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Hi Mowse,

Woo-hooo-hooo, those Moog sounds give me the cold shivers (goose bumps), that's properly done! He, he, and then your kick hitting once and a while through it, gives it the necessary "beat". To use a phrase from the movies (and meant as a compliment): "This is some serious shit!" ;-)

Nicely done, this is just the beginning, that kind of music makes us addictive, we need more! Your music is like a hard drug, once taken, you keep needing it... Thanks a lot for sharing this and kind regards, addictive Garfield.

Hi Jingo,

Oh no! Your patch is gone :-( and ;-)

The Sinfonion I have it already and indeed is a nice module. Nice for sequencing your chords but not for the voices. So I am looking for the ideal "partner" for the Sinfonion. You as well as Sacguy71 mentioned the Five12 - Vector sequencer, watching now a video of loopop, yeah it's not that bad indeed, perhaps I should give this sequencer a second chance. Only pity is that my local dealer doesn't carry this brand.

Instead of the Erica Synths - Drum Sequencer, I was thinking of the Black Sequencer, though it still hasn't been released yet :-(

Marbles is already on my wish list, good to hear from you about Marbles, I will put it a bit higher on my wish list :-) Or instead of Marbles, how about Vermona - Melodicer?

Thanks a lot and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi The-Erc,

Yeah, that's some nice noise coming from the DFAM indeed! Lovely and I like your "cable salad" picture too :-)

Nice stuff and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

Not sure if you have perhaps these modules already, but perhaps two reasonable sized and nice oscillators to consider? Intellijel - Dixie 2+ and Make Noise - STO. STO I have it myself and for any large patch (multiple voices) I almost always include the STO. Dixie 2+ is high on my wish list and I have high expectations of that one too.

Have fun with the rack planning and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

Yes, great Halloween track! It's full packed with Halloween-ish kind of sounds :-)

Thanks a lot for sharing this, happy Halloween and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Jingo,

Great track, if this is your take on a Sunday evening, then I hope you take many more takes on Sunday evenings :-)

Ha, ha, your music inspired me to look again for sequencers, a never ending search, nicely accompanied by your music, lovely!

I can't wait for next Sunday ;-) Thanks a lot for sharing this and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Wishbonebrewery,

Yet another nice track from you! :-) Out of tune? Well yes a bit, somehow very enjoyable. The picture is more "out of tune" than your music, if you would ask me ;-)

You choose indeed a very nice slow rhythm/tempo, I like that, it helps to cool down after a bit hectic weekend! Thanks a lot for sharing and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Mowse,

Wow, that's a great track, while listening at it, I totally forgot I was listening at a track of yours, I actually thought I was listening at my regular electronic music of Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Gandalf & Co. Till the music stopped and I thought hold on... whoops this was Mowse and not my own music collection ;-) I mean this as a huge compliment by the way. I think I have mentioned before, so at the risk of repeating myself, please come out with an album, preferable on CD, SACD and/or LP :-)

Thanks a lot for sharing, you well earned the 10 hours of sleep! Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Broken-Form,

For an interesting list of sequencers, please check this link:
https://doudoroff.com/sequencers/

You might also find in the forum Modular Discussions section this post useful:
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/forum/posts/index/7899

In general, the search for a good sequencer that fits well to one's needs isn't an easy task. Check a lot, read a lot, if possible try those you are interested in at your local dealer, and even then it's not going to be easy to find the ideal sequencer.

Perhaps start with a rather simple sequencer, to play around with it, gives you ideas what you need and what you don't need and then continue your search for the ideal sequencer. Once you have found it, please do let me know, I am still searching...

Good luck with the sequencer search and kind regards, Garfield Modular.

Hi Sacguy71,

Yes those are European brands indeed and you forget one important one, Erica Synths ;-) Also European stuff. But you know the saying right? The grass always looks greener at your neighbour, in this case the North American modules look greener than those here in Europe ;-)

Since you like to travel overseas, perhaps we can meet once at the Superbooth once this virus thing is over? Then you can take a suitcase full of European modules back home, ha, ha! :-)

Have fun with your modular stuff, I am going to grab some sleep (getting 4 am here), cheers, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

Ah yes, I forgot that you got a 0-coast from Make Noise too :-) Nice one. He, he, your videos from today make me checking out a few more modules on the Internet. So thanks a lot for all the videos, makes me "hungry" to look for more North American modules!

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

Looks like you had a fantastic Friday night :-) I still enjoy your videos and looking at you at work, it also shows me how modules can be used as well as it shows modules that are not always easy to get at the other side of the ocean ;-)

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

Hi Sacguy71,

Hey, that's a great video! Nice demo track too :-) I like it that you are explaining the Quadrax (Intellijel) module in a video, it's easier to understand when seeing it (while you are explaining it) rather than reading about it.

You almost convinced me about the Quadrax... there is just this financial picture left that keeps me off from buying it. Here in Europe it's around Euro 350, for a quad AD/AHR; not even a full A(H)DSR? Okay a luxurious EG, indeed but still... I am hesitating about the price because if that would be let's say Euro 180 for the module then it would be a no brainer but at this price I have difficulties to explain my wife why we have to sell the house ;-) So I will hope for a good deal and might then consider it, let's see.

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

Hi Sacguy71,

Well, yes that's the entire point here: Will the Ground Control arrive at all? :-(

I am waiting since early summer last year for this thing... is it allowed to be a bit impatient by now? ;-)

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Iheartopone,

I am sorry that I can't help you. That's not because I don't want to help you but because I don't have even one single module of those you have here. I think before one can help you, he/she need at least half (or more) of your modules to provide you with some patch ideas. So that might limit here the number of responses you will receive, but let's see, perhaps you are lucky and there are a few members who have (all) your modules.

Another idea might be, that, instead of asking for patch ideas, you might want to rephrase your question so you will have a higher number of responses.

Kind regards and good luck, Garfield Modular.

Thank you Sacguy71! Yes indeed, Doepfer is great for the "basic" stuff but can do much more than one would think on first sight. Also, as you mentioned, it can be used for testing indeed. To me, Doepfer modules are solid and good workers :-)

With this patch (nothing special indeed) and the track that goes with it, I just wanted to show the basic sounds compared to the other patch and sound I created for the same module. So if one is looking for this module, one can listen at it and decide if that's an oscillator that might be interesting. This kind of "concept" I might do for more modules in the future.

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi EroGumby,

You are welcome. I just listened to your new track, nice jam by the way, and it sounds to me you take the feedback at your heart. Well done, more variation on the drums indeed. He, he, I like your tracks, full with interesting and funny sounds. It makes the listener to wants more :-) !

Have a good weekend, I hope to hearing more from you and kind regards, Garfield.

P.S.: I saw your other new post as well, I will not reply to that one since this post and that new post is about the same track.

To listen at this patch, please go to:

This is a simple demo of the 4 waves/sounds of the Doepfer's A-110-1 module. The sounds were made without any other module other than the Doepfer - A-138p & A-138o mixer set and the Intellijel - Audio I/O module to output the sound from the Eurorack to an external mixer.

These first 4 sounds (saw, square, triangle & sine) were made without any effects. After these sounds, the square wave followed again, this time however a medium strong (external) reverb has been added.

I was hoping I could today (Friday) test the Endorphin.es - Ground Control sequencer as it should have been available today at my local dealer. The availability date has been moved to mid October instead :-(

I start wondering if this module every will be released... same for the Erica Synths - Black Sequencer, that one is still not available either.

Patch layout for: Doepfer - A-110-1 Pulse Width Modulation Fun

To listen at this patch, please go to: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/forum/posts/index/9062

The knob positions show the start position. The Doepfer - A-113 is optional and can be left out (voice 3/channel 3).

Move the Doepfer - A-145-1 LFO frequency range switch from low to medium and then start to move the frequency knob from about two slowly all the way to 10. Let the sound stabilise a bit in this 10 position. Then set the LFO frequency range switch to high and immediately lower down the LFO frequency knob to 8 then slowly turn it to position 6, somewhere there slow down till you find a nice matching harmonic sound.

The above causes a quite high tone/pitch. If one doesn't use the A-113 then consider to set the A-111-2 Octave range switch to 0 (zero) position and the A-110-1 Octave range switch to -1 or -2, this gives a bit deeper tone.

Edit: Once published it seems that the rack-patch-overview can't be updated anymore, at least not hear at this post, pity. The volumes of the Doepfer - A-138p settings are wrong, please set channel 1 at 6 (A-110-1), channel 2 at 4 (A-111-2) and optional channel 3 between 8 and 10 (A-113).
Edit2: The output of the Audio Output module (Intellijel) has been led to an external reverb (medium strong reverb) before it went into the external mixer; no further sound editing has been done for this patch/sound demo.

EDITED Oct 3rd 2020, 00:24

Hi Steve,

Thank you :-) 30 minutes? Well... it was meant as just a little demo to show some of the possibilities of the A-110-1 :-)

Have a good modular weekend and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Ivo,

Wow, you got some really amazing and good stuff here in your above tracks. From all, the first one is seriously blowing me away, so good! Partly it reminds me of you becoming the new Jean-Michel Jarre, in a bit modern way :-)

The experimental track with those "metal instruments", is a lot of fun, I love those... what are they? Mattress spirals? :-)

By the way, you got yourself a nice rack here, very interesting to look at. The two Intellijel - Planer 2s look like that is your "control centre"

Nicely done and I look forward in hearing more from you! Kind regards and have a good weekend, Garfield Modular.

Hi Killershrimp,

Consider a bigger rack, sooner or later you are going to need that...

Kind regards, Garfield Modular.

Dear All,

I was playing around with my Doepfer - A-110-1 standard VCO module. I made this (A-110-1) module the slave of yet another Doepfer VCO, the A-111-2 VCO. Both modules are using square waves. The beginning till about two/third of the track I use a quite high pitch, so please be careful to put the volume not too high, your ears might not like this track then...

In this demo track using Doepfer modules only, okay and the Intellijel - Audio I/O to export the sound from the Eurorack to an external mixer :-)

3 voices used here:

Main voice - Doepfer - A-110-1 Standard VCO (PWM by Doepfer A-145-1 LFO)
Voice #2 - Doepfer - A-111-2 VCO (on the back ground as well as "feeding" it's square wave to the A-113)
Voice #3 - Doepfer - A-113 Subharmonic Generator (about halfway the track it "kicks in", controlled by the A-111-2)

These 3 voices were then mixed in the Doepfer mixer set - A-138p & A-138o via an external reverb to the external mixer.

Why I am using a "simple" module like the A-110-1? Well exactly because of that, trying to show that even with Doepfer "standard" stuff, one can have some fun with it.

I hope this makes you "hungry" for the more simple and affordable Doepfer modules ;-) Thank you very much for listening and kind regards, Garfield.

Edit: Forgot to mention the LFO, just added
Edit2: Link to the patch overview of this demo track:
https://www.modulargrid.net/forum/posts/index/9064
Edit3: Typo in the Doepfer mixer set, should be A-113p & o but A-138p & A-138o

EDITED Dec 24th 2020, 00:02

Hi Igor,

You make me curious about your "Halloween upcoming track" ! :-)

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi The-Erc,

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience with the Sherman Filterbank with me. It actually sounds like an interesting distortion box pity though for the difficulties to incorporate it into a Eurorack...

Thank you and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Igor,

Just when I was thinking: "I am missing something..." and there you are with a new track, yeah! ;-)

This is a nice light and subtle track, I like it. Quite refreshing for the mind I would say. I wouldn't mind if you had more of this kind of tracks.

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

Hi The-Erc,

Wow, that's quite amazing to create such a sound track with a rather small rack, well done! :-)

What's your experience with the Sherman Filterbank, is it worth the investment? Does it has something you can't get done with a Eurorack filter module?

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

Hi Baltergeist and Sacguy71,

Ha, ha, indeed, I had tested the Varigate last year at my local dealer but somehow, it wasn't my type of sequencer, I guess.

I am currently checking with my local dealer if the Ground Control (Endorphin.es) will become available soon or if we are going to get yet another half year delay... To be honest, for the moment all my hopes are on that one. If it is for some reason disappointing, I might indeed want to test the Eloquencer at my local dealer. Let's see how it goes with the Ground Control.

Thanks a lot for your input and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Troux,

No, it was just me going wild ;-)

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Lugia,

That's very interesting indeed, thank you very much for that! They even got a German website for their items, great! :-)

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71 and Defragmenteur,

Sacguy71: The Eloquencer might be indeed another interesting candidate. The Hermod... I am not sure, not too much of menu diving?

Defragmenteur: Thanks a lot for that list, I think a long time ago I have seen that before but it's good to be reminded of, I will check the entire list once again once I have a quiet moment!

Thank you both very much and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Guys,

Ha, ha, please refer to the Racks section of this forum where I "explain" this rack a little further.

Hint: It's a modular acrostic.

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

Ha, ha, sorry, I have to apologise to you and thank you at the same time for your kind help (thanks a lot for hinting Chris Meyer, I didn't know him yet, will check out his stuff). However please do notice this was not real seriously meant by me. By writing that I like all those flashing lights and that after seeing one Eurorack two weeks ago from a friend of mine and that I directly want one because it's just cool...

Should have perhaps been an indication to you and other regular readers that this wouldn't be me because I am member for more than a year and after that one should have more experience than just looking for "nice flashing lights modules" (aka sexy modules syndrome). My above rack and the "hidden" message behind it was meant as a kind of parody ;-)

Check out JimHowel1970's above message, he hits the nail on its head, this "designed" rack is a modular acrostic. Hence, read my P.S. and P.S.2 and then you should be able to solve the "puzzle".

Kind regards and I hope you are not angry at me? Garfield.

Hi Defragmenteur and Kalu_Bandali,

Yeah nice puzzle right ;-) ?

Oh no Defragmenteur, more abbreviations, UCA? I am so new within modular, all these abbreviations, how am I ever able to produce sounds from my Eurorack? ;-) I just wanted to have a Eurorack for all those nice flashing lights

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi JimHowell1970,

Ha, ha, I am glad you recognised it as a modular acrostic :-)

Yes, for the moment it's good that you have removed the solution, let members give it a try first themselves ;-)

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

You got some very interesting sounds there! Oh, and thank you for mentioning the Intellijel - Quadrax, I totally overlooked this module, wasn't aware of it, great hint :-)

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

Interesting Saturday evenings you have! :-) Partly it reminds me of a steam locomotive somewhere in a far away galaxy ;-)

Nice video and thanks a lot for sharing this. Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Defragmenteur and Sacguy71,

Thanks a lot for your ideas and provided links. The WMD - Metron looks quite interesting but is mainly focussing on percussion & drums. I am looking for a mixture of both percussion/drums with 3 or if possible at least 4 sequencer channels beside that. Something like the Arturia - Keystep Pro but then in Eurorack format and without a large keyboard ;-) The only two sequencers I found so far are the non-released ones yet of: Endorphin.es - Ground Control and Erica Synths - Black Sequencer.

If you know of similar (or better) sequencers, especially of those that are currently already available, then please let me know :-)

Thank you very much and kind regards, Garfield.

Hello Everyone,

I am so happy with this forum, so useful, everybody is so nice. I am new into synthesizers and modular synthesizers I only have heard about two weeks ago when a friend of mine showed me his Eurorack. That looks so cool, all these modules, those flashing lights, I straight away thought I must have one as well. Way cool to do some electronic music, right?! :-)

Below you will find my first rack design:

I would appreciate your help and advice so I can have a good start into modular, you know, it's so cool, all these flashing lights, I just love it.

By the way, what does LFO, VCO, VCF, ADSR, EG and VCA stands for? You know I just start looking around and have difficulties understanding all these abbreviations.

Anyway, I look forward for your kind help and thank you so much, this is such a cool forum you know!

P.S.: Oh yes, if you wonder how I came up to this rack, please take of every module the first letter of the manufacturer name, that provides the first sentence. You could take of every module the first letter of the module name as well and that will be the second sentence, defining the rack and me as being such an enthusiastic beginner, again, thank you so much! :-)

P.S.2: No manufacturers with nice flashing light modules starting with the letter U, so I took V instead, so if you see a V make that a U in the sentences.

Hi Wishbonebrewery,

Oh yes! That's fantastic! Your high energy rhythms are very enjoyable and I just love that kind of didgeridoo sound you managed to get in there.

Now that's a good start of my weekend :-) Thanks a lot for sharing this and I am going to listen this again, so enjoyable! Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

Thanks a lot for the hints. I definitely will keep Pamela's New Workout in mind, however looking for "the perfect" (I know, it doesn't exist and also what for one means perfect might be a disaster for another) sequencer, I don't think it's going to be my number one sequencer though. As a clock and clock divider it sounds indeed pretty interesting.

Have a good weekend, enjoy your modular systems and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

Interesting sounds you got there! He, he, and in every video from you I see you are using the Anti-Oscillator and the Borg filter :-)

Nice work and hope to see more of your videos. Kind regards, Garfield.

FPCD?

Hi Steve,

Yes, that might be an idea, bundle all our modular synths together into one large cacophony :-) Might be quite interesting! Shall we use Soundjack for it, or what are you using? Problem with Soundjack is that you can't give a clock signal to each other, not at least that I know of. Another problem I have with Soundjack is that I can't get the sound from my computer to my monitors for some weird reason.

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Steve,

Cool stuff again. Amazing how much live/streaming activities you are involved in lately. Nice performance :-)

Keep up the good work, thanks a lot for sharing this and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Mowse,

Oh yes! If your entire album is going to be like that then it's going to be an hyper-spaced album, fantastic!

I look forward in hearing your album and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

Oh this is way cool man! :-) How do you do that kind of hammering percussion sound?

Sounds interesting and thanks a lot for sharing this. Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi OuterSanctuary,

Yes the Metropolis sequencer is indeed an intriguing module, you are right about that, it's on my wish list as well, then again, I got a huge wish list ;-) So if you like the Metropolis so much, keep that one then and (for the moment at least) get rid of the Shapeshifter and the Atlantis. Soon enough once you get started you will notice that you need more space, then get your second 7U Intellijel casing and then you can make your dream come through with the Atlantis and the Shapeshifter (if you still want them by that time).

Have fun and kind regards, Garfield.