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I am about to finish a Strega video where I use the preamp to run my guitar through it. It definitely saturates, which is what you'd want. So 'dirty' may not have been the best term. But it's also cool to take one of the waveform outputs and feedback it through the pre-amp and clip it. Bruxa doesn't have the pre, so incoming sounds will be clean.

You definitely know more about the subject than I do :). I guess using a granular engine would also be great for making pulselets either equally spaced or with a bit of entropy.

Chicago is indeed a bit too far away to be home before midnight...

You're coming to class with the wrong book. It's Microsound by Curtis Roads. But it's good to ask the trick questions!

I really should go teaching this stuff at a music school or conservatory.

Thanks! Yes, I loved making that video too! Actually, Stolperbeats is doing all the hard work in that video but it's also a bit frantic. Sometimes you'd just want a tight kick/hat as a foundation so you can dance to it. Chasing lights is a simple gate pattern sequencer with switches for every step. Super simple. When used together, a rhythm just comes to life. Obviously it's also important to pick the right drum sounds :).

Ah .. I see you got there.

Glad we were on the same page!

No need to be sorry. I made a video about it a few years ago, which solved it for me (still on bad mains). I hope this also works for you! Here' it is: ua-cam.com/video/FvJHAxCjmzg/v-deo.html

@@CinematicLaboratory Ah, thanks ! I get in touch with MN years ago about it and they send me the same tips, the sensitivity hole. But it doesn't worked for me. I actually understood that my problem only occurs when I used it with headphone. So it's not that bad... but if I want a silent session at night, I have to switch on all my studio and send the MN stuff to my console/Audio interface etc. The example of situation is here : ua-cam.com/video/GT9qrwTAAGg/v-deo.html Thanks for your answer !

En fait, je ne possède pas encore de Bruxa, c'est un Photoshop. Tous les sons proviennent de Strega. Cela peut paraître terrible, mais cela peut aussi créer une beauté incroyable. Donc ça diffère d'une maison à l'autre.

The Orbit adds subs and bitcrushing. It fattens and degrades, so I would not pick that. Spectraphon is nice as a spectral processor and awesome as a VCO, especially the noise and chaos. Panharmonium is beautiful, it's what you'd expect from a spectral resynthesizer but it gives you a lot more. I think the Pan will check all of your boxes.

Indeed. The Dapf inspired me to use that 'smile pass' output on the QPAS. Jason is a great teacher (and designer).

@@CinematicLaboratory I have the Dapf and the QPAS. But I still want Minsk as well! The more the merrier. 😉

@@redlester I've seen that Dapf video, but decided to go for the Minsk when I heard it. Blown away.

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agreed. i really like the concept (more so of the strega than bruxa with the touch plates), but the dirty/lofi sound just doesn't do it for me.

If you don’t like the sounds, probably not for you! 😅 If you like Cortini then you can appreciate usage of noise floor in composition. I love Strega because it can howl like a fucking Banshee, or whisper like a ghost trying to take over the space between stations on your radio. I’m using Strega to marry vocals/guitar to my patch- so wicked! When it’s not featured I create custom noise floors that change pitch and sync with my rig- just a pinch adds heaps of unique character every pass. Haven’t used it as a synth yet, but I’d sick it on hats or metallic percussion in a second. I’ve even used it on Aux channel in my DAW mixer, running soft synths through it and, again, merging them with my rigs’ modulations. In practice I recommend applying judiciously, utilizing absorb and filter, and maybe some EQ in post when recording. It’s a beast to be tamed or unleashed, and if it were for everyone it wouldn’t be released pre-order only, right? Big ups!

@@foobarbazqux Thanks for sharing your experience! It's good to keep the Force balanced.

The funny thing is that I feel like Cortini himself has a much better sound than what Strega and Bruxa seem to offer. It’s like Strega and Bruxa are very crude, low fi versions of what Cortini does.

@@stephanrewind What's often overlooked is that Cortini is a skilled musician and his skill is not included in the box. Raw clay is also 'crude'. It's up to us to make something useful with it. If this were easy, everybody would sound like Cortini...

Sometimes I wish I didn't have a youtube channel and a makenoise addiction. It does not belong in every rack, but it belongs on this channel :).

I always tend to patch LP, but SP is so cool! I think I'll need to do a follow-up on QPAS soon and investigate your comment. If it ever becomes a video it will be named 'poor man's chords'!

@@CinematicLaboratory try using the four filter peaks as notes of the chords. Not easy to dial in the notes „correctly“ but who cares? Forgot what I used to excite the resonance as QPAS does not self oscillate. Usually I like pinging with triggers (Q is decay) or short noise bursts or feedback (HP L and LP L to the two inputs, SP as output) 😅

Thanks for checking it out!

I understand and appreciate what you mean but I try not to think in problems (doesn't always work). When I have a stereo source going to e.g. Erbe-Verb, I use a mono sum (or one channel) and keep the source stereo in the mix. That's easy. When a stereo source goes to a mono device, let's say a Soma Lyra-8 FX, you'd sum to mono with all kind of eh.. challenges (problems) like cancellation and phasing so I would process only the L or R channel. When you return the wet sound it's up to you to decide if the result is any good. When it's not, a tool like Minsk could help.

@@CinematicLaboratory sure not really a problem, but mostly restrictions in the system. Or you buy 2 and problems solved

I’ve considered buying a second erbverb so it can do stereo. It’s older so there’s an excuse. I had honestly hoped they’d announce a 2nd version with stereo in, instead they announced a new color and a final print run. And at least the erbverb outputs stereo. I really don’t know what the excuse from the Bruxa could be though. It’s nice that others are happy forced doing things a certain way, but the lack of explanation is rough for me. If I found out that it would require a second processor and cost 2x as much, now all of a sudden I totally understand and empathize with this decision. But from my lame consumer perspective, until they explain otherwise, I’m stuck just being frustrated they didn’t add a few more inputs and outputs to do stereo. It would have gone a long way showing how it’s different from Strega too. And hey, maybe their algorithm couldn’t do any kind of ping pong effect, that’s cool, skip that option and just keep it a dual signal input same effect output. Also I think this lacks a feedback loop send, which makes sense based on how I understand it works, but that even if I bought a second one for stereo, it can probably never do a ping pong delay effect (at least not without removing what makes it sound the way it does). This makes me doubly sad at the missed opportunity for this rather unique effect. The only thing I can fathom is they just don’t think it will sell well since folks already have a Strega, so let’s not bother to change much code etc. But I also get I could totally be wrong. Could be they are using real filters with digital chips of some kind. Might make it harder for stereo without some serious workarounds. I totally get there’s probably a good explanation. But I guess I’m too used to companies offering them. Edit: I just want to add, in case it wasn’t clear, I have a lot of respect for Make Noise. I’m sure there was a good reason. I just get way too into stereo.

This is my issue also. ALthough I like stereophony as well (who doesn’t) mono brings a focused signal. In the modular world the use of (stereo) reverberation is a fixed part of the signal path of the whole patch. With a stereo module the sound always gets diffused, muffled. If, in a mix you want the signal to be only or primarily on one channel it’s disappointing. It also makes me lazy because I don’t have to think about a wide and rich sound. So, being a composer of electroacoustic music, and mixing a lot with electronic sources, I have no problems with mono sound sources.

@@MrEarlabs I’ve yet to encounter a stereo effect that I couldn’t also run mono outside of effects specifically designed to widen the imaging field (wideners, specific dimensional choruses that might sound thin if mono summed). There’s no downside to including the option for stereo, but plenty to removing it, such as me having to spend 2x as much money just to get the stereo that I genuinely want, for reasons I can’t really fathom because none have been given. I really like Make Noise. I really do not like this particular decision, though I am aware that there are certainly plenty of possible GOOD reasons for it, since none have been given, I’m mostly stuck with a bitter taste in my mouth and having to decide if I want one (save money), two (get what I want), or none of this product (screw it, I’ll do it myself in a DAW or just live without because I’d rather have nothing than buy something at 2x the price just to get what I feel should have been there in the first place)

I am super happy with my Minsk. Haven't tried the mid/side features yet but I bet it can clean up a mix really nicely.

I often run it through a big chain of FX and it's just amazing. On its own it's a dirty noise maker, but I am still getting new textures, from it every time I patch it up. But I have to add that I racked my Strega so it's 'just' a module in a big system. With just a 0-Coast and a 0-Ctrl it can easily become too much.

I wish I could build my own gear :)

​@@CinematicLaboratory you can, it's just a matter of time. start with a simple kit. i could send what you'd need to build something if your whilling to post a demo... i'll help if you have any trouble... i have tons of spare stuff i made for experiment, and/or didnt have time to build yet...

@@CinematicLaboratoryit‘s a different hobby, but you can totally do it. Soldering prepared DIY kits and open hardware (you can easily order PCBs and parts) is not difficult. Only designing your own circuits is on another level. However, you will see some white and blue smoke and you will pay for the learning curve with failed projects.

I am not familiar with Brian Eno's work except on early Roxy and Bowie, but I am sure I can relate to a true pioneer.

He is a bottomless well of pithy and thoughful music quotes. Besides being an incredibly intuitive artist, his unerring gravitation to textures and landscapes overlooked by the mass of trend setters, leaves me with the strong impression that you share with him far more than you realize. I suggest giving Taking Tiger Mountain by Stradegy, Here Come The Warm Jets and Another Green World. Then delve into Before And After Science and Nerve Net. These are a few of my favs. Eno tends to do his best work in collaboration with other strong talents. Robert Fripp has played on a number of projects as well as other folks. You won't be disappointed.

@@arpmoog Thanks for sharing! I will listen to it tomorrow when I am cleaning up the studio (again). Quite messy after doing 7 episodes.