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LIVE IN 2 HOURS // The DivKid DROID Modulation Hub (Patreon)

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2024-09-15 17:00:11

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2024-09

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Ello ello, hope you're well!

First up - I have a new video premiere live at 8pm UK/BST which is 2 hours from this post and the link above (and here) shows the live time in your region. More on this below but join us in the live chat for a hangout and Q&A.

Plenty to go through so it's all sectioned out below.

KNOBCON

I'm slowly starting to feel like I'm back to reality post Knobcon and a week later really missing all of you that could make it. It was a great time getting to see you all and to hangout. Thanks again for those that made that trip so great and also thanks to all of you, without your continued support I wouldn't be able to do such thing.

In case you missed it, as I haven't posted it here yet ... here's my walking talking tour of the exhibit portion of Knobcon. Have a goose and see what gear and which people you can spot. VIDEO HERE.

A HP SAVING MISSION WITH DROID!

I've been tempted to get into the DROID system from Der Mann Mit Der Maschine for a fair while now. But it was the idea of creating a little modulation hub and in the process saving a metric f' tonne of HP that tipped me over the edge.

During discussions with the team, sharing creative ideas around, effiksmusic got involved and he's a real DROID wizard that's taken these ideas and creatively implemented a whole range of features to make this not just 8 modulation sources. But 8 sources that combine multiple functions. Such as envelopes that have CV over level (envelope into VCA, dynamic envelope styleee), LFOs with random amplitudes and shape morphing, random voltages with looping, pitch quantising and loop scaling ... it's seriously impressive.

Join us for the video premiere at 8pm UK BST this evening, which is 9pm EU CET, 12pm USA PDT and 3pm USA EDT. The video will show the live time in your region. So join us to hangout and chat, we'll all be there for any questions and musing on the DROID patch. If you can't make it you can of course just watch this back later.

There's the DROID patch and a PDF guide available for free download to accompany the video. You can find that HERE.

THE NEXT VIDEO

Will be a new module released this coming Tuesday (the 17th of September) and I'll have a video premiere again at 8pm UK/BST. I'll post about that again nearer the time but just a heads up.

THE NEXT DIVKID MODULE

Oooooooh this is getting close. I've posted the odd tease here and there on Instagram and into Discord. More teasing may happen but this is releasing on Thursday the 19th of September. So not long to go. 4 more sleeps, as the cool (or not so cool) kids say.

Just to drop another little teaser nugget - it's 8HP. Make some space for it! :)

There's loads more planned out for the near future and rest of the year, all of that to come in due course. See you this evening if you can make it and either way chat soon in the Discord!

Files

THE DIVKID DROID MODULATION HUB! // A Der Mann Mit Der Maschine DROID patch that's saving me HP!

DOWNLOAD THE PATCH & GUIDE (FOR FREE) HERE // https://divkid.gumroad.com/l/TheDivKidDROIDModulationHub Hello and welcome to this video on the absolutely mega DIVKID DROID MODULATION HUB! It's a 'patch'* made by DROID power user effiksmusic (fantastic work from him) that turns a DROID master and P2B8 controller into a super mega uber hub of modulation with 4 envelopes, 2 random generators and 2 LFOs each with some really clever and smart twists and chained functions to elevate them further. The goal of getting into the DROID system for me was a mission to save HP, saving those precious HPs (space in the modular system) by combining lots of common functions that I use all the time, while also adding flexible additional features to them that would otherwise take more modules and more HP. This distills these modulators down into a simple interface that just provides the controls I need (and you might need too) to make the most of all of this modulation. It also does that lovely thing of encouraging you to try some new things as the extra functions on each modulation type are right here built into the DROID patch only a knob turn or button hold away. See the timing index below to see what makes this special and of course, watch the video ... but you're doing that anyway if you're reading this aren't you? *'Patch' is the term Der Mann Mit Der Maschine use for how these modules are set up. Creating them in their editor is similar to patching, but you can think of it as the firmware (it's not the firmware) or modes that you load onto the module (simple drag and drop onto a microSD) to define what all the inputs, outputs and controls are doing. Check out the DROID system here // https://shop.dermannmitdermaschine.de/pages/droid-universal-cv-processor Join the DROID Discord here // https://discord.gg/9TUcRmH Check out effiksmusic here // https://www.youtube.com/@UCkbeM-8bXO-4etDoYf2s4rA **TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS** *INTRO* 00:00 Hello & patch previews 01:02 DROID curious? 01:25 The DivKid Modulation Hub - what are we doing here? 01:55 effiksmusic - the DROID patch wizard! 02:09 ‘Patch’ - the name of the set up and functions you load onto the modules 02:33 effiksmusic - thanks to the DROID patch wizard! 02:58 So what is the DivKid Modulation Hub patch & how does it save loads of HP? 03:44 Features - ENVELOPES (channels 1 - 4) 05:15 Features - RANDOM (channels 5 - 6) 06:23 Features - LFOs (channels 7 - 8) *PATCHES* MUSICAL HIGHLY ANIMATED SYNTH LINES 07:17 Lots of expression in little HP! 08:07 Set up and basic VCA envelope 08:46 Shape modulating envelopes for filter cut off 09:28 Secondary envelope filter accents 09:48 Random resonance modulation 10:24 Smooth LFOs for stereo frequency spread & tilt 10:54 Looping envelopes for VCO PWM ENVELOPES 11:41 How the single knob EG shape & time control works 12:20 Linear to exponential curves 13:22 Dynamic envelopes - modulating EG amplitudes 14:29 Using random voltages to create dynamic EG peaks 15:04 Create dynamic tonal change as well as level 15:29 The difference between static and dynamic envelopes 16:16 A Mini system mini musical interlude from effiksmusic MUSICAL RANDOM VOLTAGES 16:45 Quantised, looped and slewed random 17:30 Random patch basics 17:53 Random tonal changes 18:21 Slew for slides, glides and smooth random 18:45 Random (but musical) pitches 19:05 Pitch quantiser settings 19:42 Looped random (16 steps) 20:14 Level changing loops for varying intervalic spread 20:48 Slew on pitch (portamento) LFOS 21:40 Dual flexible per cycle randomising LFOs 22:22 LFO frequency control 22:48 Morphing LFO shapes 23:20 CV control over rate (LFO 1) 24:14 CV control over level (LFO 2) 25:08 Self randomising per cycle amplitudes A MODUATION NIRVANA 25:55 Multi layered synth riff action & patch set up 27:03 Layer 1 - main riff 28:01 Layer 2 - percussive blips 28:24 FX layer - washy ambient fades 29:00 All together now! **THIS VIDEO IS SPONSORED BY DER MANN MIT DER MASCHINE** they have funded the creation of this demo video. As always any questions just ask. Join the amazing growing community on Discord by supporting at https://www.patreon.com/DivKid Subscribe for more DivKid videos: http://bit.ly/DivKidYTSub https://divkidvideo.com https://www.instagram.com/divkidvideo/ https://twitter.com/divkid