Greetings. I am somewhat new to modular (although very much NOT new to synths otherwise). I am mainly a guitar player. I am going to use a Behringer PP-1 to route my guitar signal into Eurorack and use the PP-1's CV/Gate outputs to patch into two separate synth voices. Is there some sort of module that will allow me to patch the single CV/Gate outputs on the PP-1 into the CV/Gate inputs of multiple synths and also, at the same time, to in some way select which of the synths is active? I will be running the synth voices into loopers, and I want to be able to select which of the synth voices I am playing before it gets to the looper.

Shorter: I want to play one synth voice into one looper at a time, not both at once, and then switch to the other voice.

I hope this makes some sort of sense. Thanks in advance for any advice or any other thoughts on how to achieve this - I'm guessing someone will have an idea that I simply am not thinking of, and I would appreciate that input as well. Thanks.

Ron


You are maybe looking for a switch.
Some switch can change routings via CV or gate signals. Doepfer has some. Many other brands also do.
Some can be activated manually. Tesseract 8x8 buffered matrix comes to my mind, there are plently other options.


Slim: thanks very much. I'll look into switches.


I also need a switch.
Do you have a advice for a good switch module?

MN Jumbler and Patching Panda Rewire looks interesting to me so far.
But its hard to get them used on lower price.

Greetings

Chris


it really depends on what you want to achieve.
for simple switch duties the simple doepfer dual vc switch is just good.

for more complex ideas, the WMD SSM is ace. Fun and immediate.

I also have a Qu-Bit Synapse, and I really use it for many things. This is a very powerful module. The LED are very nicely displaying the module behavior. This has been my favorite switch.


There's also the Doepfer 182-2, a quad passive manual switch. I'm imagining some fun uses to put two different cv/gate signals into two of the switches, route those to the inputs of the other two switches to send to your two synth voices, and you've got a lot of variety without needing to repatch! No voltage control over switching though, but if you don't care about that it could work for you. Pretty cheap too!


You just want to send the output of voice1 or voice2 to the looper, yes?

Is it ok if they're both 'active'? Is just routing the audio ok?
Routing cv and gate is harder.

With two Doepfer 182-2's, you need two cv/gate pairs, the trigger for each, and reset for each to sync them.
At least 8 wires vs. 2 wires if it's just audio. Plus 2x 4hp in the rack.
There are advantages though to routing cv/gate. Both voices can interplay,
and you can have long sustains without cutoffs or clicks when you switch, but it gets complicated quickly.

Look at the Doepfer A-133-2 Dual Voltage Controlled VCA/Polarizer/Inverter or the cheaper A-130-2 dual VCA.
It'll sound better.