Just got a Metron and these videos are so well made that i can find how to do most things really quickly. I like the idea of shorter and targeted videos. It makes things easier for me. Thanks everyone at WMD for making these videos. It shows how serious you are about customer support.
Thanks for the vids and that performance at Perfect Circuit was tight. Sold my beloved Varigate 8+ for this gem. Will report back as soon as I've had a few weeks with it. Yes yes I kept my Voltage Block. My patches are very performance-based, so it looks like I've made a good choice!
@@WMDevices thanks Alex, great sequencer and fun to use! I have a serious question: when I save a session to memory, it only lets me load the last saved session and I cannot select a past saved session to load. How do I get past this issue? Like if i save 4 sessions: S01, S02, S03, S04 how would I load S01 or S02?
@@GuitarsAndSynths Go to memory, press the slot you want to load, and then press load twice. Metron will not load blank sessions as to not do it by accident, so saving a blank session is adviced. If you're having trouble past this withloading, send me an email with a short video showing the issue and we can take care of it. Service[AT]WMDevices.com
@@WMDevices thank you so much! I am still learning the sequencer and coming back to it after healing up from a broken ankle/foot injury. I need to buckle down and just focus on learning it.
I really like this sequencer. It can do so much . So how about a re-issue of the user manual so it contains all the necessary information? Even with my Elektron devices, I didn’t have to google that much to find infos about basic settings/ issues. I’m writing this with love as I’m a fan of your brand ❤
Okay in one of these Metron videos, Alex you state that you think in pairs of instruments and seem to have a fairly personal intuitive flow for how you make beats on the fly that seems to work well. Any chance you could make a video explaining that aspect? Modules are cool, but developing a system that allows me to quickly drift towards a new "thing" is the crux of my experience thus far ;)
Absolutely! I have a couple more tutorials to edit and upload and then I plan to do some quick tricks and workflow suggestion videos. This can be the first!
Looks like a fun beat making sequencer for modular without the menu diving of other sequencers. Can it do ratcheting of sequenced notes? I want to make generative patterns.
Looks great, but red and pink aren't the best colours for differentiating between on and off. If only 'on' was green, would be so much easier to follow.
How come WMD choose not to use a stop/start sequencer button on the Metron? I find it confusing having to press the Record+Reset button combo to do this task. Otherwise a great sequencer!
In Eurorack, it is so common for people to use external clocks, we figured that most people would have a different clock source (an at first, Metron was designed to require external clock) they would use and that giving a button dedicated to start stop was not necessary and leaving it out would save panel real estate.
Hi there! Of course! As this is a sequencer for Eurorack it's as simple as routing a track to the Accent input on the module you want to use. In this video, I am using one track for the Accent input on my WMD Chimera module which is making the tambourine like sounds.
It would be super helpful if before you started this video, you would have shown how you have the patch cables. I like to follow along with my Metron but that is impossible without first knowing how to connect the patch. To be the best tutorial please assume we know nothing about how you have it patched. Other then this very important information that is missing, its as n excellent video.
Those are jump cut points. I have a hard time talking to the camera and making my point in one sentence so every once and a while I have to make edits and will even do so mid-sentence and string two takes together. When the camera is on my face, it results in me looking like I have a crazy twitch. When the camera is on the module it will look like its skipping... I thought it was pretty obvious, sorry for not addressing that in the video!
at czcams.com/video/UL1qMyRWgys/video.html, i don't understand the term 'parameter sequencing', and why the Metron needs something like the Arpitekt for instance. Can s/o clarify that?
I have a Varigate 4+ and just got my Metron. Metron is way better and more fun to use. Easier to dial in patterns. Eloquencer is great in a different way.
that camera position makes me feel like i am actually the module sitting in your rack
Just got a Metron and these videos are so well made that i can find how to do most things really quickly. I like the idea of shorter and targeted videos. It makes things easier for me. Thanks everyone at WMD for making these videos. It shows how serious you are about customer support.
So glad they help! The series is definitely easier to get around than a huge monster video. It was easier to make them this way too ;)
really effective tutorial
Thanks for the vids and that performance at Perfect Circuit was tight. Sold my beloved Varigate 8+ for this gem. Will report back as soon as I've had a few weeks with it. Yes yes I kept my Voltage Block. My patches are very performance-based, so it looks like I've made a good choice!
Hey Alex mine arrived today finally after long wait! Thanks for the tutorials. Fun but tricky sequencer.
great to hear, have fun!
@@WMDevices thanks Alex, great sequencer and fun to use! I have a serious question: when I save a session to memory, it only lets me load the last saved session and I cannot select a past saved session to load. How do I get past this issue? Like if i save 4 sessions: S01, S02, S03, S04 how would I load S01 or S02?
@@GuitarsAndSynths Go to memory, press the slot you want to load, and then press load twice. Metron will not load blank sessions as to not do it by accident, so saving a blank session is adviced. If you're having trouble past this withloading, send me an email with a short video showing the issue and we can take care of it.
Service[AT]WMDevices.com
@@WMDevices thank you so much! I am still learning the sequencer and coming back to it after healing up from a broken ankle/foot injury. I need to buckle down and just focus on learning it.
Nice video.............
I really like this sequencer. It can do so much . So how about a re-issue of the user manual so it contains all the necessary information? Even with my Elektron devices, I didn’t have to google that much to find infos about basic settings/ issues. I’m writing this with love as I’m a fan of your brand ❤
it looks awesome! good job
Thanks much!
it is a fun great powerful sequencer- WMD knocked it out of the park with this one.
Okay in one of these Metron videos, Alex you state that you think in pairs of instruments and seem to have a fairly personal intuitive flow for how you make beats on the fly that seems to work well. Any chance you could make a video explaining that aspect? Modules are cool, but developing a system that allows me to quickly drift towards a new "thing" is the crux of my experience thus far ;)
Absolutely! I have a couple more tutorials to edit and upload and then I plan to do some quick tricks and workflow suggestion videos. This can be the first!
Looks like a fun beat making sequencer for modular without the menu diving of other sequencers. Can it do ratcheting of sequenced notes? I want to make generative patterns.
Thanks! Yes it is great for what you want to do. here is a video about it: czcams.com/video/uBwvzqqeg5g/video.html
Looks great, but red and pink aren't the best colours for differentiating between on and off. If only 'on' was green, would be so much easier to follow.
Does WMD only hire professional skateboarders?
Not necessarily but being a Colorado company, being a snowboarder is pretty much a prerequisite.
@@WMDevices snowboarder! Alex you fit that to a perfect t being in colorado
How come WMD choose not to use a stop/start sequencer button on the Metron? I find it confusing having to press the Record+Reset button combo to do this task. Otherwise a great sequencer!
In Eurorack, it is so common for people to use external clocks, we figured that most people would have a different clock source (an at first, Metron was designed to require external clock) they would use and that giving a button dedicated to start stop was not necessary and leaving it out would save panel real estate.
Hi. Is there a way to make accents like on jomox drum machines? Cheers
Hi there! Of course! As this is a sequencer for Eurorack it's as simple as routing a track to the Accent input on the module you want to use. In this video, I am using one track for the Accent input on my WMD Chimera module which is making the tambourine like sounds.
@@WMDevices Thx!
This looks rad rad rad
It would be super helpful if before you started this video, you would have shown how you have the patch cables.
I like to follow along with my Metron but that is impossible without first knowing how to connect the patch.
To be the best tutorial please assume we know nothing about how you have it patched.
Other then this very important information that is missing, its as n excellent video.
Why are the track indicators skipping a measure here and there? Every two or three measures, I think.
Those are jump cut points. I have a hard time talking to the camera and making my point in one sentence so every once and a while I have to make edits and will even do so mid-sentence and string two takes together. When the camera is on my face, it results in me looking like I have a crazy twitch. When the camera is on the module it will look like its skipping... I thought it was pretty obvious, sorry for not addressing that in the video!
at czcams.com/video/UL1qMyRWgys/video.html, i don't understand the term 'parameter sequencing', and why the Metron needs something like the Arpitekt for instance. Can s/o clarify that?
you can use the new WMD Voltera and Axxent modules that came up recently for pitch/cv quantized sequencing and accents.
Lol trying to make a decision this varigate 8 or eloquencer
I'm trying do decide if I replace my Varigate 8+ with this. Mostly because of the 8 vs 16 channels, 8 vs 16 steps, and up to 256 steps (on the Metron)
Tony Moore I’m going with the Metron still like the varigate 8
I have a Varigate 4+ and just got my Metron. Metron is way better and more fun to use. Easier to dial in patterns. Eloquencer is great in a different way.
There is no shuffle, there is no shuffle here.
You are correct, 50 is straight 16ths, no shuffle. I should have been more clear about that. Thanks!
@@WMDevices I was being funny. There's a song by that title from a pioneer of EBM, Front 242. czcams.com/video/UrUXTBY0gsc/video.html