Just keep the percussion in another rack like I am.... I'm sure that will help how far down the rabbit hole you go! ;-)

Very nice! Getting some Underworld vibes from this.

Vortices is a very cool mixer. Sounds great here (and your kick sound too). I was scoping out Vortices for a long time, but ultimately picked up a Strymon Deco pedal for a similar tape saturation sound.

I've been resisting drums in the rack, but there are a ton of cool percussive sounds in this noodle. I think see another rabbit hole... :-)

Build for https://www.modularseattle.com Modular Nights 03/13/2022
The 1u blank houses the WMD MSCL compressor sideways and the 14hp blank is for performance notes.
This performance also includes an Analog Rytm MkII which handles drums, samples, final-stage mix/compression, and acts as the main clock source (with DIN sync into Pam's).
Patch: https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/patches/modulargrid_90045.jpg

EDITED Mar 9th 2022, 20:40

[https://mebitek.bandcamp.com/track/landing-to-vega]

Breakbeat track
Landing to Vega, the bright star
let the journey begins

produced with custom modular system
except some #maschine additions
mastered with #ableton #live and #izotope #ozone

EDITED Mar 9th 2022, 19:36

@modulargrid - thank you!!!

Sacguy! Always love watching your videos, and this tour of the smaller systems integrating is great. That Endorphines system does look very cool. Also glad to see you active over at ModWiggler. Have you tried recording the audio direct, as opposed to through the open mic. I feel like I am missing a lot of the nuance of the great modules you are highlighting here. Is all your stuff going into one central mixer? Cheers!

Forum: buffer texts

If users are idle for too long, they will be kicked out of the system. This is especially annoying if they were in the process of writing long texts in the forum, because they might lose all their well thought out thoughts.

Now text in the forum forms will be continuously buffered to the local storage of your browser.
This should survive page reloads as well as a logout, meaning if you are kicked out just log in, hit Reply again and your texts hopefully will still be there.

thanks jim for the suggestion! i will give it a thought, but i think space issue within the case will be an issue :)

hey, garfield! super thanks for your thorough reply!!! I own a Ritual Flexibilité already, I know of them and like it :) I'll check out the Altar, and the rest! cheers

I would've loved a Quad in/out Offset with Scale-module. would be a little tight. but i got tiny fingers :D

I wrote a really long reply, but when I was to submit I had been kicked off. UGH

Sorry for that! I have now uploaded a patch that will continuously buffer the text to the local storage of your browser.
This should survive page reloads as well as a logout, meaning if you are kicked out just log in, hit Reply again and your long texts hopefully will still be there.

Something a bit more uptempo this time, I just love running a keyboard through Ears to distort a bit and then into Mimeophon, having ears envelope follower control the feedback, so whenever I play I get sustained notes if the delay time is on the shorter zones... what's your favourite moment?

Patch Notes:

Voices:
- Studiologic Numa Compact 2x amped by Ears through Mimeophon, is playing chords and melodies.
- Eowave titan into ST Werner and Takkab LPG doing 2 syncopated basslines bassline,
- Calsynth Rangoon is doing the counter melody, controlled by SIG.
- Ensemble oscillator through Bizarre Jezebel Pkhia, controlled by Doboz XIIO.

Drums:
- Instruo Ts-l through Takaab LPG as bass drum
- Blue and White Noise from through Patching Panda Punch v3 as high-hat and snare.
- Erica Pico Drums through Dreadbox Splash as snare.

Modulation:
- Clank Chaos as clock divider and random CV generator, sequencing most drums and bassline.
- Mutable Instruments Stages as envelope generator and LFOs
- Instruo Ochd as LFOs

Utilities:
- MIAx3 as attenuation, mixer, offset.
- Super Vcas as vca, inverter, mixer and sidechain.
- joeSeggiola's Nearness as panning sub-mixer.
- Cosmotronic Cosmix as mixer, using Mimeophon as send effect.
- Music Thing Startup as mixer and clock generator and divider.

I started building this around my Moog Matriarch. Initially I just was interested in expanding the Matriarch’s capacity, but then I realized the rack is more of a hub that could function on its own or with various external gear (drums, guitar, additional keyboards, guitar pedals, etc).

EDITED Mar 9th 2022, 06:48

Fun cross patching my smaller systems

Hi Diego,

How about an Intellijel 1U Dual VCA at 8 HP?
Or a passive LPG 1U module from Intellijel at 6 HP?

Some more modules from Intellijel at 10 HP or less: 1U FSR, 1U Headphones, 1U Line In, 1U Line Out, 1U Pedal I/O Jacks, 1U Stereo Line In Jacks, 1U Stere Out, 1U Stere Out Jacks, 1U USB Power, 1U XY IO or 1U µMIDI Jacks.

Then there are 1U modules from Mosaic (those 10 HP or less): 1U Clock, 1U Line Input, 1U Line Output, 1U Sample/Hold or 1U Tap.

Also Ritual Electronics has 1U modules that fits your 10 HP requirement: 1U - Flexibilité (audio interface), 1U - Krach (noise) and 1U - Pointeuse (switch). This guy from Ritual Electronics is completely a cool guy, I met him at the Superbooth back in 2021. He makes some real interesting modules. Check out that Altar filter module, wow! That filter can make some real great noise :-)

Ah yes, Shakmat Modular also has two 1U modules: Tessitura Tailor and Time Apprentice (clock divider).

Bad luck with the VoicAS modules they are 12 HP :-(

Anyway, I think that should be enough choice to keep you going, right? ;-) Good luck with filling up that 10 HP 1U gap, have fun with it and kind regards, Garfield Modular.

Hi Sacguy71,

Ha, ha, sounds you guys had a lot of fun there! :-D

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Reinalter,

Besides the comments of Jim, I have another point to consider (actually a lot but then this is going to be a very long feedback, so I shorten this a bit).

Why would you need 3 ALM Pamelas? Wouldn't be one enough and if those 8 outputs are not sufficient then use multiples and clock dividers (and multipliers) instead of 3 the same Pamelas? If you must insist on more than one clocking unit (why?) then consider as a second module the combination of Make Noise - Tempo and Shakmat Modular - Time Wizard a great pair of modules that go very well together.

Please check the basic synthesizer setup of: 2 (or more) oscillators, noise generator, mixer, two (or more) filters, envelopes, LFOs, VCAs, some utility modules to keep Jim happy (just joking Jim), perhaps a ring modulator as well. Start with a bit more basic modules and functionality and then expend where needed. An audio interface (as in a module that exports (and imports) Eurorack levels to Line levels) wouldn't harm either for a setup like this. Vermona Tai-4 (XLR) is a great module for that purpose or Intellijel - Audio I/O (jacks) another good example.

From the look from your rack, I have a bit the feeling that you "suffer" from the nice sexy looking modules syndrome ;-) It's nice to have a few sexy modules but better to start with the basics first.

Perhaps the main advice could be that you should start with a few modules first, gain experience with those and adjust your opinion about future planned modules and see what's the next little batch of modules you might want to add to your existing modules, again gain experience, etcetera...

The very good thing I observe is that you straight away take a monster rack or going towards that, that's good :-) But please keep some free space reserved for future needs/plans/etcetera.

Good luck with the planning and once you get into it (or did you bought everything already?), have fun with it :-) Kind regards, Garfield Modular.

I'm not convinced you do see...

synthesis with modules, as opposed to modular synthesis

not just utilities, although they are a big part, but also basic building block modules... a simple analogue vco etc etc

but yeah could do with load of utilities - everything from switches (manual and sequential) to matrix mixers, to attenuvereters,,, and everything in between - but which and how many of these you need is up to you - once you start with patching some in you might not be able to stop...

Ok..i see..i think i need more mults, what do you think? Which sort of utilitys ? Thx

duplicate, already exists here:
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/after-later-audio-utides-v2

Designed for the RECVLVM 2022 weekend jam April 29-May 2, in Santa Cruz, CA.
Already racked up, but still tweaking the arrangement a bit, and i've yet to build the STMix.
Left side is 12U of RackBrute and right side is 9U of Moog Skiffs with a Mother-32 bolted to the top.
Not visible in this rendering are the DFAM and TR-6S that sit below eveything and raq the qaṣba.
Designed for jamming with the band but also planning a couple late night solo performances.

Thanks Jim for taking the time to reply and for the chill advice.

NP

I think I will just chill for a bit. There's tonnes of depth with the modules I have and I'm always learning something new about them. I have a favourite module every other day and this often has me thinking that it would now be p[laced somewhere else on the rack. So yeah I think I'll leave well alone for a bit.

Im finding the disting to be a bit of a pain and I'm not really using it. If I decide to swap it out I'll have 5 hp spare. What would be the most useful module for the size in your opinion?

use the favourites and reduce the number of algos you try to use - it really helps...

I dislike odd hp modules - 5hp is a pain to fill - maybe something from bastl - the cinnamon is supposed to be a nice filter

I'm optimistically taking your lack of criticism as a good sign btw ;)

Cheers again Jim

hahaha - no I just disguised the criticism - see the "learn the power of utilities" paragraph! & I didn't see that abomination of a b-company module!

Thanks Jim for taking the time to reply and for the chill advice.

I think I will just chill for a bit. There's tonnes of depth with the modules I have and I'm always learning something new about them. I have a favourite module every other day and this often has me thinking that it would now be p[laced somewhere else on the rack. So yeah I think I'll leave well alone for a bit.

Im finding the disting to be a bit of a pain and I'm not really using it. If I decide to swap it out I'll have 5 hp spare. What would be the most useful module for the size in your opinion?

I'm optimistically taking your lack of criticism as a good sign btw ;)

Cheers again Jim

Browsing the forums I am impressed with the knowledge that many members here possess and would really love to here any opinions of what I have built so far.

I'm pretty happy with the modules that I have included but I wonder if there is anything that I have missed which limit the potential of my system.

learn the power of utility modules - they massively add versatility for not so much cash - you'll probably want another row at least just for these though...

I'm also looking for advice on how best to organise the modules for efficiency. I have reorganised the case a few times now and it has definitely improved things. I have found myself patching away and getting completely absorbed in what I'm doing and then when I step back and look at my nest of cables it can be difficult to see what the hell is going on.

there's no formula for this and many many thousands of posts discussing the finer points of module arrangement... the only real answer is: what works for you, works for you... with a small case and few modules such as yours it's not that big a deal... perhaps slightly longer cables and some cable ties, or velcro strips would help... maybe thinner cables... maybe just don't worry about it...

you could get a blank panel and drill it - you may need to wire all the panel furniture and mount the pcb somewhere in the case...

it's very synthesis with modules...

hello, enjoy modular grid.

Im not sure if this exists but it would be great to have a section on the site for "latest modules" or "Newest Modules"
or add a filter to the module finder for year created.

thx
-- tunnelsurf

it already exists, order by: Newest...

Just to note: as an owner of this module, it doesn't entirely mute but rather reduces the volume of the signal. If the signal is loud you will still hear the input signal, albeit at a reduced volume.
-- furusato
thanks, very good to know.

hello, enjoy modular grid.

Im not sure if this exists but it would be great to have a section on the site for "latest modules" or "Newest Modules"
or add a filter to the module finder for year created.

thx

Mmmm... Rich creamery butter!

This is great! Nice work. I love that super-saturated sound.

EDITED Mar 9th 2022, 03:29

About to get going with the Erica Synths/Moritz Klein VCO build, meanwhile having 10HP 1U I’m looking to fill.

I feel 1U modules under 10HP are too sparse, and thought about the possibillity of converting the VCO to 1U/10 HP. I’m a noob with the solder iron, so thought I’d ask here for advice. Cheers!

Thank you, you two!
(Needed to look up "not the SOS" in the urbandictionary, haha. Thank you, I take it as a great compliment)

EDITED Mar 7th 2022, 07:50

Indeed, it’s pretty amazing how versatile it is. Sequencing the mode CV is a great way to get a huge variety of percussion sounds on one track.

It’s all over my new tune, and I’ll definitely be picking up another.

Hello Everyone,

I began building this set up at the beginning of the year. I have been playing with synthesizers for a few years now. I started with IOS apps and logic pro and slowly moved into hardware. Now I'm playing with modular I'm completely hooked.

This rack isn't geared towards any particular style. I really just want to explore the possibilities that I hope this set up will allow.
I am definitely inspired by bands like the chemical brothers, nine inch nails, tool, prodigy etc

I have been diligently learning the modules that I have and have found it to be extremely rewarding and fun but I acknowledge that I am new to this and have so much to learn.
Browsing the forums I am impressed with the knowledge that many members here possess and would really love to here any opinions of what I have built so far.

I'm pretty happy with the modules that I have included but I wonder if there is anything that I have missed which limit the potential of my system.

I'm also looking for advice on how best to organise the modules for efficiency. I have reorganised the case a few times now and it has definitely improved things. I have found myself patching away and getting completely absorbed in what I'm doing and then when I step back and look at my nest of cables it can be difficult to see what the hell is going on.

Anyway I'd love to hear opinions/advice from you all. It is very much appreciated.

Thanks

Hy!
i have build an pay for this rack since 5 Yeras...
what do you think?!
i have ordered a monster case for this setup..sold a make noise 7u and behringer go case, kept one make noise 7u for jams
it should be an ambient, techno, drum setup and more..
should work with soma puksar 23 to

EDITED Mar 6th 2022, 20:07

A VCO from Befaco, their EvenVCO. A competent VCO without frills, though good to have 4 waveforms available at once.
Some fit and finish issues, a little unusual for Befaco, but overall a good kit.
CK. builds a Befaco EvenVCO

Good experience buying from @Zbigniew and @pauk, good communication, quick shipping. Thank you!

Pretty experimental, but quite melodic. I'm finding myself coming back to using 2HP Pluck as a lead voice again and again. I find it's really good at cutting through, and I especially like the lead guitar sounds it's making in the latter part of this jam. This is overdrive coming from Bastl Cinnamon's resonance switch.

Thanks ..
I will check out those mods for sure
Im going to look into building my own stuff .. I used to breadboard 20 years ago
Im finding adsr and vca are just too pricey .. If i can learn cv controller voltages ..ill be on my way

Im going to buy a 2 channel oscilloscope kit and modify that to ER format

I figure it will cost 60 bucks and 4 hours work .. Throw a 7809 to power and draw off the +12 rail .. Use a blank pcb board as the face plate .get 2 @ 3.5 mm input jacks .

Then a want to build basic AR envelops .. Just to trigger the vca i will make next.

You rack is cool btw .. Your vcos look nice and hand crafted on tje top right

You have fun too ..

Hmmm... I'm not much of a generative musician, but I think I would probably want some switching, random, and logic options like the Doepfer A151 and MI Branches, maybe the Joranalogue Compare 2, and I know a lot of folks love MI's Marbles for generative. Disting would probably cover some of that territory for you. It's not much fun to use though. I've been eyeing the Qu-Bit Synapse as a fully-featured crossfading switch but at 20hp it's a lot of real estate (and $) to sacrifice. I personally like the Warm Star Electronics The Bends for a small (10hp) CV controlled crossfading matrix mixer. Might be worth a look?
Your signal flow looks pretty logical, so if it works for you, I would keep it as-is.
Have fun and good luck!

Hi. Sorry bout that .. Thanks for reaching out

Module placement ... ?
Any kind of music ..
Using this as a generative 4 channel
Clocking to my daw . digitakt and analog 4 ..
Currently running 3 channels out to 2 ch to daw .. No live .. No mobilility ..

Staying at 4 @ 84 hp ..

Any advice on placement would help

Im going for the top left and working down to
Bottom right .. Seems to be a preference ..

I am bout 6 months in .. Not into noise making
However its fun .. Want to do mainly generative ..

Gary

Hello....
So I went back to the drawing board and came op now with this case.

Here is the link
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/command_center/197880

I would like to know what do you think of the following, if there is enough of these module sorts....

Post mixing capabilities?
Enough modulation sources?
Enought VSAs and VSFs?
And Utilities?

This case is still in the making....

Thanks

What kind of suggestions are you hoping for? New module additions? Module replacement? Signal flow improvement?
Do you have other gear that you are incorporating with your modular? What styles of music are you creating?
Hard to offer any useful advice without knowing any details. Let us know what you are hoping to do.

Great advice with regard to learning Maths and Disting first.

For now, I'm thinking I'll use my CV.OCD and do most sequencing from my iPad. I'm thinking about getting a Beatstep Pro or Keystep Pro in the future for similar duties.

I think the FX Aid is the next logical step. I'm currently using my iPad for FX as I use the iPad at the end of the signal chain. It'll be nice to have FX pre iPad.

Other recent ideas are to replace the Giraffe and Tangle Quartet with the 3xMIA and 3xVCA.

Hrmmmm...

any suggestions?

this is such a great little supersaw oscillator!

it holds it own too in heavy mix

oled ftw

Nice, indeed! Not the SOS!

Really nice work dude :)