Joranalogue Collide 4 | SynthFest 2025

video upload by SynthFest France

"Joranalogue présente son tout nouvel oscillateur "ordinateur spectral en quadrature" (!), développé avec Hainbach, et qui est bien plus qu'un simple oscillateur. Difficile à décrire, mieux vaut l'écouter!

Joranalogue a soutenu l'édition 2025 du SynthFest en offrant un oscillateur Cycle 5 à la tombola, aidant à financer l'évènement."

Googlish:

"Joranalogue presents its brand new "quadrature spectral computer" oscillator (!), developed with Hainbach, which is much more than just an oscillator. It's hard to describe, but it's better to listen to it!

Joranalogue supported the 2025 edition of SynthFest by donating a Cycle 5 oscillator to the raffle, helping to fund the event."

A Track With: Collide 4 - Joranalogue and Hainbach's Test Equipment Module

video upload by sonicstate

"The ‪@joranalogue‬ / ‪@Hainbach‬ collaboration module - Collide 4 has been out for a little while, Hainbach is building a new live rig based on four of them as they encompass some of his beloved and enormous test equipment gear, but in a way more practical 20HP format.

In this video, our resident modular artist ‪@matthsmatthsmatths‬ uses Collide 4 as the sole sound source and puts together a piece using just that plus some additional processing. Using both the Filter and the Oscillator plus the 8 separate outputs, there's a lot of tonal variation."

Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction to the Collide 4
00:01:14 Crafting Kick Drums
00:03:03 Exploring Hi-Hats and Snares
00:11:19 Building Basslines and Melodies
00:25:20 Final thoughts and Track

Joranalogue Collide 4 masterclass | 26 March 2025

video upload by Signal Sounds

"A recording of our in-store event on 26 March 2025 with special guest Joran van Gremberghe of Joranalogue. He gives an in-depth demo of the mighty Collide 4 Eurorack module, which was developed in collaboration with musician and YouTuber Hainbach. Joran explains how it's inspired by vintage lock-in amplifiers but includes a host of new twists that expand its horizons for musical synthesis.

Collide 4 is available here:
https://www.signalsounds.com/joranalo...

Check out Tom's demo too:" [previously posted here]

Patch Programming in the 21st Century with Joranalogue

video upload by Roma Modulare

"At Roma Modulare 2024, the founder of Joranalogue, Joran van Gremberghe, will present his concept of the modern patch-programmable modular synth, where adding even a single module grows your possibilities exponentially."

Joranalogue System

video upload by Ebotronix

Joranalogue Audio Design,
2x ,Cycle 5,
2x ,Filter 8,
Generate 3,
Fold 6,
Pivot 2,
Select 2,
Contour 1,
Collide 4,
Link 2,
Enhance 2,
Tunefish Modular, Ornament and Crime,µ Peaks,
Happy Nerding , PanMix,
Doepfer R2m, 2x, A 177-2,
WMD, Modbox,
Intuitive Instruments Exquis,
Strymon Big Sky MX, controlled by,
ATO Faderbank 16 n , with Midi CC,
Aeolian Scale,
20.02.2025
vid # 2474

Joranalogue Audio Design ~ Collide 4 ~ Frequency Shifter

video upload by Ebotronix

Joranalogue Audio Design,
Collide 4, Fold 6, Filter 8,Contour 1,Enhance 2, Select 2 ,
Mutable Instruments, Braids Renaissance,Clouds, Shades,
4ms, Peg,
XAOC, 3x, Batumi,
Tunefish Modular , µPeaks,
Doepfer , R2m, Ribbon Controller, A 177-2, Boss EV 30,
Strymon, Big Sky MX, controlled by,
ATO Faderbank 16 n , with Midi CC,
Bastle Bestie,
07.02.2025
vid # 2468

Hainbach presenting Joranalogue Collide 4 - Workshop at SchneidersLaden

video upload by SchneidersLaden

"The one and only ‪@Hainbach‬ presents Collide 4 - a unique (it really is unique!) Eurorack module that was created in a collaboration between Joranalogue and Hainbach himself. This video captures the full presentation and workshop held at SchneidersLaden on October 23rd 2024 – right after Collide 4 was released.

In this session Hainbach explores the unique capabilities of the Collide 4 Eurorack module—a lock-in amplifier adapted from scientific research technology. Hainbach demonstrates how this powerful tool generates and processes audio, transforming complex scientific principles into creative sound applications.

Follow along as Hainbach breaks down the module's features, shares practical use cases, and offers insights into the unexpected sound possibilities that emerge when scientific devices meet modular synthesis.

The first batch of the module was instantly sold out but we just received the second delivery (already almost sold out again) – so enjoy the workshop video while your own Collide 4 might already be on the way to you. We’ll let you know when we receive the next delivery!

This workshop marked one of the last events at SchneidersLaden's Kottbusser Tor location, making it a significant moment for us. By now we are back in full swing at organizing Workshops in our new location in Berlin-Neukölln. See you there!"

Joranalogue Audio Design x Hainbach / COLLIDE 4 / lock-in amp eurorack power / PLAYTHROUGH

video upload by BRiES

"In this video I demonstrate and try to explain the functionality of the powerhouse module that is COLLIDE 4. I split up the video into three chapters providing you with plenty of examples on how to use the different sections of the module seperately and together.

COLLIDE 4 is a collab between the Belgian electronical hi-tech wizardry team at Joranalogue Audio Design and German contemporary artist and mad audiolab scientist Hainbach. They teamed up to make a miniature version of a lock-in amplifier, a versatile test device that can be either used to hunt for subatomic particles or to make earth-shattering kickdrums and eery melody lines straight from a Kindergarten Horror flick. Joran decided that this wasn't enough of a flex so he added frequency shift functionality to the unit and don't ask me how he did it but he made the cleanest frequency shifter ever. COLLIDE 4 being all analog ciruitry that's one hell of a thing to do."

0:00 intro
2:03 input section
36:27 oscillator section
50:35 confusing section
1:16:31 closing statements

COLLIDE 4 Just Sound Series

Joranalogue x Hainbach Collide 4 | Making music with a Quadrature Spectral Computer

video upload by Tom Churchill

"Collide 4 was one of the most talked-about modules of 2024. It’s a collaboration between Joranalogue and the musician and YouTuber Hainbach, and it’s inspired by the lock-in amplifiers used in vintage nuclear test equipment. In this video, I build some patches to show how I’ve been using Collide 4 both a sound source and as a processor for external signals. There are some ‘softer’ musical applications alongside some grittier stuff."

Musique Concrète ~ 7 Clouds ~ Granular

video upload by Ebotronix

sound source:
Make Noise Morphagene,
Mutable Instruments, Clouds, 2x Beads,2x Ripples,
Tunefish Modular , 2x Monsoon ( µCell), 2x Typhoon,
low drone:
Joranalogue, contour 1, Filter 8, Select 2, FDL 6, Enhance 2,
Befaco, ST Mix,
08.01.2025
vid # 2454

Enhanced

video upload by Ebotronix

Eurorack Modular Synthesizer ~ Bhairavi Scale Strymon Big Sky MX
21.12.2024
Video# 2445

Signal Sounds favourite music gear of 2024

video upload by Signal Sounds

"To round off a cracking 2024 in the world of music tech, we asked a few of our staff and some good friends of the store to pick their favourite pieces of gear of the year.

All the gear mentioned is available to buy or pre-order here:

https://www.signalsounds.com/teenage-...

https://www.signalsounds.com/soundfor...

https://www.signalsounds.com/arturia-...

https://www.signalsounds.com/joranalo...

https://www.signalsounds.com/melbourn...

https://www.signalsounds.com/expert-s...

https://www.signalsounds.com/future-s...

https://www.signalsounds.com/ryk-modu...

Chapters
00:00 Luke
01:54 DivKid
03:21 Michael Manning
04:53 Tom Churchill
06:42 Molly
07:52 Kyle
09:22 Aleks
10:46 The Unperson"

A Small Wall of Test Equipment: My Modular Setup For 2025

video upload by HAINBACH

"I have made so many Eurorack modular setups in the past, none of them stuck around as an instrument. For 2025 I want to create one that enables me to perform my test equipment music live, relying heavily on the ‪@joranalogue‬ Collide 4."

00:00 The Problem I am Trying to Solve
01:33 Module Overview
06:35 Patching
13:35 Exploring Phase Output
16:21 Sound Examples
19:45 Adding Tape Loops
20:57 Final Thoughts

When Worlds Collide | Why I don't need a lock-in amp | COLLIDE 4 Ep. 03

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

Cinematic+Laboratory+COLLIDE+4

"I didn't realize my episode 01 was about three weeks ago. It felt like three months or more. As you may know, this channel is not sponsored and I usually do my research before I buy a module. So far, it didn't work out well and since I am planning to clean-up my collection in 2025, it ended up on my 'may need to go' list.

Don't get me wrong, I think it deserves the 2024 eurorack design award. It's just me not getting along very well. It's advertised as a lock-in amp, but its main purpose is kind of useless in electronic music. So it's meant to be creatively 'abused' and 'repurposed'. Please note I am not trying to use it as a lock-in amp, I am exploring new creative ways to use it.

Instead of making sure your delicate faint source doesn't clip, you'd go for 30 dB gain compensation, turn up the resonance and then gain the filter some more. It's designed to isolate a faint sinewave hiding in a wall of noise and extract phase and amplitude. But why should we even want to do that? And then there's a simple ringmod, a relatively simple sine VCO with TZFM support and some logic. It can't process stereo signals because it will cancel out your center information.

Since I have a huge collection of modules, I always wondered about making my own 'recipe' with a separate amp, filter, frequency shifter, ring mod and quadrature VCO. I think I came a long way this time, only enforcing the idea that the C4 is 'obsolete' in my collection. So even though it's an excellent module, you'll need to double check if you can build one with separates. It wouldn't be a lock-in amp, but I truly believe I don't need one in its designated role and I will explain why.

If you do not agree, PLEASE don't just dislike this video, but share your tips and patching tricks, so the community will be able to learn how to appreciate it - including myself.

And then I hooked up the C4 with my improvised version, and a wonderful world of magic opened up. It was so good that I decided to keep the C4 after all, and follow that path. So it's an all over-the-place personal struggle video, but I think it's real and honest. We all end up struggling from time to time. However, my number 1 rule is 'when you feel a module sounds bad, you're not patching it right'. It's not always true, but it encourages me to try things.

Hainbach is a master in restoring life to old 'crap' we'd throw away as trash, and I love his work. But I am not Hainbach and he's not included in the box. I can only stumble in his footsteps. Fortunately, I can just be myself and do my own thing. Just like there's nobody like YOU either."

COLLIDE 4 | Episode 04 | Post-Collision Course

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"I felt I had to make this episode before anything else. In episode 03 I posed the question whether or not I'd need a 'lock-in amp' in eurorack. I got myself into kind of a rut after making two episodes, wondering if I made the right decision to get one. And if this happens, I need to openly reflect on that because there's something to learn from it. If it happens to me, it will definitely happen to you too, because I make these mistakes for a living.

By all means I never meant to say 'do we need a C4'. It depends on your own journey. It turns out Hainbach needs four. Blush Response definitely loved every single HP of it. For his genre and style, the C4 immediately delivers. Truckloads of it.

I was hoping to open a discussion and learn from others, but I've also seen signs of the wasp-nest cancel-culture. I've seen comments I had to delete and I permanently muted some. I do not allow any insults to me, my fellow youtubers and beloved manufacturers. To anyone. But I am too old to get angry about it, or take the insults personally. I learn from personal opinions, I learn from revising my own conclusions, and I always rectify a few episodes later, sharing any new insights. This is a good example.

I kind of promised if there would ever be an episode 04, it would be about a C8, a dual COLLIDE 4. I'll need to work some more on that, but the lab now has two. I had to pay for both of them myself, so there's no 'paid promotion' of any kind. There were no discounts. This is also why it's so much fun to run this channel. I try to be honest, but I can't be objective. I don't ever want you to buy two because I did. I want you to know what you're getting yourself into. The COLLIDE 4 is an open platform. It has no intended use except the scientific measurements of cyclic waveforms in noise. What you get out of it is what you dialed and patched in.

Thanks for your patience and resilience, and be nice to each other."

Joranalogue Cycle 5

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"In this video, I dive into the Joranalogue Cycle 5 module, showcasing its powerful modulation capabilities and unique features."

"A small Eurorack oscillator that packs a punch" // Cycle 5 from Joranalogue

video upload by DivKid

"Here we have the new Cycle 5 Eurorack oscillator from Joranalogue. It's relatively small at 6HP but as Joranalogue say "it packs a punch." It's a highly stable and precise device for tuning with the mid fine tune position giving the note C (this has been bang on my testing in a couple of cases) and has octave and fifth tuning switches, 2x v/oct inputs (so you don't need external precision adders) and on board variable waveform morphing."

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*
00:00 Hello & patch previews
01:20 Feature run down
02:30 The beauty of dual v/oct inputs
04:53 Morphing variable waveshapes
06:59 Audio rate morphing - like FM/AM … but better!?
09:12 Reset - hard sync!
12:07 Self patching new waveshapes
14:13 Rich PWM & classic bass sounds
17:01 Audiorate PWM - one of my favourite techniques
20:56 LFO mode - complex drone modulation
23:31 Where’s the FM?

Check with dealers on the right for availability.

Joranalogue Audio Design CYCLE 5 / a playthrough of this very useful VCO and LFO

video upload by BRiES

"It can be your standard basic go to VCO both to use in your patches and as a reference to tune everything else to. It has an octave switch that is both a performance tool as well as just damn useful in the studio.

The video is a bit longwinded, which usually seems to be the case with my videos lately, but I think I covered all the basics (and a bit more). Should I cut out the live patching next time?"

Collide 4 | Episode 02 | Experiments with SpringRay2, X, Y, I and Q channels and a triphop.

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"I felt I had to do an episode 02 after anything else and maybe this should have been EP01. But you just can't make shortcuts with this module. It takes time to understand it and appreciate it as a sculpting tool. I am slowly getting the hang of it and I just needed to share my progress.

00:00 Introduction
00:37 Intellijel Springray 2 with C4 in the insert/return
03:06 Cancel the IN- and IN+ inputs, with MakeNoise STO
04:16 X, Y, I and Q, with DPO and two XPOs.
07:05 Triphop multitrack jam with the THREE-BODY
10:20 Springtank life under a magnifying glass"

Side note: This appears to be the first post to feature the SpringRay2. You can find posts featuring the original here.

Collide 4 | Quadrature Spectral Computer | by Joranalogue and Hainbach

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"A few months ago, Hainbach recycled the full circle of 1950's being pioneered by people like Mort Subotnick and then miniaturized by people like Don Buchla in the 1960's, then rediscovered by people like Hainbach (and many others I am not familiar with) in the 2020's and then miniaturized into 20 HP by Joran from Jorananalogue in 2024. Hello COLLIDE 4, what took you so long?

I've been intrigued with Hainbach's journey into the vintage and classic scrapheaps of sound but the risk of shock, the smell, weight and size of all this gear made it easy to resist or even explore. I absolutely loved his Totem project making the best drones I ever heard. But this particular rabbit hole was easy to resist. 20 HP is not.

The COLLIDE 4 brings a lot of unfamiliar concepts to the table of sound design, like a Lock-in Amp, a Hilbert Transform Network and a Quadrature VCO. Just when you thought you were getting the hang of eurorack, again you realize you know nothing. It also features a filter, an envelope follower and a phase/frequency shifter. It's all originally designed to detect and possibly isolate little sounds in a soup of very faint noise, so the first thing people do is to crank it up and wonder if it can make normal music. Yes it can, and it saturates like nothing else. Just don't buy it BECAUSE you want to make normal music.

My favorite use case is to explore very faint sounds, like the raw output from a Piezo, an electric guitar or a sensitive electromagnetic sniffer. Theres a whole new world out there for you to discover."

Is Collide 4 good for "normal" synthesis?

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"Demonstrating how versatile and useful this box of tricks from Joranalogue can be :)
Not just for 'spice', it does the best 303 squelch acid bass I've heard in Eurorack !"

HAINBACH & JORANALOGUE Introduce COLLIDE 4 - The Sonic Power Of Nuclear Test Equipment

video upload by HAINBACH

"I teamed up with Belgian Eurorack module manufacturer Joranalogue to solve one of the biggest problem I had with my wall of test equipment: I could use it in the studio, but not play it live. It is just too heavy and fragile, being about 50 years. So that part of my music remained unperformed. With our new module Collide 4 I and everyone else can now take the wonderful textures and sonic possibilities of nuclear research equipment on the road.

It is based on a lock-in amplifier, a tool made to sniff out tiny fluctuations of a frequency in vast amount of noise. But Joran took the concept further and added a frequency shifter. It is module with vast possibilities, and I can only give you a small overview and intro in this video. Check out Collide 4 at your trusted modular dealer in person now."

User videos:



Playlist:
1. FANTASTIC FILTH from COLLIDE 4 (Joranalogue & Hainbach) // my first patch + your questions! - DivKid
2. Joranalogue Audio Design X HAINBACH / COLLIDE 4 / first experiments / a lot of 'aha' moments - BRiES
3. Joranalogue Audio Design x Hainbach / COLLIDE 4 / dissonance and drones / JUST SOUND SERIES (1/4)
4. Joranalogue Audio Design x Hainbach / COLLIDE 4 / music and melodies / JUST SOUND SERIES (2/4)
5. Joranalogue Audio Design x Hainbach / COLLIDE 4 / slew, ringmod, cv / JUST SOUND SERIES (3/4)
6. Joranalogue Audio Design x Hainbach / COLLIDE 4 / audio processing / JUST SOUND SERIES (4/4)



The origins of electronic music are found within the early works of a small group of forward-thinking mid-century composers, harnessing electronic test gear to create strange new sounds. Building upon this heritage, today everything comes full circle again through Collide 4.

The first hardware release to be co-developed by acclaimed musician and YouTube sensation Hainbach, Collide 4 builds upon the lock-in amplifier concept, and brings it into the Eurorack world. These atomic age physics research instruments are known for their raw power when used in musical applications. Now, any synthesist can experience this for themselves, at a fraction of the size and weight of a vintage unit, and with full voltage control.

The result is a wholly new kind of analogue synth voice and audio processor, with capabilities far beyond what the avant-garde pioneers could have imagined. Collide 4 is an expression of Hainbach's extensive experience in exploring the deepest musical realms contained within vintage test equipment, and the Joranalogue philosophy of electronic instrument design.

Honouring its innovative dual-phase architecture, this new kind of musical generator and processor has been christened the ‘quadrature spectral computer’. The sound? Quite simply: it's smashing!

Modern, fully analogue Eurorack format re-imagining of the lock-in amplifier concept, expanded to new heights.
Pingable variable bandwidth filter with self-oscillation capability.
Pre- and post-filter gain stages, for a total of up to 130 dB of amplification!
Through-zero sine/cosine quadrature oscillator.
Hilbert transform network for frequency shifter use.
Dual ring modulators with output lowpass filters.
Extensive output section, including magnitude and phase analogue computing outputs.
Unique X/Y quadrature topology, ideal for stereo use.
Handsome (and useful) signal level/overload LED indicator.
CV control over everything, with temperature compensation and excellent volt/octave pitch tracking.
20 HP, 30 mm deep. Over 600 components, yet a fraction of the weight and size of a vintage Model 124A lock-in amplifier unit.
Impedance-compensated outputs with dual-colour LEDs.
Trim potentiometers accessible from the front panel.
Precision-milled 2 mm anodised aluminium front panel with high-resolution, non-erasable graphics.
Bullet-proof design: polarised power header and MOSFET protection circuit.
Includes 16-to-10-pin Eurorack power ribbon cable.
Premium mounting hardware: black screws, black nylon washers and matching hex key.
Supplied with fold-out signal flow and front panel diagram.
High-quality components and assembly; designed and made in Belgium.

Check with dealers on the right for availability.