The ... 2500 modules, are they 100% Eurorack compatible?

Hello All,

Does one perhaps know if the 2500 modules from the brand of whom we shall not speak the name ;-) if those modules are 100% compatible with Eurorack standards or are there any surprises or other things to be aware off when using it together with one's Eurorack stuff?

Thank you very much in advance and kind regards, Garfield.

Nobody? :-)

Lugia, do you know this perhaps?

From my minimal research, they look to be fully Eurorack compatible. No odd conversion necessary.

Hi Farkas,

Yeah... that's what I am thinking or rather hoping as well. But knowing the 2600, not being the purest Eurorack thingy in the world, I know it was never designed for that because at that time Eurorack didn't exist yet, still I wonder if there would be "any surprises" from those 2500 modules to be expected...

For example if the 2500 has the same issue as the 2600 with opening the VCA or filter fully because it expects a signal up till 15 V instead of Eurorack till 10 V... then we might have an issue. So I wonder if A) the 2500 has this issue as well and B) if Beh... I mean the brand we not supposed to speak of ;-) was clever enough to update those 2500 modules to a 100% Eurorack standard... mwah... not so sure... hence my questioning :-)

Thank you very much and kind regards, Garfield.

ARP was using 1v/8va scaling from square one, so I don't see pitch CVs being a problem here. The gate/triggers did like a heavier hit at somewhere around +10V, but again, I don't see that as being problematic. Plus, if Uli really followed the original docs, you're likely to have a trimpot that can lower that threshold, or you can add something like https://www.modulargrid.net/e/emw-voltage-source in there to impose a suitable offset voltage that'll work.

Eurorack: there's ALWAYS a fix in there, somewhere!

Hi Lugia,

Okay sounds good and thank you for the information :-) He, he, yes the question is how original did Uli left those modules. Well, since the company of whom we shall not speak ;-) does usually a "good copy/paste" job, I guess we don't need to worry too much there then...

Yes indeed, the beauty of Eurorack is that there is most of the times (are you sure it's always? :-) ) a solution to be found somewhere

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Lugia,

I forgot to tell you that I managed to get one of the last Doepfer - A-176 manual CV source modules that were left for sales. It's a great module, I use it for example to test multiples and indeed to create a steady offset or a steady input signal. It's good to know that EMW has something like this as well since Doepfer doesn't sell it any longer... I might want that as a second module, these simple but oh-so useful utility modules are, what makes Eurorack so great :-)

Thanks for that hint and kind regards, Garfield.

I forgot to tell you that I managed to get one of the last Doepfer - A-176 manual CV source modules that were left for sales. It's a great module, I use it for example to test multiples and indeed to create a steady offset or a steady input signal. It's good to know that EMW has something like this as well since Doepfer doesn't sell it any longer
-- GarfieldModular

Amazingly enough, EMW actually has TWO offset generators. There's the one I pointed out already...but there's also this: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/emw-dual-offset-processor which not only is an offset generator, it also appears to have a modulated offset input, probably via an adder. Not exactly a typical module, but the idea of putting an offset voltage under CV control is pretty wild. All kindsa abuse potential!

Hi Lugia,

Ha, ha, indeed that CV control of an offset voltage, that's seriously wild :-) I put this one on my wish list, in a way it looks more similar to the A-176 than the Voltage Source you previously mentioned. This Dual Offset Processor module provides that fine adjustment knob as well, same as A-176 does, so that's great! Thanks for this hint too :-) Kind regards, Garfield.