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Thanks Jamie! I’m glad you enjoyed it, I put a lot of work into this one, so glad it’s appreciated! There may possibly be a part 2 and part 3 coming soon! 😉👍

Thank you! 👍

Thanks Novak! Glad you enjoyed it 👍

Cheers! There’s a second part coming soon!

Thank you! Stay tuned for the part 2!

@@thejapexican101 thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!

@@joeymc5272 Hey! Yeh they can be quite similar for sure, and I definitely know Morphagene better than Arbhar so that’ll cloud my opinion a little, I’d have to say Morphagene (although again a large part of that is the controls, workflow and my familiarity with them) but for some reason I view Arbhar still as something more like Beads (even though it has a lot of similarities to Morphagene too) so I tend to use it more in that way, as an effect I suppose, as well as a sound design tool, whereas I still primarily use Morphagene as the sound exploring tool, the new V2.0 really improves the capabilities, and it’s probably a more complex and capable module than Morphagene? (I don’t know that for certain) you could probably intentionally use Arbhar in an almost identical way to Morphagene (I might try this for a video if you find the idea interesting?) plus is can do more proper granular things too, so it’s worth thinking about, I’d suggest going somewhere to try it out if you can which might give you a little more of an idea, it’s definitely a great module and can definitely do things that Morphagene can’t (which is why I’ve got both!) I guess my habit would be to go for Morphagene but if I was starting out again with a limited budget and could only pick one of Morph/Beads/Arbahr - Arbhar might be the best pick? It’s a really tough choice for me though! (Sorry, I hope that was helpful and I apologise for rambling a little!)

@@megamodularis lol exactly man what you said is right where i am at. I have beads and morphagene and i am trying to justify the price tag as i have mojave too by qu-bit. I wouldn’t say im a huge granular fan but every time i hear someone sample through arbhar its always awesome sounding. Hence your guitar lick through it. Having stereo inputs now is the only reason i have interest in it. I would absolutely love a video if you have the time to do a comparison. By chance does arbhar have the noise morohagene is accompanied by out of curiosity? I mainly use eurorack as an fx processor but i do like some sequencing of vcos but mainly just the fx for guitar and into pedals or daw for verb. Loved video 1 and 2 by the way. Sounded so bliss lol.

@@joeymc5272 Thanks! I think there’s a couple more in this Arbhar series, and I’m putting out some Morphagene videos soon too! I’ll try my best to do a comparison video, but I’m away from the synth for a while, so not sure when it’ll be exactly! I think if you watch some of my Arbhar videos and then these new Morphagene ones over the next few weeks, that might show well how I use the two in different ways? (I hope so anyway!) I think Arbhar does have some noise to it, but deffo not as much as Morphagene, and both Morphagene and Beads are stereo, but I do like having a full stereo signal chain… And you’re right it is an expensive module, so if you’re not huge into granular (which I would say I am, hence why I got it) then you can definitely achieve great results with Morphagene and Beads, as I’m sure you do already! I think for me the interest in Arbhar was the different approach to granular stuff, with the different controls, I think different controls make you work differently, so it just depends which you’re drawn to the most! I’m certainly interested in Mojave too, but I’ve never tried it

@@megamodularisoh ok thanks man! That makes sense to me. Everybody i watch has arbhar and uses it pretty frequently so i wonder if i am missing out not having it. Read you can actually use it like a vco whatever is recorded can be given pitch information which is pretty sweet actually. Wonder if you can load single cycle waveforms or even wavetables and use it like a vco? I like granular but it has to be useable granular. Mojave is cool no doubt but at least for me it can be hard to use and dial in good useable sounds with it. All depends on what you are feeding it. Ill wait and watch for an videos you make. Right now trying to decide between arbhar or a complex osc like cs-l/brenso. Both is similar price range. Have not decided yet.

@@joeymc5272 Oh yeh that’s true you can play it 1 V/oct for sure, although its not something I’ve ever actually tried, for me personally, I think Beads gets the best most immediate granular results, the kind of thing that comes to mind when you think of granular, but I love how it operates with reverb and feedback controls and how you can modulate them together too, but for me it is the most usable, no shade to Arbhar, which i use a lot, but still! To me it does sound like you have a good amount of granular modules, so depending on your whole setup, and what you want to achieve, might be best looking in that other direction, like complex osc, Instruo have a lot of interesting modules worth looking at, so it seems like your looking in the right places! (All IMO of course!) But good luck and don’t hesitate if you have any other questions!

@@kaerkiu9815 Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for subscribing to the channel! Yeh they can work well together, there is some crossover for sure, but they definitely excel in different ways, and together they create plenty of new possibilities (in my opinion!)

Nice! Glad I didn’t give too much away, the video will be out next week 😀

Thank you! I certainly do, so I’m glad you noticed! I feel like I’m gradually improving with each video, so hopefully that’s the case, quite happy with the most recent video, and the next few I’m working on too!

Thanks Hessence! I couldn’t agree more! The portability and immediacy of it are fantastic, it’s so easy to get ideas started with it!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! Got some more fun stuff coming in the next few videos 👍

Thanks! It’s a lovely filter (although I think my favourite is still Ripples - but that’s a single filter in the same hp I think, if there was a stereo ripples in 8hp that would be my dream!) but for size/functionality I haven’t seen a better filter than Ikarie (not to increase your GAS any more!)

Oh nice! That’s very useful, thanks, I’ll have to look at that (always more to explore for another video!) I do like having the stereo signal though

Cheers!

Thanks! Yeh I had a lot of fun with this one, and it’s triggered a few more explorations, taking external recordings and manipulating them between the two (more in some upcoming videos!)

Ah me too! It would be amazing if they could add another effect that was some kind of granular synth engine, but perhaps it’s too complex/would take up too much memory on the OP-1? But we can still dream!

I thought about this the other day. Imagine a world where TE partnered with Hologram or other companies to bring new dimension to the OP1F. Hope they can make an update to eliminate the feedback loop so we can go out through a pedal or module and back in!

@@NovakTheEnjoyer yes the feedback thing drives me nuts. I’m hoping for some great updates,cause that 2k price tag still hurts. Hahah

I have neither so don’t mind me if this isn’t helpful but it could be because of the level coming out of the OP1 isn’t modular line level which is higher than normal line level. Are you often amplifying or boosting the signal going in at all before it hits Morphogene? Disregard of course if you do and it’s solely Morphogene that has any issue.

Thank you! Hmmm yes the Morphagene can sometimes be noisy, I do often forget to use it’s auto levelling which I think would help a bit, depending on the source signal, sometimes it can be a bit too noisy, but often as a patch develops that gets lost, and it’s usually in the quieter parts of recordings that you can hear it, but it’s never stopped me too much, I guess you just have to accept it as a part of the module and move on, try and work around it etc

@turbotambourine yeh this could be a part of it, I go through the Ikarie which can boost the signal a lot, I do think this method is inherently a little noisy, there may be workarounds, for example I often prepare the reels in Logic and export them straight onto the Morphagene’s micro SD card, and I think, if prepared properly, you could eliminate a good amount of the noise, but again, I like this quicker method, cable straight into the modular, so I’ll take a bit of noise in exchange for speed of workflow!

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video! 👍

Thank you! On Rings I like modulating Brightness and Damping a lot, with 2 slow LFOs from Ochd, and on granular modules, like Arbhar and Beads, i like a slow LFO on the ‘scan’ or ‘time’ type parameters,to give things some gentle movement, this works great on the Slide control on the Morphagene too, and often (with my 2 Ochds) it’s doing some combination of these different slow modulations all at once, to give a piece some movement etc! 😀

Thank you Hessence! Glad you enjoyed it! 👍😀

Thank you! It’s a very compelling module, certainly worth the investment, both in funds, time and energy! But I’ve found it rewards you taking the time to learn and explore its workings!

@@megamodularis I'm sold!

Very poetic! I couldn’t agree more 👍😀

It’s a great module, one of my favourites for sure, glad you enjoyed the video!

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you! That’s a great idea, I’ll have to start putting something together, got a few videos already in the pipeline first though!

Beautiful

Thank you!

First thé arbhar

Thank you! Yes! They’re both great modules, and you can have them both in the same rack (at least I think so!) I’m a big fan of granular synthesis and all the things Arbhar & Morphagene can do

Yeh I think I know what you mean, I’m not sure if it has the same input stage as the Lubadh which if I remember rightly is from their Tanh[3] module, a warm, analogue like saturation (that I think is there to stop digital clipping?) perhaps this is why? I think Jason discusses it in a Lubadh video, and I think Arbhar has it too (I could be wrong though!)

Thank you Hessence! Yes it’s a lovely module, and I can’t wait to keep using and exploring it further, it’s great that you enjoy & appreciate the module!

Thank you! Will do, working on the last video of this series at the moment, coming soon!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video, there’s Parts 1 - 3 if you haven’t seen ‘em already!

Thank you Jeff, I have occasionally experimented with the tape reel mechanism and a little bit of scratching, but I don’t think it’s something I’m brilliant at, I’d be happy to try and make a bit of a video about it, if that’d be of any interest to you!

Thank you! Happy to share, and I’m glad you were able to take something useful away! I’ve got some more cool OP-1 ideas coming in the next few weeks, so stay tuned!

Thank you! And no problem, glad you enjoyed the video, part 4 will be coming soon too!

Thanks very much! 👍🙂

Thank you! I was pretty happy with these patches, and yeh it’s an interesting module for sure, and you can do some cool things with rhythmically clocked grains which might suit your eurorack setup!

Thank you! I agree, they’re lovely to soak up!

No, I think they are due to how I record my patches onto the Teenage Engineering TP-7 with it’s physical motor reel, this adds the warble and occasional ‘drop’ out

@@megamodularis It sounds amazing. Great work and thank you for the quick reply. ✌

@@mattslumwormreyes thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 👍😀

Hey, apologies for the late reply, it should be up as a link on my channel page now, I just updated it to what it’s like now, and the two 3u to 1u panels have my two Ochd’s in at the moment, hope you find it useful!

Thanks man! Getting started editing it now!

@@megamodularis woah! Nicely done with the fast production schedule haha.

Ha, thanks! I’m trying my best!

Glad to help! I’m just learning & exploring too, enjoy your Arbhar!

Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it, a part 2 is out now and I’m working on a Part 3 now, to come out soon

Thank you! They’re both pretty great, and different enough to justify both I would say, I’ve definitely used Morphagene a lot more than Arbhar, but the visual feedback from the Arbhar is a great thing to have

Thank you! I have a video in the works going from recording a sample to an ambient piece, going through the process a bit, so hopefully that’ll show you how I go about it! Welcome to the channel & thanks for coming along on the journey 😀

@@megamodularis Thank you so much! I really look forward to it

@@dzerobeatz yeh! I’m actually quite excited about that video, but I don’t want to give too much away yet that’s all! Hoping to get it out after this little Arbhar series I’m working on, which should be another 3 videos (so unfortunately it’ll be a few weeks away so hopefully you can wait that long!!) but really glad to have you on this sound exploring journey! 😀

Thank you George! Cheers for subscribing and coming along for more sonic exploring!

Oh nice, the Make Noise logo maybe? Or the speed control on the Morphagene?

@@megamodularis nope the whole module. Because it is responsible for my heavy eurorack addiction.

Thanks! I’m working pretty hard to up my video skills, Glad you came and checked out the vid! These first few videos are all me getting to grips and exploring, through different guitar samples (there’s also a bonus ‘epilogue’ video in the works) but if folks enjoy ‘em I’ll have to try and keep the series up & keep exploring Arbhar!

@@megamodularis well the skills are definitely high! Everything looks great! I’m similarly digging into video and exploring a bit more here and there. Right now taking a break from longer videos and offering up more one sit kinda videos. It’s just so fun to wrap up thoughts, music and visuals in an edit!

Thank you! And keep at it, I think the format is a great way to think about things and express ideas, I generally prefer shorter bite-sized videos (making them I mean!)

@@megamodularis will do! And yeah I agree! The shorter ones are more manageable to make as well!

I’d love to do that! @OmriCohen-Music has a great video exploring Arbhar vs Morphagene which probably convinced me to get both in the end (I’ve had Morphagene for quite a while now) but sadly I don’t have the Nebulae, maybe I’ll have to look at adding it to the rack (I love anything granular) maybe Arbhar vs Nevulae, Morphagene & Beads!

@@megamodularis I have Nebula v2. It can do a time-stretch with preserving a pitch, or playing 1V/oct pitch with the time stretching at the same time (backward or forward). Which is awesome. But I've never tried Arbhar or Morphagene.

Wow, that sounds great, I’ll have to check it out, Morphagene is up there amongst my favourite modules, it’s so intuitive to cut up and stretch audio and pairing it with something like Beads or Arbhar usually leads to great ambient results!

All of them.

I have both Arbhar and Morphogene, I had beads but it died on me hence the Arbhar. Both are very different and work well together .