Modulars have serious side effects | By RYK Modular.

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"Maybe it's just me, but modular effects are becoming serious competition for outboard gear and VST plugins. RYK Modular has released Side FX this week, and I think it's brilliant. They basically let you pick four roles (pitch, delay, texture and reverb) and place them in a four slot algorithm in any order. However, you can only use one role once, so no complex stack of delays. But that's OK, because instead of using four separate modules you can use one. And while it shouldn't be able to compete with four separate modules, I think it does.

When I made this video, I ran into some gainstaging issues, which is not an issue, but a common challenge in Eurorack. This affects using HOT modules which go full 10V on the output, like raw VCO's. It's easy to solve with a VCA before the input, but I wanted to show you what happens when you stack a hot source into a huge pile of delay and reverb. I am sure it happens to many of us one day, and it should better NOT happen when you're playing a live gig. On the other hand, going too HOT can also make monster sounds and I'll be making a few. If you do, why not add some more distortion :)!

In the final session I used #VHIKK X again, which allows you to set the output level. This kind of proves the 'problem' is in the chain, not in a module. I also used the MESSOR limiter from Cosmotronic to secure the final output before it goes to my DAW. Even then, using FX on high feedback settings can still tickle the digital brick wall INSIDE the module, your case or your AD converter.

Regardless, SIDE FX is a beauty and I am proud to highly recommend it."

See the announcement post here.

SIDE FX – Quad Eurorack Multi-Effects Module | Granular, Reverb, Glitch & Pitch Demo

video upload by RYK Modular

"SIDE FX: 14HP Eurorack multi-effects module. Reverb, delay, granular, pitch shift and glitch in four chain-able blocks, with CV, clock and MIDI control.

IDE FX is a QUAD ALGORITHMIC FX PROCESSOR, using four effects BLOCKS in parallel / serial combinations for ultimate creative flexibility."

0:00 Introduction
0:15 Big Spaces, Tiny Spaces, Dirty Spaces, Doomed Spaces !
0:44 PRESET: "Behind You"
1:25 PRESET: "Pitch Swirl"
1:37 Dual Pitch Shift
1:59 PRESET: "Melancholia"
2:21 Pitch Shift Delay, & Glitch !
2:50 PRESET: "Old Tape Echo"
3:15 Modulators
3:49 Preset Edit
4:16 Granular - Vocal Crowd Generator
4:32 PRESET "Ghost Trails"
4:50 Multi Tap Delays
5:33 PRESET "Follow Echoes"
5:43 FX Send Mutes !
6:21 FX Process Blocks List

Explaining and testing RYK Side FX
video upload by Stazma

"Today we check out the newx multi effect module by RYK Modular: Side FX

This one seem to draws a lot of inspiration from the H 3000 "Ultra Harmonizer" by Eventide even tho it's not a clone at all. It let you use four effects and route them in many different ways using algorithms that look very much like the ones you would find in a 4-OP FM synthesizer (who said Algo?!). It's a great module, very powerfull and quite easy to use even for someone like me who does not like screens on modules."

via RYK

Want a Pitch Shifted delay into some lush Reverb, with a bit of Chorus for good measure ? How about some Phaser action into a Glitch effect, and a dollop of Bit Crush to taste !

SIDE FX lets you process up to four effect BLOCKS via different algorithms, to create complex, deep evolving effects to envelop your music in a rich syrup of your choosing.

It comes with loads of PRESET FX chains, from ear-mangling grit, to subtle presence, to brain-melting time-space freak-outs.

Or you can create your own PRESETS and save them to the internal SD Card, share with friends and impress your enemies.

Four user-definable CV inputs are available for modulating any parameter, along with a Clock Input for keeping things tidy and time-synchronised, oh, and a MIDI input for all of the above!

Don't have a spare LFO ?

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4/16/26 Roland (& RYK) System 100m + Peavey 1300 + Alesis MIDIVERB II

video upload by Cfpp0

Asking manufacturers what nobody knows about their synths

video upload by mylarmelodies

"Want some random synth facts? At London Synth & Pedal Expo, I asked Music Thing, Korg, ASM, Arturia, Genki, Elektron, Embodme and ALM Busycircuits - what does nobody know about your machine? 👀"

00:00 - Today's Video
00:13 - Tom Whitwell doesn't know how the slopes work
00:48 - Korg Minilogue's Hidden Arcade Game
01:16 - Leviasynth's Ergonomic Notch
01:46 - Keystep 37's Sneaky LFOs
02:04 - RYK's Hidden Defender Game
03:05 - KATLA's Audio Replacement Trick
04:03 - Elektron's Octatrack Fails
04:49 - Erae Touch's Secret Sequencer
05:22 - ALM's Many Easter Eggs

5/20/26 (shin splints) Roland CR-78 & SPH-323 & System 100m + Soundforce S-LD + MIDIVERB II

video upload by Cfpp0

"Something to do the dishes to. The CR-78 is set to Disco 1 and I occasionally switch Bossa Nova on and off. The variation switches from A to B every 2 measures. The CR-78 audio runs through the SPH-323 phase shifter. The CR-78 trigger output is driving the RYK Modular 185 sequencer in System 100m format, which is driving a 140 envelope for the 110 VCA and controlling the pitch of the 110 VCO. Two LFOs from the 140 and 150 modulate the 110 VCF. The CR-78 trigger output also triggers the Soundforce S-LD cabasa, which is running through the ADR Panscan, panning wildly through the stereo field. There are two Alesis MIDIVERB II, with one providing a small room reverb 01, and the other a reversed reverb 44. There is an overdub, running the System 100m through the MIDIVERB II preset 45, mono, 100% wet."

RYK Modular Envy Machine// First Test (with the Cloud Terrarium & Polygogo (in two parts)

video upload by Genshi Media Group

"::| TO HEAR THE FULL RANGE OF FREQUENCIES AND STEREO EFFECTS, A GOOD PAIR OF HEADPHONES IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED |::

A quick first test with the ‪@RYKModular‬ Envy Machine modulating the Synthesis Technology E352 Cloud Terrarium and the E-RM Polygogo modules."

RYK TimeSlice Looper Module New Firmware V1.2 - sound demos and technique tutorials

video upload by RYK Modular

"The New V1.2 Time Slice firmware unleashes some super cool new features including Polyphonic sample playback, Autoslice + Slice marker editing, Morphagene Reels support, and some funky quantised trigger input and output options amongst others . . .

NEW FEATURES LIST:

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4/16/26 (Oofos) Roland & RYK System 100m + Peavey 1300 + CXM 1978 + Alesis MIDIVERB II

video upload by Cfpp0

"Resistance starch
Shin splints"

JAMUARY26#19 ALGODRONE 626

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY JAMUARY26!

Griffin's Claws, Algo, Beads

Make some noise!

‪@ShakmatModular‬ ‪@RYKModular‬"

JAMUARY26#14 ALGODRONE 615

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"HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY JAMUARY26!

Griffin's Claws, Algo, Beads

Make some noise!

‪@ShakmatModular‬ ‪@RYKModular‬"

JAMUARY26#13 ALGODRONE 614

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY JAMUARY26!

Griffin's Claws, Algo, Beads

Make some noise!

‪@ShakmatModular‬ ‪@RYKModular‬"

JAMUARY26#11 ALGODRONE 609

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY JAMUARY26!

Griffin's Claws, Algo, Beads

Make some noise!

‪@ShakmatModular‬ ‪@RYKModular‬"

JAMUARY26#10 ALGODRONE 607

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY JAMUARY26!

Griffin's Claws, Algo, Beads

Make some noise!

‪@ShakmatModular‬ ‪@RYKModular‬"

Acid Study #1 w/ "The Rave Case" Featuring a Mystery Prototype Module

video upload by Stazma

"Hey there! I got a Befaco 7U Performance Case recently and decided to turn it into a Rave machine spitting analog acid and drums.

Here is a frist jam with what seems like a very cool setup for this case.
Tiptop Audio 909 modules on the drums.
810 by System80 on the bass.
Algo by RYK on the pad.
All sequenced by Tubbutec Brainstep / Drummertime.
Drum fills with the Particles by Patching Panda
Effect and mixing by a mystery prototype & Befaco Fx Boy & Output Bus.

Have fun!!!!"

12/17/25 Zerosum Inertia ZI54 + Trogotronic 676 + RYK 185 (System 100m) + Alesis MIDIVERB II

video upload by Cfpp0

"A little montage of three horrendous fanfares while testing power supplies. The Monorocket Mission6 case has been emptied and the Zerosum Inertia ZI54 and Metasonix RKP have been moved to the racks, where the Moog Subharmonicon used to be installed. We almost sold the amazing Trogotronic 676 and two 11 VCA controllers, but they’re staying. Those, plus a Zerosum Inertia 6AS6 Signal Combiner, have been added to the same rack, as they all sound great with the Roland System 100m. There is also a Doepfer Quantizer, mainly for the Roland 182 sequencer we got recently. The reverb is from the MIDIVERB II."

Purple and Gold

video upload by Sleepy Eye

"loops

#instrumental #loops"

With RYK TimeSlice Quad Looper

11/12/25 Roland (RYK) System 100m & RE-301 + Peavey 1300 + Alesis MIDIVERB II + Paia 6740 + CXM 1978

video upload by Cfpp0

"The left RYK Modular 185 sequencer is gating the right RYK 185. The right RYK 185 CV output controls the pitch of the left Roland 110 VCO and modulates the right 110 VCA. The 140 lower envelope controls the left 110 VCA. The upper 140 envelope controls the right 110 VCA. The left RYK 185 gate output is modulating the 140 LFO, and that LFO is modulating the left 110 filter and the right 110 VCO slightly. The 150 LFO is modulating the right 110 filter and the left 110 VCA. The left 110 audio output goes to the Roland RE-301 for tape echo, with the intensity set at the threshold of feeding back, and that signal is panned left on the Mackie Onyx 1640, with spring reverb from the Paia 6740, stereo reverb from the Alesis MIDIVERB II (preset 27), and a larger stereo reverb blended on the CXM 1978. The right 110 audio output goes to the Peavey 1300 delay and is panned center on the Mackie, with the same three reverbs."

RYK TimeSlice Quad Looper and sampling laboratory - sound demos and technique tutorials

video upload by RYK Modular

"CHAPTERS:

0:00 – Time Slice !

0:08 – Drum loop and synth with FX
Track3: Drum loop with Delay FX, and Pitch Shifting. End Of Loop Pulse sent from drum loop to pulse an envelope in ENVY Machine. The envelope is patched to amplitude mod on ALGO.
ALGO output is patched into Track 2, with Delay and Pitch Shift effects applied

01:07 – Ambient Piano treatment
Track 1 Jazz piano loop. Tracks 2,3, & 4 are resampling from Track 1, and are set to Live Loop mode. Each track has random trigger from ENVY Machine, for resampling input from paino loop on Track 1.

01:58 – Live Keyboard loop recording, with drum loop and granular scanning trumpet solo !
Track 1: Using DAW loop style to record VECTOR WAVE keyboard sounds, then Track 2: using RETRO loop style to record bass line also from VECTOR WAVE.
Drum break loaded from internal storage, Decimate FX applied.
Flute sample sliced, slowed down, Wave Folded, and sliced-scanning modulated by knob recording on ENVY Machine.

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Process, Loop, Mangle, Play! - RYK Time Slice Demo

video upload by Stazma

"Today I'm very happy to show you Time Slice, a four channel audio buffer manipulator that I had a lot of fun trying out.
This thing is a beast, it's as much a sampler / looper that it is a sample player and a real time effect processor, but even better it can several of these things at the same time!
All this was done on beta firmware so the sound got cleaner in the release version ;-)

Have fun!"

Additional RYK Time Slice posts

Bristronica 25 - RYK - Time Slice

video upload by Stromkult

"At Bristronica 2025, Mathieu visited the RYK booth where Jake showcased their full system and the latest module:

Time Slice : New 4-Track Audio Looper. Watch the powerful sampling, looping, and effects capabilities in action

Other modules:
• 185 Sequencer • Algo Complex Oscillator • Envy Machine Modulator •

more on : https://www.ryk-modular.com/"