Arplus: Max Pluck for your Buck - Quantised Arpeggiated Karplus Strong Eurorack Module

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"Introducing Arplus, a six voice Karplus-Strong Synth with a quite advanced Quantised Arpeggiator built in. A lot of Pluck for your Buck.

Thanks Zlosynth Instruments for letting me do a synth demo wearing chainmail."

00:00 - Intro
02:15 - Karplus-Strong History and What is it?
03:28 - Polyphonic Spree
04:03 - Sound Parameters
07:16 - External Input
09:25 - Pure Ambient Bliss
09:56 - Quantiser
12:52 - Arpeggiator
16:04 - Swap 2 Infomercial
16:33 - Spicing things up

via Perfect Circuit

The Arplus module from Zlosynth Instruments is a robust Karplus-Strong 6-voice resonator that gives you a bevy of musical scales at your fingertips. The Arplus works by selecting a particular chord based on the scale you select, stepping through the notes of that chord via the Trigger input and button. Use the Tone control to set the root note, and use the Chord control to select the particular chord. Both controls have corresponding CV inputs that let you create intricate sequences or melodic randomness. Choose from 31 different types of scales that include Western, Arabic, Indian, Japanese, and even quarter tones.

Internally, a burst of noise gets generated to create the sound, however, if you want more control over your noise bursts, an external input is available for you to patch in whatever you'd like. Use the String control to adjust how many virtual strings remain resonant after the trigger—up to 6 strings can resonate at a time allowing for soaring expanses of ambience and gorgeous clusters of notes. Sculpt the sound right on the module with a built-in filter, including resonance and cutoff, along with a Contour control that moves from short percussive bursts to long swells of washed texture.

Of course, no resonator would be complete without a stereo output, and the Arplus doesn't disappoint. Choose from three different stereo spreads: Ping Pong, which alternates voices between left and right, Root, which sends the Root to the Left and everything else to the Right, and Haas, which creates a stereo spread using the psychoacoustic Haas effect. The Arplus from Zlosynth is more than just your typical resonator, with an easy-to-read scale selector and a lovely sound that's sure to win over your heart and ears.

ARPLUS FEATURES

6 Voice Karplus-Strong resonator
External audio input for custom excitation sources
31 Different scales
Customizable chords up to 8 notes
CV-Controllable arpeggiator patterns
Quantized 1V/Out output
3 Stereo output modes
Built-in filter

Ambient modular jam into the Wesaudio Rhea tube compressor

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"With this 500 series stereo channelstrip, featuring the WesAudio Rhea tube compressor, I’ve got a great sounding chain for recording my modular synth, needing no additional plugins to finalize the sound.

The Hermod+ is sequencing modules by Vostok, with a zlosynth Kaseta adding tape saturation/delay on one of the voices. Then into the Weston Audio mixer, Strymon Starlab adding reverb, and the right output channel goes through the Echo Fix EF-X3 before it hits the 500 series chain."

Note this is the first post to feature zlosynth instruments.



Kaseta is a multi-purpose module inspired by reel-to-reel tape machines. It simulates magnetic hysteresis to provide warm saturation, its four independent delay lines can be used to sculpt rhythms or feedback loops, and it offers wow and flutter control. The module also goes beyond typical tape machine features, with free-moving delays, trigger sequencing, and an internal oscillator.

While the module works perfectly well as a regular delay, its flexible interface can also be wired up to provide a variety of effects, sounds or CV sources. The following list summarizes its main features. To learn more, see the User Manual.

Aluminium panel with high-quality anodized finish
CNC engraved lettering
20 HP, skiff friendly
Delay with 4 reading heads
Tape saturation simulation
Wow and flutter effects
Stereo output
Up to five minutes of recording
Internal oscillator
Trigger sequencer
LEDs visualizing dialed parameters