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[philmaguire]

Yeah, I was wondering the same. I looked around for one second hand a while back but no luck. Looks like a really nice module.

[dermo]

Nice! Been looking at the metalbox sequential switch but I think Tom is coming out with a Bugbrand panel of logic and switch facilities so will wait for that.
I’m a big fan of the passive approach to control, one of my DIY jobbies is just some diodes and a variety of capacitors wired up to toggle switches, to remove negative voltages and remove dc offset at varying decay rates - good cheap performance tools!

[philmaguire]

Nice! I have a few things from the Doepfer DIY page that I want to put together for smashing signals together, voltage clamping and such

Considering this passive switch matrix for some routing, or DIYing my own. Should be simple enough!

[zuliani]

I’ve been downsizing every few months, and have gotten down to 108HP. I built this case to put a hard cap on my module count — everything I currently have just fits. Loving the pared down feel of this setup and, of course, I’m getting more out of it than ever.

[philmaguire]

What’s the DIY looking module, top centre?

[zuliani]

Hacked Korg Monotron Delay; the crown jewel of my whole setup, and the perfect companion for the Phonogene!

[kirklandish]

Korg Monotron Delay is underrated, I will probably pick one up some day.

[zuliani]

Agreed! It has such a solid Lo-Fi character, and while the filter isn’t resonant it’s plenty gritty.

[andrewhuang]

Beautiful synth, love the proportions and the little theremin antenna pointing out of the top corner! Would be awesome to hear a bit of it. I’m a big Phonogene fan.

[zuliani]

Hey, @andrewhuang, thank you! I’ve got some videos up on my Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/adzuliani/), and there are some more completed compositions on my Youtube – they’re from the case I had before I built the wooden one, but the modules are all the same.

Really love and admire your work, by the way!

[yun]

To be honest I thought it was some super oscillator/mega drones for the last 2 months; I only came across it because I got it at a good price from a friend who was parting a bunch of his module. With the limited time I have, I had a lot of fun running it as multiple envelopes (AR and ASR) that shot at controlled timings (tuning it with the intone). I think reading the Just Friends thread really helped me explore different possibilities. I’m sure you’ve already done that stuff though! Honestly made me realize all the Mannequins modules are beautiful haha

[zuliani]

Also, heck yeah, love that Phonogene. It was the first module I wanted, and the last one I got, and it was worth the wait.

[andrewhuang]

nice sounds! i always end up going glitchy with the phonogene. might need to play with it in a spacier context.

[zuliani]

I usually tend towards glitch with it too, and never really considered working with microsound in such small fragments, but that’s how I ended up with these smooth, pure tones – there’s a triangle wave hiding in that tape machine!

[sarmism]

Here’s my setup for a recent live performance. Underneath it all is a lot of gaffer tape and velcro!

[andrewhuang]

Nice! How do you like Deluge paired with the modular?

[stripes]

super oscillator/mega drones

it can definitely still be that along with many many other things sound mode is amazing. if you search the forum you can find lots of patch ideas for JF. there are FM bell sound self patches as well as tons of drone and chord possibilities.

[sarmism]

Thanks!

I love it. It seems to like working with a couple of rows. Any more than that and I lose the ‘wholeness’ of the setup and it becomes a full modular instrument with rather a redundant Deluge. At the moment it’s almost like one instrument (or the closest I’ve got since putting down the guitar for Fruity loops!)

I’m still working my way through how I want to structure my workflow between the two… So far I’ve sampled lots of modular beats and one shots, as well as modular soundscapes into the Deluge and mangled them appropriately. Then, for live work I sequence a couple of voices with the Deluge (big STO bass line and Plaits plinky plonks) and randomly trigger various samples with the STS.

I think I need to load up my STS with some more field recording style samples and then ask the modular to improv with them while I Deluge it up. I’d like to work in a sort of semi structured way rather than the almost entirely timelined setup I have at the moment and that seems like a route towards it.

In your videos I’ve seen you have a Deluge sitting on your desk… Have you played with it much? Love to hear your thoughts, or even see it in a video (which are awesome BTW!)

[andrewhuang]

Thanks! The Deluge is relatively new to me so I’m still in the learning stages - trying to decide if it will be a replacement for the level of sequencing I’d currently ask of Ableton, or if I’ll just keep the laptop out for those kinds of sessions. Have yet to even use its sampler! But I like the idea of that being part of how it would jam with a modular too. And of course, the fact that it’s battery powered has me questioning whether it will unseat the OP-1 as my ultimate travel device…

Mangling modular audio with the Deluge sounds fun, any examples I could hear?!

[sarmism]

Ooh there’s a question!

Basically almost all of my recent set at my local Electronic Music Open Mic was modular sampled into Deluge. Mostly single shots but a few soundscapes and textures.

I really like that you can sample in then process the sample and use it in a kit or use it as an oscillator in the synth. I’m just finishing off a track using all 0 Coast and some modular with some really nice polyphonic 0 Coast sounds. I’ll link when it’s ready!