Befaco - ARK Presentation Party

video upload by Befacosynth

"ARK is a music production computer where algorithms, chance, and signals converge in a single creative workspace.

A 16-track canvas where you can place CV generators, drum voices, synth voices, and different types of samplers, including drum players, slicers, and granular samplers.

At its core is a powerful composition system built around scales, chords, and harmonic relationships. Build progressions, generate melodies, and develop musical ideas that stay connected to the harmonic context of your track.

Create evolving chord progressions. Generate melodies that follow them. Introduce chance, variation, and algorithms without losing the musical structure underneath.

Be prepared to rethink your system."

ARK - Make Something in 5 Minutes

video upload by Befacosynth

"Learn how to make a track in under 5 minutes with ARK.

In this step-by-step tutorial, we’ll walk you through the basics: assembling your setup, making connections, adding instruments, mixing, and saving your project.

ARK is a music production computer where algorithms, chance, and signals converge in a single creative workspace.

A 16-track canvas where you can place CV generators, drum voices, synth voices, and different types of samplers — including drum players, slicers, and granular samplers.

Available October 26."

Addtiional ARK posts

Befaco ARK Release Date

See the intro video here, and additional posts here. Check with dealers on the right on upcoming availability.

via Befaco

"Dear friends,

The time has come.
ARK is ready and you cannot imagine what this milestone means to us, this is the biggest project we've been involved in, and it could not have happened without the best of the super heroes by our side: Mangu from Tesseract modular!

Release date is October 26th and final sales price after taxes is 666€ - $765USD. ARK also comes as a POD bundle for standalone action for 808€ - 920USD

What is ARK?​

ARK is a music production computer where algorithms, chance, and signals converge in a single creative workspace.

A 16-track canvas where you can place CV generators, drum voices, synth voices, and different types of samplers, including drum players, slicers, and granular samplers.

At its core is a powerful composition system built around scales, chords, and harmonic relationships. Build progressions, generate melodies, and develop musical ideas that stay connected to the harmonic context of your track."

Introducing ARK (Features Video)

video upload by Befacosynth

"ARK is a music production computer where algorithms, chance, and signals converge in a single creative workspace. A 16-track canvas where you can place CV generators, drum voices, synth voices, and different types of samplers, including drum players, slicers, and granular samplers.
Available very soon!"

A very musical RANDOM8 patch you should try

video upload by mylarmelodies

"Here's how to make RANDOM8 produce repeating notes (where the SAME NOTES repeat each time!), M185 style. You need a VCA & two channels of RANDOM8. This will also work on a Turing Machine/other random modules! THIS PATCH IS ALSO A RANDOM GATE PATCH - I don't show this, but you could trigger drum modules probabilistically with it! 👉 / mylarmelodies 🙌

Bonus Tip: I have been asked a lot whether RANDOM8 could generate gates - This patch achieves that, so you could also use the output of the VCA and feed it to percussion modules, or your voices, etc.

MORE INFO ON THIS
▶︎ Find a written explainer (and the VCV Rack patch mentioned!) in the manual (search for the word 'loopable'): https://docs.google.com/document/d/10...
▶︎ Modulargrid Patch Diagram: https://modulargrid.net/e/patches/vie...
▶︎ Official RANDOM8 page: https://www.befaco.org/random8/

CHAPTERS
00:00 Why this is needed
00:54 The Patch (Step By Step)
02:45 Decoupling Repeats and Melody!
03:45 Finding Musical Magic"

2 Minutes Acid Jungle with Random8

video upload by Stazma and Befacosynth

And a VCV rack vid by Omri Cohen:

MEGA patching techniques with RANDOM8 in VCV Rack & Eurorack

video upload by Omri Cohen

"In this video, I show various patching ideas and techniques with the new RANDOM8 from Befaco and Myler Melodies. Random8 is available for free in VCV Rack, and I show a few ideas with the hardware version as well.

I added the ideas from this video to the PDF of VCV tips and tricks I keep on updating. It's available on my Patreon together with lots of other exclusive content - / vcv-rack-tips-119073839"

808/26 Happy 808 Day! Blue Lantern triggers DSP 808 & Birdkids Unicorn Boom + Gieskes No Drum + (…)

video upload by Cfpp0

"808/26 Happy 808 Day! Blue Lantern Modular MR fill gates & Gate Sequencer + DSP 808 + Birdkids Unicorn Boom + Gieskes No Drum & Starving Binary + Befaco Mutes + ALM Pamela’s New Workout + Alesis MIDIVERB II + CXM 1978

It’s 808 Day again and we still don’t have a Roland TR-808, but this beat uses two 808 clone modules—the DSP Synthesizers 808 Vintage and the Birdkids Unicorn Boom. The DSP 808 module has only one output, but has several different samples to trigger individually. We just got the Blue Lantern MR fill gates module and it is triggering quarter notes on the DSP 808 bass drum. One of the three Blue Lantern Gate Sequencers is triggering half notes on the Birdkids Unicorn Boom. Another Gate Sequencer is triggering an open hi hat on the DSP 808, through a Befaco Mutes so I can turn it on and off. And the last Gate Sequencer is triggering the closed hi hat, but the triggers run first through the Olivia Artz Modular Uncertainty module, for some minor random dropouts. The second output on that closed hi hat Gate Sequencer runs to the Gieskes Starving Binary clock divider, with two divisions modulating the Gieskes No Drums and another division triggering the Birdkids Unicorn Boom accent input. The No. drums is also triggered by the open hi hat Gate Sequencer. The reverb is Alesis MIDIVERB II and the delay is CXM 1978."

TVS en el CAFF 2

video upload by Lihuel Sosa

"In this performance we use a Eurorack System (with modules of Olivella Modular, Befaco, Tercer Brazo Studio and Strymon), a Roland aira tb-3, and a Gs Music Bree 6

This was a live presentation opening the Las Bodas Químicas Show in Buenos Aires"

Mylar Melodies Random8 Review

video upload by Molten Music Technology

"In collaboration with Befaco, Mylar Melodies has forged an 8-channel random CV generator called the Random8. From the starting point of random voltages you can scale, offset, time divide, quantize, slew, loop, evolve and save it all as a preset. I do a deep dive into what's going on and have a lovely time in the presence of so much fabulous voltage."

Index:
Intro - 0:00
Overview - 6:37
Menu Options - 11:24
Offset - 12:19
Scales - 14:00
Grabbing a loop - 18:30
Steps - 19:02
Evolution - 20:33
Time Division - 22:40
Probability - 23:41
Slide - 25:35
Modulation - 27:12
Some Thoughts - 30:41
Presets - 33:09
It's all in the prep - 35:57
Deeper into Presets - 37:56
Styles - 48:32
Wot no triggers? - 56:15
Conclusions - 1:01:31

Subtle Expressions: Squarp Instruments Hapax Performance

video upload by MKustomAudio

"With recently obtaining the Squarp Instruments Hapax to act as my main standalone sequencer, I've been diving deep into all the functions it offers. This is the first track I've made putting together a number of items such as automation, assign controls, creative MIDI effects (register, arpoly, etc.), BPM elasticity, and adjustable start/stop loop lengths. I've added notes in the video explaining some key points for the track and additional equipment used, but below is a more detailed list of the sound sources:

Korg Arp 2600 M
Novation Peak
Novation Bass Station II
Korg Opsix
Sequential OB-6 Desktop
Elektron Digitakt II
Befaco Oneiroi
Soma Lyra-8, Erica Synths Black 3109 VCF/VCA, Qu-Bit Mojave
Make Noise STO + Schlappi Engineering Angle Grinder, Make Noise QPAS, Intellijel Sealegs
Moog Mother 32, Ritual Electronics Miasma (Erica Synths Black Polivoks VCF in feedback loop), Erica Synths Blackhole DSP2"

5 Patches with the Befaco Iroi module

video upload by Modular Fungi and Omri Cohen

"The tracks from this video are also available as a free EP on Bandcamp - https://omricohencomposer.bandcamp.co...

Check out my Modular books:
US: https://bit.ly/40armbo
UK: https://bit.ly/4rX6NeO
EU: https://bit.ly/4srcTUt
Online Courses about Modular Synthesis - https://bit.ly/learnmodular

Patch 1 - 00:00
--------

In this one, I'm using noise from Noise Plethora to excite Iroi. I'm using a band pass filter on Noise Plethora, sequencing it with the Voltage Block. On Iroi, I'm using the comb filter with internal modulation on the resonance. I'm also using the resonator with modulation on the feedback, and the echo and ambience. The levels of the resonator, echo, and ambience, are sequenced by the Voltage Block. I'm then sending Iroi to the Zagreb filter from Xaoc, using its low pass filter with noise modulation of the spread control. I'm also using the high pass output of Zagreb, sending it through the Guillotine distortion module, and from there, to the EON filter. This is going to 2 delays on Samarkanda, so only when I open the EON filter, the sound goes to the delays, and I play with the delay times.

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Befaco 7U Backpack

video upload by Befacosynth

"The Befaco Modular Backpack is designed specifically to carry your Befaco 7U Case safely and comfortably wherever your music takes you.

Built for modular musicians on the move, the backpack features a soft padded interior, ensuring your system stays protected during transport. Its expandable design gives you extra space when needed, while keeping a compact profile for everyday travel.

A dedicated laptop compartment lets you bring your computer along for live performances, studio sessions, or patching on the go. Multiple accessory pockets keep cables, headphones, power supplies and small gear neatly organized — including a hidden pocket for your knurlies and tiny essentials.

Sized to be cabin-friendly, the backpack is ready for flights, gigs, rehearsals, and studio hopping. Whether you’re travelling across the city or across the world, it’s the perfect companion for your Befaco 7U Case.

https://www.befaco.org/7u-case-backpack"

SCJS#100 - FORBIDDEN ZONE B-E

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Small Case Jam Sessions #100 - FORBIDDEN ZONE B-E

BEAN JELLY, ONEIROI

Recorded live thru Syntakt delay & reverb

00:00 B
03:51 C
11:54 D
13:43 E"

Tesuque Synths 10

video upload by Mike's Synths

"Rangoon into Oneiroi plus QD."

3 Reasons Why Random Voltages are ACE!! // RANDOM8 from Mylar Melodies & Befaco

video upload by DivKid

"Here's a 3 patches series video that distils down many of the reasons I think random voltages are ace to just 3 examples. It's also a bit of a quick demo of the fantastic new RANDOM8, your new random mate from your pal and mine Mylar Melodies (and Befaco)."

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*
00:00 Hello & previews
00:50 What is Random8 & what are we doing here?

3 PATCHES WITH INCREASING AMOUNTS OF RANDOM
Patch 1 // Random for people that don’t like random (fools!)
02:58 Adding exciting movement to basic synth voices
Patch 2 // Looping random for melodies & riffs
07:17 Looping melodies & modulation for techno jams
Patch 3 // Embrace the random - let the random enter you, be you, surround you
14:54 Generative ambient Krell

THIS VIDEO IS NOT SPONSORED BY ANYONE I was sent the module by Mylar Melodies & Befaco to use as I like but they did not pay for, or have any say in this video. Any questions as always, just ask, clarity is always best."

A demo of RANDOM8: The world's most random module?

video upload by mylarmelodies

"Here's a demo of RANDOM8 (which is out now!) - it gives you 8 stepped or smooth random voltages in 8HP, with per channel looping & attenuator controls, pitch quantiser & more. It's designed to make your modular sound more alive & I designed it in collaboration with Befaco. First I'll explain it (2:33), then we'll Rings in to Clouds it (17:07), then we'll make drums and techno with it (27:42).

I managed to forget to show you how to reset channels to default settings! Just hold the channel button(s) down for 5 seconds. To reset all 8 channels, hold the top and bottom channels for 5 seconds."

CHAPTERS
00:00 - What is RANDOM8?
02:33 - Basic Looping & Evolving
05:35 - Menu Options Summary
06:30 - How to Enter & Edit Menus
07:06 - Steps Menu

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SCJS#99 - FORBIDDEN ZONE 8-A

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Small Case Jam Sessions #99 - FORBIDDEN ZONE 8-A

BEAN JELLY, ONEIROI

Recorded live thru Syntakt delay & reverb

00:00 8
06:47 9
12:38 A"

SCJS#97 - FORBIDDEN ZONE 4-7

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Small Case Jam Sessions #97 - FORBIDDEN ZONE 4-7

BEAN JELLY, ONEIROI

Recorded live thru Syntakt delay & reverb

00:00 4
03:44 5
07:55 6
11:52 7"

Wandering with the Befaco Oneiroi

video upload by Molten Music Technology

"Just playing with the Oneiroi, with medody, with looping, with droning and lots of pushing into its effects."

SCJS#96 - FORBIDDEN ZONE 1-3

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Small Case Jam Sessions #96 - FORBIDDEN ZONE 1-3

BEAN JELLY, ONEIROI

Recorded live thru Syntakt delay & reverb"

00:00 1
05:34 2
11:11 3

SCJS#95 - BLIND FOREST - Take 2

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Small Case Jam Sessions #95 - BLIND FOREST - Take 2

HWJ Challenge (forest) take 2
BEAN JELLY, ONEIROI

Recorded live thru Syntakt delay & reverb"