Getting Deep - mrseri's Monsoon (granular processor mode)

Monsoon - by mrseri

During filming and editing of My Modular Journey - Episode 7 (Monsoon), it became clear to me there were no real "deep dives" of Monsoon, a successor to the popular Clouds module by Mutable Instruments, and I even put a note in my video that I feel I should take a deeper look into this module for the benefit of the modular world. Monsoon (and it's siblings) is quite amazing.

My Modular Journey - Episode 7 (Monsoon)
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In this lengthy video, I will attempt to demonstrate this module's "granular processor" mode - that is one of six different operating modes* in the default Parasites firmware. See the timeline details below to jump around to parts that interest you.

Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:40 What is Monsoon? A History of Clouds...
01:33 Clouds Successors
03:35 Hardware Alterations
04:40 What is Granular Synthesis?
07:18 Interface - Buttons/LEDs
10:48 Interface - Tune/Gain knobs
11:17 Interface - Sliders (POS/DENS/SIZE/TEXT)
13:35 Interface - "Blend" (Mix/Stereo/Feedback/Reverb)
16:26 Interface - Control Voltage Inputs
17:25 Interface - Stereo In/Out and Freeze
17:53 Sound Check - Let's Make Some Noise!
19:31 Grains - Density
20:48 Grains - Size
23:27 Grains - Position
24:33 CV - POS
25:21 CV - DENS
26:47 CV - SIZE
27:58 CV - TEXT
28:37 Blend - Wet/Dry
29:19 Blend - Stereo Mix
30:22 Blend - Feedback
32:11 Sound Check - Audio Chaos! (Cover your ears!)
34:07 Blend - Wet/Dry
34:33 CV - TRIG
36:29 CV - FREEZE
40:02 CV - v/OCT
43:05 Outro

Summary of all variations of hardware and firmware:
https://tinyurl.com/888udnc5 (After Later Audio)

Hardware Variations:
Mutable Instruments - Clouds
https://mutable-instruments.net/modul...

mrseri's Monsoon
https://www.perfectcircuit.com/mrseri...

After Later Audio - Monsoon, uBurst, and Typhoon hardware
https://afterlateraudio.com/collectio...

Grayscale - Supercell, Microcell
https://grayscale.info/supercell/
https://grayscale.info/microcell/

Firmware Variations:
Parasites
https://mqtthiqs.github.io/parasites/...

Kammerl Beat-Repeat
https://www.kammerl.de/audio/clouds/

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