Can we talk about modular synths?

Strange Tales · Post by **Strange Tales** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 10:15 am

Fuck I read more about it. Now it's on my list as well.

D.o.S. · Post by **D.o.S.** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:03 am

right?

oscillateur · Post by **oscillateur** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:37 am

The editor only works on OSX though. Which sucks.

D.o.S. · Post by **D.o.S.** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 11:08 am

You may have just saved me a bunch of money, though.

Strange Tales · Post by **Strange Tales** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 11:12 am

Oscillateur, Douser of Gas

Thanks for the heads up though, definitely saved me a lot of future headache.

oscillateur · Post by **oscillateur** » Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:41 am

Hahah, I was quite interested in this one too, that's why I know

popvulture · Post by **popvulture** » Thu Jul 07, 2016 11:59 am

Strange Tales wrote:Oscillateur, Douser of Gas

Hahahahaha

That thing looks super killer, indeed. Man I'm intrigued now...

Speaking of GAS, I came by here with the unfortunate intention of rekindling my interest in starting a small modular setup. I know it's a fucking rabbit hole that's going to torture me endlessly, but I can't seem to stay away.

Two things have caught my eye: first, the Intellijel Atlantis. I'm into it because it seems like an awesome all-in-one to get started with, plus I love the idea of it being a more versatile SH-101. The second thing that's caught my attention is the Make Noise Erbe-Verb... I just really dig the way that thing sounds from the videos I've watched, seems like something really fun to play with. Plus it seems like it'd be fun as shit to run other things through it.

The Intellijel racks with the extra 1U row at the top for their utility modules seem pretty rad, too. Curious if anyone has any experience with these.

As for my approach, I'm coming to this definitely from more of an east coast, melodic standpoint, probably will be using it for bass and lead parts. Definitely some droney, weirdo noisy funs, but that'd be secondary.

Anything else I should be checking out in this realm of starter-kit type of thing? I figure if I get this, I could then start to add other stuff—other oscillators, envelopes, VCAs etc later on.

Inconuucl · Post by **Inconuucl** » Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:07 pm

I'm waiting for Erica to make a whole Pico System.

nevada · Post by **nevada** » Thu Jul 07, 2016 7:23 pm

popvulture wrote:The Intellijel racks with the extra 1U row at the top for their utility modules seem pretty rad, too. Curious if anyone has any experience with these.

Getting ready to sell one of these. They're totally tank built. Can def recommend it!

popvulture · Post by **popvulture** » Thu Jul 07, 2016 7:34 pm

Inconuucl wrote:I'm waiting for Erica to make a whole Pico System.

Those Erica modules look really nice. I feel like one of the most annoying/frustrating things about Eurorack is that the modules often have cramped and/or cheap knobs. The Erica ones look much sturdier and I suppose tactile. TACTILE KNOBS. Are they pretty awesome sound-wise? Tell me some stuff.

Warpsmasher · Post by **Warpsmasher** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 8:53 am

Pico Drums is supposed to have a nice full hi-fi sound, which is exactly what I was waiting for in modules of this type. I'd rather have the option to load it with some lo-fi samples than not have a choice.
I've got the Drums, Seq and Trigg preordered, just waiting for them to ship. This will fill the last 9 HP in my 12u, then it's on to the next rack.

fever606 · Post by **fever606** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:43 pm

If anyone's interested, Super Sloth and CV Pal in BST...

BeatStep Pro beat out the iPad/CVPal combo and does a shedload more...

popvulture · Post by **popvulture** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:38 pm

fever606 wrote:BeatStep Pro beat out the iPad/CVPal combo and does a shedload more...

I fucking love my BSP. Haven't had a chance to use it over CV yet, but man... midi wise it rules.

oscillateur · Post by **oscillateur** » Sat Jul 09, 2016 11:05 am

popvulture wrote:The Intellijel racks with the extra 1U row at the top for their utility modules seem pretty rad, too. Curious if anyone has any experience with these.

I've got one of the 7U cases, it's great.
Only caveats : it scratches easily but Intellijel are working on a neoprene softcase type thing for it, and 20 power connectors might not be enough if you're like me and like 3-4 HP modules. I added a 4ms bus stick and now I have 33 connectors (the ones on the bus stick do not get the benefits of the star grounding like the other connectors from the Intellijel bus, though).

Apart from that, really nice looking case, with an excellent power supply and super light... Really nice form factor.

oscillateur · Post by **oscillateur** » Sat Jul 09, 2016 11:08 am

popvulture wrote:
Inconuucl wrote:I'm waiting for Erica to make a whole Pico System.
Those Erica modules look really nice. I feel like one of the most annoying/frustrating things about Eurorack is that the modules often have cramped and/or cheap knobs. The Erica ones look much sturdier and I suppose tactile. TACTILE KNOBS. Are they pretty awesome sound-wise? Tell me some stuff.

I've had a couple of Erica Pico modules for a few weeks (Sequencer and VCO), and they're very easy to use despite the high feature-to-HP ratio. Very well designed modules. I'm planning on getting at least 3 others (including two not-yet announced that I saw at the TFoM, and one of these will be in many, many racks I think).

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