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Hi,
If you buy them in the exact size you will have the advantage of having the fit for the cable tab.
Ferran.

also there's no problem buying longer ones and cutting them to size... you may lose a pin or 2 though... often the 40pin lengths are only a little bit more expensive than 8 pin or 10 pin... pitch is usually 2.54mm... mouser, tayda, rme, farrell all regularly stocck them...

nice would love to see more videos about the different functions

As usual, smart transaction with @klodifokan

EDITED Oct 9th 2023, 15:19

Nice Acid Jam. (Every time I listen to this kind of music today, I go back 35 years to the time of K7s, and the ‘Second Summer of Love’ :)
TB-O and TB-EFA sound great. But I also enjoyed the percussion and the use you make of it.
Small question that has nothing to do... On which support did you put the BSP? A music stand, an articulated support?

Hi,
If you are referring to the power bus connectors, they are IDC type connectors, you will find them in any online electronics store.

Best regards,

I'm trying to finish an Erica DIY Delay (not BBD Delay). Parts are discontinued everywhere. I've found most parts except for the female headers that were not included with the MCU.

Erica Synths doesn't reply to any emails.

Does anyone know the part numbers of the two types of headers, a 8-pin (x2) and 10-pin (x1) and where I might purchase them ?

I'm using Firefox and I have it set to auto-clear history with "strict" protections, but I made sure not to clear cookies or cache with this site. Also using Safari on private mode on my phone but still happens on either browser.

Which browser are you using?
-- modulargrid

I've been using the latest version of Safari

Which browser are you using?

Patch based around the Geosync TB-O and TB-EFA sequenced from the Beatsteop pro and then an accent sequence from the Steppy, Steppy also does a patern through an LPG for a secondary sequence which is de-coupled from the Pitches of the main 303 sequence but the TB-O is the the only VCO.

Thanks for listening.

Agree with Sweelinck, you have a lot covered with your choice of modules. Maybe an O_c to give you some more options on quantizing, sequencing, LFOs? Also maybe replace one of the granulars with an ES-9 and tap into VCVRack and it's endless options. What kind of stuff do you like doing with it?

Stay basic, build the signal path. For a true "polytimbral" you need vco, filter/lpg, an envelope and a vca/lpg for each voice.

EDITED Oct 8th 2023, 14:36

Yes I've been having the same issue. I've even had some of my racks be completely emptied for seemingly no reason, Im assuming its a bug. I close the tab, come back to it a few hours latter and poof everything is gone. If im luckly the last two modules I added will still be there

This one yeah?

-- wishbonebrewery

Yeah, that one!

hi guys, I'm turning to you because every time I try to design a minimal system I end up with a 104HP 9U... I know it's difficult but I would like a polytimbral synth (digital + analog oscillators) with at least a mono and a stereo / dual filter , stereo effects, modulations, utilities... I'd like to know what you think. These are perhaps all the modules I'm considering, I'd like to eliminate a lot of stuff or replace it with something smaller or with more functions in the same HP size. I can exclude a sequencer because I would like to write sequences on the digitakt and then send them to the modular via midi-to-cv (through a module with at least two different cv/gate out)
some of my still unanswered questions:
* Qu-bit prism or Behringer dual VCF? I have a Mimeophon so I already have an excellent delay, Prism costs more than behringer 172 + 121+ Doepfer waveshaper and I think I would get it with these other modules...even if they would take up a lot more HP and I would have to give up higpass and bandpass.
* Maths + Dual Env or just one function generator + Dual Env?
* I already have Behringer 921 and Surface, what other sound source would you add? I was also thinking for budget reasons about another Behringer analog oscillator but I'm open to other suggestions, especially on digital ones that aren't too "menu-divey".

So lately I've been rearranging modules on my modular and whenever I'd take a screenshot or reload the page it always seems to mess up the layout, relocating and/or hiding them underneath others, or even getting placed outside the rack. Anyone else been having this issue recently?

I don't think my hands could fit in there to tweak all of those little knobs, but I'd be interested to hear some sounds from it. Share a demo tune!

This tiny but flexible system has everything you need for a solid live set. There are a lot of fun possibilities here due to most of the modules having multiple modes. Patch each channel of grids into one of the three voices - they all have built in VCAs! The CV from Water can be attenuated then quantized by O_C. Use the Quadratt as your mixer, and patch the Navigator to MFX for great performable rises to build and release tension. Tymp legio works great as a kick that can be turned into a marimba or something else with the switches, and can pass through audio for sidechain ducking.

This will fill up every power slot of an intellijel palette, which has 2 buffered mults not shown here. Get some dusty clouds black panels for the intellijel 1U for a totally blacked-out system.

You could swap out the Water for a Mimetic Digitalis if you give up the 2HP attenuator.

EDITED Oct 7th 2023, 20:10

Your setup seems quite comprehensive. One could perhaps imagine some complementary Lfo modulation source, possibly more 'disturbing' (Ochd, Diode Chaos, Triple Sloths...) or other modules. But obviously this is not really the fundamental problem.

Fluctuations in inspiration are things that commonly happen. And they are not always dependent on the musical equipment. Advice: recharge your energy within the music you love. Then resume your work from these bases. Reflect about how to reproduce some references in your own way. All the creators, whether in music or in other fields, all including the most admirable and innovative, have started from what already exists, then appropriating things their own way.

PS: and take your time to experiment... sometimes also without thinking too much! Venture, avoid only out > out :))

EDITED Oct 7th 2023, 17:30

This one yeah?

Hey all,
I'm feeling less than inspired with my rack, and I've spent more of my time than I care to admit, trying to find out how to best get more out of my rack, while not throwing thousands more dollars into a money pit. The more modules I sit down to try and learn about, and the more ways I figure out how to theoretically come up with a better system, none of it seems really wow me. I find myself still kind of sitting in bewildered confusion, and idk what I'm doing wrong.
A few of my modules I know I need to learn and understand more, but I still am not getting that "surprise" out of modular that I was hoping for. Of finding ways to patch things together that gives me something I wasn't planning on. While I can use my modular to further songs I currently have, I find myself constantly patching in the same ways. I'm unsure if it is just the fact that I need to spend more time actually using my modular, or if there's something that I'm completely missing; or the "dreaded" option that I just need more modules and parts. (And as stated, just looking and seeing HOW many different pieces and bits there are, it feels beyond daunting)
Apart from this case, I also have a Keystep Pro, a WMD Geiger Counter, and a Noise Engineering Loquelic Iteritas.

Any and all advice is immensely appreciated. I still feel like I'm a modular noob, finding their leggings, despite the fact that I've been in modular for about two years now.
Many thanks in advance for the help!

https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_1815404.jpg

Thanks!

ah ok, well you have an interesting project ahead of you, I wish you all the best with it.

You need to start with an understanding of a basic signal path and routing in a subtractive synth. lfo - vco, filter, envelope, vca

Another type of setup would be additive, look up those concepts, read about them:

Subtractive, additive, wavetables, granular and wave slicing methods, Physical modeling, AM, FM, TZFM,,,,,read, listen, think and learn.

-- GunnarWaage

I'm familiar with all of these things, I've been working in VCV rack and MAX/MSP for almost 2 years and I've done plenty of research throughout that time. It's just that personally, when it comes to things like this I get somewhat anxious and feel like I need to know what I'm doing isn't wrong, so I want advice from people more knowledgeable than me. That said I have researched everything I've picked out at the moment and feel good about them, I just want to ensure that nothing is wrong before I devote so much time and money to them. I don't view it as people making the choice for me, I look at their ideas and spend time researching them and decide what to do after that.

You need to start with an understanding of a basic signal path and routing in a subtractive synth. lfo - vco, filter, envelope, vca

Another type of setup would be additive, look up those concepts, read about them:

Subtractive, additive, wavetables, granular and wave slicing methods, Physical modeling, AM, FM, TZFM,,,,,read, listen, think and learn.

I have never asked for advice on what modules to get and I will not offer it either. With your basic understanding of the signal flow, you then read about and listen to all the modules available at a given moment.

Compare sound, functions, ease or difficulty in operating them and ask youself, will they give you the result you are hearing or want to hear. Since you are going DIY you can afford to get a relatively stronger setup.

The rule is, don't look for complicating your setup, find out which are the building blocks of a functioning system. Do the study and don't ask people to make those choices for you, you'll be taking the enjoyment out of it that comes with study and hard work, enjoy the process.

@Sweelinck's link above directs to the same image as displayed...

things I'd point out - the chord organ might be difficult to source... the teensy 3.2 is very difficult to find (probably end of lifed)

and the instruo ceis is quite expensive - you might want to look at the befaco vc adsr & it couldt be a good alternative and is available as a kit (or pcb/panel set)

-- JimHowell1970

Weird, it linked to the old one when I tried it out earlier, I've got very spotty wifi right now that's probably why. Thanks for the reccomendation, I'd rather do a kit anyways and cheaper is always nice.
I've also found a near exact dupe of the chord organ but updated to the newer teensy, though im struggling to find it again so maybe i made it up in my head.

Hello, Stefano! KAIROS has completely independent outputs. Regardless of which output mode you choose, it will still be free. However, you can link different outputs to make them work together, such as CV note and gate.

@Sweelinck's link above directs to the same image as displayed...

for future reference copy & paste the url...

things I'd point out - the chord organ might be difficult to source... the teensy 3.2 is very difficult to find (probably end of lifed)

and the instruo ceis is quite expensive - you might want to look at the befaco vc adsr & it couldt be a good alternative and is available as a kit (or pcb/panel set)

Okay so I've added quite a bit, I'm wondering if anything is too redundant, and if anyone has any other ideas to fill it out. Since it's a school project I'm going to be completing it slowly over the course of the year, and probably won't even have all the modules at that time, it's going to be a slower process. With that said what should I be prioritizing? The sloth chaos and ai001 multiple are definitely going to be first as I'm DIYing them, and I think I'll try and get the morphagene after that, because the whole point is very textured, sample heavy sounds. Beyond those I'm not sure the order I should get modules in.![]

EDITED Oct 6th 2023, 21:24

interesting...but I wonder using it as a sequencer: if I use an output like "cv note" is it free or does it automatically have another output like "gate"? please show some more video

I think you need just One White or Silver module ;-)

Maybe an MG feature could/should be to add translation to English, though most browsers will translate for you if you right click.

Forse una funzionalità di MG potrebbe essere quella di aggiungere la traduzione in inglese, anche se la maggior parte dei browser tradurrà per te se fai clic con il pulsante destro del mouse.

I really wish I could speak more than a handfull of words from German, Spanish, French and Japanese. Such a good skill to have that I wish was taught when I was at school.

hi..no I solved it...did I make the connections wrong? everything ok.. the module is perfect

& again the translation, from google (it literally takes 30 seconds), please include this in future, for the wider community...

"Hi, I have it and it works.
can you specify the problem? or make a video? maybe it's defective?

the 2hp verb is the bomb, I don't think I'll ever sell it, in fact maybe I'll buy others. It's a reverb though, not a delay"

Buongiorno a tutti, nella mia catena Doepfer ho inseriti il modulo Delay 2hp...ma la risposta Delay che ho ottenuto, non mi ha soddisfatto, faccio Fatica ad ottenere effetti di ripetizione...successo anche a voi? Penso di sostituire con 2hp Verb
-- shpe

ciao, io ce l'ho e funziona .
puoi specificare il problema? o fare un video? magari è difettoso?

il 2hp verb è una bomba, penso non lo venderò mai, anzi magari ne prendo altri. è un reverb però, non un delay

i definitely agree with users here telling feedback system need to be upgraded/improved. Should we open a thread or send a collective email to the administrators/moderators of modulargrid?
I encounter several user having bad experience and writing to them without gettin a useful response or a response at all.

here's my suggestions:

1) separate "buyer feedbacks" from "seller feedbacks"
2) add neutro feedback
3) add comment section to publicly discuss in case of negative or neutro

especially the first thing i guess would be easy to add

Hi everyone,

I'm thinking of diving into eurorack DIY and want to upgrade my Black System 3. I realy like to get Befaco AC/DC module to connect this system to my PC, with this setup I would use vst fx, so Black DSP is not that important anymore. Instead of DSP I would get Rampage. I use Y type cables, so multi isn't that important too? Any other changes was only to see what could I change into diy modules without loosing og functionality of the system.
Are these changes making sence?
What about Even VCOs? I do like smaller footprint and double 1v/oct input, but I never heard Even VCO and Black VCO sound side by side.
Any other advices about more diy modules are appreciated.

Thank You.

EDITED Oct 6th 2023, 09:47

This helps out a ton thank you so much for taking the time to type all that out. I don't mind the bias at all I'd definitely do the same thing

-- amulet

Well I'm glad it did, and you're more than welecome! Happy to share as much as I can where and when I can.

Hopefully that helps somehow, I had a list of suggestions ealier but they've sadly all escaped my head at the moment.

-- danlegg

This helps out a ton thank you so much for taking the time to type all that out. I don't mind the bias at all I'd definitely do the same thing

I definitely need to add some, any ideas on some good ones? I've been thinking maybe polaris for a filter and I'm unsure about modulation, there's just so many modules its hard to pick out specific ones

-- amulet

I'll start with the filters first because that one is probably the easiest. Polaris great filter option in my opinion. Humpback is one I'd recommend (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/god-s-box-humpback-filter). The dopfer wasp (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/doepfer-a-124-se) is another I'd suggest as a good one to have in your rack in general. If you wanted a more "Moog" sounding LP filter I'd suggest the FWE Transistor Ladder Filter (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/fully-wired-electronics-transistor-ladder-filter), I've got a heavy personal bias towards it so you'll have to forgive me there but I'm just suggesting what I use. Its got that traditional rich moog sound whilst also being designed to sound like its got a 303 squelch when the resonance is cranked. Again excuse the personal bias, but its very affordable like most of the FWE modules. That said they are the filters I would go for personally.

Modulation I'd say Maths (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/make-noise-maths--), Batumi (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/xaoc-devices-batumi), OCHD (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/divkid-ochd) to name a couple. Not necessarily modulation as such, but one sequencer I absolutely love is the Stochastic Inspiration Generator/ SIG+ (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/stochastic-instruments-sig-4-track-stochastic-inspiration-generator). Pairing that with the Mini-Logic (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/fully-wired-electronics-mini-logic) or Multi-Logic (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/fully-wired-electronics-multi-logic), or any boolean logic based module for that matter, then patching one of the outputs into an envelope generator can be fantastic for generative or ambient patches. I totally understand what you mean about picking one out, it can be very overwhelming as there's so many of them.

Interms of utility I think it really depends on where you want to take your system and what control you want over it. If you want attenuators or something along those lines I'd suggest the Motion Mtr (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/befaco-motion-mtr) or the DPA (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/fully-wired-electronics-dual-passive-attenuator). Personal bias again (really sorry but I really am suggesting what I use daily and what I know), the DPS can be great for routing signals around your rack (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/fully-wired-electronics-dual-passive-switch). I really like using mute modules myself, especailly for generative and ambient patches, which I'd would personally use the MQM (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/fully-wired-electronics-mini-quad-mute), but the DivKid Mutes (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/divkid-mutes) would be a great alternative.

I'm not sure how you might intergrate it but Pams is a great module as well in my opinion (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/alm-busy-circuits-pamela-s-new-workout-). Disting (https://www.modulargrid.net/e/expert-sleepers-disting-mk4) might be a powerful module to have.

Hopefully that helps somehow, I had a list of suggestions ealier but they've sadly all escaped my head at the moment.

There are some great passive and active utility modules out there that will probably help you make your system more interactive, but perhaps you might want to look at getting some more modulation sources and filters?
-- danlegg

I definitely need to add some, any ideas on some good ones? I've been thinking maybe polaris for a filter and I'm unsure about modulation, there's just so many modules its hard to pick out specific ones

If you are a student, you should start by learning the basics...
Here is one of the most recommendable sources: Learning Modular.
https://learningmodular.com/

-- Sweelinck

I'm familiar with the basics, I've done tons of research and have been interested in modular for ~2 years now. I mostly meant I wasn't familiar enough with a wide variety of modules, so I'm not sure what to pick. That website does look very helpful though thank you!

I started this build in Jan 2019 with the piston honda module as I wanted to build a modular unit based on wavetable synthesis. I installed the last module in Apr 2022 and I'm very happy with what I've assembled. I didn't plan to install quite as many Mutable modules as I ended up with but quite frankly they are fabulous devices and the more I learnt about Eurorack, the more I realised how useful these were. I intend to replace the DIY Synthesis mixer, with another A138, which will give me some additional space for something else in the future.

I agree with Sweelinck, learningmodular is a great place to start learning the basics. There are some great resources on Youtube as well.

The DIY approach is definitely a good way of getting into modular, thats how I got into it when I was a student and I now design modules as my 9-5.

There are some great passive and active utility modules out there that will probably help you make your system more interactive, but perhaps you might want to look at getting some more modulation sources and filters?

If you are a student, you should start by learning the basics...
Here is one of the most recommendable sources: Learning Modular.
https://learningmodular.com/

It includes in particular the following:
https://courses.learningmodular.com/courses/basic-concepts
https://learningmodular.com/glossary/
Etc.

If I may, 'Fiat lux' ;)

Linked store in description goes 404:

https://www.modulargrid.net/e/modular-maculata-midside-job

(would be rad if there were a "flag as no longer available" option on the module detail view)

Hi everyone, I'm a student doing a yearlong project where I'm building a eurorack. A lot of it will be DIY, but I'm trying to plan out some premade modules as well. I want to make very textured music with samples, kind of sound collage-y stuff. I just want to ask for module reccomendations that might be good for that, or any other advice someone may have. This is what I have so far, the AI001 multiple and sloth chaos module are there because I'm going to be DIYing them, I'm still not sure if I want nebulae or morphagene. Everything else is just things I thought I might benefit from. Obviously this is unfinished and theres a ton missing, I know I need more utilites and other things but I don't have enough knowledge about many different modules to know what else I might need, so I figured I'd ask here. Thanks for any advice.
https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_2354487.jpg![]
(Idk how to post the photo sorry)

I think eweryone need to follow their own path. I see nothing wrong with your setup but it would not be my choice, but who cares.

About the power, just make sure that the small 4 hp power supply modules have enough juice. Some modules take up more power and if there isnt enough you can end up frying them, i lost two modules that way. I don't like to give a lot of advice, but I would recomend that you look into using dedicated transformers.

I have been using those and they have worked really well, the guy is also very helpful. He also sells rails.

https://modularsynthlab.com/product/eurorack-power-kit-modular-synth-power-kit/

EDITED Oct 5th 2023, 03:39