Mutable Instruments Beads ‘texture synthesiser’ // ULTIMATE GUIDE to Clouds v2!
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Күн бұрынWelcome to my ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BEADS a Eurorack module from Mutable Instruments. In this video I’ll be taking you through all the settings and controls with technical run downs, raw sounds and LOTS of musical patches and applications. I always aim to pack demos full of ideas and use cases both technically and musically so I hope you enjoy the video and learn a few things.
My Beads Patch Cookbook outlining every patch in this video in detail is exclusively available for Patreon supporters. Head to / divkid to get a copy.
Beads is the follow up to the discontinued Clouds module from Mutable Instruments. It’s labelled as a ‘texture synthesiser’ and it’s core function is real time granular synthesis. It can also be a delay, media emulator (tape), beat slicer, pitch shifter and it has a built in reverb. When you’re not processing external sounds or frozen sounds you’ve locked into the audio buffer it will load wavetables giving you a bonus wavetable oscillator that still goes through the granular processing and reverb. Compared to Clouds it’s far higher quality, has more features, better control layout with no menus and less button press/hold functions.
Info, manual etc - bit.ly/mutablebeads
THINGS TO CHECK OUT FROM THE VIDEO
Info on granular synthesis - bit.ly/granularsynthesis
Thoreau’s cabin - bit.ly/thoreauscabin
Rotating Pitch Shifters - bit.ly/rotatingpitch
Karplus Strong Synthesis - bit.ly/standford-karplus
Music concrète - bit.ly/musicconrete
OTHER MUTABLE INSTRUMENTS DEMOS
Blades • Mutable Instruments BL...
Ripples • Mutable Instruments Ri...
Stages • Mutable Instruments - ...
Marbles • Mutable Instruments - ...
Plaits • Mutable Instruments - ...
Ears • Mutable Music Things -...
Rings • Mutable Instruments - ...
Warps • Mutable Instruments - ...
Clouds • Mutable Instruments - ...
Elements • Mutable Instruments - ...
Streams • Mutable Instruments - ...
Shelves • Mutable Instruments - ...
Peaks • Mutable Instruments - ...
Branches • Mutable Instruments - ...
TIMING INDEX // SECTIONS
00:00 Hello and patch previews
02:21 Verbal and graphical run down of Beads and how granular synthesis works
05:41 My Beads Patch Cookbook PDF
06:07 Patch Break - Rings into Beads & VERB BLISS
DENSITY & SEEDING GRAINS OF AUDIO
06:32 Latched density - auto grain creation
08:31 Clocked density - dividers and probability
09:33 Gated & Triggered density & turning Beads into a voice
10:55 Patch Break - Fuzzy bass guitar with scattered granular animations
ATTENURANDOMISER
11:24 Internal modulations
12:44 Random modulation as the key to granular synthesis sounds
13:08 External modulations
14:42 Patch Break - Particles of the speech in 12 bit ‘classic Clouds’ mode
15:01 Parameters snapshot for each grain + polyphonic chordal washes
16:03 Patch Break - modulated dry/wet for fading octave particles
16:22 Sound design tip - Synthesising debris from basic impacts
17:12 Patch break - Lo Fi Modular Beats to relax and study to
17:40 Quality settings and their media emulations (hi fi, lo fi, tape emulation)
18:33 Reverb - it’s sound and quality changes
20:04 Sound design tip for cinematic evolving drones
21:21 Patch Break - Ambient guitar with pitch shifting trails
21:47 Making one VCO sound massive with granular top line melodies
23:13 WHAT A BONUS! - WAVETABLE OSCILLATOR!!!
24:45 Patch Break - a pitched down poem about Clouds
DELAY MODE
25:05 How to get into delay mode
25:36 Standard delays
26:47 Multi-tap delays
27:21 Clocked delays
28:23 Quality settings & media emulating delays (tape)
29:17 Rotating head based pitch shifting & internal modulation of delays
29:47 Grungy lo fi ambient machine! Multi-tap saturated tape delays
30:28 Quick & dirty Karplus Strong Synthesis for plucked strings
31:33 Chorus & vibrato
32:39 Comb filter & flanger
33:29 Beat Slicer - think beat repeat, glitch, buffer stutters
35:13 Patch break - swelling grains from wavetables
35:37 Shimmer FX - granular echoes & shimmer verb
37:22 Patch break - Music concrète style sonic collages
37:43 How to time stretch with Beads
39:00 Patch Break - Beads as a multi-FX unit for external gear
39:19 Pitch shifting - quick tips for smooth settings
40:03 Patch break - Scattered percussion and glitch beat
40:25 Assignable CV input for feedback, reverb and mix
41:55 Patch break - guitar wow and flutter with UBER CHARACTER!
42:29 Gain adjustments
43:18 Bask in Beads by itself
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@RedMeansRecording 3 жыл бұрын
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@rayfinkle4086 3 жыл бұрын
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@Trenton Lyle I really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and Im in the hacking process now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
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@trentonlyle7516 2 жыл бұрын
@Ronan Dominick you are welcome :)
@drthorpe8602 3 жыл бұрын
DivKid is back! Today is a good day
@RayMcNamaraMusic 2 жыл бұрын
Jinxed it.
@petecolombo 2 жыл бұрын
We miss you, DivKid
@GeorgeLocke 2 жыл бұрын
He's back!
@matt-marque 3 жыл бұрын
As much as I love these video reviews, can we all just take a moment to comment on how good Mutable Instrument's manuals are? Crisp, concise, warm. For all their efficiency, I never feel 'hurried along' when reading them. I just appreciate well-written technical documents that manage to convey complicated topics in a conversational way without eliding detail. It's honestly one of the first things I look at when thinking about a new module.
@Jin-Hu 4 ай бұрын
Man that must have taken frickin ages to learn, format the video and film it, brilliant!
@DivKid 4 ай бұрын
Yeah even much shorter videos on simpler modules take a long time. Happy to doing it though.
@soundisles 3 жыл бұрын
The inclusion of the guitar demonstrations are so welcome and just gorgeous. Damn.
@RobinRimbaudScanner 3 жыл бұрын
The one we've all been waiting from, that slips from tripped out rhythms, deep bottom bass, music concrète, sci-fi synth voices, trance like pulses, burnt tape, cranky guitar and freaky noises all in glorious stereo! Good things come to those who wait 😀
@rucasm 3 жыл бұрын
Really?
@TiminatorFL 3 жыл бұрын
True story.
@RobinRimbaudScanner 3 жыл бұрын
@@rucasm really what? What an odd response. Many of us have been waiting for this video as you can depend upon DivKid to deliver a video that is balanced, educational, not full of ego, and explores the depths of a module such as Beads.
@rucasm 3 жыл бұрын
@@RobinRimbaudScanner slow down man...
@RobinRimbaudScanner 3 жыл бұрын
@@rucasm very hard to interpret what was meant by your comment. Just that writing - 'really?' - immediately comes across as relatively sarcastic and questioning, and we live in an age unfortunately where people frequently write quite mean and nasty things online. So a simple word with a question mark is quite confusing in a response. That's all. I'm calm, but I also like good manners 😀
@mrcwalker33 3 жыл бұрын
I was hoping for an ultimate guide by you and you delivered. Thx Ben! You gave Em the farewell she deserves with this one
@jedgould5531 Жыл бұрын
Underrated. It is difficult to visualize “clouds two” as a voice in itself, not just a multifaceted (*muteable*) processor. The pots also function as selectors. It’s loaded with Easter eggs. She even left bread crum LEDs to show us the way. 🤯 No one knew how to market such an advanced module to a one-module, one-function, world. Looking at this video, which Ben did a good job on, it’s difficult to genuinely comprehend what Èmilie did for her swan song.
@wariusgaius 11 ай бұрын
What do you mean with ‘the pots act like selectors’? And what are the Easter eggs?
@nlego5153 3 жыл бұрын
Emilie, thanks for all your awesome work. I basically hang in here (eurorack world) because of Mutable Instruments.
@MatheusLeston 3 жыл бұрын
The video review we all have been waiting for the whole week! Thanks, Div.
@sarmism 3 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see you back Ben! Hope you're well and thanks for an excellent video on this wonderful new module. Have to say I can't wait to delve into your patch cookbook - nice one!
@HANGINGOUTWITHAUDIOPHILES 3 жыл бұрын
The demos are getting so dank! You have an album here!! Badass
@elinch 3 жыл бұрын
it is really a pleasure to watch your videos. Time flies by (German saying). you make the best tutorial videos for me. Thank you so much, Ben!!!!
@iamdesertpaul 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you are back.
@RobotalismGames 3 жыл бұрын
Whoua so cool! And this new format with patch break is such a good idea!
@Koko161081 3 жыл бұрын
Till yesterday, having seen most demos, i was hesitant. Now, i’m ready to be happy and poor again :)
@CapRockout 3 жыл бұрын
Yes! Finally the man is here to weigh in. Your videos are consistently some of the best out there. Can't wait for my Beads to arrive Tuesday. Cheers!
@Nick-kb6jd 3 жыл бұрын
YAAAAAASSS! The most eagerly awaited video for the most eagerly awaited module, arguably.
@pimhansen6720 3 жыл бұрын
Great video on an amazing module, but an AWESOME video production as well Ben. Hats off!
@McEnroe911 3 жыл бұрын
The only demo that matters 🙌 sounds amazing
@driftnote7982 3 жыл бұрын
Been waiting for this video from divkid! Amazing. Thank u
@DCBMusic 3 жыл бұрын
I've probably seen 6 demos before you putting out yours and you're the first to talk about the Lofi capabilities! Great video as always!
@RayMcNamaraMusic 2 жыл бұрын
Miss your videos, mate. Hope you’re doing well.
@jupiterrising5918 3 жыл бұрын
Welcome back and thanks for this video! I have been enjoying my Beads.
@FenPunkFantom 3 жыл бұрын
a demonstration as clear, expansive and economical as the module itself - thanks!
@abraille 3 жыл бұрын
Great comprehensive work Ben. You're a proper resource. I'm going to be referring back to this video for some time to come. Not bad on the guitar either mate
@Charlemagne139 3 жыл бұрын
This is incredible. Thank you so much for putting all this together.
@orangethecolour6015 3 жыл бұрын
Yes Ben, this is what we all needed! Loved the Flight of the Conchords reference also :)
@PihkaIsMyName 3 жыл бұрын
Oh yesss mine is on its way from Schneidersladen. Thank you for a great video! A lot of new stuff, even for an experienced Clouds user.
@midnightsocean2689 3 жыл бұрын
wew lad. My fave euro-rack channel and my fave module reborn. Fantastic!
@BrunoWiebelt 3 жыл бұрын
you are a master of educational showcasing moduls in an entertaining and educational manner ... in one way with this video you got the krone of master review er on the internet.... I could really feel that you love this module and time it with your intellect in an artistic way . Thank you!
@znolive 3 жыл бұрын
Just bagged one from Jay @ SSounds round 2! This will pair so nicely with my Supercell in my FX rack. Granular heaven. Great video as always Ben - we miss you!
@wolfdesk 3 жыл бұрын
Really love the woozy Boards of Canada like moments and the using of guitar is really great too. Thanks for this tutorial.
@catchthehare 3 жыл бұрын
I knew you'd come through. Thanks boss 🙌
@Huffer7 3 жыл бұрын
Top-notch demo/tutorial. Such creative patches.
@billsoraparu9673 3 жыл бұрын
I keep coming back to this video and I always come away with having learned something new on Beads! Nuggets of nutrients for my knowledge on this Module. Thanks for this video Div Kid!
@reheller 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, great stuff! That’s a dense video for a deep module, good idea to add some patch breaks! I had my very own patch break - googling for “rotary heads pitch shifting” and then studying the amazing HEDRA pedal from MERIS. Might get me one of these before a BEADS due to availability. But you clearly showed this as a MUST HAVE.
@SmoothSailingMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Ordered mine last night! this video is awesome!
@chemicalBR0 3 жыл бұрын
good to see you back, hope you're doing well. excellent demo as always
@SleepofEons 3 жыл бұрын
And he's baaack! Missed ya Divkid! 😊🙌
@simonmoon3866 3 жыл бұрын
Ben you are at the top of your game here! Awesome vid. Already have Clouds but bought Beads last week before your vid came out so for once I had experimented before seeing you in action - you've nailed it. I find Clouds to be quirky and fun but frustrating at times. MI read my mind - this isn't Clouds II it's another green world!
@mod.3x 2 жыл бұрын
got mine today, im super hyped to dive into it :)
@dgp1498 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah nice to see u back!
@nectariosm 3 жыл бұрын
Good to see you back Ben!
@anosoumusic 3 жыл бұрын
Stellar video as always, mate!
@edgarm6017 3 жыл бұрын
Really gorgeous video. Looks extra nice 🤩
@wajobu 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for returning--hope you're well.
@dustop3r 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this nice in-depth tutorial! It got me immediately inspired to experiment and create something musical with my newly purchased Beads module :D.
@DivKid 2 жыл бұрын
glad to hear it. Enjoy Beads and your patching.
@dustop3r Жыл бұрын
@@DivKid As always, I ended up somewhere else in my modular :). Inspired by your mention of "feedback bliss & heaven" in the video, I took my Behringer 121 filter and patched its output back to its input and its cv modulation, both passing through LFO controlled VCAs. O...m....g!! Distortion, crackles, sparkles and what not started to come out of the filter. Thank your for all those tips!!!
@Edwardball 3 жыл бұрын
Top draw Ben, the definitive guide as always!
@PeanutButterAM 3 жыл бұрын
Still the man! 💪🏽🤘🏽 I was hoping you’d get this one out.
@wonkyrobot 3 жыл бұрын
Been looking forward to this! :)
@RheyneMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds excellent! Thank you for this!
@isolamusic6205 3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for this great granluar lesson. I was a little lot smarter at the end of your video and ready to watch it again!
@els1f 3 жыл бұрын
Mutable Instruments is such an amazing company!
@beatnickaudio 3 жыл бұрын
As usual this is fantastic. Big ups!
@thelanavishnuorchestra 3 жыл бұрын
I'm going to have to bookmark this for future reference! Thanks
@notsorry 2 жыл бұрын
such a great vid. well done mate
@JaseLovesDub 3 жыл бұрын
Hooray for you and your lovely Northern tones :)
@Eurikon 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent VidKid! :D
@distorson 2 жыл бұрын
DivKid where are you?
@gladlawson61 3 жыл бұрын
Best one yet. Clones hit the resale market !!!
@knobsstrings 3 жыл бұрын
Love your bass and guitar playing a lot in this awesome demo!
@konstantine8054 3 жыл бұрын
You obviously meant guitar and dad guitar playing, right?!
@knobsstrings 3 жыл бұрын
@@konstantine8054 Absolutly! 😚
@mymodularjourney 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent demonstration.
@Efkts 3 жыл бұрын
So awesome!!! Can't wait to get mine :)
@LuvWatches 7 ай бұрын
I feel so lucky to have started getting into eurorack in time to pick up Mutable's swansong. If you were to only have one effect module (and so far I do) this is the one.
@Lewp77 2 жыл бұрын
dope video bro ! just ordered mine
@wm2922 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome work dude
@roberttubb9300 3 жыл бұрын
Great module. Great tutorial. Great dad guitar!
@LikeMinds_ 3 жыл бұрын
I failed yet again! 😝 Woke up to synth-pron of this sexy thing! Further more, the addition of these features worked for me. I have had Clouds by MoMo for just about a year and Beads makes more sense =S KEEP UP THESE AWESOME VIDS! Your Guitar is really sounding killer bud!!
@jsmcfadyen 3 жыл бұрын
I had a chance to mess with this at the Moog store yesterday. It's an incredibly fun module.
@stujay 3 жыл бұрын
Diving in. Thank for this.
3 жыл бұрын
Nice, as always!
@buyukberber 3 жыл бұрын
Finally! Thank you!
@RubenSainiuc 2 жыл бұрын
At 37:22 I didn't expect at all to hear something in my language (Romanian), so it was quite a pleasant surprise. Thanks!
@DivKid 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe you can translate, to be honest I don't know what it's saying. Sounds good though :) it's a default sample in the Music Thing Modular Radio Music library.
@RubenSainiuc 10 ай бұрын
@@DivKid I remember replying to this a year ago, but now I see the comment is not here 😁 The recording says just some numbers in Romanian. The numbers are: 4 2 4 8 3 9 9 3 7 9 0 ... 9 2 4 2 1 5 7 ... Now the mystery remains: What does this code unlock? 🤔
@Jimantronic 3 жыл бұрын
Great video on a great module. Thanks 👍
@secretcircuit 2 жыл бұрын
What an ingenious module.
@aeropilot4419 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, new Patreon 🙂👍🏼
@mikeleuz 3 жыл бұрын
Nice bass playing! And, oh yeah, is that a Mindphaser I see in the background?! Crossing fingers for a Divkid guide coming for it.
@hypnoz123 3 жыл бұрын
God I hope so
@ZeroCool_Numbers 3 жыл бұрын
Three months to ship from Perfect Circuit. Seeing this video and all the new things Beads can do is gonna make the wait even worse 😫. Great video as always!
@jpsynth1411 2 жыл бұрын
Lovely video, thanks!
@torus6083 3 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial. Right, I need one of these!
@Awkward.93 2 жыл бұрын
thank you so much for this video !
@phloog 3 жыл бұрын
I need a Spherical Wavetable Navigator cookbook! Great video btw
@dorintube 3 жыл бұрын
man...I wish I'd payed so much attention when I was in school too : )
@scottcampbell330 3 жыл бұрын
For some reason clouds finally makes sense to me
@i_never_asked_for_an_alias 3 жыл бұрын
The 8 bit setting sounds way better then i expected.
@frantsel5711 Жыл бұрын
amazing video, thank you so much!
@DivKid Жыл бұрын
thanks for the comment, I appreciate it.
@pieterkok7486 3 жыл бұрын
Good to see you're back again, Ben. I hope you're well!
@Larry30102 3 жыл бұрын
I'm relatively new to eurorack. I'm a guitarist and this seems to accommodate the guitar well. It bothers me though to spend a chunk of change already, and the guitar results are less than stellar. Then I run across this. Very cool. Guess I'll have to start selling stuff 🤔
@ndf3 3 жыл бұрын
exiting stuff!
@filo1210 3 жыл бұрын
Yes! The Master is back 😎🙌
@tomb-X 2 жыл бұрын
Great Video. Thx
@Music_Pixels 3 жыл бұрын
Looking to get a module to extend my Lifeforms SV-1... This looks like a good next step!!
@7177YT 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, does anybody know why @DivKid stopped uploading? Is he ok? Cheers!
@GuitarsAndSynths 2 жыл бұрын
just ordered mine to use with rings plaits and marbles for mad fun
@andrij.demianczuk Жыл бұрын
Beads is a dream for Modbap!
@DivKid Жыл бұрын
Yeah I can imagine some really nice FX and colours dancing around a nice sloppy beat. It's very much genre agnostic.
@klstay 3 жыл бұрын
Your channel should come with a warning label or something on it. I have a $6k build underway now with a bunch of After Later Audio, Synthesis Technology, and Joranalogue because of you.
@aboxinthesea 3 жыл бұрын
So good to see you back!
@NutritionalZero 3 жыл бұрын
The sound of a thousand four-track cassette recorders falling in price all at once
@razgar02 3 жыл бұрын
Well, I guess it depends on how many (aspiring) "lo-fi beats" musicians are willing to spend on other Eurorack modules to justify only getting into it through Beads (unless that's not a mindset many others have). Other than that, yeah, we can only hope...
@NutritionalZero 3 жыл бұрын
@@razgar02 u wot m8
@christdolphin69 3 жыл бұрын
what does this even mean? you know they've been making thousands of tape emulation/saturation/lofi plugins for years now, right? or pedals, like oto boum or the analog heat or generation loss. if you want a digital emulation of tape degradation, it wouldnt be the smartest move to buy a 350 eurorack module that is sold out until july and a case and a power supply. a 4 track can record, mix, saturate with real analog pre amps, do no input feedback. i dont think the people who buy them over using a plugin or pedal would buy this specifically for that purpose instead of the many other options that have existed for a long time now. so weird that people ar eeven focuing on that aspect of beads. this is what clouds should have been all along, nebulae with internal s&h lfos and a more hq dsp
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