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Fantastic transaction with @computersynths thru Modular Grid. Lightning Fast and secure shipping. Extremely helpful and knowledgeable about Modular, had several discussions about same. Hope to deal with again. A+++++. Thanks!

Total noob here ... and putting together a 104 HP Appendix skiff to compliment my Mother-32 set-up.

I am on the fence about the choice of VCAs mentioned above. I have Veils in my mockup case, but I'm wondering if the 'attenuverters' in the Blinds module will be more useful for shaping CV? Seems so on the surface, but maybe there are advanced modular heads that have an opinion as well?

I'm a guitar player by experience, and my style of modular mayhem is more Ambient/Melodic instead of Robotic/Chaotic if that helps. Thanks in advance ... what an amazing website and community you have here. Cheers.

So, here's the updated version.

I made a lot of room by switching to the Delptronics sequencer and drum voices. Filled up that space with a Pressure Points and a Shifty... though the Shifty might be under-used with only 2 synth voices.

Swapped the Atlantis for a Quadnic and SEM and Maths. The Quadnic might end up being great with the Shifty, but I admittedly don't have my head totally wrapped around what the Quadnic can do, just that it's a really cool waveform osc that has a ton of depth.

An alternate that I'm also curious about is replacing the Quadnic and SEM with a Doepfer A-111-4 (4 VCO) and maybe a Wasp filter.

EDIT: Changed some stuff around. Sid Guts + Beast's Chalkboard, keeping the Tidal Wave.

EDIT EDIT: Keep making changes.

EDITED Apr 20th 2017, 18:36

Loses:
* Ultra Random Analog
* O/A/x2
* Teletype
* Ansible
* DPLPG

Gains:
* Voltage Block
* Ornament & Crime
* uVCA

Loses:
* Ansible
* Ultra Random Analog
* O/A/x2
* Teletype
* DPLPG

Gains:
* Voltage Block
* Ornament & Crimes
* Intellijel uVCA

Just bought a Synthrotech Roboto from @ronski. Fast shipping, well packed and module functioning perfectly as promised.
Thank you!

Love the idea of the three Schippmann in one rig - wow. I'm wondering what you have planned for the the bottom row. As I move towards 2419hp of rig populated with 188 modules I'm not so much interested in making music as discovering sound emerging out of randomness. The idea that I could go years patching stuff and not feel like I've duplicated my previous efforts is like the linear trip into reading a wide variety of subjects where you never have to read the same author twice but you keep learning about the infinity of human thought.
-- unity2k

One of the Schippmanns is for sale, but I am really having fun with the three of them at the moment, so I may keep all three. I like the metaphor of the variety of reading, as that is pretty much where I am also.

Utility modules are key. Good thinking.

Try to limit your initial modules to 8hp to maximize number of modules. Look into Doepfer stuff as well. Always great.

My vision of ideal setup is something hybrid with analog+digital+sampler sound sources as a base, with suffisant modulations to let my soundscapes evolve slowly over time and many filters and effects to sculpt the sound and mangle incomming sources.
And since I am not really experienced, I can not fully define a fixed setup.
-- Nanshe

You are covered in the VCO digital/analogue departments as is.

As for sampling, you basically have a choice of playing back with CV control pre-recorded audio (Radio Music), do live sampling/mangling (Reflex), or use audio for buffer manipulation (Phonogene) or grain synthesis (Sampleslicer, GrandPa). These are just a few that come to mind. They can all be used in more than one way, each having a different focus.

Whatever your sound modules, only flexible CV tools will make them shine. A multiple/quad envelope/LFO (look under Modules for function Generator) module will allow for that, plus attenuation,polarizing, offset, mixing to go with it. Your mh01 will do for a while. You will possibly want a quantizer.
-- wiggler55550

Yes I'm quite satisfied for now but eventually I would like to add the Morphagene & RF Nomad modules for a richer sound palette on the experimental side.
Considering your recommendations, I could replace the A140 and uLfo by Math & Batumi, add a Wogglebug for random/sh and maybe change the mh01 by a Manhattan MVP which brings me multiples.
Does this make sense?

EDITED Apr 14th 2017, 09:12

For a noisy sytem, the stuff from Noise Engineering is a good choice, imho.

I really wish the patchbay was at the top of this module. This, unfortunately, considering the value the display appears to have, may be enough to be a dealbreaker for me. :(

will there be a v2 without the need for the extra power supply?

My vision of ideal setup is something hybrid with analog+digital+sampler sound sources as a base, with suffisant modulations to let my soundscapes evolve slowly over time and many filters and effects to sculpt the sound and mangle incomming sources.
And since I am not really experienced, I can not fully define a fixed setup.
-- Nanshe

You are covered in the VCO digital/analogue departments as is.

As for sampling, you basically have a choice of playing back with CV control pre-recorded audio (Radio Music), do live sampling/mangling (Reflex), or use audio for buffer manipulation (Phonogene) or grain synthesis (Sampleslicer, GrandPa). These are just a few that come to mind. They can all be used in more than one way, each having a different focus.

Whatever your sound modules, only flexible CV tools will make them shine. A multiple/quad envelope/LFO (look under Modules for function Generator) module will allow for that, plus attenuation,polarizing, offset, mixing to go with it. Your mh01 will do for a while. You will possibly want a quantizer.

Look at (videos of) Polivoks filter clones for candidates.

+1 i just came here to use the "sort by power" feature and was disappointed to find it wasn't there. would be useful for someone making a diy power supply to see what modules wouldn't function on a low current rated supply, for example. please and thanks!

The Trigger Man looks pretty cool. I had never heard of it. The Delptronic drum modules look pretty great, too. Main reason I am looking at the Trigger Riot is easy polyrythmic sequences, both for triggering drums and for modulation. Looks like the Trigger Man can do a lot of the same thing.

Atlantis... basically because I'm lazy and it's a complete voice.

An alternative setup I was looking at before was the ALM Sid Guts Deluxe. I have a Sid Station that I really love, but hate the menu-diving. That would free up some room for a Function/Maths. And all of that would free up room for a Pressure Points (and some other utility modules), which is something I was wanting to add down the line.

Thanks for the suggestions. Gives me something to think about.

EDITED Apr 13th 2017, 16:33

MS20 replica? Is it similar to the A106? Interesting price, I see 135 € per kit for a dual module and shipping is offered ! Added to my list, thanks ;)

EDITED Apr 13th 2017, 19:30

Befaco BF 22. Super aggressive dual filter with small footprint. Kit is around 150 €.

I like filters, I think of buying a couple of them soon. What are the most resonant, dirty & weird filters would you suggest?
Budget is around $250 per module. DIY is ok! Already planned a Wasp, maybe multimode for the second?

EDITED Apr 13th 2017, 12:05

Imho Mutable stuff is sounding way too clean. For a noisy setup I'll go with Harvestman, Trogotronic, Metasonix and all cheap and dirty DIY stuff or Doepfer, Wogglebug maybe. Ok not so "low cost" at the end.

Ok guys, this is my first "low cost" setup. I wanto to build a strange noisy system, and I'm searching for absurd ad unusual modules. But I think that many fundamental modules are now missing. So, what can I add now?

Why Trigger Riot?
Look into Triggerman.

Why Atlantis?
Look into Shapeshifter, Function, and a filter.

wave folders are usually reasonably priced- Intellijel uFold works for me, but you might want to check the new Tiptop one besides.

-- Fastus

I have in mind to build one from Random*Source or get cheap A136+A137. Malgorythm is quite interesting too.

I would like to change this setup

-- Nanshe

Why? What are you missing?

-- wiggler55550

My vision of ideal setup is something hybrid with analog+digital+sampler sound sources as a base, with suffisant modulations to let my soundscapes evolve slowly over time and many filters and effects to sculpt the sound and mangle incomming sources.
And since I am not really experienced, I can not fully define a fixed setup.

EDITED Apr 13th 2017, 09:28

Travis was one of the 36 people who perished in the Ghost Ship fire last December. I made music with Travis for 10 years, we played in bands together, we recorded, and I watched him evolve from the most talented vocalist I'd ever worked with into also being one of the most inspiring synthesists. He was my best friend and his loss is felt every day.

This is the final patch that he made with his modular. I've kept it as-is for now, eventually I will start making my own patches, he was always trying to show me how and now I will learn myself.

You can listen to it here:

More links to his music:

https://www.ghostoflightning.com
https://ghostoflightning.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/ghostoflightning
https://www.instagram.com/ghostoflightning

I would like to change this setup

-- Nanshe

Why? What are you missing?

wave folders are usually reasonably priced- Intellijel uFold works for me, but you might want to check the new Tiptop one besides.

I'm about half way saved up for this system:

The idea is to have a self-contained performance system that can range from booty shaking music to rhythmic noice. I figure between the Metropolis, Trigger Riot, and the uStep, I'm good for sequencing and modulation sources, not counting the LFOs from the Atlantis and the Tidal Wave.

I plan on doing this in two waves. The upper 3u (main synth voice and sequencer plus effects) will be first. Then the bottom 3u (drum sequencer + voices, Tidal Wave - mostly for envelope/filter/etc, but also as a secondary voice, and a mixer) will come toward the end of the year.

It's all pretty straight forward, but I can't help shake the feeling I'm missing something.

Thanks for any input.

Thanks for your answers, guys! The Morpheus Filter looks great, very impressive ! Optomix & Math are already on my shopping list but I do not know when to take them. Maybe instead of Batumi, this would be the time to test Math? Now beside modulation, do you think it is interesting to build some waveshaping modules at this point ?

Already have several other more conventional synths, so with this rack, I wanted to try to fit as many functionalities I don't currently have (Granular, Additive, General Generative Capabilities, Low Pass Gates, Maybe Some Percussion?, ETC...) into one Makenoise skiff.

If you think there's anything key missing, I'd love to hear.

Cheers!

EDITED Apr 11th 2017, 18:14

maybe a Maths (or Function) to expand your modulation possibilities - or a Peg, which can also do time-sync'd movement. nice sound your getting w such a compact setup! maybe time to experiment with another oscillator flavor as well. a doepfer sample & hold, inexpensive - great between modulator & FM carrier. optomix for LPG flavors & making your modulation more interesting.

EDITED Apr 11th 2017, 02:33

Great system! - can't go wrong with the classic Wiard/Malekko- and results sounds very good - should post some new music too. Wow - and a SyncGen IIs as well - think so many people go for the Expert Sleepers, but I've found it so reliable.

I want to build this in hopes of one day doing some things my pedals can't do, especially with s/h, filters, and random clocks. Also built for the Power Lunch, so it's not a bad starting point.

EDITED Apr 10th 2017, 16:52

I wanted to build a very flexible and portable synthesizer on the smallest budget possible. I'm choosing Eurorack over a pre-built synth because I would ultimately like to expand to a larger system, plus I'm in a bit of a rut where I'm finding the standard keyboard layout limiting (my brain is stuck on certain patterns) so I figure some unorthodox control would do me good.

Basically, I tried to give myself as many options as possible under $1000. I was planning on picking up a Synthrotek Power Lunch for the case. I haven't started collecting any modules, so I'm looking for any recommendations or anti-recommendations. This is an incredibly revised draft with a bit of research, but any guidance would be appreciated.

I had two excellent transactions with @Weepwow. He is a trusted buyer and seller.

Had recent excellent Transactions with @Worwell and @Gonner, very knowledgeable, helpful and friendly. Thanks!

EDITED Apr 9th 2017, 18:41

I had nice transactions with @lumotint and @worwell recently!

@saywordsahn is an excellent seller. He sold me a Shapeshifter and very helpfully updated the firmware for me prior to shipping.

my modular:

I wanted an analog machine, here it is. I have a SEM on the side too.
...if I had money I would change modules just to keep it fresh but for now this has to do!

I have some change in mind but would keep the same functionality.

an alternative idea for another case would be to get mostly digital modules, but hey I don't have another 10 grand :)
but that would interest me as well.

modular music:
https://soundcloud.com/soleil-vert

Love the idea of the three Schippmann in one rig - wow. I'm wondering what you have planned for the the bottom row. As I move towards 2419hp of rig populated with 188 modules I'm not so much interested in making music as discovering sound emerging out of randomness. The idea that I could go years patching stuff and not feel like I've duplicated my previous efforts is like the linear trip into reading a wide variety of subjects where you never have to read the same author twice but you keep learning about the infinity of human thought.

Keep around:
* White Whale to swap with Ansible
* Shades to swap with Meadowphysics
* LoFiJunkie to swap with Chronoblob
* O'Tool+ to swap with Cold Mac

Buy:
* Submodular 208 case?
* Malekko Power Supply?

Maybe:
* Lxd could be interesting to swap with Nano Rand.
* Make Noise Contour could swap with Shades.
* Morphagene or 4ms Sampler to swap with DLD/Erbe Verb?
* Arpitecht or Tuesday could be interesting to swap with Quadra.
* Frap Tools Sapel and Instruo Harmonaig are both interesting and 18hp but I probably won't get either.
* Tiptop Quantizer or Folder?
* Voltage Block or Praga?

EDITED Oct 3rd 2017, 18:32

I love your music,
I would be tempted by a 4ms dld delay or Morpheus Morphing Z-Plane Filter.

Hi Dom,
I'm a noob myself but I think,

Ladik do a cv to gate module super cheap M-211 MIDI to gate.

Also I think an envelope and a multiple might be useful for the filter.

ET

Hi,

I'm all new and could do with some advice please.
I want to just make bass sounds.
I've purchased tiptop bd 808 bass drum,morhheus z plane, erica black stero mixer v2 with tip top happy ending kit.
I think I will need a midi to cv to trigger the 808.
I will purchase an oscillator at a later date.
I would like to no if there is anything else that is essential,or that I need to get sound out.
If anyone could help would be great

Hi truly inspirational.
Thx

You're welcome. Hope it helped.

$3500 Tax Incl. (w.out chorno blob, N/A?)

$2297 Tax Incl (w.out maths, clouds, chrono, mult, mix).

• Maybe could find used atlantis for like ~ $750 (= $327 off above prices overall)

1st less savings on atlantis used ~$3173 (actually bit less via savings on tax )

2nd less savings on on atlantis used ~$1970 (actually bit less via savings on tax )

$2679.5 Tax Incl.

$1704 Tax Incl. (without maths or clouds )

~ $1100 TAX IN on discount w. no additional modules

$2790 CAD + TAX without case from MOOG
=~ $3200 :(