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I often notice in conversations that the basics are not in place for  everyone. That's why today we are refreshing everything from the bottom  up. We start with a simple synth and turn it into something generative.  

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🤓 Transform your Synths into generative Patches - Generative Bitwig Grid Tutorial for Beginners 1

I often notice in conversations that the basics are not in place for everyone. That's why today we are refreshing everything from the bottom up. We start with a simple synth and turn it into something generative. 0:00 intro 0:45 how to open the grid / initial patch 2:19 how to play the grid as an instrument 2:50 what are pre-chords? 3:57 disable pitch pre-chord and modify the incoming pitch signal 5:21 using the pitch quantize module to stay in key 9:34 ADSR Envelope module and how it works 14:24 gate signal pre-chord & modifying gate signals 16:04 generating gate signals inside the grid / gates module 17:38 generating pitch signals inside the grid / pitches module 22:08 using the transpose module to change notes randomly 24:04 phase pre chord / phase in module 24:27 altering the phase for rhythms / bend module 24:53 the phase signal 25:36 modulating the bend module 26:37 wrapping up #bitwig #generative #tutorial #beginner -- 🛒 Buy & Upgrade Bitwig Studio 10% cheaper https://polarity-dnb.de/blog/bitwig-deal.html 🛒 VST/AU Plugin Deals https://www.pluginboutique.com/deals/?a_aid=5ea012f403798 💕 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/polarity_music 💰 or donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/polaritymusic 📝 Read my Blog: https://polarity-dnb.de/blog/ 🎧 Buy my Music: https://polarity.bandcamp.com/ 💾 Download my Tools / Github / Resources: https://polarity-dnb.de/blog/polarity-music-tools-samples-and-bitwig-presets-update-2019.html 🚀 Visit https://bitwig.community/ 💻 Check out my gear on Kit: https://kit.co/polarity/polarity-music-kit 🪐 Become a Star Citizen and get 5,000 free Credits https://robertsspaceindustries.com/enlist?referral=STAR-VFKK-CQ36 -- Hi, I'm Polarity and do music at home in my small bedroom studio. I record regularly sessions and publish them here. I also broadcast live on twitch from time to time. // Hallo ich heiße Polarity und mache Musik hier in Berlin in meinem kleinen Schlafzimmer. Ich zeichne regelmässig Sessions auf und veröffentliche sie hier. Wer möchte kann das auch live auf Twitch verfolgen, wo ich öfters Live sende! Social Media / Follow Me ################### Blog: https://polarity-dnb.de/blog/ Twitch.tv: http://www.twitch.tv/polarity_berlin Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/polarity Twitter: https://twitter.com/polarity Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/polaritydnb/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/polarity-berlin/ Business Inquiries: robert@polarity-dnb.de Paypal Donations: donate@polarity-dnb.de

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Alexandre Enkerli

Something I like about this one is that you’re bringing people on a bit of a “learning path”, using something close to “scaffolding”. To create generative patches, people need to understand how pre-cording works. So it’s nice that you spend the time to explain it (about 16 minutes out of 28). Having said that, since pre-cording was a significant part of the original material about the Grid (since it’s such a distinctive feature), some users already get this and it’d be neat if they could easily skip that part. If this were about learning modules as part of larger set of training material, it’d be a natural point to split between two parts. “Now that you know how to do this, here’s how to proceed.” That also works well if you’ve planned a series of YouTube videos as it helps people orient themselves through the series, with milestones which help them track what they’ve learnt. Even in a standalone video, it might be quite efficient to “telegraph” what the parts will be and/or add chapter markers. Though 28 minutes doesn’t sound very long, there’s something to be said about maintaining learners’ attention. “Why are we learning about pre-cords, again? Oh, right, generative patches…” Also, really tiny nitpick: the default Grid patch has the Triangle, AR, and Audio Out modules. The difference with what you’ve used in the video won’t confuse anyone. It’s just a tiny little bit easier on the brain to hear the exact same thing in the example as they play on their own system.

polarity_music

Hey Alexandre, so you think chapters would help? I started to add time markers to my Bitwig Tips and Tricks videos (because multiple tips in one video) in the description. The playback progressbar of youtube is then splitted into parts. Maybe this could help here too? Thanks for the feedback! edit: ok so i added a lot of timestamps to the last 2 longer grid tutorials too. should be helpful!

Jeff Shuck

So great and so helpful!