Fantastic. This is what Eurorack is all about, all those sounds in our heads, and we don’t know where they’re coming from. Well, they come from instruments like this. If you don’t know what to do with something like the Fumana, you may not have those sounds in your head. Or you have not watched this video. Or both.
this thing is beyond incredible... and your more elaborate vids are fantastic, it's joyous stuff to see you progressing so dynamically. now ya just need to raffle this off (and rig it so I win, of course). thanks!!! :D
haha cheers Jarret! It's a always a balance with the length of the videos and how much they cater for a newer less experienced audience and some of the more advanced things.
Not a cheap module, but waoooow awsome musical machine, this is where modular makes sense, when a mixer or and eq or an lfo becomes as créative as a full voice desktop synth
Thanks for this video Ben. Could you please include a feedback patch in a future video? The Random*Source Serge Resonant EQ has a feedback knob built in now because it was such a popular way to patch the module. If you ping it with a trigger you can create all sorts of percussive sounds depending on which bands are open. Would be great to hear the Fumana's character in this kind of use.
Hi Dejan, "more commercials than news at 6" that made me laugh. Sorry to hear that, but I have no control over the commercials CZcams put on the videos. I can enable them globally or not, they're on obviously. I've chosen to keep the mid video adverts completely off the channel. So once it's playing no one then gets disturbed. I'm seeing a lot more adverts on CZcams generally with my viewing, slightly longer ads and more than I can't skip. What are you experiencing here?
That thing is an incredibly powerful, robust tool. Sophisticated CV control over the audible spectrum. I guess there is no way to build such a tool on the cheap, is there? I guess maybe if you did a digital implementation, but still. Damn!
Doing it in analogue circuitry is inherently expensive, I’m afraid: this has at least 16 VCAs, 16 envelope followers, and 32 extra-steep bandpass filters! The Verbos Bark filter, while still far from cheap, is a bit less complex since it has only one filter bank rather than 2, and 12 bands rather than 16.
Hi Mark, Martin is right that the Morpheus tonally plays in a similar field (and is digital, very good module - czcams.com/video/7zqPHQAiAI8/video.html ) but not I don't believe this can be done cheaply. There's essentially a whole "second module" hidden under this one to do vocoding with as well.
different scaling of the filters and less bands but still be interesting. I think the unique thing to the Fumana is the fact you can amplify and attenuate the bands under modulation.
I have a video with vocoding but you need to input your carrier sound and then input a modulator. One sound (say a voice) against an oscillator is common. Drum breaks against a chord pad is a common one too. With Fumana, you have the main in and mod in. Put the two sounds into those and off you go.
Fantastic. This is what Eurorack is all about, all those sounds in our heads, and we don’t know where they’re coming from. Well, they come from instruments like this. If you don’t know what to do with something like the Fumana, you may not have those sounds in your head. Or you have not watched this video. Or both.
You and Mylar Melodies must be stopped! You're destroying my retirement account!
haha
i got mine now for a few days, amazing and lot of fun, well worth it
cool, it's a really solid unit! I knew it would be but still blown away by it.
Absolutely incredible! What are you doing to me Ben!! Why did i watch this? I knew it was a bad idea...
haha Gareth! There's plenty more on this to come.
this thing is beyond incredible... and your more elaborate vids are fantastic, it's joyous stuff to see you progressing so dynamically. now ya just need to raffle this off (and rig it so I win, of course). thanks!!! :D
haha cheers Jarret! It's a always a balance with the length of the videos and how much they cater for a newer less experienced audience and some of the more advanced things.
superb module, wish i had the ca$h
yeah bank and HP breaker but it's really lovely.
Not a cheap module, but waoooow awsome musical machine, this is where modular makes sense, when a mixer or and eq or an lfo becomes as créative as a full voice desktop synth
totally
Thanks for this video Ben. Could you please include a feedback patch in a future video? The Random*Source Serge Resonant EQ has a feedback knob built in now because it was such a popular way to patch the module. If you ping it with a trigger you can create all sorts of percussive sounds depending on which bands are open. Would be great to hear the Fumana's character in this kind of use.
Sounds like a plan, I'll add that to my notes.
its quite same on how the feedback sounds on res eq, great for a more clangy vibe
Can't really think what I'd make with one, but I know I'd have a hell of a lot of fun dicking around! :D
wait until I get onto some vocoding! Sounds ace.
Uh oh....
This chanel has more commercials than news at 6
Hi Dejan, "more commercials than news at 6" that made me laugh.
Sorry to hear that, but I have no control over the commercials CZcams put on the videos. I can enable them globally or not, they're on obviously. I've chosen to keep the mid video adverts completely off the channel. So once it's playing no one then gets disturbed.
I'm seeing a lot more adverts on CZcams generally with my viewing, slightly longer ads and more than I can't skip.
What are you experiencing here?
I could picture using this once or twice.
only once or twice? As in a bad thing? OR just a turn a phrase for a good thing?
God that one band on the far left, the last one, it’s driving me insane, it’s the smallest amount turned down around 3:45
That thing is an incredibly powerful, robust tool. Sophisticated CV control over the audible spectrum. I guess there is no way to build such a tool on the cheap, is there? I guess maybe if you did a digital implementation, but still. Damn!
The Rossum Morpheus is sort of playing in the same space, albeit with many differences.
Doing it in analogue circuitry is inherently expensive, I’m afraid: this has at least 16 VCAs, 16 envelope followers, and 32 extra-steep bandpass filters! The Verbos Bark filter, while still far from cheap, is a bit less complex since it has only one filter bank rather than 2, and 12 bands rather than 16.
Hi Mark, Martin is right that the Morpheus tonally plays in a similar field (and is digital, very good module - czcams.com/video/7zqPHQAiAI8/video.html ) but not I don't believe this can be done cheaply. There's essentially a whole "second module" hidden under this one to do vocoding with as well.
Brilliant demo, as usual Ben. I'll be interested to see how much of this translates to my Verbos Bark Filter Processor.
different scaling of the filters and less bands but still be interesting. I think the unique thing to the Fumana is the fact you can amplify and attenuate the bands under modulation.
is it possible to "quantize" the sounds? Sort of like 4ms filter?
The frequency bands are fixed I believe, so they can't be re-tuned to other frequencies. So that's a no to your question.
s90210h was right these are fixed frequencies not movable/tunable like the 4ms SMR.
Imagine if there were automated flyin faders programmable.....:)
Bring on the Vocoder!!!!
:D it's glorious!
hey do you know where i can get some direction on using the fumana as a vocoder
I have a video with vocoding but you need to input your carrier sound and then input a modulator. One sound (say a voice) against an oscillator is common. Drum breaks against a chord pad is a common one too.
With Fumana, you have the main in and mod in. Put the two sounds into those and off you go.