r/eurorack

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I'm fairly new to all this, I've been playing around in VCV for a while and I think I'm ready for the plunge. But I'm lost in the world of possibilities. The sequencer is the star of what I'm trying to build as my first rack, I really love the idea of happy accidents with sequencers, so I tried to get a piece together some basic voices around it, with the A-145 to give me some options on modulation.

I also have a Behringer Pro-800 for another voice, although now I regret not going at least semi-modular with the synth, but heh.

My workflow in the beginning would be basically looping and recording over layers (audio to daw).

So, is this a good starting point, are there any glaring issues I didn't consider / could I be better served by some other obvious combination for what I'm trying to achieve (while also keeping the price down, because it's a big investment to make all at once). Thanks!

Hi,

I'm fairly new in the eurorack world, I'm a guitarist and I have a pedal with 10 CV (-5/+5) (Glou-glou's Flancher 5), I want to get my Daw to send CV, so I searched the net and found Midi to CV modules. Now, I have little to no idea what to choose outside of the obviously non negatively reviewed ones.

If anyone in the know could guide me (preference for non-chinese stuff like Behringer)...

Thank you.

Lots of people seem to really love the nerdseq.
Can you tell me why?

I’m interested in sequencers as playable devices. Things that can improve compositional workflow.

Thinking about what to buy next.

Many thanks Nerdseq lovers and anyone else that has a sequencer with an easy to use, intuitive and powerful workflow. Would love to hear about your favourites. 🙏

Was chatting yesterday about gear. It dawned on me a lot of modular users are very strict about their approach and only use modules.

Do any of you keep a non modular poly synth around for chords and pads?

What are you using to complement your mono rack?

I have several I use with my modular gear: Korg Poly800, Sonicware Liven 8 bit warps, and an old Ensoniq sampler.

Gravity that Binds

I was listening to the track and noticed that the filter only opens at certain moments.

Does anyone know more about how this works? How would you build something like this?

This question was spurned by a particularly cool patch I "discovered" last night while playing around with some lesser-used modules of mine.

I think we all know by now that the multimod can also process audio, and while it's a pretty cool party trick, wtf do you do with eight audio outputs? I realized that you could make a pretty killer supersaw with running a basic plaits saw wave into multimod, but then started aimlessly patching into all my fx when I had a Eureka moment.

I already owned a module that was perfect for this exact thing; the Soundstage V2. When you patch all the detuned saw waves into the 10 or so spatial inputs on the Soundstage, you get this absolutely MASSIVE supersaw that sounds like its coming from all around you.

And even better than that, it has an fx send and return! So I had all eight detuned saw waves fed into a stereo wavefolder/filter (the new SSG one), and was grinning so hard as I made some of the filthiest patches I've ever tinkered with. Then I tried it with the pulsar synth on the disting NT, and the result was even heavier! Since the time input on multimod tracks v/oct, you can even seamlessly pitch up to a fifths or octaves supersaw.

Sorry if this is an overly specific topic, but I figured some others out there must have made some cool connections like this.

I've been through so many iterations of my recording, at home, hybrid setup and my live setup. I'm looking to see what others are doing to see if I can get any ideas, but I'll share my journey here...

I started with the SSF Vortices, when I barely had any modules compared to what I have now. I still have one, the OG with the saturation. I use it as a submixer for drums currently. I had an ES9 at one point and used that extensively with a MIDI controller but I sold it to fund getting the ES10 and the Ableton Push I talk about below.

I have a WMD Performance Mixer mk2 which I beta tested for so I've had it for quite a while now. It is the heart of my setup, and I've struggled with using it live and getting spoiled by my use of it in the studio lol. It's just a little too big to comfortably sit in my live case, and until I can afford TWO of them, it's a huge pain in the ass moving it from the at-home hybrid setup to my live case.

The WMD PMmk2 usually sits at home in a 104hp PODx coupled with 2x DB25 expanders into a Motu 24ai to record multitracked into the DAW. I also have the PM Channels expander for 4 extra stereo channels and they are hooked into the DB25's. So I have direct post or pre fader inputs from each separate channel. I also have a feed from the main outs of the PM so I can use the Returns expander and practice my live set going out to a stereo pair.

In my live setup, 104hp Intellijel Performance Case, I use an Ableton Push 3 and ES10 to interface with the modular. I mostly control the levels on the Push, so that has solved needing to move the mixer back and forth into the case. Still, I miss having that hands-on control.

I have thought about just integrating the PM Channels expander (which can run on its own without the main unit) into my live case with the Returns expander. Unfortunately, I have a pre-production unit from beta testing that doesn't have the connection to put the Returns expander on it.

Any thoughts? I am blessed to have enough of this stuff for this to be a problem, but I am constantly trying to figure out better ways to manage these two setups. Any thoughts or ideas, or sharing of your own setup, is appreciated!

Just trying to get this sub more discussion oriented as opposed to *the other place* and thought this would be a good topic to start.

For me, I did reporting for Clemson news radio back in like 2013 where I would write up lil articles on concerts I went to and post them on our website. I have loved Asheville for ages, so of course when a chance to go there for something called moogfest appeared, I jumped at it.

I distinctly remember my first interaction was with a make noise employee showing off their shared system. Musically I thought it sounded pretty bad, but man the hieroglyphic looking design of that thing intrigued me so much. But I was a broke college student so I laughed it off as some weird music tech for nerds and went to some other concerts without considering a purchase.

Fast forward like 6 years, and by chance I happened to stumble upon the Moog store upon another trip to Asheville. I instantly recognized thst esoteric wall of computer things as the same thing I saw at moogfest and asked a million questions to the employees there.

I tried making my own noises on the wall, and hardly anything worked. The only thing I was able to get a cool sound out of was some random vco into the mutable warps. I only had enough money for one​, and I was absolutely smitten by the colorful light ring on the warps, so my first module stupidly enough was something that couldn't make sound (i also bougjt a 4ms pod that day). But I didnt care about making my own sounds because putting a radio through that thing was addicting by itself. I saved sample pack after sample pack of random noises into warps before I ever got a second module.

Curious to hear other's stories too.

Hi everybody.

I have a circuit monostation (with clock, gate, note cv and aux cv outputs) and i would like to have a small modular setup, focused on rhythmic sound design. I would like to have a synth voice of course but i am mostly interested in something that i can control with my sequencer that can modulate the synth voice and have a movement of its own, in other word i am not interested in sequencing directly the synth voice, i want to sequence and control a modulator tha will have its own motion, that is related to my master clock and sequence, but also independent, and with that control the sound source and its timbre. What are your suggestions? So far i am interested in the frap tools Falistri, that as a first module would be also possible to use at audio rate as a sound source.

I hope i was clear enough. Thanks!

ALA bartender vs Bored Brain Xcelon

Apart from the obvious price differences, are there any benefits/drawbacks from choosing one over the other?

All thoughts/advice greatly accepted

I’m upgrading my setup from the NiftyCase that has two channels of built in MIDI to CV and gate. But I’m on a very tight budget. The cost of a new case alone is taking a big bite out of my budget.

I have three oscillators that I play and sequence using MIDI (right now only two at a time using the two NiftyCase MIDI channels). I was initially considering purchasing the HexInverter Mutant Brain which would cover all the MIDI to CV capabilities I’d ever need at the cost of around $240.

However, I just started considering purchasing three Behringer CM1As instead and MIDI chaining them all at a cost of around $130 total. Since I’m getting a new case, I’ve got plenty of real estate.

Just wanted some people/ advice on this. The budgeting is quite important to me, but I don’t want to screw myself over in the long run. Thoughts?

I have two meanwell power supplies. The ground on the two meanwell power supplies is connected to the ground on the bus-board. These are considered floating grounds i believe.
Now that leaves the ground coming from the 120v wall outlet. What should that ground be connected to, the eurorack case ONLY correct?
Thanks in advance.