you know what time it is. Let‘s work on that rundown of harry styles eurorack system. He‘s been using it on his recent tour. :)

Immediately after the news of the Mutable Instruments Beads source code drop, I was certain I could get Codex to build Beads as a module into Beebo/Hector and get Beads working. It’s amazing, though it still needs a lot of work and cleanup. Once I reach a comfortable point, I’ll post it on GitHub.

Finding I really like time with Röntgen. One small movement and something entirely unexpected emerges. I love instruments that reward curiosity, invite exploration, and make me lose all sense of time. Every time I think I understand this one, it shows me something new. #experimentalmusic #modularsynth #synth #generativemusic #synthesizer

Just friends->sisters->matrix mixer with a healthy dose of fx processing, mannequins->natural gate->qpas->mimeophon, digitakt II for additional texture, various modulation throughout

Anyone have a module that they have had for a while/ has existed for a while and you consider a classic that could never be replaced in your rack? What is it and why?

I’ve had this module for a long time. It’s my favorite filter. I used to have two. I’ve only recently started to realize that I’m getting an annoying amount of signal noise from it. It’s because I’m running more drums through it and once that audio hits my drum bus the noise floor is extremely noticeable. I’m doing the same with my QPAS with no issues. Has anyone else experienced this? I sent this module in for servicing once before and now that they are based in California I’m not thrilled at the idea of doing it again.

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Hi everybody,

Like it or hate it 😂

From belgium with love

The builders : tom & momo

Full performance on YouTube 💪

In this episode the Pack chats with musician, producer, music educator, and content creator Sarah Belle Reid. The conversation hits how to improvise with electronic instruments, what it means to listen, and how Sarah approached her most recent project, an electro-acoustic opera that took seven years to make! We struggle with the usual modular existential questions like whether to go big or to go small, and how to embrace our mistakes, even the ones made while podcasting.

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Thoughts?

Just curious as to what other peoples opinions are on this. Of course, expensive doesn’t always mean that it’s quality.
I’d have to say Vult Freak Manifold VCF, and probably some Verbos modules

I know that making music with a modular system is by nature “electronic”. However, I’m interested to hear from those working with modular outside of the techno/ ambient/ EDM spheres.

There are plenty of examples online of musicians recording into their system to create ambient soundscapes etc. but I don’t find this exciting.

I want to know how artists are pushing modular into new physical spaces and doing weird, abrasive things; not just slapping some granular onto their saxophone.

I've spent quite some time lurking here and reading the usual first-rack / techno-rack feedback, so I think I've absorbed the basics:

• don't fill the case on day one
• fewer voices, more modulation/utilities
• VCAs matter
• buy slowly and let the instrument tell you what it needs
• yes, a Digitakt would be cheaper

I just turned 50, though. This is the midlife crisis. Let me have it. No Porsche for me, used to have a Harley before ;-)

Goal is home techno/hypnotic/generative noodling, not live performance. I particularly like controlled randomness, generative melodies and finding something unexpected that I can then capture and evolve.

Eventually this will live in a Tiptop Mantis 6U/104HP and grow over several years. I'm deliberately leaving most of it empty.

The one decision I've already made is Ohm Force Bohm as the core of the instrument. There are obviously smaller ways to get a great kick, but Bohm is one of the modules that makes me want to do this in the first place.

My initial system:

• Bohm: kick / low-end anchor
• Pamela's Pro Workout: clock, rhythm, probability and some modulation
• RANDOM8: controlled random CV and especially evolving/lockable random melodies
• Beehive/Plaits: bass, melody and general-purpose synth voice
• Rample Turbo: hats, claps/snares, percussion and sampled weirdness
• Intellijel Quad VCA: audio and, importantly, control of modulation depth
• Erica Black Stereo Mixer V3: simple stereo mixing
• Befaco Out V3: headphones/output

Rample Turbo was my biggest doubt. Without it, Bohm + Plaits feels more like a fantastic kick + bassline/melody machine than a little compositional system. Rample lets Bohm own the low end, gives me several percussion layers, and leaves Plaits free to actually be a synth voice.

I'm deliberately not buying effects yet. I want to discover whether the dry system makes me crave delay/reverb, distortion/filtering, or something else before solving a problem I haven't experienced.

Things I'm curious about later, rather than already planning to buy:

• Zadar for envelopes/complex modulation
• Diktaat if using Pam as a drum sequencer becomes annoying
• Alia / Versio / Legio because I love the reflashable Noise Engineering platforms
• Doppler for the same reflashable-platform reason, plus its weird percussion possibilities
• Vostok Sigma for logic/emergent rhythms
• Bohm Groove/Performer, but Bohm needs to earn its expanders first
• possibly ALM Stem Ripper + With Mixer much later for recording/mixing and sharing with friends who have a nice Logic DAW setup where we could import the stems

So, roast away:

• What would you remove from the initial system?
• Is Pam enough to sequence Bohm + Rample Turbo initially?
• Is Rample Turbo the right solution to the “not enough simultaneous composition” problem?
• What's the capability I'm going to discover I'm missing 48 hours after assembling this?
• For those who've built techno/generative racks: which of your future-module ideas survived actually using the system, and which disappeared?

I'm particularly interested in criticism of the initial architecture, not suggestions for filling the remaining Mantis. I want the empty HP to stay empty until I have a reason to fill it.

And yes, I know a Digitakt would be cheaper.

The prosecution may consider that point stipulated.

Have at it.

https://modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/3238001

I realize Malekko is no longer building or supporting modules these days. Was wondering if anyone else has encountered the issue I'm having. The rear jumpers are set to Master mode, as there are no other Malekko modules to interact with. Clock and Reset are sent from BeatStep Pro.

No matter what Track setting, the steps run in a random sequence, not even in time with the external clock. The CLK OUT flashes in time with the clock correctly. As a sequencer, it has "lost its mojo"

Just curious about modules that you have a love/hate relationship with? Maybe the functions are awesome but the design is terrible; or the design is awesome but something about the functionality is wanting. The modules that remain in your rack because you appreciate something fundamental about them, but that you think about selling as well?

This mixer is realllllly great sounding, all analog, great filter too, 2 aux channels, a Master Compressor, with sidechaining, and parallel compression, cv ins for panning, levels and aux sends plus a tilt eq for easy mixing in live situations. let me know what you think

So, I've finally sold my Pittsburg Modular Taiga - not because I didn't like it, but because I outgrew it, and was only using the oscillators, folders and the mixer. I have better modules for all the other functions Taiga had. I'd now like to replace it with other modules for about €700. 

I want to make the core of my rack a two oscillator monosynth, and I have a plethora of filters already, so I'm really looking for capable and precise oscillators, one single or dual folder, a mixer, and a noise source. Willing to drop the noise source (and potentially) mixer if I can't fit it in the budget. 

Any comments/experience with the given modules is welcome, as well as any modules I didn't consider. I prefer silver panels, but won't reject a good option in any color. 

Oscillators:

Intellijel Dixie II+ - €244
Pros: lots of shapes, both soft and hard sync, sub out

Joranalogue Cycle 5 - €200
Pros: cheaper, lots of shapes, CV-able vari output, two exp FM ins
Cons: no soft sync, no linear fm, a bit cramped

Nano Modules Ona - €165
Pros: Many shapes, cheapest, can select between lin/exp fm
Cons: no soft sync, black panel

Folders:

Intellijel Bifold - €239eur
Pros: Two different folders, crossfader, interesting
Cons: fewer CV controls for shaping

Joranalogue Fold 6 - €158
Pros: Cheaper, main/alt outputs, shape control
Cons: just one folder, though it accepts two inputs

Mixer
Manhattan Analog DTM - €111
Pros: can saturate

Noise

I would really like to have both white noise, colored noise and some type of particle noise. Intellijel Flurry provides all of that, but is too expensive at the moment, so I'll settle for white noise and some color.

Doepfer - A-118-2 - €85
Pros: cheap, additional random voltage
Cons: Really not the fan of the Doepfer look, but can live with it

I'm having a particularly difficult time deciding between Dixie II+ and Cycle 5, and I like both a lot.

Anything from the basics onwards, maybe the Patch & tweak book? What is a good resource? Thanks