Series of Tutorials - in depth

[rofilm]

Granular synthesis: Tutorials 11 and 12 about the VST “CrusherX” are online. They deal with the special AM/RM functionality XCrush and its modulations.

Tutorial 11 here: https://youtu.be/GmL21EjELVk

Tutorial 12 ends in a bit of a delirium: https://youtu.be/VcbzxoDzTgc

P.S.: Sorry for the delay, but I had to write a manual (about 130 pages) and to undergo an ugly operation (two weeks, but fit again).
Rolf

[freq]

Tutorial 12 ends in a bit of a delirium: https://youtu.be/VcbzxoDzTgc

Thanks again for this tutorial. Very impressive piece at the end of tutorial 12 utilizing XCrush!

As you observed XCrush behaves like a ring-modulator on the playback of grain n and grain n+1. Unlike a normal ring-modulator XCrush bypass a signal when one of its inputs is 0 ...

So XCrush will give impressive results if one modulates the delay or speed parameter while the grains overlapping. With modulated parameters the two inputs (grain n and grain n+1) are more different e.g. due to the different source position or playback speed that ends up in great XCrush sounds. Give it a try!

Best
accSone

[rofilm]

Very important information. Thank you. I´ll implement it at the beginning of the next tutorial as a kind of post scriptum tum video 12.
Have a good time.
Rolf

[abstractcats]

Looks great, thanks!

I just got the standalone version. Looking forward to learning

[rofilm]

Part 13 of my series about CrusherX is online:
https://youtu.be/1CwgOLj5bQM

Instead of a long description I show you the Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:47 The Spline Window
02:04 Applying Overdrive
02:38 Waveshaping
03:40 Placing and Removing Points, "Symmetric", Spline Points,
Knee Points
06:50 Zoom and Scroll
07:12 Reset, Mirror, Invert
07:45 The "Create..." Menu
12:18 again "Symmetric"
12:35 Creating Special Wave: sine, hald-sine, triangle, DC-offset
16:40 Save, Load and UNDO
19:05 Overdrive and Phase
20:45 E. A. Poe and CrusherX

I hope you enjoy it.
Rolf

[abstractcats]

Part 13 of my series about CrusherX is online:
https://youtu.be/1CwgOLj5bQM

Instead of a long description I show you the Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:47 The Spline Window
02:04 Applying Overdrive
02:38 Waveshaping
03:40 Placing and Removing Points, "Symmetric", Spline Points,
Knee Points
06:50 Zoom and Scroll
07:12 Reset, Mirror, Invert
07:45 The "Create..." Menu
12:18 again "Symmetric"
12:35 Creating Special Wave: sine, hald-sine, triangle, DC-offset
16:40 Save, Load and UNDO
19:05 Overdrive and Phase
20:45 E. A. Poe and CrusherX

I hope you enjoy it.
Rolf

Thanks!

[rofilm]

Again for the lovers of granular sound experiments:
Part 14 of my series about CrusherX is online:
https://youtu.be/LtsB7PXg0ok

It´s about the modulation functionalities of CrusherX.
Instead of a long description I show you the Timeline:

00:00 Intro
00:30 Parameter modulation and Cloud modulation
02:55 Range of a parameter and modulation
03:28 Sine, triangle, sawUp/Dn, rectangle
04:20 Random and random line
05:24 PM field
06:14 The "OFF" modes with SPEED
06:50 OffDn(O%)
07:51 Off(50%)
08:15 OffUp(100%)
08:58 The "OFF" modes with various parameters
09:10 OFF with BIRTH, DELAY, LENGTH
10:22 OFF with SWEEP
11:13 OFF with XCRUSH, OVERDRIVE, FILTER FREQ and Q
12:14 OFF with VOLUME
14:08 OFF with PANORAMA
16:40 The Use of the "OFF" modes and PHASE
18:30 MIDI modulation modes
18:48 Cloud modulation
22:00 Soundscape based on modulations

I hope you enjoy it.
Rolf

[ErikH]

Thanks.
I do not have CrusherX yet, but it seems to be exactly what I need.
Your tutorials are very good.

[rofilm]

Thank you for your comment. I am pleased my tutorial could help you a little. The next one - part 15 - deals with the quantization functionallities. There is a lot more about that matter than it looks like at the first glimpse!
By the way: These actual first (about) 20 tutorials (the next one being no. 15) cover the functions of CrusherX more or less each individually and don´t deal with combinations of different functions and functional groups. They are meant as a kind of "video manual". But I am not going to stop there. The series will continue even after having talked about every single function of Crusher X and I´ll talk about more complex examples how to implement CrusherX in the whole process of designing a sound or even composing complex works.
Have great ideas and a good time!
Rolf

[ErikH]

Thanks for all those good things to look forward to.

I have always liked works like Pierre Henry's Le Voyage, Ligeti's Artikulation and Glissandi etc. but it was not untill I purchased the Mode Records double CD CCMIX - Xenakis, Upic, Continuum with works by of course Xenakis but also Robindore, Risset, Pape... that I really wanted to examine how this particular music was being created.
I had a few vst synths, but these were/are more oriented towards other kinds of music. Like creating sonic landscapes or loud music to dance to. As said: nothing wrong with that, but not exactly what I am looking for.
I want to examine, to study, to really grasp, and also be inspired to create my own. Therefore I need a good toolset. And I have neither the financial means nor the brains to buy/memorise the use of some hundred synths. Watching your lectures on CrusherX gives me the impression that this is an anchor point. Like Iris is one. And Phonem. And Falcon.

Your series on how you go along collecting material for that composition is very interesting, and a good idea to share it as is, with all the doubts, uncertainties etc that come with any creative activity.

[rofilm]

For the friends of granular synthesis and granular approaches to music: Part 15 of my series of Tutorials about CrusherX is online. I talk about the quantization modes and the PM field.
https://youtu.be/swpl2yQnV-A

Timeline:
00:00 Intro
01:05 The Quanbtization modes
02:04 The GRAIN mode
12:19 The TRIGGER mode
19:25 The GRAIN+TRIGGER mode
23:20 Intensity
25:20 Mathematics and Improvisation
26:20 The Pattern Window
27:35 The PM field
29:38 Some notes at the end

Please enjoy and comment. Rolf

[jwise]

I just needed to join the chorus of praise for these videos....they have been some of the greatest tutorials for depth into an abstract tool I've yet encountered. Thanks and thanks again for your efforts.

[rofilm]

Thank you very much indeed. Sometime I get unsure, if the way I´m working is or isn´t the right one. Such uncertainties happen when a man works alone. Your post has helped me finding an answer to the question once more. Thank you again. Have a great day and a good time. Rolf

[rofilm]

CrusherX tutorial 16 is online!
It is about the new Version 6 of CrusherX and gives an overview: The new GUI/Layout, the new functions and the changes of some old functions.
https://youtu.be/BRQydqV97EI
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:50 The GUI
00:55 Modulation Overview Window
02:30 Changed Layout
03:53 Spline Window Changes
04:35 New Functions
05:05 Spread
06:15 Diffuse
07:00 Sweep Modes
09:10 Sweep linear
10:58 Phase Sliders
11:55 Step Modulation
12:50 Random Each Grain and Sample and Hold
14:28 Pitch Follow
15:17 Autotune
15:40 Some Words at the End
Have a great day and a good time!
Rolf

[rofilm]

I´m working on Tutorial 17 now. It´s going to deal with the new SWEEP functionality - and it´s getting again a (very) "in-depth" tutorial. I discover new aspects and new advantages and useful interactions with other parameters (and consequences) of the SWEEP functionality every day.
I hope to have finished this tutorial 17 by the end of April.
Enjoy your time!
Rolf