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OK I can see that in principle. I guess that leaves quite a bit of experimentation for clocks from Pam's..

However how does the sound then get from PP to a VCO?

My guess is set the A-151V to three steps. Row 1-3 out from PP to input 1-3 and clock it with the same clock as Brains but clock divided by four?

I recently acquired PP and Brains. I read some where (that I can't find now) that I could make PP sequence all 12 steps across the 3 sequencers by using a Doepfer A-151V Quad Sequential Switch, thus expanding it from it's usual 4 steps. Is this correct and if so, how would I patch it please?

Thank you!

And I love it :)
Coral of Oxi Instruments has arrived. 10 minutes after installed, I could manage it flawlessly. I LOVE it! All part are from the Oxi.
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Coral de OXI Instruments est arrivé, prise en main en 10 minutes. Voici un petit short dans l'esprit 80s. Tous les sons sont produits par l'Oxi. Je l'adore !

I've been contemplating adding an additional 108hp to my current system.

Of course I should totally not do it, but alas, here we are.

The bottom 6u are what I currently have in a tip top mantis.
The top 3u is what I am thinking of adding:

(I already have the data bender and wogglebug out of my current rack/ not sure why the image is not showing the most updated version of this rack)

I use the modular for general sonic exploring, leaning towards ambient environments and microsound like stuff.

Also, use it in a sound design teaching environment to introduce students to the possibilities of sound creation.

Lastly, have been working towards using it along with live drums in an experimental/avant-garde/improvisational context.

Thoughts?

Hi Habn.
I've been following your channel for a little while now and I've very much admired and enjoyed your work.
Thanks for putting it out there. Now off to Bandcamp...
Cheers :)

EDITED Apr 11th 2023, 14:04

I'll give it a go, though I normally have both A-138s taken over by Percussion mixing duties.

Shout out to those that preached waiting and thinking more. I moved slowly and really enjoyed what i have, rather than moved fast and wasted time/money.

I have the grandmother, a make noise strega, and strymon nightsky. I've enjoyed that trio so much, but I'm thinking of adding 104hp extenders that attach to the grandmother and this version is what i'm thinking.

There a guy that insulting and offend
Careful
User name Wunderbar
I know who it is I have ip Number
So must stop

Yes, exactly. You can think of the 4 mono channels as 2 stereo processing tools, each one in order to get a control on ‘real’ stereo panning and / or stereo balance.
Ex: Morphagene left out > A-138s in1 / Morphagene right out > A-138s in2
Or: Monsoon left out > A-138s in1 / Monsoon right out > A-138s in2

Because you need the stereo image of a sample in Morphagene or that of the reverb from Monsoon to be better positioned in the song, or it can also be too wide. So, apart from controlling the stereo image for artistic purposes, you can use it to get a good (or better) phase correlation. The more you reduce the gap (in other words, the more you tend towards mono), the less you get problems of phase cancellation, especially with the bass spectrum.

(This phenomenon does not occur in headphones because the left-right sound distribution is necessarily separated, but it can dramatically happen in the case of monitor diffusion. The vibrations of the left and right loudspeakers cancelling each other out... and parts of the song sag or disappear!)

hi, a few months later my first buy i completed my eurorack synth. i like tu use it with a betastep pro and midi keybord. i use it like overall synth, as a bass, as a pad or for soloing line. any comment to upgrade it in the future? now i'm considering to acquire another case, from 40 to 84hp, and fill it with modules like clock divider, ring modulator and sample players. cheers

EDITED Apr 10th 2023, 08:39

Hi :)
Thanks a lot for your nice words! I sent you a private message. Please, check it :)

Emai me bjmodulare@gmail.com

Can someone nail down labels for the controls on this one? I'm kinda gathering what some of these are but some guidance would also be helpful.

A-138s are handy but only input mono signals, though i guess you could use 2 channels panned left & right then the Volume of each channel as Pan.

In conclusion the A-138s could be one of the best tools for ‘real’ stereo panning and / or stereo balance adjustment, ‘to connect between a stereo source and the main mixing’. And as it seems that you have two (If I refer to your Percussion Row. I have only one but I don't blame you :)) we end up with a great additional... ‘Zero HP'.

Easter really is a beautiful day!

Interesting :)

An interesting article around these topics:
https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/production-expert-1/the-difference-between-stereo-pan-and-stereo-balance

What a thread!

Someone somewhere will make a Stereo one at some point.

i wasnt't aware of the "Panning Law" which totally makes sense...

I found this passive stereo solution. But i assume the Panning Law is not respected:
https://myvolts.co.uk/product/82800/myVolts_Pots_and_Pans_-_potentiometer_volume_control_with_pan_mode_and_mute_button

it shouldn't be that hard to solder short cables with jacks of your choice onto this PCB...

At an affordable price (I have one ;) and it works well :) there is also this: https://www.dv247.com/en_GB/GBP/Koma-Elektronik-Attenuator-Cable/art-SYN0004623-000

There's a few here - https://www.thonk.co.uk/product-category/hp-size/0hp/
And here - https://pushermanproductions.com/?s=workmate&post_type=product

But nothing Stereo.

Exactly like that. @modular01
And I guess I could use 2x Attenuators per Stereo Pair to adjust, but isn't there something called Panning Law https://samplecraze.com/tutorials/the-pan-law/ and the way Panning should work versus just attenuating a split Stereo signal.

From what I can see, there's not really a cost effective module out there to handle the panning.
Though if someone made a 4-6hp module with 3-4 Stereo Panning channels it would be pretty handy.

EDITED Apr 9th 2023, 08:36

I have to admit that I too was scratching my head when I read 'Zero HP'. But I did a search and finally found at least the cables.
Hmm, you'll have to make some sacrifices: https://hifi-solution.com/en/speaker-cable/1471-dragon-zero-hp.html

Now you still have to find the module, but frankly, all this worries me a bit.

Thanks Garfield, I'll shame some Dreamies next time.

...what I want is a Zero HP Passive Stereo Panner to connect between a Stereo source and my main mixing....
-- wishbonebrewery

@wishbonebrewery What do you mean with Zero HP?
Similar to a passive "inline attenuator" like that?

Hi Wishbonebrewery,

I am not fully sure what you mean with no-HP modules, meaning you want an external solution? If that's what you mean, nothing pops up in my mind.

If you don't mind to consider a Eurorack module, then Make Noise - X-Pan module comes to mind but that's it, I think, not too many options out there.

Good luck for the search of this solution, please let me know if you found something, I also might want something into that direction and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Habn,

Wow, that's a great piece of ambient music, lovely and so relaxing! Nniiiiiccccceeeeeee ;-)

First I thought your track is 33 minutes long, that would be great but it turned out I looked wrong, it's only 3:30, next time 33 minutes? ;-)

Thanks a lot for sharing this with us and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Wishbonebrewery,

Great experimental track! I love the reverb sounds in this track, that does it for me :-)

Sweelinck mentioned it already and that was the first thing (besides the thoughts I had about your music of course) that came to my mind too: I am missing your cat in your video ;-)

Great work and thanks a lot for sharing that with us, kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Igor,

Good and nice to hear from you again! Those two tracks that are currently available are two fantastic tracks! Well done. And what do I see? You are going to release the album on CD as well? I love the cover of this album, beautiful!

I look forward to your next album :-) Take care and kind regards, Garfield.

I'm a regular viewer / listener :)

Intellijel have announced a replacement for the Audio Interface II - see new module listings...

I've got a few mixers now, I've got CV-able Mono mixing that I can pan with voltage and mono-to-stereo panning mixers, and I've got Stereo mixers.
What I always want to do with stereo sources is to Pan the stereo slightly and it seems to me there are a bunch of No-hp modules around but what I want is a Zero HP Passive Stereo Panner to connect between a Stereo source and my main mixing.

I don't know if this is even possible.

Thoughts???

It was too early for cat modular, they chill out at the start of the mornings. Cheers

20 minutes of good old Krell madness. I particularly like the solo between 17:00 and 18:00. I didn't understand anything he said, as I don't always understand the Krell language, but he said it so well...

It's remarkable how well this style of music fits with the simple film of the modular in action. The cables and flashing LEDs are Krell.

Only criticism: no black cat! But it's possible that she must have taken refuge under the table, or on top of the cupboard? Cats prefer mice.

After watching the RedMeansRecording and then doing the walk-thru from MoltenMusicTech I had a go at creating a Krell Patch on the eurorack.
Not strictly self-playing as I'm shooting the Input of the Befaco VC ADSR a trigger from Mutable Instruments Marbles, Marbles is mainly used as a modulation source. The Gate-out of the Sustain stage on the Befaco Triggers the Sample & Hold and changes the Oscillator pitch. Lots of modulation from Ochd, Clep Diaz, Marbles & the 2hp RND.

You can ignore all the wires, I have 2 patches going on here, and I ease in a patch built around the Error Instruments Indian Resonator about half way through, the Indian Resonator works great when you combine it with a Sine wave and stick it through a Wavefolder so there are 2 parts that come from that.

Hey there! I've been on this site for quite some time but this is my first time posting here. Just wanted to share with you guys my humble youtube channel where I upload mainly ambient and drone patches using my eurorack system, usually with some patch notes attached in the descriptions:

Also wanted to share with you my music. I've released some ambient/drone albums that you might find interesting using just the eurorack system showed in my videos.

https://habn.bandcamp.com/

Cheers!

Quite similar to Intellijel Audio Interface II, available, cheaper and less HP: 4ms Listen IO (I've been using it for live use for 3 years, and with great satisfaction).

These two modules which are less known, with several inputs/outputs, but of which one says a lot of good: Bubblesound Instruments Booster Stage and Reducer (I have the Booster, perfect to make enter synthesizers or drum machines for example).

Credible and affordable solution: Erica Synths Pico Input and Output.

More sophisticated, more expensive, and probably at the top of the podium: Joranalogue Audio Design Receive 2 and Transmit 2, or the superb ACL Audio Interface.

If you want to multitrack in a software (Logic, Ableton, etc.), you'll have to include the Expert Sleepers solutions: ES-8, ES-9.

I would suggest trying going straight into the mixing desk/audio interface 1st...

if that clips then try attenuation on the way out...

if you still have noise then try an isolated output module

you will almost definitely need some form of amplification on the way in though

Ahhhh thanks ! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊😊😊

The Joranalogue Receive and Transmit are good choices IMO. Personally I prefer to mic my keyboard amp and run that into the audio interface on my PC when I'm recording, but I use the Receive module to input sounds from my non-modular keyboards and it works very well. It can handle XLR mics too.

EDITED Apr 7th 2023, 18:30

Hello,
I’m pretty new to all things modular but I’m thinking about entering the jungle. One direction I’m thinking about to head into is to slowly start to build a rack which also gives me the opportunity to feed external sound sources into and out of a system. For example l’d like to feed some sounds through nice filter modules etc. I was looking at modules like the Intellijel Audio Interface II, which provides the opportunity for stereo line level i/o‘s. Unfortunately that particular module is discontinued. So I was wondering if there are any suggestions for alternative modules, which do the same, or maybe totally different solutions for this kind of task?
I would like to integrate a modular system in my already existing environment: mixing desk -> interface -> daw or the other way around. Anything I should be cautious about?
Thanks in advance!

many of the modules in this system are currently unobtainium, so I will definitely have to wait. Still, it would be great to read opinions on specific concerns for the rack I've outlined.

this is almost always the case... most modular manufacturers are very small companies (often 1-4 staff in total) and as such really only do small(ish) runs of modules and then do another run once those are sold, which can mean that components are unavailable and modules need redesigning between runs - and that's not taking into account the ongoing disturbance in the electrical component supply chain - caused by the pandemic

1. VCAs, Attenuverters & Mixing. I know you can never have enough VCAs, but does it seem like I have an appropriate amount for this rack? How about attenuverters and channels for mixing?

vcas - probably enough, maybe too many - depends how you use them... audio only or also for modulating modulation (this is a good idea!)

attenuverters - again depends how you use them, stacking attenuators and attenuverters can help give very fine control to modulation - again this can be a very good idea

mixing - well I wouldn't be happy with it... there's not a lot other than the vcas and the quadratt for mixing - you have multi channel modules - akemie's, er-301, surface, nautilus - which would almost definitely benefit from stereo channels and mono modules that would almost definitely benefit from panning into a stereo space in order to mix with the stereo modules - do you have an external mixer???? and then there's no provision for mixing modulation sources - I really like a matrix mixer for this

I'd put some more effort into thinking about how you are actually going to mix both audio and modulation, if I were you

2. Akemie's Castle. This module is so large, but every time I consider something else, I keep coming back to how good the Castle sounds. The only other oscillator I have seriously considered as a replacement is Akemie's Taiko. The smaller footprint is nice, but it seems much more limited compared to the Castle. I am more interested in the chords and melodic sounds the Castle can make rather than drum sounds. Also, I included a fair amount of modulation in this rack in part to feed the Castle. With this in mind, would anyone recommend Taiko plus 20hp worth of other modules over Akemie's Castle?

maybe the real problem is not that the module is too large, but that the case is too small or there are just too many modules in it - trying to do too much in too small a space...

please take a look at my signature and spend some time thinking about it... it's basically a 1 line guide to building the most versatile modular synthesizer for the least cash - & it scales well up to very large systems - you don't have to take

I'd remove half the sound sources and try to replan from there - and only buy a minimum viable synth to start and add to it slowly

3. Ornament & Crime. I want to proceed with caution when it comes to deep menu diving in my modular. Pam’s and Zadar seem shallow as far as menus go. The ER-301 has a lot of functions I am excited about , and seems well worth the time-cost of learning it. I feel less enthused about Ornament and Crime. However, the number of functions seem to be a good value for the (1U) space it takes up. I imagine I will leave it as a quantizer the majority of the time and otherwise use it to fill gaps in my system.

I don't have one but o & C appears to be quite a useful module - especially with the hemispheres firmware - so you can use 2 functions at once

4. Zadar and Batumi Expanders. Are they worth the 6hp in a system this size? The extra modulation possibilities with the Zadar expansion seem especially nice. The Batumi expansion seems convenient, but less enticing. Since each is 3hp, it sort of makes sense to me to get both if I want one. There are no other modules I am currently interested in that are an odd hp.

I have both of these modules and their expanders - and I definitely think they are worth it - but I have a lot more hp - saying that by reducing the number of sound sources (see above) you may end up with enough space for them - and yes they are a great help in evening each other out - but saying that a 1hp gap isn't that big a deal and blind panels are available

5. Surface and Nautilus. Both seems like interesting modules, but I chose them over similar modules largely because of hp concerns. I wanted to add one physical modeling voice, but sort of feel that there are enough voices in this rack given the size. I also wanted one delay/reverb outside of the ER-301. Still, neither is a “must” and I would be open to other suggests of what to do with this 24hp.

yes - too many sound sources in too small a case -> not enough support modules - nautlius is a delay and not a reverb... maybe concentrate on one or 2 things in this case and leave physical modelling for the next... consider: as you buy modules put aside their share of the cost of the rack in a piggy bank (or similar) and you will have the funds for the next rack by the time this one is full

hope this helps...

I've added the link for you here:

it's much easier for us to comment on when we can have mouse over and click through on your proposed rig... there are over 10k modules and no one knows them all...

Hi all!

I'm back here, but today I wanna share the new album of my band!
Gamardah Fungus "To The Stars And Back".
It was recorded with the help of eurorack modular and electric guitars and it will out in May.
You can already listen and make a pre-order here:

https://gamardahfungus.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-stars-and-back

Thanks everyone, I´ll think about it calmly :-)

Long time lurker, first time poster

https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_2219285.jpg

I am selling some unused equipment and finally diving into modular. I want a system that can primarily stand on its own but also be used as an effect processor as a secondary function. I have a Prophet 6, Analog Rytm, and guitars to feed into the system / play along with. I am planning to build this system bit by bit, buying modules as gear sells, so I am sure I will be adjusting my needs along the way. Also, many of the modules in this system are currently unobtainium, so I will definitely have to wait. Still, it would be great to read opinions on specific concerns for the rack I've outlined.

1. VCAs, Attenuverters & Mixing. I know you can never have enough VCAs, but does it seem like I have an appropriate amount for this rack? How about attenuverters and channels for mixing?

2. Akemie's Castle. This module is so large, but every time I consider something else, I keep coming back to how good the Castle sounds. The only other oscillator I have seriously considered as a replacement is Akemie's Taiko. The smaller footprint is nice, but it seems much more limited compared to the Castle. I am more interested in the chords and melodic sounds the Castle can make rather than drum sounds. Also, I included a fair amount of modulation in this rack in part to feed the Castle. With this in mind, would anyone recommend Taiko plus 20hp worth of other modules over Akemie's Castle?

3. Ornament & Crime. I want to proceed with caution when it comes to deep menu diving in my modular. Pam’s and Zadar seem shallow as far as menus go. The ER-301 has a lot of functions I am excited about , and seems well worth the time-cost of learning it. I feel less enthused about Ornament and Crime. However, the number of functions seem to be a good value for the (1U) space it takes up. I imagine I will leave it as a quantizer the majority of the time and otherwise use it to fill gaps in my system.

4. Zadar and Batumi Expanders. Are they worth the 6hp in a system this size? The extra modulation possibilities with the Zadar expansion seem especially nice. The Batumi expansion seems convenient, but less enticing. Since each is 3hp, it sort of makes sense to me to get both if I want one. There are no other modules I am currently interested in that are an odd hp.

5. Surface and Nautilus. Both seems like interesting modules, but I chose them over similar modules largely because of hp concerns. I wanted to add one physical modeling voice, but sort of feel that there are enough voices in this rack given the size. I also wanted one delay/reverb outside of the ER-301. Still, neither is a “must” and I would be open to other suggests of what to do with this 24hp.

Thanks, everyone!

hey, good stuff, I'm enjoying the samples in there.

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