Make Noise Plexiphon Deep Dive w/ Tom Erbe

video upload by Perfect Circuit

"The Make Noise x soundhack Plexiphon is an enigmatic effect: it's a stereo / spatial texturizer, designed to take your incoming audio and use it as a seed to create immersive, swirling soundscapes and evolving resonances. You can think of it as being partly like a delay, partly like a reverb, partly like a resonator—but in reality, it isn't squarely any one of these things, instead using their commonalities as a point of departure for exploring unusual sonic terrain.

Of course, it's not the first Make Noise/soundhack collab—it's one in a long line of exciting effects, including the ever-popular Echophon, Erbe-Verb, and Mimeophon. In honor of Plexiphon's release, we invited soundhack's Tom Erbe to our space in Burbank for a live demo and Q&A.

He explained Plexiphon's history, its inner workings, and plenty of ways that you can use it. Scope it out—you might just learn a thing about DSP and the artistry that goes into forward-thinking electronic musical instrument design.

Get a Plexiphon of your own

Learn more about Plexiphon on our blog, Signal"

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."

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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Learn to creatively use dynamics processing in Eurorack // DYN by Timo Rozendal & Surreal Machines

video upload by DivKid

"In this video we'll be exploring dynamics processing, learning about functions that are typically a music production and studio tool and applying them to Eurorack sound shaping and getting creative within a modular environment.

Dyn is a new module from Timo Rozendal made in collaboration with Surreal Machines with DSP based on their plug in 'Crack'. It's a 14HP stereo noise gate, transient designer, maximizer, limiter and clipper. There's lots of hands on control and easy to assign CV control too."

via Perfect Circuit

Timo Rozendal Dyn
Dyn from Timo Rozendal is a stereo transient shaper that's exceptional at creating hard hitting percussion or dialing back overly aggressive transients in your mix. It includes a suite of dynamics processing tools based on Surreal Machine's Crack plugin and optimized for drum sounds. A transient shaper is a specialized kind of limiter with an ultra fast attack stage envelope that works primarily on hard spikes in volume such as the initial impact of a stick hitting a drum.The large attack and sustain knobs provide the core parameter adjustments on Dyn. Lower the attack time to create sharp hits that cut through the mix, or increase it to smooth out harsh transitions. Adjust sustain to control the body of the hit post-transient, either making it fuller or tighter. Use the noise gate to reduce the level of quieter sounds between hits, crank the maximizer to push the overall level, and adjust the limiter to set the peak. Blend in your dry signal with the processed sound for parallel processing of your sounds. At the end of the chain, a clipper controls the final output level. Route an external CV source to any of the main parameters to add additional automation. Dyn from Timo Rozendal perfectly pairs with your drum voices or samples, particularly when you need them to stand out in the mix.

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Ovis Legio: Granular Shepard tone processor on the Legio platform

video upload by Noise Engineering

"Ovis Legio is a granular pitch shifter designed to create Shepard tones, those endlessly rising or falling sounds that never seem to arrive.

Get a Legio module and swap to this firmware today:
https://noiseengineering.us/products/...

Let's start with Pitch. This moves through the endless pitch sweep, wrapping around every octave to create that continuous Shepard-tone illusion.

Count controls the number of grains in the sound. Length changes the size of those grains.

Layers changes how many octave-spaced layers make up the Shepard tone, while Fade gives you different ways those layers can move and crossfade into one another.

And send a gate to Hit and all of those octave layers come through together.

Ovis can make your Legio endlessly rise, but when you're ready to come back down to Earth, a quick USB swap can turn the same module into a synth voice, percussion voice, wavefolder, dynamics processor, and lots more.

23 Firmwares.One Legio.

Visit noiseengineering.us or your favorite retailer to get a Legio module in your case."

MimeoPlexus - Adventures in Time, Space and Spacetime.

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

Cinematic Laboratory Plexiphon posts

"Welcome to episode 02 of my Plexiphon exploration. I must admit I’ve been a bit underwhelmed by it because I was hoping for more like a network behavior where sounds from the past could suddenly return into its input.

Kind of like Mimeophon’s long repeat that remembers almost a minute. It became more and more clear that Plexiphon is indeed an Erbe-Verb V2. Even the CV out is ultimately intended to ‘push back’ the infinite wash so it can be controlled. I guess it’s now a stereo space folder, and once you accept that, it’s quite a cool and creative reverb. But that’s not why I run this channel. People who got themselves a Plexiphon most certainly also have a Mimeophon. And if not, one should at least consider adding one, so one can build yourself a Mimeoplexus. This basically answers my question why there isn’t a bit more ‘plexus’ in the Plexiphon. It’s because Mimeophon already took care if it a long time ago.

In this patch, I’ll use a mono source. In this case, I’ll pick Plonk again so it’s easier to follow what happens to a single mono modal ‘plonk’. MP’s left output goes to left PP input. MP’s right output goes to case out. And then: the loop: PP’s left output returns to MP’s right input.

PP’s right output goes to case out. So the combo pans a bit hard L/R, but the reverb runs through a feedback path. PP can now ‘save itself’ in MP’s long buffer and it can receive its own output many seconds later. Meanwhile, MP can change the delay times, direction, skew, colors, etc. We can’t just fold space, we can fold time too, and make it run backwards.

Now be honest, when was the last time you could creatively mess with relativity?"

Ebb and Flow | Ambient with upcoming modules from Ormer in VCV Rack

video upload by Omri Cohen

"I've built and patch around a few upcoming modules from Ormer Modular: Wake, a delay module, Haar, a reverb, and Fluke, a random generator."

First Test of the 4X-64-DS Drum Sequencer – Experimental Noise Breaks

video upload by Vitamin AH3PCm

"A spontaneous synth jam in which the first prototype of the VITA SYNTHS 4X-64-DS drum sequencer was tested for the very first time. The music was created completely on the fly, with no preparation, using the trigger sequencer mentioned above and several other synthesizers.

Hard to pin down stylistically, so I’d call it Experimental Lo-Fi Noise Acid Breaks."

Follow-up to this post.

New 4 Zone CV Bus Case | Make Noise

video upload by MAKEN0ISE

"A brand new edition of the 7U Case has arrived! So let's make a patch in a Shared System in the 2013 wooden Enclave 7U that is still going strong to this day!

There is at least one error in the voiceover for this video: can you catch it?

Our 208hp 7U 4 Zone CV Bus Case arrives ready to put to use with your modules, patch cables and inspiration. The powder coated metal construction offers excellent mechanical durability. The mounting rails have been updated to black anodized tapped strip, replacing the sliding nut design of previous versions of the case. The lid is removable and can be closed with the system fully patched. The sleek matte black finish was selected to match our line of Black & Gold modules, and it looks great with just about any module installed. This finish will wear nicely showing the story of your modular synth's travels over the years.

The Make Noise 4 Zone Power system is a new approach to accommodating the ever growing universe of Eurorack modules.The multi-zone power solution is like having multiple independent power supplies in a single case. This allows for isolating noisy modules from noise sensitive modules. Each Zone features isolated +12 VDC and -12VDC supplies and a dedicated ground return path. Included are 31 power shrouded connectors to help prevent incorrect installation. The total available power available is +12VDC @ 4A, -12VDC @ 2.4A and +5VDC @ 1A.

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Atmospheric Techno Patch Walkthrough | Multigrain, Swells, Atlantix, Metropolix and more

video upload by Intellijel

"This patch combines a fast, hypnotic bass and kick combo (Atlantix), with an ambient layer of pads, reverb and noise with random sequencing and no clock (Multigrain & Swells). Plus, a layer of percussion from Plonk and some glitched out delays from Sealegs. Lots of tricks and ideas in this walkthrough, we hope you find it useful!

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:26 - Ambient Layer - Multigrain, Swells, Flurry
07:21 - Bass and Kick - Atlantix, Metropolix, Quadrax
12:08 - Additional Percussion and Glitch FX - Plonk, Polaris, Sealegs
17:48 - Final Patch and Outro Jam"

SYNTHFEST UK Set for 24th October 2026, THE OCTAGON, SHEFFIELD

via https://www.synthfest.co.uk

"SynthFest UK takes place in Sheffield and has been created by Sound On Sound magazine to give companies of all sizes an opportunity to showcase their synth products in front of the public in what promises to be a great day out for all musicians, whether a pro, semi-pro or hobbyist.

Come and see Keyboards - Desktop Synths - Modular - Software Synths and much more.

The Octagon Centre, Clarkson Street, Sheffield, S10 2TQ (Next to the University of Sheffield Student Union building) The Octagon is a wheelchair friendly venue."

See https://www.synthfest.co.uk for addtional details and a list of exhibitors.

And a quick teaser from Analogue Solutions:

Analogue Solutions at SynthFest UK 2026 | See You in Sheffield!
video upload by Analogue Solutions

"Come and make some noise with Analogue Solutions at SynthFest UK 2026!

We’re heading to The Octagon in Sheffield. Come along, say hello, talk synths with us and experience our analogue instruments in person. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

📅 Saturday 24 October 2026
🕥 10:30am–6:00pm (UK time)
📍 The Octagon Centre
Clarkson Street
Sheffield, S10 2TQ
United Kingdom

The venue is next to the University of Sheffield Students’ Union and is wheelchair accessible.

SynthFest UK is a Sound On Sound event in partnership with Sheffield’s Sensoria Festival of Music, Film and Digital Media."

The Filternator from Kanawha Music & Art - vintage-inspired resonator

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We look at the Filternator from Kanawha Music and Art, a Eurorack module designed to recreate the sound and behavior of vintage high-Q filters or resonators, like those found in instruments like the Solovox. It's circuit is based on capacitors and inductors, which can be switched on and off to change the frequency and resonance of the module. It is also passive and doesn't require any power.

We take a close look at its behavior with a controlled oscillator signal from our trusty Arturia MiniBrute 2, including CV-based mix modulation. We then try it out with an electronic organ sound from our Cherry Audio Blue3.

To find out more, please visit https://www.kanawhamusic.com/filternator

00:00 Introduction
00:14 Background and overview
01:00 Exploring the Filternator with an Arturia MiniBrute 2 source
04:57 Using the Mix CV for filter modulation
09:49 Filternator with the Cherry Audio Blue3 organ
13:38 Conclusion"

Patreon: / catsynth | https://shop.catsynth.com | https://ko-fi.com/catsynth

Generate & Evolve New Melodies // SHOOTING STARS from Ethereal Electronics

video upload by DivKid

"Here we have Shooting Stars from Ethereal Electronics which is a stochastic melody generator that seeds patterns then allows for lots of control over them live and on the fly. It's not-so-secret sauce is the ability to save & recall 4 of its main controls and to use transition times to morph between two sets of melodic settings. There's plenty of external control and as I think the patch examples show - there's a lot of impressive things to play around with here!"

https://etherealelectronics.nl

"Shooting Stars is a high-performance 16HP Eurorack stochastic control voltage sequencer designed for modular synthesizers. It combines intuitive hands-on control with more advanced features, allowing musicians, sound designers, and performers to create evolving melodies.

Random melody synthesis from outer space
Shooting Stars is a Eurorack CV sequencer unlike any other in modular synthesis. A musical, performance-oriented sequencer built around tactile controls, visual feedback, and generative creativity.

At the center of the interface are four aluminium encoder knobs, each paired with a LED strip that shows the value of the parameters as well as the notes. Together, these four encoders form the entire control surface: designed for expressive live interaction rather than menu diving.

Instead of programming notes step-by-step, Shooting Stars forces you to sculpt melodies organically. Turn the encoders to transform the sequence musically. Transpose melodies, expand or compress intervals, introduce rests, and create variation, all while remaining perfectly quantized and locked to the selected musical scale.

Hold and turn an encoder to access meta-parameters, allowing fast adjustment of advanced sequencing parameters including:

Transition time (for evolving melodies)
Sequence length
Quantization scale
Slew
Vibrato
Gate length
Accent behaviour
Variation amount
Intelligence (This feature will be enabled in firmware 1.1!)
Every note is represented visually as a falling shooting star across the LED sky. Pitch, gate activity, accents, and modulation states are reflected through colour and intensity, turning the sequencer into both a musical and visual instrument."

AJH Synth Gemini 2412 Dual Vintage State Variable Filter Review

video upload by Molten Music Technology

"Two lovely 12dB SEM-style filters baked into a configurable dual or cascade architecture with interesting modulation and a ridiculous resonance feedback option. Here's my full review and what I like about it."

Radiophonic Modular Performance

video upload by Starsky Carr

"Sometimes we talk too much... so this is a live performance using 'only' the AJH Synth RadioPhonic*, with Erica Synths *Bullfrog Drums*, the *Bullfrog mixer*, all sequenced by the *OXI ONE Mk2

No talking, I promise!! just the track, the sound of the hardware and an on-screen explanation of whats going on.

All synth sounds come from the RadioPhonic, with Bullfrog Drums providing the percussion. The effects are from the Bullfrog Mixer - simply a lovely sounding reverb and a delay.

The setup:
• AJH Synth RadioPhonic — all synth sounds
• Erica Synths Bullfrog Drums — drums and percussion
• Bullfrog mixer — mixing
• OXI ONE — sequencing"

Phase modulation acid ???!!!

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"Schlappy Patching 2026 EP.20

Hey there!
Today I want to show you how it sounds to sequence the Three Body from a Xoxbox or any TB-303 inspired sequencer with CV and Gates output.

Have fun!!!!"

Dual Retro Vco producing kick rhythms

video upload by Radical Frequencies Modular

"Every time I calibrate a DRVCO I discover new sounds! There is no patching cables here, just the RM out making a punchy kick and then tweaking the knobs up to oscillation with Ring Modulation, Cross FM and syncing !
There is no effects too just the vco directly recording into sound card. Listen to your speakers :)
#radicalfrequenciesmodular #modularsynth #eurorack #dualretrovco #analogkick"

YOLA MPE Test2 ——EURORACK CV-- ARP MODE

video upload by Gm Xe

"This video demonstrates YOLA's MPE ARP mode and the use of the Eurorack CV expansion.
CV follows 1V/oct tuning, with the remaining three sliders assigned for CV modulation."

YOLA MPE Test3 -SEQ MODE -

video upload by Gm Xe

"Basic STEP SEQ operation and CV modulation.

gmxe.org
ins:wuxiaoen1984

#MPE #MPEController #MIDI #CV #CVController #Buchla #Eurorack #ModularSynth #ModularSynthesizer #AnalogSynthesizer #PolyphonicSynth #Polyphonic #Synthesizer #ElectronicMusic #Ambient #AmbientMusic #ExperimentalMusic #GenerativeMusic #Arpeggiator #Sequencer #LPG #ControlVoltage #MIDIController #GMXE #700Voice"

Follow-up to this post.

New Make Noise 208hp 7U 4 Zone CV Bus Case and CV Big Bus!

Press release follows:

Make Noise is proud to announce our new 208hp 7U 4 Zone CV Bus Case and CV Big Bus!

The 208hp 7U 4 Zone CV Bus Case arrives ready to be put to use with your modules, patch cables, and inspiration. The powder coated metal construction offers excellent mechanical durability. The mounting rails have been updated to black anodized tapped strips, replacing the sliding nut design of previous versions of the case. The lid is removable and can be closed with the system fully patched. The bus boards now includes 31 shrouded headers for connection to modules. The sleek matte black finish was selected to match our line of Black & Gold modules, and it looks great with just about any module installed. This finish will wear nicely, showing the story of your modular synth's travels over the years.

The Make Noise 4 Zone Power system is a new approach to accommodating the ever growing universe of Eurorack modules. The multi-zone power solution is like having multiple independent power supplies in a single case. This allows for isolating noisy modules from noise sensitive modules. Each Zone features isolated +12 VDC and -12VDC supplies and a dedicated ground return path. Included are 31 power shrouded connectors to help prevent incorrect installation. The total available power available is +12VDC @ 4A, -12VDC @ 2.4A, and +5VDC @ 1A.

The CV Bus is a more functional approach to the “multiple” utility of the modular synthesizer. The CV Big Bus is an evolution of the original CV Bus design from 2013 for Alessandro Cortini's personal Make Noise system. In an effort to accommodate the increased modulation density of the New Universal Synthesizer System, the CV Big Bus doubles the channel count from 4 to 8. These 8 channels are distributed across the center of the system, allowing for quick, clean, and intuitive patching. The numerical indicators are illuminated, providing visual indication of channel number, level, rate and polarity for up to 8 signals to be shared throughout a patch. This distribution method is unlike the typical multiple since the control signals will appear beneath their potential destinations, resulting in less cable mess. The color coding and visual indication makes navigating complex patches easier and more intuitive. Typically, the CV Bus would be used to share the most important control signals in a patch, such as your clock, modulation, sequence, and audio signals - any type of signal the system creates may be shared!

A high quality Stereo Line Driver converts modular synthesizer signal levels to the commonly used Line Level. There are mini-jack inputs for Left or Mono, and Right for Stereo, a single master volume control, as well as a stereo line output pair. The left output doubles as a TRS ⅛” headphone output. These outputs are capable of driving a long cable out to a PA System or a set of Headphones. They are AC coupled with a built-in limiting circuit (with visual indication) that prevents damage to ears and PA system when the patching gets experimental.

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Verbos The Haas Effect

video upload by NOISEBUG

"The newest Eurorack module from Verbos is available now at Noisebug.

#eurorack #modularsynth

https://www.noisebug.net/products/ver..."