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How long can one expect to wait to get their company listed in manufacturers list? I have sent 2 PM's (to two different accounts) with the request.

I have modules in Eurorack up here already, but am not listed in "Serge" format.

Thanks!

Ideal indeed!

Hi Farkas! I looked at both the Nord and the Alesis now and the difference is simple - synthesis vs samples. Samples enable looping, so there's that. Otherwise, there's pros and cons for both.

With the Squarp Rample I am currently using, I actually have multisamples that I can trigger with CV, so velocity based if that's what I want. It's a great feature indeed - a boring repetitive hi-hat suddenly comes to life. As you said - anything that doesn't do this, suddenly sounds flat. It gets a bit weirder and more unpredictable with the Squarp's more exotic sets of samples, which is also nice. Aside from that, I like to get variation into it by CVing the pitch (simple sample speed on the Squarp), filter, ... Particularly with S&H or something like the Joranalogue Orbit 3, I'm getting pretty interesting results. You can hear it in the clicking-ratchetting sound on this track: . It's not the most modulated I've ever done, but the ratchet is actually another layer of the regular click sample.

So for me it's currently about 1 - more flexibility. On the Rample, you select a kit and those are the 4 sounds you'll get - period. Of course, I can muck about combining samples into new sets and adding my own ones (I have a great set recorded at a blacksmith!) but I haven't gone down that rabbit hole yet. Sample management is file management and as such, for me, a much more boring endeavor than wiggling knobs. Then there's 2 - the 4 sounds in a Rample kit are limited when percussion becomes complex. 3 - the Rample's modulation capabilities are limited, I want more. For that, a module like the LXR has the great advantage. 4 - will I want to start actually playing the drums at a certain point? Certainly looks like fun, and I have an in-law to learn from. For that, obviously, it would be one of the pads we discussed here.

I expect I'll go with the LXR module first to get the extra flexibility that I want. I can add the drum pads afterwards and hook them up to trigger the internal sounds, the LXR or the Rample. But very interesting to see what triggers you in drums! Layered samples are an aspect that I really liked unconsciously in my Squarp Rample, and now I understand better why. It's one of the things that put me off when I tried the Dirtywave M8. You trigger a hi-hat sample every off-beat? It's always the same. Boring!

Wow! Thank you guys! Glad you like it!

We have some cassettes left, so you can grab a copy if you're interested. Worldwide shipping is available.

Yes, I definitely checked out all of the multipads. I'm not working much with loops for drums, but plan to use some of those features for vocal samples (all processed through the rack). The Nord Drum looks cool, but I wasn't looking for synthesized drums as I can do a lot of that sound design in my rack or with the DFAM. The 32GB of memory in the Alesis was one of the selling points for me over the older Roland, though I see that Roland have just announced an updated SPD that looks strikingly like the Alesis with almost the exact same features (for more $, of course).
I'm not a drummer either, and believe it or not I'm not a huge fan of samplers, but it's great to have the ability to have that physical/human approach to rhythm in a largely robotic/sequenced system. As I mentioned, I was getting frustrated with the lack of nuance and dynamics in the modular drums that I had collected. With the velocity layers/multisamples in a decent sampler, that frustration is now gone.
I'm building a hybrid approach with the Alesis. I have MIDI out from one of my drum machines triggering samples from the multipad, so I can still program it in an X0X style without having to play everything via drumsticks, and I'm adding a Mutant Brain MIDI interface to my rack so that I can also trigger events and sequences from the multipad in the traditional way with sticks. It's exactly the approach I was hoping for all along, I just didn't realize that it could be done.
Yes, this approach is expensive too (as all eurorack is). But, the possibilities seem limitless, and I always felt incredibly limited with modular drums. I was able to sell off some of my drum modules to pay for the sampler, and the scope of sounds I have access to is now so much greater for the same amount of expense.
Again, this is just my experience. Your needs are probably much different than mine. I thought a dissenting opinion might be of interest to the conversation. :) The important part is to have fun, and that LXR looks like 100% fun. Just consider what it is you are really hoping to accomplish before you spend your hard earned cash.
Good luck!

EDITED Sep 21st 2022, 11:06

I hate to play devil's advocate, but I'm actually going in the opposite direction with drum modules right now. I do a lot of rhythm-focused stuff so I invested a fair amount into modular drums and samplers, but found I just kept investing more and more because I couldn't quite get the nuance and sound I was looking for. I tried adding an MPC, but that didn't do the trick either. Finally, I added an Alesis Strike Multipad and that was the missing piece for me. Now, I am selling off most of my drum modules (still keeping a couple modules and drum machines).
That LXR looks great, and I actually considered picking up the desktop version. I'm sure you will get great (and fun!) results from it. In my experience though, drum modules can be an expensive slippery slope considering the additional sequencing and modulation needs to keep them interesting. Just wanted to throw that out there as something to consider. Your needs and experience may differ, of course.
Good luck and have fun!
-- farkas

Hey Farkas, thanks for the response. I've been doing a bit of generated drums combined with manually programmed ones, with the generation coming from PNW (or Drambo on the iPad, similar idea) and the programming done on my Oxi. I'd start using my iPad with MIDI more to free my Oxi for melodic voices. I see what you mean with the slippery slope, but isn't that with everything modular? I've got 3 filters now in 200hp and I'm already looking at what's next. Obviously, the same is going to happen for drums. And oscillators later on! I like to think discipline works, and a wife who questions every purchase ;-)

The Alesis Strike Multipad looks very similar in concept to the Nord Drum 3P and it's priced similarly as well. Looking up a comparison, there's the Roland SPD SX in the same market as well. I looked into the Nord after reading very good reviews of its sound. I'm not a drummer, though, and while I'm open to learning it, now may not be the right moment. Still, very interesting tool and I might change my mind ;-)

The Sweetwater demo of the Alesis focuses very much on loops and automation, something I saw less of in the Nord. Is that a major feature for you? Did you check out the others before getting the Alesis?

Hot damn, what a DEAL!
Definitely NOT throwaway grade! So if you need piles of patchcables, I think this might be the mother lode!
-- Lugia

Mine just arrived today (the email "Delivery Updates" were intolerable though)! Just as you described!

Thanks for the heads-up about these.

So prunes will work for modular problems too? Now THAT'S a cheap fix!

Ha! Yeah, I pruned my filter obsession... er, I mean collection about six months ago.

As a drummer myself, I'm avoiding @farkas "expensive slippery slope," although I wish I could do the same with filters...ugh.

I hate to play devil's advocate, but I'm actually going in the opposite direction with drum modules right now. I do a lot of rhythm-focused stuff so I invested a fair amount into modular drums and samplers, but found I just kept investing more and more because I couldn't quite get the nuance and sound I was looking for. I tried adding an MPC, but that didn't do the trick either. Finally, I added an Alesis Strike Multipad and that was the missing piece for me. Now, I am selling off most of my drum modules (still keeping a couple modules and drum machines).
That LXR looks great, and I actually considered picking up the desktop version. I'm sure you will get great (and fun!) results from it. In my experience though, drum modules can be an expensive slippery slope considering the additional sequencing and modulation needs to keep them interesting. Just wanted to throw that out there as something to consider. Your needs and experience may differ, of course.
Good luck and have fun!

Yep, sounds amazing!

LXR looks interesting but I am waiting for Winter Modular Zaps and Rabid Elephant Portal Drum as these look really cool as well.
So far Akamie's Taiko is super amazing fun. I will upload a demo sometime this week.

A Seismograf bass drum module from Frequency Central.
A good little unit, some effective CV mods for tuning, distortion, and sound select.
A easy build, would be a great first build for someone.

3) links to deleted racks
its totally fine to get a 404 when trying to view a deleted rack.
but it would be nice to have all users public racks as a fallback
-- modular01

Starting with racks that are deleted today we have that now. You will be redirected to the users profile page.

This is incorrect. The MA808 is a BD808. Blawan says so himself, around 34:35 in the Thomann YouTube video. And if you use 1080p resolution, screen shot and zoom in, you can clearly see it is a BD808, which just looks very similar to an MA808. But there is an extra knob on the BD. Also you can clearly hear the 808 kick and lack of maracas.

Hi,
I'm new with modular.I just built my diy case (6U104)
I already have the modules of the upper row, bought from an Instagram's contact at a very good price.
The second row modules are options that I have in mind to continue with my rack, I would like your opinions, I would develop this first voice more, adding for example another filter (Wasp, Viol Ruina or Anomaly) and the generator of functions/LFO of riders, or I would add another voice (perhaps Plaits)?
The idea is to use my Arturia Beatstep pro for clock and sequencer functions.
My budget at the moment is tight, and the idea is to gradually add the modules.
Thanks.

EDITED Sep 21st 2022, 07:15

sound example:
https://on.soundcloud.com/X2Au3

usage:
i use this to record single/dual/stereo tracks which are analog glitchy/computer musicy sounding but also drones/noise, psychedelic arps and rawstyle/jumpstyle/gabbery/hardstyle kicks which i combine with each other, fitting recordings or tracks i made with an advanced audio stretching tool which sometimes includes the drone recordings as a "modulator"/main input and i plan to use disting to use recordings i did in supercollider within the modular system incl. complex lfo patches. i also wanna use it back and forth with my reel to reel machine and cassettes for loops, saturation and odd wavetables (and maybe more).
i also make more conventional tracks/sequencing with a keystep pro with it that i have just recently gotten.
for live i currently use kaoss pad (i'm looking forward to the programmable one) and a zoom r8 for playback of renders of reaper projects using different synth and non-synth recordings since i mix and process there more (mostly dynamics/eq/fx).

technical details:
the lower section is the main unit with the neutron above being mainly used for it's utility including the 2 oscs for modulation/fm/wavefolder input at times rather then their "pure sound" or in other cases for more conventional ravey /clubby sounds like cleaner arps and (subs for) kicks but will be eventually replaced.
since the disting is somewhat of a jack of all trades and there was just enough space next to the neutron i decided to put it there.
the case is handmade with a friend and is maybe a tiny bit "bigger" then 84hp.

updated:
june 2nd 2024 (keystep pro, different live setup, disting, using neutron in more ways, deleted/changed lines about super collider which currently use less but plan to do more, reel to reel/tape)

EDITED Jun 2nd 2024, 11:02

I just picked up ALM Busy Circuits Akamie's Taiko and having soo much fun with this module! It does drums and synth FM stuff quite nicely.
-- benscott

In demos, it sounds really cool indeed! I was looking at getting separate modules for each drum, specifically considering the WMD modules. It's actually the announcement of their closing that triggered this whole search for more drum power for me. But it gets really expensive quickly, splitting it all up. Crater+Chimera+Fracture were around €950 when I checked a week ago and they've just gone up to €1050.

I just found out about the Magerit Metro, which combines a crazy amount of functionality into 13hp. Sequencers, full drum machines, effects, you name it. For €200 as well! Honestly, it looks like an incredible offering for a starter module. If that would've been available and I'd known it, it would've been a serious competitor to the Squarp Rample I ended up purchasing.

I'm actually liking the LXR module more and more (virtually speaking - I don't have it yet). It's €500 and it's got up to 4 separate outs and 5 CVs. For the cymbals voice, it's actually using FM, so I'm pretty certain it can be used creatively.

If you have any other oddball suggestions, keep'em coming! That's what I love about this hobby - there's always new to discover, and what seems a great idea one day can be replaced by an entirely different approach the next day!

Nice example. I was on the fence with this module as I was trying to balance analog & digital, but I ended up ordering one anyway as the 80s Synthwave/Retro Electro vibe won out over reason and responsibility.

I'm going to run it via NerdSeq/MIDI, but I also got the expander for options. Now for 5-7 day shipping wait...

-- VOW3LLtheVAMPIRE

Thanks! I've been after on-board polyphony for some time now and when I first saw the Vector Wave pop up in a non-related video on YT I kinda knew it was what I needed and pre-ordered the module and the expander as soon as that was possible. I also look forward to controlling it with MIDI cc, though first I'll need some more cables for that.

EDITED Feb 27th 2023, 07:27

This year's major modular synth-investment for me was the new Vector Wave by RYK Modular (also picked up the gate/CV expander). After a few days of getting ourselves introduced to each other I find the RYK VW a very deep and complex module with true 4-voice polyphony, 16 oscillators, 2 x LFOs, 2 x EGs, a plethora of mod options, and more. I put together this really short piece by recording three different parts. Sequencing, gates and pitch CV by OP-1 via MI Yarns, fx by Mimeophon.
Thanks for watching.

It seems like you forgot to unescape somewhere ;)
-- lipoqil

The thin red line between Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability and a sledgehammer.
Thanks, should be fixed!

I just picked up ALM Busy Circuits Akamie's Taiko and having soo much fun with this module! It does drums and synth FM stuff quite nicely.

Well that one's on me: I completely missed your 3340 module in my perusal of your rack. I will listen to your track later today. Look forward to hearing it.
-- BerkleeGrad1984

Yeah, it's a little hidden thingie in an ever-expanding rack, but it's very, very good indeed. I just started playing with the FM, throwing in a chaotic envelope from Zadar, and that's the effect you're hearing in the tenor.

Really like the track. The opening sounds very JX-3P-ish, which really takes me back!
-- BerkleeGrad1984

Thanks, glad you like it! I actually borrowed a JX-8P from a friend back when they were actually still sold. That, and the Commodore 64's SID, are definitely a great part of my musical upbringing. Sounds you would never hear on a radio, even in the 80s when experimental was in the limelight.

Really like the track. The opening sounds very JX-3P-ish, which really takes me back!

There are no chickens, plenty of rather dumb Wood-pigeons about though squabbling with one another.

Cheers, Glad you enjoyed :)

Good atmosphere, nice little ambient trip to start a Sunday afternoon thanks to this piece, the guinea pigs and your music-loving cat. A proper conditioning before joining my own home studio. (BTW do not forget to feed the chickens :)

Hello modularies,

I'm looking for a sequencer module (under 16HP preferably) with step input capabilities, i.e that has an input that can record the incoming voltage and store it to the current step.
The reason behind this is I want to be able to quickly input sequences directly from my WMD Monolith keyboard via its V/oct output into the sequencer.
Advise me!
Cheers.

EDITED Sep 18th 2022, 11:41

I've not had time for Modular much lately, still noodling but I haven't recorded anything for a while. This started by Matrix mixing a VCO with some LFO's then wave folding some of it while letting the rest out fairly clean. I'm quite enjoying the twinkly stuff going into Mimeophon. Thanks for listening

Hi there im really new to Eurorack and so far what you see is what i got. I intend to use my Eurorack with an Arturia Keystep and some Pocket Operators from Teenage Engineering. Is there any Module im absolutely missing out that i need for this to work? I for sure want to get a new Oscillator, since Chips really isn't it even tho i like its quirkiness/brokeness. Which Oscillator should i get, what other modules would be great to get? The goal i have is to make some rather dark reverbed sounds, with some modulation possibilities.

EDITED Oct 17th 2022, 12:02

It’s actually looking pretty good for a Behringer! For the more traditional sound, I have the CEM3340 based bOSC in there. That chip was used in the Prophet 5 and others and it's pretty great actually! I'm using it with FM in my track of yesterday on Soundcloud

-- Arrandan

Well that one's on me: I completely missed your 3340 module in my perusal of your rack. I will listen to your track later today. Look forward to hearing it.

-Reserved-

EDITED Sep 18th 2022, 08:14

4 Moog Eurorack Cases 60 HP:

• Stacked with 4 tier rack kit by moog
• 0-Ctrl taken out of it's oiginal case and mounted into the rack
• Hole for the original 0-Ctrl power cable connector drilled into the left side of the wooden cheek and metal side plate of the housing moog case, aswell through the rack stand frame
• 2 4ms Row Power 45 as power supply attatched through a custom cut opening with screw holes in the lower back region of the 2 inner // middle moog cases (plugged into a smarthome power socket to turn on and off)
• Using the 4ms Barrel Jumper Cable (angled) to combine // chain both power supplies
• Using Eurorack Busboard Extender by PUNKmodular to extend each flying busboard into a chained second busboard cable
• Extended flying busboard cables are routed up from case 3 to case 4 and down from case 2 to case 1
• Metal side plates aswell as case sides are filed down at one spot for the extended flying busboard cables to be routed through to corresponding other case to give their modules power

4ms Pod40X (powered version) 40 HP:

• Sitting to the right on my desk
• I am not using the direct audio outputs of the ES-9 so its slightly shoved underneath a Keystep pro that is resting raised up on 2, 7cm high wooden blocks

EDITED Sep 18th 2022, 08:48

thanks! Each module they create is a fully featured thing of its own in a robust enclosure.

EDITED Sep 18th 2022, 06:14

Hello, just got a Doepfer PMS(😂)12u monster and was thinking about putting my 3 Moog's in like you have. Does the monster have any issues trying to power all 3 of those bad boys up at the same time?
Thank you for input.

I have a B-MonoPoly. I know it's not a module (and it's Behringer), but it's controllable via CV (along with all sorts of I/O: CV, MIDI, ETC). 4 oscillators and lots of other goodies (modulation-wise). It would inject a more "traditional" synth voice into your setup. It's also built very solidly, which I consider a real plus in this world of plastic-y crap.
-- BerkleeGrad1984

It’s actually looking pretty good for a Behringer! For the more traditional sound, I have the CEM3340 based bOSC in there. That chip was used in the Prophet 5 and others and it's pretty great actually! I'm using it with FM in my track of yesterday on Soundcloud

Great video :-) I bought a mixwitch a week ago, and I'm really impressed by this company. Solid module, rich in functions but easy to understand, it's my second Klavis module, I also have a Caltrans, brilliant for tonal stuff, a game changer for me.

I have a B-MonoPoly. I know it's not a module (and it's Behringer), but it's controllable via CV (along with all sorts of I/O: CV, MIDI, ETC). 4 oscillators and lots of other goodies (modulation-wise). It would inject a more "traditional" synth voice into your setup. It's also built very solidly, which I consider a real plus in this world of plastic-y crap.

200 Euros is not insignificant, and a 20hp savings too!

And yes, your "With the Squarp Rample in my current rack" change requires far fewer visits to the doctor. :)
-- BerkleeGrad1984

I was just reading the urban dictionary on rample and had a few loud laughs and beer up the nose moments. Hilarious! If only Squarp knew. Except if they did it on purpose, of course!

I'm currently in the planning phase of a new DIY rack. It'll have to be a 9U 168hp because of size limitations. I would've preferred 12U, but with my current 7U Intellijel, it's already a nice 700hp instead of the current 200, so that should do for some time (and I have space for another 9U 168hp so...). When the build is done, the LXR and FH-2 will be dutifully purchased and publicized in the current thread. But below is a preview of what I currently have in my 7U, with the 1U modules replaced by 3U versions, and some want-to-haves added. Relabi is ordered in the meantime. The layout is obviously not finished. I wouldn't dare put all the multis right next to each other, it makes no sense at all, and the same for the MIAs.

Still looking to add another melodic voice. For that, I'm looking at something very CVable. I like the Twin Waves I have. It combines two oscillators and despite the single parameter, the two oscs can influence each other which can go crazy quickly. I was looking at the Piston Honda and Kermit, but Industrial Music Electronics modules have very limited availability. Not interested in big-screen modules like Cloud Terrariums and a bit stunned by FM, so suggestions are welcome.

200 Euros is not insignificant, and a 20hp savings too!

And yes, your "With the Squarp Rample in my current rack" change requires far fewer visits to the doctor. :)

Hi everyone,

I’d like to share my newly build rack. As the title suggests I am not an advanced builder nor user of Modular.
My goals are to provide myself with a rack which is capable of analog drums, percussions and hats/claps. Besides the rhythm section I am wanting to create atmospheres (slowly evolving) as well as cutting sequences with feel-able human touch.

My main genre would be techno.

Please let me know what you think, is this a workable rack? Do I need more LFO’s? Or an envelope gen maybe some more filtering.

Complements are also welcome ;)

Thanks.

yeah, we see that in the video.. Great little module for mangling stuff too, it does great things modulated at audio rate

Thanks for the post, i have this module on my wish list now.

This one even can be used as a 4 step sequencer which is very nice. I allready own the Twin Waves and Flexshaper.

I am now looking at this, which is 20hp and €200 cheaper. I've been using Drambo for MIDI drum sequences so it would work.

Hey there, It's Thot's Lot, in reality it's 2 distinct systems of 208 HP each, a 6U and a 7U from Casqe From Lake, which is a partner of my YT activities !

The main purpose of Thot's Lot is to be able to jam with the band and create ambiances, beats and globally the sound design of the band. Our sound is a blend of post-punk, techno-punk and neo industrial. We have a fatastic bassist, a wonderful female singer, a strong guitar and me with this weird thing :)

EDITED Sep 17th 2022, 06:47

Hi Gabor,

Wow, what a great track is this?! High tension and great atmosphere you are building up there and your video fits perfectly well with it. I don't think I do sleep well tonight, I am so impressed (in a positive way), this will be for a long way on my mind :-)

Thank you very much for this exciting audio-visual experience you are sharing with us. I love it! Kind regards, Garfield.
-- GarfieldModular

Thank you, Garfield ☺️

Hi Mowse,

Nice to hear my favourite Moog sound again :-) Great rhythm you got there and I agree here with TumeniKnobs, this could be at least double or quadruple length for me!

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

Hi Gabor,

Wow, what a great track is this?! High tension and great atmosphere you are building up there and your video fits perfectly well with it. I don't think I do sleep well tonight, I am so impressed (in a positive way), this will be for a long way on my mind :-)

Thank you very much for this exciting audio-visual experience you are sharing with us. I love it! Kind regards, Garfield.

I'm a bit limited with my Rample.>

That just doesn't sound good...
-- BerkleeGrad1984

Hahaha, well, I'll grant you that. "With the Squarp Rample in my current rack" for you then ;-)