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Well, you can always print the screenshot by yourself?
The only one you can not print yourself is the ModularGrid poster of the 870 most popular modules, because it is not possible to create such big racks on MG.
Reasonable cost is an other thing, those services charge a lot for small series...

Just a thought?

I'd quite like a poster of my rack to stick on the wall of my bedroom studio. How about modular grid team up with a poster maker outfit and offer such a service - at a reasonable cost of course!

Pamela's settings: 20s-50s BPM
Trigger 1 (Radio reset): x2
Trigger 2 (Braids bell): x1
Trigger 3 (Disting Y): x12
Trigger 4 (Peaks 1): x1
Trigger 5 (Peaks 2): /2

Ladik C-040: https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1903381#1903381

EDITED May 23rd 2015, 15:08

i can not see patches on iPad/iphone which are on racks bigger than 5 rows. ?
-- cj3000

That is an iOS Bug, as far as I can see.

The currency for module prices seems to default automagically to USD, despite having EUR set on the user profile.
This happens quite erratically, without any particular defined pattern. Not a big thing, but you know...
-- GmbH

This Bug is known and already on my list. I thought nobody will notice that. But now I have to look into it, damn.
Also the conversion calculation is way off. It uses a hardcoded constant from times, when the Euro actually was worth anything...

The currency for module prices seems to default automagically to USD, despite having EUR set on the user profile.
This happens quite erratically, without any particular defined pattern. Not a big thing, but you know...
Keep up the amazing work Knut!
Grüße!

Based strictly on the size, I'd guess $229.

anyone think it'll exceed $200?

How much might one cost? I am still looking to get started on my first eurorack, but am quite curious

I can build one for you if you are interested. Most of what I do is one off commission work, unless there is greater interest.
You can contact me through my website if you are interested. Thank you,
www.Ninstrument.com

Anyone have any idea if this is actually gonna happen or any deets?

Look no further if you want to integrate guitar pedals (read fuzz!) or moogerfoogers into your modular. not only that, a bass or guitar can be used to trigger envelopes and gates. i have been waiting forever for something this well executed.

That's what I plan on building. I'm really new and don't know if this rack would function correctly, is there anything I'm doing wrong?

BY THE WAY you have to click the picture to see the finished version for some reason

EDITED Mar 19th 2015, 17:21

Looks amazing (as usual with MI).

WANT

I've made space for two.

Looks fantastic!

just after Bloc

so was it really this setup, it is hard to see a rene in the photo, so not sure if the other setup is accurate.

I'm guessing by the date this was modified that this is the setup used by Richard at Bloc 2015. Plus he used some other gear as seen in photos.

Tip Top Circadian Rhythm
- Cant see whats next to the tip top, but it looks like 1 or 2 more modules there.
NordDrum2
Eventide Space
Eventide ??? not sure right now, TimeFactor ? ModFactor ? PitchFactor ?

Modules are shipping now! Added an optional rear-cable routing in case you want to be able to route behind the rack.

Happy to help! :-)

Excellent Ritchie, thank you for your reply you make it much more clear for me now. :)

Actually, drum machines of that era (808, 909, Korg Electribe, etc) didn't have velocity. If you think in terms of sound design, velocity is only something you would find if you were trying to impersonate a real drum, because velocity isn't just about volume--it's about how the character of the drum sound changes depending on how hard you hit it.

The TR-909 was never intended to sound like a real drum kit, hence no velocity. However, these types of machines did have "accent" (and so does your module) in order to make the drum sound hit a little harder, usually on the first beat of each bar.

That being said, if you really want velocity, you might get something resembling velocity by patching the V/V output of your MIDI module to an envelope generator patched to a linear VCA (attenuator in this case, I would think).

The quicker and easier way to do it would be to record your drum module as audio into your DAW, just a single beat as a sample, then use your DAW's sequencer to play the sample with the patterns and velocity you're looking for.

Hello guys,

I am new to the modular world and I need some help about a question that I have. Maybe some of the audio ninjas here can enlighten me.

This is my current mini modular setup:
http://cdn.modulargrid.de/img/racks/modulargrid_164025.jpg

I am sending midi from my DAW to trigger the kicks but they all have the same velocity. Is there a way of having velocities for the kick drums?
Do I need a linear VCA like "Doepfer A-130" in order to have velocities?

Many thanks for your time..

The design has been updated significantly. We are now moving to prototyping. More details on the ishizeno.com website.

EDITED Mar 16th 2015, 22:22

What about the MFB Dual LFO? There is a reset trigger for each LFO and it's reasonably priced (I just paid $175 for mine).

Added Disting & STO this week. 12u almost full:

Some guys just need a reality check :)

Is it me or many users here are selling used modules at a higher price than stores?

I think there should be more options availbale, but the Doepfer A147 is a solid option. It's nothing super fancy, but reliable and with all the functionality you'd expect from a VCLFO...

Ascending/Descending sortability on HP. Price too, probably.

-- TidalWaveform

Good one, put that to the list.

About patching on MG:
I would like to choose what colours are used for my patch cables (not by length as of now)!
IRL, I always colour code everything, as in all colours mean something. So much easier to follow a complex patch this way, at least for me...
-- KNYST

That would be quite an effort. The patching feature is not the most used feature of MG, so not top priority...

About patching on MG:
I would like to choose what colours are used for my patch cables (not by length as of now)!
IRL, I always colour code everything, as in all colours mean something. So much easier to follow a complex patch this way, at least for me...

Ascending/Descending sortability on HP. Price too, probably.

Hi Skimmo, thanks for your reply
I've already the A108 and the ZONE B.F , Clouds is nice for sure, but I prefer something very classic as this A108
my question are more about how to complete this mini case.
I think that the A160 can me a nice combo with the ZONE B.F, and the audio divider seems to be a very simple but funny module

Hello, if you're just starting out but you want to have a "mini cube" sized system for drones, pads & filtration, you may want to go with Mutable Instrument's Clouds & Shelves. Clouds is a "Texture Synthesizer" bit it does so many things, all very good for warping and texturing external sound sources. Shelves is an "EQ Filter" which is like a Variable state filter but a but more focused with notching and more modulation options. You might want to watch Div Kid's overview videos of these two modules together. He makes a couple of patches between Clouds & Shelves that are all-in-one drone/pad generators by themselves. Good Luck!

I just discovered the forthcoming A-160-2 module ... think I should wait a bit before to complete my actual minirack (A108 et ZONE B.F)

Slow build. Switch from Sin out on DPO ch2 to Final out at some point. Vary pitches of DPO channels to create different beating patterns. Increase Phonogene input gain to create "snare." Vary reverb parameters.

Good luck, I did a Slope Generator some time ago. I messed everything up possible but had the ambition to make it work. At the end it did

Hi ! I'm a newbie in the modular world. This rack is planned to filter, modulate audio from sources such as drones & pads.
The audio signal will come from a good mixer with preamps and who will also manage the modular 'hot' output volume (as I get no mixer module or VCA)
I think the A160 will be very nice to play with the LFO or to link to the A115 to create fun patterns.
and also sync the rack to other hardware like my Korg Volca ...

the A108 because low pass filter kind is a daily use in my creations and this one sounds incredible
all these modules will certainly find a good place in a future 6U system or a synthesizer project

EDITED Mar 13th 2015, 18:49

Building up the BF-22...

Hey thank you both! Well, I got a playlist on SoundCloud for my modular sessions. Not many tracks in it yet but hopefully there will be with time:

I also got a few YouTube performance demo's of Clouds, Erbe-Verb, K4815 and Z8000. You can see them on my channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Luftrum1

EDITED Mar 12th 2015, 23:55

i can not see patches on iPad/iphone which are on racks bigger than 5 rows. ?
thanks for looking
great application btw.
Christoph

I'm thinking of beginning with modular, start small and combining it with my MiniBrute and Perfourmer. I realy like the Clouds module, so I found your rack here. This Killpatrick pattern generator seems interesting too. Is there any place on the net where we can here some ambient sounds of your modular ? I'm curious.

(soma fm is great ! Have been listening to it for years, drone zone, lush, deep space one !)

I guess this one mutated into the 4VOX?

EDITED Mar 11th 2015, 14:03

Braids set to SYNC, output run through the VCA and shaped by the Peaks ADSR, triggered by SQ-1 (XXXXXXXX), Timbre modified by Peaks LFO.

Wogglebug output run through the VCA and shaped by the Pittsburgh Synth Block envelope, triggered by the SQ-1 (XOXOXXOO). Output then run through Ripples BP2 filter.

Yeah, it does the softer end quite well. The arpegiator in the MIDI3 is pretty cool... has several different random modes that keep things interesting. And being able to adjust the mix of triangle, saw and square waves lets you dial in all kinds of nice tones. Just don't turn the resonance up too far, and you'll avoid the gnarly. I usually have mine between 1/2 and 2/3... but it's nice knowing I can crank it more if I want.

I just added my first module to my 10.1+, btw. It's the SoundMachines LS-1 Lightstrip. It was unfortunately the only module I was on the market for that my local shops had in stock when I checked on Sunday (but hopefully that'll change soon). It's fun to use as performance trigger and as a programable LFO to modulate the filter. I will say I'm a little disappointed when using it's CV for pitch... it seems a little wobbly or too sensitive or something. But even with that, I still think it's quite worth it. And I bet a quantizer would solve that pitch issue.

I work for a time on my rack and somehow some modules start becoming all black and I cannot see them.

I am using the latest firefox.

Updated front panel.

From the site:
Update February 2015: Due to customers suggestions at NAMM (thank you for these ideas) we will modify the module a bit. A manual control will be added to be able to adjust the clock multiplication factor without the need of an external control voltage. The voltage generated by this additional control ("Manual") is normalled to the CV In socket. As long as no plug is inserted into the CV In socket the clock multiplication factor is adjusted by means of the manual control knob and displayed by the LEDs. For dynamic applications (like the ratcheting function described below) the manually generated CV is overwritten by the external CV which has to be fed into the CV In socket.
One LED (the former "0" display) has been removed to obtain sufficient space for the additional control knob. The "0" state is now simply indicated by "all LEDs off".
An internal pin header has been added for additional functions like start/stop (i.e. to start and stop the output clock by means of start/stop signals even if the clock input still generates a clock). If there are sufficient inquiries we may offer a breakout module for these additional features.

Erm... yeah, I'm gonna say as much as I appreciate what librarians do it's really the writers that deserve the credit :-)

Never in the field of modular synthesis has so much been owed by so many to just one person* - thank you for this amazingly useful database.

*except Bob Moog or Don Buchla or maybe Morton Subotnik and then there's.......