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I cannot wait to record this properly:

Infrasonic Audio Warp Core
Bastl Ikarie
ALM MCO mk II
Dwyfor Tech Pas-Isel
Intellijel Tangrams
Intellijel Sealegs
Bastl Neotrinity
tubbutec Brain Step

EDITED Sep 1st, 04:34

I apologize in advance for these noisy thoughts from my head full of bees:

I've enjoyed working with the Eurorack Go case. It's better than I thought it would be.
Haven't had any issues with its power supply or the bus sockets.
It's not very deep, especially on the right side with the power supply in the way. I've gotten bit by that in planning.
I don't mind mounting with slide nuts, and they help with fitting modules that are made off-specification.
(I'm looking disapprovingly at you, 2hp).

Adding the Behringer 1050 mix sequencer gets you 24-note sequences,
it's cheap for what it does, looks cool in the rack, and does other neat things too, but it's kind of big.
You can also get those 24-note sequences from just 4hp by using a Doepfer A-151 quad switch,
but on the other hand, the mix/sequencer, unpaired with the sequencer, gets you a 2x4-channel output mixer and more.

The 110 VCO/VCF/VCA really wants a 140 dual envelope paired with it, to make them a simple synth voice.

The 172 Phase Shifter was disappointing. A weak contribution for its 16hp. It sounds nasty, but in a bad way.

In a two-row system, I try to put the clocks/cv gen/envelopes/LFOs in the top row,
dropping down to the bottom row housing the audio modules.
Think of it as a sandwich and a partnership, with generators on one side, you on the other,
and the VCO/VCF/VCA/mix good stuff in the middle.

After a few modules are paired together to create some interesting voltages,
I try to put a multiple or mixer next in the chain so that 'costly to generate' signals can be shared.

Passive mults and stacked cables may seem to work ok, but they'll eat your time hunting pitch and pulse stability issues.
Using active multiples saves you from chasing down tuning and trigger ghosts from module impedance matching issues,
especially when using modules from mixed vendors. I like the 4hp Rides in the Storm QAM quad active multiples.
Speaking of stability issues, patch cables with LEDs can help with debugging a signal path, but they are devil wires.

If you're just starting your collection of patch cords, invest in Nazca noodles.
They never break, drape nicely, pull easily, and the plugs are narrow so they don't have fit problems in tight spaces.
Forget those cheap, stiff Hosa cables, or Chinese generics from Amazon.
They don't fit consistantly and can wobble around, and the plug housings can be too big to insert next to each other.

I tend to build with clocks in the upper left, going to audio output in the lower right.
If you have typically paired modules next to each other, then you can use the little yellow Doepfer cables.
I love those things because weeding through a nest of wires distracts me from the process.
I like the Doepfer cable's plug ends, but the long ones are really stiff and stick out wherever they want.
Good for building rat's nests. Except for those little yellow ones. Just love 'em.

Is the Endorphin your master clock? Put it first in the upper left, and then put the 2500 sequencer after that?
Then maybe a Doepfer A-151 quad switch to get those 24 note sequences out of it. Now that you've got all of
those signals generated, share and distribute them with an active multiple next in the chain.

It might be good to put the MIDI interface first, before the Endorphin Running Order,
then the MIDI gate and CV can also be mult-ed and distributed.
There's got to be better MIDI interfaces than the CMA1, and you don't need or use s-trigs anyway.
Read the documentation and its MIDI implementation to see if the MIDI converter does what you want.

The Typhoon (which might be installed down at the lower right after mixing) can suddenly get boomy and out of hand.
A dedicated multimode or hi-pass filter can help tame that nicely, especially when inserted into Typhoon's feedback loop.
Typhoon loves being modulated by a sawtooth LFO just right, and an Offset Generator/Attenuator/Polarizer
helps with that. I find that a Doepfer A-183-2 is always handy to have around for tweezing things just right.

The DFAM. You could have the DFAM on top right, after the clocks, otherwise, you'll have wires draping down
over those nice Moog knobs and switches. That's a tough one, because the DFAM i/o is all on the far right,
and the thing is so dominant in the rack.

I suppose because of it's layout, it should go in the far lower left like you have it, offering it's i/o to the center of the box.
I get why Moog did that with that family of modules, but it's a pain sometimes.
If you can find them, get a Moog Knob Kit for the DFAM. A drastic improvement in looks and tactile usability.
Moog should have used them as standard on everything in that line. Sadly, I think the knob set is now discontinued.
Hunt around, they're worth it.

I can't understand why Abacus/Maths is so popular (it's number one!!) for basically being looped envelopes.
For me, the Chaos/Marbles model provides way more musical opportunities.

On output mixers, the Behringer 305 eq/mixer seems to be a good fit here, and you get ok headphone
and 1/4" outs, with 4 mono to stereo channels, but the sucky tuner is never on pitch and the parametric EQ is anemic.
There's also no way to blend in your typhoon into the mix, and taking your final output from the typhoon isn't ideal.
Maybe the Behringer 1050 mix/sequencer as output is what you need after all. The ribbon cable that can sync it to the sequencer is a nice touch. And blinky.

You'll get there, it's good so far.

EDITED Sep 1st, 17:58

Beautiful! Nice and noisy, good work!

TY for sharing!
-- Jukeshoe

Thank you!!!

EDITED Aug 31st, 20:54

Beautiful! Nice and noisy, good work!

TY for sharing!

Howdy!

One quick thing on posting racks in this forum: it's really helpful to post a link to the rack rather than an image as it can sometimes be hard to tell which modules are included, and a link lets us dive into unfamiliar modules to see what they do. That said, I took the liberty of rearranging your modules a bit and here's the link:

For arrangement, I'm a big proponent of the ARP 2600 school, with external input and audio sources in the upper left moving through to filters and effects, envelopes accessible to top and bottom, and other utilities and modulation on the bottom. I put the DFAM on the bottom as well for access to the sequencer, and the midi interface on an outside edge for ease of connectivity without crossing over other modules. You'll always have some amount of patch cable spaghetti (which is part of the fun!) but I think this configuration would tame it down a little.

I think this is a good set of modules to start with, but would definitely recommend some more utility modules. Particularly a cascading VCA/mixer like Mutable Veils or Intellijel Quad VCA. More ways to mix audio to send to your effects are always welcome, and they can also be used to mix and control CV to make more interesting modulation. I would also recommend something like the Disting or Ornament and Crime as they have many modes allowing them to act like a bunch of different types of modules. If you find you're using them for a particular function, that can help you decide if you want to get a module dedicated to that function to then free up the multimode module to try something new. Lastly, a dedicated filter or two can be really helpful in sculpting your sounds. I know you have the filters in the Behringer voice module and the DFAM, but putting your whole mix through a filter is fun. Cheers friend, and welcome to the modular journey!

EDITED Aug 31st, 12:55

Got 5 minutes of fun and weirdness with Mems (and Typhoon and Data Bender) youtube.com/watch?v=wTJqqQiq3N0

EDITED Aug 31st, 12:41

Hello everyone!

I have recently started with modular and hereafter I can show you my rack with all the modules I have (my eurorack case is a Behringer eurorack Go).

I would like to ask for your opinion on how to organize the modules in the rack to optimize patching (in general), as sometimes I see I cross too many cables because some modules are placed wrong.

I would also be happy to hear opinions on my modules (which ones do you think I am missing or which ones would fit).

I currently produce Techno (mainly hypnotic, percussive, raw, etc...) but I would also be completely opened to explore the "Ambient" side of this all, as I think that the ALA Typhoon can give a lot of opportunities here.

In addition, the rest of my gear is the following one (plays also an important role here in terms of connection with the eurorack):

• KORG Electribe EMX-1
• Roland TR-08
• Roland TR-09
• Arturia Microfreak Stellar Edition
• Behringer MS-1 MK1
• AKAI Force

Hi all, just wanted to share my latest creation, which used some eurorack modules ^_^

Soft Techno Lullaby by megoth

It started with a combo of the Turing Machine and its extension, Volts, leading into the Penrose Quantizer, and finally into one of the main oscillators in the Solar 42f. After playing around a bit, I found a sequence that became the foundation of the song.

Adding to this was a generative patch using the Oxi One, which I played on the Oxi Coral. Both of these patches were mixed with Clouds to add some granular details.

After figuring out the melodic base, I added some beats using Ultra-Kick and Collide 4 mainly, but with some percussion elements from Rample and hihats from Hats808 and Mutant Hihats.

These elements created a melodic groove which I then layered with some software synths in Ableton Live, using Serum 2 and Decent Sampler to add some longer sounds that tie it all together.

Hope you enjoy it ^_^

Wow, this setup looks ace. Any videos or recordings?

Also, what is driving the FH-2? I guess the Oxi is your external sequencer, right?

I've been working on this patch for more than I should've. I'ts an attempt to recreate acustic percussive instruments. Tribal n sht

mine is 7hp...

Some feature is missing? Post your idea.
-- modulargrid

Would absolutely LOVE to see a whole section dedicated to cases... all formats... of course filterable by format, HP size, whether it it contains 1U rows, interior max depth and interior min depth (since some cases have power supplies, etc. that yield different usable depths), exterior depth, power specs (if any), number of rows etc.

There are sooo many newer design from larger and smaller manufacturers coming online with really thoughtful specs. They are sometimes quite difficult to find.

I would like to see the ability to block specific companies from the module result list. Maybe give us a checkbox that allows us to see ALL or hide unwanted companies from displaying.

Singular, here's what 'planned' can look like.
The main difference between this configuration and yours?
Mine's real, in the other room right now, making music.

EDITED Aug 29th, 12:57

Thanks for the feedback. Added the Sinc Bucina and Sap this week.

While we wait for admins to intervene, it is just as effective to not fall for his bait and ignore his posts
Please, do not feed the troll.
-- Larsech

@modulargrid I have the impression that the listed forum moderators aren’t really active.
Especially in the past few days, some action might have been necessary.
Maybe it’s time to improve things here.

While we wait for admins to intervene, it is just as effective to not fall for his bait and ignore his posts
Please, do not feed the troll.

Friendly reminder, @singular_sound is a known troll and rage baiter.
Do not feed the troll and do not reply to his post.

Friendly reminder, @singular_sound is a known troll and rage baiter.
Do not feed the troll and do not reply to his post.

EDITED Aug 29th, 05:16

You asked "can this make music".
I answered your question directly and honestly, no, it's a mess.
You asked why and I told you many reasons, honestly trying to inform.
Didn't listen a bit, and instead gave back some nonsense bs about your artistic intent.
Then you start sea-lioning the thread members.

I am disappointed that you're only a poseur,
and that I spent valuable time on replying to you.
I suspected you were, but I forget myself sometimes.

You're just a clueless dummy, wasting our time, and we all know it, sonny.

EDITED Aug 29th, 12:36

chatgpt made this all clean for me.

id love someone to run with this.

last post ever. peace. bye bye. ... ...

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🐗 SmugModInc WUMPUS

Psychoacoustic Dual-Core FM Oscillator / LFO

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Concept

WUMPUS is a dual sine-core oscillator/LFO designed to generate binaural, intermodulated, psychoacoustic signals that are equally at home in the sub-audio CV domain or the full audio range.
It creates two matched, FM-intertwined sine waves, each shaped by a slower inverted modulator pair. This produces drifting, evolving stereo beating, complex nested FM, and deeply musical LFOs — all under voltage control.

It is the creature in your rack: simultaneously a precision stereo sine VCO, a psychoacoustic drone engine, and a meta-chaotic modulation source.

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Signal Architecture

Core:

Two matched sine oscillators (“Left” and “Right”), sharing a common fundamental frequency.

One slow sine modulator + its inverse.

Each slow modulator is used to frequency-modulate the main cores in opposite directions.

A fixed hard detune offset allows for precise binaural beating.

Operating Modes:

LFO Mode: 0.001 Hz – 30 Hz (sub-audio).

VCO Mode: 16 Hz – 20 kHz (audio oscillator).

High-stability wide-range sine cores.

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Front Panel Controls (Knobs)

1. Fundamental Frequency (Coarse tuning, LFO or VCO range).

2. Spread Frequency (rate of the slow modulator/inverted pair).

3. Offset Amount (depth of modulation from the spread LFOs).

4. Hard Dual Offset (Beats) (fixed detune between Left/Right cores, calibrated in beats/sec at low frequency or Hz in audio range).

5. Amplitude (scales total output level for modulation or line-level use).

6. Fine Tune (high-resolution frequency trim for precise tuning in VCO mode).

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Switches

LFO / Audio Range (toggle).

Hard Sync On/Off (allows oscillator A to reset with oscillator B).

Phase Mode (Normal / Quadrature / Inverted): determines whether the Left/Right cores run in sync, 90° apart, or 180° apart.

Spread Mode (Linked / Free): sets whether spread modulator frequency tracks fundamental or runs independently.

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CV Inputs

1V/Oct (global pitch control).

FM (Expo) (with attenuator).

FM (Linear) (with attenuator).

Spread CV (controls Spread Frequency).

Offset CV (controls Offset Amount).

Dual Offset CV (controls Hard Dual Offset).

Amplitude CV (scales output amplitude).

Sync In (hard sync trigger).

Phase CV (modulates relative phase between Left and Right cores).

Quadrature CV (pushes the cores between normal and quadrature relationship).

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Outputs

Left Out (sine wave oscillator A).

Right Out (sine wave oscillator B).

Spread Out (slow sine modulator).

Spread Inv Out (inverted slow sine).

Difference Out (L–R) (binaural differential signal).

Sum Out (L+R) (mono composite).

Creature Out (nested FM mix, an organic meta-output combining all internal modulations).

All outputs DC-coupled, usable for CV or audio.

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Technical Specifications

Panel Width: 14 HP (target).

Depth: “WUMPUS lives in the cave between left and right. Beware the spread.”

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@Zacksname

its not always a good idea to give out private information on a public forum. you could have asked more casual and less pointed questions.

and, i answered literally every single one of your questions. you literally did not answer one single one of mine. you are a coward. ...

peace 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸

EDITED Aug 28th, 21:49

sorry, yall think im trolling, but i just expected a more casual vibe, etc. ... ...

here, have some psytrance:

leaving forever. bye. 🚀

also

@theneweuropa

without any digital technology whatsoever,

i could still yo yo, so,

im not afraid of you, and i dont think its cool

to come off as mean

on an open public internet forum, imo. ... ... .

peace 🥦🥦🥦🥦🎃

sorry guys. i really didnt meant to create a 'chit' storm. sorry if i did. im leaving now.

peace ✌️😀✌️.

i just dont get why youre being mean.

it doesnt make sense to me.

i made 1 or 2 jokes, sorry??

peace

(edit)

im sorry if i hurt your feelings, the new europa. i really will leave forever now. i just wanted to share some designs because i thought somebody might like them, not to start a bunch of fights. im used to friendly open comedy forums and this place takes itself too seriously. tadyatha om baishaje.

EDITED Aug 28th, 20:56

@singular_sound

One day I will locate you and take all your organ projections away and you will be forced to reckon with the fact that you are incapable of producing anything of value if you can't outsource the creative labor to a computational supercluster.

It would be nice if the forum worked properly.

-singular_sound

An 'Ignore User' feature would be brilliant.

Thx for the consideration!!

hey yall, i just invented a new oscillator module, just as a present for the forum.

what else do yall even want from me?

peace

all i did was answer your questions.

all you did was avoid mine.

check the fucking logs.

peace out dude zack.

I can't really imagine how a ban is not appropriate here. If they aren't going to be banned, then I guess that means they're allowed to do this in a context where we can respond freely.

did you know that the peace symbol was actually created by aliester crowley right before the end of wwii? it actually means: we will drop 2 nukes, and then there will be no need for war after that. ever wonder why hippies always want to 'fight' against the establishment? its because the notion of peace has had a self defense component built into it from the very very begining.

~~peace~~

An 'Ignore User' feature would be brilliant.

Thx for the consideration!!

Edit: pardon, this post should be in the general feature request thread, and is in no way a response to this specific thread/request...apologies.

EDITED Aug 28th, 20:22

Funny how the people who most loudly cry (peace) are the ones stirring the most chit.

Can we either ban this user already, or at least simply stop feeding the troll?

hey zacksname, before you even ask, why dont i just tell you what i have done:

as a chaos magician, i literally cant talk about the things i have done, but it has been significant. as a ghost executive producer, i have worked with: post malone, lil yachty, billie eilish, high contrast, caravan palace, the smile, james blake, mutemath, and others. as an ideas guy, i have literally done too many things to mention. my contribution to the field of a.i. was the transformer architecture, making me the only human who fully understands how it works. here is my most recent recipe:

MOD EDIT: deleted AI slop

if you provide me with an email, i will send you a pdf of the manuscript for my novel. also, i was diagnosed with schizophrenia. i shouldnt have to tell you all my diagnoses to get the proper amount of respect. i have answered every single one of your questions. you have not answered a single one of mine. the way you only ask questions and never answer them is kind of nasty, like youre some sort of sex pervert or something.

also, im a hacker and control things behind the scenes at google alphabet and elsewhere.

peace. out. ✌️🥸✌️

EDITED Sep 3rd, 09:31

im a chaos magician, ghost executive producer, and ideas guy, i play guitar, was classically trained in piano, and have composed for broadway. WHO THE FUCK ATE YOU? (noodle_hut was the only user who actually took my thread seriously and answered the main question like yall were supposed to.) ((im also a yo-yo hobbiest and consciousness resesrcher, as well as the fact that i have made contributions to a.i. etc.))

(edit)

(((also, i have created about roughly 5 roughly 5 star dishes, as a chef, have a finished manuscript for a novel about an ai that gains full consciousness that i cant get published, as well as that i have founded my own religion that has beed starved for the funding to grow for twenty years, now.)))

just thought i would add those details.

peace

EDITED Aug 28th, 17:52

Well, that happened again.
-- Zacksname

@Zacksname
Do not feed the troll, please

-- Larsech

Who are you?

this is acidtonic, and i think they are you because you are called zacks name, and their skiff has a wood block that says 'zack' above it, and the 'two of you' seem to share identical philosophy around eurorack, etc.

Well, that happened again.
-- Zacksname

@Zacksname
Do not feed the troll, please

Who is acidtonic and why do you think they are me?

hey zacksname, why dont you like my designs? youre acidtonic, right? based on your last 3 video uploads, your designs dont seem to be working out properly. all i want is the minimum level of respect. "bye"

Well, that happened again.

this place sucks. im out. bye.

(edit)

also, larsech, trolls make you pay money to cross their bridge. i am giving away designs for free.

peace

EDITED Aug 28th, 15:16

What do you mean by "make music"?
-- teataine

@teataine don't feed the troll

i mean, either:

1. make organized sound that is pleasing to yourself.

2. make organized sound that you think would convey a message to an audience.

or

3. utilize every module, or nearly every module, in a way congruous with the intention of the design that fits within a preconceived aesthetic.

.

could you do this with the first 400hp?

peace

EDITED Aug 28th, 12:02

What do you mean by "make music"?