Neither of these oscillators are a bad choice - they feature regularly in my own dream/drool racks - but relegating a perfectly good VCO to lowly modulation duties would break my heart - personally, I would prefer to install a dedicated LFO (or several)
THanks Togodumnus! I need advice like this before spending my hard earned cash. The Pittsburgh and Intelligel oscillators should also work as LFO's. That's why I selected them....Is that a bad choice?
You may want to consider swapping one of your three VCOs for another VCF to compliment the Polivoks. I would, in addition, swap the Shuffling Clock Multiplier for something more useful such as an LFO.
To run a guitar (or most anything else) through a synth I would recommend the Doepfer A-119 External Inpuit/Envelope Follower, perhaps coupled with an Inverse/Offset Attenuator.
Regarding the construction of my own powered custom Euro-rack modular case(s), I plan to use the Z-Rails, Bus-Boards and Power Interfaces manufactured by TipTop Audio.
Curious what those of you "who know" think of this rack. I'd plan to make the shell myself and purchase the internal electronics mounting rail. Likely, if I ever want a Rhythm section, I'd build another, smaller unit. This would be controlled by either my Roland D-20 (Keyboard/Sequencer) or my Korg Poly 800 used as just a keyboard. My real wish would be to run a guitar through it, use it as a monosynth and also to use the MIDI to control my old Moog.
Any advice on who makes good power electronicas and bus board?
Never mind. I just discovered how easy it is to upload your own modules. I have named my version "Micromac -R 56hp".
Hi!
I need help fitting the last module. It seems that the width reported for the micromac is wrong and it should be 56hp instead of 57hp. Is it correct?
Regards,
Pere
This is actually 2x cases that live side by side - hence the "spacers" in the middle.
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WTB: Euro VCAs, Mixers, Env Followers & Interfaces.
Building the modular since ~2003
Notes:
The Doepfer Dual Attenuator is actually a DIY attenuator.
The two "Turing Machine" modules and "Pulses" expander were actually DIY'd as well. Take a gander: http://synth.glitched.org ;
There's another ~50HP with all-DIY stuff; I'll upload some module pics in due time.
Goike 6U 104HP Curved Hardwood Boat (Walnut) http://www.goike.com/node/5
Voltage Tweaker
Goike 6U 104HP Curved Hardwood Boat (Walnut) http://www.goike.com/node/5
Voltage Tweaker
It looks great. Proper arrangement of the modules (number and distribution) would make an excellent and intuitive system. Most 5U systems are "all-black" and noone seems to care.
Argh my eyes!! I can't focus on a single knob... I'd be lost in a second if I had this system in front of me!
Sweet Patch on my set up #1- Phonogene MPC:
Loop into Phonogene, Phonogene Slice set to 16 (noon- I put tape on mine and marked the different slice points) Rene QCV with voltages stored(I guess recalled from Q page) to equal 16 increasing values from QVC. QVC out to A183-2 in. The 183 is modded to 4x gain rather then 1x attenuation so I offest -2.5v from the rene QCV to get ±2.5 then gain in up to get ±8.5 ish. Output of that goes into Slide in at full CW. Slide offset in the middle goes to Noon. Now touching plates on the Rene gets me MCP type action with 16 autoslives of whatever I've recorded into the Phonogene.
Bonus feature: Clock the Rene and the PEG so that when you hit a pad on the rene it triggers the PEG, send the PEG envelope to the Play in on the Phonogene and you can dictate how many times your 1/16 chop plays. Mess with the curve for funky rythem action!
Hi there! This is my special portable case. It is actually built into a box that has a kinda cool set up. The box is big enough for 6u with a gap at the top which is exactly the right size for a 3U skiff to slide into horizontally (like a drawer) the Skiff is powered by the main box via a din tether I DIY-ed into the side of the box and skiff. Bottom row is the Skiff whicha also works nicely as a stand alone. I moded the A183-2 on the bottom row to let me convert the Rene's +5 into ±10 to control the Phonogene. I believe it to be THE BEST EVER! Other cool things... the little guy next to the E350 is an expader for the e350 with 3 bipolr attenuators but when any of the 3 don't have an in signal they are normaled to +10 and work gread as an expander for the Dixie to it's right!
... and this is a track I made with it
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This is Rack No.1 on ModularGrid. Planning this Rack brought me the idea to build this website.
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Just built this one myself from a pcb and panel blank. Love it. Works great. Low noise floor. Sounds great!
Just a sublime module. Perfect for sound shaping or for creating dynamics within anything in your track (by modulating the vca's or processing the odds and evens outputs differently, for instance). I can safely say that mine will never leave the house, just a brilliant piece of kit.
i didn't have the module yet, so I've never seen the PCB. Turns out it was lost in the mail. Anyway, thanks for contiously pointing it out. I'd delete it but others have added it to their racks, so you'll just have to deal with it.
Yup, proper title is "lopass". It's even printed in huge letters on the PCB:
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The Thomas White board is called a lopass gate (not Low Pass).
it's spelled wrong (lopass gate). That explains why I couldn't find it in a search
This is a duplicate.
http://www.modulargrid.net/e/other-unknown-thomas-white-dual-resonant-lopass-gate
No problem, but if someone watermarks an image, they do it for a reason.
By coincidence I bought a VCO-2RM lately. I will make a photo and upload a better image.
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Sorry! I did take it from BCM — but the one here was all janky.
Also this image is clearly watermarked. Flagged this module as private.
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Please update the photo on the existing module entry instead of creating a new one.
Now we have two entries for the white VCO-2RM; one with a nice picture, and another with all the specifications and reviews...
Building one of these from pcb. Will make my own panel from .com double blank.
Just built this. Couldn't be happier. Sounds just like it's supposed to. :)
Anyone know if EMW's face plates are metal or plastic? They look like metal but I just wanted to be sure.
Still hope they´ll make a kit, would love to build one. a batch of 10 its not enough! also don´t like the black panel that someone posted on Muff´s.
for some reason the site wont let me make this 104 hp, so I've just left it at the max allowed, 84hp. hopefully a mod will do something about that.
I built this from a pcb board from Mattson Mini. Works great. Cool module. See also, the Quad VCA for separate outs.
This is the best seq ever, period. I'm so happy with mine. It's so versatile, small and hnng I just wanna hug it
I have one of these on it's way in Banana format, should be awesome :)
