#1

Please share your thoughts on products that have most potential use for pure sound design work, be it sound source, utility module or some other product for eurorack system.

#3

An I/O module that lets you interface with the non-eurorack world of audio.

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#4

If such a thing existed - a module that captures your imagination.
That’s probably the most important thing alongside whatever equipment you own at the moment :slight_smile:

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#5

I guess everything, experimenting is the most important part.
But the essential one is a mic for capting and something for processing like Modular is wonderful to experiment but software as well like reaktor is very powerful.
Contact mics are used quite a lot and they’re cheap as hell and easy to DIY.
From what I heard Kyma sounds like the final solution in terms of sound design power.

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#6

I dunno. For DSP there are so many options available if you are willing to make use of a computer.

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#7

Yeah I know I was saying that considering it as a complete and finalized product, especially made for that purpose.

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#8

I recently use the Morphagene with various Eurorack filters for a sound design project. I was very happy with the results. I’ll definitely be doing this again in the future.

As boring as this is, Serato Pitch n Time Pro is one of my most used sound design tools. It has the best pitch and time compression/stretching algorithms I’ve heard to date. A close second is the TCE within Pro Tools.

The Unfiltered Audio plugins are quite impressive. The Sandman Pro and the Fault can get really insane once you start automating everything.

I’ve never used Kyma but this is also what I’ve heard. I’ve seen only the most serious of sound designers using it.

#9

I’d say Erbe-Verb is a pretty amazing tool for sound design - a lot of possibilities from warm, lush, and pretty to very scary, brittle, etc. I get a lot of very interesting material from self-oscillation with high decay as well

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#10

+1 for i/o modules - a lot of WTF? sounds come from bits and bobs that I process. I’ve got a rode m3 that I can plug straight into my i/o module, sample whatever on the rack, and then mess around with it.

For ambiental noise, I’ve found that a lot of cross modulation of oscillators can really bring static sounds alive. I have a doepfer 143-4 that i patch into itself for complex ambiences and drones.

Modules that can feedback are also a massive bonus. I use a string reverb for this, but also analog delays can create amazing feedback loops that you can then filter, modulate, delay again, and generally have fun with.

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#11

Music Thing Mikrophonie or Mutable Instruments Ears and an external contact mic.

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#12

Just got Microphonic Soundbox from Leaf Audio, seems pretty legit weird noise source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIbErjE4hiA

#13

for me the quartet morphagene + arc + cold mac + three sisters
plus maybe reverbs and delay

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#14

Wow, any possibility to get sound example of this rig?

#15

I’d be hesitant recommending the Kyma to anyone who wasn’t already doing sound design full time. I had one for a while but didn’t get past the initial learning curve. I don’t have a huge amount of spare time for music and the Kyma was too different to everything else I’ve used before.

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Yeah I agree, I´m a professional sound designer and even I find it bit too deep for design work. Not saying it is not an amazing tool for design work but the manual alone is like i don´t know … 300-400 pages long. I requires a lot of technical understanding far from traditional music production.