#30

There is a recent video by one of the designers explaining the main functions and how he is using them starting about 28 minutes in

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#31

Thanks for all the advice. Yes, def didn’t get as my main delay, have a Timeline for that, more a box for experiementing and adding new tones and sounds to my compositions.

I’ll watch the video now, thanks!! Very excited!

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#32

I’ve had the thyme for a while and one of my favorite uses is the “hold” function to make simple/easy loops which are easily pitched down using the tape speed knob. Messing with feedback, delay time, and spacing once a loop is playing quickly yields interesting results!

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#33

Are you talking about the “FREEZE” button? I love that thing. There’s a shortcut with it that doubles/halves the loop length too, which is a hoot.

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#34

Oh yeah freeze! It’s a fun one—it feels unpredictable which is really nice.

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#35

I just got the Bastl Thyme. This guy is old news by now, but wow, such a cool little box, inspiring! I had some of their eurorack modules in the past and got rid of them because I wasn’t a huge fan of the user interfaces they come up with. Especially the more digital devices with lots of key combos that I failed to remember. Honestly, I thought the Thyme would be like that but I gave it a shot, and in its use I have to admit that it reveals a logic that is not immediately apparent upon beholding the apparatus for the very first time (it looked pretty far fetched and exotic to me). Maybe they stumbled upon brilliance by accident or maybe I got smarter, I don’t know :laughing: What I do know is that calling this machine a delay effect unit does it no credit at all!

This is a video I put on my channel, first “tutorial” type of thing (so don’t expect Cuckoo/Huang material… :stuck_out_tongue:) I was amazed at how difficult it was for me to break through self-doubt and insecurities in order to finish this, so it’s a big step for me personally. I hope anyone watching finds it somewhat useful. Cheers!

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#36

great video, as an aspiring thyme owner I really appreciate seeing it used in different ways — always nice when these sorts of videos make some good music too :slight_smile: was very happy to see your video pop up on youtube homepage since I am already a subscriber (hit like and subscribe). Do more, if you feel like it! :stuck_out_tongue:

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#37

Thanks for the encouragement! I really appreciate it. There will be more videos like this because I would like to get better at it. If others appreciate following along on the ride, it’s a win-win situation :grin:

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#38

I’ve looked at the THYME a few times. It looks like such a neat little box and makes such cool sounds, but I can’t help but think a lot of what it does could be done on a Norns. On the other hand, I don’t like the idea of just stealing the whole thing and virtualizing it. Does anyone know if there are some Norns apps that are similar?

#39

there’s lots of cool loopers, sound on sound delays, etc (wrms, otis, etc) nothing resembling sequencing the robots though.

PS if anyone is going to do this, i have a lot of notes on ideas because it was the first thing that came to mind after using otis (which is inspired by cocoquantus)… similar to the relationship between otis and cocoquantus… any “clone” would inherently be completely different

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#40

would definitely watch more vids like that!

also let it be known thyme might be the most beautifully modern interface i’ve ever seen

minimal is cool but this is more “me” personality-wise

i just really love looking at it and imagine it would be loads of fun to play

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#41

I thought this too but I don’t think you could do the whole shebang. The thing is just a bit too wacky and wild (and weirdly flexible) to emulate with softcut alone. Softcut is much better for looping and general pitch shifting tricks, though.

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#42

I don’t own a Norns (not yet at least) but I do own a ER-301 centered micro eurorack system. I know for sure that I can build some, probably most of the features in there, but it wouldn’t come anywhere near the Bastl unit for the dedicated user interface and the way the robots (LFO’s) work. Like I said, I wasn’t sure about the layout at first, but it’s really inspiring, and the randomizing shortcuts are brilliant. Also the way the tape speed can do both lo-fo and hi-fi is really cool and the stereo effects, you can get a very broad palette of sounds… I thought it was a bit expensive for “just a delay”, but now I think it’s really worth it.

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#43

I just got my Thyme in and it is immediately fun to play with without digging too far into the manual! I wanted to ask other Thyme owners about power supplies. Because my power strips are on the ground and the provided power supply’s cable is so short, I was going to order a replacement. In the manual it says it can run between 7-12v (before proceeding, I have made a big note about center-positive :wink:), and I thought, why not get a 12v ps instead of a 9v, so I can also use it with my Ciat-Lonbarde equipment?

Is anyone else using 12v power supplies? Any reason not to?

Beyond that question, I did want to share that I am loving freezing a loop and playing with tape speed! I switched to the “more analog” from digital and now I’m not making R2D2 sounds when I mess with Rate and Amount. I’m really looking forward to digging into the robots and seeing what sequencing with them is like, but am super pleased with the vibes from Freeze already.

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#44

Late to the party, I’m just starting to look into the Thyme…

Wondering about the i/o levels, are they eurorack compatible? And does it have cv input to sync to eurorack clock? The online description seems a little oblique and I haven’t had time to check out any videos yet.

Also what is the maximum delay time?

Finally, is it just me or does Basil seem to have a very psychedelic east block retro sci-fi vibe going on? I love that stuff!

Thanks!

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#45

I have to be honest, eurorack levels are pretty hot if you run them in the Thyme unattenuated. There is a narrow window bewteen no gain (which cuts incoming audio) and just a tiny bit of gain (clipping is right around the corner) but it’s still manageable. If you attenuate the signal from the modular there is no issue of course. Syncing is no problem and works great. There is dedicated sync and CV in (and a “footswitch” which I haven’t explored yet)

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#46

Thanks. What does the CV in let you control?

#47

It lets you modulate any of the parameters, the same as the robots. I use a channel of Voltage Block into it, to give some irregular modulation.

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#48

I also find that the window for eurorack levels is narrow… but achievable! Just a hair above no gain works pretty reliably for me.

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#49

That’s the spot! :smiley:

Yeah, the robots are amazing, but it’s good to have some controllable randomness from the modular.

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