Thanks! Yes, I'm liking the 110 so far although it's a little cramped for my hand size. Will probably pick up the dual filter when I get a chance. Pretty sure I need to double up on the 2500 filter as well. It's excellent for the price and pings very well.
Looks good so far. The combo of some modular gear and hardware is best IMHO. I do modular with mostly second hand or low cost modules. The most I ever paid for a single unit was 170 for a Clouds clone. I try to stay under about 80 bucks per module. There are lots of standards that can be found cheap like Doepfer A-145 LFOs or their Wasp filter. Some companies have useful utility modules which are cheaper than other brands. Just as an example the DPW Design AV-1 Attenuverter is a handy mixer with polarity control as well as the comparator logic. Or †he Wild Fire Laboratories, Weird Vector. Weird Vector is all passives, but it offers 6 utility modules in a single unit at a low price. You can also find Mutable Instruments Branches clones for 70 bucks on Reverb. Does your abacus produce audio range envelopes? If it does, there is a youtube video on using the Spherical Sound, Vortex Generator which would give you a lot of patching ideas. It seems with your semi modular synths you could add a lot by getting utility modules to use with them. Though modular is so flexible everyone creates their own approach. The unspoken element of modular, that seems to be par for the course, is that everyone buys a couple modules that just do not fit their style. It's almost impossible to avoid spending money on those MEH modules. Glad to see you dabbling in the modular gear.
Great comment! I'll look into these recommendations. I try not spend too much time researching gear but I've been paying attention to modular for a while. Most of the functions I want are pretty basic because I'm mostly into subtractive analog sounds. To be honest I've been avoiding eurorack so that my dad doesn't get obsessed with it. We've only had these modules 2 days and he's already showing me $1100 spectral modules. I'm worried for his microphones.
@@Bata9999 I started with a Cre8audio Nifty Bundle I found used. At the time I kept seeing people talking crap about the Chipz oscillator it came with. I had "caviar tastes with a pizza face" and read all these reviews of fancy 500 dollar modules. Yet, all I could afford was the cheap crap. Then I realized the more expensive stuff was good for making the exact same sounds my hardware makes. So I ripped the fancy VCO out of the rack and put the crappy one back in. I pretty much have all the modules I need now. I look at videos on tnew stuff and I feel zero gas. I am quite happy with my collection of unpopular crap gear. I would say that making Complex Oscillator patches is very fun. If your Dual Envelope can make audio rate loops, try patching the VCO out into the trigger of the oscillator and run that out from what would normally be an LFO CV into a filter. My main audio source when I patch is my Vortex Generator dual envelope. Sadly, I think the guy who made those has stopped doing them. But I have seen them up on reverb. Another cheap module source are the Tidbit Audio 0 hp modules. I use a lot of their VCAs because they only cost 16 bucks. I removed my clouds module because it took up too much space and always sounded the same too.
Oh boy ! … congrats …that’s are rabbit hole ! Looking forward to your discoveries 👍🏻
It's a rabbit hole for sure. I think I'm experienced enough to not get carried away but we'll see. I have mixed opinions on the modules so far.
Morning!! Bata!! Coffee on! Well said! ;-)!
Nice kit. The 110 module is amazingly versatile module. Certainly interested in updates on what other modules you add.
Thanks! Yes, I'm liking the 110 so far although it's a little cramped for my hand size. Will probably pick up the dual filter when I get a chance. Pretty sure I need to double up on the 2500 filter as well. It's excellent for the price and pings very well.
@@Bata9999 Yeah, definitely not the best ergonomics for anyone with hands larger than a small child's, for sure.
Looks good so far. The combo of some modular gear and hardware is best IMHO.
I do modular with mostly second hand or low cost modules. The most I ever paid for a single unit was 170 for a Clouds clone. I try to stay under about 80 bucks per module.
There are lots of standards that can be found cheap like Doepfer A-145 LFOs or their Wasp filter.
Some companies have useful utility modules which are cheaper than other brands. Just as an example the DPW Design AV-1 Attenuverter is a handy mixer with polarity control as well as the comparator logic. Or †he Wild Fire Laboratories, Weird Vector. Weird Vector is all passives, but it offers 6 utility modules in a single unit at a low price. You can also find Mutable Instruments Branches clones for 70 bucks on Reverb.
Does your abacus produce audio range envelopes? If it does, there is a youtube video on using the Spherical Sound, Vortex Generator which would give you a lot of patching ideas.
It seems with your semi modular synths you could add a lot by getting utility modules to use with them. Though modular is so flexible everyone creates their own approach.
The unspoken element of modular, that seems to be par for the course, is that everyone buys a couple modules that just do not fit their style. It's almost impossible to avoid spending money on those MEH modules.
Glad to see you dabbling in the modular gear.
Great comment! I'll look into these recommendations. I try not spend too much time researching gear but I've been paying attention to modular for a while. Most of the functions I want are pretty basic because I'm mostly into subtractive analog sounds. To be honest I've been avoiding eurorack so that my dad doesn't get obsessed with it. We've only had these modules 2 days and he's already showing me $1100 spectral modules. I'm worried for his microphones.
@@Bata9999 I started with a Cre8audio Nifty Bundle I found used. At the time I kept seeing people talking crap about the Chipz oscillator it came with.
I had "caviar tastes with a pizza face" and read all these reviews of fancy 500 dollar modules. Yet, all I could afford was the cheap crap.
Then I realized the more expensive stuff was good for making the exact same sounds my hardware makes. So I ripped the fancy VCO out of the rack and put the crappy one back in. I pretty much have all the modules I need now. I look at videos on tnew stuff and I feel zero gas. I am quite happy with my collection of unpopular crap gear.
I would say that making Complex Oscillator patches is very fun. If your Dual Envelope can make audio rate loops, try patching the VCO out into the trigger of the oscillator and run that out from what would normally be an LFO CV into a filter. My main audio source when I patch is my Vortex Generator dual envelope. Sadly, I think the guy who made those has stopped doing them. But I have seen them up on reverb.
Another cheap module source are the Tidbit Audio 0 hp modules. I use a lot of their VCAs because they only cost 16 bucks.
I removed my clouds module because it took up too much space and always sounded the same too.