#48

Selling a BIA in the UK if anyone’s interested.

#49

So, i spotted a varigate going for way less than I’d thought i could pick it up. Therefore purchased. Its the non cv one, but i really wanted to use it for probability based sequencing of drums. Just need the drum modules!!! Id love to use the 808 or drumulator modules from https://dspsynth.eu/webshop/ but have never dealt with company before and there are many negative threads on mw. Anyone on here have experience buying from there?

#50

I don’t do so much drum related stuff, but had a great time with Braids and meta mode when I had one. I really liked to modulate the fm input with Voltages from Music Thing:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BazKybZHLwh/?taken-by=bjarlstedt

Another module I used to bring drum samples into and also use together with Turing machine and its expanders was Radio Music:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXXugVPFA8V/?taken-by=bjarlstedt

#51

Would love to see some of those ER-301 drum synth patches, any chance you’d be interested in sharing them over on the O|D forum?

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#53

This definitely has my attention; I’d prefer 3U though, I imagine it wouldn’t be too difficult to convert them?

#54

As far as I know they will be released as kits so I’d guess it’s possible. What I really like is they fit both pulp logic and intellijel 1u, hence the cut out for the screw.

#55

Ooh, this topic hasn’t been touched in over a year. Maybe we can get it rolling again? Anyone have good experiences with the WMD Chimera and/or, especially, the WMD Fracture? I’ve been checking them out, and pondering them as percussive voices in my 182HP setup. Also looking at some Noise Engineering, a pair of Rings, and some other stuff.

#56

I particularly like the fracture. It certainly has a sound, but it’s incredibly fun to modulate, and also is great for layering with/replacing snares in my experience.

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#57

Thanks. Yeah, I’m digging its sound for sure.

#58

That Endorphines BLCK_NOIR looks pretty great if it’s a sound you’re into.

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#59

I haven’t tried the Fracture (which looks cool), but didn’t really get on with the Chimera. I think the synthesis approach might work better for clap type sounds.

You can’t go wrong with the Noise Engineering stuff, in any case!

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#60

in my opinion, drums with modular is hard. have to go all the way in. I ended up with an assimili8or and using samples is amazing for me.

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#61

Yeah, I’ve got an ER-301 and have been triggering drum samples from it. Trying to sort out the best approach. Thanks for that reminder.

#62

4ms STS + DLD + 301 = happy happy joy joy.

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#63

I have the Fracture - as the previous poster says, it’s great for layering with other sounds.

I’m going to keep it for this reason - it can really help to fill out a basic drum groove, add little accents and interest etc. And it’s nicely responsive to CV.

My criticism is that I’m not 100% sure all the waveforms/samples in it are truly useable. A couple of them are perhaps too recognisable, if that makes sense to you?

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#64

Do you like using the ER-301 that way? I’ve been considering that for a very long time, and I would love an opinion. I picked up a Sample Drum recently as a kind of half-way, which I haven’t quite dug into yet, but will take some learning. ER-301 chains seems really intuitive to me, but I’m also heistant to “use it up” with drums? :thinking:

I wish the Blck_Noir was smaller, but it’s hard to imagine letting go of even if I don’t keep it racked permanently. As @freqout noted tho, you need to dig it’s sound (which I do). I usually want more umf to my kick tho, but it layers really nicely with other drums. The onboard effects and aux input are nice.

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#65

My drums are coming on nicely now. I really love omsonics range so far. I have their Pixel Dust (Hat) and OUCH (snare) modules. Really tweakable and if/when the bass drum module is released I will be picking it up. I have the Erica Pico which is versatile but I prefer the character of the omsonic stuff. The sample tracks on the nerdseq are also really useful and probably why I am not giving the Pico drums morenlove.

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#66

It’s been good. Any hesitation to use the ER-301 for percussion comes down to two things: (1) not maxing out its CPU, as I’m also using it primarily to process live guitar and sometimes live voice, and (2) my low-level skills (thus far).

#67

Some people are also talking about the latency, but it isn’t an issue to me.

#68

Latency in the ER-301? I haven’t experienced it myself, but I’ll keep an ear out for it. Thanks.