Wave Salad - E2 - Instruо̄ Cš-L

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Hello again!
This is Episode 2 of Wave Salad, my sound design series. In this episode I'll be covering the Instruo Cš-L Complex Analog Oscillator. What a beautiful module!
I'll take you through reviewing the basics of the different kinds of analog FM, AM, Sync and Wavefolding, techniques to utilize them in a musical and sound design paradigm, as well as showing the character of its analog oscillators.
And then, some FM gut-feeling secret sauce you'll love to learn.
I'll also be answering any questions you have in the comments about the module and sound design in general, whether hardware or DAW-based!
Hope you enjoy!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - ADAMANT
03:02 - Introduction
03:38 - Oscillators
07:26 - Character
09:03 - Sync
11:56 - Multiply
15:54 - Wavefolders
18:00 - SUPPORT WORLDWAVE!
19:11 - Internal Routing
22:01 - If you were looking for that crazy analog oscillator FM ratio madness, it's here
24:38 - FM
38:18 - The Full Package
41:54 - JAM TIME! Patch 1 - Crazy Crossmod Bass
44:13 - JAM TIME! Patch 2 - Awesome FM Lead & Spontaneous Bass
48:27 - JAM TIME! Patch 3 - Old-School Trance Moment and OUTRO!

Пікірлер: 55

  • @adamjlipper
    @adamjlipper2 жыл бұрын

    I've watched a lot of videos on the CS-L to help me get the most I can from this module. This video is not only the most comprehensive and your explanations the most detailed, but it's done in a way that makes it easy to follow and digest. By far the best breakdown of this module out there. Hoping you keep posting more videos like this!

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it. Yes there will be more - I have just been busy up until recently with some other creative endeavors.

  • @Worldwave
    @Worldwave Жыл бұрын

    UPDATE: Hey everyone. I haven't posted Eurorack videos in a while and that's because I've made a shift in my production to only utilizing DAW tools. At a certain stage I realized I outgrew my Eurorack tools for the purposes of making my own personal brand of sound, and I moved on from it for now. Maybe someday in the future I'll get back to it. Of course I kept all my favourite modules :) I'll make tutorials and track breakdowns for stuff that'll be coming out in the near future. Trust me, it's gonna be great :)

  • @chetplease

    @chetplease

    Жыл бұрын

    I love this video and I will absolutely come back to it. I understand if your endeavors have taken you "inside the box", but I've sub your channel and look forward to whatever you have to offer. but if you want to make more euro videos like this I won't complain.

  • @trianglecorerocks
    @trianglecorerocks2 жыл бұрын

    Omg, how comes that this video has only 200 likes o_O It's the best explanation that I saw on the CS-L. Huge kudos 🙏

  • @i_never_asked_for_an_alias
    @i_never_asked_for_an_alias8 ай бұрын

    First time i actually hear terms like "pitch-drift" caused by FM. Very interesting stuff right there.

  • @usaroman
    @usaroman10 ай бұрын

    Outstanding demo Worldwave, very inspiring and instructional 🎉

  • @waveland58
    @waveland587 ай бұрын

    Yes, this is the best video about the Cs-L. I also learned so much about FM. I really hope you get back to making more videos in the future.

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much! Regarding making more videos: I will, but my life (and my approach to sound) has really changed a LOT in the past 2 years (like many of us). As a result I probably won't be doing more Eurorack videos in the forseeable future.

  • @CinematicLaboratory
    @CinematicLaboratory Жыл бұрын

    So happy to have found your channel. I love all the technical background information and the way you visualise all the differences.

  • @joeymc5272
    @joeymc527219 күн бұрын

    I wish you would continue making videos because this is one of the best overviews i have seen! This just finally allowed me to make my choice on getting this over brenso for first complex osc thank you

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    3 күн бұрын

    Hey! Yeah, me too. I've been through a bunch these past couple years, but things're way better these days, so there might be more content like this in the future!

  • @joeymc5272

    @joeymc5272

    3 күн бұрын

    @@Worldwave thank you looking forward to it

  • @isoldeisobelle552
    @isoldeisobelle5522 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Not only a comprehensive introduction to the very capable Cs-L - but, also to analogue synthesis in general. Thank you very much!

  • @Worldwave
    @Worldwave Жыл бұрын

    CLARIFICATION: When I mentioned artifacts in the Character section, what I was meaning is the harmonics added *in addition* to the natural waveshape's harmonics. As you can see in 8:31 when I switch from Triangle to Saw, you can see that the natural Saw-core sawtooth wave has those odd harmonics that're naturally in the triangle wave, in addition to the even harmonics of the sawtooth. Those even harmonics exist in the triangle as well, as you can see before the switch. That's the result of the saw-core oscillator.

  • @GeorgeLocke
    @GeorgeLocke Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video, so much excellent information.

  • @rainerd9890
    @rainerd989026 күн бұрын

    Excellent presentation. Thanks.

  • @marekveleba
    @marekveleba Жыл бұрын

    Very nicely done. Thank you!

  • @viiririiv
    @viiririiv2 жыл бұрын

    This amazing, frankly one of the best module overview videos I'ver ever seen. Huge props, keep it up!

  • @colinbrash
    @colinbrash2 жыл бұрын

    Wow this is so good! The most comprehensive and clear explanation of so many synthesis concepts, plus some great review of this module. Awesome.

  • @elisebennet9565
    @elisebennet95653 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the most eloquent and informative videos I've ever seen. Kudos to you! What a great job explaining this.

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! lol.

  • @pawnotdaw4559

    @pawnotdaw4559

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree. Before this I didn’t realise that I can send external audio into the csl wave folders. This is going to add so much for my sounds. Thanks

  • @mynameismynameis666
    @mynameismynameis666 Жыл бұрын

    me likes your presentation style and content. finally someone who invests more time into creating musically pleasing patches with modules, than just giving it the straight kick snare + major triad arpeggio noddling. actually these kinds of presentation have done the market more damage than good, because they make the average non-music interested consumer believe that this is what you get from it.instead of it being an extension of your technical musical knowledge. and if you know how to produce music, you wouldn't dare do such a boring presentation. and for that understanding and time investment, you have my full on Kudos!

  • @Rangotz
    @Rangotz2 жыл бұрын

    holyshit, you managed to explain some FM stuff that I didn't really understand before despite using FM for years :D thank you~

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I'm glad I could be of help.

  • @MichaalHell
    @MichaalHell2 жыл бұрын

    this was a really good demo. ive had the CS-L for a while, but this really helped me understanding it more.. thank you!

  • @snorrevonflake
    @snorrevonflake Жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @Worldwave
    @Worldwave10 ай бұрын

    Hey guys! Some new insights from my experiments into sound design. If you look at about 32:38 ish when I'm moving the sync ratio, you will notice some peculiar behavior. Listen in - this should be the interaction between a sinewave and a squarewave - what are all these quick little sawlike zaps doing there? And then I show the example beforehand and say "these are artifacts from bouncing between the two points" - that's me being unaware of what was truly happening. Don't lose focus, listen in, it'd be good to teach yourself what these sound like! You see, in any form of hardsynced FM, whether the analog lin/exp + hardsync or the digital phase modulation patch, when you change the ratio in a continuous fashion, you will encounter discontinuations in the waveform! These are positions where the oscillator's cycle is hard-reset at a non-0 point, creating a straight line to 0, or in more creative terms, the thing that gives *the sawtooth waveform* its character. Yes! Hard waveform discontinuations sound sawlike! As sound designers working with complex waveforms, we can try to find many ways to avoid discontinuations while syncing or PMing (digital FM), when unwanted. The main idea is to soften the edges of the wave window by lowpassing the modulator in a PM patch, or fading out the frame in a Sync patch (can be done by ringmodding with a third oscillator, or in Vital just editing the waveshape... Vital is goode synthe 👍🏻). These methods add their own artifacts to the sound, so you kinda have to pick your poison when molding and shaping a waveform. Anyway, yes, I will continue rambling if I don't stop here. Just felt like adding some more useful knowledge. I am not the same sound designer I was when I made this video, and I won't be the same a year down the line, as natural. so it's important to me to keep things up to date. See ya, and check out my latest music on Soundcloud, Spotify, and my latest track Flowstate out now with Artlist Originals!

  • @aoutivd
    @aoutivd2 жыл бұрын

    This is an incredible tutorial. Thank you so much.

  • @NateHorn
    @NateHorn2 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video thanks for putting it together!

  • @CapriciousBlackBox
    @CapriciousBlackBox3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for this! I’ll definitely be watching it more than once.

  • @BlastPast
    @BlastPast2 жыл бұрын

    This was an incredible video, thanks for taking the time to put all of this together!

  • @killiun55
    @killiun552 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fantastic thank you!

  • @cccp942
    @cccp9422 жыл бұрын

    you are my new modular superteacher!!!

  • @PA-qd7kb
    @PA-qd7kb2 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love this channel. This is awesome & super educational.

  • @alexmartin6042
    @alexmartin60422 жыл бұрын

    Good job there!! new here to stay among time

  • @BoardgameBaker
    @BoardgameBaker2 жыл бұрын

    Great run through. Your knowledge is quite impressive. Keep it up!

  • @Fluidstructure
    @Fluidstructure3 жыл бұрын

    Really an awesome run-thru of this beast oscillator. I liked your Odessa breakdown too, it sold me on it in fact! Have had my ear on this one since it came out.... only hesitating because I have a Brenso already, which is pretty badass as well... fun stuff, I love it

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Glad I could be of help :)

  • @27arches
    @27arches2 жыл бұрын

    I've had a load of bookmarks saved in order to try and get to grips with my new CS-L now my new rack is built - this vid alone gave me the ahah! moment - thankx

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm so happy to hear that. Enjoy!

  • @DreamingRobots
    @DreamingRobots2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Thanks so much for this. Just picked one up myself. For the life of me, how do you utilize the two sync inputs (labeled 40 & 41 in the manual).

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    2 жыл бұрын

    You plug a signal with a rising edge (sawtooth, squarewave would be good choices) into it, and see how the oscillators hard or soft sync to the input signal, depending on which you use. Oscillator A (top) hard-syncs. Oscillator B (bottom) soft-syncs. To know the difference you can go to the Sync section in this video 09:03. Thank you!

  • @JohnTrasher
    @JohnTrasher2 жыл бұрын

    Can you explain your patch of the last jam? Its really melodic, i want to kind of replicate this please

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    2 жыл бұрын

    Which part of it do you want to know about? Glad you enjoyed!

  • @JuanDale
    @JuanDale2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent points and examples. May I ask the maker of those knobs? I was looking at Davies on Mouser but they didn't have anything like these. And what is the shaft size? You rock, thanks. 😁

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's all D shaft, you can find these on Thonk.co.uk under Sifam knobs / caps. Follow their instructions to buy the right ones :) Thanks for watching!

  • @JuanDale

    @JuanDale

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Worldwave Much appreciated! Keep making content! 🙂

  • @corticallarvae
    @corticallarvae2 жыл бұрын

    No more performa?

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    2 жыл бұрын

    don't worry there's more stuff in the works for sure lol

  • @domiloik
    @domiloik3 жыл бұрын

    Those knobs.... WHY?

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    3 жыл бұрын

    Which ones?

  • @domiloik

    @domiloik

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Worldwave the pitch ones on the Cs-l, why did you change it? Nice video BTW

  • @Worldwave

    @Worldwave

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@domiloik I changed the pitch knobs for 2 reasons. 1 is I wanted a color difference for visual clarity & to impart my color scheme onto it. Reason 2 is that the original knobs have a small top and a wide skirt. This caused me to unintentionally move the coarse pitch at times, and the smaller head made for inaccuracy in tuning it because it's not big enough for minute shifts. So a knob with 0 skirt and a bigger head solved that for me. No skirt cleared up UI space and bigger head made for more convenient tuning. For the rest of the knobs I felt that black caps were more visually pleasing to me with the Cš-L's amazing black PCB panel. Glad you enjoyed the video! More coming soon.