Debuting a video for the first track off my EP that drops Friday. 6 minutes long:

Hi all,
does anyone have a good source for obtaining male IDC connectors (2x5 and 2x8), female headers for fastening to ribbons, and ribbon cable-the standard 28 AWG and 2.54mm pitch?
I've bought some off eBay in the past but am looking for something without the high mark up. I've tried Mouser, Digikey, and Tayda but don't have much experience sourcing parts and the search leaves a bit to be desired if you aren't already set with the proper names/specs required.
Thanks!

Checking out Servo, a unique new module from ADDAC Systems. It can turn knobs or trim pots on a modular, synth, pedal, mixer, or anything else that’s small and cylindrical and that lacks a cv input! Perfect for when your hands are busy doing other things, or when you want slow LFO-style modulation, or super-precise stepped adjustments.
I'm using it here to control the envelope decay of a Moog Subharmonicon. I'd be interested to hear what others might use it for.

EDITED Today, 12:51

Looks pretty good. I just want to mention these two things in favour of affordability:
There are cheaper and just as good (or better?) options for Maths. Like Nano Arc ( https://modulargrid.net/e/nano-modules-arc ) and others.
Mutable Instruments modules have been cloned many times by different producers. Opting for clones can save you a lot of money.

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I agree, definitely onto something there. One note, Quadrax self-attenuates.

2 Hp trim may not be the attenuation you want. Something a little bit more like a 3xMIA could fit into this setup and add additional fleixbility with mixing, inverting, as well as attenuation.

You're def looking in the right directions, though, this would be a versatile setup for the money.

Also, uPlaits, uClouds, and uRings are available that take up less space, in case you wanted to sacrifice a bit of ergonomic value in exchange for HP.

Best wishes and luck!! :)

EDITED Yesterday, 23:28

Thank you very much, it was made with a more intuitive workflow in mind.

Looks like you have a pretty good plan in place, don't forget to check ebay etc, its definietly a buyers market out there at the moment so deals to be had, you could look at a Ornament & Crime for Quantization as you get 4x for the money plus a lot of other things to play with.

Month 0 (Initial ~£600)
Goal: Have a complete single-voice patch (sound → filter → VCA → trim) with envelope/LFO shaping so you can actually make and sculpt tones—even before you add sequencers or effects.

Module Est. GBP
Mutable Instruments Plaits £150
Make Noise Maths £200
Doepfer A-135-2 Quad VCA / VC Mixer £120
Doepfer A-106-5 SEM VCF £80
2 hp Trim (passive attenuator) £15
Subtotal £565

Plaits → your main sound source (virtual-analog, FM, noise, etc.)

Maths → dual envelope + LFO + slew + attenuverting mixer

Quad VCA → shapes amplitude and acts as mixer

SEM filter → smooth, musical low-pass filtering

2 hp Trim → manual level/CV control and output attenuation

You can patch: Plaits → SEM → Quad VCA → 2 hp Trim → Focusrite. Use Maths for envelopes and slow LFO modulations.

Month 1 (~£400)
Goal: Add clocking, randomness, and a basic S&H for generative tweaks—plus a proper output module for safe line-level and headphone out.

Module Est. GBP
Befaco Output v2 (line + headphone out) £80
Doepfer A-118-1 Noise/Random £75
Synthrotek MST VC LFO £70
Doepfer A-161 Clock Sequencer £60
Doepfer A-160-1 Clock Divider £45
Doepfer A-148 Dual Sample & Hold £60
Subtotal £390

Befaco Out → clean 1/4″ outputs + headphone jack

Noise + S&H → rudimentary random CV

MST VC LFO → dedicated freely swept LFO

Clock Seq + Divider → triggers & sub-divisions for envelopes/LFOs/S&H

Now you’ve got generative sources (random CV, sequenced gates, LFOs) and can patch plaits on autopilot.

Month 2 (~£400)
Goal: Introduce logic branching, pitch quantization, a second filter voice, and switching for evolving patterns.

Module Est. GBP
Doepfer A-166 Dual Logic £90
Sonic Potions Penrose Quantizer £160
Doepfer A-151 Sequential Switch (4-step) £50
Doepfer A-124 SE Wasp Filter (Special) £80
Subtotal £380

Logic → combine/divide gates and clocks for complex rhythms

Penrose → map random voltages to musical pitches

Sequential Switch → cycle CV or audio destinations step-by-step

Wasp Filter → gritty multimode for contrast and second-voice timbral variety

At this point you’ll be running multi-stage generative patches: alternating filters, logic-driven gates, quantized melodies—into Maths-driven envelopes and VCAs.

Month 3 (~£400)
Goal: Add lush ambient texture via granular processing and a second quantizer for more pitch flexibility.

Module Est. GBP
Mutable Instruments Clouds £190
Doepfer A-156 Dual Quantizer £160
Subtotal £350

Clouds → classic granular/reverb-style texture synthesizer

Dual Quantizer → let you quantize two independent CV sources (e.g. one for Plaits, one for Wasp)

Your patches can now flow into Clouds for smearing/delay and maintain harmonic coherence across multiple CV streams.

Month 4 (~£400)
Goal: Deepen modulation routing with a quad function generator and cover any utility gap with a multifunction module.

Module Est. GBP
Intellijel Quadrax £220
Expert Sleepers Disting Mk4 £170
Subtotal £390

Quadrax → four envelopes/LFOs/ADSRs + CV matrix for branching

Disting → dozens of “fill-in” apps (clock dividers, extra S&H, oscillator, logic, offsets, delays…)

With Quadrax you’ll have truly polyphonic modulation, and Disting can stand in whenever you discover a missing utility.

Month 5 (~£400)
Goal: Bring in a second resonator/voice for interplay and final touches.

Module Est. GBP
Mutable Instruments Rings £200
(Leftover budget for cables, adapters, or a small utility/module of your choice) £200
Subtotal

Oh thanks, that’s cool! Yeah, the mix and mastering aren’t always perfect — I definitely need to work on that side of things.

Hi everyone — here’s a short live performance built around these two racks, focused on raw industrial techno textures and modular-driven sequencing.

🎛 Gear Used:

▫ ALM MCO MKII
▫ Monotropa v3 + Herzlich Labs Matrix
▫ ALM MFX
▫ Basimilus Iteritas Alter (Kick)
▫ WMD Kraken (Snare)
▫ Ritual Electronics Krach (Hi-Hats)
▫ Make Noise Maths, QPAS, XPO, QMMG, Bruxa, Erbe-Verb
▫ Noise Engineering Manis, Cursus, Confundo Funkitus, Repetitors, Lapsus Os
▫ WORNG SoundStage
▫ DivKid RND Step, ochd, Trace
▫ Many more listed below 👇

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📱 Check my other networks for more Eurorack content!
🙏 Thanks for listening and reading.

They’ve always been responsive to me. That’s unfortunate. Website was the best place to get ahold of them.

I just ran into a problem were I used a Tiptop Audio Buchla 281t (the Quad Function Generator) to control an Intellijel Quad VCA and the 281t locked up and produced a constant hum. As it turned out I had to use a buffered multiple in between, which is related to the impedance not matching.

It would be awesome to add some information about module parameters, like the impedance, voltage range, trigger width and so on, this would make it much easier to figure out which modules are compatible and which might need some tools like the aforementioned multiple or an offset/attenuator to make them work together smoothly.

EDITED Sunday July 20, 12:10

Can we please get some sort of manual or overview video? I‘love to get one but there are too many questions for the investment.
My main question is, if I can do classic filter movements to, low pass sweep over chords or is it always a little experimental? How deliberate is the sound sculpting? Can I cut some low end while still operating above?
Basically the question is if I would need a second filter in the chain for controlled cutting of the low and high end.
Also: how did you create the stereo field, what outputs do you use?

EDITED Sunday July 20, 07:00

My Main Case:

I've organised more in line with things being complete voices, moved the SSF Vortices to be a bit more central and kicked out some of the more esoteric modules to my new case, the most recent addition is the AfterLater Compactor which I can feed my main basslines to from my Top Case via the DPW M1 Mixer for some Side chaining. I now note that I could do with a Mutes to mute the audio signal of the kick rather than muting the Kick sequence that controls the compressor so that the signal doesn't go back to a high state.
Top Case:

Broadly speaking this case is near perfect for me, though there is a possibility I'll swap the Font filter to something else and maybe get a dedicated Effects module rather than the Disting.
Percussion Case:

I'm kinda tempted by the Nano OCTA but something else would have to go if I did, I guess I'm not always happy with the sound of the Patching Panda BD-Z and one of the ADDAC T-Networks could move.
New Rack:

This is currently just a higgledipiggledy mess, I'm selling the Befaco EvenVCO and ADSR on ebay, I didn't use the VCO enough and the ADSR takes up too much room and doesn't have an inverted out so will be swapping that to be an ST Modular ADSR in just 4hp for the main case and I want the 4hp Befaco Mixer too which will complete the main case.
In an ideal world I'd probably upgrade the Main Case to be 104hp and get rid of the New Rack as I have a bit of a space issue.

EDITED Sunday July 20, 06:43

I find myself awating each new pioneer123/manic modular drop....

so I'd be remiss if I didn't ask if you planned on collecting your works in physical or digital album format(s)?

Thank you for sharing as always!
-- Jukeshoe

Thank you very much, very kind of you to say. Its always nice to hear when someone else enjoys your music.
I've never thought of doing a proper release as didnt think anyone would buy it hahaha.
But you may have planted a seed.....
Thank you once again

You're right. I suppose you'd need a reference voltage and a comparator per output to make it an ADC.

-- theneweuropa

Much more than that. Analog to digital conversion is complex and is usually handled by a dedicated chip. For discrete implementation you would need either 2^n-1 comparators where n is the number of bits (eg 255 comparators for 8 bits) and a string of 2^n resistors plus a complex network of data encoding gates, OR a complicated state machine that performs a quick series of measurements with a set of thresholds per each input sample.

I find myself awating each new pioneer123/manic modular drop....

so I'd be remiss if I didn't ask if you planned on collecting your works in physical or digital album format(s)?

Thank you for sharing as always!

More waves today

Thanks to both for following up :) Much appreciated.

Amazing design

Kick a bit high in the mix I think, overshadowing the otherwise very impressive work going on underneath. Good stuff though, subscribed.

awesome - I need this

Description
New live session!
Today, I'm testing the compatibility between my Machinedrum and two Eurorack cases.
The Pamela's NEW Workout syncs my Machinedrum
SPS-1 UW MKIl with my Make Noise rack, while the DivSkip takes care of sequencing it.
The Make Noise rack generates both percussive sounds and drones. With the Jumbler, I create a kind of matrix that selects sounds from the XPO-some are punchy and rhythmic, others are sustained melodic notes.
The Bruxa adds a truly unique reverb texture.
Maths and MultiMod create modulation and percussive variations. Everything is filtered through two modules:
QPAS and QMMG.
In the Intellijel 62hp Palette case, I shape a rhythmic drone using the Multigrain and Sealegs, also sequenced by the Pamela's NEW Workout.
Finally, the Machinedrum handles all the drums and kick duties, delivering a tight and organic groove.
• Thanks for listening! Feel free to check out my YouTube channel to see it all in action

Industrial Machinedrum & Eurorack

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Please make a silver panel version!!!

Smart transaction with @rfabbri
Recommended seller !

My latest Eurorack session – a little improvised techno jam with an interesting patch. I explain the patch in the description.
Cheers!
Time Residue

https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_2896117.jpg

I'm looking to create a starter rack for breakbeats/D&B/techno lead/bass design in tandem with my Oxi One mkii.
The One covers all generative and sequencing tasks, so the rack is just meant to be mangle-able voices for it.

The Corals will be lead, chords and basslines on #1 and drums on #2. Not entirely sure how/if I want to run drums through FX. I also have considered that having one module that sums the lead, chords and bass voices into one output is not ideal for throwing FX on only single parts and may be severely limiting. It's cool that via MIDI, one can split up the voices to use different engines on Coral, but not useful that they dont have 8 individual outs also. That would've increased the form factor quite a bit, but I think would've made it a BEAST.

I think I will need some interesting mixer module with 2 stereo outs to be able to effectively route both modules through the later FX chain, but I'm not sure which would best serve those needs as a newbie to this scene.

Perhaps another STMIX before Maths, and I can use it as an FX-Send with channels 3/4 into the Maths-Morph-Naut-Aid chain, while running ch1/2 clean to the next STMIX?

Thank you to anyone who can give any feedback or thoughts on what you'd do differently!
-jw

want 8 stage seq going to 2 sep VCOs but want to be able to have one VCO hold the pitch CV whenever I want while the other keeps incrementing, so need two sequencers with same pitch settings and rate, seq A goes straight to VCO1 as normal, seq B has to be the 960 for the ind gate ins.
- Clock Vgates and time suite with same clock value through switch getting diff sync rates backplane
- Vgates outs 1-8 imto octal VCA ins 1-8, VCA outs 1-8 patched to 960 gate ins 1-8
- Q170 gate outs 1-8 into octal VCA ctrl ins 1-8
- start with all 8 pads high/Q170 all gates high, means both VCOs will be playing every note
- selectively disable Q170 gates to have VCO 2 hold & sustain pitch for the previous step while VCO1continues to increment pitch

Detail
1 Multiclock DIN sync>time buffer>8s thru 32nd pulses to switch backplane, then to Moon 568, volt ministore 4 and Vgates
2 start pulse from time divider resets Vgates, switch for time divisions, 568 and VMS4
3

EDITED Wednesday July 16, 17:14

one of my fav pedals sound is stunning !

I'm confusimg myself by keep changing modules but I thought I would rationalise on sequencimg by just going for the vector.

What do you think of this? I'm not sure about squid sample or chords, and am I missimg anything?

Keystep v/oct:
- nano voice
- plaits
- rings
- bia

Droid gates:
1- kick
2-snr
3- hats
4- bia
5- texture (samples ableton + beads)
6- rings
7- plaits
8- accent

EDITED Jul 14th, 22:22

There are analog implementations of ADCs in Eurorack in the form of R-2R resistance ladders. Equation Group by Wildfire Laboratories is one example.

-- theneweuropa

R-2R ladder is a simplified implementation of a DAC, not an ADC. So this could be a substitute of the right side of Drezno, not the left side.

-- mbartkow

You're right. I suppose you'd need a reference voltage and a comparator per output to make it an ADC.

Functions should include "PreAmp", since that's basically half of the module ;)

There are analog implementations of ADCs in Eurorack in the form of R-2R resistance ladders. Equation Group by Wildfire Laboratories is one example.

-- theneweuropa

R-2R ladder is a simplified implementation of a DAC, not an ADC. So this could be a substitute of the right side of Drezno, not the left side.

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Thank you Enrico :)
Will also have a look... That 8 bit stuff is a new concept for me but I have seen/listened to some pretty nice stuff done with various modules and thathas caught my attention. Had no idea about this brand though.
Best,
L

There are a couple of Beers modules that might interest you:
https://modulargrid.net/e/beers-adc
https://modulargrid.net/e/beers-4054x2

Thanks for the info.
Will have a look at it.

There are analog implementations of ADCs in Eurorack in the form of R-2R resistance ladders. Equation Group by Wildfire Laboratories is one example.

In this video, I recreate some of the complex astronomical forces behind the ocean tides, by using precisely-calibrated oscillators, adders, and other modules. I then use this “bio-model” to drive two ambient patches – the first in VCV Rack and the second in Eurorack.

Hi :)
I am interested in this module but would like to know if there is an alternative as the LEFT side of this module (analog-to-digital-converter) is the one I am interested in.
Is there such a "reduced version" of this module? Whether from XAOC or another brand?
Thanks for any help or hint on the subject,
L

Probably the most beautyful patch I found. It is a few years old but unparalleled in its beauty while beeing fairly simple.

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Feel free to post your most beautyful patches as well, it might make for a great and inspiring collection one day :)

Separated the main sequencing to this