The DB-01, good as it is, doesn't have sustain. But there are ways to achieve long sustained notes, as well as mixtures of long and short envelopes in a single pattern. 0:00 Quick overview 0:13 Gate length 0:35 Using gates for sustain 0:55 The LFO as an envelope 2:06 Modulation for sustain 3:00 Combinations You might also be interested in my three-part tutorial series on the DB-01: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMXP1puu0vE Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVjd9dcEWYA Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbfPTEgX1G0 My site: https://richarddehove.com/ Lots of downloads for supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ34sw9lNu8

Part two of my Nemesis delay walkthrough. Here I've mapped various parameters onto the pads and knobs. The Beatstep isn't the best bit of kit for the job but does a passable job. Ideally you'd want something small with limited range knobs (potentiometers rather than endless encoders) that also has 3.5mm or DIN MIDI out and not just USB. Given how rare such devices are the most likely scenario is probably using the knobs and sliders on a larger controller keyboard. Even if you have just a handful of knobs you could, for example, add tempo mappings, high pass filter, distortion, diffusion, bitrate reduction and tape noise. 0:00 Intro riff 0:58 Nemesis MIDI CC list 2:44 Beatstep mapping 3:37 Beat divisions 6:32 Setup routing 7:00 Knob mappings 7:45 MIDI CC noodle 11:48 Choosing a controller Lots of downloads for supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free My website: https://richarddehove.com/ My other channel "IntraCosmos" of long-play dark ambient textures: https://www.youtube.com/@intracosmos ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCepJvlzQYE

The Erica Synths DB-01 plus a single Eurorack LFO module (the Erica Synths Drum Modulator) can achieve generative dark ambient. Seems unlikely but is really very straightforward. In this example it even sounds a bit like a thunderstorm. An Eventide Blackhole provides the obligatory big dark reverb and there's also some limiting in the DAW from a Fabfilter Pro-L. 0:00 Creating a pattern 1:00 Into drone mode 1:18 Clock out to LFO 1:48 CV input 2:30 Internal LFO 3:20 Gate in 3:58 Add reverb 4:40 Pitch CV in 6:00 Creating the storm My site: https://richarddehove.com/ Lots of downloads for supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRwyHsj1B4

0:00 Synth 1 1:19 Drum 1 1:42 Synth 2 4:32 Drum 2 5:29 Synth 3 7:28 Drum 3 Roland's cheap plastic E-4 "voice tweaker" hates line level audio in. It's "allowed" only with a particular flavor of TRRS known only to Initiates of the Fifth Circle. I was shunned by this elite even after offering multiple brands and configurations of TRRS cableware. Why did Roland make it so hard? Because it's a "voice tweaker" and they know best. So stuff that. I went line-level into the mic input and even cranked up the mic input level as well. The little 'peak' light complained bitterly for some time, then often appeared to just give up and pretend the levels were fine. Was it now broken? I neither know nor care anymore. I don't expect this cheap plastic box to last very long anyway. Most reviews and demos of the E-4 are launch day promo vids where people gush about their corporate gift. And of course it's easy to say nice things about free stuff. But when you swap your dollar-delineated labour for plastic music boxes, your scrutiny is perhaps a little sharper. This is a lightweight toy which, although regarded as "cheap", is still way too expensive for what it is. Under no circumstances would I rely on it live but for mucking about, and especially for cutting loops in the studio, it's excellent. Although some of the video here is chopped and messy it does perhaps give a sense of the reality that for every 30 seconds glitchy loopy joy there's usually another 10 or 15 minutes of unseen sonic garbage that has been edited away. SIGNAL FLOW: With the DB-01 it goes: DB-01 mono out to the Xotic SP Compressor, from there to the BOSS RV-6 - which is off - to get two mono channels. One channel goes straight to the DAW. The other goes into the passive DI box and then into the mic input on the E-4. With the LXR-02 it goes: Left out to the DAW; right out to the SP Compressor, then into the DI box, then into the mic input. There is absolutely no processing in the DAW aside from centering every channel and creating a simple, roughly 50/50, wet-dry mix. The E-4 has no mix control, just a tiny volume knob. The white patch cable coming into the E-4 is the clock from the DB-01 / LXR-02. On many settings the clock seemed a bit laggy. The oscilloscope shows the output of the E-4 only. Happy to answer any questions. Lots of downloads for supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free My website: https://richarddehove.com/ My other channel "IntraCosmos" of long-play dark ambient textures: https://www.youtube.com/@intracosmos ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPgwmqDzCsM