You are an ultra Kick.

The best intro patches on KZfaq if that’s a thing haha

So are the waving hands. Especially at 1:21. I agree with those hands completely, that's a fat kick.

Have never heard him make a bad patch in any of his videos

I love you Jeremy

Glad to hear you're getting great results out of it. It's definitely a fantastic module, SSF design is always good.

Fkn based lol

If only Arthur C Clarke had had a modular synth - maybe he did.

Hi Robert that's great to hear thank you. There's a massive amount of videos if you're wanting to check out certain functions. I try to make demos that show functions and creative/musical uses so hopefully people take the ideas and apply them to other modules and gear too. All the best for your modular journey!

Hello, thanks for the supportive comment much appreciated. Sorry to hear the module wasn't for you, I hope the Portal helps you find the kick sounds you're after. Do you have kicks in other formats you like to use?

Why thank you! HipKids and DivBeats ... I'm available for beat making!

nowhere did I tell you that you need this module. It's a demo, if it sounds and functions as you'd like check it out, if you don't like then that's also good by me. I don't want people to waste time, energy or money so the video can be used to decide something is NOT for you sometimes too. All the best!

@@DivKid i didn't want to say that you tells me to buy it ! indeed, i bought it ! 😄 i just wanted to say that your videos are so cool that they always tempt me for a new module ! ahhhhh modular passion ! and hey, keep up your good work ! you are passionated and you transmit passion !

cheers! appreciate that

thanks

thanks

wow thanks Knut and I appreciate the backwards efforts too :)

I think Jomox still beats this module. But of course the Jomox is a much bigger module and deeper as well.

@@tl3ss really? It can get massive.

@@tl3ss ahh, I own one. The amount of different kicks you can get is pretty wide. You can get some VERY beefy and heavy “weighty” kicks out of it with plenty of rumble, or not.

The peoblem is its open endedness I think. After those 4k you're gonna very quickly need another 4.

Start small, figure what you want next playing it. I've got completely different rack after a year, to fit my live performance needs better. Literally, from Erica Techno System clone down to Jomox, IME, Mutables and stereo processing. Out of my old rack only the Bassline remains.

@@substance90 Yeah, It aught to be called: Euro Crack! Lol One ‘kick drum’ and you’re ‘snared’!

@@Bork_In_Volcanic I have a pretty large collection of synths, Mono’s, Poly’s, Semi Mod, Matrix patched covering about 4 decades heavy on the last 2 years. The Euro Rack is probably next. Knowing me I’ll start with a large cabinet, stuff it full in a year. There’s vids of on my channel, warning it’s a bit out there, no edits or post production.

thanks, appreciate that

Hi Daryl, yeah there's some overlap in complex oscillator like tones for sure. I see both sides of it, like you I really enjoying building percussion from separate building blocks but I also appreciated a distilled and refined option in a smaller footprint. The advantage over the latter here is that all (or most) of those building blocks are exposed and it's still very modular, which led to me being able to push it around into more than just kicks.

I love using a combination of modules to create my drums since I end up sampling them to use as one shots anyways. However, seeing one module that effortlessly does what would usually take my entire small system to do half of is kind of mind blowing.

No, no. It’s is you Cecil. You who are the ultra kick.

haha thanks!

attack? time to make things fade in? Run the sound into a VCA with a rising envelope would be a solution. Not the same as just having a control to do it though I know.

There's plenty of that 808 boom and lots of options to shape and customise (and modulate) all that with the Ultra Kick. I haven't had the ModBase here to really have much of an opinion or to compare the two. I'd also take a look at the Shakmat Battering Ram, much simpler and smaller but a good sound and capable of those sorts of booms too. I'd say the Ultra Kick is the most flexible with a wider range, but it's good to think about much range or how specific things need to sound.

@@DivKid thanks a lot a will check the Battering Ram too ♥️🙏

Wouldn't be the first time people rip stuff from the videos.

why thank you

Yeah mate, totally killer. Andrew has (yet again) nailed it.

808’s … just … overrated rotten cheese. Dimwits love it:

:)

it's funny getting called an Ultra Kick when I forgot about asking for that! haha.

haha!

ha! cheers mate.

Thanks for the thoughtful comment, appreciate the support and also the constructive feedback. Cheers!

Hello good questions this is a passive attenuator utility from Tidbit Audio (video coming with them soon) you can find their stuff here - etsy.me/34Puyjw - there's some really handy little things in there. RE the trigger in - yes this is just used as a switch to cut the clock off going to the trigger or to let it through. They do make switches but this is just what I grabbed.

way better. I had the first one and sold it a while back in anticipation of this one. 10 mins with it and I'm stoked.

The Entity Bass Drum is almost a complete synth voice with quite a wide range. It's less focused and there's a learning curve. Once you get it it sounds really good. It has a much more powerful AD envelope with curve settings and cv control over attack and decay.

@@Bananskuden Excellent thanks for your reply, that's very helpful. Sounds like the Ultra Kick doesn't make the Entity Bass Drum obsolete but rather compliments it.

ah nice! A specialist one for a kick drum module :)

lol. Is that a jab at the Portal? I love Rabid Elephant, but that’s a good one! Natural Gate is totally amazing and I had no regrets ordering one (and waiting like 8 months for it). I think the Portal is going to be worth it as a complex voice (thing goes into bonkers territory and sounds unique). But $800 is tough to justify if you look at it as just a kick drum(unless you have a trust fund or something). Rabid Elephant envelopes are some of the snappiest I have heard, and the build quality is the best I have personally ever seen. Portal is going to be sick. Lots of features (and dollars) for the Hp. But yeah, this is way more bang for your buck as a kick module.

Steady State Fate are in the state of New York, USA.

@@DivKid thank you! That’s awesome.

Absolutely, good sounds and good sounds as is good interface design. Excited to see there's a new Entity Ultra Percussion variant coming soon too (SSF teasing on Instagram)

@@DivKid Thank you!

HI Miles, good question. I tried it in a few places with varying results. Sometimes using a multiple/splitter to send it to lots of places can help. Pretty sure I settled on just the 1v/oct so it's noise as an FM modulator.

also... YOU ARE AN ULTRAKICK

Hi Jason, that's a little attenuator utility from Tidbit Audio. etsy.me/34Puyjw they've a lot of great passive utilities.

They are from www.producertools-hardware.com my patreon supporters have an exclusive discount of 20% with them ... so not to get too sales-pitchy but you might make a saving bigger than patreon support on that one depending on how cables you want.

@@DivKid cool 😎 thanks man!

no worries! Have a good weekend.

That's from Tidbit Audio, lots of cool utilities from them here - etsy.me/34Puyjw

well it's useful just for the kick to shape the low end and compress the drum sound. Definitely handy for doing bass stuff with it too.

why thank you

1/4 note clock to trigger the kick, 1/16 note to trigger the random voltages. You need 3 random voltages to the parameters shown and that's it. Patch the kick out to wherever you like.

@@DivKid Ah thanks man! So if I get a kick, clock, s&h modules, and random voltage source like the "Random from Mosaic" I should be able to create some of that burbling bass?!? 🤤 Sorry for my ignorance. I'm still wrapping my head around modular in general.

No worries, we're all ignorant and new to things at some point. If you're knew to it you could try making something similar in VCV Rack for free, get a feel for the patching and signal flow and see what you find. It's not the physical patch experience but lots of great sounds and trying out patches that you can save and come back to. But yeah SSF Kick, a clock with both a 1/4 and a 1/16 output and then you need 3 unique random outputs for the patch I made. So my module with SSF the 'RND STEP' is perfect for that. There's also a Doepfer random module that would be good for it too. You would need 3 of the Mosaic Randoms to get the 3 random voltages.

@@DivKidThanks so much! I really appreciate you taking the time to explain. Digging your vids!!

no worries, happy to be able to chat and help out.

I recently covered the IOU by Apollo View Modular (with lots of ideas for utility patches) that adds an offset in some interesting ways kzfaq.info/get/bejne/prKDdc2Qld2XYmw.html

haha! Cheers Stu.