#174

I think that both the formant mode and mangrove work super well together. Plaits can really “smooth” out while Mangrove has more weight at tamer settings. I really like the pitch stuff you can do with messing with barrel/formant (and especially the weird in-between stuff you get when things aren’t quite to the next pitch). Droning on together panned left and right is a lot of fun.

I’ve found one thing that helps with Mangrove is running it through a filter to “complete” the voice and for taming. I feel like I do this less with Plaits.

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#175

Not sure why those comments regarding Plaits criticism were just taken down, even if the points were unfavorable/unpopular I was interested in the perspective. Can someone tell me why they were removed?

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#176

I was not the mod who moved/merged, but it looks like those comments were kept intact and transported over to Mutable Instruments modules: design, usability, theory, philosophy, etc, since they extended past Plaits and into MI’s general approach. the chain icon above your post is a quick low-key indicator of a topic split/merge/general move-around.

(also, thank you for asking! this clarifies a sincere need to help make these moves more visible)

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#177

Well, since i rambled and those comments got migrated to the MI interface thread, I’ll repost what was really key to this thread:

PARTICAL NOISE IS AWESOME! Finding many uses for it around my system. Like the best multi mode modules, i could likely leave it in just this mode and have a second for other uses.

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#178

Well, i went ahead and bought one… should arrive next week.

#179

I wish it was somehow possible to run something like the noise modes out of the AUX when in another mode. Would introduce some fun self-patching opportunities!

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#180

That would be really cool. I’m going to try that using the disting recorder

#181

Finally! Couldn’t resist to join the club. Been missing Braids and its meta mode for a while.

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#182

Does the frequency knob range setting reset every time you power off? Mine does, not a big deal but I’d like to leave it in full range and at the moment it reset to a small range in the middle somewhere.

#183

Yes, but changing models via the buttons is supposed to save it for next time. I prefer keeping it at full range myself.

#184

Ah great, I must have missed that instruction somewhere, I’ll try that. Many thanks

#185

Explanation: saving the settings causes a small pause (about 100ms) - which I think is tolerable when changing models (because there’ll be a discontinuity in sound anyway), but not when changing octaves, especially since the octave change might be used as a “performance gesture”.

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#186

Surprisingly I found Plaits BD mode as very interesting in creating melodic lines (not only for bass area).

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#187

Got my Plaits (and Stages) today, and just spent a couple of hours going through the modes. Fantastic range - so many opportunities! Well done, MI :). Ended up mesmerized by the dust mode modulated heavily by Stages (“sequenced” by Pressure points) into DLD into picoDSP reverb. Bubbly goodness!

#188

just to second this as a very cool voice I found “accidentally” as well.

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#189

Hi all!

I’ve recently sold my plaits, and the buyer is requesting a refund because the granular clouds and filtered noise modes “do not work like they are supposed to. Granular cloud produces erratic noise patterns unlike anything I can find in demos for that mode.” & “filtered noise which only produces low frequency rumble regardless of the position of the modulation dials”

I want to believe that this buyer is not trying to scam me.

If possible can someone please upload a clean sample of the Granular Clouds mode and the Filtered Noise modes so I can do a comparison?

#190

I wonder if the frequency knob is in one of those low octave fine tuning modes or something? Because to me those descriptions sound exactly like what those modes should do at low frequencies.

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#191

oh yeah! that totally makes sense Ill send that back to the buyer. thanks for the tip

#192

Confirmed that this was the issue, thanks for the tip & reminder that that mode even exists!

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#194

Ooooh, I totally forgot that it has the low frequency update.