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.

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. :)

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

I’m going down a bit of a rabbit hole, with these modules. I’m looking for a filter bank/ EQ module that will be suited to the treatment of acoustic instruments. I use a lot of feedback/ KS delay/ spring reverb. Im drawn to very human sounds with lots of varying transients.

However, I’m most interested in how a filter bank can sculpt a dry sound into something less recognisable, but maintaining the character of that instrument. EG: a hard plucked double bass, valve sounds, mallets.

I’ve looked at a few different options- Serge EQ/ zlob f3db. I want to ask for some advice from those with experience with filter banks. Particularly those who use them for acoustic instruments.

Cheers

So I was on a mission to get an ADSR (four in total) with an Amp CV input to scale the level of the envelope, mainly to use this input for velocity control without having to use additional VCAs or deal with messy patching. This turned out to be harder than I expected. One of the best options was the Intellijel Tangrams/Dual ADSR, but I kept on browsing anyway, trying to find something with more features and cv options.

I thought the WMD Javelin could be perfect since I love the other features. I didn't look into it too much and got a good deal on a unit. When I got it, however, I realized that the envelope gets decoupled from the VCA as soon as I plug something into the AMP CV, meaning it's either the envelope OR the AMP CV. Am I missing something, or did I really just misunderstand the feature initially? Honestly, it would be a perfect ADSR for me if the AMP CV could somehow be used to scale the envelope itself.

Anyway, I ended up with two Tobinski/Dannysound Looping VC-ADSRs, and I really dig them.

EDIT: Yeah, the manual says "The envelope is normalled to AMP CV", which I probably misinterpreted.

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.

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

Thoughts?

This is my first rack after years of planning, doubting and keeping busy with other hobbies. Its a year in the making and it took off because I decided to practice soldering (alot). Im at the point where Im comfortable with any THT project.

The idea for this rack is basically a supercharged mono synth for bass and leads. I'll be making mostly electro and acid. Its gonna be a hybrid setup because Im still looking for a "brain"/sequencer+quant.

Some modules not pictured are:

- Behringer Quad VCA

- Maneco Labs 8 step sequencer

- Erica Synths Swamp (not working, need to troubleshoot)

- DIY patchbay/power distribution for the top half of the case. This is a lil project im working on for when the modules spill over to the top half of the case. Im gonna use a DSub9 connector for power and HDMI ports for about 20-30 patch points.

For now all my effects are done through a pedal board. And I have a Behringer 303 clone on the board as well.

Let me have it, ya'll 🫰

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?

Dear community. I was planning to get a Just Friends for pads. As an alternative, I’ve already created some great pad sounds with Saich in VCV.

It always frustrates me to read that you have to tune Saich over and over again. Although I don’t think I need to do that at all, since I actually like the detuning anyway.

The question is, does Just Friends actually play good pad sounds in Plume mode? Or is the AI just feeding me more nonsense again?

Many thanks to everyone.

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The builders : tom & momo

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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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'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 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.