YOUTUBER: Expert Sleepers

11. March 2025

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Expert Sleepers disting NT: C++ API and Faust – Custom Algorithms in Your Rack

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Expert Sleepers disting NT: C++ API and Faust – Custom Algorithms in Your Rack

Expert Sleepers continues to blur the boundaries between modular hardware and software with the latest disting NT firmware, introducing a C++ API for user-created plug-ins. In this official walkthrough, the developer demonstrates how the module now invites users to craft their own DSP algorithms, load effects and generators, and even port code from the Faust language. The focus is firmly on practical patching and open-ended sound design, with a nod to the thriving community and the promise of a truly modular approach to module functionality. If you’re the sort who dreams in code and CV, this is one for the

Expert Sleepers Disting NT: Lua Scripting Unleashed

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Expert Sleepers Disting NT: Lua Scripting Unleashed

Expert Sleepers, the UK outfit known for bridging modular and digital workflows, takes the Disting NT into new territory with user-programmable Lua scripts. In this video, we’re treated to a tour of community-created algorithms that transform the module into a playground for quirky sequences, generative patterns, and custom user interfaces. The focus is on real-world patching and hands-on exploration, with a dry British wit keeping things grounded. If you’re curious about how scripting can mutate your modular rig’s sequencing and CV generation, this is a revealing look at what’s possible when users take the code into their own hands.

15. January 2025

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Expert Sleepers Opens the DSP Floodgates: disting NT’s Three Pot Algorithm Unleashed

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Expert Sleepers Opens the DSP Floodgates: disting NT’s Three Pot Algorithm Unleashed

Expert Sleepers, the UK’s resident wizards of modular–computer integration, have just given the disting NT a serious DSP injection with the new ‘Three Pot’ algorithm. This update lets users run a vast array of FV-1-style effects, loaded straight from a MicroSD card, and tweak them in real time with three dedicated pots. In typical Expert Sleepers fashion, the focus is on flexibility, user-driven content, and hands-on control—bridging the gap between classic DSP chips and modern Eurorack workflows. Let’s dive into how this algorithm brings a world of open-source effects and creative routing to your rack, all with that understated British

5. December 2024

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Expert Sleepers Disting NT: Looping in Layers, Modular Style

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Expert Sleepers Disting NT: Looping in Layers, Modular Style

Expert Sleepers, known for their pragmatic approach to bridging modular and digital workflows, have introduced a powerful looper algorithm to the Disting NT in firmware v1.4.0. In this video, the creator walks through the looper’s unique features, from multi-layered sub-loopers to nuanced crossfades and clock sync options. The presentation is classic Expert Sleepers: technical, hands-on, and focused on real-world patching rather than marketing gloss. If you’re curious about how looping can evolve beyond the basics in a modular context, this is a deep dive worth your voltage.

10. October 2024

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Expert Sleepers Disting NT: Modular Freedom in a Single Module

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Expert Sleepers Disting NT: Modular Freedom in a Single Module

Expert Sleepers, the UK-based modular innovators, present the Disting NT—a module that aims to dissolve the boundaries of traditional Eurorack patching. In this interview, Simon Kirby shares his hands-on experiences as a beta tester, revealing how the Disting NT’s vast algorithm library and flexible interface invite a new level of patching creativity. From parallel processing to tactile parameter control, Kirby’s workflow highlights the NT’s role as a true modular chameleon. For those seeking a single module that can morph into nearly any function, this video offers a glimpse into the Disting NT’s real-world potential and robust design.

4. October 2024

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Expert Sleepers disting NT: Mapping Mayhem in the Modular Realm

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Expert Sleepers disting NT: Mapping Mayhem in the Modular Realm

Expert Sleepers, the UK’s masters of modular-computer integration, return with the disting NT—a Eurorack module that takes mapping flexibility to new heights. In this official walkthrough, we’re treated to a detailed demonstration of how the NT allows users to assign control over any parameter via CV, MIDI, or I2C, all through a streamlined interface. The focus here is on practical patching: from fader-driven modulations to multi-source integration, the video showcases how the disting NT can become the nerve centre of a complex rack. If you’re after a module that plays nicely with everything from faders to sequencers, this is one

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Expert Sleepers: Building a Full Track with Pure Analogue Ingenuity

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Expert Sleepers: Building a Full Track with Pure Analogue Ingenuity

Expert Sleepers, renowned for bridging the modular–DAW divide, step firmly into the analogue limelight with a demo that puts their entire range of voltage-driven modules through its paces. In this video, every sound—kick, snare, hats, bass, pads, leads, and more—is crafted exclusively from Expert Sleepers’ own analogue modules, sequenced and sampled with the help of an Elektron Digitakt and the FH-2 MIDI/CV converter. The result is a patchwork of clever signal routing, modulation tricks, and classic synthesis techniques, all with a distinctly British sense of understatement. If you’ve ever wondered just how far a single manufacturer’s module family can go

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Expert Sleepers Disting EX: Quadraphonic Mixer Mode – Spatial Audio in Eurorack

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Expert Sleepers Disting EX: Quadraphonic Mixer Mode – Spatial Audio in Eurorack

Expert Sleepers, long known for bridging modular hardware and computer-based workflows, takes a spatial leap with the Quadraphonic Mixer mode for the disting EX. This firmware update transforms the multi-tool module into a six-input, four-output mixer designed for immersive spatial audio—think Buchla-era quad, not just cinema surround. The official video walks through its gain structure, coordinate systems, and modulation options, all rendered in binaural for headphone listeners. If you’ve ever wondered how to throw your sounds around a room with joystick sweeps, spinners, and CV, this is a deep-dive into the patchable possibilities of quadraphonic mixing in a single module.