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I come from a keyboard / guitar background, and like to have a module that will allow me to export
Eurorack cv to a guitar pedal and bring back in (preferably in stereo). Cheaper than Eurorack modules, guitar
pedals make for interesting sound effects (the Drolo Stretchweaver pedal -- wow!). Even an EQ pedal works
well for less money. No external sound effects in your system?

Bored Brain has some of those interactive modules with external guitar pedals, and others. Worth exploring!

Thanks, it was very helpfull

500 series section needs to be scrubbed for duplicates, several uploads of the same module.
-- bkbirge

It's not that simple, right?

EDITED Jul 22nd, 08:08

got my Sweet16, perfect! thanks for the tip

A dual filter with interesting routings, inspired by the Korg MS-20.
Mostly surface mount pre-installed, but since it’s a stack of 4 circuit boards it’s an interesting build.
Lots of sonic possibilities, sounds really interesting. A good kit.
Build

I think my case is finished, what would you add?

Pssst! just a little tip if you plan to stay and want to pay less :

You can buy several years of unicorn account at the actual rate of 19.90.
- When logged, on the main page got to "Like a Pro, About the Unicorn account" next to the "Top Modules" List.
- You have the at the end of the comparison the possibility to buy 1 year via paypal,
- Repeat this several times and each time you add 1 year to your account (each time at the actual rate).
-- Folkien

What's the advice here?

EDITED Jul 22nd, 08:08

Hi Knut, MG has a lot images so Cloudflare should work especially for users far away from the cloud/server location so it worth it keeping it alive.

Regarding the redirection feel free to write here any future issue if you like :)

Regards, Marco

Dear All. - Thanks at for opening the post and in advance for any advice.

I am new to Eurorack but not synths and hardware.

QUESTIONS below in bold.

I sequence using Hapax Squatp with MIDI + CV hardware synths to my DAW via Mixer. Ive got a Crap outboard compressor if needed.
I have used Softube Modular for fun FX racks but hate having to turn on the computer for FX

This my plan

SETUP: Direct Out from Synth Patchbay (in both Mono and Stereo!) to this rack for studio synths. (Super6. MS1. MonoPoly, Hydrasynth, TB3, TR8). CVS and MIDI from Hapax
PROPOSED CASE: Cre8Audio Nifty Case (saw Divkid use it. looked great for my size) Agree???
GOAL: To layer effects on Mono and Stereo synths. Fully expecting to record in per channel rather than run multiple channels of audio through this. Its for creativity, control and fun outside the box. i can always use Valhalla etc al in the DAW for static sounds in the final mix. I have a Midiverb for generic Verb. I want to modulate effects to get more movement in sound.

HAPAX provides options for CV step automation and LFOS and envelopes but id like to generate some of these internally hence the Abacus.

I wont buy the original Rings and Clouds but MomoModular do versions om Etsy that look great

So I have:
- VCA to adjust CV and or Audio signals? Do i need another for Audio out? I can adjust CV levels with Abacus
- Maths / Abacus. will try and get the original.
- Rings. love it. Having It
- Clouds. seems fun and right up my street sonically
- General FX. i just wanted a decent Reverb Delay module for general usage without going in the DAW. Any better suggestions
- Filter. Thus is Ripples but stereo. seems a winner to me?? Do you agree
- Mixer. Figure i wont want to do everything in series and also could blend input audio here if needed? ** Is this a good addition**

Any suggestions for other modules. key misses functionality wise
i feel so Freauency Mod might be a good addition?? Thoughts.

I have A Strymon Nightsky which I could swap for the Modular Starlab Id need to change case. it is space hungry so not sure whether i should bother. i think id prefer the workflow with Starlab but i'd need a bigger case
Thoughts?

if you made it thus far i hugely appreciate the effort.

EDITED Jul 19th, 21:36

I'm slowly enjoying all of your YouTube videos including this one yesterday. Very nice vibes.

as a newcommer I really appreciate your thorough patch explanations/breakdowns.

-- thimble

Thanks so much for tuning in! Good luck with your own patches.

Very calming, I need to get back to a few calming patches.
-- wishbonebrewery

Thanks mate, glad to hear it!

I'm slowly enjoying all of your YouTube videos including this one yesterday. Very nice vibes.

as a newcommer I really appreciate your thorough patch explanations/breakdowns.

Very calming, I need to get back to a few calming patches.

thank you very much for the response!

An ambient piece featuring the Moog Subharmonicon’s sequencer with Disting EX’s multisample player. Detailed patch notes in the video.

1. At first you probably need a bigger a case and more fundamental utilities, like attenuverters, polarizer, envelopes, lfos .....
   Its all mentioned in recent posts.

My first impression, I might missunderstood it at first glance is:

1. drums:
   come from the jomox drummaschine // you can just use samples from the web and put in your /Digitakt, elektron samples, computer or sampleplayer of choice

2. synth hook

- seems to be the combination of a analog complex vco processed with a modulated filterbank.
you could try to emulate this with different cheaper vcos and filterbanks - but I guess the particular Verbos Filterbank has a special character. So it will be propably hard to come exactly near.
But there are a few cheaper filterbanks, you could combine a fixed filterbanks with a vca.
Like a Zlob VC F3DB, ADDAC 601 .....

3. Sequencing
   Mimetis digitalis is nice, but Im not sure, if this enough to get organic sequences. Maybe better a sequencer with more settings per stage. Maybe it gets more unstable and floating or more wonky with crazy settings on pams to reset and shift the mimetic? I had good results with marbles + mimetic.

4. DFAM is fun as hell, but you could add them later.

5. I heard on a crappy PA, but the examples I heard seem to sound a bit cold and vintage vibed.
   I guess a analog mixer and some hardware for analog coloring and maybe sparse digital delay - could be useful

- maybe you can get also close to this with a software emulation from UAD or something like that.

EDITED Jul 18th, 17:47

Just tried it out with the Benjolin. It seemed like the pulse happened at the peak of the triangle, so I just inverted the pulse to make it happen at the start of the triangle and got some pretty satisfying results!
So here's what I'd do with your system specifically: Run whichever VCO/VCF combo you'd like into a VCA. Run the triangle A out of the benjolin to the CV in on the vca. Run the Pulse A out of the benjolin to the A * B + C to invert it, and use that out to clock the turing machine as well as the sample and hold. Run one of those into the quantizer and out to the 1v/o of the VCO, and the other to the CV in on benjolin osc A. Use any other modulation sources you'd like on the filter for a fun time : )
-- Progspiration

Fantastic, thanks so much! I'll try it tonight.

just type dc11_live on instagram! :) mad artist!
and if you type dc11 here on modulargrid there are some of his racks... but he has different racks for studio and live!
https://www.instagram.com/dc11_live?igsh=djQyc3V1azR4MTY2

Just tried it out with the Benjolin. It seemed like the pulse happened at the peak of the triangle, so I just inverted the pulse to make it happen at the start of the triangle and got some pretty satisfying results!

So here's what I'd do with your system specifically: Run whichever VCO/VCF combo you'd like into a VCA. Run the triangle A out of the benjolin to the CV in on the vca. Run the Pulse A out of the benjolin to the A * B + C to invert it, and use that out to clock the turing machine as well as the sample and hold. Run one of those into the quantizer and out to the 1v/o of the VCO, and the other to the CV in on benjolin osc A. Use any other modulation sources you'd like on the filter for a fun time : )

EDITED Jul 17th, 21:07

To be honest I dont know DC11 yet, so I dont know which kind of sound and modules you are looking for.

Can you give sound examples of DC11?
Where can we see his rack? - to figure out alternatives.

EDITED Jul 17th, 20:59

I don't remember how the pulse and triangle waves line up on either the Benjolin or the NLC Dual LFOs, but if the pulse is at the very start of the triangle cycle, you might be able to use the pulse to trigger the random voltage and use the triangle to control the VCA. Even better, trigger two random voltages and use one for pitch and the other to modulate the rate of the LFO. For me the real fun of Krell patches is modulating the rise and fall of a looping envelope, so I'd recommend getting any kind of envelope that has cv control over rise and fall, and the end of cycle trigger makes everything easier too. Cheers and happy patching!

accompanied by a digitakt and an akai midi controller

module wishlist:
fixed hipass
LIP (maybe drop vortex)
oneiroi (maybe as an all in one texture solution?)
output module
solution to mix digitakt, ipad, ... in the rack

midi:
digitakt -> midi thing IN
akai controller -> midi thing HOST (merge on)
midi thing out -> digitakt
digitakt sequences kick & bass
digitakt plays drum samples
akai controller CCs mapped to digitakt voices, FX & some parameters in the rack

audio:
kick sidechains bass & lead
kick -> 3 channel mixer ch. 1
sy 0.5 & lo tom-> doepfer vca (envelope) -> befaco hex vca (sidechain) -> 3 channel mixer ch. 2 & 3
3 channel mixer -> doepfer hi pass -> digitakt in L

vortex osc 1 & 2 -> befaco hex vca (envelope) -> befaco hex vca (sidechain) -> spice vcf -> digitakt in R

digitakt -> xaoc lo pass -> databender -> outboard mixer

ipad fieldscaper -> beads -> versio -> milky way -> outboard mixer

CV sequencing:
gates:
clock -> marbles
marbles t2 -> arpitecht
marbles t3 -> switch matrix in
arpitecht gate -> switch matrix in
switch matrix out -> adsr
v/oct:
marbles x3 -> switch matrix in
arpitecht v/oct -> switch matrix in
switch matrix out -> vortex v/oct
modulation:
hands!
frames -> vco parameters
LFOs -> subtle modulations within digitakt & in the rack

Hi guys with this rack I do pretty generic techno, but after a year of improv, I'd like to decide on a genre to focus on. I like the sound of DC11 as a very good artist, and I would like to pursue that path. The point is that its rack is completely different and also very expensive hahaha. How can I get closer to those sounds, perhaps integrating with some modules (I still have space available) or replacing some of them?
https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_2018166.jpg

Could be tricky without something with an EOC (End Of Cycle) output, though it is possible without EOC it just won't quite self-trigger so you would have to look for a random trigger from someowhere else, I would look at vids from Robin Vincent here - and Red Means Recording here -

Hello gang. Can anyone help me design a Krell patch with my current setup? Is it possible to do without an ADSR that does not have stage inputs? Thanks!

Hello! I am reading 1984 by Haruki Murakami, It's a thrilling ride through Tokyo with a lot of suspense and mystery.It wasn't intentional but I think this patch was subconsciously inspired by this amazing novel. It is slightly different than my usual patches. Normally I design and map out my performances. This performance is mostly improvised. I created an arp, a basic bassline and I used a lot of modulation. Then I just pressed play with no plan and I started performing the patch. Let's see where this midnight ride through Tokyo will take me, I have no idea as well. Enjoy the ride!

Do you plan to use this entirely on its own or with other gear?
-- Zacksname
Mainly on its own, but from time to time I'll pair it with 0 coast.

Do you plan to use this entirely on its own or with other gear?

My preference is to use VCAs for more VCA stuff, if you are mixing the 2x Stereo outs you'd take up all 4 chanels of Quad VCA and end up with Mono. Happy Nerding make 4xMix which is a compact 4hp mixer - https://modulargrid.net/e/happy-nerding-4x-stereo-mix
If you want something with a bit more scope then the DPW Designs M1 adds stereo panning and a bunch of other things https://modulargrid.net/e/dpw-design-m1-mix but its more HP

Where are you doing your mixing? You have 2 Stereo outs from Mimeophon and Morphagene but nothing I can see you can mix with.
-- wishbonebrewery

I am thinking about VCA-s as a mixer as well. Do you think I should replace one VCA by mixer?
In case of 3 VCO. As long as I know, 3 Oscillators is a pretty common number.

Where are you doing your mixing? You have 2 Stereo outs from Mimeophon and Morphagene but nothing I can see you can mix with.

Theoretically it should be fine. It's a lot of voices at once, but that could be good for layering or audio rate modulation or something.

Do you already own all these?

https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_2393267.jpg

Thanks so much.

Mavis is already blowing my mind,
and I'm only a few days into this journey.
so I'm feeling good.

I've taken about 15 pages of written notes from watching youtube videos about Mavis
I'm now working through the notes, every page is taking me to a lot sonic places

My original idea was to take steps module by module towards a basic Doepfer setup....
But i watched a bunch of videos about Mavis, and it felt like the best starting point for learning.

In fact, probqbly the next thing will be moog DFAM, which wasn't originally how I expected things would go.

The Doepfer basic VCO may be a bit of a 'stranded asset' for a while.
But maybe not. We'll see.
My plan was to get two Doepfer VCOs, and seriously learn the principles of osc sync, hands on, from first principles.
That could still happen along the way.

Power Supply (uZeus 4HP) specs:
+12V: 2000 mA
-12V: 500 mA
+5V: 170 mA

Doepfer basic VCO A-110-1 needs:
+12V: 90 mA
-12V: 20 mA
+5V: 0 mA

Moog Mavis needs:
+12V: 112 mA
-12V: 0 mA
+5V: 0 mA

you can simply sum up those numbers for each power line (+12V, -12V, +5V) and compare it with the numbers of your power supply. as a recommendation you should not exceed 75-80% of the given power supply

If those numbers are correct (please verify yourself) it is totally safe to use it for your 2 modules. Further you have a lot of headroom for more power hungry modules left...

EDITED Jul 17th, 10:20

Hi everyone
I'm a TOTAL beginner with zero knowledge of synths and electronica , so I hope a very, very basic question is OK.

So far I have...
1. a TIPTOP Audio rack with a power supply on the rack - it is this one https://www.thomann.de/gb/tiptop_audio_happy_ending_kit_black_eu.htm

2. A Doepfer basic VCO A-110-1
3. A Moog Mavis

I know i can use the Mavis in it's own case, but i want to put them both on the rack

My super basic question is, am i safe to power these two off the Tiptop's power units's ribbon connection without blowing them up

and/or do i need to know anything or adjust anything here?

Thanks if you can help!

Tierno

Hi JDavidson1,
We just sent you an email with a few details. Unfortunately your Rosci was from a small batch which has an issue fitting into certain cases. We have been working hard to correct the error on our end and send everyone facing this issue a new Rosci. We appreciate your patience, and we really want you to have a great experience with Rosci :)
-Tristan and Liz

I have this module, and the function is great.When I first received the module, it did not fit into my rack. I reached out to Omnitone and they let me know there was a small number of modules produced that have this problem. They immediatley offered to send me a new module, free of charge. I have recieved the new module, along with a kind note from Tristan and Liz, and it sounds great. This is a really fun module to use, as you set parameters and then generate waveforms till you get what you want. Super fun and easy to use. I would highly reccomend.

EDITED Jul 30th, 02:18

The solution is to redirect (301 redirection, it's important for the developer to know) all incoming traffic directed towards the .com domain to the .net one. In this way every previous link will continue to work and you cak keep the alternative domain in a safe SEO way.

Thanks, I am looking if the Cloudflare servers make any noticable sense. Have no user reports about that. For me it does not feel faster so maybe, we just fix it back to .net and 301 everything like you said.
Best, Knut

After starting this thread, I was looking for a solution that would work for a tiny space where I am not allowed to mount anything on the walls (rented flat). And I chose the most difficult option: to build a cable organiser myself. It took me several tries and this is what I got 2 years later:

It does the job for a small system and fits nicely on the desk.
I posted my story on Reddit if you're interested in the details.

Thanks for all the feedback everyone, this is very helpful!

Hello everyone,

I will be giving away an analog-digital hybrid mixing and mastering session for one lucky person or group, completely free of charge.

• If we have never worked together before, you can send me your song.
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alias subdomain for MG?

modulargrid.com is now an alternative domain for modulargrid.net. It uses Cloudflare so it might be even a bit faster.

-- modulargrid

Hi guys, I've recently found out this secondary domain.
I'm a long time user of modulargrid and I hope I could help with the SEO and the UX of your project.

I worked for a leading web marketing agency in Italy and IMHO even if your programmer set a "canonical" URL reference on the .com domain to the .net one, it's a little bit strange (also for Google) to have a fully accessible alternative site to browse.
It could generate confusion when people share links and worst it can diminish the inboud linking effect that usually boost up SEO or, in other words, this situation can make your pages less findable on Google.

The solution is to redirect (301 redirection, it's important for the developer to know) all incoming traffic directed towards the .com domain to the .net one. In this way every previous link will continue to work and you cak keep the alternative domain in a safe SEO way.

PS. You can set cloudflare to handle the .net domain OR you can invert my suggestion keeping the .com one and redirecting the .net one.

I hope you appreciate this tip ;-) let me know.

Marco

EDITED Jul 13th, 08:21

Hi

Moving for a month, i am joggling with all possibilities i may have to fill either a 4-MS rack or my Intellijel rack.
May i say it would be great - i admit to be a beginner - to have some advices. My aim is to learn with what i would have on display while abroad and lonely !

Any updates ?

Delays often play an essential part in modular music
Estroe has Nautilus by Qubit
I have Sealegs by Intellijel
Both modules are gorgeous delays
both with a nautical themed name

Estroe loves my Sealegs,I love Estroe’s Nautilus :D
Luckily when you make music together you can have both!
In this video we combine Nautilus and Sealegs and we loved what came out of our synths.The music actually made us think of the ocean and waves, so we were on theme. Please enjoy this nautical trip!

As usual, an excellent user guide and build guide which will tell you a lot about making electronics for music (or otherwise), go to their web site and download this even if you don’t buy the module, it’s free.

Pretty straightforward build, good 3-4th kit because of some tight soldering.

And it sounds really really good! I tried some non-standard things during the demo and this is a very versatile unit, I’ll be putting this in the main rack.

Contact the manufacturer, otherwise familiarize yourself with basic principles of compression and you should be good.
Have fun and good luck!

i need a manual for the l1 microcompressor.
can somebody help please?