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He, and Bana Haffar are pretty much the ones whom I am referring too when it comes to the Shared Systems. Both highly trained musicians who have gone in very unorthodox directions. I've seen the Shared System coming up for about 4500$ new and as far as I know, there isn't anything like it; it stands on it's own.

And yes, Detroit Modular has a few on stock as well, however Perfect Circuit was doing a memorial day, 20% off sale... Way too good to pass up. I'll be patient as I have everything else!

I just saw Alessandro Cortini perform with the Make Noise system.
Very interesting set, I was tempted to go that route.

The Dual oscillator was hard to find, but Analogue Haven in CA had some, so if you're still looking, try there.

EDITED Oct 15th 2016, 14:41

Romans clones have a habit of popping up on eBay in waves. Best advise is to grab the eBay and Reverb apps, and set them both to notify you whenever certain keywords pop up. You'll almost be guaranteed to find an Easel for 3500$ eventually, and the Roman Clones do come up when the Easel comes up.

The Make Noise Shared System is admittedly, beyond me. His way of thinking is, as I stated, esoteric. Some people can do extraordinary things with it, I'm just not one of them.

That's what's so neat about this: You can build it and tear it down 6 ways to Sunday and never be done. I just snagged a HP/LP Verbos filter to swap out my Befaco BF22, and had to move everything around just so it'd fit (who say's those Tetris skills would go to waste??).

Glad your Dual Oscillator is coming -- Perfect Circuit said that they were waiting for them to be built and shipped....

And thanks for the tip on the cables!
Excellent!

That's really very nice. I looked at a lot of that, too, especially the Verbos Harmonic Oscillator.
I can imagine my system evolving similarly over time, and I'm open to it, so I appreciate the insight.
Since this is my first build, I wanted a "shared" type system, and I based the choices on what would parallel the functionality of a Music Easel, as best I could.
I was considering the Verbos or Make Noise shared systems, but went with Sputnik because of Roman's experience with the Easel clones (which is really what I wanted, but couldn't find).
I have already built the system, and have it in hand. I'm waiting on delivery of the Dual Oscillator, though, from CA (I'm in NY), so I can't really put it through it's paces until it arrives. But it's coming in 2 days, so, I'll know soon enough.
I'd really like to hear what you're doing with your system.
Thanks for the insight.

OH OH OH and one last thing...

modularaddict.com. You MUST buy cables from him. He has the nicest, most inexpensive cables anywhere, period. We had a very nice conversation once about getting started in the modular world, and his intent is to not break peoples wallets buying boxes and accessories, but by making it accessible for everyone. I kind of when a bit nuts buying cables... Lets just say under a $1 for braided cables certainly caught my eye....

I can say this with the utmost understanding: I get it!!! My rack has evolved significantly since I started building it a few months ago. I had the quad VCA (Which really does sound great), and swapped it out for two Pittsburgh Modular Low Pass Gates, and I had the Sputnik Keyboard, but opted for a Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms Keyboard. I still utilize the 6 channel mixer, but just an FYI only channels 2-4 are stereo, 1 and 6 are left and right mono.

The only issue that I really had with the Keyboard was the hold to arp mode is poorly placed. You have to setup an Arpeggio before you can hit the hold button. Which means you have to be pressing the notes and THEN press the hold button (doable but tricky).

The Buchla-esque modules are very popular and understandably so. The amount of control that they feature is unreal and everyone has a different take on them. Roman (Sputnik) made a name for himself by making very good clones before BEMI re-relased the Easel (and took a lot of crap for it from some....). Tony Rolando of Make Noise used to work for Moog before starting Make Noise. His stuff is complex and esoteric, but in the right hands can do some incredible stuff. Mark Verbos of Verbos has really caught my attention. He's an East Coaster who repaired Buchla's and then just out of no-where said "here I am" and is making Buchla-esque stuff if Buchla started out in the 21st century. So each one has a different flavor and personality all their own. If you can, BUY USED. Holy smokes.... buy used. Ebay is nice, Reverb.com is better. Also, Detroit Modular has a great team and will work with you to the point where you feel guilty cause their service is so excellent, and Perfect Circuit has seasonal 20% off deals (this is assuming you live in the States).

Here's my setup if you are interested. Only issue with mine is the Sputnik Dual Oscillator is on backorder from where I bought it, and because it snagged it at an incredible deal, I'd be stupid not to just sit it out...

Tanks for the suggestions.
I looked into Verbos, but decided to stay with one manufacturer for the first build.
What I ended up with is this:

Might I suggest checking out Verbos Electronics? My rack has sort of a melding of Verbos and Sputnik, flavored with a Make Noise Wogglebug. Also, the Spectral Processor doesn't exist yet, and it's been anticipated for almost 2 years now. Mark Verbos just announced his take on it, and actually has a working prototype.

Had the Sputnik keyboard, it's not bad. Responsive and good features especially for the price! Very light and thin, tho.

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.

Filter for module property: Product Lifecycle

Filter for Concept, Currently Available and Discontinued
The setting Property Unassigned shows unassigned Modules, so that it's easier to tag them.

Add all to My Modules

With the new function Add all to My Modules it's easy to populate the My Modules list from a current rack.
You can find in the Edit DropDown menu.

Counter for search results

If you search for modules the quantity of results will be displayed.
-- modulargrid

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 !