

[debbie]

You do a great job of explaining how the module reacts to various inputs and settings. I really find the patch ideas inspiring. Many thanks and look forward to many more videos.

[DrDeemz]

Amazing video dude, just picked this up the other day and has helped me tremendously, just wanna say I really appreciate all your videos, they have helped me so much on my modular journey, I would say you make the best tutorial videos out of anyone

[RubenSainiuc]

You're always altering my wishlist with your good explanations, in a good way

[vinylarchaeologist]

So this is basically like 4 of Maths’ 2 fully-functional channels, plus probability. Nice!

[tracyharms]

The 506 caught my attention when it came out, but so many other function generators complete it's been hard to keep in mind. Thanks for such a strong demo. This greatly improves my understanding and will help keep it prominent as I ponder my options.

[jgrzinich]

Dang, this thing combines at least 4 modules I have and then some. I like the random variation you got in that ambient patch.

[yungwardenbuffett]

So stoked to see more coverage of this module, I have one and am definitely not using it to its potential. Thanks for taking time to go in depth.

[RioRoye]

Never thought to use it as a suboctave generator like in the last patch. Really nice tip!

[thewildclaw]

Oh wow! Love it! I gotta keep this module in mind for the future. I’ll probably need a few more general modules before being able to use one like this to it’s full potential though lol. I only got Rings, Disting MK4, Behringer’s 140 and a midi to cv module.. that’s it ( all in a 40hp rack shoved in a tupperware container 😆 ) trying to figure out what should come next is a mind melting process 🤪.

[mynewcolour]

I’ve just picked up a 506 and I don’t think I’d have had the confidence to stray away from Maths had I not seen this vid. You did an ace job.

Just a thought: It would be nice to see footage (a wider shot) of physically making the patch (with short text on-screen offering the description/detail of the process). Sometimes watching someone dial in a module can actually tell you a lot about how it is to use - similar to trying it yourself in a shop. This could be a separate vid if you wanted to keep the main upload short.

[arthurswj]

Thanks for covering this. Would be cool to explore a different format of info presentation in the future, where you explain as you patch, rather than explain the whole patch which can be quite complex, and then show a video clip. Great video as always

[phpn]

I use a Geiger-Muller counter as a pure random source. Nothing beats the randomness of particle decay. GM counters are cheap and most have an (un-sampled) analogue output (with low gain). The modern pocket-sized counters all have digital circuitry that is generally sampling the GM sensor tube at 32 kHz, so you get a clock pattern (pulse) at 16 kHz. The analogue output isn't quantized in the time-domain, so you end up with triggers that are truly random. The click rate of the counter depends on the radioactive source. You can use a very faint (safe) source to provide a decent click speed. Such safe sources are found in smoke detectors, but also in cheap thorium-coated gas lamp fabric mantles.

[syndrohm]

Hi there, as always your videos are great and I would like to ask you if is it possible to do another tutorial on the Addac 506, where you can show us a few more patches and ideas on how to get the best out of it.
I bought this module after I saw this tutorials but a little more tech talk would help to reach the total understanding in execution.
Thank for your attention and keep on coming!
👊

[JohnLukich]

Seems like you add a case every few videos, haha. Great vid as always!

[aleph]

Thanks! Two questions:
What are the frequency ranges of the three speed ranges (med/fast/slow)?
For an LFO, can you make any other shapes than triangles and skewed triangles, such as e.g. sine waves?

[thesekidsarenice]

Great video, thank you! Quick question-- so the "signal in" on each channel accepts audio signals. Does that mean we can use it to extract an envelope follower signal, that follows the amplitude of the audio signal? Thanks!

[Greg-mshp]

It’s Maths on steroids! I knew I wanted this module, but I figured I should learn all aspects of Maths before i pull the trigger.