Mini Modular Series Parts 1 to 12

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From beginners to advanced on building modular synths (Mono, Poly and Drums)..

Having fun with CV..

Dropbox Link for the modular patches to do with this series.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jnldc3j3o9d9 ... 4P88a?dl=0

Murf Products (free).
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/brow ... loper=Murf

Hamu Products (free. Note out of respect I don't use the Black Control Panels)
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/brow ... loper=Hamu

Little LFO (Free)
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... ittle-lfo/

A&B Switch and CVA-7 (free)
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/brow ... =pongasoft

Janitor (free)
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... cv-shaper/

CV8x4 (free)
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... generator/


Polymodular System (paid).
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/bund ... -system-i/

The Distributor (Paid).
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... stributor/

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Part 1: of my mini modular series where we will be building a number of modular synths in Reason.
This first part is for beginners and the later parts will get a lot faster.



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Part 2: This is mainly about what CV is and the relationship between CV, Note, Gate and Poly CV.

This is more of a technically overview however the other parts include working examples.



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Part 3: How to get more wave shapes out of the Murf VCO and also to be able to Morph between them..



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Part 4: Talking about some of my favourite simple CV devices and demonstrations.

00:00 Intro.
01:09 Sample and Hold.
04:15 RE Janitor overview.
06:20 Using Janitor to convert a Bipolar to Unipolar signal.
12:00 Using the Sample and Hold.
17:46 Using the A&B switch to boost a CV signal from an Envelope follower.
23:55 Laying and using A&B, Janitor and CV8x4.



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Part 5: Creating a surprising FX sound effect using modular devices.



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Part 6: How to create a kick using modular devices.



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Part 7: How to create a Snare using modular devices.



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Part 8: How to create a Hi-Hat and Tambourine using modular devices.



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Part 9: Just a quick one about the advantages of using the the Distributor.



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Part 10: Everything you hear is produced by this modular series.

Dropbox for Patches..
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jnldc3j3o9d9 ... 4P88a?dl=0



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Part 11: Building a 8 note polyphonic true voice synth in Reason...

00:00 Talking about the main patch and the purpose of things.
10:07 Building the Synth.



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Mini Modular Series Part 12 Using other modular devices in Reason.

00:00 Introduction
00:38 A-Series
04:04 Blamsoft Polymodular System
11:06 Voltage Modular
14:12 Using Voltage Modular as a simple modular device within Reason.
17:24 Complex-1
20:33 Bringing it all together for a bit of fun.
22:55 Ending




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Bonus, Quick chat about CV latency, looking at ways to avoid it.

A look at my CV latency monitor.




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Full "In C" video here...




Mini Modular Part 13 Reducing CPU load by over 60% for my patches




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Rising Night Wave wrote:
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Thanks you, have added one more video and links...

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Great information !

I build a small MonoTonePoly Patch with HAMUs ModPanel 8 because of the infos.

Thank you! :thumbs_up:
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NDKay wrote:
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Great information !

I build a small MonoTonePoly Patch with HAMUs ModPanel 8 because of the infos.

Thank you! :thumbs_up:
Excellent are you willing to share ??


Note: Just added a new part 12 to the list :)


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Did you invest in the noise engeering modules when they were on sale?
Tis another massive rabbit hole for you to go down some day. I think they're one of the best things in reason.

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Carly(Poohbear) wrote:
22 Jun 2020
NDKay wrote:
21 Jun 2020
Great information !

I build a small MonoTonePoly Patch with HAMUs ModPanel 8 because of the infos.

Thank you! :thumbs_up:
Excellent are you willing to share ??


Note: Just added a new part 12 to the list :)


Regards
PB
i opened another topic for the "monopoly-trick" question. thanks to murf i found your Nr.9 of this videoseries.
i just shared the patch in that topic viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7518250&p=507520#p507520

should i post here again ?
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Reasonable man wrote:
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Did you invest in the noise engeering modules when they were on sale?
Tis another massive rabbit hole for you to go down some day. I think they're one of the best things in reason.
I remember when I first looked at them (when they came out) I liked them however at that time I was playing with VCV rack a lot, then when VCV said they won't support the bridge anymore I moved over to VM and during the sales last year I looked at the noise engineering bundle again however decided to get Voltage Core + Drums as it was a lot cheaper than the noise engineering bundle (they were both on sale) and of course the VC+drums offered a lot more.

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NDKay wrote:
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i opened another topic for the "monopoly-trick" question. thanks to murf i found your Nr.9 of this videoseries.
i just shared the patch in that topic viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7518250&p=507520#p507520

should i post here again ?
Nice one, I have just posted on that thread :)
Feel free to post it here as well, get it out there :)

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Carly(Poohbear) wrote:
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Nice one, I have just posted on that thread :)
Feel free to post it here as well, get it out there :)
thanks

so then here it comes ;-)
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and while im here i have a question :

i am confused how to get the ModPanel8 to make a 16 Voice polyphonic synth.

Do i have to connect 2 ModPanels for that ?

My question comes from the back of the ModPanel8, where at the upper right, where the "poly" cv jacks are, you can decide how many voices you want and go up to 16 !? O.o
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NDKay wrote:
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and while im here i have a question :

i am confused how to get the ModPanel8 to make a 16 Voice polyphonic synth.

Do i have to connect 2 ModPanels for that ?

My question comes from the back of the ModPanel8, where at the upper right, where the "poly" cv jacks are, you can decide how many voices you want and go up to 16 !? O.o
Poly CV works up to sixteen voices however I can't think of a breakout box that will do 16 ports.
So the only quick option is to add 2 Hamu's to a Combinator and put them in their own zones.

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even i wrote wrongly "at the back" and meant the front in this special case you knew what i was reffering to.... :thumbs_up:

thanks
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Add a new part to the original post..

Mini Modular Part 13 Reducing CPU load by over 60%


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