#1285

Yeah, there’s no need to pay a premium for the module, just wait for the next run. I think Whimsical usually does a couple batches a year.

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#1286

ES-8 can be used for either CV or audio. It doesn’t convert midi directly but with software like Max, Reaktor, VCV Rac, or Expert Sleepers Suite you can control your modular from your computer as well as send audio back and forth.

I use an ES-3 which makes use of my audio interface’s ADAT outputs and then control everything with Max for Live CV Tools. It’s MUCH tighter than midi, especially for clocking. I clock Pamela’s New Workout with the ES-3 and then sync all of my midi gear to PNW via an expanded which gives me a super solid low latency clock across the board.

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#1287

I would say it’s very versatile and lends itself to various creative users but that does not warrant the reverb premium it’s currently getting.
I love mine and would not sell it ever :slight_smile:

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#1288

Not a question, but a statement… I got an Instruo Arbhar in the mail yesterday, I’m totally blown away with how nice it sounds and how much functionality it has. After owning Nebulae, Morphagene, and Clouds, I think this one is really my favorite of the lot. Yet to scratch the surface, but from the get go it reminds me most of Borderlands in a module.

Anyone else enjoying theirs?

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#1289

I quite like my Arbhar. Many use cases, but I suppose the I find its niche to be its ‘wavetable mode.’ It’s nice to have a second Cs-L sometimes. Recording a single pluck of an acoustic guitar through the onboard mic (which has a imperfect charm) and playing that at 1 v/o is fun as well.

I haven’t played much with the delay, but pushing through some heavy reverb periodically makes for a nice effect.

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#1290

I LLLLLLUUUUVVV the Arbhar. Like, fanboy-level love. It does pretty much everything that I’ve ever wanted to make a rack for (granulating guitar in flexible, creative, good sounding ways that are not “boxed in”).

Couple of clips if interested…

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#1291

I got my Arbhar a few days ago, and while I’ve only had about 2 hours with it, I’m freaking blown away. It is truly what I wanted from this type of rack based Granular synth. Its so beautiful and everything that comes out of it sounds wonderful. Its making want to get my guitar from storage.

For now, I’ve just been feeding it some OP-1 noise generated by a simple sequence in Awake on my norns. Then, this 10 second buffer is mainly just in tune texture.

I need to work a bit at tryin to control the Arbhar and reign it in a bit. The only way I really see that at the moment is to manually trigger grains or have it very low intensity… What are some tricks folks are using to help bring the Arbhar back down to earth, instead of only being in the clouds (which, don’t get my wrong, sounds FANTASTIC!)

One thing I’ve been wanting to do is generate some crazy stuff through the Arbhar and/or Morphagene to bring in to my Polyend Tracker and/or Cheat Codes. The arbhar makes such beautiful sound that I think it would be a great tool for generating synth/samples for more quantized work.

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#1292

Yeah spent a bunch more time with it last night. Its really pretty amazing. It really checks all the boxes for me for a granular module. Even just the functional things like having a really well tuned wet/dry mix and master mix are so thoughtful. I love how the input sublty distorts too. I also love how there’s a stable center pitch with an detent. So refreshing after dealing with Morphagene. I’ve not figured out the onset functionality fully yet, its a little confusing to me, but I’ll get there. The reverb in the reverb mode sounds soooo good too.

Manually triggering the grains is the way to go for more repetitive or sparse stuff, definitely. I was clocking it from the irregular clock on the 0-Ctrl and coming up with some nice stuff.

#1293

The new firmware releases introduced a couple of bugs but they make the CW side of the intensity knob a lot more sparse (especially if you turn on both random amplitude and random timing in the config file).

I’m hoping they’ll fix a little v/oct and enveloping issue I’ve noticed (and confirmed with Sebastian) that happens when transposing more than two octaves up in the new firmware releases; aside from that there’s a few other nice tweaks.

#1294

Can’t go wrong with the Milkman in front of the system either…

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#1295

Thanks! It’s a great amp, and I find a touch of spring reverb adds a bit of glue to most patches. First two clips are recorded through it as well, the other two were recorded direct

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#1296

I have a seemingly simple question: Is there some clean way to attentuate the stereo out of Fracture? (Could be generalized to other complex stereo modules, but Fracture is what I am trying to solve for.) It doesn’t seem like there is an obvious way to send a signal into the it to manage it’s level, and I’d rather not use dual attenuators. Is there something obvious I am not considering? I’ve addressed this with other stereo voices by attenuating their envelope, but that doesn’t work here. :thinking:

#1297

In the case of Fracture, you can forego the right output for mono operation (from left output) saving yourself an attenuator.

There’s also a little known feature that’s still missing from the manual:

If you hold the trigger button you will hear a tick that is slightly louder. The tick is now slightly louder. If you do this again it will become quieter than the original level. The 3rd time will restore it to the original level. This setting is not saved on power cycle.

That might be help, or not, depending.

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#1298

I’ve owned a Pedal Steel Mini for several years… from the first run. Absolutely the best amp I’ve ever owned in 50 odd years of playing… including the 64 Deluxe Reverb, the 57 Tweed Deluxe, and the 58 Gibson GA6… which are all great and still in my studio.

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#1299

Hi everyone ! i’m new here and i think i’m in a good place to talk about this :wink:

I have an organical ambient project that mix organical sound (waterdrop/plants etc…) and synthetic sound.
The things is i want to make to ambiant drones with melodic not only experimental noisy stuff… i have plugin software but it begins to be boring !! so i would like to have you’re beautiful help to get a single choice… Ciat ? or Modular ?

For exemple if i get water drop to modulate this and make ambiant music with it… and then above this let the plant singing with the water drop and so on…

Thanks for your reply :slight_smile:

Tom

#1300

Hi Tom

I’m not-so-new here and am slowly assembling the modules I want for my first rack… It’s been a long, fascinating and (sometimes!) frustrating journey but it’s also taken me along some interesting paths which seem to cover some of the ground you talk about, so maybe my one or two newbie thoughts may offer some limited insight.

I have Ciat-Lonbarde Tetrax and Cocoquantus and love them to bits - but I do sometimes think that they’re a bit like riding wild horses - you just have to leap aboard, hold on tight and see if you can maybe guide their course a little! So maybe, if you’re looking for the degree of precise control that I think you are, then CL may be more suitable as a complement to a modular rack.

That said, numerous other people - some of them also here on Lines - have got some amazing results with various combinations of CL & modular, have a look on YouTube for videos by Jogging House and r beny, as a starter. Oh, and check out Hainbach’s video “Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus - Playing and Patching Techniques” for a real in-depth look!

You talked about incorporating plants and that’s something I too am interested in (maybe a little further down the road!) - I have a device called MIDIsprout (https://www.midisprout.com/) which is a fun little thing - check out Lightbath’s “Interspecies Collaboration” video - although in its standalone form it may be a little limited, so maybe also check out the Instruo Scion (https://www.instruomodular.com/product/scion/) which is a Eurorack module based on the MIDIsprout design.

I can’t really help with the idea of modulating waterdrops but maybe a good hydrophone mic with the Mikrophonie module (https://musicthing.co.uk/music-thing-mikrophonie-contact-mic-module-documentation/) might be a place to start? Mutable Instruments ‘Ears’ module (https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/ears/) is MI’s take on Mikrophonie, but I’m sure there are others. And of course, the CL Cocoquantus has inputs for a piezoelectric sensor and a microphone (via XLR) in addition to its low impedance synth inputs.

Okay, I’ve rambled on enough, I think! - So I’ll just say, welcome to Lines and may your sonic explorations take you to some fun and cool places!

Helen

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#1301

Much more control with euro. Ciat is very difficult to tame and control.

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#1302

Hi Helen
You’re right it takes times to build the favorite one :slight_smile:
I already have Midisprout and it’s amazing!!!
But the is i can afford a Cocoquantus, but it’s possible to do something only with organical sound live? i mean ambiant music ?
For sure the Coco at the end of the eurorack chains could be a perfect choice… but it can be expenssive…
I would like also try generative ambiant…

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#1303

Yeah i know maybe at the end of eurorack chains :slight_smile:

#1304

Anyone come across a faulty ribbon cable before?

I just isolated a bad one. It was unreliable and caused strange (scary) things to happen. For example, I had it powering Braids and connecting a cable to the out caused my whole rack power off.