No Cliche' at all. fantastic video. Thank you so much for very clearly and patiently showing us the cabling or patching. This is where many fail to "teach" or show on these videos. Greatly appreciated Tom.

Wow, this is awesome. Been really enjoying your stuff lately, both new and old videos!

"formless ambient wash", that"s the trap... easy to fall into. In french I'd say "soup", as something I want to avoid. Rhythm is key indeed, thanks for the vid, cheers

Sounds fantastic. I have these granular effects like the mimeophon and typhoon but feel a bit lost with them. This video gives me hope 😁

Excellent video Tom - love listening to your detailed patch breakdowns as I work on my own patches. Keep it up!

So simple, (as you said) so cliche, but DANG it sounds good. Thank you as always for your thoughtful breakdowns!

@TomChurchill

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Sam, glad you like it! Rings must be the top module out there for instant gratification :)

@jtekholm

Жыл бұрын

@@TomChurchill Yeah, Rings and Erica Synth's Fusion Delay/Flanger/Vintage Ensemble are two of the most instantly gratifying modules for me, the textures and sounds you can make with either and/or both of them is amazing. I've never heard a delay module sound like that Erica Synth one.

Beautiful & relaxing 👍

Amazing video! Really loved the results! I'm enjoying your content a lot, super cool.

@TomChurchill

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you - appreciate that! :)

So well explained video thanks 🙏🙏

Great tutorial, I've been really enjoying your channel

@TomChurchill

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, much appreciated!

Very interesting explanation of a classical combination of two iconic modules. Thanks!

@TomChurchill

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you liked it!

Great tutorial, thank you!

Wonderful 💎

Another top tutorial Tom , insider tips, content Thanks again👍🆒🎶🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@TomChurchill

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Martin! :)

Beautiful ! Thank you very much ,-

Always so good thx dude

Thank you for this one 🙂

Thank you for providing this. That was very beautiful- can’t wait to set this patch. I do wonder if Tides will do justice with this type of patch

Thank you for sharing this process. The patch sounded beautiful from the start, and I could really appreciate what each addition added to the overall sound, what you ended up with is sublime. Nice work 👌🏻

@TomChurchill

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate that.

Sweet! I've been wanting Clouds to do a lot of minimalist stuff.

Thanks a lot for this.

@TomChurchill

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! 😀

Dreamy! Cheers Tom

Super great video. While the module combinations might be widely used in the eruorack world, what you came up with is NOT cliche!! 🙂 I have different brands of the Rings/Clouds combo and I'll have to adjust to my setup, but dang, this was so inspiring. Besides awesome music, the production of the vid was top notch too. A big Thank You!

@TomChurchill

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it 👍

Good morning :-) Good work: well done! Liked it, thx for sharing :-) Geez cya

@TomChurchill

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Excellent! Will try this using Pams for the LFOs and random gates😎

@JayHughes-zv5qr

3 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Would be curious as to how you did it.

It's so hard to make rings into clouds really inspiring after all these years; this does that brilliantly.

@TomChurchill

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, much appreciated 😀

@rmanpojo8485

Жыл бұрын

Use the "other" modes of clouds.

The modulation makes all the difference.

@TomChurchill

2 жыл бұрын

It sure does! :)

To be honest, it's kinda sad to have to make up excuses for creating something beautiful. Count the times you apologized for making something "cliche", then count the times people in the comments echoed that. It's nonsense, really. First, you don't need to re-invent the wheel. If something has stood the test of time there's probably a reason for that. Just because something is easy to create doesn't make it less valuable. Second, there will always be people like me who come across this for the very first time. I have no clue about Rings+Clouds having been done to death. To me it just sounds beautiful. And by constantly shitting on your own work, you take away from that the beauty. This video, to me personally, was extremely helpful. I lack the vocabulary to describe what I like, but THIS is it. Moreover, you described the steps necessary to get there and the gear required to do so. All very attainable. So what you did is inspire others to create. Even if it is "only" re-creating. Please, never diminish that effect that your work has on others!

@TomChurchill

5 ай бұрын

I take your point. I guess I was just trying to acknowledge that there's plenty of other 'Rings into Clouds' content out there. I definitely wasn't trying to shit on my own work - just being modest! Glad you like the patch, anyway :)

Lush Sonics, without the Woo, Nice work, rather delightful.

@TomChurchill

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Liked and Subcribed.

Excellent ideas, well explained and easy to follow. Except the Keystep 37. I have one, but have no idea how you’re doing what you’re doing. Off to the manual…

@TomChurchill

2 жыл бұрын

So at the beginning and the end of this video I’m using the Keystep 37 arpeggiator, set to mode 1 (‘up’), 1/16 division at 101bpm, and I’ve got the ‘hold’ button activated. Then I’m just playing 5-note chords (mostly just semi-random selections of black keys, tbh!). In the middle section I’ve switched to sequence mode and I’m playing back a 16-note sequence that I entered earlier in step record mode, then just hitting keys to transpose it. Hope that helps!

@walrtbstudios5430

2 жыл бұрын

@@TomChurchill Thanks Tom! I actually have the KS37 manual printed out (you wouldn’t want to drop it on your foot), but that was more helpful!

Great! Thanks for posting. What mode are you in on Clouds?

@TomChurchill

11 ай бұрын

Cheers! I’ve got the Parasites firmware installed but this is just the default Clouds granular processor mode.

Sorry, maybe a stupid question, but how do you get the sound of the rings so soft, as it seems there is no LPF involved?! Is it just the Rings itself? Great tutorial by the way!

@TomChurchill

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, glad you enjoyed it! You’re right, there’s no LPF in this patch, so the ‘softness’ just comes from having the Brightness and Damping parameters set quite low on Rings. (The modulation from RND Step means that each note is slightly different, and occasionally a note will sound a bit brighter, but I’ve kept that effect quite subtle…) Hope that helps!

HI :) Nearly a year later... What would you advise as granular processor for ambient/hypnotic techno? I am looking at monsoon (clouds) and I came across your patch. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge 🙏

@TomChurchill

6 ай бұрын

I haven't used many other granular modules aside from Monsoon and Pladask Dradd, so I'm definitely not an expert I'm afraid! Monsoon/Clouds is great and there's a reason why it's so popular, but I'd maybe also check out Intstruo Arbhar and see if it clicks for you...

@OlivierSarfati

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to offer other options Tom, much appreciated. Space is a premium so I was thinking Monsoon as it is smaller than Arbhar. Will have a look at it though as it keeps popping up when looking at granular processor.@@TomChurchill

Serious Question. May I do this with Qu-Bit Chord V1 and Mutable Tides? I’ve just received these modules recently.

@TomChurchill

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think so, to be honest. Rings is a resonator and Clouds is a granular processor; Chord and Tides are neither of those things, so I can’t see how you’d use them to recreate this patch. I’m sure you can do lots of other cool things with them though!

Is the clock coming from the ketstep? If so, what is it set at?

@TomChurchill

3 ай бұрын

The clock is just the gate output of the Keystep, which is putting out 16th-note arpeggios.

TOM have you stopped making Vidios, been months since new content, hope u OK👁🕸⚡️🔱🌈🆒🎶🎶🎶🎶🌟🌟🌟

@TomChurchill

Жыл бұрын

Hey Martin, haven’t stopped, just been moving house so had to take a little break! New one coming on Monday and four more in the pipeline - stay tuned! 😀