Beyond the Basic Sample & Hold: SSF RND STEP, Mutable Instruments Marbles, and Frap Tools Sapel

Sample & Hold modules are a lot of fun. However, there are variations on the basic sample & hold available that give you a lot more control – from sounding more “human” to creating sequences to providing you with an expressive performance control. Here are three of my favorites. 00:00 - Normal Sample & Hold 01:09 - RND STEP - overview 01:32 - RND STEP - bipolar output 02:24 - RND STEP - unipolar output 03:36 - Marbles - overview 04:34 - Marbles - initial settings 05:14 - Marbles - Y (smooth) output 05:41 - Marbles - Steps 07:14 - Marbles - Spread 09:01 - Marbles - Bias 10:06 - Marbles - Deja Vu + Steps 12:48 - Marbles - review 14:33 - Sapel - overview 15:27 - Sapel - initial settings 16:01 - Sapel - smooth random output 16:36 - Sapel - sample & hold output 16:55 - Sapel - 2n stepped random (semitones) 17:17 - Sapel - n+1 stepped random output (octaves) 17:34 - Sapel - Probabilty Distribution 19:00 - Sapel - "n" value controls 22:44 - conclusion An article that fleshes out more of the background behind sample & hold modules is available to my Patreon subscribers: https://www.patreon.com/posts/88103012