Introducing... NerdSEQ - the ultimate eurorack sequencer

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  • čas přidán 29. 04. 2024
  • I love this thing.
    Thanks to‪@xorelectronics‬ for sending me out the initial module as a gift ages ago! Check them out at xor-electronics.com/nerdseq/
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Komentáře • 74

  • @Gameboygenius
    @Gameboygenius Před měsícem +11

    Fun fact. What did Thomas Margolf do before he made NerdSEQ? Among other things, he designed the LSDj-MC2, an LSDj MIDI interface. But, what did Tim Lamb do before he made the Dirtywave M8? Why, he made the Arduinoboy, an LSDj MIDI interface. I'm telling you, making MIDI interfaces is a gateway drug to making trackers.

  • @LowGainElectronics
    @LowGainElectronics Před měsícem +6

    NerdSeq is hands down the best modular based sequencer out there

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem

      It really is excellent. High praise from none other than Lowgain as well!

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem

      It really is excellent. High praise from none other than Lowgain as well!

  • @allanroney
    @allanroney Před měsícem +3

    This is the esoterica that’s suits your channel best. Moar.

  • @WillisZzz
    @WillisZzz Před měsícem +1

    "...weirdo machine that I explore randomness with" 😆 That's a great description for a modular system. I have been thinking about the NERDSEQ again after years... thanks for the update

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem

      It's genuinely awesome and well worth considering!

  • @ichiban8558
    @ichiban8558 Před měsícem

    Love your channel mate x Never stop. We are all here for life ❤

  • @fallprecauxionsmusic
    @fallprecauxionsmusic Před měsícem

    this is incredibly exciting!!
    love that you're breaking down patching so explicitly. love that you just got the nerdseq. (so did I!!) & I'm loving the music you're making with it.

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem +1

      Oh nice!! NerdSEQ besties. How are you finding it so far?

    • @fallprecauxionsmusic
      @fallprecauxionsmusic Před měsícem

      @@StephenMcLeod I have actually yet to rack that sweet machine. it's a bit more complex than the polyend tracker. I suppose I'd do best to quit trying to wrap my head around it & just start plunking around in there...

  • @timbennion7079
    @timbennion7079 Před měsícem

    Really impressive, Stephen. I wish I had sufficient funding to afford a set-up even vaguely close to yours. I would just love it. Well done you and I wish you every success with your music. Regards, Tim

  • @sophiestellakis
    @sophiestellakis Před měsícem

    I enjoyed your videos about the M8. Im super excited that you might make videos about the Nerdseq!🎉

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem

      Thanks Sophie! Anything in particular you'd be interested in seeing?

    • @sophiestellakis
      @sophiestellakis Před měsícem

      @@StephenMcLeod i’d just be happy to see your work flow, how you mix live and sequenced things, maybe how you use the sample tracks, and how you would use random possibilities with it. But most importantly, how you will have fun with it :)

    • @sophiestellakis
      @sophiestellakis Před měsícem

      @@StephenMcLeod and maybe also how you would use internal lfos and envelopes

  • @kenho4ba
    @kenho4ba Před měsícem

    Perfect timing, just got mine! :-)

  • @joelnicholson
    @joelnicholson Před měsícem

    Absolutely lovely stuff. I'm getting into the Nerdseq myself but haven't quite yet found the time to get it properly up and running. The hope is that it will work alongside me using the Polyend Tracker as a kind of "master" brain, with the Nerdseq itself then running as a kind of "limbic system" inside the overall organism (which I do appreciate is a very pretentious way of putting it). I'm rocking the 1010Music Bitbox and Squarp Rample instead of the Squid Salmple, and my voices tend to come from my 2 Disting EXs, but obviously you're showing off a great setup here.
    Keep up the good work boss.

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem

      Oh the Rample is awesome. I really like that module and need to show it off a bit more.

  • @ChasingTheGoose
    @ChasingTheGoose Před měsícem

    Some really cool sounds...I'd like one of those MIDI clocks you've got on your TV....meant to say I liked the video the other day with the glitchy visuals too!

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem +1

      Hey thanks a lot! The MultiClock is spendy but honestly one of the best purchases I've made. Wish I had done it years back.

  • @elretsof1606
    @elretsof1606 Před měsícem

    Wowser - Patch delight !!! Sounding good . Hmmmm my mod addiction may be fed 🤣👍🏻

  • @LabRatWarfare
    @LabRatWarfare Před měsícem

    Sonic Scottish Wizardry!! 🎧🐀

  • @Deaphdot1
    @Deaphdot1 Před měsícem +1

    I can't wait until he finally finishes the Portable version.

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem +1

      For those purposes I think the M8 has probably cornered the use case...

    • @Deaphdot1
      @Deaphdot1 Před měsícem

      @@StephenMcLeod its just to small for my long ass fingers. I know his was more along the size of an SP404 and had a few knobs as well.

  • @krazywabbit
    @krazywabbit Před měsícem +2

    tickling the comments to please the algos.

  • @turbotambourine
    @turbotambourine Před měsícem

    Woah! Sometimes I’ll think about getting a M8 but dang feels like I’d love a NerdSeq to compose whole sections of things. Right now I can pull off evolving jams but harder transitions of parts are a bit tricky depending how I created it all. Perhaps something to think about exploring with a bit of extra space of another row. Love the drum samples and processing of them and this jam is so good! Would you say a Nerdseq would be good in a smaller 7u system?

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem

      Hey thanks! Sorry for the delayed reply. Yeah, I think NerdSEQ would be great for lots of systems - but it will largely depend on what other modules you have and what you want to achieve!

    • @turbotambourine
      @turbotambourine Před měsícem

      @@StephenMcLeod Absolutely! That makes sense for sure. I feel like it would be interesting for sure to mess around with because of the fairly flexible way compositions happen. From what I’ve watched there’s quite a lot of opportunities to play around with pieces and build them up over time. Nice if you wanted to really plan out something long with high degree of control. It’s funny as the more I get into modular the more jello like I feel like it all is. Lots of opportunities to inject a lot of expressiveness, chaos or variation to almost anything if you have a couple key modules.

  • @kenniferlopez1
    @kenniferlopez1 Před měsícem

    Rad Sir!

  • @philip6252
    @philip6252 Před měsícem

    Chips being tuned as the lord intended.

  • @t.c.b.toycircuitbrigade9429

    Nice! I wondered if you used the nerdseq. When will there be in depth tutorials. With all the new updates and expanders this thing needs a proper In depth tutorials. I’m willing to pay too!

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem

      Oh God, I'm terrible at in depth tutorials, but I might do some introductory bits and pieces. It's so deep I'm not sure I'd do it justice.

  • @janhrdmn
    @janhrdmn Před měsícem

    The NerdSeq is the best Tracker and Sequencer I can imagine. Would the Polyend Tracker have the same workflow using patterns etc. It would be f*cking awesome like the NerdSeq!

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem

      Hell yeah. NerdSEQ is based more on the LSDJ workflow, a la M8 stylee.

  • @jeffryarchambeau5441
    @jeffryarchambeau5441 Před měsícem

    I look forward to Beringer's clone of this, the T*rdSeek

  • @MKS21471
    @MKS21471 Před měsícem +1

    XOR = "Ex-OR" aka Exclusive-OR. As in logic. Question: "Do you want coffee xor tea?" Answer: "Yes"

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem

      See, I guessed that is what it meant, but had no idea how that was pronounced either. One of those things you only ever see written down but never hear in person!! Thanks :D

    • @MKS21471
      @MKS21471 Před měsícem

      @@StephenMcLeod You’ve got to move in extremely geeky circles (largely Comp Sci folks)

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem

      @MKS21471 I work for a tech company :'(

    • @MKS21471
      @MKS21471 Před měsícem

      @@StephenMcLeod I think you may
      need to give up your geek passport, Stephen.

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem +1

      More time for synths!!!

  • @blastman2154
    @blastman2154 Před měsícem

    Any news regarding the portable version. Or is it discontinued?

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem

      I'm not sure, but I don't think it was shown at SuperBooth - so it's unlikely to appear any time soon!

    • @blastman2154
      @blastman2154 Před měsícem

      ⁠@@StephenMcLeodAh okay. Their website was a little vague about. But thanks for checking.

  • @EkimElectro
    @EkimElectro Před měsícem

    Your Lecky bills must be a fortune. I can feel Scottish Power rubbing their greedy fingers in delight. Love the NerdSEQ.

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem +2

      I left those robbing bastids a while back over a dispute funnily enough. Reported them to the Ombudsman and won. Oh wait, that was British Gas. Different cheek same arse.

    • @EkimElectro
      @EkimElectro Před měsícem

      😂

  • @JeffHopkinsMusic
    @JeffHopkinsMusic Před měsícem

    I don't think i can get onboard with trackers myself .. but of course looks incredibly powerful and a different workflow, just don't think i could ever get with it.

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem +1

      There's something about it that just suits the way I think about songwriting etc. I'm not even sure why. I think I like the granular control. It's hard to visualise songs when you just have the 16 steps or pads maybe.

  • @kierenmoore3236
    @kierenmoore3236 Před měsícem

    What do you do for work?

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem +3

      Professional stripper. How come?

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 Před měsícem

      @@StephenMcLeod yes!!! I won my bet!!
      Just curious - don’t think I’ve heard you even mention work before? So, you brought it up, actually … 😊

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem +1

      Haha. Fair. I'm a lawyer. I work on freedom of speech issues for a tech company.

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 Před měsícem +1

      @@StephenMcLeod Ah, cool. I used to be lawyer.

    • @StephenMcLeod
      @StephenMcLeod  Před měsícem +1

      @kierenmoore3236 how did you manage to escape?!

  • @chambre466
    @chambre466 Před měsícem

    :)

  • @Aisjam
    @Aisjam Před měsícem

    Tracker nerd 😛. It would be no 1 on my modular synth. But modular is a black hole for my wallet