http://africanpaper.com/2025/05/06/the-blind-sublime-andrew-ostlers-neues-album-auf-cd/
#andrewostler #theblindsublime #newalbum #expertsleepers #coldspring

The first is an absolute beast of a techno machine, and the second is probably the best blend of accessible and useful in the eurorack oscillator format. I wouldn't be parting with it if I hadn't just bought the #expertsleepers #disting NT (which has a Plaits algorithm). Please let me know if you have any interest!

@inpc mentioned today #AugustusLoop, created by #ExpertSleepers. I remembered I have the effect / looper / thingamajig on my #DistingEX. Though I couldn't help with inpc's query, I was inspired to toy with it.

https://faircamp.thurk.org/rodential-care/19/

Nothing too exciting, but a pleasant way to spend an hour or so patching and repatching.

#music #ModularSynth #ambient #drone #experimental

@solidtrax I don't need it but I kind of want it for on the go use. Reminds me to back when I had #eurorack gear and an #expertsleepers #audiointerface. I am pretty sure it is going to be solid. I also wonder who built it. 🤔 Interesting stuff.

Here is a great example of what can be done with multisampling. In this #ModularTransmission session, I used the LABS_Choir multisample stock library in the Disting EX.

Recall that a #multisample library has a dedicated sample file for each note (and often multiple files per note to account for different velocities). There are three voice channels feeding into the Disting’s unified stereo output. In this case, each channel is set to the LABS_Choir folder, but in the Disting settings I specified the note ranges for each of the three channels ; the whole patch spans about 6 octaves, with Voice 1 handling the lower 2, Voice 2 the middle range, and Voice 3 the highest 2 octaves.

The pitch of each voice is being modulated by chord progressions being pumped out by Ornament & Crime, which is in turn being modulated by Marbles/Pachinko, which really is the master ‘brain’ behind the patch.

It’s a semi-generative piece, with me continually (and gently) nudging it in various directions.

I hope you enjoy it, and leave a comment to let me know what you think.

https://flockofnazguls.com/2024/04/25/modular-transmission-2024-04-24/

#ExpertSleepers #ModularTransmission #multisample #multisampling #sampling

As part of my ‘No Gear 2024’ New Year’s Resolution (4 months in and still holding fast!), I’ve been spending a lot of time learning the deeper features of #Eurorack modules that I already own. Perhaps my most formidable mountain to climb has been the Disting EX by #ExpertSleepers. In the past I’ve learned it well enough to navigate the UI and menus (really it’s not so bad once you get the hang of it), but all of the cool algorithms involving sampling had eluded me. So I buckled down, and after going through the manual (repeatedly) and watching a couple YouTube videos (Andrew Osler’s short and sweet instructional videos are really on point (see below)), I dove into the Disting EX Multisample algorithm.

So what the heck is multisampling anyway?

Although now somewhat familiar with sampling, until very recently I was completely unaware of #multisampling and it’s power. Essentially what one does in multisampling is to take an instrument (physical or software VST), record or otherwise individual WAV files corresponding to individual notes or semitones (you can also have additional files for velocity, accessed via MIDI).

Multisampling software (like the Multisample algorithm in the Disting EX) will then play the individual notes accessed either by MIDI (i.e., keyboard presses), or by control voltage (the latter more relevant for Eurorack). A multisampled library played in this fashion is not unlike playing a rompler (for good examples, see the various (and excellent!) Audiokit synths available for iOS).

Why multisample?

There are many reasons why one might get into multisampling, depending on their gear and workflow. In my case, I wanted to add something interesting and melodic to my usual Eurorack workflow. Once one feeds the Disting EX with a multisample library, it can then play back the samples at Eurorack signal voltages making it accessible to all the other modules in my system via patching. Furthermore, there are a ton of useful configuration options available for the algorithm, and I’ll go into more detail on those in a later post.

Creating my first multisample library

I’m an OG fan of Blade Runner (still prefer the theatrical release – fight me!), and have always loved Vangelis’ soundtrack, much of which was performed on the legendary Yamaha CS80 synth. So yeah, I love the sound. Fortunately I own a license for the Arturia V collection , and it has a very nice software version of the CS80 (named, unsurprisingly, the CS80-V), so I decided to start with that. I’ll save the details on how to create a library like this for another post, but below you can hear the end result of the library I created and played through the Disting EX from a recent #ModularTransmission session.

Here the Disting EX Multisample algorithm was controlled mostly by the After Later Pachinko (a clone of Mutable Instruments Marbles), both in terms of tempo (T2) and pitch (X2). The X2 output of Pachinko was quantized using the After Later uO_C (Ornament & Crime) module (CopierMaschine algorithm). It’s a simple, evocative, and gradually evolving piece that nicely conveys the iconic characteristics of the CS80.

Later on we’ll delve deeper into using the above modules for more elaborate quantization options and ways to generate interesting melodies in the polyphonic realm.

https://flockofnazguls.com/2024/04/03/adventures-in-multisampling-part-one/

#buchla #doepfer #eurorack #ExpertSleepers #ModularTransmission #moog #multisampling

Yesterday I received the #ExpertSleepers #FH-2 ... I was looking for a versitile midi interface for my #ModularSynth system, but I ended up with a BEAST with multitudinous heads. Amazing module.

disting EX firmware v1.19 is released, including the Macro Oscillator 2 algorithm, offering four instances of Plaits which can be played separately or polyphonically.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh0qZlzUXq8

#expertsleepers #eurorack #ModularSynth #distingEX

New module release! 'Amelia' is our new envelope/function generator.

https://www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/amelia.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNvaqySI0k0

#expertsleepers #eurorack #ModularSynth

Watch Expert Sleepers label artist Elif Yalvaç perform a live session for Electronic Sound Magazine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ayUAG5UTGM

#expertsleepers #elifyalvac #electronicmusic

disting EX firmware v1.18 is released, including a new Resonator algorithm (an implementation of Rings):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW-eh3waYo0

#expertsleepers #eurorack #ModularSynth

Exploration du Disting EX d'Expert Sleepers (Part 1/X)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqF9xFSGco4

#expertsleepers #eurorack #ModularSynth

Just released disting EX firmware v1.17.1 with a few fixes to the new Macro Oscillator algorithm.

#expertsleepers #eurorack #ModularSynth

disting EX firmware v1.17 is released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J0v6oM71lI

#expertsleepers #eurorack #ModularSynth

One more disting EX firmware update this year - should drop today or tomorrow.

#expertsleepers #eurorack #ModularSynth

Join us on Tuesday evening (8pm UK time) for the live reveal of the new #ExpertSleepers #eurorack module.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahm0gTiE42A

#ModularSynth

Mixer gone. Instead, added some code to the #distingex Multi FX algorithm (running on the module on the right) to mix in an aux input.
#ExpertSleepers #eurorack #ModularSynth

It looks like if I’m to have an all #ExpertSleepers case I’ll have to make a mixer.
#eurorack #ModularSynth

Building up a small performance #eurorack case in a #NanoModules Caxia 104.
All #ExpertSleepers modules!
The stickers are hiding some secrets.