10+ ways to use & abuse distortion in Eurorack // London, Twin & Mini Drive from Music Thing Modular

Here’s the new London Drive and Twin Drive Eurorack modules from Music Thing Modular alongside the original Mini Drive. They are simple, small, affordable and beginner friendly DIY kits that all provide a range of tones from more subtle to more aggressive distortion. The Mini Drive and Twin Drive are based on the external input stage of the classic Minimoog Model D where as the London Drive is based on the input stage of the EMS VCS3 and Synthi AKS.

This video goes through 10+ ways to get creative using and abusing distortion from adding weight and warmth, dynamic thickening to more aggressive fuzziness and feedback patching. There’s also CV tricks such as mixing AC and DC to make PWM like FX in the clipping itself - which sounds fantastic with these. Try out the patches and let me know which patch is your favourite.

Here’s the routing graphic from the final patch // https://bit.ly/DK-MTM-GRAPHIC

All 3 Drive modules can be found here from Thonk
Mini Drive // https://bit.ly/MTM-MiniDrive
London Drive // https://bit.ly/MTM-LondonDrive
Twin Drive // https://bit.ly/MTM-TwinDrive

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TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS
(NT) denotes no talking quick musical examples

00:00 Hello & patch previews

01:48 Module features and what we’re doing here

02:44 Amp like crunch in dual mono & Stereo reverb smash!

04:31 Beat Warmer (NT)

04:50 Add PWM to anything with asymmetrical clipping

06:32 Distortion for keys (NT)

06:45 Drum Saturation - from warm crunch to ARGH!!!

08:11 Creepy Piano Distresser (NT)

08:39 Waveshaping, parallel distortion & feedback

11:09 Saturator for techno beats (NT)

11:28 Monster harmonic guitar fuzz (NT)

12:28 Feedback loop enhancers (in stereo and even wider stereo!)

14:52 Soft Pad Warmer (NT)

15:08 Dynamic London Drive - blending & modulating waves for a dynamic crunch

17:33 Full fat brushes beat (NT)

17:52 Warming & filthy-fying mono synth lines

19:15 Vinyl Crackle Smasher (NT)

19:31 Feedback! From brutal kick hits to harmonious chordal drones

22:02 Bass thumbs (NT)

22:31 Creative FX routing - sequenced stereo drives



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