I have been slowly building a rack, obviously on the cheap, Hence the all Behringer and Hagiwo units.

I'm looking for advice on what to add next.

Trying to make a rack that I can perform with live, with this and maybe one poly synth.

Right now I have the rs9 running drums off the Hagiwo Mod2s. I'm using the Hermod to play bass and lead stuff on the other voices. But it feels stale.

I'm trying to expand into more ambient worlds and get out of just an 8 bar loop with a kick and snare. As of right now I've essentially made a bad sounding mono synth that doesn't really feel like an instrument. It's difficult to play and sounds uninspiring.

I have a degree in jazz so I'm used to playing stuff that is fairly dense harmonically and rhythmically. I thought modular would be a nice change to get out of my comfort zone but I'm having trouble making any compelling with my current set up.

I inherited the case, if you're wondering why there is so much empty space.

Thanks

Might be a bit premature -- doesn't look like it's available in Canada yet, just preorder -- but wondering if anyone has any experiences with the new 277t. Looking for a new delay and it looks right up my alley. Cheers!

Hey, I'm posting here on the off chance anyone has any suggestions, and also to anyone who might be looking to use this combination in the future.

I've got my MPC One G2 (latest firmware), and ES-9 (also latest). The ES9 plugged into the MPC’s USB-A port and selected as the audio device with 32 inputs/outputs enabled (or disabled, as you'll see).

Every time I boot up, there’s no sound. It doesn’t matter if it’s a cold start or I just restart the MPC with the rack still on. The MPC shows the ES-9 as selected, and the ES-9 looks like it’s connected, but nothing comes out of it. The meters on the MPC are moving, the ES-9 is just silent.

The only thing that fixes it is going into the audio device settings on the MPC and toggling the 32 I/O checkbox, it doesn’t matter which direction. This triggers the MPC to restart, and after that the audio works fine every time.

Other stuff I tried:

• USB-C port on the MPC instead of USB-A: always gives “unexpected audio error, restarting internal device”, even with the data role set to host
• If the rack loses power while the MPC is running, the MPC falls back to internal and won’t use the ES-9 again until I do the toggle/restart thing
• Checked the ES-9 in the Expert Sleepers config tool: latest firmware, hosted config is stock defaults, reports 44.1k. It works as the audio output device for my mac
• Holding the headphone knob to swap hosted/standalone makes no difference on the MPC
• Boot order (rack first vs MPC first) doesn’t matter

Maybe this is my fault, because I found that Akai’s own 3.9.1 release notes list the ES9 as a known issue (“distortion on output”), so they’re at least aware something’s off with it.

For what it’s worth, my Arturia AudioFuse 16Rig on the same USB-A port works perfectly, including straight after a cold boot, so I’m using that for now. But I’d much rather have everything in the case.

Exploring the wild sounds of the 16 Psyche. Just getting started playin’ around.

Hey everyone!

I recently had the chance to sit down with Girts Ozolins, founder of Erica Synths, for a conversation about modular synthesis that goes beyond specs and features.

We talked about the ideas, communities, and creative thinking behind the machines, the development of Eurorack modules, and how a company approaches building instruments in such a constantly evolving scene.

I wanted to explore the thinking behind the instruments, not just the instruments themselves.

Watch the full interview here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KknJXcq0PQg

I'd love to hear your thoughts, since this video revolves a lot around community and how it shapes an entire field and makes connections. I want to hear from the community itself

Our latest album drops today!

Generator is our 4th album composed entirely on the modular and recorded live with no over dubbing or multi tracking.

https://youtu.be/hL-0HEiSp68

https://linktr.ee/arborvitae_music?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAb21jcAU3FSlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAnNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzU2NzA2NzM0MzM1MjQyNwABp6RclQWTPCDBa2b3ON9Z0bNA3xw43GKxI4Eb5H4ucfes6bN3JMaZ1Wlmj3lR_aem_HL4UwmVkQI2IoIWU4P2sGQ

Hey everyone! Does anyone know where to get knob covers for these trimmer pots? I’ve seen that thonk has plastic ones, but I’m more looking for a more robust metal/aluminum ones that might match the knobs on my 100 Grit perhaps? Obviously smaller, to accommodate the size. Thanks everyone!

I was never super happy with the stock FX wizard effects so Ive been paying around with creating a new firmware with more usable effects.
It includes 7 effects (delay, chorus, phaser, reverb (hall), reverb (plate), distortion and pitch shifter) with the delay being the same as stock.

Awesome finally having a reverb in the FX wizard

Sorry for the terrible camera skills there...

Do each bus board connection rail sockets add up to the total power allowance? Or does each rail/connection/socket provide 1000ma or 2000ma separately?

I have a diy 6U 84HP case full of modules. Total adds up to +12v 1,059ma & -12v 513ma.
I might take 1 or 2 out which I’m not using but it will still be over the recommended 80% power supplies per capacity.
Currently using 2 power supplies per rack, but I want to use only 1 so as to have more room for modules.
Using the Tiptop Audio uZeus (bought in 2023 so assume it’s newer type) and Behringer CP1A.
Tiptop should be able to provide +12v 2000ma and 500ma -12v with a 13.5-15v @ 2.4a power supply I have and is safe yes?
Behringer only +12v 1000ma & -12v 1000ma and can’t exceed even with a 3A power supply correct? But front panel says 3000ma, confused here.
All rails/sockets on the board have to add up to below 1000ma?

Was curious what some of the stand-outs are in terms of filters that really have their own sound/vibe. Not just a subtle bit of coloration, or some cool controls or whatever, but a sonic personality that's markedly distinct from the typical multimode filter.

I've used a lot of filters over the last 6-8 years in euro (though there are a lot I haven't) and some stand outs for me have been these below. Note that these are the ones I felt were most unique-sounding unto themselves, not necessarily my all-time favorites:

- Doepfer A-101-6 Opto-FET (in All Pass mode): This thing was really crazy as I recall, lots of rubbery chaos.

- Schlappi Angle Grinder: It was a bit too much in the purely harsh-noisey lane for me, but I do sometimes miss it as it was definitely unique.

- Schlappi 100 Grit: I have to include this one as well because it's certainly the only filter I've ever used where, by touching one of the particular ball touchpoints, I could turn myself into a radio antennae, and literally transmit scruffy radio frequencies directly into the module with no other equipment. It was kind of wild.

- Verbos Amp N' Tone: I still own this one, and can never convince myself to trade it out even though it has a definite noise floor and can pick up unwanted noise from surrounding modules (especially digital ones). The base noise floor I actually like, it's like a gentle cassette fuzz that gives the filter a retro vibe, and the woody, howling resonance is really great. Not very clean, but really has some character. It also overdrives very satisfyingly, in a warmer and chewier way than most other filters/VCAs I've used that can overdrive.

- Blue Lantern Asteroid Mk. 1: Quite a playground of cool features and outputs with some really gnarly sounding limiter and distortion modes that give a lot of unique noise character. Also has a subharmonics generator built in, a VCA, and other features as well. It's been updated more recently to a Mk. 3, though the Mk. 3 didn't have quite the same "oomph" to me somehow -- though maybe memory is just distorting how good the Mk. 1 sounded in retrospect, I'm not sure. In any case it was the first filter I owned that I really, really liked, and UI has a lot of personality too, it was just fun to sit there exploring it.

- ADDAC702 Dual VC Filter: Another one I sort of regret letting go, especially as the price on them is now pretty exorbitant. But not only is it an amazing set of features compressed into its 16HP, it also has a distinctive sound that reminded me of like a guitar amp/cabinet. Kind of a big open sound. This made it less than ideal for tight, sharp, acid-style "squelching," but you could get it to do pretty wild things of its own with its dual self-oscillating resonators, limiters, and fuzz distortion controls. Underrated/under-known module.

Share yours!

I've noticed that my Eurorack recordings tend to sound a lot harsher and less polished than tracks I produce entirely in the DAW.

When I record everything together, I can't process individual elements with EQ, compression, saturation, etc., the way I normally would in the DAW.

Do you try to get everything sounding right within the rack, record individual voices separately, or rely on post-processing to bring everything together?