Eurorack low pass gate comparison

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6 жыл бұрын

Warning: the resonance gets out of hand now and then...don't play loud on good speakers until you've got a feel for the volume dynamics.
Update: I've now got a second video available as well with more LPGs. Check it out here: • Eurorack Low Pass Gate...
Basic comparison to get a feel for strike resonance and basic sound quality.
LPGs included:
MakeNoise MMG
MakeNoise Optomix
Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms Dynamic Impulse Filter
Mystic Circuits LPG
RYO Aperture
Takaab 2LPG
MakeNoise LxD
Nonlinear Circuits LPG
Pittsburgh Modular LPG
Video index:
0:35 RYO Aperture
1:00 Takaab 2LPG
1:27 MakeNoise LxD
1:43 Nonlinear Circuits LPG
1:56 Pittsburgh Modular LPG
2:15 Aperture + resonance
2:38 Takaab switched tone
3:25 LxD 12db
3:53 LxD 6db
4:12 NLC LPG + resonance
5:00 Pittsburgh LPG + resonance
6:00 MMG
6:16 Optomix
6:30 Pittsburgh Dynamic Impulse Filter
6:45 MMG + gain, resonance
7:25 Optomix + damp, control
8:00 Pittsburgh DIF + resonance, dynamics
9:30 MMG + resonance
10:30 Mystic Circuits 0hp LPG + sweep gate length

Пікірлер: 42

@JubileeGiggles 4 жыл бұрын

Insanely useful niche video that is incredibly informative if this is exactly what you're shopping for

@hypnoz123 4 жыл бұрын

Doing the lord’s work, thank you

@JaseLovesDub 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent work. I have the LXD and have been pondering the Takaab for a while. This has made up my mind - thanks!

@melter_rob 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this - this is really helpful to get a sense of how all these modules differ!

@joeluevano9366 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this comparison video dude! Man, that Takaab, wow, sounds better than my passive Lauratide LPG and under 30 bucks built. Definatly bargin LPG!

@aptrnxyz 6 жыл бұрын

Great work, very useful! Would love to see more Direct shootouts like this

@Neon94100 5 жыл бұрын

amazing video, great comparison!

@atanaskurutos5272 6 ай бұрын

Great one John! Would also be interesting to see comparison of the newly Sosumi by Nekyia Circuits against the LxD.

@CapRockout 5 жыл бұрын

What an awesome video! Would have saved me a lot of purchases had this existed two years ago. I'm surprised at how much I did not like the Pittsburgh ones. MMG has incredible low end, but I much prefer the clarity of the Optomix and Lxd (the latter being my favorite and the only LPG I've kept). That other 2LPG sounds excellent though. Love the switch for tone options.

@VagPoop_ Жыл бұрын

naw -- Pittsburgh modular is the better of the lpg

@Phildopanic 4 жыл бұрын

This is such a useful vid.

@NostalgicRuckus 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for this.

@MsSnowblood 6 жыл бұрын

Takaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab

@mpingo91 4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeaaaaah! :)

@Apg002 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing response to my Google search

@jovinl283 3 жыл бұрын

best lowpass gate video on internet

@MrRoskoPeko 4 жыл бұрын

Takaab. ❤️

@lukepankau 6 жыл бұрын

nice one

@PeterGrenader Жыл бұрын

First one for Eurorack was the Plan B Model 13 Timbral Gatw. It should be here!

@JohnSchussler Жыл бұрын

At that point I didn't have one. They're hard to get! Did get ahold of one though, later: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9l1qq5yuL-2lJ8.html

@MisterNiles 4 жыл бұрын

I need to build an Aperture. Damn that sounds good. That MMG you have there is not as pretty as mine. Someone messed up all your lines and made them straight and unwiggled.

@tris421 4 жыл бұрын

I like Opto seems to be clean.

@kimabrams97 3 жыл бұрын

ah time for my weekly watching of this video

@zechs5079 3 жыл бұрын

Same. Bought a takaab and now eyeing a different one in this video haha

@kimabrams97 3 жыл бұрын

@@zechs5079 pro tip. But a dynamix before everyone realizes how good it is

@zechs5079 3 жыл бұрын

@@kimabrams97 is it that good? I know it doesn't have vactrols...do you think it is different enough from the takaab to justify buying to have both? What do you like about it?

@kimabrams97 3 жыл бұрын

@@zechs5079 The thing about vactrols is that they’re kinda like vintage muscle cars. They sound awesome and perform well in their own special way but once you hit the twists they fall short. I love vactrols but when it comes to responding to the subtleties of ADSRs and fast ratcheting response they can’t keep up like the dynamix can. While the Dynamix doesn’t totally nail the truest vactrol sound, they have more than enough “pluck” for me, in fact i can get them even tighter than true vactrols, while being almost as responsive as a good VCA. While I do have three different vactrols LPGs which I adore, when I need good response and subtlety, and something that will say “How high?” when my L-1 VC ADSR says “Jump” I always go for the dynamix. But again, this is all about taste. I just feel like with the Dynamix I can have my cake and eat it too. And yes it is different enough than the Taakab, which I own and love and use frequently but is definitely a different beast all together. The thing I love about the taakab is I can just feed it gates from my clock divider without env shaping it and make super simple patches with it as a way to add different rhythms from the outs of my osc in addition to my Dynamix.

@zechs5079 3 жыл бұрын

@@kimabrams97 You convinced me to get a dynamix. Just got one off eBay for less than a 100. I was going to grab an LXD but I'm hoping the takaab can fill that role once it gets delivered.

@natriumhydrochlorid 3 жыл бұрын

thx :)

@mpingo91 6 жыл бұрын

I don't get it - a ratcheting effect (that "thrill" beginning @0:43) appears when you use a low-pass gate? And it dessapears after you toggle a switch @1:06? I always thought I need a special function in sequencer for this, or a clock divider/multiplier, a VC switch etc.

@danvandal4127 6 жыл бұрын

It's ratcheting from the Metropolis.

@JohnSchussler 6 жыл бұрын

The ratcheting is coming from the Metropolis. It changes in character depending on the LPG because of the speed with which the vactrol opens and closes. Faster means the ratcheting is more pronounced, slower means it goes away entirely (because the LPG doesn't have time to fully open and close within the time of the ratchet).

@precarious333music 5 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of LPGs! I have NLC LPG which I really love, also MN LxD and MengQi DPLPG which are much more basic. But my favorite is RYO Aperture. Just much more versatile. Klang ping input and audio level attenuator add a lot of functionality. Cool to see someone else also has a bit of an obsession with LPGs. I did this demo of NLC LPG if anyone wants to see more of it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h7KnarqL1KnLhac.html

@storerestore 5 жыл бұрын

That 2LPG has got to have the best performance/price ratio. Sounds absolutely great. That said, the Aperture still sounds like the most appealing option to me. Which one do you prefer yourself?

@JohnSchussler 5 жыл бұрын

Takaab for price/performance, Thomas White for sound.

@tilliinfinity 2 жыл бұрын

i am looking for a simple lp. for me the arperture sounded the best. still too many filters i would like to try.

@ariahrendt6166 5 жыл бұрын

What about the LPG A-101-2 from the father of Eurorack? And maybe a more suitable audio signal would have been better. A Saw with full spectrum together with a bit static noise etc. I don't wanna hear a sequence, but the very subtil changes in sound made bei the LPGs.

@JohnSchussler 5 жыл бұрын

You're in luck, I just uploaded a followup session that includes the Doepfer module. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ab14odSUvrmwlKc.html

@raulrodriguez82 4 жыл бұрын

Be the change you want to see in the world.

@benthies9531 4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSchussler I'd rather hear the sequence. This sequence is especially nice because it shows how they'll react to faster sequences.