the noise reap lfo is amazing - I didn’t see the point in having mirrored outputs until I figured out I could do stuff like have the resonance of a filter increase while the cutoff freq decreased, etc.

it’s hard to pick one module specifically…but I think because delay is a core foundation of what I do, I’d have to say my echophon. it’s like a regular digital delay / pitch shifting pedal, but completely deconstructed.

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Oh yeah, CVP here too!

Frames for sure. I struggled with whether to get the full sized version or a Plancks for quite a while until I decided that this module would likely become an important centerpiece and was worth dedicating the space and getting better control of it. I’m glad I did; it’s well worth the hp and it’s one of those modules that seems limited only by your imagination. I really love using it along with Compare2 as a drum sequencer, sending Frames’ offsets to the shift and size inputs to create several different rhythms and scanning through them.

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For me it’s the Verbos Scan & Pan. It’s the module I’ve owned the longest, and the one that is always used—of course, it’s my main mixer, so that might be part of it! But beyond that, it’s helped me dedicate my standalone VCAs to modulation use since each channel has one built in, it has great gain saturation for coloring which helps me get more out of simple waveforms, and the scan/pan/width controls let me use the mixer in so many different ways. I can use it as simple stereo, but also sending to different effects and wiping between them, or as wet/dry instead of L/R, or as a kind of rough cadavre exquis. It constantly inspires me to patch differently.

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I’m out of the eurorack game now, but when I had a full system Blinds was the game changer for me (partnered with Quadra+Expander and Batumi, lots of cross-patching between all three). Being able to modulate modulation intensity with other modulation sources became a key part of how I thought about patching my system.

Idk what it is about Batumi… I keep trying to find a replacement, thinking I can go without it… It just keeps coming back. I cant do anything without it. It keeps me hostage with its slidery goodness.

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Frames for sure. I struggled with whether to get the full sized version or a Plancks for quite a while until I decided that this module would likely become an important centerpiece and was worth dedicating the space and getting better control of it. I’m glad I did; it’s well worth the hp and it’s one of those modules that seems limited only by your imagination. I really love using it along with Compare2 as a drum sequencer, sending Frames’ offsets to the shift and size inputs to create several different rhythms and scanning through them.

I would like to hear what this sounds like!

Grains.

In/Out.

ModSeq.

Here’s a blobby, unformed snippet of some recording last night while I was trying to come up with synth parts to go along with some rhythms. Thankfully Frames can save states between sessions so I’m still trying to create a song with this patch. Compare 2 is getting fed two outputs of a channel of Batumi and I’m manually scrubbing between a couple frames and the sweet spots that formed in between to create the chorus/verse sections. The snare is the only drum not triggered by C2’s logic outputs, it’s triggered by a clock multiplier running from the same channel of Batumi.

https://soundcloud.com/smbols/framescomparebeat/s-swfdw

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I really like the off-kilter, shuffle feel that you get from the Compare 2!

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Ansible is indespesible for me. It’s one of the main reasons I still have a eurorack setup going.

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The Chronoblob by Alright Devices really makes things work for me. The sync delay feature alone is very good, but when you start using it with things like euclidean rhythms or random triggers you get into undefined territory pretty fast.

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am this close to buying a Rampage kit… i should stay away from this topic :smiley:

Wait… Er… what magic is this???

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The zoom function is changed with the expert firmware. One of the slider in zoom mode allows you to attenuate the LFO :slight_smile:

Glad I kept mine. I’ll need to change firmware, is it painless?

Yeah it’s easy, you just get it from the official website and there’s everything you need. http://xaocdevices.com/main/batumi/

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Triple Sloths for me. In every patch I end up sticking it all over the place, sometimes I just stick it in random empty cv inputs :sweat_smile:
It’s great to send gates into the cv inputs for (sort of)clocked, slow, chaotic modulation as well. It’s such a crucial module for me, it breathes life into any patch it touches.

(edit) It’s funny reading all the love for Batumi. I tried to replace it a few days ago with another modulation source. Within 24 hours it was back in its rightful place…

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Came here to post this. I never patch without ol’ Trips.

Special mention goes to Rampage, for which I recently traded. It has so much to offer!

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