Pinned by mylarmelodies @MoritzScharf Morris can you do a video of how to do the modifications to a MOTO kit to achieve the 4 track 16 step drum sequencer ?

It's starting to look like we want chained submasters ;). Honestly, I'm so impressed by the way you've evolved this system!

@dermannmitdermaschine thank you for making this. I purchased 4x M4 motor fader controllers and the other modules in the bundled kit previously before the MOTO KIT was released. Can I buy the stickers separately since I already own the parts on the MOTO KIT? Can I also request instructions for accessing "patch generator" in Droid Forge that makes the button layout and setup simple and easy to configure?

This is very cool! I'm wondering what the potential is for pattern memory? I can imagine this with a whole other B23 dedicated to patterns/scenes/presets (perhaps with chaining or even "clip launch" style grid quantization), though Mylar mentioned that it may be at the limits of it's memory? Perhaps can be overcome via the card slot?

​@@CmJr328 You can by a stickerset on his website

@@CmJr328Yes you can. Stickers are available in our shop. You can generate the patch, even with four M4 yourself in the Forge. You need version 1.5. And the manual includes everything

Amazing. Is this done in the same way you connect multiple Sinfonions?

@@BrailleSounds Yes, it uses the same method of connecting.

Wow!

Thats awesome

I got maybe the only one Sinfonion in Mexico, and im waiting that the Moto Kit is again available in your site for purchasing it! i was scratching my head if i would need 'both' devices but as you mentioned MotoK performance sequencer can follow Sinfonion i may wish to keep it and pair them. Im using Percussa SSP as sound source for stacking voices for chords and some monophonic ones generated inside the module . Hope you can makea video of Moto Kit working besides Sinfonion !

I know the feeling😅 Love watching all that stuff working together and the ingenuity of the people designing and making stuff - not to mention making music on it. I do have some semi-modular stuff though....😬

Thanks and great to meet you the other day!!

@@mylarmelodies Likewise! Superbooth is mostly a meeting of people for me, and verry happy to have spoken to a bunch of people I hadn't before. All the best!

It is a huge world indeed, defo it works for me that this is a “finished”/off the shelf package. That said I’m definitely going to see how I can tweak it. A vid on the possibilities of the system would be like making Lord of the Rings, but I’d like to see it!! What approach did you take when you designed your system?

Thanks for this m8, it’s really interesting to see the ways the MFPS could be customised - that sounds fantastic. I had also thought to have a channel spare as a “chord progression” track - shifting the root note! Will speak to you at superbooth I’m sure about this, looking forward

@@mylarmelodies see you at Superbooth. 👋

Oh shit also that AFX bass section, that bassline screams The Tuss

The best feedback. Thanks

Thank you m8

😂 Thanks, and BTW The Shitbox is a great name for a modular

@@mylarmelodies To be honest, I think I name anything I own and (ab)use a shitbox. My car, my cheap rental place, my synth.. I uhh, I'm having kind of an epiphany here 🤣

Yep I too don't think I would see myself building a sequencer from scratch, it's very cool that you don't have to!

Glad to hear that :-)

You seem to feature the Buchla 200 series a lot in your racks as well, i can't rate them highly enough!

It is totally mental. I love the DROID system. And this bundle is an easy entry.

Ha it is quite the package - I’m super new to it too, the possibilities if you mastered it (both the MFPS and Droid Forge) are quite bewildering.

@@mylarmelodies the new Patch Generator makes it much easier, especially with the Motokit. But you can tweak it or use it as a starting point to build your dream sequencer and cv source for your modular system, as you said in the video. It’s very cool to build a custom sequencer. I have now a system tailored to my needs to jam and make music.

Ahh mazin, what sort of control/sequencing setup have you made?

It is!! And ha yes, circuit bent no less by circuitbenders.co.uk (I think - must have had it for like 15+ years)

Thanks so much m8 - this is basically the result of three sessions recording on this, each lasting about 3 hours, over two days (obviously a couple of days of messing around to teach myself the sequencer!). Obviously each jam is a lot longer in reality and I truncate it for efficiency/flow in the edit! But I basically settled on a collection of four voices which worked well together - Two RYK Algos, Rings in Strings mode (it's a little digital and bright but it worked in a pinch) a Doepfer A-111-6, and an ARP2600 - so two digital, two analog. The music is definitely the result of listening to a lot of Aphex and Electro music and messing around with gear for 25 years! I've actually done videos on nearly all the parts that made sound in this if you're interested (RYK Algo most recently). FWIW the setup was: 2 x RYK Algo Mutable Instruments Rings in Strings mode (for strings) ARP2600 (chords, softer bass) Doepfer A-111-6 (basses, acid) Befaco Hexmix (mixer) Tiptop Z5000 (reverb) Make Noise Mimeophon for delay) 6m0d6 On kick, Tiptop 808SN on Snare thru a Music Thing Minidrive, Soundforce Samples II on hats and clap. Tiptop Trigger Riot as a Drum Sequencer Happy Nerding 4xMutes to mute the drums

@@mylarmelodies Thanks for your nice answer and insights. The Dopfer111-6 is like a miniature Arturia microbrute, or nanobrute. I wish you a good trip and stay in Germany should you happen to visit Superbooth24.

@@mylarmelodies loved the bit where you panned up to reveal the arp2600 resting (dare i say precariously looking!?) on top of the modular case, like a king!👑 😂

I never managed to max them out - they're set to the 350ma base voltage requirement in this little case (PSU is a Sinusoda Juice Lite), didn't seem to be an issue, but I guess your mileage may vary depending on how you wield them? You can always opt for a more powerful PSU and change the jumper settings so they draw more juice but go harder for longer(!)

Just watch it. It has great music inside.

There’s a little chase light running along the bottom!

yes it outputs MIDI! I think that should be possible?

The point here is more that the Hermod works a certain way and will never really be able to change. That way might become deeply linked with how you personally want to work and so it’s the better choice for you. But if you found yourself in a rut with it, or that you suddenly had some inspiration as to how it COULD work, then there is nothing you can do about it. That is not the case with Droid.

I wonder the same thing. I have some Droid gear, but I drew the line at the motor faders.

The Patch Generator can be changed too so I believe it will be possible to generate a MFPS with different modules, namely the E4. The Motorised Faders are very nice though, I couldn’t wish for more (erm other than another two sets, but this is enough for now!!)

I haven’t touched the MIDI stuff at all and honestly am not sure how it works, but I’m reliably assured it does, so you could be using MIDI output for some or all of the channels, you use a 3.5mm jack to DIN MIDI adapter

@@mylarmelodies Cheers dude!

Believe it or not, but the guy who invented this thing is a jazz musician.

I asked Mathias and he said these are ALPS faders (which is a very well respected brand), he doesn’t think there are better models you can get in the format required. And that so far zero failures reported. The M4 has been out since late 2022.

Thank you good sir, best possible answer.

I believe it will - watch this space!

Abouts 1 or 2 months it will be on the website

Yes, there are 3 presets where you can save all aspects of a track. They are saved to the SD card.

Doepfer A-111-6!! It’s a squidger

Can't speak for their lifespan - it's true that everything must die eventually, but also parts can also be desoldered and replaced, no?

@@mylarmelodies ofc! I just have horrible experiences /w a mixing desk and korg stuff thats impossible to replace yourself or even at service... you happen to know what motors they use? good thing w modular tho you just have to rep the slider board!

@@TheMorningIWokeUpDead Don't know the model number but they're ALPS ones! I would suspect a good part.

I hear great things about the Deluge, lot of love for it

@@mylarmelodies but you are not wrong in that mechanical, physical tactile faders just have something magical about them,

Ha, and even more so: 4mscompany.com/metamodule_preview.php 🤯

I understand the concern but worth noting this works out of the box without ever needing a computer being connected. And if you wanted to continue actively developing patches for Droid in future, I think it’s not unreasonable to have an old laptop kept in a drawer for that purpose. I can still program my Nord Modular with their software editor and that came out in the late nineties.

Yes! In fact you can hook this up to a Sinfonion!!

This sequencer is ready to use, without any computer (unless you want to change the MIDI channels, if you use MIDI at all).

@@DerMannmitderMaschine indeed but the comment is referring to the need to use the computer to customize it.

@@Rareos That's right. You can customize it. But that's completely optional. All you see in the video is done with the sequencer as it comes out of the box, with no computer being involved at any stage.

@@DerMannmitderMaschine yes and both myself and the original comment haven't conveyed otherwise.

What would you prefer to use to customise it?

It took me two days to learn this, it's got a good manual and is quite logical once you learn how Mathias designed it

@@mylarmelodies Good deal! I love the size of the sliders (not knobs). I am from Southern California and we dont understand modular the way we potentially could down here.

If you buy this instead of the OP-1 Field, you still have $500 left over!

🐓 chickenfunk acid

definitely one of those things you should never sit down and work out 💸

Well, whole point is you can build your own custom sequencer/whatever - without motorised faders if you wished