King of the Bastl

In this video, we use a few choice cuts from Bastl’s range of modular gear to construct some wellpolished grooves and sequences

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A good house is built on strong foundations, so let’s start with the Tea Kick drum synth. Take a trigger sequence and patch into the Tea Kick to excite and stimulate the membrane. Play the resonance and click to fine-tune the skin and stick sound layers.

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There’s always room for noise in a patch, whether used for sound or modulation. Using Noise Squared, try patching the pink noise to the FM input of your oscillator to add a little fuzz and grit. Then take the Cow output into a VCA for some cowbell action.

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For sound shaping, we can use Skis, a dual decay and VCA module. Take a trigger into the module to activate the decay envelope, then add a sound source, and the VCA will output your level-modulated sound. Turn on VCA Crunch for added saturation.

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Skis isn’t the only place to saturate your sounds. Cinnamon (the filter) has a drive circuit for adding some thickness and weight to any sound you throw at it. It has two CV inputs, so try mixing an envelope and LFO to bring about some tonal movement.

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Knit Rider is a trigger sequencer, so let’s build a sequence. Change Voices with the A to F buttons, tap in rhythms on the 16 step buttons, change between the four Bars in the pattern, and divide your steps into sub-steps. It’s intuitive yet detailed, so play around.

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CV Trinity is a six-output modulation source. Explore the automation mode by holding Record and wiggling the middle knob – it’s that simple. Change the step length with the right knob (automation can be recorded over 32 steps) and use the left knob to adjust smoothing (slew).