Hello - looking to purchase some Mannequins modules and I’d like to get the community’s opinion on which ones are the best / most useful. And perhaps share some use cases.
Thanks!
Well there are only four, so really depends what you want.
But if you had to choose 1, I’d go with 3 Sisters since it is not only a great filter but can also track 1v/octave if you need it to be a stand alone voice.
If you don’t have to chose one, get all four! If you really want to go all in, get a second Mangrove and you will be busy for the next year. Thats what I did.
Hmmm…food for thought. I definitely don’t have to choose one. I have enough to get Mangrove, Three Sisters and Cold Mac or Just Friends and Mangrove.
do you have a modualr grid of your other modules you have?
Mangrove and Three Sisters are a great start. I’ve got 2 of each.
I may start with that. I want some money left over for an MI Rings and a White Whale.
I had mangrove before the others were out and wonder what it would sound like with the fam
currently I’m running with a WR block of: 3S/JF/CM and RIP
cold mac mangrove and perhaps even friends are somewhat redundant depending what else is in your system
but it’s not hyperbole to say 3 sisters is unmatched/irreplaceable
they are all addictive…especially if your synth is small (like mine)
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Really depends on what other modules you have… but I would say, if you’re starting a system (or even a new voice), the mangrove-sisters-mac is really the core of the mannequins. Friends is mostly just crazy modulation butter poured over whatever other modules one might have.
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So…I just started a system about a month ago and have:
– Snazzy FX Tidal Wave (in love with this)
– Snazzy FX Wow and Flutter
– Make Noise Function
– Intellijel Dr. Octature
– Ansible
– MI Clouds
And looking to expand 
This is, of course, in addition to some basic utilities like in / outs, mults, etc. Needing some attenuators at the moment as well.
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always wanted one!
My first and only mannequins module is Cold Mac. It’s a strange module. It can do lots of things but when you patch in one function you sometimes lose the ability to patch something else that it can do. I like it though. It doesn’t always get used or used entirely in my patches but it can do some cool stuff.
Free patch idea: patch gate and velocity CV to the analog AND to get a velocity dependent gate. Patch that to the optomix level in or some such.
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I started my rack with a mangrove, sisters, and a white whale. It kept me occupied for a while and got me hooked. My rack has grown immensely. You mentioned wanting a MI Rings, its also great fun. Remember if you get a White Whale you might want to get a Monome switch, plus and output unit. I use Make Noise Rosie!
I started with Mangrove, Three Sisters and Cold Mac, plus:
- Tangle Quartet
- Clouds
- Warps
- Peaks
- Maths
- Brain Seed
- G8
- Radio Music
- Batumi + Poti
- Malekko Performance Multiple
- MUTE 4
All together that’s exactly 126HP in 3U. I can’t imagine replacing anything in this instrument.
Moving on, I’ll be adding:
- Switch
- Meadowphysics
- Earthsea
- Ansible
- Just Friends
- +1 Mangrove
…among other things. I don’t have an output unit, I just take signals directly to my mixer. That may change down the road.
I can strongly endorse all three of the WR modules I currently own, even if they make me scratch my head sometimes.
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