Best eurorack sequencer ever? ~ WMD's Metron and Voltera's coolest features!
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- In this video I gush about my love for WMD's Metron and Voltera. They are the closest thing I have found to the Elektron sequencer in modular. I also give a tutorial on how to use both the Metron and Voltera as I am gushing.
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As a Metronome and Voltera (1) owner, I really enjoyed this. Some good reminders of features / techniques I should try and use more. Thx!
Thank you, Metron is amazing!
That demo track was great, really jumps around, super playful and fun, a lot like the kind of stuff I used to play when I DJ'ed (a long time ago, back in 1200's and vinyl days) so this is really encouraging, as I've found a great deal on a used Metron, put a deposit down, finalizing soon. Really looking forward to that! Once AMMT are in production, I'll be adding some Volteras.
Great video on the Metron man! Appreciate the info and excellent demonstration of grooves & patch possibilities, etc...awesome work & thx so much!!
Thanks for the vid, I learn more here than on any other channel.
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I love my Metron as well! It's for sure the best module I own. I like it so much I bought another. I mainly use my Voltera to select a scale and key in my quad quantizer along with the ever useful "compose" preset voltages. They allow you to set one of 16 snapshots of Voltera states and place them on any trig in any pattern. This lets me make key changes as part of a song, but it could also be used to create a palette of 16 chords and paste them into your pattern instead of having to set them per step.
i just got my voltera and cant wait to dig into the both of them together. Great vid, thanks!
Thank you!
Excellent video. Was not sure on voltera, but now I am. Thanks!
Great to hear!
Very good demo/explanation. Yes, I hope to get two Volteras and an Axxent when I one day get my hands on one of these. I briefly owned an Elektron Digitone and know exactly what you were getting at. I'd get more Volteras if I could, but I need room for all the 2hp Mix modules I'll need to route the drum outputs I'll be running on this pup! I've got to finish off my main, melodic Eurorack stuff first and then I'll expand next year from the few 808-esque drum modules I have into some actual racks dedicated to drums. My new plan is to get a Moog DFAM and put it in the 2-tier rack with Moog's 60hp Eurorack case and throw this, the Volteras, the Axxent, and mixes in there, and use them with the Hexinverter Mutant Machine, WMD Fracture, Mozzenzeef Kriket, Michigan Synth Works MicroGrids and SY0.5, along with my preexisting TipTop 808-emus, and I'll go from relying on sampled loops to being able to handle my own drum sounds in anything I do at that point.
Your demo/explanation is so inspiring, so it's great to come to a decision, look up a CZcams video to see if it seems reasonable, and then instantly find a badass dude demonstrating in the coolest way that the modules are not only good, they're excellent. Thank you for your work! Instant subscribe.
PS Those fills! Goddamn! Bringing Elektron style parameter sequencing to Eurorack? Not a tough decision. So much power in your hands. Gives you full control over everything. Really powerful.
I'm convinced. I was contemplating a Five12 Vector. The immediacy of this, the polytempo, and the ability to save patches looks damn nice.
They are 2 séquencers but one is a beast for triggers thé other for cv séquences évolution. It dépend on the music you want to do
Yeah, also looking at the Five12, the Eloquencer and Hermod...
“It’s just instant fun...”. I’m sold! Looks like it! I want that setup man. Great vid👍👍!
Thanks Rob!
This video helped me make my sequencer choice! Metron for the win!
Yes, I agree!
WMD should have sponsored you for this. Thank you.
Ahhh thanks!
ok, ok, you totally convinced me, kinda like a massive cv recorder these little extensions, that's amazing indeed. nice demonstration. Plaits with random model select is always fun ;)
Yes, exactly!
Love my Metron and Voltera! Once you have the Voltera functionality and turn gesture down they pretty easy to use. Just got a Befaco CV Thing which allows me to sequence my MIDI outboard gear as well. Thanks for the video!
That's a great idea with the midi thingy!
how do you Connect the cv thing?
Great video! You can hold Record and press Reset to pause the clock
Thank you for watching and for the tip!
You are the best presenter of eurorack principles out here right now. You do amazing work, my friend.
Yeah that's fucking dope
He hath spoken the good words - they were accepted
interesting! i have an usta. similar things can be achieved but with that expander you get a whole lot more per track
Well, I was looking for the best sequencer today. Watched your video now I have $1,000 less in the bank. What amazing tools. I'm devastated to hear WMD is closing its doors. What a shame. All the best to you
Nice Video...............
Love it
Argh this video is great and I was JUST ABOUT to pull the trigger on an Eloquencer but, on this ---> without the Volteras can you not sequence CV at all - only gates? Or is it that the Volteras allow you to do both on one sequencer channel sorta independent from each other? I love the functionality here but I'm personally more interested in using different sequencer lanes to make thick, lush harmonic stuff rather than beats!
No CV without Voltera :/ but you can have up to 16 Voltera
@@EZBOT_ Gotcha- thanks!
Mine finally arrived. Lots to learn and the Voltera and Axxent are superb for it. It is very difficult learning curve! I'd love to see a basic idiot tutorial for newbies like me on how to use the darn thing as the manual is very confusing and Alex from WMD goes too fast on his videos.
Yeah? I think I could do that :)
Hey im thinking about getting one these an pairing it with a Vermona DRM IV. Their triggers respond to velocity but im having a tough time on figuring out how i would do this with the Metron. I know the Metron is only gate itself, but is there any work arounds?
Maybe for the velocity sensitive bits use your DRM and for the parts that don’t need it use the Metron. I think you would need to pair some modules with the Metron to create something that made it feel velocity sensitive.
9:00 which module to use for such a high pass filter transition?
WMD overseer.
Would be really interested to hear how you think the metron holds up against the nerdseq?
Question: can you program Metron to play reverse, random and ping pong type sequencer patterns like other complex modular sequencers like Eloquencer and 512 Vector? I need these features in a sequencer.
It can do random but not ping pong or reverse. The Metron is designed for live performance more than anything so most of its features lie in writing patterns on the fly and performing them.
@@EZBOT_ no worries, it is still 100x better than my Korg SQ-1 and Varigate 4+ sequencers. I pre-ordered the Metron today along with a new Doepfer Monster base case. It will let me manage my drum/beat modules better. For melodic sequencer, do you like the 512 Vector? That seems like the one for that sort of thing.
It would be great if WMD could have ping pong and reverse in an updated firmware. Is that possible?
How does this compare to using digitakt and a midi to cv? I guess retigs and rolls are lacking in the digtkt but you gain lfos. Are there any other difference?
This is specifically designed for sequencing modular and sending tons of gates and cv. Sequencing modular with MIDI will never be as powerful as sequencing with a sequencer that outputs cv. MIDI to CV loses it’s fidelity because MIDI can only communicate between 1-127 typically, where as CV has an incredible fidelity. It has a assortment of performance Fx for sequencing. I’d say it’s far more powerful for sequencing modular than any piece of Elektron gear could possibly do. However, it’s not a more powerful sequencer than the Elektron sequencer, it’s just better at sequencing modular.
@@EZBOT_ Thanks for the answer. That makes sense. I think the fidelity can be an issue sometimes. Great video. Definetly has the elektron feel about it.
Everybody knows that the best eurorack sequencer is Nerdseq... Just after Toolbox... Just after Hermod... But of course if you prefer 1970 7 segments displays...
That's really cool but couldn't you do all of this with an Eloquencer for half the price and less hp?
I prefer the Metron over the Eloquencer, though it is a great sequencer. I just found the Metron to be easier to use and improvise with.
Shame it is never available for sale. If WMD Metron has a clock, why do you need another external clock in modular setup like you have in Pamela?
Pam's does a lot more than just add more clocks. It has envelopes, LFO's, clock division/multiply, triggers, Euclid, and quantize - It's awesome!
@@EZBOT_ gotcha and you are 100% correct! I just got my Pam setup and lovely device for many modulation and rhythm options. I don't have a sequencer in rack yet but it works well for that as well. Holy cow, I just realized that my setup has many of the exact same modules like yours: Pam, Plaits, Mimeophon, Quadrax. I never intended to copy other setups. Too weird! Well you have great taste in quality modules my good eurorack man.
@@GuitarsAndSynths They are excellent modules!
@@EZBOT_ agree and I was wondering does the Metron have an internal clock or do you need to feed it a clock source? No worries as I have Pam if clock is needed. Looking forward to the Metron soon.
@@GuitarsAndSynths No it has a clock, I just like having a PAM's around at all times :)
if only they didnt go with the obsolete screen, like the er 101/102, and deluge.
you sound just like grant boss its weird
no mystic circuits and moffenzeffe modular no heavy logic focus but voices are similar
man this is expensive AF.
Yeah it’s not cheap