#2099

Based on your description I’m guessing the big sky would suit you well immediately. The Erbe-Verb would be a little challenging. It is a really interesting sounding device but it’s not easy to make it sound lush. Putting long decays tends to lead to wild feedback sounds, etc. it’s very easy to get harsh metallic and otherworldly noises out of it. The big sky will immediately sound lush big and expansive. But who knows maybe that will feel too “easy” to you and throwing a different dynamic into your set up is just what you need.

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#2100

And with the big sky it doesn’t need to be end of the chain right? I suppose I could get a VCO coming out from a VCA, pass it through the big sky and then feed it into the mixer, right? Do I need any particular module to better interface the pedal with the modular system? I saw that Divkid was using an ALM SBG

#2101

You don’t necessarily need a dedicated module to interface but it makes it a lot easier.
You need to attenuate the eurorack signal a lot before going to a pedal and amplify before the pedal’s signal goes into the modular. (This is what a “pedal interface” module does for you.)
How much you need depends mostly on the pedal, some expect a guitar signal which is very weak, others can take line level and beyond.

#2102

What about the Strymon Blue Sky?

#2103

I’ve never used that particular pedal personally but the spec on their website says its dynamic range is +8dBu, a form of measurement that is outside of my level of expertise although it seems eurorack is classed at +13dBu, apparently.

What I do when I send a modular signal into something supposed to take a much lower level is simply start fully attenuated and then bring it up bit by bit, then stop before it clips. If you start bringing the levels up beyond that clipping range is when you’re at a risk of damaging the equipment.

If you don’t feel like you know what you’re doing, just get an interface module, they mean you have to think about this a whole lot less.

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#2104

ehhhhhh no. even if this is the safe myth to perpetuate, it is not productive to make people worry that high levels will damage their outboard gear. your concern should be limited to whether you are sending DC offsets.

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#2105

Thank you for clearing things up :blush:

#2106

i recently had to let go of a NE Sinc Iter, because i was broke. i’d been using its digital noise, channeled thru a LPG, for dark, sustained kick sounds (at various pitches) and dark, heavy wind sounds. is there any other 3u module (besides Sinc Iter) with v/octave control for the noise frequency, or another way to control the frequency of a noise source?

#2107

The Bastl noise square has tunable digital noise among other features.

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#2108

Another thing you can try is patching a square wave from an oscillator that tracks V/oct to a “clocked noise” (stepped random) source, or to clock a sample and hold that’s sampling noise. I’m not sure if this is the sound you’re looking for or if Sinc Iter does something different. If you have a filter with a V/oct input you can also patch a noise source through that to get pitched sounds (often some nice breathy/flutey sounds at higher resonances) but these sound pretty different from pitched digital noise.

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#2109

Ateraxic Translatron and probably Ataraxic Iteritas. Qu-Bit EON’s noise mode. E352/E370’s clocked noise. EMW Arcade Noise (though its tuning doesn’t track 1V/OCT and is backwards.) Zorlon Cannon. Probably lots of things.

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#2110

nice, i’ve been using the AT for dry, hi hat or snare-like hits. it’s really useful for ‘broken cymbal’ -like sounds and chalky/metallic percussion. thanks (to chenghiz + csboling as well) for the useful info and suggestions

#2111

The HexInverter VCNoiz, and its successor whose name I forgot. CMOS-based digital noise if I remember correctly.

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#2112

I’m on the lookout for a Euro mixer with voltage control over Pan. This seems to be the feature that knocks out a lot of options.

The WMD Performance Mixer looks to be the top-tier option, but $750 is definitely on the spendy side. (Also I don’t think I need all of the aux sends.) The same goes for the Frap Tools channels, which by the time you get a decent number chained together is the same or more than the WMD.

I have my sights set on the Happy Nerding PanMix, but wanted to see if I was overlooking anything else.

#2113

What about the Make Noise X-Pan?

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#2114

Or Xaoc Praga…

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#2115

I have prepared a pretty exhaustive list here:
http://doudoroff.com/mixers/

You’ll want to pay particular attention to the CV Panning column.

My $0.25: I went with the WMD PM fully believing it to be overkill. I was wrong: I routinely use all the channels including the PM Channels expander. No regrets. That said, I have never needed CV control over panning or level for more than a few channels at a time—so a lot of those cost-increasing VCAs go to waste for me.

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#2116

Need a little help from some devil’s advocate in choosing between grabbing two Doepfer SEM A-106-5 vs grabbing a Wasp and a SEM for some stereo magic.
Just looking for some opinions.
Thanks

#2117

I have a Panmix that I really like. I also use it mainly for cv panning but the big selling point for me was the two stereo channels. Four mono plus two stereo is perfect.

I had a Praga for a while which was also great. Amazing quality and the sends/returns were awesome but ultimately four channels wasn’t enough for me.

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#2118

The Toppobrillo Stereomix. A lovely and full-featured mixer that’s very nice if you don’t have too many stereo modules.

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