Thanks to YOU Garfield, you do an incredible, if not crazy job at your site! thank you for that.

-- -ADR-

Thank you ADR :-) Be aware that you do a fantastic job with all your demo video's!

Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Adr,

Great demo! Thanks a lot for demoing your Timiszoara to us :-)

I am saving money for the Starlab so this module and the mentioned FX Aid by Sebastopol have to wait ;-)

Thanks a lot for your video/sound demo, have a good weekend and kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Klodifokan,

Good point, thanks, will check out the 4ms website and glad to hear that they mention it there. Sometimes such information is hidden somewhere in a corner of a manual, if at all.

Will edit/update the above post. Kind regards, Garfield.

Edit: Removed typo.

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Hi Klodifokan,

Thanks a lot for your additional list :-) I had a look at the available pictures of the PCBs of your mentioned 4ms modules. The pictures are either to unclear or I just can't find it (hence the reason why I didn't mention it), so I will rely here on your information :-)

How about the RCD expander module? And the SCM expander module? --> these are not using +5 V
Are you sure about the SWN (Spherical Wavetable Navigator) and the PEG (Pingable Envelope Generator)? I couldn't find any applicable jumper on those PCBs.

I have updated the table accordingly:

Manufacturer Module +5 V usage Comments
4ms QCD Expander can use +5 V
4ms Quad Clock Distributor (QCD) can use +5 V
4ms Quad Pingable LFO can use +5 V sold out
4ms Rotating Clock Divider (RCD) can use +5 V
4ms Shuffling Clock Multiplier (SCM) can use +5 V
4ms Spectral Multiband Resonator (SMR) can use +5 V
4ms VCAMatrix can use +5 V
Bizmuth Bizmuth must use +5 V
Klavis Quadigy must use +5 V
Mordax Data can use +5 V
Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas Alter (BIA) can use +5 V
Tesseract Sweet Sixteen can use +5 V
vpme.de Euclidean Circles v2 must use +5 V

Anyone who has experience with Markdown who can help me with the table setup? Why it doesn't work, I am following the Markdown syntax but it seems not to work.

Please feel free to mention further modules that must use or can use + 5 V as long as they are still available (or for the famous ones those who just were sold out, are still all right to mention too).

Thank you very much in advance and kind regards, Garfield.

Edit: Added the Euclidean Circles as mentioned by Justarandomgeek, our posts crossed each other :-)
Edit2: The expander modules, as mentioned above, don't use +5 V, updated accordingly.

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Hi klodifokan, All,

Thanks a lot for the confirmation. So the list I have so far (I added myself one module as well the Bizmuth, that one must use +5 V, no jumper), is like this:

4ms Rotating Clock Divider (RCD) can use +5 V
4ms Spectral Multiband Resonator (SMR) can use +5 V
Bizmuth Bizmuth must use +5 V
Klavis Quadigy must use +5 V
Mordax Data can use +5 V
Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas Alter (BIA) can use +5 V
Tesseract Sweet Sixteen can use +5 V

Then there is the Quad Clock Distributor (QCD) from 4ms but I can't see from the pictures if it really has a jumper or not, it's a bit unclear, anyone who can clarify this matter who owns this module and check it out?

Anyone else who knows about a module (not those very old ones that uses +5 V) that is rather recent and preferable still available for sales, please let us know and I will add them to the list :-)

Thank you very much in advance and kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Klodifokan,

Great, thanks a lot for the additional modules :-)

By the way, are you sure the Klavis Quadigy can let the user decide (by a jumper on the PCB for example) if he/she wants to let the module use the +5 V or not? I can't see any jumper on that PCB from the pictures online. Or does this module always uses the +5 V?

Here in Germany we don't have a dealer for Tesseract. Can that one be changed by the user or is it also always using the +5 V?

Thanks a lot in advance and kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Informationsource, All,

Thanks a lot for those 3 modules with the +5 V usage possibility. If you know of any other modules, please add :-) Or if anyone else knows about modules that have this possibility, please let us know here in this post.

Thanks a lot and kind regards, Garfield.

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All right, all right! I have added the Donner B1 on my wish list :-)

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Hi Lugia,

Ha, ha, sounds like you are having lots of fun with your Donner B1 :-) From what I can see and read from your experience report, is that this is seriously interesting!

Well... at the other side of the ocean we will wait "patiently" till it becomes available here at the regular dealers, let's see. I can't wait to have it tested at my local dealer :-)

Thanks a lot for the interesting news, have fun with your B1 and kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Wishbonebrewery,

Interesting track! Did you use your brewery for an input signal? It sounds a bit like that. Great experimental sounds, for example around 19:00, it gives me goose bumps :-)

Glad to see your cat again who seems to be still very interested in your rack, is it? :-) Does he/she actually likes the music? Or is it rather curiosity?

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

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Hi ADR, All,

Thanks a lot for that link, good to know it's coming! ...And now it's waiting till it becomes available ;-)

Kind regards, Garfield.

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-- if you do get to a format that is faster for you to complete, how about spending dedicated chunk of time trying to cover the more interesting modules available in one segment (e.g. sequencers, complex oscillators, etc.)? Then your detailed work would basically line up with and support a bunch of the summary findings given in lists like Doudoroff's (https://doudoroff.com/sequencers/). And after you cover one "cluster" of interesting modules, then you could move to a next interesting cluster. If out of ~8000 modules there are 10-20 interesting subgroups and you cover 5-10 most interesting modules in a group, then its
Feel free to use or ignore any of my comments above. I hope at least some of this is helpful to you!
-- nickgreenberg

Hi Nickgreenberg, All,

It took me a while but I since a while I am following up on your above mentioned idea. I am not following it up for 100% but as good as possible though. The way how I follow up on your idea is that I take a bunch of modules with the same functionality that I review and then move on to the next functionality. I finished multiples and VCAs for the moment, till I get perhaps another interesting multiple or VCA and moving on now to the next functionality, which is audio interface modules.

I have made "comparison" tables of functionality as well as tables where parameters & characteristics used in the review reports have been "bundled" in tables to compare the modules against each other from different angles and aspects. I have collect all those tables and reflected them in one PDF that's downloadable from my website in the "Other documents" tab, it's called "Review_reports_tables_20220508" whereby the date indicates the version or latest update. Here is the link to that:

https://garfieldmodular.net/index.php/other-documents/

Thanks a lot for your feedback that I finally managed to use in my updated way of reviewing the reports :-) Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Tunç,

Great video effects! Your music sounds interesting, reminds me a bit of a modern version of the Sisters Of Mercy :-)

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

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Thread: Live jam

Hi Sacguy71,

Ah yes, the Quad Switch, lovely module indeed, I got that one too! Kind regards, Garfield.

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Thread: Live jam

Hi Sacguy71,

Quite some while haven't heard or seen from you, nice to hear your jam and to see your video. It's nice to watch your new studio that is growing very well it seems :-)

Just in a flash of a second I saw you got a Hikari module too?! :-) Which one is that? Do you like it?

Nice work and thanks a lot for sharing this with us! Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi All,

Yeah that article on Synth Anatomy says it all :-( Thank you Jtunes_ia for sharing that with us.

Well of course for a few more years one can buy Mutable Instrument modules on the second hand market and some companies might even start to make some of MI-modules in their way (that already happens), since it's all open source but that doesn't really solve the issue here...

The fact is that if soon Mutable Instruments doesn't exist any more, is that we are going to miss that special way that Emilie had of thinking of new modules and how to use them. For me, Mutable Instruments, is one of those few interesting brands that have a slightly different approach. It's not really your daily common straight forward to use module, say like a Doepfer. With Doepfer, for example, an LFO is "just" an LFO. I am not saying that that's bad, no not at all, I actually like that, hence I am quite a Doepfer fan. However Mutable Instruments gives us that extra humph, those extra interesting "bits" to modules and that typical Mutable Instruments' way of approaching Eurorack modules that no other brand can or does like Mutable Instrument does.

Make Noise reminds me a bit of that but it's still different.

So, sure, for a while don't worry, on the 2nd hand market you still can buy Mutable Instruments modules but the saddest part of this news that Mutable Instruments will stop to exist is that there will be no longer new interesting modules coming on the market with that kind of "interesting way of creating a Eurorack module" like Mutable Instruments did.

I am not even saying that Mutable Instruments is the best Eurorack brand in the world, no I don't think so, but that funny and bit weird angle of looking at it and creating new modules, that's what I am going to miss if Emilie leaves us here in the dark ;-)

Mutable Instruments and Emilie will leave me with that as bitter-sweet memories.

A very big thank you to Emilie (if she's member here, I don't know) for those modules you have made so far and enlighten us with. Sorry to hear that you will leave our Eurorack synthesizer "world" but of course I wish you all the best in the future, whatever your plans will be.

In honour and with huge respect, Garfield Modular.

Edit: Removed typo.

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yeah... sigh...

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That would be seriously bad news :-(

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Ha, ha!

How about that "screaming stuff" from Touell Skouarn?

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As for the "Soul", though...I was intrigued until I saw what they were touting as "prototypes", which just look ugly and ungainly...no fun to play!

-- Lugia

Actually the same I was thinking about the Soul, it looks to me that I will not be interested in it. That Prophet VS oscillator though, that indeed might become an interesting module, however I want to have it tested at my dealer first before I think about buying it.

Okay and indeed regarding the BCR32, we have to be patience again to see when it becomes available and if indeed, if it's really that great as we hope it's going to be :-) Well, let's see...

That leads me to your already mentioned conclusion about the huge number of B.'s "teasers" the recent weeks/months and wondering how much of it ever will be produced and released on the market, besides the next important question... when will it be available? To me, this becomes a rather "irritating" experience getting to know about those "teasers" but nothing much else than that...

Again, anyway, let's see... Thanks a lot for your opinion & feedback and kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi TumeniKnobs,

Sounds indeed that the Summit is almost a kind of "must-have" poly-synth :-) Thanks a lot for your feedback. I need to go back to my local dealer and test it yet again, somehow I have the feeling that it only would confirm to take the Summit ;-)

I hope to listen soon again to beautiful music from you and kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Avesta,

Besides what Lugia already recommended, I can recommend the Hikari Instruments - Triple AD, it's a snappy triple AD that I love to use, it never disappoints me and it's not too bulky.

Regarding VCAs, my all-time winner is the Waldorf - DVCA1, it's large yes, but it's a great dual VCA that can do linear or exponential VCA characteristic, or... and that's what I love it for... mix both characteristics. It's getting sold out however those dealers that still sell them, you mind find very interesting and affordable special offers for this DVCA1.

If that's all too bulky for you then consider the Tallin from Xaoc Devices, that's a nice dual VCA too and has a much smaller footprint. Or take an affordable Doepfer VCA, they are, considering the reasonable price, good too!

For the VCAs, all mentioned examples and a few more, I have made review reports about that in PDF format that are downloadable from my website, see below my signature for the link.

Good luck in choosing a nice EG and a nice VCA :-) Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Lugia, All,

Are you specifically referring to Behringer Eurorack module Victor with its oscillator based on the Behringer Pro VS Soul? That might be indeed interesting if that's what you mean :-) How about the Pro VS Soul itself then? For me it's a bit too "mini". Let's hope Behringer comes with the real Prophet VS :-D I am just watching a video of the Prophet VS, interesting that the cut off comes as a slider and not as a knob...

Since we are mentioning here anyway that B-word, how about the upcoming Proton, Kobol, Kobol Expander, DS-80 and Pro-16? All quite interesting though the Pro-16 is a copy of a still existing Sequential Prophet 5 synthesizer, so I don't feel too happy about that one. Still interesting one but from a... how to say this...? From a human-respect-point of view not so nice but then again... let's not start that discussion again ;-)

Behringer announced lately tons of new synths, I think the above ones are the summarised interesting ones, well at least that's how I see it :-)

Edit: Whoops, I forgot to mention the VCS 3, interesting too!

I remember you mentioned in another post about the BCR32, you recommended it highly, then if I remember correctly (so please do correct me if I am wrong) you mentioned that it will not be released, however I heard (okay, rather rumours) that Behringer will continue with that, so that's yet another interesting one!

Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi TumeniKnobs,

Wow, almost one hour of great music from you! The pictures of NASA are amazing indeed, your music fits very well together with those images. You are hyper spacing me away from earth, I am wondering were I will end up ;-)

Let's hope so far in space I can keep the earthy Internet connection, while getting hyper spaced further away by your music, I will continue listening to your amazing music and watching those indeed beautiful and amazing NASA pictures.

Just wanted to click the submit button when I realise and read that you have a Novation Summit. I am seriously thinking of that synth too, not sure if I can make it this year or if it will be on my shopping list for next year but I am very interested in the Summit! How is your experience so far with it? Is it worth it, or would be one Peak enough? :-)

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

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Hello Igor,

It's good to hear from you again. So sorry about the terrible situation in your home country :-(

Your music, as always, is very enjoyable and it's nice to see you playing live!

Let's hope for a soon peaceful ending of the war in your country and thanks a lot for this contribution. Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi TumeniKnobs,

That's a beautiful piece of work. The music is nice and relaxing and then "suddenly" it stopped. I thought: "What happened?" Your track finished already. I thought it was only a few minutes but now I realise it's 21 minutes :-)

Lovely done and I hope you produce more of this peaceful music! Thank you very much for that and kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Everyone,

I have added some more free downloadable review reports of Eurorack modules in PDF format on my website, please refer below my signature for the link:

ACL: Multi II
ADDAC: 200b Buffered Multiples
Doepfer: A-106-5 SEM filter, A-110-1 VCO, A-124 Wasp filter, A-130-1 Linear VCA, A-131-1 Exp. VCA, A-140-1 ADSR, A-145-1 LFO and A-180-3 Dual Buffered Multiple
Erica Synths: Black 8 Mult, Pico Multi v1.2, Pico Switch and Black VCA v2
Frequency Central: Dual XVCA
Hikari Instruments: Quad Switch
Intellijel: Audio I/O
Make Noise: Multiple and STO
Patching Panda: Punch v1
Waldorf: DVCA1
Xaoc Devices: Tallin and Warna II

Quick guide: Read chapter 2, that's all you need to know if you suffer from TL;DR symptoms ;-) Or read the entire report if you don't. For those who want more detailed information on the parameters and characteristics used in these review reports you can go to my website and at the top right click on "Other documents" then click on the latest Review_report_appendices_version link to download the Appendices, the Glossary and the Change Log that goes with the above mentioned review report.

Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Philippepad,

I had the Doepfer A-190-5 and it disappointed me and you might notice that I usually like (or rather love) Doepfer modules, I am quite a fan of Doepfer modules. The exception are those A-190-x modules though, I didn't like to work with the A-190-5, not very logical, menu-diving and the lot and worst of all no manual available.

So I took the Vermona - qMI2 module instead, also 4 MIDI channels module and I love the module for it's simplicity in usage, it just does what it needs to do. I can recommend the qMI2 module instead of a Doepfer A-190-x module.

Depending on what you want to do with your computer towards your modular system, you might want to have a look into Expert Sleepers modules if you need more than that recommended qMI2 module can do.

Good luck with the search for a good MIDI module and kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Funbun,

Great video and nicely "guided" with your synth music :-)

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

Edit: Removed typo.

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Hi Gumbo23,

Nice to hear from you again! Fantastic, a complete album! Nice work and I love the cover you made :-)

The music is peacefully and very enjoyable. After this feedback I will continue listening at it, let's see to which planet you can hyperspace me ;-)

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

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Hi Warmofada,

I agree with Plragde about "wrong" questions, they don't exist! Only wrong answers might exist, so my apologies to you if this is a "wrong" answer ;-). Therefore don't worry, that's why there is this forum :-) So "shoot" your questions at us, we try our best to respond and you are welcome :-)

Still, I like to stress out the importance of testing as many as possible modules in Perfect Circuit, then if you are hesitating about module A, B or C (just an example) then of course you can ask their help to advise you, however test first, it gives you a much better understanding of each module that you might consider.

Good luck with this modular adventure, it sounds pretty exciting what you are sharing here with us. Besides all the excitement, I wish you good luck and lots of modular fun, welcome to modular synthesizers, one of the best inventions :-) Enjoy your first abroad travel, I hope it will be a good memory for you in the future! Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Smashburn,

I agree here with Jim for almost 100%, that 1% I don't agree is that you should still buy that large Eurorack case, the HP space you are going to need sooner or later anyway ;-)

But yes, putting all those Moogs in a large Eurorack not sure if that's financially a great choice. Or was this just for fun? Some more background information on "this project" might be useful :-)

Have fun with your Moogs and perhaps consider a separate Eurorack case for some nice Eurorack modules. Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Warmofada,

Sorry to hear that the availability of Eurorack modules is such an issue for you, where you live, though Plragde is right that every where the availability of items is getting an issue.

I know you mentioned your available budget of 1 till 1.5k (which is a bit too less by the way for Eurorack), I still would like to advise you to go at least for a 3 row-rack casing if you didn't bought the casing yet, rather buy a larger rack with a fewer modules to start with than when in the near future you realise that you need more HP space, which will happen, guaranteed! ;-)

It's very difficult to advise on which modules you should take. You are totally right, the current choice of modules, though huge, it's crazy, it's close to impossible to have a good view of what is on the market and what fits one wishes, requirements, not even mentioning to make a "good" (what is good?) choice out of such a huge assortment of possible modules. I made myself a list of about 2500 modules over the last 3 years or so to try to stay focused on what I feel is kind of interesting, 2500 modules! That's crazy... out of that list of 2500 I feel it's a nightmare to make the right choice, so sometimes if I am too lazy to choose between two modules, I just take them both ;-) Then still 2498 modules left to choose from the next time... however every year so many new modules are produced that one year later there are 2698 modules to choose from, etcetera...

Here in modulargrid.net are currently a little 9700 modules listed, that's even crazier! ;-)

What I miss from your above explanation (but I might have overlooked it, so please do forgive me if I did) are filters... did you consider one or two nice filters? Well, go at least for two filters, one is just a bit too meagre, minimum is two I would say. Look into Doepfer filters they are affordable and can sound pretty well, how about that SEM filter A-106-5 which is a bit milder filter than the Wasp filter A-124, both filters are great and you can find my review report about them on my website (see link below my signature). If you allow yourself a bit more expensive filter module then consider the Erica Synths - Black Dual VCF, a serious great dual filter that can be either used in series or in parallel. There are so many filters, I can't all discuss them here :-)

Don't buy too many modules in one shot though. You need to build up experience, that costs time and once you gained some experience you will see that here and there you start to adjust your view on certain modules and that your requirements might shift a bit. I understand you are a bit limited to your shopping possibilities but still try to keep that a bit in mind.

If you go and visit one or more modular shops in the USA, then try to test as many as possible modules in those shops. Don't only buy them, testing them is so much more important to give you that first instant feeling about a module, how the user interface is, how it sounds, your first impressions are pretty important before you should buy a module. So test as many as possible modules even if you are not going to buy them, that's fine, keep testing till they close the shop or till you have to take your plane back home. Then when you come back home and start to save money again for the next batch of modules then you took valuable test experience with you that you can then use to decide for the second batch of modules what you might want to buy.

By the way, do you know the brand EMW from Brazil? Not sure if you live nearby Brazil or perhaps even in Brazil? Then perhaps, those modules might be easier for you to buy. If you don't know EMW yet, check them out, it's a Brazilian modular manufacturer who makes reasonable Eurorack modules. I consider them the kind of South-American-Doepfer :-) I have a few modules from them but it's a bit difficult to get them here in Germany. I still try to get a filter and a VCO from them.

Besides testing as many as possible modules as you can, the second best advice is to buy a bigger case if you haven't bought that yet.

Good luck, enjoy your time in the USA and enjoy the modular time in those shops :-) Kind regards, Garfield.

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Instruo's description to me sounds like they're all on a independent frequencies but you cannot change the ratio between them. So if one is 100Hz and the next 120Hz, if you go down one octave it'll be 50Hz and 60Hz.
-- Arrandan

Hi Arrandan,

Indeed, nicely summarised :-)

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Hi Jorge,

I guess that's it indeed: a semantic thing :-) And as it seems this might be for each of us a slightly bit different ;-) Fair enough.

I use the Øchd in rather large and complicated patches where I need lots of modulation (and have a lack on LFOs) then I like to use the Øchd and where it's not too obvious when I turn that one knob that all behave the same but as a listener you still notice a difference.

Indeed for 4 HP the Øchd offers pretty much.

Anyway, I wish you lots of fun with Øchd and have fun patching around with your modular system, modular synths are the best there is ;-) Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Wishbonebrewery,

Great track and a beautiful show case of the STO :-) I love my STO and it looks like you get very well along with the STO too!

That sound that kicks in just before 09:00, wow, I love that sound, very cool :-)

Great work here and thanks a lot for sharing with us. Kind regards, Garfield.

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From the description on Instruō's website: "Each independent core is free running with rates configured from fastest to slowest arranged from top to bottom. Each frequency range was tuned by ear during development to give the optimum spread of control frequencies running in parallel. Being 100% analogue, the LFO’s will phase organically with the ability to ebb and flow together with their global frequency control."

-- jletra

Hi Jletra,

Okay perhaps I explained it a bit wrong and you might be right about the above part description. My point however is that you don't have really 8 independent LFOs. Okay they might be "free running" but what is free running in this context? There is just one button for all 8 LFOs to speed them up or to slow them down. If you want to call that free running... okay... however that's not what I understand under free running or at least they are not independent from each other in such way I mean that I can't choose (just as an example), LFO 1, 2, 6 & 8 I want to increase their speed. LFO 3 & 7 should stay at their current speed and LFO 4 & 5 should go a bit slower. That's just not possible with this module, they either all 8 stay the same or all 8 go slower or all 8 go faster. That's what I meant. You might be right that they might have their own independent core but to what use is that to me if I don't want them all 8 go faster (for example)?

I hope it's clearer now. I therefore think this module is more suitable for larger setups and not so ideal for a smaller setup, but that are just my 2 cents :-) Kind regards, Garfield.

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OCHD gives 8 random LFOS for modulation.

-- jdesole

Hi Jdesole,

I don't think that's correct. I own a Øchd and yes it does provide me 8 LFO outputs but they are somehow all related to each other. You have one knob to adjust the speed of the LFO but the outputs are kind of "divided clock outputs" from each other. Or in other words, with an Øchd you don't have 8 independent LFOs, no you have in fact one LFO with eight (8) outputs. So it's great for simple LFO functionality for a large setup but for your case & casing with a rather small setup you should rather look for 2 or 4 independent LFOs (either in one or more modules).

When you get started, start with a bigger rack than you planned (you will not regret that in the near future) and start with a few major modules only, then gain some experience, learn from that and based on that new obtained experience and knowledge you then buy the next small batch of modules and repeat the same thing; in other words don't buy everything in one go.

Good luck with the planning, do some more research and reading and once you get into it, have fun with it :-) Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi TumeniKnobs,

That's a great soundtrack, wow, lovely! So creative music, it's very intriguing to listen at :-)

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

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Hey Zuggamasta,

Yes, Erica Synths makes great modules so you wouldn't regret their stuff :-) Joranalogue is a brand I haven't own any module yet but it's on my wish list too, they have some interesting modules indeed!

Good luck with finding a good/suitable module and kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Joesh,

I was at the Superbooth 2021 at the Soundforce booth and I heard a demo of the DCO (2021 version, four of them actually) in combination with the VCF/VCA 6 module (thus not the dual filter you are referring to), and that seriously sounded fantastic. I think on the Internet/YouTube you can find one or two videos about it and/or on Soundforce's website.

Sorry that I don't have any demo I can let you listen at. I consider two DCOs and that VCF/VCA 6 module, that's serious stuff indeed :-) If I ever get to that I might upload a demo of that here in the You section but I think that would take quite some time since I have planned first quite a few other things to buy before getting at this Soundforce stuff.

Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Zuggamasta,

Great to hear from you again and you got there some beautiful videos! I love the first video, fascinating that is! The third video is funny and fits quite well with the music. The music of the second video I like myself most, nicely done :-)

Did you ever consider the Erica Synths - Black Octasource? Great modulator module! It's a crazy LFO with up till 8 outputs that are phase shifted. You can do some serious crazy things with it. I think it might suite your music style and I mean that as a compliment :-)

Thanks a lot for sharing your great work with us, I hope you keep up the good work and have tons of fun with it, kind regards, Garfield.

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Thread: Get ZAQed!

Hi Lugia, All,

Well the 2600 (Blue Marvin) I got it now, very happy with it as I mentioned already elsewhere in this forum. Now I just got to know that the BCR32 is likely going to be produced. It's just a matter of a few more years now... ;-) But it seems to be coming.

I can't wait for having the BCR32 tested at my local dealer! :-D

Kind regards, Garfield.

P.S.: Don't tell me you got the BCR32 already in your studio and you were one of the first ones? ;-)

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Thread: Change Log

Hi Modulargrid,

That's great, thanks a lot for that! :-)

Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Diego,

How about an Intellijel 1U Dual VCA at 8 HP?
Or a passive LPG 1U module from Intellijel at 6 HP?

Some more modules from Intellijel at 10 HP or less: 1U FSR, 1U Headphones, 1U Line In, 1U Line Out, 1U Pedal I/O Jacks, 1U Stereo Line In Jacks, 1U Stere Out, 1U Stere Out Jacks, 1U USB Power, 1U XY IO or 1U µMIDI Jacks.

Then there are 1U modules from Mosaic (those 10 HP or less): 1U Clock, 1U Line Input, 1U Line Output, 1U Sample/Hold or 1U Tap.

Also Ritual Electronics has 1U modules that fits your 10 HP requirement: 1U - Flexibilité (audio interface), 1U - Krach (noise) and 1U - Pointeuse (switch). This guy from Ritual Electronics is completely a cool guy, I met him at the Superbooth back in 2021. He makes some real interesting modules. Check out that Altar filter module, wow! That filter can make some real great noise :-)

Ah yes, Shakmat Modular also has two 1U modules: Tessitura Tailor and Time Apprentice (clock divider).

Bad luck with the VoicAS modules they are 12 HP :-(

Anyway, I think that should be enough choice to keep you going, right? ;-) Good luck with filling up that 10 HP 1U gap, have fun with it and kind regards, Garfield Modular.

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Hi Sacguy71,

Ha, ha, sounds you guys had a lot of fun there! :-D

Kind regards, Garfield.

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Hi Reinalter,

Besides the comments of Jim, I have another point to consider (actually a lot but then this is going to be a very long feedback, so I shorten this a bit).

Why would you need 3 ALM Pamelas? Wouldn't be one enough and if those 8 outputs are not sufficient then use multiples and clock dividers (and multipliers) instead of 3 the same Pamelas? If you must insist on more than one clocking unit (why?) then consider as a second module the combination of Make Noise - Tempo and Shakmat Modular - Time Wizard a great pair of modules that go very well together.

Please check the basic synthesizer setup of: 2 (or more) oscillators, noise generator, mixer, two (or more) filters, envelopes, LFOs, VCAs, some utility modules to keep Jim happy (just joking Jim), perhaps a ring modulator as well. Start with a bit more basic modules and functionality and then expend where needed. An audio interface (as in a module that exports (and imports) Eurorack levels to Line levels) wouldn't harm either for a setup like this. Vermona Tai-4 (XLR) is a great module for that purpose or Intellijel - Audio I/O (jacks) another good example.

From the look from your rack, I have a bit the feeling that you "suffer" from the nice sexy looking modules syndrome ;-) It's nice to have a few sexy modules but better to start with the basics first.

Perhaps the main advice could be that you should start with a few modules first, gain experience with those and adjust your opinion about future planned modules and see what's the next little batch of modules you might want to add to your existing modules, again gain experience, etcetera...

The very good thing I observe is that you straight away take a monster rack or going towards that, that's good :-) But please keep some free space reserved for future needs/plans/etcetera.

Good luck with the planning and once you get into it (or did you bought everything already?), have fun with it :-) Kind regards, Garfield Modular.

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Hi Mudi,

Wow, I can see the progress, this looks more and more promising! :-) Keep up the good work!

Please keep us updated and kind regards, Garfield.

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Yes a good point and it's a pity that other manufacturers don't follow this great example, so the user can decide to use the module on a +5 V rail or only on a +12 V rail.

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Hi Funbun,

Wow another album, that's fantastic! As the music is fantastic too. Is this just me or is your music every year seriously increasing of quality? Sounds to me that your AE rack experience is increasing a lot and you provide us here with some real serious stuff. I know what I am going to do tonight... listening to your fantastic album!

Thank you very much for sharing that with us and kind regards, Garfield.

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