Pre-release Hype Megathread

[Starthief]

Sure, I’ll do a comparison once I’m officially off work. (My work-from-home computer is my studio computer and my rack is right in reach, sometimes it’s a little too tempting )

[jlmitch5]

I just did a test to see how they dealt with very loud transient sounds (it does seem to me like there is a more hard ceiling on 3 sisters where as things round off on ripples). who knows if the vca i’m using (veils) to gain them up is also distorting (but that’s the same for both so I guess it could be taken as a control). I figured the most “fair” way to compare them, was to mult out each sound and plug 1 into the in 1 of ripples/lp in of 3 sisters, and 1 into in 2 ripples/all in from 3 sisters. I’m going out of the lpf output on each.

ripples:

3 sisters:

[desolationjones]

The ALL output is going to clip pretty badly with a hot ALL input since it’s just adding the three outputs. It might be more fair to only compare one filter output at a time, or passively mult / mix the three outputs together (which I’m sure is as safe on a MI module as it is on a WR one).

[moogah]

Somewhat of an aside, but thanks for taking the time to post this with all the visualizations, it occurs to me that I could make use of the ceiling in 3sis to create harder attacks when I need them… and I should experiment with a gain stages before and after 3sis to see what happens.

[jlmitch5]

good point. I’m going out of the low output, not the all. going into the low and all inputs (it seemed better than trying to mix outside of 3 sisters and put the mixed signal into the low input* and introduce, for example, my quadratt’s headroom.

[desolationjones]

Oh I misread! That seems more fair.

[jlmitch5]

you didn’t…I revised to make what I was doing more clear.

and to be clear, I am definitely not trying to say one is better than the other with this or trying to sway anyone to purchase a thing or anything like that, just wanted to share coz I had them next to me (and I was curious myself). they are two modules I really love. you can attenuate going into 3 sisters to make it so it doesn’t clip. I think they are both useful in in a small setup…3 sisters with the ability to mix 3 voices, ripples with the in attenuator and vca.

[Starthief]

Here’s the comparison. An 8Vpp sine from Hertz Donut mk2, through:

Tallin, linear drive mode
Tallin, symmetric drive mode
Tallin, asymmetric drive mode
Ripples drive

I think I actually prefer the sound of Ripples, but when I was doing crossfade comparisons between them it seems more similar to Tallin’s symmetric drive.

I am generally okay with mini-pots, but trying to sweep this one smoothly isn’t a lot of fun. It’s not a normal use case though; I’d probably put a VCA in front of it instead.

[21echoes]

awesome! thanks for that. agreed the ripples one sounds nice and most similar to the symmetric drive mode (with a hint of the high buzziness of the asymmetric, which could probably be rolled off if you didn’t want it, what with ripples being… a filter and all haha). excited for it to be up for sale soon

[caelmore]

Teaser for the @DivKid module number three:

New DivKid Eurorack module *TEASER* (coming soon) - guess what it is in the...

[frankchannel]

This is a neat Euclidean sequencer. Their Kickstarter begins on Monday I believe: https://www.torsoelectronics.com/product/t-1

[jlmitch5]

This looks really interesting. I like the idea of the sequencer and it seems like a good form factor with high quality parts like the aluminum casing. I looked up the price (511usd is what I found) which I do think sounds pretty high but I can understand based on the latter.

Im curious if they plan on open sourcing the firmware or atleast offering some of sort of midi cc controller mode. It seems like a generic enough collection of controls that it could be a very nice companion to norns like a grid or 16n

[mdoudoroff]

TORSO T-1 // Generative sequencer review and tutorial

[Szuumm]

Agree re: price. I’ve had a my eye on this since it popped up on my Instagram feed a couple of months back, but I just can’t justify the cost at the moment.

[21echoes]

It’s a 6-channel S&H in 4hp: https://divkidvideo.com/rnd-step-the-third-divkid-eurorack-module/ Well, 6 outs, and 6 internal noise sources, but only 3 triggers and 3 source inputs

[mdoudoroff]

Really nice design (I ordered one), although one shouldn’t overlook the ADDAC 215, which may provide more value for some people for less scratch.

[oot]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Hopefully they fixed some of the droop common to S&H modules.

[DMR]

For people looking for a source of triggered randomness (and not everything a sample and hold with external input has to offer), there is also the Transient Modules 4R, which gives 4 random outputs in 2 HP:

Transient Modules 4R

[caelmore]

I’d imagine the pairing of 4R and RND STEP to be quite fun.

[Emile]

Stretchgoals for cv in/out and usb c added. Very useful.