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Also the Hemispheres firmware for Ornament and Crime has a CV controllable gate delay applet

When I had questions ADDAC were very responsive. Maybe you caught them when on holiday or something, everyone has a life outside of work.

2hp burst might work...

maths can be patch programmed to do it (page 24 of the illustrated supplement)

yes... almost anything "can" be a modulation source...

usually it helps if your modulation source is slower than what you are modulating...

all signals in modular are just electricity varying in frequency, amplitude band shape... so to a large extent anything can be anything...

the only real caveats are that for a signal to be audible it needs to be both fast enough (>20Hz ish) and slow enough ( < 20KHz ish) and that it's not a great idea to send DC signals (slow unipolar signals) to speakers - as this can damage them...

and try not to be so loud that you damage your hearing!

yes... almost anything "can" be a modulation source...

usually it helps if your modulation source is slower than what you are modulating...

all signals in modular are just electricity varying in frequency, amplitude band shape... so to a large extent anything can be anything...

the only real caveats are that for a signal to be audible it needs to be both fast enough (>20Hz ish) and slow enough (

I haven't tried this particular module (it's in my wishlist though). However, I had some problems with the saw output on my DIY ADDAC701.REV2 and Filipe from ADDAC was extrememly helpful in diagnosing the issue so I could eventually fix it. No shade on ADDAC from me.

@gary_b I get where you're coming from, but, did you bother looking at the ADDAC website? A quick look on the module's page shows

Last update version: D_5, April, 23rd, 2024

D_5 Changes Log:
* FIXED: An issue where at maximum speed the module controls will become irresponsive after a few minutes.

along with steps for the update. How about you give it a try?

EDITED Today, 09:21

Was eagerly awaiting it's release and picked one up from Thomann in March. When it's working, it's a great modulation source, but after running for a few minutes all the controls quit responding - this problen occurred on the first day out of the box. Happens every time after a power-up. Tried emailing ADDAC about the issue but like so many Eurorack module makers these days, no reply. Seems very few mfg's stand behind their product any more, so buying a module (especially from a small maker) feels like a crap-shoot now. So now the module has been sitting in it's box for months, never used again.

EDITED Today, 09:11

That Hysteria module is a lot of fun (and modulates, as well!).
-- halbroome

A VCO can be a modulator ?

Thanks

That Hysteria module is a lot of fun (and modulates, as well!).

Yes modulation is way more important than too many voice oscillator modules. If you want to keep the smaller case, consider smaller sized hp modules that perform these modular tasks like 0chd from Divkid that is way smaller than Rampage and still gives you tons of modulation. Also consider getting a quad VCA module and attenuator. A filter would be great add on as well.
-- benscott

Many thanks, your answer helps a lot .

EDITED Yesterday, 13:29

Hello everyone!
Is there a trigger/gate delay where the delay time can be CV-controlled?
Thank you!
Schamalz

Not a bad start but I recommend a larger case and more utilities and maybe some effects?
-- benscott

I have an empty rackbrute 3U 88hp.

Yes modulation is way more important than too many voice oscillator modules. If you want to keep the smaller case, consider smaller sized hp modules that perform these modular tasks like 0chd from Divkid that is way smaller than Rampage and still gives you tons of modulation. Also consider getting a quad VCA module and attenuator. A filter would be great add on as well.

I know it's wide in modules,setup etc ....while talking about a modular system.

I just would like to know if some people here could consider my system as a system with ''load'' of modulation modules.

Thanks

Not a bad start but I recommend a larger case and more utilities and maybe some effects?

I know it's wide in modules,setup etc ....while talking about a modular system.

I just would like to know if some people here could consider my system as a system with ''load'' of modulation modules.

Thanks

Hi everyone :) I'm releasing a small EP under the name HOLW: https://holw.bandcamp.com/album/petits-grains
It's a blend of some guitar and modular processing, a bit cold and melancholic. I'm quite excited as I never released anything under my name. Hope you'll like it !

I always chuckle when I see someone say they want to receive payment by Venmo. I would never do anything except PayPal with 3% because it protects both the seller and buyer. Do those that want to be paid using Venmo send the item first and then receive payment after the buyer receives and is ok with item? I'm guessing not
-- jb61264

I agree that you need to act only through PayPal. The fact is that with this option there is the possibility of a refund in case of disputes, which protects the buyer, but can create problems for the seller.

Thanks for this response, I will do that.... i just wanted to check that there are no additional issues to do with compatibility or other factors i needed to know!

With kind regards T

You would just go looking for a 10 pin to 16 pin Eurorack ribbon cable. I find this is actually the ribbon cable I run into most - more than 16 to 16, at least. When you buy more modules that are not standalone, they'll often come with this cable, and it will occasionally already be plugged in.

Hi everyone,

super beginner question - my very first step is that i want to mount Moog Mavis on my new eurorack mount

this is my rack mount product plus power unit, the tip top
https://www.thomann.de/gb/tiptop_audio_happy_ending_kit_black_eu.htm

Anyway.... i see that the power in point for rack mount on the Mavis is male with 10 pins in two rows five pins,
While the scarf cable on the tip top power supply is male with 16 pins in two rows of 8

I presume I need an adapter type short section of cable with the diffent types of female rows each end?

or are there other factors that make this more complex?

Also, what is the usual terminology used to name these different formats of pin arrangement (i'm guessing it's just the usual terms, 10pin or 16 pin, but just checking)

Thanks if you can help
T

I come from a keyboard / guitar background, and like to have a module that will allow me to export
Eurorack cv to a guitar pedal and bring back in (preferably in stereo). Cheaper than Eurorack modules, guitar
pedals make for interesting sound effects (the Drolo Stretchweaver pedal -- wow!). Even an EQ pedal works
well for less money. No external sound effects in your system?

Bored Brain has some of those interactive modules with external guitar pedals, and others. Worth exploring!

Thanks, it was very helpfull

500 series section needs to be scrubbed for duplicates, several uploads of the same module.
-- bkbirge

It's not that simple, right?

EDITED Monday July 22, 08:08

got my Sweet16, perfect! thanks for the tip

A dual filter with interesting routings, inspired by the Korg MS-20.
Mostly surface mount pre-installed, but since it’s a stack of 4 circuit boards it’s an interesting build.
Lots of sonic possibilities, sounds really interesting. A good kit.
Build

I think my case is finished, what would you add?

Pssst! just a little tip if you plan to stay and want to pay less :

You can buy several years of unicorn account at the actual rate of 19.90.
- When logged, on the main page got to "Like a Pro, About the Unicorn account" next to the "Top Modules" List.
- You have the at the end of the comparison the possibility to buy 1 year via paypal,
- Repeat this several times and each time you add 1 year to your account (each time at the actual rate).
-- Folkien

What's the advice here?

EDITED Monday July 22, 08:08

Hi Knut, MG has a lot images so Cloudflare should work especially for users far away from the cloud/server location so it worth it keeping it alive.

Regarding the redirection feel free to write here any future issue if you like :)

Regards, Marco

Dear All. - Thanks at for opening the post and in advance for any advice.

I am new to Eurorack but not synths and hardware.

QUESTIONS below in bold.

I sequence using Hapax Squatp with MIDI + CV hardware synths to my DAW via Mixer. Ive got a Crap outboard compressor if needed.
I have used Softube Modular for fun FX racks but hate having to turn on the computer for FX

This my plan

SETUP: Direct Out from Synth Patchbay (in both Mono and Stereo!) to this rack for studio synths. (Super6. MS1. MonoPoly, Hydrasynth, TB3, TR8). CVS and MIDI from Hapax
PROPOSED CASE: Cre8Audio Nifty Case (saw Divkid use it. looked great for my size) Agree???
GOAL: To layer effects on Mono and Stereo synths. Fully expecting to record in per channel rather than run multiple channels of audio through this. Its for creativity, control and fun outside the box. i can always use Valhalla etc al in the DAW for static sounds in the final mix. I have a Midiverb for generic Verb. I want to modulate effects to get more movement in sound.

HAPAX provides options for CV step automation and LFOS and envelopes but id like to generate some of these internally hence the Abacus.

I wont buy the original Rings and Clouds but MomoModular do versions om Etsy that look great

So I have:
- VCA to adjust CV and or Audio signals? Do i need another for Audio out? I can adjust CV levels with Abacus
- Maths / Abacus. will try and get the original.
- Rings. love it. Having It
- Clouds. seems fun and right up my street sonically
- General FX. i just wanted a decent Reverb Delay module for general usage without going in the DAW. Any better suggestions
- Filter. Thus is Ripples but stereo. seems a winner to me?? Do you agree
- Mixer. Figure i wont want to do everything in series and also could blend input audio here if needed? ** Is this a good addition**

Any suggestions for other modules. key misses functionality wise
i feel so Freauency Mod might be a good addition?? Thoughts.

I have A Strymon Nightsky which I could swap for the Modular Starlab Id need to change case. it is space hungry so not sure whether i should bother. i think id prefer the workflow with Starlab but i'd need a bigger case
Thoughts?

if you made it thus far i hugely appreciate the effort.

EDITED Jul 19th, 21:36

I'm slowly enjoying all of your YouTube videos including this one yesterday. Very nice vibes.

as a newcommer I really appreciate your thorough patch explanations/breakdowns.

-- thimble

Thanks so much for tuning in! Good luck with your own patches.

Very calming, I need to get back to a few calming patches.
-- wishbonebrewery

Thanks mate, glad to hear it!

I'm slowly enjoying all of your YouTube videos including this one yesterday. Very nice vibes.

as a newcommer I really appreciate your thorough patch explanations/breakdowns.

Very calming, I need to get back to a few calming patches.

thank you very much for the response!

An ambient piece featuring the Moog Subharmonicon’s sequencer with Disting EX’s multisample player. Detailed patch notes in the video.

1. At first you probably need a bigger a case and more fundamental utilities, like attenuverters, polarizer, envelopes, lfos .....
   Its all mentioned in recent posts.

My first impression, I might missunderstood it at first glance is:

1. drums:
   come from the jomox drummaschine // you can just use samples from the web and put in your /Digitakt, elektron samples, computer or sampleplayer of choice

2. synth hook

- seems to be the combination of a analog complex vco processed with a modulated filterbank.
you could try to emulate this with different cheaper vcos and filterbanks - but I guess the particular Verbos Filterbank has a special character. So it will be propably hard to come exactly near.
But there are a few cheaper filterbanks, you could combine a fixed filterbanks with a vca.
Like a Zlob VC F3DB, ADDAC 601 .....

3. Sequencing
   Mimetis digitalis is nice, but Im not sure, if this enough to get organic sequences. Maybe better a sequencer with more settings per stage. Maybe it gets more unstable and floating or more wonky with crazy settings on pams to reset and shift the mimetic? I had good results with marbles + mimetic.

4. DFAM is fun as hell, but you could add them later.

5. I heard on a crappy PA, but the examples I heard seem to sound a bit cold and vintage vibed.
   I guess a analog mixer and some hardware for analog coloring and maybe sparse digital delay - could be useful

- maybe you can get also close to this with a software emulation from UAD or something like that.

EDITED Jul 18th, 17:47

Just tried it out with the Benjolin. It seemed like the pulse happened at the peak of the triangle, so I just inverted the pulse to make it happen at the start of the triangle and got some pretty satisfying results!
So here's what I'd do with your system specifically: Run whichever VCO/VCF combo you'd like into a VCA. Run the triangle A out of the benjolin to the CV in on the vca. Run the Pulse A out of the benjolin to the A * B + C to invert it, and use that out to clock the turing machine as well as the sample and hold. Run one of those into the quantizer and out to the 1v/o of the VCO, and the other to the CV in on benjolin osc A. Use any other modulation sources you'd like on the filter for a fun time : )
-- Progspiration

Fantastic, thanks so much! I'll try it tonight.

just type dc11_live on instagram! :) mad artist!
and if you type dc11 here on modulargrid there are some of his racks... but he has different racks for studio and live!
https://www.instagram.com/dc11_live?igsh=djQyc3V1azR4MTY2

Just tried it out with the Benjolin. It seemed like the pulse happened at the peak of the triangle, so I just inverted the pulse to make it happen at the start of the triangle and got some pretty satisfying results!

So here's what I'd do with your system specifically: Run whichever VCO/VCF combo you'd like into a VCA. Run the triangle A out of the benjolin to the CV in on the vca. Run the Pulse A out of the benjolin to the A * B + C to invert it, and use that out to clock the turing machine as well as the sample and hold. Run one of those into the quantizer and out to the 1v/o of the VCO, and the other to the CV in on benjolin osc A. Use any other modulation sources you'd like on the filter for a fun time : )

EDITED Jul 17th, 21:07

To be honest I dont know DC11 yet, so I dont know which kind of sound and modules you are looking for.

Can you give sound examples of DC11?
Where can we see his rack? - to figure out alternatives.

EDITED Jul 17th, 20:59

I don't remember how the pulse and triangle waves line up on either the Benjolin or the NLC Dual LFOs, but if the pulse is at the very start of the triangle cycle, you might be able to use the pulse to trigger the random voltage and use the triangle to control the VCA. Even better, trigger two random voltages and use one for pitch and the other to modulate the rate of the LFO. For me the real fun of Krell patches is modulating the rise and fall of a looping envelope, so I'd recommend getting any kind of envelope that has cv control over rise and fall, and the end of cycle trigger makes everything easier too. Cheers and happy patching!

accompanied by a digitakt and an akai midi controller

module wishlist:
fixed hipass
LIP (maybe drop vortex)
oneiroi (maybe as an all in one texture solution?)
output module
solution to mix digitakt, ipad, ... in the rack

midi:
digitakt -> midi thing IN
akai controller -> midi thing HOST (merge on)
midi thing out -> digitakt
digitakt sequences kick & bass
digitakt plays drum samples
akai controller CCs mapped to digitakt voices, FX & some parameters in the rack

audio:
kick sidechains bass & lead
kick -> 3 channel mixer ch. 1
sy 0.5 & lo tom-> doepfer vca (envelope) -> befaco hex vca (sidechain) -> 3 channel mixer ch. 2 & 3
3 channel mixer -> doepfer hi pass -> digitakt in L

vortex osc 1 & 2 -> befaco hex vca (envelope) -> befaco hex vca (sidechain) -> spice vcf -> digitakt in R

digitakt -> xaoc lo pass -> databender -> outboard mixer

ipad fieldscaper -> beads -> versio -> milky way -> outboard mixer

CV sequencing:
gates:
clock -> marbles
marbles t2 -> arpitecht
marbles t3 -> switch matrix in
arpitecht gate -> switch matrix in
switch matrix out -> adsr
v/oct:
marbles x3 -> switch matrix in
arpitecht v/oct -> switch matrix in
switch matrix out -> vortex v/oct
modulation:
hands!
frames -> vco parameters
LFOs -> subtle modulations within digitakt & in the rack

Hi guys with this rack I do pretty generic techno, but after a year of improv, I'd like to decide on a genre to focus on. I like the sound of DC11 as a very good artist, and I would like to pursue that path. The point is that its rack is completely different and also very expensive hahaha. How can I get closer to those sounds, perhaps integrating with some modules (I still have space available) or replacing some of them?
https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_2018166.jpg

Could be tricky without something with an EOC (End Of Cycle) output, though it is possible without EOC it just won't quite self-trigger so you would have to look for a random trigger from someowhere else, I would look at vids from Robin Vincent here - and Red Means Recording here -

Hello gang. Can anyone help me design a Krell patch with my current setup? Is it possible to do without an ADSR that does not have stage inputs? Thanks!

Hello! I am reading 1984 by Haruki Murakami, It's a thrilling ride through Tokyo with a lot of suspense and mystery.It wasn't intentional but I think this patch was subconsciously inspired by this amazing novel. It is slightly different than my usual patches. Normally I design and map out my performances. This performance is mostly improvised. I created an arp, a basic bassline and I used a lot of modulation. Then I just pressed play with no plan and I started performing the patch. Let's see where this midnight ride through Tokyo will take me, I have no idea as well. Enjoy the ride!

Do you plan to use this entirely on its own or with other gear?
-- Zacksname
Mainly on its own, but from time to time I'll pair it with 0 coast.

Do you plan to use this entirely on its own or with other gear?