Bastl THYME+ multi-tap tape delay pedal. Tutorial and patch ideas with modular

Thyme+ is the updated version of the well-regarded tape-delay effects unit from Bastl Instruments. It takes the original Thyme and puts it into a new metal enclosure with better knobs and buttons, and more importantly adds a lot of new features in the firmware!
In this video I show how I combine Thyme+ with my modular setup using Neuzeit Warp as a voice to send audio directly into Thyme+ for mangling and processing. I also explain how Thyme+ works, and explore the ‘Robots’ which let you automate parameters on the effects. I’ll also look at MIDI control of Thyme+ to show how you can do Karplus-Strong synthesis with it.
There’s a lot to cover so here’s a timeline if you want to skip around
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Thyme+ overview
04:25 Setting up Thyme+ with modular, clocking
05:20 Audio routing setup
06:54 Gain staging
08:41 Thyme+ in action as a delay
10:38 Clock setup on Thyme+
11:31 Add density with extra read heads
14:59 Bypass and Freeze functions
16:34 Robots, LFOs in disguise - the hidden power of Thyme+
18:02 Assigning a robot to a knob
18:53 Turning off a robot
19:15 Changing polarity of robot modulation
20:10 Changing robot wave-shape
20:51 The CV input and how to use it on Thyme+
22:11 Envelope follower robot
23:42 Presets saving and loading
24:50 Copying and pasting presets to build sequences of delays
26:33 Randomising delay settings for fun and profit
27:48 Sequencing delay presets
30:45 MIDI control of Thyme+
32:38 MIDI CC control from Oxi One of delays
33:43 Karplus-Strong synthesis
35:24 MIDI clocking
36:08 Wrapping up!
37:04 Closing jam with Thyme+
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[@NutritionalZero]

Ooh! I'm interested

[@cougarman8]

Fantastic video, as most of your videos are! Extremely helpful and well done! My thyme arrives soon and I’m excited as the original was one of my favourite delays ever!

[@SynthDad]

Thanks - you'll dive right into the Thyme+ in that case

[@quantum_ocean]

Great presentation. Love the design and interface...but the sound isn't really my style.

[@SynthDad]

Thank you! What is it about the sound you don't like?

[@quantum_ocean]

​@@SynthDad@SynthDad I'm not really attracted to music heavily drenched in copious amounts of delay and reverb. I get that it's fun and somehow therapeutic to create. But it's too easy. When I was in art class in high school, every failed clay project became an "ashtray." If you were trying to create a cat sculpture and it exploded in the kiln, you made an ashtray. I see ambient music as the ashtray of electronic music. Processing a piece of source material with effects until it's completely unrecognizable doesn't take much craft. Or maybe I just haven't heard enough of the good stuff (Sturgeon's law).
But I do appreciate Bastl's design and engineering!