#1718

I love my 3xMIA. The stacked knob design is quite clever IMO. I’ve got it more or less permanently patched to my Mungo d0 for feedback loop patches

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#1719

Thanks for posting. She really distills a lot of depth into a very nice video :slight_smile:

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#1720

Morphagene is very playable.

#1721

not sure if this is what you’re looking for but i love 4ms’ STS. everything can be done by hand or patch.

#1722

Hi there, very new to eurorack and also not in the best place money wise - so i was curious if anyone had some suggestions for bridging LFO’s and sequencers I’ve built in puredata to modulate eurorack modules [specifically Basimilus Iteritas Alter and Mutable Elements]

I feel like this is a case of me having to start to take the dive into learning how MIDI works but I’m not sure >.>

thanks for any suggestions and leads!

#1723

If you’re computer savvy, an old DC-coupled interface (e.g. MOTU) is probably the best way of meshing computer and Eurorack signals. Sometimes you can find old 16- or 24-channel units for the same price as a decent MIDI-to-CV converter. But if you’re looking for a straight shot on goal, a little unit like CV.OCD is hard to beat for the price.

#1724

If you are looking for LFOs in particular then I’d say DIY (either buying PCB+Panel, Kits, or building your own) is by far the cheapest approach. You are typically looking at half the cost, and for something fairly simple like an LFO: a relatively easy build. Routing things to and from the computer is a reasonable option, but a lot of DC coupled interfaces not intended for eurorack have a very limited voltage range on the output. In contrast things like the Expert Sleepers ES8/9 work great and integrate fantastically but are not that cheap, especially if all you want it an LFO.

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#1725

Assuming your puredata patches output midi I’d second the cv.ocd recommendation - cheap and won’t take up valuable rack space, plus it also just works. I’m a midi dummy myself and found cv.ocd easy to use. Or you can always keep your eyes out for cheap used midi->cv modules and something will pop up.

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#1726

I hope this isn’t too clueless, but will cv.ocd work with Ableton’s cv tools?

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#1727

The CV tools are primarily to send CV as DC-coupled audio data. The cv.ocd is instead a USB-MIDI to CV device. Many of the CV tools also allow you to map the outputs to MIDI, which could then be sent to the cv.ocd, but it will be a different experience, because MIDI generally doesn’t have the same resolution as audio.

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#1728

CV.OCD only accepts DIN MIDI, but there are cheap USB-to-DIN adapters out there.

#1729

Just wanted to chime in and mention that your videos are probably my favorite thing to watch as of late, particularly because of how you’re clocking everything so it “breathes” a bit. Basically, in an entirely selfish way, I certainly hope you don’t completely abandon euro! The more recent pieces with the octatrack are especially interesting. Keep it up, stay weird, you’re quite good at it.

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#1730

Wow, Thanks alot, i really appreciate it!

Im very feeble minded when it comes to my set up, one day I think a particular piece of kit or way of doing things is great and the next I hate it and want to sell everything. I try to be very careful with going on my emotions when doing my gear acquisitions. With that said my current line of though is to have a small rack with just modulation so I can perform these “breathing” modulations and sending CV to outboard gear to enhance their modulations.

With that said, I have no clue what I would purchase so I’m holding on to this set up a bit longer…

Plus, I really love my 6u case I just purchase so I might keep that case and maybe in the future fill it out.

#1731

Definitely feel you, its nice to minimize when you can but it definitely hurts when you sell something you really wish you still had haha. You seem to mix up your setup pretty heavily though, so I don’t doubt you’ll be good with whatever you got. Totally recommend hanging on to that case too, glad I did that in the end!

#1732

Yeah, I have a one in one out policy. I have a restricted amount of space so that’s why I Change my gear a lot. Plus I get option paralysis when I have to many synths.

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#1733

Hey :wave:t2:,

So I’ve installed the USB Power 1U into my palette, so that I can power the Volante with a ripcord usb to 9V. But I’m getting a lot of noise/hum when I do. If I power from the ripcord outside of the case it works fine but connected to the 1U tile it’s always very noisy.

Any ideas what I can do about this? Or is it possible there’s a fault with the USB 1U?

I’ve seen people on here using it to power guitar pedals so I’m assuming it’s possible to get it nice and quiet.

#1734

This is unsurprising, I believe the USB power header only supplies 5V/1A, this is enough to handle charging or running a typical 5V usb device, but the ripcord is stepping that voltage up to 9V. I checked the faq for the ripcord, they are expecting 2.4amps on the USB port it’s plugged into. So it’s likely under powering the ripcord.

There is also sometimes issues of mixing digital pedals on the same power source as analog equipment, noise from digital pedals (CPUs/LEDs/etc) could bleed into the sound. This is why a lot of higher end pedal power supplies have isolated ports to reduce the crosstalk between pedals.

So there is probably not a fault with anything here, it’s likely a compatibility issue.

As an aside, when I plug in my count to five on the same power supply chain to my sansamp gt2 pedal, I get a lot of digital noise in the audio. I have to run them in separate power supplies, not really any one’s fault, no one can test every combination.

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#1735

Ah ok that makes sense. I thought it was more likely user error. Thanks for looking into that, I should have done that myself.

It sounds like white noise and kind of moves around when I touch the ripcord cable. It’s no big deal, I can live with the noise for when I just want to play about quickly.

#1736

Is there anything besides Mordax Data that has a tuner that shows measured frequency in hertz rather than just notes in the chromatic scale? It doesn’t even have to be a module, and actually, I’d prefer using something inexpensive and compact that can exist outside of the rack. I have a chromatic tuner built into my Zoom H6 that I can use for tuning to a specific note. I’m not interested in using any DAW-based tuners since I don’t record straight into my computer, and typically only use my laptop and DAWs for final editing / mixing / mastering and making artwork before uploading stuff. I’m just looking for something that can do it so I can dial in specific frequencies or mess around with intervallic and mathematically-based tunings.

#1737

Not quite on point, but the Z3000 VCO has a readout in hz. And is a great-sounding vco.