It´s done again! The “Rubicon” tutorial is available (part 10 of my series about Softube´s Modular). With about 95 hours of production time (included some night shifts) it´s got the longest and most comprehensive – so far – tutorial I´ve ever made: nearly 3 hours of explanations, experiments – and some jokes. And it´s not only the most comprehensive tutorial I have ever produces, it is – so far – also the most comprehensive tutorial about “Rubicon” on the Internet (disprove it, if you can :-))!

https://youtu.be/_irEK7YB1FU

Timeline
0:00:00     Introduction
0:01:38     The Front Panel: Ovverview and Groups
0:02:15     The Outputs: The Waveforms
0:03:10     The Inputs: Groups of Functionalities
0:04:38     Ranges of Frequencies
0:08:33     The Waveform Switches
0:08:44          Sine, Sigmoid and Double Sigmoid
0:12:30          Pulse, Centered and Edge Aligned, Merging Waves, PW, PWM
0:29:19     Pulse Width Modulation
0:32:17     Softsync (“Flip”)
0:33:48          Terminology
0:34:42          Relations of Frequencies, Master and Slave
0:40:00          Non-Integer Relations
0:41:47          Different Waveforms of the Slave
0:52:55          Different Classes of Spectra
1:16:00          Different Waveforms of the Master
1:18:48     Hardsync
1:20:11          Comparing Hardsync and Softsync
1:24:26          Master-Slave Frequency Relations with Different Kinds of Master-Waves
1:30:14          Rubicon as Master and Rubicon as Slave
1:33:10          The Magic of Zig-Zag
1:35:03          Rubicon-Square versus A-110-Square
1:43:34          SUB: Syncing to Death
1:44:58          Networks of Masters and Slaves
1:46:40     Exponential Frequency Modulation
1:47:05          Just for the Beginners: Some Explanations of Basic Terms
1:48:00               Frequency Modulation
1:49:43               Exponential Frequency Modulation
1:51:42               Linear Frequency Modulation
1:53:07               Through Zero Frequency Modulation
1:58:42               First Exponential Frequency Modulation with Rubicon
2:02:02          Attenuating the Strength of Modulation
2:03:44          Modulating the Modulation
2:07:49          A “Melody of Sounds” with MIDI-Notes as Modulators, Microtonal Scales,
                      Macrotonal Scales
2:10:25          Some Typical Littler Patches
2:15:07     Through Zero Frequency Modulation
2:15:25          SYMMETRY
2:20:40          INDEX
2:26:10          And again: SYMMETRY
2:28:17               Detour: The 20% Principle
2:29:40          SYMMETRY and “Negative” Frequencies
2:34:38          “A Singing Modulator” or “Rubicon Gets Rid of Its Voice”
2:46:58          Reflecting Partials and Splitting Partials
2:48:30     Future Prospects
2:51:40     Some Words at the End
The End at 2:52:38

I´ve started working on Tutorial 10 about Softube´s Modular. This time I´m going to talk about the module Intellijel “Rubicon”. It´s a prety complex beast and the tutorial will probably be the longest one I´ve ever produced (looks like something about two and a half hour, perhaps even up to three hours). I suppose it´s going to be available at the end of July. For those, who have missed the beginning: Tutorials 1 to 9 start here https://youtu.be/0wEKRCOPTFI

Have a great day and a good time!
Rolf