Had to struggle to not order…

E x c i t e m e n t !

yeah… looks like it will be a very playable instrument.

a huge build day, but waiting for the spring reverb tanks to arrive-- UPS says any minute. but this means we’re going to miss the ship cutoff, so these will be going out first thing tomorrow. thank you for your patience all!

i only got distracted once today playing while testing-- takes much willpower indeed.

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what part of the country will these be shipping from? i’m heading out of town next wednesday, just want to be sure i’ll be around to receive this before i take off.

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this is a good point-- send me an e-mail info@monome.org

ah okay, i live out on long island so i don’t think it’ll be a problem. thanks!

Wait, does this mean that reverb is included in Isms ??

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Hahaha, i earned ‘first quote’ for the post above !

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yes, medium spring tank is included.

Damn. This could have make me change my mind on the last day of preorder.
I thought it was supposed to be used with an external tank.

I really think this is unclear in the Isms description page.

it is used with an external tank. they just include a medium one.

The piece of packing foam that comes in reverb tank is great as a spring damper. Maybe don’t throw it in the thrash while unpacking like I did.


Loving Isms, it seems greater than the sum of it’s parts. I’m feeling more focused already. Thank you Monome and Mannequins!

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two cold macs … nice. i considered getting a second so one can handle audio and the other can handle cv exclusively.

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I kept running into reasons for wanting a second, then I found one used, couldn’t resist.

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My isms came on friday, it’s a busy time of year so I’ve not gotten as much time as I’d have liked with it. This is my first time w/ modular so I don’t exactly have a reference point for how much I like it, except that I really really like it.

Thank you monome and mannequins for the hard work on these

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Busy times indeed. Today I was finally able to set some time aside to mount the modules while our daughter set up the tree… Had a first test test ride later this evening, finally being able to do the TT studies for real. What can I say – wow! First time Eurorack feels like a self-contained instrument to me. Thanks to Monome and Mannequins for creating this!

Please pardon the kitschy pic, couldn’t resist. Happy holiday season to everyone!

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Can you do a rundown of the modules you’ve got loaded up? I can pick out most of them, but my olde eyes suffer so when I squint. :smile:

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Sure, from right to left:
• ALM/Busy Circuits Stompbox Gateway
• Intellijel Unity Gain Mixer
• Tiptop Audio BD808
• Mutable Instruments Braids
• Epoch Modular Twin Peaks
• Noise Engineering Loquelic Iteritas
• Mannequins Three Sisters
• Mannequins Mangrove
• Intellijel Quadra
• Monome TT, MP, WW, ES, Walk

In order to get the Twin Peaks in I had to file away about 2 mm (about 0.08 inches) of the plug of its power cable, as it was one of those which folds the cable once above the connector, making the connector at the module’s PCB unnecessarily high, like this:


Being relatively new to Eurorack, I was amazed by the compact size of the Isms, which makes it feel heavier than it actually is. The pots give a satisfying resistance when turning (which I do prefer over pots that turn to easy, like those on the Braids), which makes actions like fine adjustments on attentuators way easier for me.

And there is a neatness (for the lack of a better word, as I am not a native speaker) to the Isms that I really like. With the power bus board neatly tucked away under the control strip, the module space is completely free. And the power connector is basically at the top of each module (with the exception of modules that are slimmer than 6 HP), which means that the power cables of almost all of my modules are way too long, so I am considering making shorter ones.

Now all I need is time to learn the system – as this is not only my first hands-on experience with a Teletype, but also with Grid-based modules! :smile:

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