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Post by pol on May 30, 2019 16:32:02 GMT
Good Day!
I'm no stranger to music and own numerous synth's and devices, including a Prophet 2002+ (yep with two boxes full of samples on floppy disks). With that said, I am a newbie to the modular scene. I currently do not own a rack but because of the Price-Point, I have decided to purchase one shortly from AE.
I'm trying to soak in much as I can from what I have read on this forum before taking the plunge. So you could say that this is my "What he did before sharing his AE Modular Story" as it hasn't been written yet.
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This is by far the most cost effective way to test modular waters, why I took the plunge. It really is a good sounding system too, I started with a one rack system, and am now 1/2 way into my 3rd row... If you want to hear it's sound, there is the parch challenge series of posts:- forum.aemodular.com/board/14/patch-challenges |
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Post by jumpinjohnathon on Jun 4, 2019 12:24:33 GMT
This is by far the most cost effective way to test modular waters, why I took the plunge. It really is a good sounding system too, I started with a one rack system, and am now 1/2 way into my 3rd row... If you want to hear it's sound, there is the parch challenge series of posts:- forum.aemodular.com/board/14/patch-challengesHey Thanks Pol, I appreciate the link and advice.... |
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Post by ean on Jun 5, 2019 10:23:28 GMT
Hi I am waiting for my ae modular with Juno so I haven't had any real experience with one yet . I was always interested in modular but seen it as something I'd do one day. I don't see the point in waiting now and I have a feeling that I will never go full size modular and be completely happy with ae modular. I have a question about the upcoming sample module but don't want to start a thread. I'd just like to know if anyone knows the sample rate and quality, or any information?
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Post by admin on Jun 5, 2019 11:08:00 GMT
Hi I am waiting for my ae modular with Juno so I haven't had any real experience with one yet . I was always interested in modular but seen it as something I'd do one day. I don't see the point in waiting now and I have a feeling that I will never go full size modular and be completely happy with ae modular. I have a question about the upcoming sample module but don't want to start a thread. I'd just like to know if anyone knows the sample rate and quality, or any information? Welcome ean (again  ), I might be biased by now, but I think that you will get a full modular experience with the AE. Robert is working on new modules all the time so it won't get boring anytime soon. It may be a bit too early to know details about the sample module as it is in development stage which means that it can be 4-5 months yet before it gets released. |
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Post by ean on Jun 5, 2019 11:52:12 GMT
Hi I am waiting for my ae modular with Juno so I haven't had any real experience with one yet . I was always interested in modular but seen it as something I'd do one day. I don't see the point in waiting now and I have a feeling that I will never go full size modular and be completely happy with ae modular. I have a question about the upcoming sample module but don't want to start a thread. I'd just like to know if anyone knows the sample rate and quality, or any information? Welcome ean (again ), I might be biased by now, but I think that you will get a full modular experience with the AE. Robert is working on new modules all the time so it won't get boring anytime soon. It may be a bit too early to know details about the sample module as it is in development stage which means that it can be 4-5 months yet before it gets released. Thanks. I can see myself investing a lot of money in ae modules. It seems to good to be true. I hope the ae sample module is or has an option for the 90s classic sampler sound. Anything like a beefed up memory volca sampler would be incredible. |
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Post by gero on Jun 16, 2019 19:25:09 GMT
Hello everybody! so let me try to introduce myself to kick off my AE modular journey. I've been making music for a long time and never really settled for an instrument or genre or setting. I've been playing bass, guitar and keys in some local bands and have always been making music on my own as well. I'm pretty tech-savvy, earn my living as a software developer and don't have any issues using a computer for making music. There's always been some sort of electronics involved in my music but I didn't really consider myself an electronic musician. The last couple of years this started to change. My last band broke up in 2014 I think and I've been constantly moving towards more electronic music since then. I mostly work with a DAW but I'm trying to stay open minded and experiment a lot. I've been cautiously interested in modular for a while. There are many things that I find somewhat repelling though. Of course there's the price, but size is also a big issue for me. And then there's the workflow. I've been experimenting with VCV rack of course and I don't know... it just feels a bit tedious and I haven't been at a point where I thought: Yes, this kind of flexibility and creativity makes up for the whole virtual wire mess. So I thought maybe this is something you have to experience in reality. I am/was kind of expecting the same sensation when you use physical knobs and sliders compared to working with a mouse and a screen. I got a Bastl Kastle kit (because I enjoy soldering) and spent some time with it. Again, I didn't have a very great time. Of course I didn't expect something to write a symphony with, but everything I've come up with is very similar and doesn't feel very creative. I also didn't have that aha moment I expected from patching with physical cables. But there's something else. Sometime last year I found the Mozzi Arduino library. I've had some Arduinos for some projects I never got around to and I also had an urge to play live again. So first I built myself a junk synth in a cardboard box which turned out okay and next I built a somewhat random sequencer that turned out really great (I call it the When What Machine). The idea with both was to have some degree of control but also some degree of randomness to make a live techno set that isn't completely pre-planned but also not completely generative. Working with the Arduino and Teensy platforms on music stuff really clicked with me. This feels like the kind of platform where I can be creative and the flexibility makes up for the code chores. But there's a lot of stuff that is repetitive like midi connectivity and a clock. (By the way, I've played the live set one time and it was pretty cool but I got kind of fed up with the hard techno stuff I was doing right after that.) So all of this is what pushed me to order an AE modular system last week: I still have some hope that the whole patching thing will click with me if the system is somewhat suited to what I want to do. I want to continue working with microcontrollers for music and I feel that the module concept might be really helping with that. The AE modular seems like the best platform for what I'm planning to do, by far. I wasn't even really that interested in a modular system until I stumbled upon it and I couldn't stop thinking about it since then. Everything about it seems to scream my name, including the “good enough” aesthetics. My favorite guitars are Danelectros, they use plywood and painted masonite for the guitar bodies where other brands are spending big bucks on “tone woods” and beautiful figured maple tops. Nah, masonite is “good enough.” I want to make the When What Machine a module ( http://instagram.com/p/BwcTCpRF0l_ and ) plus a digital poly synth I started with this weekend using the Teensy audio library. I'll make separate posts in the DIY forum for those. Sorry for the long text, I tend to blather ;-) Cheers, Gero |
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Post by rodney on Jun 23, 2019 21:20:21 GMT
HI all, I am Rodney and I am based in Sydney, Australia.
At this point I've just put in an order for an AE starter synth so am trying to kill time here on the forums. 
My interest in electronic music started in primary school (around 1972) when I heard Martin Wesley-Smith on the ABC radio school music programmes with a Moog synthesiser. Later, in high school, I found Walter Sears book on synthesisers and tried to commit it to memory. One day after school, probably a year later, I got to mess around with a Roland SH-5 in a music store. Pretty soon the store owner politely tapped me on the shoulder and handed me some headphones - to the visible relief of other people in the shop. I studied music and got to spend time with a VCS3. That probably sealed my fate.
The music school was next to the art school and they had better parties and read stranger books, so I hung out with art students a lot. Being thus contaminated, I got interested in taking electronic music ideas (particularly the idea that timbre and spatial placement could be composed and dynamic) and applying them to real, physical instruments and sound sculptures. That became my thing for many years.
I got back into synths when I bought an Atari ST computer and some sound modules in 1989 and also used the Atari to control some sculptural mechanical instruments.
The turn of the century got me interested in virtual reality and augmented reality, especially the latter.
Using Touch Designer and Pure Data probably rekindled the yearning for that intangible feeling of tangibility that patching a modular gives in the physical world.
... Then, a lengthy period of parenthood and adulthood ensued ...
The thing that got me back into analog electronic instruments was the LittleBits synth kit that I used in teaching. LittleBits worked with Korg to revive the old MS20 style oscillators and filters. I also love the NovaDrone by Casper Instruments. It uses jumper wires, as well as normalised and switched connections to mess around with CMOS chips (more current-controlled than voltage-controlled). The best part of the NovaDrone is the included breadboard area where you can put lots of components in to see what happens. It's made to be circuit-bent. all the chips are in sockets in case you need to replace one after a magic-smoke-release-event. I finally took the plunge and bought a Make Noise 0-Coast semi-modular synth and started trying to get it to talk with my other toys. Just as I was starting to resign myself to the slippery slope of euro-rack building, I stumbled upon the AE modular format and was rescued in the nick of time.
Like many others, I'm attracted to the 0-5 volt set up and am not afraid to swoop down near the noise-floor at times. I love to tinker with Arduino and other MCUs etc. and am keen to cook up my own modules while being able to insert them among stuff that already works.
I see the AE modular becoming part of my battery-powered busking rig for live performances. I can't wait for it to arrive. I hope it doesn't mind the company of core-flute and cable-ties...
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Post by admin on Jun 23, 2019 23:22:05 GMT
Welcome rodney! This is amazing to see you perform at the Sydney EMOM, which has been started by Tegan who lived just down the road from me down here in Bega. Australia is a small place I would love to catch up when I'm up in Sydney some time, but maybe you could put the weekend around 19th October into your diary which is when we are having the very first Southcoast Synth Festival with workshops, jam sessions, performances and party. Would be awesome if you could come down for that! |
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Post by spacedog on Jun 24, 2019 9:34:11 GMT
HI all, I am Rodney and I am based in Sydney, Australia.
At this point I've just put in an order for an AE starter synth so am trying to kill time here on the forums. My interest in electronic music started in primary school (around 1972) when I heard Martin Wesley-Smith on the ABC radio school music programmes with a Moog synthesiser. Later, in high school, I found Walter Sears book on synthesisers and tried to commit it to memory. One day after school, probably a year later, I got to mess around with a Roland SH-5 in a music store. Pretty soon the store owner politely tapped me on the shoulder and handed me some headphones - to the visible relief of other people in the shop. I studied music and got to spend time with a VCS3. That probably sealed my fate. The music school was next to the art school and they had better parties and read stranger books, so I hung out with art students a lot. Being thus contaminated, I got interested in taking electronic music ideas (particularly the idea that timbre and spatial placement could be composed and dynamic) and applying them to real, physical instruments and sound sculptures. That became my thing for many years. I got back into synths when I bought an Atari ST computer and some sound modules in 1989 and also used the Atari to control some sculptural mechanical instruments. The turn of the century got me interested in virtual reality and augmented reality, especially the latter. Using Touch Designer and Pure Data probably rekindled the yearning for that intangible feeling of tangibility that patching a modular gives in the physical world.
... Then, a lengthy period of parenthood and adulthood ensued ...
The thing that got me back into analog electronic instruments was the LittleBits synth kit that I used in teaching. LittleBits worked with Korg to revive the old MS20 style oscillators and filters. I also love the NovaDrone by Casper Instruments. It uses jumper wires, as well as normalised and switched connections to mess around with CMOS chips (more current-controlled than voltage-controlled). The best part of the NovaDrone is the included breadboard area where you can put lots of components in to see what happens. It's made to be circuit-bent. all the chips are in sockets in case you need to replace one after a magic-smoke-release-event. I finally took the plunge and bought a Make Noise 0-Coast semi-modular synth and started trying to get it to talk with my other toys. Just as I was starting to resign myself to the slippery slope of euro-rack building, I stumbled upon the AE modular format and was rescued in the nick of time. Like many others, I'm attracted to the 0-5 volt set up and am not afraid to swoop down near the noise-floor at times. I love to tinker with Arduino and other MCUs etc. and am keen to cook up my own modules while being able to insert them among stuff that already works. I see the AE modular becoming part of my battery-powered busking rig for live performances. I can't wait for it to arrive. I hope it doesn't mind the company of core-flute and cable-ties...
Thanks, rodney, that was a really interesting story. I look forward to hearing what you do with the AE Modular as we all approach it alightly differently and I always learn so much from everyone else. |
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Post by spacedog on Jun 24, 2019 9:38:04 GMT
Hello everybody! so let me try to introduce myself to kick off my AE modular journey. I've been making music for a long time and never really settled for an instrument or genre or setting. I've been playing bass, guitar and keys in some local bands and have always been making music on my own as well. I'm pretty tech-savvy, earn my living as a software developer and don't have any issues using a computer for making music. There's always been some sort of electronics involved in my music but I didn't really consider myself an electronic musician. The last couple of years this started to change. My last band broke up in 2014 I think and I've been constantly moving towards more electronic music since then. I mostly work with a DAW but I'm trying to stay open minded and experiment a lot. I've been cautiously interested in modular for a while. There are many things that I find somewhat repelling though. Of course there's the price, but size is also a big issue for me. And then there's the workflow. I've been experimenting with VCV rack of course and I don't know... it just feels a bit tedious and I haven't been at a point where I thought: Yes, this kind of flexibility and creativity makes up for the whole virtual wire mess. So I thought maybe this is something you have to experience in reality. I am/was kind of expecting the same sensation when you use physical knobs and sliders compared to working with a mouse and a screen. I got a Bastl Kastle kit (because I enjoy soldering) and spent some time with it. Again, I didn't have a very great time. Of course I didn't expect something to write a symphony with, but everything I've come up with is very similar and doesn't feel very creative. I also didn't have that aha moment I expected from patching with physical cables. But there's something else. Sometime last year I found the Mozzi Arduino library. I've had some Arduinos for some projects I never got around to and I also had an urge to play live again. So first I built myself a junk synth in a cardboard box which turned out okay and next I built a somewhat random sequencer that turned out really great (I call it the When What Machine). The idea with both was to have some degree of control but also some degree of randomness to make a live techno set that isn't completely pre-planned but also not completely generative. Working with the Arduino and Teensy platforms on music stuff really clicked with me. This feels like the kind of platform where I can be creative and the flexibility makes up for the code chores. But there's a lot of stuff that is repetitive like midi connectivity and a clock. (By the way, I've played the live set one time and it was pretty cool but I got kind of fed up with the hard techno stuff I was doing right after that.) So all of this is what pushed me to order an AE modular system last week: I still have some hope that the whole patching thing will click with me if the system is somewhat suited to what I want to do. I want to continue working with microcontrollers for music and I feel that the module concept might be really helping with that. The AE modular seems like the best platform for what I'm planning to do, by far. I wasn't even really that interested in a modular system until I stumbled upon it and I couldn't stop thinking about it since then. Everything about it seems to scream my name, including the “good enough” aesthetics. My favorite guitars are Danelectros, they use plywood and painted masonite for the guitar bodies where other brands are spending big bucks on “tone woods” and beautiful figured maple tops. Nah, masonite is “good enough.” I want to make the When What Machine a module and plus a digital poly synth I started with this weekend using the Teensy audio library. I'll make separate posts in the DIY forum for those. Sorry for the long text, I tend to blather ;-) Cheers, Gero Thanks, gero . I'm only just catching up on some posts. Another very interesting angle on this world, I am sure I will enjoy your experiments with the AE Modular. |
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Post by jumpinjohnathon on Jun 25, 2019 14:25:22 GMT
Hello to Gero and Rodney....
Looking forward to hearing more from you two.
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Post by rodney on Jun 26, 2019 1:28:49 GMT
Welcome rodney ! This is amazing to see you perform at the Sydney EMOM, which has been started by Tegan who lived just down the road from me down here in Bega. Australia is a small place I would love to catch up when I'm up in Sydney some time, but maybe you could put the weekend around 19th October into your diary which is when we are having the very first Southcoast Synth Festival with workshops, jam sessions, performances and party. Would be awesome if you could come down for that! Thanks for the warm welcome Carsten and everyone else.
I was even the first person to play at the first EMOM. I have not made it since due to random stuff but will definitely play again (especially if the AE arrives by the last tuesday of July - if it arrives close to the actual day of EMOM, maybe I will do the world's first live unboxing on stage that evening!
Southcoast Synth festival sounds brilliant! I'll definitely do my best to get there. I'll see if I can think of a workshop I can contribute. This could be the new Woodstock!
I recall that couple of people in Woolongong have done at least one modular synth picnic event in a park, complete with a generator. I like the idea of a purely battery-powered event, perhaps even involving a hike and camping somewhere with an inspiring landscape and soundscape.
A few synth picnics in Sydney could be used to build a bit of hype to lure folks to Bega for the big event!
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Post by rodney on Jun 26, 2019 1:39:08 GMT
HI G ----8<---- But there's something else. Sometime last year I found the Mozzi Arduino library. I've had some Arduinos for some projects I never got around to and I also had an urge to play live again. So first I built myself a junk synth in a cardboard box which turned out okay and next I built a somewhat random sequencer that turned out really great (I call it the When What Machine). The idea with both was to have some degree of control but also some degree of randomness to make a live techno set that isn't completely pre-planned but also not completely generative. Working with the Arduino and Teensy platforms on music stuff really clicked with me. ----8----
and ) plus a digital poly synth I started with this weekend using the Teensy audio library. I'll make separate posts in the DIY forum for those. Hi Gero,
I am also a fan of Mozzi and Teensy. Tim and Stephen (the evil Mozzi brothers) released a neat little board for the mozzi library to reduce the barrier to getting serious noise out of the arduino environment.
Inspiring to hear people's stories. I sometimes need a gentle shove to actually make the daft stuff in my head. This forum seems to be getting the gears in motion.
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Post by thundersound on Jun 29, 2019 18:19:10 GMT
I have had a keyboard in my 'younger' years, and tried with some friends to know about synthesisers with the good old cheap casio keyboard synths.
But because of a lot situations I never went through with all of these things.
A few years ago I refound my love for making music with some types of 'desktops'.
I had bought a drumcomputer, and some products from the Kaoss range.
Later i found the korg Volca modules, and I was really glad with those instruments.
But the DSI Mopho did really change my view, and I start liking synthesizers.
Only last year I started with a semimodular synth (MiniBrute 2S) and a small Eurorack system.
Since then I decided every thing I would ever buy should have a good connection with my modular racks, so the Volca's ended up in the closets.
But I found out that the system I would want to build cost me so much that I will not be able to do that in even 5 years, I am afraid it will be closer to 10 years.
So I am thinking to change my way to build. I think I will add a good second Semi synth mostly they bring good value for price, for example the 0 coast it adds 2 voices, a lot of modulation en new fx to the system.
I want to have a small eurorack system for live performances, but have some addition to it when I play it at home.
And Some parts of the bigger system will be a AE modular case, I already ordered the case and the first modules.
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Post by enki40 on Jul 10, 2019 14:40:20 GMT
Hello all! After almost a year of lurking these boards I'm happy to finally post. I haven't purchase my AEM 2 rack starter system yet, but will be doing so in 2 or 3 weeks. I started making music with ReBirth by Propellerhead and Cubase in 1997, from there moved on to Reason in 2000. Fast forward to 2018, the year I discovered these strange boxes with cables running all over the place, it was Eurorack and I really wanted to be a part of it and take my music out of the box, but I was still completely poor.  I saw the Kickstarterfor AEM by Robert and thought it was quite a unique and great way to get modular to the people. Since the official launch of AEM and these boards I've tried to gather as much info and sound demos as I could. I can definitely say that the AEM is the system for me. I also should give a shout out to TheTuesday Night Machines for his influenceon my decision to go forward with AEM. Thank you Felix. A fewof my musical influences: UK, ELP, The Cure, New Order, Roxy Music, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails (as well as the Trent Reznor& Atticus Ross movie soundtracks) and Alessandro Cortini. |
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Post by Thorsten Meyer on Jul 10, 2019 18:11:05 GMT
Hi, I noticed earlier this year Robert's AE Modular news coverage and got involved. After meeting Robert and ordering my own AE Modular System I am blown away by the quality and how easy it is to combine AE Modular with all its means to mangle and generate sound with my Semi-Modular, Modular and MAC. AE Modular is an excellent extension to my hybrid approach, marrying the best of many worlds into something excitingly new. All the best from the Munich Area, Thorsten https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzd1x22ioId |
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Post by daniabalos on Jul 15, 2019 10:56:32 GMT
Hey everybody, I'm an amateur musician who's been playing guitar live for more than 20 years. A couple of years ago I discovered a band named "The Dead Neanderthals", a dutch band who play what they call New Wave of Dutch Heavy Jazz. The record I first bought is called Endless Voids and it's mostly a drone record. I had been a 100% melodic musician but just then I was exploring styles, such as stoner or indian classical music... Styles where drones and repetitions are really important. I guess I was in the exact mindframe when I listend to The Dead Neanderthals, because that record blew my mind. Since then I've been just crazy about ambient drones and synths. I composed music with drones and ambient and started to play with guitar effects, signal splits, sustain pedals, and sybnths...I first downloaded synths through apps for my ipad but started to look for more. I knew about modular but everything seemed both extremely complicated and extremely expensive. It is indeed extremely complicated complicated but, thanks to AE and others, it's not extremely expensive anymore. Of course, it also is extremely fun so who cares about complications? I'm a complete neofit in modular, but it looks like a good place to be! See ya! |
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Post by pol on Jul 16, 2019 20:51:06 GMT
I have had a keyboard in my 'younger' years, and tried with some friends to know about synthesisers with the good old cheap casio keyboard synths. But because of a lot situations I never went through with all of these things. A few years ago I refound my love for making music with some types of 'desktops'. I had bought a drumcomputer, and some products from the Kaoss range. Later i found the korg Volca modules, and I was really glad with those instruments. But the DSI Mopho did really change my view, and I start liking synthesizers. Only last year I started with a semimodular synth (MiniBrute 2S) and a small Eurorack system. Since then I decided every thing I would ever buy should have a good connection with my modular racks, so the Volca's ended up in the closets. But I found out that the system I would want to build cost me so much that I will not be able to do that in even 5 years, I am afraid it will be closer to 10 years. So I am thinking to change my way to build. I think I will add a good second Semi synth mostly they bring good value for price, for example the 0 coast it adds 2 voices, a lot of modulation en new fx to the system. I want to have a small eurorack system for live performances, but have some addition to it when I play it at home. And Some parts of the bigger system will be a AE modular case, I already ordered the case and the first modules. Liking Semi Modulators the Behringer Neutron is an excellent machine, and will interface with the AE modular via the 4 I/O module, and your Minibrute. :-) |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 4:02:40 GMT
I've always had a fascination with synthesizers because of the limitless sound possibilities they can achieve. I grew up listening to artists such as Tangerine Dream, Ian Boddy and Andy Pickford and such music has been highly influential to me. I began to look more into creating sounds from scratch, and brought an old Roland XP 10. I soon realised that it was very limited in what it could offer. So next I looked into virtual modular synths such as Sonigen modular and started reading up on how all the various modules work together. Whilst I was making good use of what I had at the time, I really wanted to get a hardware modular synth. But I realised that Eurorack would be out of the question because I couldn't afford it.
I eventually came across The Tuesday Night Machines Channel, and was intrigued to find such a system that was compact and affordable. I expressed my interest to Robert from Tangible Waves and brought one soon after. He was very responsive to any enquires that I had. I've spent a few weeks with this system and despite being built to a budget, it doesn't feel (or sound) cheap. I'm looking forward to expanding it in the next few weeks with some additional modules. I'll largely be focusing on making interesting soundscapes or Berlin School esque sequences with it, and then combining it with some of my software instruments. I think there are some things that can be improved such as the Dual VCO'S tuning and the patch wire connections, but it's not a deal breaker for me. The filters have a quality that only a true analog synths can offer, and it's one of the best things about this system. I think that even a beginner can pick things up relatively quickly with this system because the input/output layout is easy to follow, and the manual that comes included gives you the basics. Plus this forum is a great idea because if you are unsure of anything, you can drop an enquiry. Overall, I'm happy to finally own a modular synth, and it's good to be part of this growing community. I have a feeling that the AE Modular will gain more attention over the next year or so.
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Post by morgs on Aug 12, 2019 23:00:08 GMT
Hello forum! I’m completely new to electronic synthesis, modular, even music… and a bit shy to admit how little I know :0 I found AE modular by internet rabbit hole chance and when I read an interview with Robert I felt he understood exactly where I was coming from by designing something that was accessible and affordable. I have a longstanding love of experimental, noise, drone etc…but always the ability to see others perform to satiate this love. I moved to South India about four years ago for research and found it difficult to find the stuff I wanted to listen to. I bought a Moog Werkstatt and starting playing around with that. Earlier this year I met a few people in India working on experimental music and joined up for a workshop called Synth Farm, outside Kolkata. We were able to make a little soldering project and from then onward I’d been dying to experiment with modular but have the usual setbacks (money, which modules to start with) but also portability and power/voltage issues to think of. I received the starter rack 2 in July and have been in exploratory heaven (and confusion!) ever since. Apart from all the obvious things to love about AE I think the visual aesthetic of the system is just beautiful. While most manufacturers fixate on a certain style that makes them identifiable, by focusing on the utility of the modules I think Robert has made something that looks strikingly minimal, sophisticated, and maybe even a lil Brutalist :p |
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Post by arti on Aug 12, 2019 23:22:52 GMT
Hello morgs, welcome aboard! I'm glad You dig the AEM aesthetic, I like it too and I think it's underestimated. I like Your comparison with brutalist design, I associate AEM with Bauhaus and it's noble simplicity, which suits very well with electronic music Enjoy Your stay here. |
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Post by morgs on Aug 13, 2019 21:58:38 GMT
Hello morgs , welcome aboard! I'm glad You dig the AEM aesthetic, I like it too and I think it's underestimated. I like Your comparison with brutalist design, I associate AEM with Bauhaus and it's noble simplicity, which suits very well with electronic music :) Enjoy Your stay here. Thanks Arti. If ya coordinate your cables right you can definitely get a good Bauhaus vibe going :p Super happy to be here with a big thanks to everyone for keeping the threads a flowing and helping newcomers feel welcome. And a super big ups to all you posting videos with tutorials and patch challenges --@careck and NightMachines I'm looking at you (literally). Much appreciated to all who do a little walking through of what you are doing as you patch. It really helps. |
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Post by tekkaz on Aug 29, 2019 12:17:58 GMT
Ey up I'm Andy, have been producing electronic music since the days of Octamed on ma Amiga back in the day. It's a hobby, keeps me out of trouble.. mostly Sometimes i get to make loud noises in public, i normally use Ableton, my Faderfox Dj2 controller, and iPad running Touchable for club gigs, other more EMON type events i'll take out a semi modular, with the model:samples for drums and i'm sure soon the A.E. Modular .. I have taken it to a local synth meet and it played well with the Eurorack boys .. (a path i fear to tread) , for now semi modular and the A.E. System will scratch that itch i think..
making weird noises in a club all sounds sampled from Alsager Synth Meet and messed around with Ableton in a kind of random, not really sure what i am doing way ha) making loud noises in a club samples from hardware and plug ins manipulated by touchable and ma faderfox controller (not sequenced, but practiced - improvisation comes up with happy accidents etc) messing around with noise making boxes in a club hardware gig at a local EMON event, i don't own my Korg Volca rack anymore, though i am sure i can achieve something similar with an expanded A.E. system.. Am having fun with my new toy, can see me adding loads of modules to it  |
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thundersound
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Post by thundersound on Sept 2, 2019 16:47:05 GMT
I have had a keyboard in my 'younger' years, and tried with some friends to know about synthesisers with the good old cheap casio keyboard synths. But because of a lot situations I never went through with all of these things. A few years ago I refound my love for making music with some types of 'desktops'. I had bought a drumcomputer, and some products from the Kaoss range. Later i found the korg Volca modules, and I was really glad with those instruments. But the DSI Mopho did really change my view, and I start liking synthesizers. Only last year I started with a semimodular synth (MiniBrute 2S) and a small Eurorack system. Since then I decided every thing I would ever buy should have a good connection with my modular racks, so the Volca's ended up in the closets. But I found out that the system I would want to build cost me so much that I will not be able to do that in even 5 years, I am afraid it will be closer to 10 years. So I am thinking to change my way to build. I think I will add a good second Semi synth mostly they bring good value for price, for example the 0 coast it adds 2 voices, a lot of modulation en new fx to the system. I want to have a small eurorack system for live performances, but have some addition to it when I play it at home. And Some parts of the bigger system will be a AE modular case, I already ordered the case and the first modules. Liking Semi Modulators the Behringer Neutron is an excellent machine, and will interface with the AE modular via the 4 I/O module, and your Minibrute. :-) Yes thanks Pol, I saved a bit of money, and will look if on the end of the year my contract will be continued. If not then I will purchase the Neutron, and some AE-modular modules in future (appr. 1 a month I think). But if the contract is continued, then I will purchase the 0-coast or perhaps even the mother 32. I have still a small wish list of eurorack modules, so I think I will also purchase another 88 HP rack for eurorack. And then I think one month I will order 1 smaller eurorack module from the list, and the other month 2 or 3 AE-modular modules. (and in the vacation month a bigger eurorack module). |
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), I might be biased by now, but I think that you will get a full modular experience with the AE. Robert is working on new modules all the time so it won't get boring anytime soon.
