# Main - Euclidean Kick and Metal Percussion Case: **Eurorack 001 Installed** (main rack). Each module is used once. Source: original Jack labels from the Plaits, Rings, Shades and Beads manuals, the Mother-32 Users Manual, the disting mk4 User Manual v4.18, and ladik.eu (A-540). Signal path explained: [[Patches/Main/Main - Euclidean Kick and Metal Percussion - SignalPath|SignalPath]] Incremental build: [[Patches/Main/Main - Euclidean Kick and Metal Percussion - Build|Build]] ## Modules - Moog Mother-32: clock and pitch source only (VOLUME down) - Expert Sleepers Disting mk4 (#1): **H-5 Dual Euclidean Patterns** - Mutable Instruments Plaits: kick (analog bass drum model) - Mutable Instruments Rings: metal hits, strummed by pattern 2 - Mutable Instruments Shades: 2-into-1 audio mix - Mutable Instruments Beads: small room - Ladik A-540: stereo out **Cable colors:** [[Cable Colors]] after [Learning Modular](https://learningmodular.com/choosing-patch-cables/): ⚪ Gray 1 V/oct · 🔵 Blue modulation · 🟡 Yellow audio · 🔴 Red gates/triggers · 🟢 Green clock/sync · ⚫ Black external ## Cables 1. 🟢 Green · Mother-32 ASSIGN (out; default is the sequencer clock, 0 to +5 V) -> Disting #1 X (in, clock) 2. 🔴 Red · Disting #1 A (out, pattern 1) -> Plaits TRIG (in, 3) 3. 🔴 Red · Disting #1 B (out, pattern 2) -> Rings STRUM (in, 2) 4. ⚪ Gray · Mother-32 KB (out) -> Rings V/OCT (in, 3) 5. 🟡 Yellow · Plaits OUT (out, 6) -> Shades channel 1 Signal input 6. 🟡 Yellow · Rings ODD (out) -> Shades channel 2 Signal input 7. 🟡 Yellow · Shades channel 2 Signal output -> Beads IN L. Leave channel 1's output empty, so channel 2's output carries channels 1 + 2. 8. 🟡 Yellow · Beads L (out) -> A-540 channel A input 9. 🟡 Yellow · Beads R (out) -> A-540 channel B input ## Starting points - **Mother-32:** TEMPO around 110 to 120 BPM. Program an 8-step note pattern; it only sets the Rings pitches. VOLUME fully down. - **Disting #1 (H-5):** parameter 0 (Steps) 16, parameter 1 (Pulses, pattern 1) 4 for four-on-the-floor, Z (pulses, pattern 2) at 5 or 7. Parameter 3 (Pulse length) 0 gives 10 ms pulses. - **Plaits:** second bank, sixth model (analog bass drum). FREQUENCY around 9 o'clock. HARMONICS (attack and overdrive) 11 o'clock, TIMBRE (brightness) 10 o'clock, MORPH (decay) 11 o'clock. Keep the TIMBRE, FM and MORPH attenuverters at 12 o'clock, or the internal envelope will start moving them. - **Rings:** modal resonator, polyphony 2. STRUCTURE 2 o'clock for metal, BRIGHTNESS 1 o'clock, DAMPING 10 o'clock for short hits, POSITION 11 o'clock. - **Shades:** both channels in attenuator mode (lower switch position). Channel 1 at 2 o'clock, channel 2 at 11 o'clock. - **Beads:** DRY/WET 10 o'clock, REVERB 11 o'clock, FEEDBACK fully CCW. Mostly dry; it's a room, not a cloud. ## Level notes - The Plaits kick is hot. Shades channel 1 is your brake before Beads. ## What it should sound like A classic drum-machine kick on the quarter notes, with metallic Rings hits on an odd Euclidean pattern under it, pitched by the Mother-32 sequence. Turn Disting Z while it runs to change the hit count.