Building a (third) techno live setup in a (small) retro samsonite case!

The star of the show is the MOOG Labyrinth.
It's two random / "corruptable" sequencers control the Labyrinth itself but also the Doepfer A-111-6 Synth Voice.

The two modules in between let me chose between seq1 en seq2 for the A-111-6

Drums: Behringer RS-9 and Endorphine's Queen of Pentacles.

The objective of this setup: create random techno with two synths and drums.

Building a minimal techno live setup in a retro samsonite case!

This is my small setup, build into a retro suitcase.

It contains 4 synth voices and 6 drums. Within 2x84 HP!!

Drums:
Kick: Shakmat - Battering ram - providing a inverted enveloppe to the Joranalogue Mix3
Hat: 2HP - Hat - OH and CH
Snare and percussion: Modbap Trinity
All drums into Frap Tools 321 into Modbap Hue voor Filter, Drive and Lofi FX's

Synth voices:
Polysynth: Knobula - Pianophonic - midi
Mono Synth 1: Klavis Twin Waves MKII + Granity Filter
Mono Synth 2: Modbap Osiris + Meridian Filter
Mono Synth 3: Doepfer A-111-6
All mod and env by: Klavis Quadigy and Joranalogue Contour 1

Out of modular grid picture:
Sequencer: OXI One, using 1 multi sequencer for 5 drum channels, 1 poly sequencer for midi / chord, 1 mono sequencers for lead, 2 matriacal sequencers for basses.
Mixer and FX : Teenage engineering TX-6 (12 channels mono mixer or 6 channle stereo) with 2 Bubblesound reducers to transform eurorack into line-level.

Patched up today.
Polyend Present into 2x WMD Sequential Switch works super! Mutes, Build-ups, Effect chains, CV parameters...

Next stage: recording and filming.

And fixed it!

Hi Lugia

Thnx very much for the feedback. I'll look into logic for sure. Thnx for the tip. Looking at the ARC Logic module video now. I'm a little intimidated bij logic to be honest. But you are right, with much sequencing it becomes handy!
I'll move the uZeus away from sound modules!! Or better: move the gallops to the right ;-)

After my x-mas spending i'll check out the doepfer filter! But for now: patching up and play!

Change over:

Voices:
SSF ZPO, Klavis Twin Waves mk2, Joranalogue Filter8 (as voice), Thomas Henry VCO.

Drum voices:
WMD Crater, 2HP Kick, Patching Panda Hatz, Erica Pico Drum2, Noise Engineering BIA, TipTop One.

Filters: Mutable Instruments Blades, Doepfer Wasp, Erica Black LPG, Erica Pico VCF3, Behringer HPF, Mutable Instruments Ripples, Corsynth HPF, NorthCoast MSK009.

Wavefolders/shapers: Klavis Flexshaper, Joranalogue Fold6.

VCA: Doepfer A-130-8, Malekko Quad VCA, Joranalogue Mix3.

Env/LFO: Intellijel Quadrax, XAOC Batumi, Erica Black LPG, XOR Nerdseq 16CV expander.

Control: XOR Nerdseq, Malekko Voltage Block, Polyend Preset, 2x WMD Sequential Switch Matrix, 2x Acid Rain Navigator.

Random: FrapTools Sapel

Tuning/Adder: Klavis CalTrans, Doepfer Precision

Logic: Klavis Logica

Effects: Intellijel MultiFX 1U, Noise Engineering Desmodus Versio, Allright Devices Chronoblob2, Corsynth Lofi-machine, 2HP Verb, Future Sound System GristLeizer TG4, Erica Pico DSP

Input: Joranalogue RX2

Mix, mult & output: AcidRain Switchblade, 5x Intellijel Quadratt, Clank sum, Joranalogue mix3, 2x FrapTools 321, FrapTools 333, 3x Intellijel BuffMult 1U, Malleko Buff Mult, Doepfer Switch Mult.

EDITED Feb 20th 2021, 11:26

Thnx for the advice. I'll keep a watch on that.

Brenso, Entity and Ripples have a internal VCA with VC control.
I use the Frap Tools 321 for balance in te mix for BIA and Chimera (also with internal VCA)

On top of that the 2HP double VCA...

Any advice on a good Quad VCA?

Portable Suitcase with 2 x 84HP + 4MS Pod64x

Designed for minimal and rythmic CV modulation.
Hands on sequencing:
- Frap Tools USTA
- Noise Engeneering Memetic Digitalis
- Acid Rain MAESTRO

Sound Sources:
- 2HP Kick
- Noise Engineering BIA
- WMD Chimera
- SSF Entity Percussion Synthesizer
- Frap Tools Brenso

Clocks & Function Generators:
- Mordax DATA
- Frap Tools FALISTRI

Effect & Filters:
- Noise Engineering Desmodus Versio
- Erica Synth Pico DSP
- Mutable Instruments Ripples

EDITED Dec 13th 2020, 09:34

My Eurorack MDLR 126HP - 14U
(Bottom Row not in case but in 4MS Pods: Xaoc Praga + Hrad, Acid Rain Navigtor (2x) Mordax Data, 2HP Verb, TG4 Modulator
Future Sound Systems, Joranaloque RX2)

Idea of this rack:
Nerdseq as main controle sequencer for musical approach to EDM & Techno.
Rhythm controle: Frap Tools Sapel, 4ms clock multiplier, mult, 2x Shakmat Knight Gallop 1x White Gallop.

Drums:
WMD Crater & NE BIA for Kick, Tiptop One and Erica Pico2 for snare/clap.
Patching Panda Hats, Sapel & WMD Chimera for HiHats & percussion.
+ a lot of mixing, attenuating & modulating: NE Mimetic Digitalis, Malekko VB

Controle Synth: Nerdseq & WMD Arpitecht

Synth Voices + Filter/LPG:
- Frap Tools Brenso + Intellijel LPG's
- Industrial Music Tech Piston Honda MkIII + Joranalogue Filter8
- Acid Rain Chainsaw + North Coast Synth MSK 009
- SSF ZPO + Verbos Four Pole Filter (LPF)

Drums into 4 channels of WMD Sequential Switch: muting & routing (under CV controle) to:
- Erica Pico VCF1
- Behringer HPF
- Eripa Pico DSP
- Clean out

Synth into 4 channels of WMD Sequential Switch: muting & routing (under CV controle) to:
- NE Desmodus Versio (Rev)
- Alright Devices Chronoblob 2 (Del)
- Verbos Four Pole (HPF)
- Multable Instruments Ripples (LPF)

Into 4x Intellijel Quadratt submixers, into Xoac Praga+Hrad, into aux Overdrive & Rev

Everything under CV controle of Polyend Preset!

EDITED Oct 31st 2020, 11:56

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Sequencing & controle
- Nerdseq + 16 trigger + 16cv expander
- Polyend Preset
- 2x WMD Sequential Switch Matrix
- 2x Acid Rain Navigator
- 2x Shakmat Knight Gallop for Drums

3 voices:
- SSF ZPO (for bass)
- MI Tides (for lead) (Waiting for Frap Tools Brens0)
- Acid Rain Chainsaw (for chords, arps, drones)

drums:
- WMD Crater (KD)
- NE BIA (KD + percussion)
- WMD Chimera (percussion, metal hits)
- Patching Panda Hatz (CH + OH)
- Erica Pico Drums2 (Clap, Snare)
- 2 Channels Nerdseq Sampling for other percussion, drops, rises, etc)

Drum modulation:
- NE Mimetic Digitalis
- Malekko Voltage Block
- Patching Panda Punch
- Abstract Data Event Boss

Enveloppes / LFO:
- Frap Tools Falistri
- Intellijel - Quadrax
- XOAC Batumi
- O&C Robots 1U

Utilities / Random:
- Mannequins Cold Mac
- Frap Tools Sapel
- Frap Tools 333
- 2HP Comp (for sidechaining)
- Doepfer Waveshaper
- Doepfer Ring Mod + S&H

Filters:
- Verbos Four Pole HP, LP
- Joranaloque Filter8
- MI Ripples
- Erica Pico VCF3

Effects:
- The Gristleizer VCA module overdrive
- Allright Dev. Chronoblob2
- Tiptop Echoz
- Zvex Lofi Junky
- AJH Synth Next Phase
All Effects are mixed and muted by 2x WMD Sequential Switch Matrix

Aux Effects:
- 2HP Verb
- Erica Pico DSP

VCA/Mixers:
- Verbos Scan & Pan
- Joranaloque Mix3
- 6x Intellijel Quadratt 1U
- Acid Rain Switchblade
- XAOC Praga + Hrad (2x stereo end mix + Pan + aux + headphone)

Trying to build a "smart system" with 50/50 preset/hands-on control:

• Nerdseq + expanders (with upcoming CV expander) controling soundsources:

• Assimil8or (Drums)

• Chimera (Percussion)
• BIA (Bass)
• Scanned (Drones)
• A-111-4 (Melody, arps)

Polyend Preset controling:
- 3x CV channels Assimil8or: with one CV channel controlling 8 banks of 8 drum samples = 64 drum samples.
- 1x WMD sequential Switch matrix Controlling: BIA, A-111-4/1-3, A-111-4/4 & Scanned in
Sending in matrix to: Clean channel, Erbe Verb, Chronoblob, Warps
- 2x Filters Cut-off freq
- 1x Chimera Decay
- 1x Warps algorithm

Mixing 16 channels in 4x Intellijel Quadratts:
- Stereo left > into panned left mixer (Left out: A8, Erbe Verb, Chronoblob, out-Warps)
- Stereo right > into pannend right mixer (Right out: A8, Erbe Verb, Chronoblob, aux-Warps)
- 2x mono

End mix with VCA sidechaining kickdrum & 2HP Verb.

Hands on control:
- Varigate 4+
- Voltage Block
- Batumi LFO's
- 4 Robots & Streams Enveloppes
- Event boss
- Switched Mult
- And all the knobs...

I swapped the Rene for the Nerdseq sequencer... and heaven on earth!
Very playable... and much, much more possibilities for musicality.

No menu diving, everything 1 layer deep.