Getting Deep - mrseri's Monsoon (granular processor mode)

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Monsoon - by mrseri
During filming and editing of My Modular Journey - Episode 7 (Monsoon), it became clear to me there were no real "deep dives" of Monsoon, a successor to the popular Clouds module by Mutable Instruments, and I even put a note in my video that I feel I should take a deeper look into this module for the benefit of the modular world. Monsoon (and it's siblings) is quite amazing.
My Modular Journey - Episode 7 (Monsoon)
• My Modular Journey - S...
Full Getting Deep w/Monsoon Playlist
• Getting Deep!
In this lengthy video, I will attempt to demonstrate this module's "granular processor" mode - that is one of six different operating modes* in the default Parasites firmware. See the timeline details below to jump around to parts that interest you.
Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:40 What is Monsoon? A History of Clouds...
01:33 Clouds Successors
03:35 Hardware Alterations
04:40 What is Granular Synthesis?
07:18 Interface - Buttons/LEDs
10:48 Interface - Tune/Gain knobs
11:17 Interface - Sliders (POS/DENS/SIZE/TEXT)
13:35 Interface - "Blend" (Mix/Stereo/Feedback/Reverb)
16:26 Interface - Control Voltage Inputs
17:25 Interface - Stereo In/Out and Freeze
17:53 Sound Check - Let's Make Some Noise!
19:31 Grains - Density
20:48 Grains - Size
23:27 Grains - Position
24:33 CV - POS
25:21 CV - DENS
26:47 CV - SIZE
27:58 CV - TEXT
28:37 Blend - Wet/Dry
29:19 Blend - Stereo Mix
30:22 Blend - Feedback
32:11 Sound Check - Audio Chaos! (Cover your ears!)
34:07 Blend - Wet/Dry
34:33 CV - TRIG
36:29 CV - FREEZE
40:02 CV - v/OCT
43:05 Outro
Summary of all variations of hardware and firmware:
- tinyurl.com/888udnc5 (After Later Audio)
Hardware Variations:
- Mutable Instruments - Clouds
- mutable-instruments.net/modul...
- mrseri's Monsoon
- www.perfectcircuit.com/mrseri...
- After Later Audio - Monsoon, uBurst, and Typhoon hardware
- afterlateraudio.com/collectio...
- Grayscale - Supercell, Microcell
- grayscale.info/supercell/
- grayscale.info/microcell/
Firmware Variations:
- Parasites
- mqtthiqs.github.io/parasites/...
- Kammerl Beat-Repeat
- www.kammerl.de/audio/clouds/
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@goblinpiper 2 жыл бұрын

Slight mistake, you said the one knob on clouds blended all the parameters together and you couldn't CV them, this is wrong. There was a button press that changed which parameter the blend knob was altering, and the other parameters would stay at their last set amount, and the cv in was applied to whichever parameter was adjusted last

@VisionsMusicGroup 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, thank you for the correction. I never owned Clouds, and only went by what the Monsoon manual said on Page 5: "While Clouds provides a single knob and a blend-mode-switch button, Monsoon gives each blend parameter its own knob and its own CV modulation input."

@VisionsMusicGroup 2 жыл бұрын

Update: I am in the final editing stages of the remaining 5 modes of Monsoon, and hope to upload them soon. I am grateful to anyone who found this series helpful, because I sure did! Diving deep into Monsoon has taught me so much more about the module as well as Modular Synthesis itself. I love this Journey!

@johntbd 2 жыл бұрын

Super run through, I'll be back multiple times. Thanks.

@ianpopperwell3881 2 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic explanation of Monsoon. Thank you. It has helped me feel far more in control of my own Monsoon module.

@mntbighker 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most useful things you can say in any deep dive is what CV input voltages are expected or allowed. Bipolar or unipolar. Mutable Instruments modules seem to be all over the map on this. Some things can be 5V, some are 8. OCHD blasts things with 10V bipolar when unattenuated if I recall. Pam's offers the ability to reduce it's output by percentage, which is very useful.

@csrader 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely useful video (series) about Monsoon (notably, different knowledge from original Clouds).

@LEdHeadW 2 жыл бұрын

I just binged all your other videos before coming to this one, which is a little odd because it was your first. I've had such a hard time wrapping my brain around Monsoon, mostly it just makes things really muddy and I never have any idea what is happening. Other times it gets absolutely bonkers and makes scary sounds, and again I have no idea what is happening. Sometimes that's fine, but I knew I was barely scratching the surface of what I could make it do. Thank you so very much for making these videos. They help a ton and I will be coming back to reference them frequently. The only tip I have to offer is to really attenuate your modulators, on Monsoon more than most modules or else you get the angry jet fighter monster from the Shimmer in the book/movie Annihilation. Honestly that's what this module reminds me of most - The Shimmer and how it warps and changes and destroys everything. I really appreciate all the time and work you put into making these videos. Can't believe it took so long for someone to do it.

@devicex62 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for putting these videos together they have really helped me understand my mrseri's monsoon .

@aaaronfluo3570 Жыл бұрын

Love this in-depth tutorials and the way you enjoy them. Thanks for taking your time I recently got it and these have been helpful to understand the different modes.

@ericMT Жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this. Super helpful for a new Monsoon user.

@suga4all 2 жыл бұрын

Very comprehensive! Thanks a lot. Gonna explore my Monsoon now 😁 Subbed!

@omapots 10 ай бұрын

beautifully explained. I enjoyed it as an audiobook :D

@CreepyT Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is the best tutorial on the interface and their functions I've watched so far. I bought a Typhoon recently (first module along with a uZeus) and the documentation on it is sparse and undetailed IMO. Very clear audio (except the end stuff.. adding a compressor-limiter might help next time) and taking your time with each function really showed how the grains interact and now I understand a few things that I couldn't from reading and noodling or from other videos that blurred functions or the input audio was too busy. Thanks a lot for posting this!

@SYLPHone Жыл бұрын

Amazing job with this tutorial. Thank you so much!

@arteasoundVolterra Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you "teacher". Really this is an incredible and thorough explanation of the Monsoon (which I just began to learn about), as well as Granular synthesis simplified. Thanks.

@arteasoundVolterra Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Fantastic explanation.

@drtchock 9 ай бұрын

if you push the top two buttons together at the same time, it takes you right to mode select

@Audiorial 2 жыл бұрын

wonderful, I was looking for such a serie, and it is very enjoyable even for a french troubled mind like mine, it's very helpful so double gracias!

@VisionsMusicGroup 2 жыл бұрын

Merci, mon ami! (that's the best google translator can do!)

@TheNimasan 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this. im not an expert either , but i stated modular. a bit over one year ago because of make niose's morphagene. i looked on youtube for a monsson tutorial, but couldn't find a video like this. concidered to sell it , because i got beads. now im gonna keep it! i see your sinfonion, which is my dream module. im gonna get that one day..... much love and support from munich/germany

@VisionsMusicGroup 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Saved a Monsoon's life today :-)

@TheNimasan 2 жыл бұрын

@@VisionsMusicGroup you abslutely did. if you made the other modes like looping delay or oliverb, i will watch them all from start to finish!

@VisionsMusicGroup 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice. I do plan to go through the other 5 “modes” as well, soon after the holidays. Stay tuned!

@pugix 6 ай бұрын

Very nice walk-through. I'm going to look at all your Monsoon videos! I had an original Clouds, then a Grayscale Microcell, then a uBurst and now a Monsoon built by Calsynth. I chose the Monsoon over the Typhoon because I rarely used the input and output VCAs and to save space. One thing I am still not clear about is the relation of the Pitch to the grain size. When I raise the pitch the grains seem to come faster, along with the change in pitch. Is this correct, or am I imagining it? One thing you didn't demonstrate is the pitch shifting with feedback. With pitch centered, feedback can run away quickly. But if you raise or lower the pitch, each time through the feedback loop, the pitch is increased or decreased. This greatly reduces feedback runaway and it sounds somewhat like shimmer reverb.

@maroon6315 Жыл бұрын

This was very helpful for a new Typhoon user! Thank you! I appreciated the pace of your teaching and the clear chapters. Can you get automatic closed captions turned on?

@VisionsMusicGroup Жыл бұрын

Regarding automatic CC, I do not know how to do that. I can't find an option to turn that on channel-wide. Only option I see is in my personal preferences.

@csselement 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that 18 minute foreplay got me gushy for the sound examples

@VisionsMusicGroup 2 жыл бұрын

You know, it is all about the foreplay, after all... :-)

@zenney19 2 жыл бұрын

So, can you freeze a sound in the buffer and still be running audio through, playing on top of the freeze? Or no

@VisionsMusicGroup 2 жыл бұрын

In fact, yes. The Mix (wet/dry) knob controls whether you're allowing live audio to come through, or just the buffer playback. In the middle, you can hear both.

@zenney19 2 жыл бұрын

@@VisionsMusicGroup thank you for your response! That feature is a big determining factor for me getting clouds versus a chronoblob

@normdurkin6425 10 ай бұрын

Juno chorus was always terrible and still terrible (latte drinking soyboys like it) ..that's why I never used it on my Juno 106 and HS-60 .. very interesting Monsoon video thank you..

@VisionsMusicGroup 10 ай бұрын

I'm definitely a latte drinking soyboy :-) My love of Juno chorus goes back 40 years, when I bought my first keyboard ever: the Juno 60. I miss it to this day (software/clones notwithstanding). Thank you for watching!