Septha Works (VCV Rack) - Enjoying the free Sickozell collection.
Happy easter fam!
Step 1: Spend lots of money buying a palette with all the currently available modules in this system.
Step 2: Spend lots of time and even more money collecting all the Mutable Instruments modules.
Step 3: Write an alarm clock applet for Ornament and Crime that outputs a regular clock signal after a timer, and pauses the clock for 5 minutes when it recieves a trigger.
Step 4: Patch yourself an alarm clock.
Set up Tides, Veils, and Quantum Rainbow 2 to play slowly shifting noise through Ripples and Digiverb to soothe you to sleep. Your new O&C alarm clock applet will wait 8 hours and then clock a sequencer applet from O&C, which will play your alarm voiced by Plaits, Ripples, and Digiverb. You can patch FSR into the alarm clock applet to act as a snooze button on days where you just really don't want to get out of bed.
I'm graduating college this spring, so maybe one day I'll have the money to build an alarm clock as wonderful and silly as this one!
I enjoy little ambient performance racks.
Here are a few small ideas. Every row is a new idea.
If you want do do more complex stuff, you can add more stuff later.
Vihh x is a monster of a drone voice with internal effects
You basically need no other effects, just modelating it can be fun.
Very simple and small
1 Gliss for sequences -
1 Gliss for modulation and motion recording
You could add more modulation later. (if needed)
all in one ambient voice, sampler, effect unit with internal modulation -
you can have fun just with this without anything else
experimental synth voice with delay effect
sequenced and controlled by 0-ctrl
very performance oriented, works well for soundscapes and noisescapes
SGR is a industrial drum/noise voice but i can do awesome drones.
in combination with a mimeophon (dark delay, reverb, looper) it can be impressive
Dark Matter is nice for insane feedback but even suttle processing, and can do also insane sounds on its own.
Modulating Mimeophon and Dark Matter rhytmically can be awsome.
Mimeophon can be also like a instrument, with feeback and karplus strong.
Pamelas Pro Workout as Main modulation and sequencing hub.
Benjolin with Turing Maschine expanders as sequencer, modulation, filter and soundsource.
You can use the SGR for industrial drums or even drones
Dark Matter + Mimeophon (feedack, distortion, delay, reverb, looper)
Small SGR-Drone
SGR as drone and noise source
Ochd for slow envolving modulation + expander adds triggers, random, more cv for modulation.
uClouds for reverb, granular
Labyrinth + Sealegs
Labyrinth as soundsource and sequencer
Sealegs as selfmodulating Delay, Saturation and reverb.
There will be a lot of movement going on just with this 2 modules.
noise plethora + percal + muxslicer = glitchy, chopped up noise rhythms
Collide 4 as main vco, complex vco, percussion, distortion, processing, sound design tool
Mimeophon as looper with delay + reverb
Gliss can provide a quantized pitch sequence or just as custom lfo
Greetings
Chris
A second Kalimba, this time with added Rings as Reasonator going through the Venus Instruments Veno-Echo, plenty of LFO action from Ochd
Enjoy your spare HP, don't rush to fill every last space, this is not like filling sticker books. Resist the urge to 'complete' your rack, its never complete so just relax.
Just in case you haven't found him yourself yet, Omri Cohen has some good videos with tips and tricks for generative music. I think this playlist should be of interest, but I recommend checking out more of his videos.
also, im into 'k.a.a.n.', 'jesu', and 'justice'.
google them. rap, post-metal, and dance.
yall still wanna keep 'beef on the grill', ... ?
i just dont understand why 'im not welcome' to post new rack configuration concepts for discussion if some cool new modules come out 6 months from now; what did i even do?
yall are so anti 'bots' that you are keeping regular users from 'interacting normally'.
if im leaving, its because 'yall' are making it not-fun, not because you won on ideas, ... ...
(because you didnt, etcetera.)
...
((sue me for wanting the last word in my own thread. yall have me feeling gaslit.))
...
Peace. Out. ✌️😛✌️
Betting my firstborn you'll be back in no time
-- Fruarse
uh, fyi, this is called 'baiting'... and i am leaving forever, as long as yall will stop posting snarky ish after you are pretty sure that im gone already. leave me alone.
bye. ✌️
i wrote out a whole long reply to this on my smartphone devive, but the forum ate it. :(
feeling kind of antagonized on here t.b.p.h....
i swear, i didnt start a single argument on here; some of yall aint being nice. etc. ...
leaving forever. bye bye. ✌️😑✌️, ... ... ... ...
If you refer to anything other than your point of view as the "hivemind", and feel like "threatening" to stop using this forum as means to ask for attention... Man, talk about being self absorbed and self entitled.
Your contribution starts and ends at copying questions into LLMs, pasting back the reply and calling it a day. I can do that already on my own, and would rather keep this forum a place to interact with other people, and not vomit-inducing "AI" garbage slop disguised as something genuine.
On a final note, as others already told you, if you want a faster paced forum, go on modwiggler.
-- Fruarse
i just wanted to come on here to discuss some ideas around modular synthesis and designing cases. clearly i am not welcome. leaving forever, for real, this time. 'peace'.
"✌️😏✌️"~~
wonky / unquantised beats with TAKT, FIRE & Rample.
check it out > https://www.instagram.com/p/DIjfuDrPqcl/
fresh review of our little nice fm voice! > https://www.rakt.info/post/flame-s-fm-kosmos
solid small module, unfortunately the hp outs are supernoisy when using high quality low impedance headphones like the austrian audio range or the focal ones. cheap earbuds work fine though.
can you get a social media account that isn't owned by a billionaire that supports fascism? X & IG are both hostile platforms for minorities
-- BleekzaCan you keep politics out of modulargrid please. Next time you will be reported. Thanks.
-- kchzk
Your privilidge is showing.
Modular rulz. Death to fixed architecture!!!
If you refer to anything other than your point of view as the "hivemind", and feel like "threatening" to stop using this forum as means to ask for attention... Man, talk about being self absorbed and self entitled.
Your contribution starts and ends at copying questions into LLMs, pasting back the reply and calling it a day. I can do that already on my own, and would rather keep this forum a place to interact with other people, and not vomit-inducing "AI" garbage slop disguised as something genuine.
On a final note, as others already told you, if you want a faster paced forum, go on modwiggler.
Not the most creative, but very practical because you can buy it in stages (Labyrinth has its own case, Hector (has its own case), case/utilities). Plus, as you learn more about specific modules and get more stuff (if you do), these will still be useful, and you can out them back in their own cases and use the space for more stuff.
The Hector is a suggestion I go to because it has so many Mutable Instruments modules ported to it. Marbles and Grids are great generative sequencers that are both there with great interfaces. It also has great effects and synth sounds from Mutable (and in general) that will work with the Labyrinth and cover areas it can't (as the Labyrinth does for the Hector with its filter, oscillators, and hands-on elements).
But, of course, make sure you do some research, play with VCV Rack or Hexen, and narrow things down so you know what you want and why when you start spending. There are a lot of ways to do generative modular – it's one of the things the medium does best.
I can't find it on MG, but reckon the Math Gate should be of interest:
Thanks Jukeshoe! I had this idea for so long, months, but I was getting by with hot keys to change patterns, but then it just became too regular of an error it ignore. I am really glad people are getting use out of the vid.
Used to copypaste user questions into Chatbots... Cool
-- Fruarse
if im a bot, then why havent the captchas caught me yet? beep. beep. :|
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if i really am going to be bothered in every thread i make about not agreeing with 'the hivemind' i really will just stop using this website. all i did was slightly disagree, etc.
maybe yall want a super slow paced forum, and i get that, but in my opinion, all i have been doing is suggesting ways to make this place more noob friendly, etcetera. "peace"
Weird, you have been leaving forever for close to three days now
-- Fruarsei have a lot of free time. :|
-- singular_sound
Used to copypaste user questions into Chatbots... Cool
Maybe something like this?
This is somewhat basic, but I think it should give you a good starting point for producing generative music with eurorack ^_^
Thanks for taking the time/trouble to make and share this vid!
“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
Claude says:
I understand your challenge with the Hemisphere apps. Since you're using Vector LFO and Dual Quantizer, there are some specific considerations for making this patch work properly.
For your application, Vector LFO isn't ideal for feeding into the MMI then into a sample and hold setup. Here's a better approach using your two O_C modules:
For the first O_C:
- Instead of Vector LFO, try using "LOFI" or "Quadraturia" for generating more interesting CV sources
- These will give you more complex modulation to feed into your MMI
For the second O_C:
- Rather than Dual Quantizer, use "ASR" (Analog Shift Register) or the dedicated "Sample and Hold" app in Hemispheres
- Make sure to set up a clock source for the S&H function - you could use the internal clock or patch in an external trigger
The critical issue might be that Dual Quantizer isn't really a true sample and hold - it's designed to quantize incoming CV to musical scales. For proper S&H functionality to trigger Braids, you specifically want one of the sampling apps.
For patching, try:
1. First O_C: LOFI/Quadraturia output → MMI input
2. MMI CV output → Second O_C input
3. Second O_C: ASR/S&H app output → Braids V/Oct and trigger inputs
If you're still having trouble, consider trying the full O_C firmware rather than Hemispheres on one of your modules - the "Piqued" app is excellent for this kind of sample and hold application with extensive trigger options.
Does that help clarify what might be going wrong with your current patch approach?
I do have the Hemisphere app in both O_c so what would be the best apps? I have been trying to use Vector LFO for the CV source and Dual Quantizer for S&H, but its not really working the way I think it should.
i was mentioning that i thought the admins should implement ai chat assistance at a fair and democratized price for the site's benefit, so, i plugged this question into Claude 3.7 Sonnet to show off a demo of why i thought this would be a good idea, in general, ... ... ...
Claude:
I'd be happy to help you with your eurorack patching question!
Yes, you can definitely run CV outputs from your Ornament & Crime (O_C) into the Herzlich Labs MMI and then back into the O_C for sample and hold functions to trigger and modulate your Braids. This kind of feedback patching is absolutely possible in a eurorack system.
Here's how you could set this up:
Your setup is perfectly capable of this kind of patching. The MMI is designed specifically for these kinds of performance-oriented signal manipulations. Since you have two uO_C modules, you could even use one for generating the initial CV and the other for the S&H processing.
The buffered multiples in your rack will also come in handy here, as you might want to split some of these signals to multiple destinations.
As you mentioned, the ZOIA could accomplish this as well - it's extremely flexible for this kind of signal routing and processing. But using the O_C as you described would work great and give you a more hands-on, hardware-focused approach to the patch.
Is there anything specific about this patch flow you're having trouble with?
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(and if this model was further fine tuned and continuously retrained on more new and annotated data, pretty soon it would know more than anyone on this forum.)
((peace ))
Hello all,
So I am trying to figure out a patch idea and running into some snags. I am wanting to run a couple CVs into My Herzlich Labs MMI and then out into a sample and hold to modulate and trigger my Braids. Am I able to run the cv out from Ornament and Crime into the MMI and then back into O_c for the S&H to trigger Braids and input to the V/O? I'm sure I can also use Zoia for this too so either option is fine, I'd just like to use O_c if possible. Thanks!
Heres my rack!
oops, i just realized i had multipliers and dividers mixed up. ... ... is a 3 5 or 7 ratio multiplier even possible? (i was thinking dividing the intervals between the clock.) can anyone tell me from experience how interchangable clock and gate signals are and any other issues related to trying to do gate sequencing from mostly clock sources? (i think it would be really cool to experiment with 1/7th notes, especially for glitch noise.)
thanks. peace. ✌️
also, im really into 'ochre':
anyone know how to get that kind of glitchy fluttery percussive sequence sound using only eurorack modules? i, do not, myself.
id love to find out if anyone knows; peace.
We know.
-- Zacksname
shoutout "zach", btw. lol.
-- singular_sound
Are you going to get a Bitbox?
Weird, you have been leaving forever for close to three days now
-- Fruarsei have a lot of free time. :|
-- singular_sound
We know.
any feedback? meant for glitch noise improv.
(am i just thinking too abstractly; etcetera??)
peace ✌️
Weird, you have been leaving forever for close to three days now
-- Fruarse
i have a lot of free time. :|
Weird, you have been leaving forever for close to three days now
here, one last shoutout for the new renku corporation album:
https://renkucorporation.bandcamp.com/album/procedural-nuance
leaving forever, now.
✌️
finally, to stay totally within budget, you could consider these three modules, (image wont load right, sorry.) and this case, and have a good amount of room to experiment with and expand with more modules later, and just treat this as the beginning of a journey, as opposed to 'finally' possessing a 'fully complete case' with infinite percussive sequencing options 'built right in'.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1754453849/eurorack-case-6u-powered
just trying to be helpful with suggestions. ✌️🫠✌️
another approach you might consider, if money wasnt an issue, you could just try to put together some of the modules that most interest you, that all together would give you the greatest possible ability to explore and experiment with. i tried to put together something like that for you, but including the cost of case it is already 2x over your budget, and im not even sure how to refine this concept fully yet, but this is what i have:
i cannot design your case for you, but good luck.
peace. ✌️
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oops, the eisei i think its called, i thought was mostly an lfo, because that seemed to be how it was categorized on this site. i was just trying to make a point about choosing the type of modules that make you curious to explore possibilities of everything they offer, as a personal aesthetic choice that i am encouraging o.p. to make for themselves. sorry for not reading the spec sheet on that.
peace
Please add Maffez; there are currently 6 modules in "other/unknown" by the manufacturer, the modules are not Mutable Instruments clones, and the manufacturer distributes their modules through their website as well as working with other manufacturers that distribute modules through third party vendors.
Thanks in advance.
i didnt want to give a single sentence half thought through response, so i did a bit of a deep dive into 'generative'. it seems to me like it can mean anything from random, quasi-random, to procedural, and you have a lot of leeway in defining what it means for you. one option to consider is the moog labyrinth, it is a fully self-contained instrument, falls inside your budget, and gives you everything you need to start playing around with some of the many possibilities of 'generative'. (moog is a quite well respected brand, etc.) another option would be to really think long and hard about what you actually mean by 'generative', design your own custom sequencer in pd (pure data) controlled from a laptop, that you could then use some kind of interface to send cv note data out to a eurorack case, where you use your budget to create your take on a dark ambient voice chain signal path, something i dont know a ton about. i would recommend the strange-r bighat as a starting point for the generative aspect, but it already eats up into too much of your budget, all by itself. maybe check out the channel "not_a_creative" on youtube for some inspiration. unfortunately, i was not able to just design the perfect thing for you.
sorry. peace.
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{im not the right guy to ask about staying inside a budget. i tend to design stuff that ends up looking like this, etc.: ... ... ... ... ... }
Hi all, thanks for your replies. You've convinced me that I should add more modulation modules. I'll revise the design and come back when I have an update ^_^
Just wanted to give some more context, to paint a better picture so to say, and to reply more concretely to some of the feedback.
Pulsar-23 it's definitely an interesting choice. I already own the Lyra-8, and in "money's no limit"-land (aka fantasy world) I'd have a Pulsar-23 and Ornament-8 as well. In fact, if money were no limit, I would buy Pulsar-23 and build a drum machine with eurorack modules, just because it sounds like a bunch of fun. Completely overkill, I know, and there are probably other, more efficient ways of producing music, but it sounds like a bunch of fun.
Wrt using only the Oxi One sequencer: I'm planning to have multiple racks covering various functions, and the idea is that the Oxi One can step in as a sequencer in all of them, but for the drum machine I want to have an additional sequencer to offload the "main sequencer". I have this setup in my Suitcase rack, using the M185 sequencer to handle some of my sequencer needs, and the Oxi One for the rest. I've watched some videos of people using the Metron module, and it looks very good for drum modules, and more importantly, it looks like fun ^_^
I do have 1U modules in the suitcase, and I agree they are very handy, so I'll consider switching out the drum machine case for something with 1U modules as well. I chose the Eurorack Go rack because it fits neatly into what space I have available in my home studio, but I'm aware of the problems with Behringer, so I'll take that into consideration as well.
Just to give some ideas of the current setup of my racks:
- Drums: At some point this will be moved into a larger case, with more functionality (basically what I'm trying to plan for with the rack in this thread). I'm thinking of transforming the smaller case into a pure utility rack, with various modulation sources and ways of manipulation, as it's central to most of the other racks.
- Bass: For now Elmyra covers most of my bass needs (but can of course use other voices for bass, and Elmyra can be used for other things)
- CV/IO: Most importantly the ES-9, mostly for recording (I have a patchbay that all of my audio from various sources are going into before being routed to the mixer, and all signals are split so a duplicate signal are sent to the ES-9 for recording), but the Turing Machine is also very useful, especially for my Solar 42F, where I use the outputs from the Pulses module to drive the gates for the four upper voices.
- Suitcase: This is where most of my modules are currently, but is driven by Coral and Pluck as voices (although cDVCA can also be used as a voice), and sits next to Lyra-8, and which I sometime use as processor to add delay and drive.
In addition, as mentioned, I also have a Solar 42F, which I use mostly for drones, textures, and "background" noises. (I also use Lyra-8 for drones sometimes, especially the bassy, gritty sounds are awesome, but I find it a bit hard to control, so most of the time I use it for the effects.)
I want to add another case at some point, about same size as the planned drum machine, to facilitate a bit more spacious and "out there" modules, such as Deckard's Voice, Collide 4, and Oneiroi (for those interested, you can see the current state of this idea here - but note that it's very much a work in progress, and it will need to offer more modulation features as well).
At some point I'm thinking of buying a big rack, something like the Erica Synths Megarack, but that's waaaaaaay into the future. Who knows, maybe my interest in eurorack will fade before I get there. (All of these expansions are going to take me years, so this is nothing that's going to happen anytime soon.)
Also, in case it's relevant: I'm not a professional musician, I do this on my spare time. The music I make is mostly leaning into ambience, but I also enjoy more "harder" styles from time to time (e.g. techno).
Yeah, it's an expensive hobby, but it's a ton of fun ^_^
-- megoth
If you want to integrate your Lyra-8 with your modular, try this:
https://sonic-seed.com/products/lyra-8controller
over:under
Hi all, thanks for your replies. You've convinced me that I should add more modulation modules. I'll revise the design and come back when I have an update ^_^
Just wanted to give some more context, to paint a better picture so to say, and to reply more concretely to some of the feedback.
Pulsar-23 it's definitely an interesting choice. I already own the Lyra-8, and in "money's no limit"-land (aka fantasy world) I'd have a Pulsar-23 and Ornament-8 as well. In fact, if money were no limit, I would buy Pulsar-23 and build a drum machine with eurorack modules, just because it sounds like a bunch of fun. Completely overkill, I know, and there are probably other, more efficient ways of producing music, but it sounds like a bunch of fun.
Wrt using only the Oxi One sequencer: I'm planning to have multiple racks covering various functions, and the idea is that the Oxi One can step in as a sequencer in all of them, but for the drum machine I want to have an additional sequencer to offload the "main sequencer". I have this setup in my Suitcase rack, using the M185 sequencer to handle some of my sequencer needs, and the Oxi One for the rest. I've watched some videos of people using the Metron module, and it looks very good for drum modules, and more importantly, it looks like fun ^_^
I do have 1U modules in the suitcase, and I agree they are very handy, so I'll consider switching out the drum machine case for something with 1U modules as well. I chose the Eurorack Go rack because it fits neatly into what space I have available in my home studio, but I'm aware of the problems with Behringer, so I'll take that into consideration as well.
Just to give some ideas of the current setup of my racks:
- Drums: At some point this will be moved into a larger case, with more functionality (basically what I'm trying to plan for with the rack in this thread). I'm thinking of transforming the smaller case into a pure utility rack, with various modulation sources and ways of manipulation, as it's central to most of the other racks.
- Bass: For now Elmyra covers most of my bass needs (but can of course use other voices for bass, and Elmyra can be used for other things)
- CV/IO: Most importantly the ES-9, mostly for recording (I have a patchbay that all of my audio from various sources are going into before being routed to the mixer, and all signals are split so a duplicate signal are sent to the ES-9 for recording), but the Turing Machine is also very useful, especially for my Solar 42F, where I use the outputs from the Pulses module to drive the gates for the four upper voices.
- Suitcase: This is where most of my modules are currently, but is driven by Coral and Pluck as voices (although cDVCA can also be used as a voice), and sits next to Lyra-8, and which I sometime use as processor to add delay and drive.
In addition, as mentioned, I also have a Solar 42F, which I use mostly for drones, textures, and "background" noises. (I also use Lyra-8 for drones sometimes, especially the bassy, gritty sounds are awesome, but I find it a bit hard to control, so most of the time I use it for the effects.)
I want to add another case at some point, about same size as the planned drum machine, to facilitate a bit more spacious and "out there" modules, such as Deckard's Voice, Collide 4, and Oneiroi (for those interested, you can see the current state of this idea here - but note that it's very much a work in progress, and it will need to offer more modulation features as well).
At some point I'm thinking of buying a big rack, something like the Erica Synths Megarack, but that's waaaaaaay into the future. Who knows, maybe my interest in eurorack will fade before I get there. (All of these expansions are going to take me years, so this is nothing that's going to happen anytime soon.)
Also, in case it's relevant: I'm not a professional musician, I do this on my spare time. The music I make is mostly leaning into ambience, but I also enjoy more "harder" styles from time to time (e.g. techno).
Yeah, it's an expensive hobby, but it's a ton of fun ^_^
-- megoth
If you want to integrate your Lyra-8 with your modular, try this:
https://sonic-seed.com/products/lyra-8controller
over:under
I need some help in starting a modular rack. I'm interested in generative ambient or dark ambient sound. Could sombody please suggest a starter rack with a budget of $1.800? Thanks Again! Eric
Very informative, good English captions, thank you for sharing!
“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
6.0 - (10th April 2025) general build from previous retired builds, included dual metroploix / metron for performance personal preference
6.1 - (16th April 2025) added 4 channel panning mixer, dual HP/LP filter, 4HP AttenV/Offset, removed UVCF Filter, Axxys, Motion MNTR - general better overall bang for buck and added live performance mixer for additonal drum voices into a bus
added fader caps to all Arcus Audio dual VCA units as the white possition line doesnt align even closely to a standard 7/9 oclock. the fader caps allow for a better mental picutre of where the attenuation is at, orange caps burchased from thonk. possiblybsomething for the brand to consider, especially considering how good the hardware is in the 1u space.
2 Racks
*built and active (22nd March 2025)
First - Amalgamod - Drum and Mixer focus
Base - 7u 104HP
Top - 7u 104HP
*built and active (10th April 2025)
Second - Intellijel with custom joiner to match Amalgamod - Voices focus
Base - 7u 84HP
Top - 7u 84HP
custom alluminium connection so as it aligns with Amalgamod system on bench top
custom allumninum closing system so it can be transported patched and closed, and transported like the Amalgamod system
considering a 2nd Amalgamod case as they are superior in so many ways, just an amasing case setup for transport
Salut !
I've been asked to detail Typhoon, so I made a comparison video between Monsoon and Typhoon, the show exposes the differences between both modules and how each of them works. The series will focuse then on each algorithm of Parasites/Superparasite.
It is in French but it has a lot of subitles from the original script, please pick yours :)
Salut !
I've been asked to detail Typhoon, so I made a comparison video between Monsoon and Typhoon, the show exposes the differences between both modules and how each of them works. The series will focuse then on each algorithm of Parasites/Superparasite.
It is in French but it has a lot of subitles from the original script, please pick yours :)
Salut !
I've been asked to detail Typhoon, so I made a comparison video between Monsoon and Typhoon, the show exposes the differences between both modules and how each of them works. The series will focuse then on each algorithm of Parasites/Superparasite.
It is in French but it has a lot of subitles from the original script, please pick yours :)
id like to resolve any tensions between me and this website. i have been trying for a certain type of concept, and this is the closest it has ever been to being complete, by adding some modules that 'just released'. the top row is everything i absolutely need, and the second row is almost exclusively for modulation sources. you are free to have differences of opinion on the second row, but the first row is things i really think belong in this design, so only comment on the first row if i truly miscalculated and something wont work the way i think it will. "peace offering".
so, can you imagine jamming out on this etc?
if yall dont like it i really will just leave. ✌️✌️
As above, I added a 500 series panel and edited another to give it the "Blank Panel" tag, neither now appear.
Modules in question: https://www.blacklionaudio.com/store/accessories/black-lion-audio-500-series-beer-opener/
https://www.cranborne-audio.com/vintagewallpaper
Cheers
