Posted on 02/10/2016
[gdlr_divider type=”solid” size=”100%” ] Live Modular Jam Check out this oldschool modular jam, as Mike Sheridan and Jesper Ranum take their Moog, Buchla, Roland and Serge modulars out for a spin. Far from being pop music, the track is rhythmic, but twisted and slightly uneasy. What sounds are from what system you may ask? Well, nobody […]
Posted on 28/09/2016
Play it sidewards, Sam Newest addition to the Eurorack section of the modular is the GinkoSynthese “Sampleslicer” module. The function is almost self-explanatory. A sample can be recorded from the Audio input. Samples are taken in the frequency of the clock – or an eternal clock source. The recorded sample can afterwards be split up […]
Posted on 10/09/2016
The Erbe-Verb from MakeNoise – with a reverb engine by Tom Erbe of Soundhack fame – is a high quality digital reverb processor, capable of stereo processing. Most parameters are voltage controlled, without audible control artifacts, like clicks or zipper noise. [gdlr_divider type=”solid” size=”100%” ] Fluxic Subscores: “Hauntsville Chambers” A recent ambient soundscape piece […]
Posted on 09/08/2016
A Moog speciality The earlier Moog synths uses a trigger system that is different from the mainstream. Today almost all synths use the standard +5V gate impulse for this purpose. But the Moogs use the S-Trigger instead, where the voltage drops to zero. Devices capable of sending triggers, may have a built-in setting that […]
Posted on 04/08/2016
Child of many names… Envelope generators also have many alternative names and abbreviations: “Contour Generator”, “EG”, “ADSR”, “AR”, “ASR”, “ADHSR, “DADHSR” “Trapezoid Generator”…. They may have different feature sets, but the main purpose for all of them is to generate a voltage contour, going from zero to a number of values and back to zero […]
Posted on 03/08/2016
This way – or that way? The Voltage Controlled Switch is a less common module in a modular synth. As the name implies it is a circuit that can switch connections depending on voltage level. And it has some great creative potential. One way… Use 2 input sources, and let the switch determine which of the sources will […]
Posted on 20/07/2016
Among the many uses for an analog sequencer in a modular synth system, is using it as an advanced, multi-point envelope generator. Assign a trigger out from your keyboard to the “Trigger/Gate In” on your analog sequencer. Set the sequencer mode to “Single”, meaning that the sequencer will run through only one time, every time a key […]
Posted on 03/02/2016
Acquired: September 2015 This excellent Eurorack module can be used and abused in many interesting ways. It is featured quite heavily in Fluxic Live Studio Concerts. The unit can read WAV samples off a USB memory stick, and grainify them under voltage control. Check it out on MuffWiggler
Posted on 19/02/2015
FM or Physical Modelling or…? The Mysteron Eurorack module from MakeNoise is a very potent sound source – especially for hard, percussive and plucked tonal sounds. It can be used by completely itself, simply by triggering the “Excite” inputs. In fact you must trigger the Excite inputs to get sound out of the Mysteron. The sound […]
Posted on 12/02/2014