What makes your modular unique?

The modular scene is expanding, and with it the amount of options you have when building or expanding a modular system. In this video I ask the question ‘what makes a modular unique’ and try to answer that by having a look at four interesting topics.

I wanted to make this video for some time, but have a lot more to say! Let me know if you have questions or topics you would like me to dig more into!

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Timetable:
00:00 – System overview
02:55 – Signal flow & tools
07:53 – Creative sound generation
13:45 – Inspirational modules
20:04 – Sound design concept

Special thanks to Legendary & Crazy Patrons:
Michael Rutchik
Wayne Cowan
Steve Williams
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Christoph von der Heyden
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Quinn Fahey

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[MonotrailTechTalk]

Hello everyone! I wanted to make this video for some time, but think each of the chapters could be a video on it's own. Let me know if you like me to dive deeper in any of this! - Affiliate links:

[scottadams]

Zadar is awesome! I like running the crazy shapes thru a quantizer and messing with time and voltage ranges for melodies

[StepRecorder]

Your tutorials are very inspiring. Wish I had more hours in the day to think through this stuff with my rack.

[TomChurchill]

Great video, you really nailed what I love about Xaoc stuff and produced some lovely patches along the way! 👊

[MarteenMayjer]

This is real talk the best YT channel on modular. Thanks so much much for the work you put in to these videos 🙏🏼

[xavierxeon]

You have landed in modular geekdom when you get excited about utility modules.

[TPsynth]

I really appreciate your detailed and visual approach to teaching.

[BrewsterBee]

this was a amazing video ... have you done anything else of Zadar..? i could not find anything in you older videos..
thanks..

[NEVERSLEEPmovies]

I had to laugh 😂 when you showed the Wasp filter as a „conventional“ module, remember the issues it caused on your last Berlin Modular Society gig :-).

[vb]

amazing vide, thank you!

on 25:16, the pitch-shifting reverb is what module exactly? sounds amazing!

[colinstratford]

Great video, can I ask what case are you using for the Xaoc system?

[mikegeary]

I would like to see your take on the Zadar in a full episode.

[mikegeary]

Zadar is a really great FM source for another oscillator. Very easy to dial in.

[theproblembelief]

You have a lot to do but it would be great if you could do a video on the Toppobrillo Sport Modulator 2!

[lucaslorenz]

Speaking of uncommon modules, have you checked out New Systems Instruments? They make excellent stuff but seem to fly under the radar somewhat. In particular I'm a big fan of the Harmonic Shift Oscillator and the Inertia.

[supercompooper]

I have a drop the mic module. It has a large marx generator capacitor chain and destroys anything plugged into it 😅

[aleph]

Thanks, such "meta-videos" about modular are far too rare. About Zadar: can you confirm that there is no simple sine shape to be found on this module? I was looking through the table of waves, but couldn't spot one. I was slightly baffled by this.

[GeorgeLocke]

Unless I'm mistaken, all the reverbs on Timiszoara are mono to stereo. More news at ETA i was mistaken

[Waldemar_la_Tendresse]

Great video. "Katowice", however, is pronounced as follows: Kato (like the japanese name) followed by the German word for jokes "Witze", but with a long "i".

Maybe somebody can help with phonetic transcription?

[GeorgeLocke]

Incidentally, X occasionally refers to Jesus because of Greek chi, hence xmas.