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Make Noise Pressure Points as an 16 step Sequenzer:

Clock to clock input of brains,
3 rows of pressure points (or four with a tiptop banana from one row of your choice which will be repeated of course) in the 151 switch's inputs and the first step (most left white output not the gold) of pressure points trigger output to the trigger input of 151.
Quantize or not to your like...

Anyone is noticing strange behavior when accessing his/her racks from Android phone. Lots of times when you try to move a module the whole rack is moved as if you have switched on the Rack Lock switch.

you might want a quantizer too if you don't have one already

probably patched between the output of the sequential switch and the 1v/oct input of the vco

if you're going to buy another case - I'd buy another mantis - then you have the option of linking them together

Yes when I said VCO I meant into the 1V/OCT. So the O/I goes to the 1V/OCT. (sorry to ask these seemingly simple questions but I have a very tight budget so any extra purchase has to be really thought through)

You only get unquantized CV from the PP. Put it in the 1V/oct input of the VCO and twist the knobs until it sounds good:) In the patch above you patch seq switch out to 1V/oct in.

EDITED Apr 11th 2023, 19:44

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!