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Put recordings on Youtube or Soundcloud, you can then link to them here.

ADSR's / Envelopes are indeed a crucial part of modular unless all you want are Drones, imagine playing a pianio key and the length of time you hold it down is the Sustain, when you let go it rings out is the Release. Its a way of seperating notes from oneanother.
The same envelope that is used to control the Volume of the note van also control the Filter Cutoff to animate and give life and movement to that note.
At the moment my Rack/s have up to 7 envelope generators from simple Attack/Decay to ADSR's and also an LPG.

Good stuff, guess its a bit like everything sounds better at 7 or 8 versus being cranked up to 11 all the time.

Nice work.

If it were me, I'd have a really good play with everything you've chosen first. That will show you where you need to go next.
Don't for get things like passive attenuators for calming down LFO's for modulation.

I'm fairly sure you could live without the Output module and the Scope until later in your journey.
I'd really like a scope but I do't want a small one and I don't want to pay for a big one, I'll probably buy an Ebay Oscilloscope cheap at some point and hook that up outside the case.

Erm, but its nice to be nice.
The UK is vastly more accepting of people whoever they are, do not believe the Right's sensationalist narrative.

Watched a great Documentary the other night, it was called Will & Harper on Netflix, brilliant display of the love of friends and acceptance.

Love Wins.

EDITED Jan 25th, 09:49

Seems like anyone who doesn't conform to the political narrative in America is about to start suffering because of being human, this makes me fearful for people.
Come to the UK, our politics are thankfully still progressive, at least for the moment.

How about here in the UK - https://pushermanproductions.com/product/antumbra-knit-2/

Kits and Built only though.

EDITED Jan 22nd, 18:23

Error Instruments:
Indian Reasonator
SoundScaper

Both modules you could play an entired weird set with.

Rings and noise being the main sound sources, just a little bass from the STO, some Granular acton from Monsoon Clouds too.

EDITED Jan 12th, 12:33

Haha, Thanks, and Harsh, and I don't care about the video.

I've spotted myself doing this, having a good stare at my modular racks on MG, seeing an idea take shape in my head then later patching it up for real?

I thought the snow outside went well with this patch.

Rings into monsoon Clouds
Rings into Veno-Echo
Rings into Mineophon
Filtered and Panned Noise
Marbles for Triggers, 2hp ARP for note CV

EDITED Jan 5th, 11:49

Simply go to the YT page and copy out of the Address bar and paste in here, no fancy tags or anything.

Marbles and Sloths are mostly in control, almost all coming from my Main case. Sloths is acting on the VCAs in SSF Vortices for slow transitions.

Such a lovely peice.

Interesting, maybe not quite for me just yet until I buy my next Case.
Just spotted the Top image is showing a slightly older version, jpg must not have refreshed.

I'm always on the International Spaced Station! haha My usual tripod is in the other room so its actually a lazy camera angle.

Cheers & Merry Christmas

What would you add to my top case? Could be Powered or Passive, I'm planning on adding a Passive Stereo High Pass Filter from Herzlich Labs after the Panmix for the ability to do a filtered drop. I've got MI Kinks in there at the moment but it simply doesn't get used.

Its very much an acid bass box with 303 and 101 sounds, I'm mostly sequencing from the Beatstep Pro and percussion comes from my percussion case:

My basic idea is that these 2 cases can be used together with the Beatstep Pro without my Main Case.

Cheers

EDITED Dec 23rd 2024, 07:50

Patch notes are on the vid.
Just top case and percussion case in action here.

Cheers for listening.

EDITED Dec 21st 2024, 10:19

I wonder if its got Propellerhead Recycle .rex file compatibility?

Thanks @Sweelinck
Nyx, the cat, helped. I should really get a Dreadbox Nyx at some point just because of the name.

New camera angle and the deep bass is from my new Nano Modules Font filter.

Cheers for listening

I think someone more knowing than me could answer that question.
I think there is 'cool' and there is 'stable' so the calibration of the VCO needs to be stable, if you ever DIY build any Modules you may come across 'Tempco' resistors (Temperature Compensation), the ones I've soldered are piggibacked ontop of another component and will vary in resistence depending on the temperature of the other component.

Specifically:
* How long can I keep my rack on in a single session?
For me, as long as the session lasts and I sometimes walk away letting it play to its self

* Should there be a cool-down/rest period between power-on cycles?
Nothing I'm aware of, circuits do like to be kept cool though

* Is there a correct way to turn off a rack (i.e., turn any ongoing signals down, etc.)?
I tend to stop any clocks from running, turn off my amp, turn off my mixer, then turn off my modular cases, do the reverse when turning back on

* What are the best ways to keep the electronics clean?
A soft brush a clean paintbrush, gently vacuum just don't go sucking off any buttons, sliders or knobs. When i reorganise my modules I vacuum out the case to get rid of dust and Cat hair!!!

* Do I need to worry about ventilation or temperature inside the case?
Cool circuits are happy circuits, I need to drill some holes in my main case to aid air flow, some modules do get quite hot

-- HGsynth

EDITED Dec 6th 2024, 07:58

Is that Link safe, not seeing any Modular action in your My Modular?
I'm thinking of others here seeing as its an abstract post to a random link.

EDITED Nov 29th 2024, 07:48

You could look at options from Konstantlab https://www.konstantlab.audio/product-category/power-suppliess/ looks like you need to spend the money you will have saved buying all B'ringer modules hehehe.
In seriouslness though, Konstantlab do some great power solutons, it all depends how much your are comfortable spending.

The one withing I wish the BSP had was a programable step sequencer like a 303 (Press a note it moves a step, press a rest it moves a step etc etc), so you literally program the steps rather than having to stab things in while its playing.

Thanks very much.
Techno / Trance was at its peak in the 90's for me, though things were starting to get too minimal for me as in I do like a bit of Jeff Mills but I can't listen to it for a long time.
Need that acid squelsh!

It needs a tick box to remove Mork modules, thats it.
Unpopular opinion: If they don't make actual modules they shouldn't be listed as a manufacturer.

Thanks @sweelinck
Its a bit chaocic with the modes changing on Plaits but Sloths makes for a nice long cycle of changes as part of the mixed modulation.

Plaits split into Mimeophon, Clouds and Veno-Echo

Lots of mixed modulation, Marbles is vaguely in control!

My Mutable Instruments Veils v1 suddenly started distorting the audio which seems to be on all channels and doesn't matter what source VCO I feed it. Anyone had this? Is there a fix?

Cheers

Ooo, yeah, nice work.

The SSF Vortices isn't bad, CV and manual Panning of mono signals.
I also have a DPW M1 mixer which lets me pan my Stereo sources.

Juno maybe? https://www.juno.co.uk/products/nazca-noodles-blue-300cm-premium-3-5mm-ts/872298-01/?currency=GBP&flt=1&cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=1838759436&cq_con=72327549089&cq_term=&cq_med=pla&cq_plac=&cq_net=g&cq_pos=&cq_plt=gp&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw59q2BhBOEiwAKc0ijdooeDrGPPt_ERDZAuI0IRLeQSSRS4fdWBcM6RspnVXYheixyIhUExoC9IcQAvD_BwE
Or pick a smaller more indie Synth shop

a filter can go before or after the vca... whichever way sounds best for you in the current patch...

-- JimHowell1970

If you are using a filter when its self-oscilating the VCA is best after the Filter so you can shut off the notes.

EDITED Aug 24th 2024, 06:49

If you only have 1 Power supply then 1 PWR checker is all you need, if you have the odd gap in your modular case you can see through to the KonstantLab busboards with their own LEDs too.

Sounding great!!

Rings split 2 ways, STO doing some stuff, Mimeophon, Clouds and Zverb all on effects duty, Sloths modulating Ochd, Marble in control, ST Modular WAVE modulating some stuff.

If it were me I would look for modulation souces of randomness and probability you can do something simple like using NLC Sloths to modulate Ochd or add small utilities like Noise Engineering's Clep Diaz for some clocked but random modulation, the 2HP RND is a good one and doesn't take any room up. I quite like the Befaco Burst because it has a probability control and a lot of control over its bursts though it is Clocked so expect a regular clock tick to come out of it which usually works for me but i sometimes wish it wasn't there when I want less structure. You can get little CV and gate generators like the ST Modular Isi Wren which is surprisingly useful for Rhythmic control of Filters etc.
You can't knock an un-clocked Mutable Instruments Marbles with its range of CVs and Gates.

I see Stupid people ;-)

Very relaxing.

When I had questions ADDAC were very responsive. Maybe you caught them when on holiday or something, everyone has a life outside of work.

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

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 -

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.

I seld things on Ebay and Reverb, its more of a buyers market out there at the moment though.

One big button that says "Push here for Talent"
-- wishbonebrewery

I believe they call this "generative music".
-- Zacksname

Yeah, experimentation, experience and luck = Talent (Maybe!)

Done. Pre CR.
And I'm going to use it to overdrive my Geosync TB-0 / TB-EFA.