Links! ▼ ▼ ▼ Massive thanks to my Eurorack enthused friends, RUclips peers, and Dischord members that reached out to help and support me with this project! I love you all. ❤ CONNECT WITH ME PATREON ► www.patreon.com/jakobhaq PAYPAL DONATE ► www.paypal.me/jakobhaq INSTAGRAM ► instagram.com/jakob_haq/ DISCORD ► discord.gg/JTmQHAG 🔥 MY PRESET PACK STORE (My Patreons can download these packs without extra charge over at Patreon) MAIN PAGE ► jakobhaq.gumroad.com/ TARDIGRAIN "VOID THEORY" ► jakobhaq.gumroad.com/l/tardigrain-voidtheory 🎵 MY MUSIC DISCOGRAPHY ► hyperfollow.com/jakobhaq 🎛 MY EURORACK MODULAR MOOdular MODULES: You can check every module in my Eurorack case over at modular grid. Check out individual modules for more info about them ► modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2242604 MOOdular CASE: I purchased my Eurorack case (2x 88HP with PSU) from lkocase whom has a shop over at Etsy ▶ www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/Ikocase CUSTOM KNOBS: I invested heavily into custom knobs for this project and I purchased mine from SwedenKnobs over at Etsy ► www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/SwedenKnobs 🎹 Modular software VCV Rack (PC/Mac) ► vcvrack.com/ Cardinal (PC/Mac) ► cardinal.kx.studio/ miRack (iOS) ► apps.apple.com/app/mirack/id1468259834 Hexxen (Android) ► play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silicondroid.hexen&hl=sv&pli=1 SunVox (Android) ► play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nightradio.sunvox&hl=sv 👨💻 Modular website resources MOD Wiggler forum ► www.modwiggler.com/forum/ MOD Wiggler (OCD thread) ▶ modwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=154108 LMNC forum ► lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/ Rectifinuverter (sandelinos) ► sandelinos.me/diy/Rectifinuverter/ 🎥 Recommended Modular and DIY people channels Molten music technology ► www.youtube.com/@MoltenMusicTech Moritz Klein ► www.youtube.com/@MoritzKlein0 LMNC Discourse ► www.youtube.com/@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER Divkid ► www.youtube.com/@DivKid Meebilt ► www.youtube.com/@MeeBilt Kristian Blåsol ► ruclips.net/user/KristianBl%C3%A5sol/videos ⏰ TIME STAMPS 0:00 Modular for Making sounds 2:21 MOOdular v.1 specifications 20:25 Why I became a modular people 27:37 The co$t of going modular 34:53 Should you become a modular people? 🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄
Wow, this is probably the best video I have seen about modular explaining what it is, what to use it for and why you may want to DIY 👑 Thanks a lot for mentioning me!
Thanks bro! Fun fact; This vid was supposed to come out before summer, however a dead backup drive and bad backup practises (all my fault) delayed it. Basically it’s the second time I make this video 😅
@@JakobHaq That's awful! I lose footage due to not enough space all the time, but never an entire video/drive. That's a great reminder that I need to back my stuff up. I'm glad you persevered. Double cheers! 🍻
Great video Jakob - really enjoyed it! I can relate so much to your motivations and your journey. I DIY'd my first modular synth back in the 70's based on magazine and newsletter articles. I still have some original CEM chips, OTA's in metal cans, MC1495 multipliers etc. Some of those old modules still work. I got hooked on modular again after trying VCVRack. Now have over 70 modules and 21U of rack, 100% DIY, ~20% designed by me. I don't have an accurate cost but its north of $7000 Cdn. DIY is not necessarily cheap but its so rewarding to make your own stuff. I don't end up making much music but I love building things and playing with sound. Rock on brother!
You know, I never thought that making sounds would be its own thing. But you’re right…music is about self expression. Not everything needs to be designed for mainstream. Sound making is your creative outlet. I use a ton of your presets, which wouldn’t have been possible if you didn’t experiment with it. Also, it was great to meet up with you in person. You’re definitely the legend, on and off camera.
It was a treat to watch! You made a fantastic sound lab for only 2K, at 34:20, it shows the true power. I love the freaking sound of it. Other stars of the show were Jonatan's module inclusion and, of course, dancing moo moo. 🐮 Thank you for sharing! 🤗
Modular improved my abilities with regular synths by a huge amount. I can make the Tempest sing now because I understand what’s going on under the hood .
When you're ready for it: iPad (which you are already well equipped with)+ Aum + Expert Sleepers ES9 + Covariant plugin.. This is basically complete integration of iPad and Modular. Covariant converts any midi through Aum into CV and triggers and gates etc. and the ES9 handles multiple channels of audio in and out for processing, recording etc...
I was looking into this and so I checked out both ES8 and ES8 first. But then I found Befaco AC/DC and saw it was available as a DIY kit so I was gonna get one. Problem was that they sold out and then I kinda forgot about it. But yeah, I’m still looking into various ways of integrating both platforms. The Expert sleeper stuff does look great.
@@JakobHaq Yes, ES8 if you need ADAT, ES9 if you need more analog IO, Befaco if fewer IO is all you need. My main purpose was to use iOS audio effects (plentiful and cheap) since I didn't want to go too far down that rabbit hole in eurorack - no more space and too much $. I also realized that I wasn't really enjoying the sequencer options I had in hardware and the interesting ones are expensive and wide and iOS sequencers are pretty interesting. So I actually got an ES5 (8 more gate trigger outputs) and a ESX-8CV (8 more CV outputs). I can trigger all 8 channels on my Salmple and still have clock, start/run and 3 voices of CV/gate without cutting into the audio outs on the ES9. It's way more than I need as just a hobbyist but it's there for me to grow into.. I do really like Befaco and I've built about 5-6 of their modules. I like to fool myself that I am making Eurorack affordable by doing as much soldering as possible!
Wow, i'm truly blown away by your MOOdular and this video, your work is really inspiring! Personally what got me into modular is the electronics side of it, almost an addiction to build new modules everyday! Can’t wait to see what you’ll create next!
YOU are inspiring! 😊 I too have recently (3 months) dove into the eurorack world ❤ it is a lot of research and experimenting. ✨️ it all seems to be paying off. Mentally and emotionally rewarding , creating somthing in the moment that is unique and personal. 🙏
I was pretty impressed to see you had a Kymatica module in your rig. I have that same LFO module. Coincidentally, I also have the same AUM shirt. Great minds and all. Hope all is well and glad to see you are modular people.
"Cheese Rizz"... can we make that product real?! Lol. Seriously tho Jakob, it's good to have you back and very exciting to hear about these awesome projects you have going on. More please!!
My son you are a genius, if I am to learn all you can as you yourself have learned over the years, I get to go to school for a number of years with you son and you get a tough job trying to teach your mother. I just love it all, I didn't have much available when I was young trying to make music. But we had tape recorders and in these I saved all the notes I got to me and then I saved it. This is how it looked at the time.....50-60-70s. Lots of love son🤍🤍🤍❤❤❤🌺🌻🌼🏵
Excellent video. Well thought out and brilliantly explained. Ever since I heard the synth portion of Emerson Lake & Palmer's song "Lucky Man" back in the early 70's, I was hooked on making noises. It wasn't till several years ago that I got into Modular. Can't play any instruments, but love to make noise. I also had to laugh when you mentioned O.C.D., I'm Obsessive Compulsive and a bit of a perfectionist, and yes, all the front panels of my modules in the rack are black.
Inspiring video! I am nearing completion of my first eurorack case, and there's a lot of things you mentioned about your planning and process I really resonated with. The goal for my case is that when all is said and done, I will have paid less than the ModularGrid estimated price, including the case I made for it and the cables! While DIY is not an option for my particular rack plan (well, besides the case as already mentioned), I have been searching the web for great used deals (the entire genesis of this plan came from scoring a great Facebook Marketplace find). I have two more modules left to acquire, and as I have been keeping track of how much I've paid for it thus far, I am well on track to succeed on my price goal! Once I'm done I should make a video about my plan and process, some points will be similar to yours though I have a few other thoughts I think don't get mentioned enough. Excited to see where the MOOdular goes!
Hell, I'm proud of you man. We live in a world where any day the dinosaurs can return and reclaim the land in a dinosaur apocalypse reclamation war. You might as well do the things you enjoy with the time you have, focusing on what you like and what speaks to you. I love the JD08/ jd800. Is it the most versatile synth? Hell no. But it sounds like a PlayStation so I love it. Awesome looking system and fantastic sounds. I'm here for more modular stuff, especially if I see you having fun and getting inspired, cause that inspires me.
I have found my modular synth to be the perfect compliment to my ableton and Ipad setup. The synth by itself is an incredible machine and is different everytime i turn it on. The ability to capture those sounds in my ipad or in ableton is an incredible way to make music.Also would love a link to the wave surgeon layout.
Sessions like that become a bit more spontaneous and explorative, well at least that’s how I feel about it. I still have certain results I want to reach but I really do explore and investigate sounds differently through a modular setup.
Pretty system..love the customization and DIY approach. I did a little, and bought budget and low-priced modules. My system is based around the Behringer Neutron (instead of the Mavis) but it isn't racked. I also added a second case. Well done Jakob.
Its a great way of getting into it. Get a full synthvoice as a starter “brain” and add bits and pieces when one have the means to, feels like it or when the time is right. 💙💜🧡💛
Oooooh that’s gonna be a journey. And it already has been one! Impressive how much of it you built yourself. Love the depths you went to here, hope you’ll find fun ways to integrate iOS, and wish you tons of fun with it all! ^_^ (I never used modular, but I’ve worked with programming languages that felt similar - ChucK, Pure Data, SuperCollider - and _man_ that’s a rabbit hole… xD)
I never really dived too deep into coding but I used to work with NI Reaktor in the past, which could easily end up feeling like coding sessions. I’m still interested in learning more and I’ve thought about getting some sort of PD based module, like Axoloti.
Fantastic video. I love it. I don’t have space for any more hardware synths but I have MiRack, Model 15 by Moog as well as Modular V by Arturia. Still the research of electronic components I could very easily get lost in. Also I am very fascinated by the products from Analog Solutions even though some of them require a separate room.
Should I be stepping away from your Sound Lab now? Your Sound System has kept me at bay for a while ;) Good to hear you are enjoying the adventures in hardware. I'm going to stick to the (fantastic) software VCVRack/MiRack route for my modular noodlings for now. Anything else is a financial slippery slope I don't want to start on, I know where it leads ...
Oh man! I just feel as if we are somehow telpathically connected! I started studying electronic engeneering just so i can finally understand how to build a modular synth.. it was way to expensive for me (and still is)! I have so so so much passion and emotions for just making quantized bleep-bloops and calling it ambient.. and just as you i dont like ANY SOUND SOURCE that i didnt create myself in that exact studio session. Now im basically the most motivated student of my whole semester studying books and exercises JUST SO I CAN BUILD ANOTHER VCA BECAUSE GODDAMN I ONLY HAVE TWO!!
First of all, you need more VCA’s 😂 Secondly, I feel the struggle hard. But it’s so worth it in the end. I’m curious though … any OCDs you want to share? 😅😂
There are many ways of cutting down on cost btw. One way is to diy as much as you can and to use less expensive ways of doing stuff (as long as your going about stuff in a safe way). Some of my modules didn’t cost me more than 10-20 bucks. And there’s lots of basic stuff that me can build like that. Howevr, Don’t mess around with power supplies and > wall power < unless you know what you’re doing. Finally I recommend @MoritzKlein0 for learning about electronics and synth circuits. He makes some of the absolute best content about this.
@@JakobHaq hahahah i mean im not your average guy but nothing out of the ordinary. I just love modular synths and VCAs are basically the key to great self-generating ambient patches so i love them.
@@JakobHaq yeah this is what every single diy youtuber says and for good reason (i love moritz!!). nah nah ill leave my hands from power supply designs im here for the LV stuff xD even tho there are really affordable modules in the end i like knowing whats going on behind the pannel. lets take the befaco rampage. beautiful product but i would have always loved to have a cv in for the log / exp shape of the envelope. or lets take the behringer 1047 multimode filter. no CV in for the filter bias (for the "notch" filter) or a proper limiter. last example: the shakmat audios "knights gallop", there is only trig out, no gate out! i have this need to have a system where i know every ins and outs, where i can 100% rely on standartized signal levels etc. If you want to count that as some OCD you are free to do so hahaha.
I rode out my Eurorack obsession a few years ago and never bought a single module lol, still iOS 4 lyfe baby (oh and a massive guitar pedalboard, but that’s another story hehe)
Looooong time getting there, moooooodular looks very cool. To me it seems very clear why this is different for you, you’re having fun. It’s the cow golden rule, fun is the reason 🙏. One day maybe, I’ll play with my semi-moodular to ease the lust for all the flashing lights and knobs. Cool video showing the whole process Swedish moo 🇸🇪🐄😀.
Hi Jakob congratulations for your channel the information it's very useful I see in one of your videos de speaker ik iloud do you recommended for busking? I remember a guy in Canada he conect a big mixer to de iloud the sound sounds very good what do you think?
Well, I guess you convinced me to have a look into miRack to get that modular "Euro"-Rack vibe. But I will never ever touch a solder iron and mingle with diodes, resistors and transistors etc. The closest I got and get involved in DIY is assembling an IKEA piece of furniture (and even this is already a torture for me)...
I have that same illness. I mean the thing about needing to build nhooh sounds for a new hunk of moohsick despite having made in advance thousands of sounds, some of which I made for exactly the sort of moohsick I am making at that moment. It still feels insufficiently customized to the song. So I edit the closest-sounding preset to what I had in mind, right? Ooooh no - I edit several presets, then make a new one anyway. Because I have it bad, this malady. Sorry you have your own case, but we make the best of the hand we are dealt. In my case, I see I am a sick goat in more ways than one. On your blooming design/electronics/modular/sound/music journey, you may want to bump into another Swedish modular people now doing business full time under the name DPW. I think his name is Dan? He has an extensive design and electronics background in other areas, and has done music gear part-time for a long while. Now he is doing it full time, and he has a very particular and intense thoughts on what he wants to do in modular. He seems like a personable modular people who has interesting gear and ideas. DPW is on YT also. He might be a good possibly-local modular person to talk with, along with the various other local people doing this kind of thing. Why him? He popped into my head. Good luck with all this. I wish I had the time to go back to DIY. Being a sick fuck - I mean goat - I rarely get more than an hour a day to do anything anymore because of more visceral illnesses. Being a crazy perfectionist is poorly suited to serious illness. I have bottomless patience and plenty of skill, but no time. Still, I can dream, however, and I can poke a pad, often enough. Cheers on the lovely synth lab. Keep going, Jakob.
Kan någon svara på vad dockning grejen alla använder till iPhone 12 Som har tre portar och en av portarna är en mic 3.5 stereo ingång…den måste passa ingången på iPhone 12 som ej är usb-c har sökt och hittar bara massa som har 2 portar och är usb-c help please 😅
Great video. btw. I find very strange to hear about OCD in the context of modular where each module looks different, and usually a module hosts a few completely different styles of knobs. Although I do like the funky aesthetics of the modulars, I still very much bothered with it's Frankenstein knob theme.
Amazing that you are having fun and others will poo poo on it. Humans 🥴 Respect for work you did on this. I will be ready to buy the "Horror Show" app that you will create in 2025 😂 🥔
20:09 - I’ve only been into making music since 2022, but this mindset of saving projects or the like has never clicked with me. Seeing this video helps me feel better about that. I had a feeling you’d go modular, after watching your videos for Hilda and ButterSynth. Congrats on the rack!
Yeah I had different priorities for decades regarding my workflow. I needed stuff to be fast in all aspects of music making. Saving and reloading has been a huge part. This is why I abandoned modular workflow in the past. Back then that workflow was too slow and somewhat unpredictable, especially since I didn’t own the systems I used. . So I started using digital versions of modular early on to be able to get more personal with it. VAZ modular was one of them. I later added CreamWare sound cards to my system and used the modular in that one. But I still felt like it was too slow. Well many years has gone by and my ADHD has done a number on me. This new tool I’ve built is exactly what I need. . However … I do keep a recorder on hand whenever I fire it up. I still want to capture(save) some of the stuff that happens when I jibe with the moo.
@@JakobHaq _ I also have ADHD and I wonder if that’s part of my process with music. Totally understand your points though and no knocking it! I just jam yanno? I like watching those 2-4 hour streams of generative ambient sessions showcasing their euroracks. It’s almost meditative! If my adhd is full bore having something like that on is super helpful to just chill. Hope to hear some more of your recordings with your Moo!
This is not for me. Looks like a time and money pit. I'll stick to my iPad and iOS apps - they use up enough time and money already. But an interesting video. Thank you!
@@JakobHaqModel15 as well. Korg Gadget 2 (now 3) started me on Modular. And Drambo allowed me to make Modular stuff, but allowed it to be useful instantly as an AUv3
and have more fun ;) let people do what they want to do! we already have SO much music out there and not everyone wants to be a full-time musician / producer / dj / whatever. some people are just a lot into cables and led-lights and.. well modular is perfect for those candidates!
Honestly, it’s not that much money. I can count the number of bedroom producers who have spent so much on desktop software and don’t even do anything with them. At least the hardware from Eurorack can be legit used for signal analysis. The equipment is very similar to what I used in my Engineering degree.And it’s ultimately up to the person to control their spending addiction. Buy parts in bulk. It will save you a LOT of money. And also…let people have fun. That’s how you create the most expressive music. When you’re not bound by societal norms.
@@SEONNTHAPRODUCER yeah or even better, they loose the product-key to their software. my only reverb these days is fruity reverb 2 and im happy with it :P
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MOOdular MODULES: You can check every module in my Eurorack case over at modular grid. Check out individual modules for more info about them ► modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2242604
MOOdular CASE: I purchased my Eurorack case (2x 88HP with PSU) from lkocase whom has a shop over at Etsy ▶ www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/Ikocase
CUSTOM KNOBS: I invested heavily into custom knobs for this project and I purchased mine from SwedenKnobs over at Etsy ► www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/SwedenKnobs
🎹 Modular software
VCV Rack (PC/Mac) ► vcvrack.com/
Cardinal (PC/Mac) ► cardinal.kx.studio/
miRack (iOS) ► apps.apple.com/app/mirack/id1468259834
Hexxen (Android) ► play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silicondroid.hexen&hl=sv&pli=1
SunVox (Android) ► play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nightradio.sunvox&hl=sv
👨💻 Modular website resources
MOD Wiggler forum ► www.modwiggler.com/forum/
MOD Wiggler (OCD thread) ▶ modwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=154108
LMNC forum ► lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/
Rectifinuverter (sandelinos) ► sandelinos.me/diy/Rectifinuverter/
🎥 Recommended Modular and DIY people channels
Molten music technology ► www.youtube.com/@MoltenMusicTech
Moritz Klein ► www.youtube.com/@MoritzKlein0
LMNC Discourse ► www.youtube.com/@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
Divkid ► www.youtube.com/@DivKid
Meebilt ► www.youtube.com/@MeeBilt
Kristian Blåsol ► ruclips.net/user/KristianBl%C3%A5sol/videos
⏰ TIME STAMPS
0:00 Modular for Making sounds
2:21 MOOdular v.1 specifications
20:25 Why I became a modular people
27:37 The co$t of going modular
34:53 Should you become a modular people?
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IT GOT YOU! ... I could see it in your eyes and feel it in your soul back in 2019 at the Thomann Synth Reactor when we discussed going modular or not.
Guilty! 😅💋
@@JakobHaqI see miRack wasn't good enough! There's something special about fingering genuine Swedish knobs.
Wow, this is probably the best video I have seen about modular explaining what it is, what to use it for and why you may want to DIY 👑
Thanks a lot for mentioning me!
I’ve been watching occasionally for a while but this video is so good I am now a subscriber.
Less than a minute in and it’s already such a mood!
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truth! I like the science experiment part of it all. And the tinkering with the electronics itself.
Fantastic work, Jakob! It was well worth the wait. 🐄
Thanks bro! Fun fact; This vid was supposed to come out before summer, however a dead backup drive and bad backup practises (all my fault) delayed it. Basically it’s the second time I make this video 😅
@@JakobHaq That's awful! I lose footage due to not enough space all the time, but never an entire video/drive. That's a great reminder that I need to back my stuff up. I'm glad you persevered. Double cheers! 🍻
@@mobypixelcheers! ☕️
Seeing so many modules from boutique makers in your case makes me really happy!
Great video Jakob - really enjoyed it! I can relate so much to your motivations and your journey. I DIY'd my first modular synth back in the 70's based on magazine and newsletter articles. I still have some original CEM chips, OTA's in metal cans, MC1495 multipliers etc. Some of those old modules still work.
I got hooked on modular again after trying VCVRack. Now have over 70 modules and 21U of rack, 100% DIY, ~20% designed by me. I don't have an accurate cost but its north of $7000 Cdn. DIY is not necessarily cheap but its so rewarding to make your own stuff. I don't end up making much music but I love building things and playing with sound. Rock on brother!
You know, I never thought that making sounds would be its own thing. But you’re right…music is about self expression. Not everything needs to be designed for mainstream. Sound making is your creative outlet. I use a ton of your presets, which wouldn’t have been possible if you didn’t experiment with it.
Also, it was great to meet up with you in person. You’re definitely the legend, on and off camera.
I very much enjoyed your visit Bro! You’re welcome back anytime!
It was a treat to watch! You made a fantastic sound lab for only 2K, at 34:20, it shows the true power. I love the freaking sound of it. Other stars of the show were Jonatan's module inclusion and, of course, dancing moo moo. 🐮 Thank you for sharing! 🤗
Aw, thank you so much! 🥰🥰
great video, really interesting to hear your personal journey - look forward to seeing more.
Good for you, I am so done with soft synths it not the same as modular! Nothing like it.😀👍
Modular improved my abilities with regular synths by a huge amount. I can make the Tempest sing now because I understand what’s going on under the hood .
When you're ready for it: iPad (which you are already well equipped with)+ Aum + Expert Sleepers ES9 + Covariant plugin.. This is basically complete integration of iPad and Modular. Covariant converts any midi through Aum into CV and triggers and gates etc. and the ES9 handles multiple channels of audio in and out for processing, recording etc...
I was looking into this and so I checked out both ES8 and ES8 first. But then I found Befaco AC/DC and saw it was available as a DIY kit so I was gonna get one. Problem was that they sold out and then I kinda forgot about it. But yeah, I’m still looking into various ways of integrating both platforms. The Expert sleeper stuff does look great.
@@JakobHaq Yes, ES8 if you need ADAT, ES9 if you need more analog IO, Befaco if fewer IO is all you need. My main purpose was to use iOS audio effects (plentiful and cheap) since I didn't want to go too far down that rabbit hole in eurorack - no more space and too much $. I also realized that I wasn't really enjoying the sequencer options I had in hardware and the interesting ones are expensive and wide and iOS sequencers are pretty interesting. So I actually got an ES5 (8 more gate trigger outputs) and a ESX-8CV (8 more CV outputs). I can trigger all 8 channels on my Salmple and still have clock, start/run and 3 voices of CV/gate without cutting into the audio outs on the ES9. It's way more than I need as just a hobbyist but it's there for me to grow into.. I do really like Befaco and I've built about 5-6 of their modules. I like to fool myself that I am making Eurorack affordable by doing as much soldering as possible!
Covariant doesn't appear to be in the app store any longer.
Wow, i'm truly blown away by your MOOdular and this video, your work is really inspiring!
Personally what got me into modular is the electronics side of it, almost an addiction to build new modules everyday!
Can’t wait to see what you’ll create next!
Right back at you. I think you know how much I love your modules already, and I can’t wait to see what your electronics addiction makes up next. 💙💜🧡💛
YOU are inspiring! 😊 I too have recently (3 months) dove into the eurorack world ❤ it is a lot of research and experimenting. ✨️ it all seems to be paying off. Mentally and emotionally rewarding , creating somthing in the moment that is unique and personal. 🙏
I was pretty impressed to see you had a Kymatica module in your rig. I have that same LFO module. Coincidentally, I also have the same AUM shirt. Great minds and all. Hope all is well and glad to see you are modular people.
"Cheese Rizz"... can we make that product real?! Lol. Seriously tho Jakob, it's good to have you back and very exciting to hear about these awesome projects you have going on. More please!!
“Jakobs cheese rizz haQer CraQers!”
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Yes äntligen kan jag se min favorit-youtuber prata om moduler 😃🇸🇪❤
My son you are a genius, if I am to learn all you can
as you yourself have learned over the years, I get to go to school for a number of years with you son and you get a tough job trying to teach your mother.
I just love it all, I didn't have much available when I was young trying to make music. But we had tape recorders and in these I saved all the notes I got to me and then I saved it.
This is how it looked at the time.....50-60-70s. Lots of love son🤍🤍🤍❤❤❤🌺🌻🌼🏵
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Very interesting setup. Will be checking out the future videos. 👍👍
Yeeeeesssss! HaqAttaq modular. Bring it!
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Excellent video. Well thought out and brilliantly explained.
Ever since I heard the synth portion of Emerson Lake & Palmer's song "Lucky Man" back in the early 70's, I was hooked on making noises. It wasn't till several years ago that I got into Modular. Can't play any instruments, but love to make noise.
I also had to laugh when you mentioned O.C.D., I'm Obsessive Compulsive and a bit of a perfectionist, and yes, all the front panels of my modules in the rack are black.
OCD clan fam! 👊😂
Inspiring video! I am nearing completion of my first eurorack case, and there's a lot of things you mentioned about your planning and process I really resonated with. The goal for my case is that when all is said and done, I will have paid less than the ModularGrid estimated price, including the case I made for it and the cables! While DIY is not an option for my particular rack plan (well, besides the case as already mentioned), I have been searching the web for great used deals (the entire genesis of this plan came from scoring a great Facebook Marketplace find). I have two more modules left to acquire, and as I have been keeping track of how much I've paid for it thus far, I am well on track to succeed on my price goal! Once I'm done I should make a video about my plan and process, some points will be similar to yours though I have a few other thoughts I think don't get mentioned enough. Excited to see where the MOOdular goes!
hahahahahaha ! YES. Your admission at the start resonates with me. Standby for Jakob's new HNW project, 90 minute cassettes available on bandcamp.
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Hell, I'm proud of you man. We live in a world where any day the dinosaurs can return and reclaim the land in a dinosaur apocalypse reclamation war. You might as well do the things you enjoy with the time you have, focusing on what you like and what speaks to you. I love the JD08/ jd800. Is it the most versatile synth? Hell no. But it sounds like a PlayStation so I love it.
Awesome looking system and fantastic sounds. I'm here for more modular stuff, especially if I see you having fun and getting inspired, cause that inspires me.
“sounds like a PlayStation” 😂 I think I’d love it too 💛💛
It’s hard to resist the Eurorack pull 😜
It’s got it’s claws in good. 💙💜🧡
I have found my modular synth to be the perfect compliment to my ableton and Ipad setup. The synth by itself is an incredible machine and is different everytime i turn it on. The ability to capture those sounds in my ipad or in ableton is an incredible way to make music.Also would love a link to the wave surgeon layout.
Sessions like that become a bit more spontaneous and explorative, well at least that’s how I feel about it. I still have certain results I want to reach but I really do explore and investigate sounds differently through a modular setup.
Pretty system..love the customization and DIY approach. I did a little, and bought budget and low-priced modules. My system is based around the Behringer Neutron (instead of the Mavis) but it isn't racked. I also added a second case. Well done Jakob.
Its a great way of getting into it. Get a full synthvoice as a starter “brain” and add bits and pieces when one have the means to, feels like it or when the time is right.
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got an alternative method for buying in bulk: DIY five of something, sell the four you don't need for a markup.
Sounds great!
Thank you!
Oooooh that’s gonna be a journey. And it already has been one! Impressive how much of it you built yourself. Love the depths you went to here, hope you’ll find fun ways to integrate iOS, and wish you tons of fun with it all! ^_^
(I never used modular, but I’ve worked with programming languages that felt similar - ChucK, Pure Data, SuperCollider - and _man_ that’s a rabbit hole… xD)
42:00 bwaaaaah oink oink oink bwaaaaaaaaaah oink peeeeew oink oink
I never really dived too deep into coding but I used to work with NI Reaktor in the past, which could easily end up feeling like coding sessions. I’m still interested in learning more and I’ve thought about getting some sort of PD based module, like Axoloti.
@@schubertludwigthat’s a great transcription of my music bro 😂
Fantastic video. I love it. I don’t have space for any more hardware synths but I have MiRack, Model 15 by Moog as well as Modular V by Arturia. Still the research of electronic components I could very easily get lost in. Also I am very fascinated by the products from Analog Solutions even though some of them require a separate room.
Should I be stepping away from your Sound Lab now? Your Sound System has kept me at bay for a while ;) Good to hear you are enjoying the adventures in hardware. I'm going to stick to the (fantastic) software VCVRack/MiRack route for my modular noodlings for now. Anything else is a financial slippery slope I don't want to start on, I know where it leads ...
The soundlab is safe to approach. 😅😂💋
Oh man! I just feel as if we are somehow telpathically connected! I started studying electronic engeneering just so i can finally understand how to build a modular synth.. it was way to expensive for me (and still is)! I have so so so much passion and emotions for just making quantized bleep-bloops and calling it ambient.. and just as you i dont like ANY SOUND SOURCE that i didnt create myself in that exact studio session. Now im basically the most motivated student of my whole semester studying books and exercises JUST SO I CAN BUILD ANOTHER VCA BECAUSE GODDAMN I ONLY HAVE TWO!!
First of all, you need more VCA’s 😂 Secondly, I feel the struggle hard. But it’s so worth it in the end. I’m curious though … any OCDs you want to share? 😅😂
There are many ways of cutting down on cost btw. One way is to diy as much as you can and to use less expensive ways of doing stuff (as long as your going about stuff in a safe way). Some of my modules didn’t cost me more than 10-20 bucks. And there’s lots of basic stuff that me can build like that. Howevr, Don’t mess around with power supplies and > wall power < unless you know what you’re doing. Finally I recommend @MoritzKlein0 for learning about electronics and synth circuits. He makes some of the absolute best content about this.
@@JakobHaq hahahah i mean im not your average guy but nothing out of the ordinary. I just love modular synths and VCAs are basically the key to great self-generating ambient patches so i love them.
@@JakobHaq yeah this is what every single diy youtuber says and for good reason (i love moritz!!). nah nah ill leave my hands from power supply designs im here for the LV stuff xD even tho there are really affordable modules in the end i like knowing whats going on behind the pannel. lets take the befaco rampage. beautiful product but i would have always loved to have a cv in for the log / exp shape of the envelope. or lets take the behringer 1047 multimode filter. no CV in for the filter bias (for the "notch" filter) or a proper limiter. last example: the shakmat audios "knights gallop", there is only trig out, no gate out! i have this need to have a system where i know every ins and outs, where i can 100% rely on standartized signal levels etc. If you want to count that as some OCD you are free to do so hahaha.
I rode out my Eurorack obsession a few years ago and never bought a single module lol, still iOS 4 lyfe baby (oh and a massive guitar pedalboard, but that’s another story hehe)
Looooong time getting there, moooooodular looks very cool.
To me it seems very clear why this is different for you, you’re having fun.
It’s the cow golden rule, fun is the reason 🙏.
One day maybe, I’ll play with my semi-moodular to ease the lust for all the flashing lights and knobs.
Cool video showing the whole process Swedish moo 🇸🇪🐄😀.
11:09 cow just went boom 💥💥💥💥💥
Fantastic!
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Yes, I’m not alone ❤
Quite nice! Welcome to the fold!
Thank you! I enjoy being a modular people a lot!
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I'm presuming the VOYAGER filter isn't a clone of the Moog Voyager filter?
Hi Jakob congratulations for your channel the information it's very useful I see in one of your videos de speaker ik iloud do you recommended for busking? I remember a guy in Canada he conect a big mixer to de iloud the sound sounds very good what do you think?
i feel you on the sound design stealing the show. lol i thought i was alone in that
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Well, I guess you convinced me to have a look into miRack to get that modular "Euro"-Rack vibe. But I will never ever touch a solder iron and mingle with diodes, resistors and transistors etc. The closest I got and get involved in DIY is assembling an IKEA piece of furniture (and even this is already a torture for me)...
😅 I get it. Makes me think of my brother. He even used to call me to help him with IKEA stuff. I think his daughter does that stuff now.
I looooooooooove making sounds so I totally get you, but I’m so scared of the money pit
About time dammit!
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I have that same illness. I mean the thing about needing to build nhooh sounds for a new hunk of moohsick despite having made in advance thousands of sounds, some of which I made for exactly the sort of moohsick I am making at that moment. It still feels insufficiently customized to the song. So I edit the closest-sounding preset to what I had in mind, right? Ooooh no - I edit several presets, then make a new one anyway. Because I have it bad, this malady. Sorry you have your own case, but we make the best of the hand we are dealt. In my case, I see I am a sick goat in more ways than one.
On your blooming design/electronics/modular/sound/music journey, you may want to bump into another Swedish modular people now doing business full time under the name DPW. I think his name is Dan? He has an extensive design and electronics background in other areas, and has done music gear part-time for a long while. Now he is doing it full time, and he has a very particular and intense thoughts on what he wants to do in modular. He seems like a personable modular people who has interesting gear and ideas. DPW is on YT also. He might be a good possibly-local modular person to talk with, along with the various other local people doing this kind of thing. Why him? He popped into my head.
Good luck with all this. I wish I had the time to go back to DIY. Being a sick fuck - I mean goat - I rarely get more than an hour a day to do anything anymore because of more visceral illnesses. Being a crazy perfectionist is poorly suited to serious illness. I have bottomless patience and plenty of skill, but no time. Still, I can dream, however, and I can poke a pad, often enough.
Cheers on the lovely synth lab. Keep going, Jakob.
Kan någon svara på vad dockning grejen alla använder till iPhone 12
Som har tre portar och en av portarna är en mic 3.5 stereo ingång…den måste passa ingången på iPhone 12 som ej är usb-c har sökt och hittar bara massa som har 2 portar och är usb-c help please 😅
I'm completely the opposite, I love making melodies and get's really bored with sound design. I think that's why I never got into modular.
2130 oscillators > 3340. I mean, I haven't compared them right in front of me, but they're very close and the SSI2130 chip does thru zero fm.
Great video.
btw. I find very strange to hear about OCD in the context of modular where each module looks different, and usually a module hosts a few completely different styles of knobs. Although I do like the funky aesthetics of the modulars, I still very much bothered with it's Frankenstein knob theme.
Amazing that you are having fun and others will poo poo on it. Humans 🥴
Respect for work you did on this. I will be ready to buy the "Horror Show" app that you will create in 2025 😂
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As much fun as it seems to get into eurocrack I don’t trust myself to buy a single module, I’ll stick to Drambo and my trusty Uli 2600.
I think you should bring a couple modules over and pick a couple of mine to trade
its been getting real weird over here in studio dane haha
I was wondering why ios had slowed down😅
Jakob, has your present self had a conversation with your 2014 self...??? 😉😁
Watching this after Bad Gear
Bro I’m the same with the sounds 💀💀💀💀💀🥴🤣😜
Awesome video as always 🙏🏼
20:09 - I’ve only been into making music since 2022, but this mindset of saving projects or the like has never clicked with me.
Seeing this video helps me feel better about that.
I had a feeling you’d go modular, after watching your videos for Hilda and ButterSynth. Congrats on the rack!
Yeah I had different priorities for decades regarding my workflow. I needed stuff to be fast in all aspects of music making. Saving and reloading has been a huge part. This is why I abandoned modular workflow in the past. Back then that workflow was too slow and somewhat unpredictable, especially since I didn’t own the systems I used.
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So I started using digital versions of modular early on to be able to get more personal with it. VAZ modular was one of them. I later added CreamWare sound cards to my system and used the modular in that one. But I still felt like it was too slow. Well many years has gone by and my ADHD has done a number on me. This new tool I’ve built is exactly what I need.
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However … I do keep a recorder on hand whenever I fire it up. I still want to capture(save) some of the stuff that happens when I jibe with the moo.
@@JakobHaq _ I also have ADHD and I wonder if that’s part of my process with music. Totally understand your points though and no knocking it! I just jam yanno?
I like watching those 2-4 hour streams of generative ambient sessions showcasing their euroracks. It’s almost meditative! If my adhd is full bore having something like that on is super helpful to just chill.
Hope to hear some more of your recordings with your Moo!
synth person?
Yes along with ”Knob humanoids”, ”ring modulator goblins”, ”wavesaurus” and “modular people”.
This is not for me. Looks like a time and money pit. I'll stick to my iPad and iOS apps - they use up enough time and money already. But an interesting video. Thank you!
Thank you for watching. And hey, there’s always MiRack if the modular-people urge ever rear it’s head 😘
@@JakobHaqModel15 as well. Korg Gadget 2 (now 3) started me on Modular. And Drambo allowed me to make Modular stuff, but allowed it to be useful instantly as an AUv3
looks like a fun rack...
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How: lots of disposable income, Why: just because he can and have the money and time to do it
Thanks for watching!
What’s known as record-only-music, I.e. no one listens to it. 😂
Eurorack… waste more money and create less music
and have more fun ;) let people do what they want to do! we already have SO much music out there and not everyone wants to be a full-time musician / producer / dj / whatever. some people are just a lot into cables and led-lights and.. well modular is perfect for those candidates!
Thanks for watching!
@@ESP32_WROOM32yeah. I’ve always argued that people should use whatever tools that suits them.
Honestly, it’s not that much money. I can count the number of bedroom producers who have spent so much on desktop software and don’t even do anything with them.
At least the hardware from Eurorack can be legit used for signal analysis. The equipment is very similar to what I used in my Engineering degree.And it’s ultimately up to the person to control their spending addiction. Buy parts in bulk. It will save you a LOT of money.
And also…let people have fun. That’s how you create the most expressive music. When you’re not bound by societal norms.
@@SEONNTHAPRODUCER yeah or even better, they loose the product-key to their software. my only reverb these days is fruity reverb 2 and im happy with it :P