Your rack makes me feel inadequate as a man.
-- smcumber

Naah, some people would look at it and conclude that I am compensating.

Your rack makes me feel inadequate as a man.

Hi solitud, thanks for the reply and advice. I'll watch my bank account shrink a little for sure, but I'll keep tabs I bought Pittsburgh System 90 about 2 months ago which has a couple of oscillators and a LPF/LPG. I plan to often patch it with this EFX rack I am trying to build. Both of those should really keep me occupied for quite some time, but I plan to have future additions of a sound generation rack and a modulation/sequeciung rack somewhere down the road. Probably a couple of years or if I move to a bigger apartment someday.

I'm really looking for some odd and off beat things for this rack and to maximize its sound processing capabilities. I feel like the mults and mixes will really help me create some weird chains. However, I truly won;t know until I start getting some of the gear. I'm going to start with the ins and outs, phase, delay, reverb maths and mults. The rest will come later.

Here is the System 90

First thing, I think you have made a good decision to go modular. Beside being horrendous expensive and a huge time hog it is also very rewarding.
I don't know every one of your chosen modules but overall the selection looks good for FX.
I think sooner or later you want to have some oscillators and filters too. After all the modular should work as a synth too?!

This is actually three separate Pittsburgh Cell 90s

Hi everyone. I am both new to modulargrid and modulars in general. Wanting to increase my sound palette, a couple of months ago I bought a Pittsburgh System 90. I also have been wanting to do efx processing on outboard gear to hopefully get a warmer, sometimes nastier more organic feel than what I can get from working in the box. After investigating multiple rack and pedal units I've come to the conclusion I could get a lot more diversity of sound and modulation from a modular. So, in summary, I am looking to build a multipurpose modular effects processor. I plan to run all sort of audio through this thing, like audio from my DAW, guitars, synths vocals, pots, pans, dogs barking, etc.

Some of the basic things I know I want are
* Phase Shifter
* Delay
* Reverb (would like really long reverbs and possibly spring)
* Distortion
* Compressor
* Filter
* Envelope follower & generator
* Ins/Outs
* Mults/Mixers

Here is the link to my Effects Processor

I plan to send clock and audio out from my DAW through the ES-3 and then audio back in to the DAW mainly through and ES-6 but sometimes directly patched into my soundcard.

I've done research, I've listened to tons of modules but I would like your opinions. Are the modules I am selecting something you like/hate/stupid/redundant/pointless etc.? Am I missing something entirely?

Also, I apologize for my redundancy to any of you that frequent gearslutz or muffwiggler as I will probably post this there as well.

Bloody nice timeline!
Slow and steady...

Are you still integrating with Ableton?
If so, thru which module?
-- mt3

Thanks a bunch :)

I'm still sending Rene's sequence to ableton via the Doepfer A-192-2 CVtoMidi module

this is a duplicate...
http://www.modulargrid.net/e/soundmachines-lp1

-edit-
sorry, missed that this was turned 180 degrees.

EDITED Nov 13th 2014, 18:05

Bloody nice timeline!
Slow and steady...

Are you still integrating with Ableton?
If so, thru which module?

EDITED Nov 10th 2014, 18:29

Notes:
CV Bus used in place of stackable cables & for master output to Pro Tools
Mysteron-Quantize mode; bowed-sound
DPO-OSC1 in sync mode; no modulation
Optomix-Levels adjusted throughout
Pressure Points-Ch1 controlling pitch of Mysteron & DPO in unison, set to b6-6-b7-1
Erbe-Verb-Speed set just below audio level; mixed 100% dry at beginning, then gradually mixed to 100% wet; speed, depth, pre-delay, tilt, absorb, and decay adjusted at end

EDITED Nov 9th 2014, 04:55

Show/hide "other/unknown" manufacturers is now set to show by default to prevent the upload of duplicates recently because users "could not find the module".

control by 8 channels by my new ipad zmors modular app
with expert sleepers ES3 mk2 / scarlett 18i20 (as usb to adat converter, it need to configure routing)
3: cv pitch (mfb osc-3)
3: vca (doepfer quad/exp)
2: filter cut/res (ssm)

Funny what is considered "Budget" these days.
I am interested in Pultec style EQs. Can you recommend the Analog Allstars? Other options in DIY?

Jumped into space with the addition of a Jupiter Storm cosmic noise oscillator :)

thanks guys! I made some metalworking on this exact machine:

under the supervision of the operator of course, that's unsafe

EDITED Nov 7th 2014, 12:21

Added Makenoise Mysteron yesterday! super inspired by this module :)
Heres a lil' blip of the 1st random patch with it. vintage radio as hi hat source. braids as kick. all other sounds mysteron.
http://instagram.com/p/u7EtAJgFjC/?modal=true

Cheers to Fidgit for the pic!

BP 1/2 yusynth sequential router
BP 3 hexinverter battery acid
BP 4 yusynth FFB
BP 5 yusynth CV standards

EDITED Nov 3rd 2014, 09:07

thanks. i was batting around the P workout. and will start checking out the Quadra expander. still on the fence with the dixie and the z3000. but I figured theyd be the last to be added.
also still thinking about a noise gen. kinda haveing trouble cause up until recently most of my stuff is all subtractive. so Im trying to realy focus on kinda west coast ideas

current composing rig
V synth
kurz K2000 (Cant help it I like this it adds normal)
nord modular
nord lead 2x
Moog Rogue
Moog Prodigy
Arp SOLUS
Roland SH 101

No worries about filters. If you're doing complex fm and waveshaping, you hardly need it.

I'd say you need the Quadra expander. It's cheap and really a necessity. Also, you might want a master clock still or divider. Pamelas Workout for instance.

ok so this is going to be the map of my first trip into the rabbit hole. its pretty much a makenoise shared system with extras.
its not geting bought all at once so i'm sure itll change but any comments would be appreciated. ps yes i know I have no filters at the moment.
Mike

oh you "really" cut 1 hp off each module - that is hard core -- cheers
i thought you were just randomly editing doepfer units that would be sort of messed up

EDITED Oct 30th 2014, 20:02

How do one cut off 1 HP? You have great tools for sure!

For adding 3hp of space. I don't care about resale value, these are too awesome to part with, but having 2 row of eurorack is very limiting...

Don't worry, they are private.

?? why ? ---- i hope all these doepfer units you cut 1hp off are private

had cut 1 HP off from some doepfers. more free space

That was it! I had "Assembled Only" selected somehow! I couldn't even search the double that I had uploaded!! :) Cheers

oh! I am craving this! how is rev.2 coming along?

Hey Ginko,
ModularGrid has an advanced search now where you can define to exclude DIY modules. Probably somethings wrong with your default settings. Try to click reset or click on the Show advanced search options link in the search form.

I can follow your link to the Mikrophonie but not having a lot of luck otherwise, I have had the problem with a couple of other modules like the Nonlinearcircuits bits, they are mostly on modulargrid.net but I can only get to them by google searching...

Those are in fact the exact ones I was thinking about. Good on you for getting them on here so I can dream! I thought you might be involved in Ciat-Lonbarde somehow. Sorry for the confusion on my part.

They aren't mine - I'm guessing you mean the Fourses, Sprott, Swoops and Denum? They are Ciat-Lonbarde modules!! I uploaded them because no one else did :) They are a bit overdue now though right!!

Weird. I just searched and it came up, and it's listed under Thonk too. Wish I could do more to help you out Ginko. And, I'm really excited for your euro modules to be released!

In fact, when I search it, it still doesn't appear for me, and it doesn't appear under Thonk as a manufacturer. Any idea why that is?

Woops, sorry I searched a number of times for the Mikrophonie but somehow missed it, so I just uploaded it myself. Can I delete it?

the 3 expanders are listed under pulplogic
- this way you can choose what expanders you want to add to your volca beats -
cheers

Yes, flagged as private.

Isn't this a duplicate of this entry in the DB: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/thonk-mikrophonie ?

Thanks solitud! :) Didn't think as far as to look in my user prefs for this, doh.

I am planning a first basic Rack to get into the usage of a eurorack step by step. I want to send voltage from a microbrute and use this first setting to get into patchings etc. So the first modules should not be too complicated, but they should be of good quality to work with them as a basic later on as well, when I add other modules step by step. Do these modules fit their purpose or should I replace any of them by a module from another Company? Fell free to give suggestions.

We have sorted this out. The module didn't show up in the search results but on papernoises profile page.
That was not a bug but an intended behavior, because private and duplicate modules historically share the same tag.
Nevertheless I have uploaded a patch where private/duplicate modules are hidden on users profile pages now.
Also private module pages have received a robot noindex meta tag to exclude them from search engines.

As long as private modules are not assigned to public racks they should be pretty much stealthy now.
You can still link to them so we are not talking about bulletproof protection, though.

Hm, the private tagging was always one of the more reliable features on MG and I can not see a problem now.
When I am searching for the modules name I can not find anything. As expected.
Also nothing leaked to Google.

Be careful: if people visit your public rack with the private module assigned they can see the private module. This is intended and not a bug.
So for now there is not much I can do else than keep an eye on the issue. And to recommend not to upload top secret modules. Sorry.

Darn! You mean we almost saw a couple of the new Mutable designs!?

I think I've found a bug. I had uploaded a module I wanted to be secret but then a friend wrote me telling me that it had shown up in his search results.
I've then changed the name and panel image, but here's the links:
http://www.modulargrid.net/e/mutable-instruments-mystery-sh3
http://www.modulargrid.net/e/mutable-instruments-mystery-str

SSL/Https Encoding

I implemented https a while ago and wanted to test the site in deep before announcing it. But Google was faster and redirects directly to https if you coming from their search.
So, yeah, it should work in general.
Your browser will show the "broken lock" on some pages where content is included from the non-secure CDN server, though.
Regardless, you are save to login with your password from dubious Bangkok WLAN spots when in urge to check for latest modules on your holiday vacation.

The text input field of the module browser formerly only searched in the module name and description.
Now it also searches for manufacturer names.
This should help to prevent the upload of duplicates because several users reported "module didn't show up in the search".

Only private modules you uploaded yourself will show up in YOUR search result.
If you see private modules of other users in your search result you have found a bug. Please report.

Click Me: your_username in top navigation.
Under the list of your racks is the list of your uploaded modules. Click the delete button.
This works only if the module is not assigned to other racks...

It did work now!
BTW. how come that modules set to "private" still show up in search results? What's the point in setting them to "private" if they are still public?