Softube Modular

[vurt]

Since it is an 'official' Buchla 'emulation', and NOT a 'tribute' or 'inspired by', the cost may very easily be justified.

exactly!
even if the actual licencing was free, to get the licencing requires a product that reaches a particular quality. that in and of itself costs man hours, which in turn costs the consumer.

[polarsky]

Looks like a significant release as you can pretty much build your own Buchla synth in Modular now.

[rofilm]

Softube Modular The Tutorials 15 is available now.:
https://youtu.be/BLaFsQBoM5M

This video of more than 1 and a half hours length deals with the wave shapes 1 – 15 of Mutable Instruments module “BRAIDS”. But it´s far more than a simple demonstration of these wave shapes/sounds. The video gives a lot of background information about the wave shapes (the algorithms), as well as how they work “under the hood”. Enjoy your day!
Rolf

Timeline/Content:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:20 wave 1: CSAW
0:03:35 wave 2: 1n
0:07:31 wave 3: 1Nn
0:09:38 wave 4: Fold
0:11:52 wave 5: 1111
0:12:43 comb waves
0:13:26 Dirac waves
0:16:08 wave 6: SYNC
0:19:14 wave 7: SYN 1
0:20:10 wave 8: tripple saw
0:20:41 wave 9: tripple square
0:21:16 wave 10: tripple triangle
0:21:58 wave 11: triple sine
0:23:20 pitch quantisation
0:24:12 wave 12: RING
0:40:38 wave 13: seven saw
0:42:50 wave 14: comb-saw
0:44:23 delay lines and comb filtering
0:47:23 tuning delays
0:47:52 delay feedback
0:56:52 wave 15: TOY*
0:59:20 wave 16: ZLPF
1:01:12 waves 17 – 19: ZPKF, ZBPF, ZHPF
1:02:50 wave 20: VOSM
1:03:10 FORMANT synthesis, speech synthesis
1:04:08 VOSIM synthesis
1:06:06 wave 21: VOWL
1:08:08 wave 22: VFOF
1:08:25 Formant Wave Function synthesis
1:09:36 wave 23: HARM
1:11:31 wave 24: FM
1:16:42 wave 25: FBFM
1:19:22 wave 26: WTFM
1:22:37 wave:27 PLUK
1:24:10 wave 28: BOWD
1:27:43 wave 29: BLOW
1:28:27 wave 30: FLUTE and comparing BLOW + FLUTE
1:30:20 wave 31: BELL (a notion of additive synthesis)
1:32:17 The end
1:33:20 The real END

[Mushy Mushy]

I'm pulling my hair out with this, been trying for the last 3 hours

How can I set up a random/S&H modulator on something like MI Clouds' Freeze parameter? Or anything for that matter.

I would have assumed I would insert the DAW Sync module, clock it at say 1/8, and send that to the Trigger In on the Sample & Hold module, which then goes back via the out to Freeze on Clouds.

But no, nothing.

[hardwired]

I'm pulling my hair out with this, been trying for the last 3 hours

How can I set up a random/S&H modulator on something like MI Clouds' Freeze parameter? Or anything for that matter.

I would have assumed I would insert the DAW Sync module, clock it at say 1/8, and send that to the Trigger In on the Sample & Hold module, which then goes back via the out to Freeze on Clouds.

But no, nothing.

Set it up as you were but send a A-118 Noise to your Sample & Hold as well and turn up the level of the Noise until it starts 'triggering' the freeze. So basically like this
https://i.imgur.com/vyAc2uo.png

[Mushy Mushy]

Set it up as you were but send a A-118 Noise to your Sample & Hold as well and turn up the level of the Noise until it starts 'triggering' the freeze. So basically like this
https://i.imgur.com/vyAc2uo.png

Fantastic. Thank-you, Sir.

So essentially the Noise level knob drives the probability of the Freeze. Loving it!

[Mushy Mushy]

Next question: how can I toggle, via DAW automation, the Freeze button in Clouds? It doesn't appear as an option in the automation fields so I then thought about assigning a Performance Switch to it. Nope, that isn't allowable either.

[Mushy Mushy]

Next next question: The A-147 VCLFO's modulation rate is a combination of the frequency knob and anything connected to the Reset input or so I believe. Is there essentially a Zero setting so that I can have it driven purely by the Reset? At the moment I'm doing it by ear and it doesn't correlate to any logical value (ie, 0, 5, 10).

Man I underestimated this modular stuff. Still enjoying it though.

EDIT: or to put it another way, why isn't my LFO in sync with my track?

[hivkorn]

Use a sequencer to sync the lfo ?..

[Mushy Mushy]

Use a sequencer to sync the lfo ?..

I considered that but a) it sounded a bit overkill; and b) it didn't make any difference anyway.

[hivkorn]

Instead i mean instead

[toonertik]

Next next question: The A-147 VCLFO's modulation rate is a combination of the frequency knob and anything connected to the Reset input or so I believe. Is there essentially a Zero setting so that I can have it driven purely by the Reset? At the moment I'm doing it by ear and it doesn't correlate to any logical value (ie, 0, 5, 10).

Man I underestimated this modular stuff. Still enjoying it though.

EDIT: or to put it another way, why isn't my LFO in sync with my track?

You gotta think in voltages...
it's all about the volts flowing and how to scale, sync and manipulate them....
even the same in a good software emulation>> emuVolts...
but there ain't nothing like the HW... I had a year on VCV, loved it (still use it sometimes) ...
you know you want it..

[TehOwen]

I don't have access to my computer atm to check, but if I remember right the cable from the daw sync should go to the LFO's CV in rather than reset (then turn the CV knob up).

The reset in triggers the lfo from its start point (e.g. the start of a saw wave lfo) rather than setting the frequency.

[Mushy Mushy]

I don't have access to my computer atm to check, but if I remember right the cable from the daw sync should go to the LFO's CV in rather than reset (then turn the CV knob up).

The reset in triggers the lfo from its start point (e.g. the start of a saw wave lfo) rather than setting the frequency.

Thanks. In the meantime I have been watching a few videos and as you say the reset is used for LFO retriggering. However, if I patch the DAW sync into CV it literally does nothing. I can adjust the CV dial all I want and it has no effect.

[Mushy Mushy]

Next next question: The A-147 VCLFO's modulation rate is a combination of the frequency knob and anything connected to the Reset input or so I believe. Is there essentially a Zero setting so that I can have it driven purely by the Reset? At the moment I'm doing it by ear and it doesn't correlate to any logical value (ie, 0, 5, 10).

Man I underestimated this modular stuff. Still enjoying it though.

EDIT: or to put it another way, why isn't my LFO in sync with my track?

You gotta think in voltages...
it's all about the volts flowing and how to scale, sync and manipulate them....
even the same in a good software emulation>> emuVolts...
but there ain't nothing like the HW... I had a year on VCV, loved it (still use it sometimes) ...
you know you want it..

Yeah I'm definitely converted. Hardware will be coming soon(ish) indeed.