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Well the music easel had a keyboard...

Hi guys,

I'm quite new to modular synthesis and while I am waiting for the delivery of my Make Noise Shared System I already started to think about how to expand it :). I see that there are 22 hp free in the case.
What module would you add to the system?
Thanks for your replies and advices!
Cheers!

@moket808

Good seller, easy to interact with, well-packed - etc! THANKS, Manu.

+1!

Buchla was specifically trying to create music without using keyboards.... just sayin. Is that the "ish" part?

I just bought a 104hp 3U skiff:

My budget was limited so I stuck with a pared down PGH System 10 and Clouds. I also have a QuNexus for CV/gate and other control. Mostly I am aiming at ambient, west-coast influenced music (although not Morton Subotnick plings and atonal percussion, more like FM/waveshaping and complex envelopes). I am thinking of adding on something like a Quadra or Maths plus perhaps another VCA like an Optomix or uVCA. Any suggestions on good next steps? I don't want to expand beyond my current rack for a while, so space is an issue.

Thanks~!

Had a good transaction with @deeait
trusted seller, this time package had a rougher ride than usual, but as was packed properly, everything was good in the end

thanks to @KLAASKLAR for a smooth trade.

EDITED Oct 13th 2016, 10:28

Thanks Shakas, I 'll take a look

Mutable Instruments 'Clouds'. I have the Black and Gold Shared System and use it with a skiff with 'Clouds' and the 4MS SMR in it (amongst others) as these two modules work beautifully in a portable system. The SMR is too big but the the 'Clouds' will fit nicely and open your system up a treat.

Hi guys,

I'm quite new to modular synthesis and while I am waiting for the delivery of my Make Noise Shared System I already started to think about how to expand it :). I see that there are 22 hp free in the case.
What module would you add to the system?
Thanks for your replies and advices!
Cheers!

Just a glitch in the matrix
Glad it's working for now for whatever reasons. I will look into this the next time ...

unfortunately I can't tell now because when I zoom in it now shows me the correct rack to begin with. some strange anomaly with that particular older configuration perhaps?

thanks again.

the update screenshot preview (loupe icon?) button on this page doesn't seem to provide a screenshot. it refreshes the page and shows me the correct rack in small format.

It refreshes it in the background.
That is a good sign. If the rack is correctly displayed in small format, that means the screenshot generation works.
Can you please check this:
In Command Center click the first Icon of a thumbnail: Zoom In.
It opens the (old) screenshot as a jpg in the browser.
The URL looks like this:
https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_334231.jpg

Now change that url by adding ?ts=12345 [12345 can be a random number] like this and hit enter.
e.g.
https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_334231.jpg?ts=12345
Does this do any good?

hey I just duplicated the end of sept rack and now I'm able to get a screenshot of that. weird.. perhaps there was something stuck in relation to the cache for the original one. no idea.. anyway, at least I know what to do if I hit this little bump again. thanks for your help.

no the others are same size just earlier configurations. didn't realize I set them to private. can un-privite if it would help.

just tried the command center. weirdly when I go there I see the end of sept 16 rack but when I zoom in it shows me an older rack. the update screenshot preview (loupe icon?) button on this page doesn't seem to provide a screenshot. it refreshes the page and shows me the correct rack in small format. when I press the "+" icon to zoom in it changes back to an older rack.

Mhh, I can only check your end of sept 16 rack, because the others are private and that looks fine for me.
It has a lot of modules so I am not quite sure ;)
Are the private ones even larger? Does the screenshot feature works for you at small racks?

does the screenshot default to a particular order of saved racks perhaps?

If you create a new one the older will be overwritten.
If you still see the older one that typically is cache issue. Maybe a proxy server?

You can try to create a screenshot from the Command Center, the loupe icon does this.

cv_looper from Nexus Instruments, maybe?
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/nexus-instruments-cv-looper
As long as you want to transpose outside the module, I guess... But loop points - I don't think so.

Bishop's Miscellany got loop points somehow, but I don't know if it quantizes by nature - also 2 channels only, and different concept:
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/shakmat-modular-bishop-s-miscellany

thanks again. I tried what you said and on a different browser on a different computer too with the same results. I wonder if it's something to do with my naming scheme perhaps? I dunno.. does the screenshot default to a particular order of saved racks perhaps? I'm convinced it's me and not you. : )

Didn't end up going for the Polaris?

ER-101 by orthogonal devices but only if you are rich enough!!!

I just press the screenshot button under the view menu.

I see. You click the screenshot button and then you see a jpg of an older configuration of the rack.
I am pretty sure that is a cache issue.

Press shift + reload after you clicked the screenshot button. Do it when you see the old image.
I will look for a more stable implementation...

hey thanks for helping out.

I just press the screenshot button under the view menu.

tried what you recommended but unfortunately no joy. still screenshots a different/older rack configuration to the one I have up.

hmm..

EDITED Oct 10th 2016, 21:42

Thanks @WALKER_ for great communication and careful packaging of the module. Would deal again!

How do you do the snapshots? Can you try to clear browser cache:
hold shift and reload page.

All you need now is the west coast random source

EDITED May 2nd 2018, 02:19

Gastado:
Case= 150
Braids+warps+frames =642€
Black panels =100€
ornaments +Kinks + ripples +shades = 410€

Moog mom 32= 550€

Gastado: 1852

Orientativo:
Clouds: 220 black panel 30
Second hand rene = 420€
streams = 170 +black panel 20
ears _70

= 1110

utilidades sencillas y cables =120.

EDITED Oct 10th 2016, 16:06

I know I'm missing something obvious but can someone tell me why when I go to take a snapshot of my rack it will only snapshot a different rack I made before and not the one I'm working on?

your help would be much appreciated.

Ah. Always a bummer when that happens. Would have been nice to have one. Thanks, Joe.

I see this is a DIY. Any details on construction plans?
-- GRK_Astronomer

We built these at the Moogfest 2016 Engineering Workshop. Steve from Moog told me they have no plans to offer it as a retail module. We all got silver panels, but there were a few with black panels built into the installation art at Moogfest too.

mixers

Hi...i am a new user here. (...)
-- CelleGuy

Hey welcome... but you copied and pasted my exact words !

Hi...i am a new user here. I want to know why 6 outputs instead of 1 only ? Probably all outs are normalled to the 1st one, letting the user to can use each individual output in order to tune pads individually and/or to drive 6 different sound generators? Moreover, how many pages the 12 pads fill?

https://www.7pcb.com

EDITED Mar 11th 2022, 19:54

You are welcome!
1 pad recalls 1 page, and per page there are 6 voltage values, each for 1 output.
so you can play pitches on 6 oscillators at the same time.

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All great features!
Just tried the collection, works great.
Thank you !-))

...I'll keep learning and ... then make a more informed decision on the next modules.
-- Azarius

You are a very reasonable modulist. Or at least more reasonable than I am. I own more modules than rack space.

Fair enough. I'll keep learning and experimenting on what I currently have and then make a more informed decision on the next modules.

Put a blank. If you cannot think of it you do not need it.

Any opinions and advice on what would be the best modules to compliment my current setup? I'm fairly new to the modular world and started with the SV-1 and the KB-1 and really love em! Very versatile and functional. So to complete the rack I was thinking possibly the LxD or a 4ms RCD? The SV-1 already has S&H and Noise outs but maybe a dedicated random like the nano-rand? The SV-1 also has 2 1x2 mults but could probably always use more. Or maybe a Dixie for another sound source/LFO? So many options... so little HP!

(*edited rack to remove the Intelligel Audio Interface II... I thought I was getting some ground hum noise but apparently it was a ground loop from the Beatstep Pro... I used the included ground loop cable and it solved the problem so I don't think I really need this interface right now.)

EDITED Oct 4th 2016, 05:30

I recommend @mnpzn !

Thank you for the quick reply, you clearly answered but I still can't get completely (yeah I look slightly dumb :-). I even don't get what a “track” can be in this situation...(a channel?) By the way, let me try to summarize what I (probably) understood.

I see that each pad covers at least 2 functions: to recall a page inside a pre-selected bank, to select a step (whose pitch has to be manually set via knob) within the page. Since there are 12 pads, and the outs are just 6, I have to deduce that each of the 6 outputs deliver alternatively both 6 top and 6 bottom row pads (as well as each knob controls the pitch of both top and bottom row pads, correspondingly).
If this is right, the presence of 6 outputs still confuses me. Am I right to consider this controller intended to “play” monophonic modules? If yes, the voltage values (pitch infos) will never be put out at the same time. Thus, what are the applications for the 6 outs? Are they normalled to the 1st?

FM

Hello there, I can't understand some functionalities. For instance, why 6 outputs instead of 1 only ? Probably all outs are normalled to the 1st one, letting the user to can use each individual output in order to tune pads individually and/or to drive 6 different sound generators? Moreover, how many pages the 12 pads fill? 2 pages, right?
freemod

there are 6 tracks so 6 outputs,
each combination of bank button would recall a "bank" of 12 "pages",
each pad would call a "page" which contains 6 voltage values, one for each output.
so there are 84 pages in total.

Hello there, I can't understand some functionalities. For instance, why 6 outputs instead of 1 only ? Probably all outs are normalled to the 1st one, letting the user to can use each individual output in order to tune pads individually and/or to drive 6 different sound generators? Moreover, how many pages the 12 pads fill? 2 pages, right?

Best, FM

BPM: 84ish
Rainmaker - simple /3 delay
Rings: Mode Green, Type Blinking Orange.
Peaks: Channel 1 Drum synth, parameters can varied. Channel 2 HHs
Knight's Gallop: 8 steps, Mode:RD, Table 3.

A-149-1 controls the structure input on rings, randomly changing chords/root note.

Drums get mixed and go into Rings input.

seek on pattern 12

uscale set to f and a#

drum pattern just in case: snare on 5 and 13, maybe add more, channel f needs 16th notes but with every substep activated.

EDITED Oct 16th 2016, 15:08

Bought a MI Clouds module from @A.S. and a 4ms VCA Matrix from @restlessboy. Good people to trade with.

While I liked the new faceplate I have reverted it to an earlier state because the module is already assigned to 60+ racks.
And those started to look strange.
I have flagged it as a duplicate.

=)))

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The setting Property Unassigned shows unassigned Modules, so that it's easier to tag them.

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Hi everyone,

Would like opinion of the community on my futur modular.

Basically the idea of the rack is to have enough option to create fat nasty dark and deep textures, bass and leads.
I will record sounds from the rack directly into ableton live from there i will edit my sample and trigg them in a sampler korg electribe 2 during show with my band.

Cheers

Christian