NEO Trinity from Bastl Instruments is a eurorack modulation powerhouse in 8hp. It gives you 6 channels of modulation, which can be LFOs, envelopes or recorded CV. But as you dig deeper its true power is revealed; it can quantise CV, act as a full synth voice or even be a simple sequencer.
In this video I explain how it works, what it does, and we dive into the depths to come up with some cool patch ideas to combine it with other eurorack modules like Bastl Pizza or Ikarie. There's a lot to cover, but don't worry, I included chapters for everything so feel free to skip around.
A small errata at 2:50: I'm holding channel button A and click on CLK/SYNC button saying that that this turns on/off clock sync for that channel. That's not what it does! Pressing the Channel button + CLK/SYNC turns on clock quantization for the trigger recording.
By default that’s on, so every manually recorded trigger (or LFO reset or gate) is aligned to the clock (doesn’t matter whether internal or external). Turning it off enables user to record off beat patterns.
The LFO SYNC is done by pressing SHIFT+CLK/SYNC. That way the knob becomes clock divider/multiplier.
For more on Trinity: https://bastl-instruments.com/eurorack/modules/neo-trinity
The case I used in today's video: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2438481
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Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:41 Overview of NEO Trinity
02:20 Basic starting patch - exploring LFOs
02:47 Sync the LFO to an external clock
03:41 Mute an LFO
03:51 Recording triggers and automation
04:54 Envelope Mode to generate envelopes
05:40 Send envelopes to external VCA, how to send triggers in
08:35 Groove patch example: Putting these techniques together
09:40 Advanced clocking, clock dividers
12:01 Trigger fill patterns - pre-defined trigger patterns
15:24 How to change automation lane length
15:55 NEO Trinity as a Quantiser for CV
17:14 How to use META IN to trigger a channel
19:55 Control the amplitude of an LFO
21:46 De-tuned LFOs using META IN
23:05 NEO Trinity as a full Synth Voice!
25:52 NEO Trinity as a sequencer
27:41 Humanising envelopes
28:43 Simple patch to offset and attenuvert CV
30:00 Saving and loading preset banks
30:51 Conclusions
31:31 Closing jam with NEO Trinity
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