What one module really takes your system to the limit

[GuyaGuy]

For me it's a toss up between the 4ms QCD and the Toppobrillo Triple Wave Folder. The QCD because I love rythmic patterns and being able to not only clock those but also CV the clock divisions and multiplications is just so much happy happy good times. And the TWF because wavefolders were something I wasn't even aware of until I got into Euro and I fell in love as soon as discovered them. And the TWF is super flexible whether using all of the options to affect one signal or modulating different signals, whether audio or voltage.

[anderson303]

For me it's a toss up between the 4ms QCD and the Toppobrillo Triple Wave Folder..

Holy crap, I did have to get the QCD too though, unreal.

Last one on eBay. a lot of these modules seem very hard to find/low stock.

[nofuture]

Is this even possible to be enough rich and crazy to have 170 U of euroCrack ?

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Haha, the second I posted this message I thought that someone will cite him

[EarlJemmings]

Going to +1 matrix mixer and stackables

A matrix mixer very much lends itself to to complex feedback or unpredictable results. Or even simply as an fx dry/wet mix its super handy.

And stackable cables are the cat's purr.

[fac]

Ardcore for me. I have two Ardcores in my 80-space MU system and one in my 9U eurorack. .

Are programming this yourself in arduino?

EDIT: I looked at the module before I read the rest of your post... That must be awesome, programming your own modules, anytime you feel like it

Yeah, I have a background in C/C++ programming and know a bit of DSP so it was very natural for me to get an ardcore. Except that once I had one, I needed another one, and then another one. And I think I wouldn't mind having a fourth one.

[J3RK]

obviously... The Cheat

http://www.homestarrunner.com/fhqwhgads.html

The Cheat, we installed the light switch for you to turn on and off the light. Not throw light-switch raves!

[gonkulator]

Well, in the entirely overkill arena, the QMMF-4, but more practically, the Res-4. But I suspect that Mutable Clouds and the 4ms SMRF, or BARF, or whatever it is called, will be right up there.

[digable-me]

Clouds. I feel like every patch I make after getting clouds is so much more lively and interesting. Even if it's just a subtle use, with the blend set pretty low, it just adds so much. I probably use all four modes about equally.

After that, I would say the korgasmatron. I love stereo filtering effects, and it's a match made in heaven for clouds.

Basically, anything that lets me do cool stereo stuff. For me it's all about stereo.

[makro]

Furthrrrr Generator.

Silky, with a lot of low end (if you want it), exclusive waveshaping, very analogue sounding. Whatever sound i am after, i start with the FG. All my other VCOs were degraded to modulation oscillators or for plain LFO purposes (maths don't do sinewaves in loop mode).

The alternative: Thonk Turing Machine, fully expanded. The way the CV's slide from bit to bit makes this random sequencer "sound" in a very unique way.

[concretic]

Disting.

Every day is different usage. I try to be as much open-minded as I can and these '16 modules' are just giving me so much insight into modular synthesis in 104hp system. It has so many applications that the row of pure Distings seems completely reasonable to me.

Last few days I was a bit dissapointed that I've sold my PEG and miss some of its funcions.. Disting patched that!

[pitri]

jupiter storm is always surprising

[bassnode]

I swear if someone made a module that could be a number of different things - so disting, ardcore, ect but with the a visual building block programming language so in fact all the plumbing would be in the background so when inspiration strikes you can QUICKLY AND EASILY pull up a quad LFO or sequencer ect....

You might look into the QuBit Nebulae. They market it as a granulator/sample player, but it's built with a raspberry pi. It supports custom Csound arrangments as well as Pure Data (Pd) which is a visual programming language.

[Convulser]

I swear if someone made a module that could be a number of different things - so disting, ardcore, ect but with the a visual building block programming language so in fact all the plumbing would be in the background so when inspiration strikes you can QUICKLY AND EASILY pull up a quad LFO or sequencer ect....

You might look into the QuBit Nebulae. They market it as a granulator/sample player, but it's built with a raspberry pi. It supports custom Csound arrangments as well as Pure Data (Pd) which is a visual programming language.

Not to derail this thread, but in a short statement, how are those custom "instruments" which are written for the nebulae? I only came upon their existence recently.

[bassnode]

Not to derail this thread, but in a short statement, how are those custom "instruments" which are written for the nebulae? I only came upon their existence recently.

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but in short, you can write a Csound or Pd instrument/patch and then modify it a bit to work with the Nebulae's hardware control. From looking at the template QuBit provides, it seems pretty straightforward. You are limited to what the Nebulae's hardware can do, but other than that, it's a pretty clear translation.

There are several threads about it on Muffs, here's one.

[tsunamisucks]

VCA Matrix....pulls out sounds impossible to get otherwise.

hm. what do you do with it? i'm getting bored of my VCA4M, considering selling it...

+1 for the VCA Matrix mentioned above for morphing between those sounds, feedback loop patches or simply as a central hub and a controller.

feedback loop? a controller? like, muting/unmuting the channels?

[tsunamisucks]

as for the modules

i guess my modular bread & butter are PEG, Disting & Wogglebug as i use it in every patch. the great combination it is.

Disting's clockable echo (mode 3-d) triggered by PEG triggered by Wogglebug is ....

[silkynight]

definitely my qcd with the expander

[MindMachine]

But if we're only about a module, I would like to say Toppobrillo Triple Wavefolder because of its character, but in the end I'll have to pick Doepfer A-138m. Doing feedback patches with inversion and offsets (both positive and negative), pushing the poor mixer to its top and bottom, producing weird clipping among other things, produces sounds I absolutely can't do with a pre-designed synth. Triangle wave is the most fun input source, in my experience !

I guess I would say A-138M too or the Planar. The two of them together is like a bizarre control station for audio or cv or both.

[Pighood]

VCA Matrix....pulls out sounds impossible to get otherwise.

hm. what do you do with it? i'm getting bored of my VCA4M, considering selling it...

I'm not an advanced user, but I like to use it to coax hidden noises from my oscillators, especially Braids...where I send an output to the v/oct jack and crank the attenuator. Digital oinkage agogo. And this is without plugging ANYTHING into the jacks of the VCAM.

IMHO, an essential module I will NEVER part with. EVER.

[Matos]

Silent way all the way, every day. From lfos to triggers, cv recorders, quantizers, the works. It makes every random noodle useable in ableton. The bees knees.

[kindredlost]

What module (if you could only pick one) really separates your kit from anything a manufactured synth is capable of... But still sounds musical

Filter or EQ Banks.

I have the PM Resonator, a Fixed Filter Bank, Serge Resonant EQ & Steiner Filter.

I have plenty of sound sculpting and modulation capabilities but the ability to hone each patch down to the thing I am looking for with a discrete filter is a little like the final bake of the cake after the ingredients are mixed.

This is something which is sorely missing in the slap-dab world of keyboard synths.

[Abraxis]

My MVP at the moment would have to be Turing Machine with expanders.

It makes things happen.

[MindMachine]

What module (if you could only pick one) really separates your kit from anything a manufactured synth is capable of... But still sounds musical

Filter or EQ Banks.

I have the PM Resonator, a Fixed Filter Bank, Serge Resonant EQ & Steiner Filter.

I have plenty of sound sculpting and modulation capabilities but the ability to hone each patch down to the thing I am looking for with a discrete filter is a little like the final bake of the cake after the ingredients are mixed.

This is something which is sorely missing in the slap-dab world of keyboard synths.

Which Steiner Filter are you referring to?

And do you have all of these in Euro?

[noisejockey]

SynthTech E350 Morphing Terrarium: Having a smooth wavetable morpher for modulation, LFO, and VCO duty just covers so much territory, even if the actual timbre isn't overly wavetable-esque.

Disting: Can't be everything at once, but fills those needs for specialized modules that'd otherwise sit unused in many of my patches. In 4hp. Insane.

Maths. For space, power, and price, little can match its straight-up utility AND creative uses.

[anderson303]

definitely my qcd with the expander

Now that I have the qcd, what is the best thing about having the expander as well?