#1678

I’m a huge fan of Levit8. I use it for attenuation and offset in pretty much every patch. I find it’s less suited for mixing as the knobs go from 0x to 2x, giving you very little headroom for the knobs.

Another caveat that may be a deal breaker for some is that the knobs are very wobbly for eurorack. It doesn’t bother me personally but I know a lot of people care about that stuff.

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#1679

I’ve been looking for something similar, but let my eye fall on the ATN8, but hard to find experiences / reviews.

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#1680

My immediate reaction to this panel is that those input jacks look uncomfortably close to the knobs. It may not even be usable with certain cables. Levit8 is just wide enough not to be uncomfortable with stackcables and that looks way tighter.

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#1681

Any thoughts on the 3xMIA?

#1682

I own an ATN8. oots critics are definitely true. The knobs are close together as are the jacks. It’s nearly impossible to access the knobs from the right if cables are plugged in. I counterbalance that by placing it leftmost in my rack. This way I can always access the knobs comfortably from the left. Stackcables are a bit difficult to place but is is doable. I considered the levit to but I prefer the flexibility of the ATN8. The mixing through normaling is really smart. It’s a bit cheaper and smaller, but uses a lot more power then the levit (you can disable the backlight leds via jumper). I had a great experience getting a new one from pusherman.

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P. s.: I know it’s not the leftmost module right now I am waiting on a better power bus cable

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#1683

Really useful with the picture as I misjudged the width of the pot caps. On Levit8 they’re wider so you don’t have as much space vertically in between them.

@eblomquist I’ve not used 3xMIA or any of the Happy Nerding concentric pot modules but I intend to get one in the near future. One potential disadvantage is that that module is bipolar, meaning that finding the spot where the signal is fully attenuated may be fiddly. Levit8 has a switch for this instead. But it’s very much up to preference and application.

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#1684

I have the 3xMIA and ATN8.

ATN8 is a very cramped module but it does the job if you’re in need of a set and forget type deal. I’m happy with it for this purpose. I assembled the (SMD presoldered) DIY version without too much hassle - it’s pretty dense but as long as it’s not your first or second build you should be ok. The other thing to keep in mind is that it runs quite hot.

The 3xMIA is decent, but as @oot mentions above the 0 spot is quite difficult to dial in.

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#1685

Just to make sure not to give a false impression, this is how I turn a knob if there a cables plugged in next to it:

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And I have small fingers. The gap between the poticaps is 5 mm wide. I think it will be difficult if one has big fingers :sweat_smile:

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#1686

How about Warm Star Fragment? It’s a clever, 9-channel attenuator with mix-down on both the inputs and outputs. No inversion, though.

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#1687

I have a moderately large rack, but I’d rather have space efficient-but-less-dense, more-ergonomic attenuversion/offset scattered around my system than have one super dense module. I think the ALM O/A/x2 is a great option provided you don’t mount it between two super-dense modules. Klavis Mixwitch is another neat design that neatly solves the “zero” problem while offering a bunch of neat tricks—a great value. Frap Tools 321 is highly regarded. For something particularly playable, check out the Acid Rain Navigator.

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#1688

Thanks! The Mixwitch caught my eye last night. Klavis seems generally pretty forward thinking. Will investigate!

#1689

This is great to hear! I ordered a spectrum after a bunch of advice that basically amounted to “while the core has some technical implications, basically for simple analog oscillators it’s more about what happens after so just get the one you like the sound of the most.” The write up on here though made me question that, but I figured I should pull the trigger on what my gut was saying. I’m glad to hear the FM sounds good, and the sync sounded good in the videos. I’ll miss the Dixie’s flip sync thing, but I think the extra options for sub bass and the octave switches are going to make up for that.

#1690

I have a couple of levit 8 and love them. The only complaint i would have is the totation of the pots has always felt weird to me. Fully open pot points at 3 clock wise.

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#1691

It’s quite a bit larger than most of the other attenuators people have been talking about, and it doesn’t do mixing… but the Tesseract Sweet 16 is a Euro build of the 16n Faderbank that also has inputs, so each channel can be either an offset generator or an attenuator.

The attenuated inputs also get sent along via MIDI CV and i2c (at about 160Hz as far as I can tell).

I recently substituted one of these in a 4ms Pod 60 for my 16n, and though the faders are quite a bit smaller I still find it quite playable. I almost always had several channels left over, so now I’ve got some extra attenuators right down near my E520 (which sometimes needs them on the input) and/or a lot more CV inputs for my Teletype :slight_smile:

It would probably be fun to pair it with a Rebel Technology MIX04, a 4x4 matrix VCA that doesn’t have its own knobs.

(If I have one minor gripe about it, it’s that the LED levels don’t have the same perceived linearity as the faders. But I kind of think it doesn’t need those LEDs in the first place.)

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#1692

So Im kind of at a fork in the road when it comes to modular. I have This system…

As you might see it is centerns around Squid Salmple, its a fine module, but i just got a Analog Rytm MKII and it just sounds so damn Good so the Squid pales in comparison…

I’m thinking of selling the squid and maths and pachinko, to fund a sequencer, oscillator, filter and/or synth voice.

Or im thinking selling basically everything and only keep a 48hp modulation station and buy an analog 4 MKii.

I feel like I’m not getting anywhere with modular, I’m just noodling away, no new discoveries, no new music, just endless fart noises through a reverb

I would glady accept any tips.

#1693

where are you trying to get to?

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#1694

Well I was making a little groovebox with this system, but I have a OP-Z, Octatrack and Rytm. I got quiet annoyed by re patching to make new patterns.

I’m thinking maybe some versataile oscillator or synth voice.

#1695

Drums can be difficult and expensive in euro. Especially if one is trying to sequence it using euro.

One quick fix could be getting a midi to cv module and sequencing from the OT. Hexinverter has one with DIN MIDI for use with the Octatrack.

All in all, for me, what euro excels in is weird sounds and modulations, odd effects and other sonic/textural things. Doing basic synthesis or drum stuff can be underwhelming. Rhythmic stuff can be interesting too, but I haven’t gone there as it feels like you need a lot of modules to get close to the level of control that external sequencing instantly affords you.

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#1696

Yeah that has been my conclusion aswell.
I probably want something where I can really explore sounds. Not sure if that is a morphagene or 4ms SWN or whatever. I just want to find new timbers in strange places and being able to apply them in musical settings.

#1697

To be fair, that’s basically the box quote for modular in the first place.

My thought would be toward a drone / texture / evolving soundset which would complement the rhythmic aspects that you have well covered in other machines. A few oscillators, plenty of modulation, and some random sources get you a lot that can be laid over your drums or be sampled/resampled.

Edit: Looks like I’m seconding what @josker said. I’ll also agree that an interface could help open up gear integration. I picked up a Mutant Brain to let my Octatrack talk to the modular and it’s worked very well.

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