Post by pt3r on Oct 27, 2021 6:04:47 GMT
Ok not really, more like 11 months later, anyway. These are my thoughts & observations on what happened AE modular since I received my first starterrack 2 almost a year ago.
- It took me not that long to figure out how to make sounds that were interesting to me, compared to my semi modular Neutron for example.
- Pretty quickly bought some DIY modules and the Baedboard and this opened a whole new can of worms which resulted in my AEclidian which brought my rack a complete new level
- The rise of the 3rd party modules and chip shortages have not helped my GAS since I got another 2x16 rack which is almost full as well (only 2 slots left). But then again if I had bought the same amount of modules in eurorack I would have cost me at least double if not triple.
- On the subject of GAS; lots of people buy multiple (expensive) guitars and amps without ever producing a original piece of music with it, so I don't feel any remorse in plunging money in my modular setup. It has been a very rewarding and musicaly inspiring journey so far.
- Don't fool yourself with "just another module and then my setup is complete".
- Don't believe that a new module will get you out of a musical rut. New modules don't help you magically creating more music, in fact I got a real case of module stress when I received my second rack.
- This is a real modular, most patching tips and tricks that work on a eurorack setup will also work on the AE.
- The journey is more important than the destination; I know this sounds like some hippy treehuggy bs but every patch you make will be a learning experience you won't necessarily produce the sound you envisioned when you started the patch but you will hopefully learn something along the way and discover a new aspect of your setup. Patching = playing the modular instrument, practice makes permanent not perfect.
- When buying a modular system get a good set of headphones so you don't necessarily share every bleep and fart with innocent bystanders. You will experiment more freely
- Get some (cheap) recording device so you can record your sounds immediately as they happen, remember modular has no presets, that great patch you hear now will probably not sound the same when you reboot your modular system. Patches tend to be organic like that, they only live in the moment.
- Contribute and use the community, the forum/wiki are such an incredible source of information and inspiration from which we all can benefit. If guitarists can go on about a wooden plank with a bunch of strings then I'm pretty sure we can discuss a lot more about a modular synths.
- It took me not that long to figure out how to make sounds that were interesting to me, compared to my semi modular Neutron for example.
- Pretty quickly bought some DIY modules and the Baedboard and this opened a whole new can of worms which resulted in my AEclidian which brought my rack a complete new level
- The rise of the 3rd party modules and chip shortages have not helped my GAS since I got another 2x16 rack which is almost full as well (only 2 slots left). But then again if I had bought the same amount of modules in eurorack I would have cost me at least double if not triple.
- On the subject of GAS; lots of people buy multiple (expensive) guitars and amps without ever producing a original piece of music with it, so I don't feel any remorse in plunging money in my modular setup. It has been a very rewarding and musicaly inspiring journey so far.
- Don't fool yourself with "just another module and then my setup is complete".
- Don't believe that a new module will get you out of a musical rut. New modules don't help you magically creating more music, in fact I got a real case of module stress when I received my second rack.
- This is a real modular, most patching tips and tricks that work on a eurorack setup will also work on the AE.
- The journey is more important than the destination; I know this sounds like some hippy treehuggy bs but every patch you make will be a learning experience you won't necessarily produce the sound you envisioned when you started the patch but you will hopefully learn something along the way and discover a new aspect of your setup. Patching = playing the modular instrument, practice makes permanent not perfect.
- When buying a modular system get a good set of headphones so you don't necessarily share every bleep and fart with innocent bystanders. You will experiment more freely
- Get some (cheap) recording device so you can record your sounds immediately as they happen, remember modular has no presets, that great patch you hear now will probably not sound the same when you reboot your modular system. Patches tend to be organic like that, they only live in the moment.
- Contribute and use the community, the forum/wiki are such an incredible source of information and inspiration from which we all can benefit. If guitarists can go on about a wooden plank with a bunch of strings then I'm pretty sure we can discuss a lot more about a modular synths.
