Introducing Nudlhed's Noodle Rider

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This one was spotted and sent in via Meska, whom I thank for giving me the opportunity for one of the silliest titles for a post to date.

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"Noodle Rider is an analog musical instrument in Eurorack format, based on a four-track cassette tape player and modular synth. It modulates the pre-recorded audio loops from all four tracks of a cassette tape record, all of which are played simultaneously with the same controllable speed. Each track represents a certain voice of the instrument, that can be used as the source signals for further sound processing. It supports for pitch controlling through control voltages or programmable MIDI interface."

"IN A NUTSHELL
Noodle Rider modulates the pre-recorded single tones or audio loops from all four tracks of a cassette tape record, all of which are played simultaneously with the same controllable speed. Each track represents a certain voice of the instrument, that can be used as the source signals for further sound processing, such as envelope control, filtering and so on.

It supports for pitch controlling through control voltages or programmable MIDI interface and allows amplitude modulation for each track on final output.

By switching between cassette tape tracks, modulating them individually, and adjusting the playback speed, you can create different sound patterns, melodies, and even complete instrumental parts.

The instrument is a combination of two modules:

Base module, the player itself and the extension module Sidecar that provides envelope modulations and the gates sequencing to trigger them:

BASE MODULE
A eurorack four-track cassette player with variable-speed playback controlled by voltages or MIDI, including four audio outputs and one gate output. It is designed to be expanded and incorporated into other Eurorack modules or Noodle Rider extension modules.

SIDECAR MODULE
The extension, a 4-channel VCA controlled by envelope generators (AD/AR), with MIDI Gate Sequencer and Mixer built in. It is designed primarily to create gate controlled sounds when fed with the base module audio source, but can be used for other tasks in your modular system."