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-- mikeleebirds

It is alle the Year 2025 NOT AVAILIBLE to ORDER.
Dont tell me i can buy it.

Giving this a gentle bump — would love to see this category added :)

Trying out a new configuration based on the building blocks of an SH-101 / Intellijel Atlantix, but with a few extra spices thrown in based on the patches I've been doing lately. The STMIX/Output Bus combo may seem redundant but has been solving voice composition and external gear integration problems fairly well. I would have liked to fit a proper sub-osc but the Compare seems to be working to fill the gap. I might swap out one of the OBF LFO's for an OCHD but I really like the sync on the OBF.

Input pre-amps and MIDI interfaces are kept in a small sidecar since I don't use them in live performance very often and didn't want to use up rack space. I've got fat fingers and like to keep 1hp of space between every module where possible for usability and additional venting.

I've wanted to build this out for a while but I had to redo the power supply in the case first.

I intended it primarily as a monosynth, though it’s capable of duophonic or paraphonic patches depending on how the oscillators and filters are routed. I'll likely shuffle the positioning for better workflow. Patch wise ... I'm all over the place lately so this seems like a nice playground to explore a wide variety of ideas and styles.

I'll likely pair it with a Keystep or EP-133 K.O. II for live sequencing/play and backing/percussion tracks.

EDITED Saturday November 08, 16:52

A few instances of VCV Rack in Bitwig 6 - probability plays.

Deep Connection

What do you use the most? You should build your live setup around a condensed version whatever it is you do naturally. What's a patch you've done recently that you felt you were able to jam on productively for a while? This might be more of a songwriting challenge than a setup issue.

How do you normally sequence this stuff? Do you plan to have distinct melodies/structures that evolve, or do you usually make your music by just improvising and not worrying about what "song" you're playing? I don't see a dedicated sequencing device on here, and that might streamline this process for you. There are a lot of possibilities in here for sequencing a set like you've described, but as you say, this potential is scattered across various modules without a clearly emerging singular logic. That aspect is extremely personal and will benefit greatly from trial and error that I presume has already started.

Since you know you want acid stuff, start with whatever makes the best and/or largest amount of usable acid sounds for you and go from there. What's your favorite way to put that element in, and how would you generate the pitch and gate info for it?

Hey everyone! I'm excited to announce that RackDocs is now available on the App Store!

It's a visual documentation tool for Eurorack modules. Photograph your faceplates, add annotations for all the controls, document LED states, switch positions, and create reference sheets you can actually use in the studio (offline mode).

Special thanks to ModularGrid: With their permission, RackDocs includes a ModularGrid import feature. Just paste a ModularGrid URL and it auto-fills the module specs, downloads the faceplate image, and even detects the format (3U, 1U, Buchla, Serge, etc.). Huge time-saver and it wouldn't exist without their support!

The app has a free tier to try out, plus a community library where you can download modules others have documented or share your own.

If you check it out, I'd love to hear your feedback—especially from the ModularGrid community since there's such obvious synergy between the platforms.

RackDocs in the App Store

Happy patching! 🎛️
TheMM

Big warning for Darius https://modulargrid.net/e/users/view/159413 he didn't send me the Morphagene module.
Sincerely Lars

With that many modules, I'd try to arrange things to make each row an independant, standalone synth.
It's a good sorting exercise at least, and helps fix your arrangement into memory.
Where's the output going to come from? Is there a mixer and I missed it?
And the usual: needs more mults and offset/attenuators and other boring things.
Are you running mono or stereo?
Who's going to be the usual master clock? Will it need to clock many other things?
Will you need a reset circuit to sync clocks and counters on restart?

That's an interesting collection you have.

EDITED Oct 31st, 03:37

Hey everyone,

I’m trying to build a coherent performance system for IDM / acid using a Pittsburgh Modular EP-270 case. This is mainly a practice live-set system before I eventually move to an Intellijel Palette performance case.

I have a big “parts bin” of modules and want to form them into a focused, playable, musically coherent live instrument — not just fill space. I really value performability, hands-on modulation, and classic IDM drum programming (Aphex / Autechre-ish).

I’m thinking of adding the Modbap Trinity 2.0 for drum duties (love the classic glitchy/IDM drum vibe) but I am open to ideas for drums. I really don't like the sample drum and was planning on selling it

Goals

Live IDM / acid performance (sequenced + hands-on modulation)

Punchy, glitchable drums

Melodic + bassline voices with motion

Deep modulation playground, but not chaotic

Good mixing / utilities for performance

"Playable", not academic — I want muscle memory and flow

Gear Info

Here’s my currently owned modules rack

I’d love suggestions for:

Which modules to include

Row layout for best playability

Which utilities / modulators to prioritize

Anything in my rack that is better left out for a live setup

Optional: if anyone feels like actually building me a rack mockup from my available modules, that would be amazing.

Thanks for helping me whip this chaos into a real performance instrument. Looking forward to your ideas.

I cant see a concept in you rack. Do you have one?

Maybe simplifiy it at first.
add some utility, like attenuators and stuff, and envelopes.
How do you distribute the modulation?
Looks like, you put many big and complex modules together but miss the whole important stuff around.
Looks a bit like a mess to me, but maybe you have a plan behind it and I just dont know what you are going after.

Never.

Is it ever complete? ;-)

According to Perfect Circuit, they expect the next shipment of DATA modules to arrive in mid/late December.
I'm not sure how true this is.

Does Mordax have DATA in production any more, or is that run of units and parts all done?
They have one product, two versions, and they're both 'out of stock' on the site.
They talked about updating it, but it looks like Mordax lost interest in DATA a few years ago in the plague times.
Now they are focused on a prototype 'drone oscillator'. Oh boy.
Eurorack's a tough business to stay alive in.

Are you looking for a black faceplate, or a white one?

EDITED Oct 29th, 18:42

Anyone know if Mordax sells faceplates for their DATA module? I reached out to them but never heard back.

Your module choice and placement looks kind of random. A headache in a box.
You're going to have to fight a tangle of wires, and your memory and eyesight, to tune, patch, and play that thing.
It will certainly generate a mess of audio, but a collection of high end modules doesn't make an instrument.

You've puzzled out making everything fit (the fun part), but go back and reconsider what modules, when paired together,
would be typically used in the majority of your patches. Source to sinks, left to right, building from the bottom up.
Not always the best choice, but it fits how most Doepfer modules were traditionally designed, so there we are.
Using a pair of 4 inch wires is better than draping two footers down to one corner and back.

You've got all of those complex modules, but no way to share and distribute expensive-to-generate signals accuratly.
With your 16hp, I would place four Synthrotek MST '07 buffered multiples (my new favorite 4hp mult), one on each row.
Better yet, drop a row's worth of ear candy, and put in some VCFs, mixers, and offset/attenuators to tame those modules.
At least 20% of what you've got there will never get used, beyond maybe once. It could, but won't.
Find that 20%, and simplify.

EDITED Oct 29th, 17:57

the Neo Trinity has 6 LFO/env outs with gesture recording in addition to a clock, so that seems like a huge advantage over all those, esp the maths and quadrax for their price. I was wanting to get a Gliss though, and I just saw they make one in 24hp 1u! I will have to get rid of the touch pad though, since I got the stereo out module. Seems like a good trade.

The Palette is rock solid like all Intellijel cases, but it is expensive in terms of buck per hp.
When it comes to hands-on modulation, the Bastl wouldn't be my first choice, not even second or third. I'm no Bastl fan, tbh, so I'm biased. You should also take a look at the Intellijel Planar 2, the Bela Gliss, Intellijel Quadrax / QX, Rossum Mob Of Emus and Make Noise Maths 2. The Ryk Envy Machine comes to mind as well.
The Palette will be too small soon, anyway. :)

Needs music theory, which many do not have / are unwilling to invest in. 🤷‍♂️

Thought about that re: midi- Figured I'd save myself the $200 and use the mother32 for midi-cv if needed. (I just barely understand midi in general but at least have found how to send notes from ableton to the m32)

The Palette seemed like a solid, reliable case compared to the cheaper options.

Wouldn't the Neo Trinity be the source of hands-on modulation? it seems like a powerhouse that I hope could trigger the Crust. I'm also not opposed to using the Moog system to supplement a certain functions for now- The DFAM is like 2 8-step sequencers and I have like 6 or 7 envelopes to use in the whole system.

Ah, thanks. Well, if you're really willing to sell the Terrarium, then the Oneiroi might be a good replacement (although a totally different beast with another sonic palette). For ambient, it's a nice choice for sure, and the 352 should bring in enough money to continue on that way.

If you want the MIDI input to work on your Intellijel case, you'll need one of their 1U MIDI output modules to connect to it. If you don't need that, then you're fine, but it might help for sending pitch and gate information to the Crust and its other firmwares (Pizza is a great oscillator, and the Basil is not only a great delay but an interesting Karplus-Strong voice). Unfortunately, there isn't much room for my next suggestion, which would be a hands-on source of free-running modulation (LFO, function generator, etc).

Overall, I think this can absolutely be used as it is, but I am wondering how committed you are to the Palette case. They are pretty expensive and require at least two extra modules (a 1U MIDI out and a 1U stereo out) in order to get all the functionality you need. The 1U modules you've chosen can easily be found in 3U format. In other words, a lot the extras that make this case so expensive don't seem to be a concern for you, unless I am mistaken. Will you be using this alongside MIDI sequencing and mixing things outside of the rack?

EDITED Oct 28th, 22:31

Can you show the "rest" of your system?
-- puckelhontas

https://modulargrid.net/e/forum/posts/index/13793

An Intellijel Tangrams might come in handy.

@noodle_hut: Thanks for the suggestion. The assimil8or does look like a do it all sampler, but i fear that all those options are hidden behind a good amount of menu diving. I would like some more immediate control over the sounds, like on the STS. Besides, the used price is about as high as what i want to spent total.

The Beringer 173 would mostly be used for trigger gates or other logic related patching. If i understand it right, passive mults are a problem because of signal degradation/feedback?

@ferran_RMBL: That looks like a nice sampler. A display would make slicing alot easier i suppose, yet i would probably miss the direct control of the missing potentiometers. For straight up launching samples, it looks nice. But don't take my opinion for anything but an opinion of a total modular beginner.

Hi,
While we're talking about samplers, how about Ericasynths Sample Drum for launching and manipulating samplers? My main use wouldn't be for percussion, but rather for launching samplers of perhaps 10 or 15 seconds. I like the slice functions and the graphic display. Any thoughts on it?

The Behringer 173 is a passive mult. Unless it's for trigger pulses, I'd avoid it.
The Synthrotek Buff Mult is very nice, as is the Rides in the Storm QAM.

The Rossum Assimil8tor does about everything a sampler could, and sounds pristine.
Still expensive, but they're trending cheaper on the used market.

Hi,

I am looking forward to building a modular system focused on playing and altering samples. The system will be sequenced by a digitone, which is also handling all of the usual synth voices. I would like the sampler to fill the role of hard to replicate sounds and textures, that i want to manipulate further by other modules. Here is where I stand at the moment:

1. O_C 4.1 for midi to cv and everything that is missing (lfo, simple envelopes. quantization).

2. Behringer 173, Math clone and a 4 channel VCA for further envelope generation, attenuation or sequencing the sampler (module recommendations welcome)

3. 4ms STS for sample playback. I want to create a patch that uses playback speed, direction, pitch and sample selection for interesting sounds/rhythms and then switch to a different bank and be surprised by new and probably bad sounding audio. I think the STS fits nicely and will be at the core of everything.

4. Some kind of filter would go here to further shape the output. I am open to suggestions, as I really have no idea what is needed here.

5. At the end I would like some kind of mixer with line in and line out, so that I can route the final sound from digitone back into the system and record it with the STS. Does a module like this exist, or do I need multiple modules?

Here is the link to the rack:

I would love to hear some feedback on all of this. Is this enough to get started with sampling fun?

Thoughts ? suggestions ? :)

You power that with a single 4hp supply?
How did you distribute the power to the other 41 modules?

Can you show the "rest" of your system?

here is the complete skiff:

sorry, it's not showing all the modules:
Left to right:
Sample and Hold
Mixer
Amp./envelope follower/Integrator
Noise Generator/Rig Mod
Frequency Central Process 26 (ARP 2600 styled Volt Processor)
3 Mults
Analog Switch
Between these three racks/skiffs all modules are accounted for on the original Roland 700 Synth.

EDITED Oct 27th, 18:16

I'm not giving up:
https://modulargrid.net/e/forum/posts/edit/45224

EDITED Oct 27th, 18:11

Yeah, the learning curve can be a bit steep in the beginning. That said, this is a really weird rack. ;)
Power consumption shouldn't be a problem, the Intellijel 4U Palette provides up to 1.2 A per rail.
What you need depends entirely on what you want. You don't need a VCA if there's no need for amplitude modulation. But you might want something like this: https://intellijel.com/shop/eurorack/1u/stereo-line-out-1u/ to connect to your 6.3 output jack and reach the outside world. Be careful - modular level is not line level! Modular level is quite a bit hotter!

Lastly, I do have another support skiff which I had not updated on ModularGrid (it was a 6U 104 rack, which I broke down part of it on Nifty Keys the other is a 104hp 3U skiff which I just updated here):
The little power thing is a monster power supply by Synthrotek. These are all analog modules so they don't have tremendous draw. Also I didn't mention in my post that most I built most of the Pharmasonic modules.
Thanks for your insights, you arrived at them quickly and exposed that I in fact failed to share that extra row, more or less that you spoke of. Still, I'm not thrilled with the Behringer 305; so likely I'll replace it.

    I decided to jump into modular with the new Bastl Citadel modules. I had previously owned two of their SP2's and loved them (quite buggy though). I have Moog semi-modulars but have never built a full modular rack so I'm worried about missing something obvious. 

    Do I need VCA? Sequencer? Any cheap 1u utilities? (Figured I can sequence w/ the DFAM/Subharmonicon if needed). Do I have to worry about power consumption? (503 mA +12V | 238 mA -12V | 0 mA 5V) I really have no clue what I'm going to be able to do with this rack besides glitchy drums - I know it would be cool to patch the DFAM in. I'm sure it'll be a learning curve. 

EDITED Oct 27th, 16:55

I tried to stay true to the components of the original Roland 700, but I ran out of real estate so I sacrificed a few of the redundant utility modules. I used clones from Pharmasonic in Japan. The founders were involved with Roland. The modules sound amazing.
This was built into the back of a Vox 4x12 speaker cabinet. I kept the speakers and purchased the Vox Head that went with it. It is a digital amp with tube distortion but with loads of FX to play with. It sounds huge!

There is also a Nifty Keys that goes with this synth:
including 8 note polyphony and an output mixer. Plus when I want more control over melodies, a sequencer and a sampler.

It kind of wants to be 8 note polyphonic, but there's no easy way to do that with just the sequencer and S&Hs.
Needs active mults and a mixer. I get how it could be patched, but it seems tedious,
especially to group CV the oscillators.
There's tons of potential there, the essentials x 8,
but it's missing about one row more (more or less) of what would make it great.
That sequencer is taking up a lot of room...
What's that little power supply in the lower left do?

EDITED Oct 27th, 15:56

Guess it depends on how far you want to go but Jake's Custom Shop do a Eurorack DMX controller

There's a video on it here:

-- andydavies

Bought a musical clock divider module from Jake's and was pleased with it and his service. Have not tried his lights, though.

thank you for sharing that. thats why im here for. Learn and enjoy. Do you have a link to your grid?
-- fsticher

Oh I only see this now, thank you so much! Yes I have: https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_2966939.jpg

how about 3U version?

Beautiful!

So, I have NOT used this particular product or website, but for example:

https://tradecmps.com/products/g-geekeep-music-activated-led-strip-lights-16-4ft-5m-12v-color-changing-rope-lights-pulse-to-beats-of-music

Led rope light with beat-synching, color changing, cuttable to length, includes tape and brackets for mounting.

If this doesn't work for you, try searching for "music-synced led rope lights" or similar.

Probably, similar products available at hardware stores such as Menards, or if you are okay using scamazon, they'd have something similar too. Not sure what the anagolous local companies would be in Japan, but look at hardware and/or lighting stores and they should be able to help you.

Well within budget, will move to the music, can adjust speeds/colors, cut to length, mountable, reusuable.

Just make sure you're getting a complete kit, getting individual items in led rope lighting is more fiddly and confusing than a complete kit.

Best of luck!!
-- Jukeshoe

Thank you Jukeshoe! I greatly appreciate your feedback and it has led me down a better path.

All the best:)

I'm terribly sorry for the late reply! I really appreaciate you taking the time to provide feedback. It's still a work in progress:)

Solo ambient live in Japan with Microfreak (sequencing) and Crave filtering modular gear (Mutable Rings and Beads) and creating drones. Please check it out:)

Another VCV Rack & Bitwig Collab

I tried to stay true to the components of the original Roland 700, but I ran out of real estate so I sacrificed a few of the redundant utility modules. I used clones from Pharmasonic in Japan. The founders were involved with Roland. The modules sound amazing.
This was built into the back of a Vox 4x12 speaker cabinet. I kept the speakers and purchased the Vox Head that went with it. It is a digital amp with tube distortion but with loads of FX to play with. It sounds huge!