Mutable Instruments Blades

[Cornerman]

Nice a new MI module, good to see the brand back in full swing

[deft_bonz]

Wow... Divkids video sold me... darn... sounding great but still sweet, and all those possibilities and CV controllable...

[dooj88]

i've not been on the stereo filter train this year as i prefer dedicating space to a diverse filter selection, but the modulation options on this thing look staggering.

[deftinwulf]

"There is no mention of stereo on this page, ykinmkbykiok."

I'm confused by this. Not the acronym, I know what that means. But the allusion that the module isn't stereo. How is it not stereo when it has 2 inputs, 2 filters, 2 outputs, and parallel routing available?

Regardless, I LOVE that it has both Routing and Mode available as continuously variable controls with CV input. This really ticks a lot of boxes for me that other dual/complex filters have been missing. I feel kind of bad for jumping onto another MI hype train but this looks really good...

[DaShmoop]

This looks intensely useful and easy to wiggle. This is for sure going in my next rack.

So we've got one more release from MI? or two? Clouds 2.0 in 2021?!

[Zymos]

Nice a new MI module, good to see the brand back in full swing

Not exactly “back in full swing”, since we are coming up to the end of new MI modules...

[starthief]

"There is no mention of stereo on this page, ykinmkbykiok."

I'm confused by this. Not the acronym, I know what that means. But the allusion that the module isn't stereo. How is it not stereo when it has 2 inputs, 2 filters, 2 outputs, and parallel routing available?

I think it's more "you can use this in stereo if you want" but focusing attention on all the other things dual filters and drive sections can do in serial or parallel. Lots of great ideas in the DivKid video, both mono and stereo

[greyscales]

Not to join the hype train early but I had to order one.

I love every Mutable module I've tried and this has a lot of clever design choices. And the demo sounds great!

[carsenic]

Oh wow, I just got a Ripples but this is perfect for what I want to do. Looks I'm doing some rearranging soon

[oliodnb]

So that's why I'm seeing a lot of nice offers for used filters...

[evileye0702]

Good luck cramming all that into a micro version.

[Antlerface]

Guarantee there will be an unpleasantly small clone soon.

[ziggomatic]

Very cool! Reasonably similar to Bionic Lester MK3, no?

[enno]

This is kinda off topic but I just wanted to find out if it's only me...
For some reason I just dont really feel any attraction to mutable instruments' modules. Not sure what it is. Is it the aesthetic? The naming convention? The fact that their modules are everywhere and I am just being a hater? Help!

[deft_bonz]

This is kinda off topic but I just wanted to find out if it's only me...
For some reason I just dont really feel any attraction to mutable instruments' modules. Not sure what it is. Is it the aesthetic? The naming convention? The fact that their modules are everywhere and I am just being a hater? Help!

No help needed, it's how it is. For example I'm fine to have a Minimoog, but I would never ever buy a System 55, even if I'd have millions of unneeded quids lying around.

It's good we don't have all the same taste.

[enno]

This is kinda off topic but I just wanted to find out if it's only me...
For some reason I just dont really feel any attraction to mutable instruments' modules. Not sure what it is. Is it the aesthetic? The naming convention? The fact that their modules are everywhere and I am just being a hater? Help!

No help needed, it's how it is. For example I'm fine to have a Minimoog, but I would never ever buy a System 55, even if I'd have millions of unneeded quids lying around.

It's good we don't have all the same taste.

Fair enuff.

Thinking about it some more - what turns of me off is the sense that MI is taking itself very seriously indeed. For me the perfect opposite is ALM. Love em. They bring out great modules, but they're having fun and not taking everything too seriously. They called their sampler the Squid!

[dooj88]

This is kinda off topic but I just wanted to find out if it's only me...
For some reason I just dont really feel any attraction to mutable instruments' modules. Not sure what it is. Is it the aesthetic? The naming convention? The fact that their modules are everywhere and I am just being a hater? Help!

No help needed, it's how it is. For example I'm fine to have a Minimoog, but I would never ever buy a System 55, even if I'd have millions of unneeded quids lying around.

It's good we don't have all the same taste.

let's play a word association game.. what do you feel when you hear "generative ambient" ? just kidding, i love MI stuff, but haven't been interested in the more recent modules either. stages is brilliant, but not for me. i don't want to solve a puzzle every time i need a sequence, envelope or lfo. and marbles sort of felt to me like canned random. i had all that functionality in different modules anyway. and again, blades is an incredible design, and i think i'd want to try it out eventually, but im' currently satisfied with all my filter offerings and not quite ready to explore complex filters/crossfading - because i know there are some very cool things that can be accomplished with it, but i am focused on mastering 2 battleship sequencers atm.

[Back Down the Path]

This is kinda off topic but I just wanted to find out if it's only me...
For some reason I just dont really feel any attraction to mutable instruments' modules. Not sure what it is. Is it the aesthetic? The naming convention? The fact that their modules are everywhere and I am just being a hater? Help!

No help needed, it's how it is. For example I'm fine to have a Minimoog, but I would never ever buy a System 55, even if I'd have millions of unneeded quids lying around.

It's good we don't have all the same taste.

Fair enuff.

Thinking about it some more - what turns of me off is the sense that MI is taking itself very seriously indeed. For me the perfect opposite is ALM. Love em. They bring out great modules, but they're having fun and not taking everything too seriously. They called their sampler the Squid!

I disagree about MI "taking itself very seriously." I think you're reacting to the following around MI, which takes MI very seriously. There's a difference!

[Zymos]

There are several thousand Eurorack modules out there, and I give you permission to not like all of them, no matter what other people think.

[Kawouddd]

Dammit. I was searching for a new wave folder this morning. Guess that scratches just the right itch at just the right time!

[Bachelard]

This is kinda off topic but I just wanted to find out if it's only me...
For some reason I just dont really feel any attraction to mutable instruments' modules. Not sure what it is. Is it the aesthetic? The naming convention? The fact that their modules are everywhere and I am just being a hater? Help!

I'm with you half-way. I'm neither a hater nor a fan-person. I think Stages and Marbles are brilliant and use them all the time, but I do not see the appeal - for how I personally engage with my modular system - of many of the other modules. I do love the concept of the Frames, and on the other hand, think Braids and Plaits are for instant gratification and are terrible tools for learning how to patch a complex tone out of basic waveforms and I would never suggest them for beginners.

I AM a fan of Emilie Gillet, as a person and a designer, 100%.

But that's the beauty of this endlessly configurable instrument - who cares what others think and why one particular company doesn't work for you? I don't believe in canonical knowledge or rules for most things, but especially in modular synth practice. Find the tools that speak to your approach to instrumentality and musical vision, build the system of your dreams, learn in a way that works best for you, learn the things you want/need and skip what you don't care about, and make the sounds that bring you joy. And don't read too much stuff here

[deftinwulf]

Dammit. I was searching for a new wave folder this morning. Guess that scratches just the right itch at just the right time!

If all you're after is a wavefolder, surely there are more advanced options for less money and hp? I assume you also happen to want a dual filter?

[jicamasalad]

This is kinda off topic but I just wanted to find out if it's only me...

Quite right: it is off topic.

Folks are here to get excited about a new MI module - are you one of those people who shows up to a party and then stands around talking about how bad things are?



Just kidding! This is a safe space for you to not like Mutable Instruments modules (I guess).

[Kawouddd]

Dammit. I was searching for a new wave folder this morning. Guess that scratches just the right itch at just the right time!

If all you're after is a wavefolder, surely there are more advanced options for less money and hp? I assume you also happen to want a dual filter?

Not so bothered about the HP. I can fit it. I haven’t felt pulled into anything for a while. Which is good. Two areas I’ve wanted to address are a clean(er) dual filter than the dual Borg I’ve got, which I love to bits but which does have personality; and wave folding. (Offset and scale and EGs are the other two, and perhaps specifically a VPME.de quad drum voice). This nudges towards two areas I’ve wanted to build on, and the price point and divkid video are enough to sell it to me!

[Glydez]

This is kinda off topic but I just wanted to find out if it's only me...
For some reason I just dont really feel any attraction to mutable instruments' modules. Not sure what it is. Is it the aesthetic? The naming convention? The fact that their modules are everywhere and I am just being a hater? Help!

I'm with you half-way. I'm neither a hater nor a fan-person. I think Stages and Marbles are brilliant and use them all the time, but I do not see the appeal - for how I personally engage with my modular system - of many of the other modules. I do love the concept of the Frames, and on the other hand, think Braids and Plaits are for instant gratification and are terrible tools for learning how to patch a complex tone out of basic waveforms and I would never suggest them for beginners.

I AM a fan of Emilie Gillet, as a person and a designer, 100%.

But that's the beauty of this endlessly configurable instrument - who cares what others think and why one particular company doesn't work for you? I don't believe in canonical knowledge or rules for most things, but especially in modular synth practice. Find the tools that speak to your approach to instrumentality and musical vision, build the system of your dreams, learn in a way that works best for you, learn the things you want/need and skip what you don't care about, and make the sounds that bring you joy. And don't read too much stuff here

As much as this is a priceless community of advice and info, I agree with you 100% - go with what you like the sound of no matter what others think and don’t read too much to try to persuade yourself you are wrong in thinking you like/dislike something!

In regards to Blades... I like it!