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Hi Valdto,

Wow indeed, for a relatively small rack it produces a lot of music and rhythm :-)

Well done and thank you very much for sharing this. Kind regards, Garfield Modular.

Hi Ivo,

That's interesting, do these two NerdSeqs work then in a master-slave configuration or how did you set that up?

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Gabor,

Oh this is great! Very atmospheric music and a great demo of the Theremin, nice video :-)

Ha, ha, I love the sounds you are using, lots of "sonic fun", nice to listen at! Great shadowplay too!

Thanks a lot for sharing this with us and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Ivo,

Wow, great track! Impressive show you are pulling of here. What's that module you are using quite a bit in front a bit on the left hand side? Your "control centre", it looks like? Would be interesting to know which module that is.

Thank you very much for sharing this and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Farkas, All,

I finally got this picture and I hope it works here below:

Ah, it works :-) So, please keep in mind this is just an example, it doesn't have to be exactly like this but that you just get the idea of my above post.

The idea here is that for each "functionality" block you see here, you could take, if you have a lot of space, one rack, or if you have less space consider each block as a row in your racks. With two large racks or with 3 small racks this is getting quite realistic. If you have less space then use for each functionality block a certain HP space reserved; at the end, it's up to you. It's just to give you an idea on how a (medium till large) rack could be rearranged.

For beginners it might be interesting to see what kind of functionalities one might need to think about, it might give ideas and also perhaps a perception on how much HP/rack space you might required.

Farkas: Good luck with the rearrangement and please keep us updated :-)

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Steve,

Oh that's a nice "playful" track. Nice to listen at, gives a positive feeling, I like that!

One little thingy... where are the other 14 minutes? 17+ minutes...? ;-)

Nice little jam, I hope this leads to more? Thank you very much and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

Ah, now I know what I missed from your videos, some rough sounds from the Borg (Richter) module ;-) Nice to have a video with this module back into play!

Thanks a lot for sharing this and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi DesertS,

Welcome to modular :-)

The best way is, to get an audio interface that has at least (stereo) output. If you like to have input possibilities as well then you need both input & output. A nice example is Intellijel - Audio I/O.

Eurorack signals are (much) higher than line audio signals hence the need of an audio interface module. Some members here save money on such interface and by turning down the gain completely on the external mixer and then slowly pulling it up to see if it goes well.

If you are going to do a lot with DC signals, it's recommended to use an audio interface so you wouldn't have DC signals towards your speakers (since DC would destroy your speakers).

Up to you. Have fun with your modular system and kind regards, Garfield Modular.

Hi Funbun,

It has been awhile, but you are back! :-)

Properly back, with one of your nice videos that I missed so much! Naturally, nicely accompanied with your AE modular system :-)

Great work and thank you very much for sharing this with us. Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Wishbonebrewery,

Oh yes, another nice beer can combination with drone track. For me this is a drone all right ;-)

It's a pity that I am not a beer drinker, otherwise I would be very tempted to try out your different beer styles, seems and sounds quite interesting to me!

Nice work and thanks a lot for sharing with us, kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Baltergeist,

Wow, another two bonus tracks from you :-) How much can one wish for a weekend, great work and thanks a lot for sharing this with us, kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Flowwwer,

I would put 2 blind panels of each 4 HP put in the lower rack next to the Metron. It's always good to have some spare space left and then you are able to extend your Metron with for example 2 more Voltera modules.

Must the rack be full? Perhaps keep the other gap filled with a 8 HP blind panel as well? If you put your rack now full then you are forced to buy a new rack in case you want to buy more modules after a certain time. If you keep the 8 HP now free, you have at least some spare space in case you unexpected come along a nice module :-)

Kind regards, Garfield Modular.

Hi Baltergeist and Lugia,

Baltergeist: That's a great nice track, real nice way to start the weekend :-)

Lugia: I just managed to get a Fuzz pedal from Cuvave before the Brexit but had no chance to test it because of lack of a power supply, then just recently tested it but looks like a DOA (Dead On Arrival) :-( I was so looking forward to this pedal...

Bad luck, even more bad luck since sending this back to Amazon UK costs a fortune, I had been told by the post office because of the Brexit their costs went rocket high now. It costs more to send it back then the unit costed me...

I hope there will be a time that I can experience a Fuzz ;-) considering you can't get it here in Germany and the UK because of the Brexit is a bit difficult to get things there or from.

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

The Eloquencer sequencer together with your percussion modules are indeed very nice and attractive to watching you, using and demonstrating it. Great fun! :-)

Enjoy the weekend with the Eloquencer and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Zuggamasta,

Wow, nice long track where you take us on your sonic adventures! :-) You got at several spots some real fun and nice melody lines with fun & good sounds. I like that!

Then you have a Leslie effects module on the left bottom turning around for your Leslie effects, great! I guess that's using blue tooth or some other wireless protocol otherwise the wires are getting wrapped up pretty fast ;-) Just kidding! By the way, what module is that?

He, he, I overlooked your video above this one, going to check that one out now, looks like some fun too!

Looks like you got yourself a new toy, the OP-Z ;-) Enjoy and have fun with it and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Wishbonebrewery,

Then it's even a nicer can :-D

I wish I could make nice long drones like yours. Do you really need to re-organise your rack or would some longer cables be helping you out here to reach all the modules? ;-)

Good luck with the possible re-organisation and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Wishbone Brewery,

Oh that's a nice relaxed song, fantastic, just before going to bed a peaceful song like this. The best way to "switch off" the day :-)

Nice can, is that photoshopped or a real one?

Thanks a lot for sharing and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Ivo,

He, he, fantastic, another fun track. Lots of nice sounds :-) It gave me a bit of a popcorn feeling too ;-)

Thanks a lot for sharing this and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Mog00,

Ah, I was wondering already, a multi-talented modular & vocalist ;-) So modular expert yes, but using "creative ways" to handle the vocals ;-) Fair enough, still sounds very good! :-)

Before I was looking into digital mixers, I also considered the Tascam Model 24. Your mix sounds very good with it :-)

Thank you very much for the details and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Mog00,

Wow that's fantastic! Great music, fantastic voice and to me it sounds like a great mix too! Studio-One... are you using a Presonus - StudioLive digital mixer? I am considering one, please let me know your experiences with it, I would much appreciate that!

Beside the great modular music you are able to pull off here, you got a fantastic voice as well, I am so jealous :-)

Thanks a lot for sharing this and I hope to hear more from your fantastic tracks! Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Brunomolteni,

He, he, I like your tracks, always full loaded with energy and you always have here and there something in for a surprise! :-)

Your camera view is fun, looks like you nailed your modular against the wall ;-)

Well at least you nailed it here with this track, thank you very much for sharing this and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Mog00,

Oh this is lovely music, could easily listen to an entire album of this kind of music. Nice relaxed, finishing off the day and then I am good to go for another day :-)

Nice work this, thank you very much for sharing this and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Mowse,

Oh yes, this is a great dessert to me, the cherry on top of the cake :-) Though, if I listen carefully, particularly this track sounds like lovely chocolate ice cream to me! After your first track, this second track really sweetly finishes it off, hence the dessert.

A fantastic start into this new week, thanks to you! Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Ivo,

Ha, ha, that's a nice little fun track. Lots of funny & interesting sounds. I hope you will make one day a bit longer track out of that one? :-)

Thank you very much sharing this and kind regards, Garfield.

Oh, that bass or drum sound you have in that track is just lovely (forgot to mention that) ;-)

Hi Mowse,

Oh wow, what a nice treat is this?! Beautifully done, your Moog style sound, lovely to listen at. After sending this message off, I am going to listen at it again.

Thank you very much for ending a weekend so beautifully :-) Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Diego Armadona,

How about: money? ;-)

And then perhaps: bit crushers, distortion, fuzz, overdrive and noise modules --> just add some noise to your end results, f**ks it nicely up ;-)

Also heavily recommended are modules from TouellSkouarn, they don't produce anything useful other than heavily distorted sounds ;-)

If you look for a dirty kick sound then consider the Kick_Me module from Snazzy FX, nice dirty kick sound if you switch the switch into clip mode.

Good luck with creating dirty, filthy and not clear audio and kind regards, Garfield Modular.

Hi Tondakus,

There has been just started, yet another, sequencer post here in Forum --> Racks --> "Sequencing Modular - The Guide", so please have a look there what's being discussed there too:

https://www.modulargrid.net/e/forum/posts/index/9567

Another link that might be useful, so you can check the sequencer requirements you have against all the available stuff is this one here:

http://doudoroff.com/sequencers/

And I had quite some time ago also opened a sequencer post, more for the complicated sequencer (but direct usage):

https://www.modulargrid.net/e/forum/posts/index/7899

I haven't done any live sessions, so I can't comment much on that however my guts tells me that if I would play live that I need a sequencer that can do quick changes, easy to understand, easy to use and all that usually means that you have no or very less menu-diving. So look for a sequencer that has a direct usage. That very first link here mentioned is looking into that a bit.

Good luck with the sequencer-search and kind regards, Garfield Modular.

Hi Shakespeare,

It's good to hear you love the Erica Synths - Black Sequencer. When I was checking around after my first choice (as mentioned the Ground Control from Edorphin.es), my second choice would have been this Black Sequencer but both sequencers have been announced a long time ago and when I made my decision both still were not available.

So I bought the Erica Synths - Drum Sequencer, it's indeed even a slightly bit more direct than for example the Five12 (which doesn't mean the Five12 is not direct in usage). I am happy with it as well, pity though that just shortly after I bought the Drum Sequencer, the Black Sequencer became available :-)

Anyway, I am happy with the combination of the Drum Sequencer and Five12, not much left to wish for. Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

Can't wait for that larger studio of yours ;-)

It sounds like a solid plan to move a way from gun-shot-places!

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Senor-Bling,

Indeed :-)

I just tried it last night... hmmm... the funny thing is those 3 vocoder modes on the Warps don't really impress me, they are kind of okay-ish but that's about it. The real fun thing is though... if you put the Warps in the Crossfolding mode it suddenly becomes very interesting, totally distorted too. The end signal is then send (in Warps) to a wave folder. I liked this much more than those Vocoder modes :-)

Looks like at the end only the Behringer - VC340 is left as a serious option...

Thank you and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi CBD1000,

Indeed, the Five12 is less menu diving then I was hoping for, there is a little bit if it comes to global settings, then you have a few pages of settings. But important things like: pitch, gate, groove, velocity, (gate) length, repeat, ratcheting and chance are very direct. These buttons are on top of the module, just press one of those and you can directly set that corresponding setting. An example, you are at part 1 and you press the pitch button, then directly those 8 encoders below can be used to set or change the pitch for the first 8 steps. With the Prev & Next buttons you can then walk through your part if it's longer than 8 steps. Works very practical.

If you press the Part button and then let's say 4 then you get part 4 and then press the gate and you can directly change all the gates of part 4. It's really direct, at least that's how I feel it and I am not much a fan of menu diving. But I have to be honest here the Global settings is a bit of menu diving, still kind of okay for me.

It wasn't distance or switching reason for me to decide to go for a in-rack-solution for the sequencer, it's just that I love modular so much that I try to avoid as much as possible (well within certain reasoning/limits) the external device stuff.

I know what you mean with the Elektron, it's less direct control of your sequence. You can do a lot with it but you need to take your sweet time. For that purpose I am not saying the Five12 is a million times better however it is certainly directer in use than the Elektron is.

I just got that Five12 very recently, so currently I am using 4 voices at the same time, still wondering what I am going to do with the left over two voices, but no worries, I will find good purpose for them :-) I just managed to get the drums work via the Five12. That was, in my opinion, a bit difficult to understand from the manual. The manual could be a bit more extensive in my opinion but if you read carefully, most of it has been mentioned somehow... it's just... the manual is a bit too compact for my taste.

Once you know it though, it becomes clear, it's logical in use and it's just a pleasure to use it; it was just the initial setup for the drums section that was a little struggle because the manual is so compact that I had to read it thrice or something like that.

Well... I like to make things complicated. Simple things are pretty fast pretty boring to me, so I was on purpose looking for a sequencer that could do quite a bit but if possible with not too much menu diving, like this Five12 for example. My initial requirements where something like this: at least 4 voices, at least 8 triggers for drums/percussion, at least repeat & ratcheting functionality, at least possible directions: forwards, backwards, ping-pong and random, and a few other stuff but that were my main requirements. If you check that then against all sequencers, not many sequencers are then left to choose from.

Pity, I actually like the concept of the WMD - Metron, it can be easily extended with extension modules, I like that concept, however it only can run forwards... I have already a sequencer that only can run forwards, hence the Elektron - A4, that's the reason why I didn't took the Metron since I didn't want yet another sequencer that only can run forwards.

My very first choice was initially the Endorphin.es - Ground Control, I am interested in that sequencer since about early summer 2019 however after about almost one-and-a-half year of waiting and the Ground Control is still not available, I gave up on that one...

So that's how I end up with the Five12 :-)

Hi Gabor,

Nice to hear a jam from you again! :-) You got some real interesting stuff going on here. As usual a nice video to watch you at work too.

Ha, ha, that kind of bass thing that goes through your music at around 02:00, I love that sound, real nicely done. You make that even better around starting as from about 02:45, he, he, nice!

Thanks a lot for sharing this and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Sacguy71,

Yes, you are back! :-) I missed your videos the last... what has it been two weeks or so?

Interesting jam you got here and nice to see your cases. He, he, you got quite a "forest" of cables near the end of your video ;-) What's that device on top left of your A-100PMB rack?

Thanks a lot for sharing this and kind regards, Garfield.

See the thread in the Patches section of this forum, the "Vocoder Patch", sometimes you need help of another member to remind you that you got already a module that has a certain functionality you were just looking for... sigh... ;-)

Again, thank you Senor-Bling :-)

Hi Senor-Bling,

Ha, ha, you are not going to believe this (and I feel a bit ashamed too)...

I have a Warps already! So, I am going to check this weekend the vocoder functionality :-) Thank you very much for mentioning the Warps and shaking me awake!

The Roland VT-4 is a nice little device as well, thanks for the hint, will check it out.

Have a great weekend and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi CBD1000,

Well my name is Garfield Modular, so I prefer a modular solution if it's somehow possible within acceptable reasoning ;-) That's the reason why I not really looked outside of the Eurorack for sequencers... having that said... I actually did a bit. I have an Elektron - Analogue Four Mk II and though it has a great sequencer, the issue with that one is that it has only one direction type and that's forwards... now I also like to have a sequencer that can go backwards or can do random, the Five12 can do that not the Metron from WMD ;-) Just teasing you Sacguy71 ;-)

I also had a look at the Arturia - Keystep Pro but I preferred an "in the rack" solution hence my choice for the Five12 - Vector sequencer. If you use the Jack Expander extension module from Five12 then you can have MIDI in and out as well. Without that extension module you have two MIDI out (3.5 mm mini-jacks). The Vector has USB MIDI as well, so that's yet another MIDI connectivity you have with the Five12 - Vector sequencer (also without the extension module). I am not using it yet, but it's all possible, just download the manual from the Five12 website and check it out.

Good luck with the search for the "perfect" sequencer, once you have decided please let us know and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Farkas,

Ah yes, I forgot the new functionality on the MicroFreak, indeed it has vocoder functionality now as well. Hmm, not sure about the MicroFreak itself. I will give it a few thoughts.

Thank you very much for reminding me about the MircoFreak and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Farkas,

"Let your ears be your guide" is naturally a very good hint :-) So if I would follow up on that motto then it would be the VC340 from what I heard from examples on the Internet.

I was just wondering if I am not overlooking anything, if there is an interesting non-Behringer vocoder then I wouldn't mind to give such device a chance as well.

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Farkas,

Thanks a lot for sharing your opinion on this matter. Hmm... yes... I noticed the Behringer VC340 as well besides it size, isn't there anything else on the market that can be newly purchased? I noticed the Novation MiniNova as well but are that the only two currently? Which one would be the better one the MiniNova or the VC340?

Thank you very much and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Stolis and Farkas,

Stolis: Interesting that you came with this post, I was thinking of starting with a post as well, however I am looking for an external (decent) vocoder, any ideas?

Farkas: Oh that's good to know about the Disting, though I had read once the entire manual, I can't remember I saw the vocoder functionality, I might use my Disting Mk4 for just that purpose :-)

Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi CBD1000,

Sequencers is a large chapter on its own... that's never going to be easy and to be answered in just a few sentences or even in a few messages...

Having said that, let's give it a try :-)

I have intensively checked sequencers for Eurorack and I came to the conclusion that the ideal and perfect sequencer doesn't exist, same as the ideal and perfect synthesizer doesn't exist.

For details on my post regarding sequencers please check out this one:
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/forum/posts/index/7899

For an interesting list of sequencers, check this link:
http://doudoroff.com/sequencers/

I ended up (after about one-and-a-half year of checking!) with the Five12 - Vector and the Five12 - Jack Expander module combination and so far I am extremely happy with it. It has a very direct control of it, almost no menu diving and still it's very clear what one is doing, changes have immediate (happy) effects, it's just a great thing to use. There is only one big con with this suggestion and that's the finance of it... other than that I can recommend it without any hesitation.

Good luck with it and kind regards, Garfield Modular.

Hi Modulargrid and Farkas,

Modulargrid: Great, thank you very much! 12 cores and 32 GB of RAM? Wow, then we have to increase our number of posts otherwise you have done all the great work for nothing ;-)

Farkas: Ha, ha, pretty good point actually, this modulargrid.net website is so successful that it keeps us away from making music ;-)

Great website and thanks again, kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Igor,

Wow indeed! This is indeed very beautiful. I am almost speechless that kind of good :-) When I started to listen at your music for no particular reason (I guess) I started to think back to my childhood.

I must have missed that great organ in Budapest when I was there back in the 1990's. Next time I will come to Budapest I try to check it out :-)

That reminds me of a small travel to Italy (several years ago now), alone by car, just a couple of days and I love to just drive around on small streets somewhere in the mountains of the Northern Italy towards the west coast when I made somewhere in a rather small town a little break and just walked around in that little town. Till I passed by a little church where I heard organ music, I almost continued my stroll when I, luckily, made a U-turn back to that church "to check it out". There was nobody in the church, only the woman who was playing the organ. In the beginning I don't think she was aware that I quietly slipped into the church and sat there listening at her playing the church organ, though a small church it had a relatively large organ with those large pipes. Beautiful to look at, somewhere deep in the mountains/hills, very peaceful and beautiful to listen at the organ being played.

It are those moments that will stay with you forever. Your music track here belongs definitely to this category that will stick. Seriously beautifully done, thank you very much for sharing this with us and kind regards, Garfield; wishing I was driving around in Northern Italy again :-)

Hi Mowse,

Wow! This is certainly moving you into hyper space at warp speed, no doubt at all! :-) Lovely jam this is and nice long (could still be longer for me though).

Nice work here and thank you so much for sharing this, kind regards, Garfield.

Few hours downtime of this fantastic website? Wow, I don't know if I will survive that, I think I better have this checked with my doctor to see if my heart can take this. Imagine a few hours less hyper space travelling possible in my life...

;-)

Good luck with the migration from the old to the new server, hopefully no issues when you move the database! Kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Modulargrid,

That's great news :-) Thank you very much for keeping this website up to date and up and running!

Good luck with the upgrade and kind regards, Garfield.

Hi Steve,

Thank you very much for your kind words :-)

You are welcome and if everybody in his/her way contributes to (modular) synthesizers one way or another then we all benefit of that somehow.

Regarding the Waldorf Eurorack modules in general, I just read an article about it that Waldorf seem to have stopped producing these modules, so if you consider one, you should hurry before it's getting sold out.

I wish you lots of modular fun and kind regards, Garfield.