SOUNDMIT 2023 - THE NEW WAVE OF FRENCH MODULAR - LARIX ELEKTRO

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"Anche @larix.elektro è per noi un nuovo espositore, lo avevamo conosciuto all'ultima edizione del @SynthFestFrance dove di solito i synth che ricevono la maggior attenzione sono quelli a tastiera e i vintage ma dove, come al @SOUNDMIT si fa sempre più presente la presenza di produttori 'local' di synth modulari.

LINKS
LARIX ELEKTRO su Soundmit: https://soundmit.com/en/exhibitor/lar...
LARIX ELEKTRO https://www.m-live.com

"@larix.elektro is also a new exhibitor for us, we met them at the last edition of @SynthFestFrance where usually the keyboards and vintage synths receive the most attention, but where, as at @SOUNDMIT, the presence of 'local' modular synth manufacturers is increasingly noticeable.

@larix.elektro est également un nouvel exposant pour nous, nous les avions rencontrés lors de la dernière édition du @SynthFestFrance où les claviers et synthés vintage reçoivent généralement le plus d'attention, mais où, comme au @SOUNDMIT, la présence de fabricants de synthés modulaires 'locaux' se fait de plus en plus remarquer.

@larix.elektro también es un nuevo expositor para nosotros, los conocimos en la última edición de @SynthFestFrance donde normalmente los teclados y los sintetizadores vintage reciben la mayor atención, pero donde, como en @SOUNDMIT, la presencia de fabricantes 'locales' de sintetizadores modulares es cada vez más notable.

Si ringraziano per il video @pvmlab6423 - Max Esposito e Gabriele Guarnieri"

LARIX-ELEKTRO MULT - EURORACK Configurable MULTIPLE

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"New module(s)!
A very simple MULTIPLE module, 2HP.
But all pin are available at the back.
to configure as you want (jumpers)
to connect something else (insert cable)

Two versions:
8 jack
6 jack + 2 switches

Can be used to extend the 4TOMS or the UNDULA modules
... or for circuit bending/DIY

see more:
https://www.larix-elektro.com/"

Improve your TOMS

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"The 4TOMS (yes 4 toms) has plenty of CV capabilities. But only one CV input per voice (it needs place !)
With the MULTIPLE, you can have access to all the CV available."

Improve your DUAL UNDULA OSCILLATOR

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"In this video, we will see what we can add, and with which modules."

via LARIX-ELEKTRO

"WHAT'S THAT THING ?

This is a configurable multiple module.
There are two versions: 8 jacks, or 2 switches + 6 jacks.
Of course, the package include only one module, not the two versions !

On the back, for each jack:
- Access to the tip of the connected jack cable.
- Access to the Normaled pin.
With the jumper, it's possible to select which one are connected to the internal bus, to connect multiple jacks together like classical multiple modules.

One more jumper to connect the internal bus of the 1 to 4 jacks with the internal bus of the 5 to 8 jacks.

The version with switches has three pins on the back for each switches.

The module can also be used as an extension to LE modules with hidden functionnalities:
Like the 4TOMS or the DUAL UNDULA OSCILLATOR.

The module is also useful for all modules with access point at the back, or to hack/modify modules.

Cables, to use the module as an extension, are not provided with the module."

LARIX-ELEKTRO Introduce 4TOMS Four Voice Eurorack Drum Module

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4TOMS LARIX-ELEKTRO DEMO

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"New module from Larix-Elektro, out now:
AUDIO serie 4TOMS

It's a four voice of drum with a lot of CV controle, and a complete stereo mixer. With a lot of possibilites.
The sound can be gentle, or very dirty.

The perfect module to build drum, tom, clave, bell or even strange FX."

via LARIX-ELEKTRO

"I'm pleased to introduce you to a new module in the new AUDIO series, the 4TOMS.

The 4TOMS is a set of four fully analog percussive voices with a lot of CV control, and with a full stereo mixer. It can generate a lot of various drums, and even kick drums or rimshot.

But the module can go further:
- Bell like, or FX sounds with the CV controle.
- Gentle drums, or very dirty saturated sounds.

The launching price will be 340€.

The module was firstly presented at SynthFest Nantes, and will be presented at SuperBooth too with some other new modules."

CANON: NEW EURORACK MODULE by LARIX ELEKTRO

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LARIX ELEKTRO CANON, Eurorack module OVERVIEW

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"New Eurorack module:
Add a musical canon into your setup !
Clocked delay for CV and GATE.

Delay events from 1 to 16 steps.
LOOP mode.

Of course, as usual, with CV and trigger controle of all parameters.

Module available now, here: www.larix-elektro.com"

"WHAT'S THAT THING ?
The CANON, is, as its name suggests, a module to create a canon effect (!) between 2 voices.

Wikipédia: Canon_(music)
A theme that is repeated and imitated and built upon by other instruments with a time delay, creating a layered effect.

In the modular world, it's Simply a delay for CV and GATE.
But unlike an audio delay (that records audio at 'audio rate') the CANON records data only according to a clock signal.
With the CANON module, you can delay until 16 steps.

The CANON can delay one GATE and one CV
(+1 CV with an extension).
Of course with CV controle of the number of steps. With the unique knob: Nb Steps.

To be more playable, there are two more functions:
Reset (RST), to clear the memory, that can be useful to not let the sequence running if you don't want that.
Enable (EN). In this case, the input is ignored. The module will works like a small sequence memory of 16 steps.
The Nb Steps knobs will controle the duration of the loop.

To resume, The module needs a Clock signal (CLK)
A CV and a GATE input.
And you will have the same things as the input, shifted !
Then a Reset button + Jack to clear the memory. (RST)
And a Enable button + Jack to freeze the memory. (EN)

With an external module, like the Mult., you can delay one more CV.

Typical use:
Building musical canon.
Save and play with the sequence in the memory.
creative re-construction of sequence."

LARIX-ELEKTRO Controle Attenuverter Bank

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"Here is the overview of the new LARIX-ELEKTRO module:
CONTROLE Attenuverter Bank contains four by four attenuverters.
But it can be used as 4 mixers, or 4 dispatcher, or a 4x4 matrix, ..or a mix of all these possibilities.

A center piece for managing CV and audio!"

LARIX-ELEKTRO Attenuverter Bank, DEMO

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"It can be a good center piece for managing CV and audio. That's what this video shows with 3 examples by ALEQ."

LARIX-ELEKTRO aka LE - Eurorack Modules

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"Here is a quick presentation of the first four modules from LARIX-ELEKTRO:

- RITOURNELLE CV Generator
- RITOURNELLE TRIG Generator
- RITOURNELLE Shift-R extension module
- CONTROLE Att-V

Additional info available here:
http://www.larix-elektro.com/

(Music by Sedwig: https://sedwig.bandcamp.com/)"

Larix-Elektro (Simply call it LE)
The CV Generator is devoted to the generation of CVs, in the form of sequences.
The TRIG generator is the counterpart of the CV generator, this time for Trig sequences.
The Shift-R is an extension, for now only for the CV Generator. It adds 8 Trigger outputs to it.
The AttV-4 is a simple bank of 4 attenutors, that is also a mixer and/or a dispatcher 1 to 4.

RITOURNELLE CV Generator


Playlist:
RITOURNELLE CV Generator
RITOURNELLE CV Generator - Overview
RITOURNELLE CV Generator - Advanced

RITOURNELLE TRIG Generator


Playlist:
RITOURNELLE TRIG Generator
RITOURNELLE TRIG Generator - Overview
RITOURNELLE TRIG Generator - Advanced

RITOURNELLE Shift R


CONTROLE Attv4


Pics and details of each for the archives:

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4toms - Larix Elektro : 4 Toms pour tous.

video upload by Audiorial

"Aujourd'hui, on découvre Atoms ou 4toms du français Larix Elektro, un générateur de percussion à 4 voies au format Eurorack.

Larix Elektro Atoms : https://larix-elektro.com/PRODUCT_AUD..."

4TOMS , deviant uses

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"The Larix-Elektro 4TOMS is made to produce tom sounds...
But in fact, this module can do more !

Here some example of creative use of the 4TOMS.
mainly by using an audio signal for the Trig input.
- VCO into a Tom
- A Tom into another Tom
- Audio file into Toms
- Crossfeedback without anything else, between two Toms.

@http://www.larix-elektro.com/

Note: Watch this video that uses only the techniques explained above for the soundtrack:"

Hack the drums

video upload by ALEQ Modular

"A full improvisation of modular synth and drawing.

Here, I'm using only (and really only, no more modules !) the Larix-Elektro 4TOMS in a unusual way: Like the 'No Input Mixing ' technique, this is here a 'no input drums' technique.
To be more precise, it's simply taking the input of one tom, and connecting it to the trig input of another tom... and crosspatching these two toms.
Noises, rhythmic loops, sub...etc.

Of course, after recording a long time of improvisation, I'm cutting and mixing together various moments of this improvisation.

The drawing was done without having thought about it before. I only knew that I wanted to start with the drawing of a drummer, and twist this drawing with reminiscence of modular synth elements."

LARIX ELEKTRO RITOURNELLE KIT NOW AVAILABLE

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

LARIX-ELEKTRO KIT for :
RITOURNELLE CV Generator
RITOURNELLE TRIG Generator
RITOURNELLE Shift-R
CONTROLE Attv-4

Available now !

See more @www.larix-elektro.com/

Manage your time, eurorack modular TIME

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"The Ritournelle TIME module, for eurorack, is a trig to gate converter.
It has a RAMP output.
What is it ? and for what purpose?

In fact, the RAMP can be a very useful signal to controle all kind of things subject to time:
Events (When does it appera ?)
Complexe CV curves.

In this video, you will see some example of use.

Module is available here:
https://www.larix-elektro.com/"

Clock divider, eurorack modular TIME + Shift-R

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"The Ritournelle TIME module, for eurorack, is a trig to gate converter.
It can be extender by the Ritournelle Shift-R.
It adds 8 gate outputs.

What is it ? and for what purpose?

The Shift-R converts the RAMP data into 8bits, and sends all the bits into 8 outputs.
That's the technical explanation.

But musically speaking, it's like having 8 divisions of the clock signal (the gate time).

In this video, you will see some example of use.

Module is available here:
https://www.larix-elektro.com/"

Impro with Larix Elektro modules

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"Except a Erica synth RND, used as a clock (yes !!), all other modules are from Larix Elektro. ...just for fun.

So there's a rhythmic pattern, with a CV Generator + the Shift-R ( to have 8 trig outs). Then the new TIME-SHIFTER, to twist (swing) the sequence.
And finally, the 4TOMS that produce all the sound.

And that's it !
See more @www.larix-elektro.com."

NEW MODULE: TIME

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

LARIX ELEKTRO TIME, Eurorack module OVERVIEW

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"New Eurorack module: Swiss knif of Time management, for GATE signals:
Trigger to Gate converter
Clock generator
Trigger delay
Ramp generator
Connector for the Shift-R module, to add Clock Division option.

Of course, as usual, with CV contrôle and a lot of I/O.

Module available now, here: www.larix-elektro.com"

WHAT'S THAT THING ?
In fact, it's simple: it convert a trigger signal (hm, any signals) into a gate signal with CV controle of the time.
With its many inputs and outputs, it's the perfect companion to your favorite ADSR envelope.

It's also a clock generator, a rampe generator, and even a clock divider with the Shift-R extension.

The GATE output is augmented by 2 other outputs: START and END, which generate (as their name suggests) a trig at the beginning of the gate and one at the end.
The END allows this module to be used as a Trig delay, or to trigger another envelope at the end of a note, for example.
The START's output trig is generated each time a trig is received as input, even if the GATE is still active as output. Perfect for retriggering an envelope (if the corresponding entry exists on your module, of course...).

The GATE can be forced to zero by an RST input. (Think of HiHat Open and Close for example)
The input trig and RST each have a push button.

Finally, a switch allows the module to be transformed into a clock generator.
The input triggers the clock, and the RST stops it.

An additional output, not so common for this type of module, provides a ramp for the duration of the GATE.
This gives you access to a voltage that increases throughout the duration of the GATE.
Useful as is, or to send to a waveshaper for example.

The RITOURNELLE Shift-R, adds 8 trigger outputs.
The Rampe value is converted into an 8-bit word.
This allows for clock-type signals at smaller divisions than the duration of the GATE (or the clock in LOOP mode)
A kind of clock divider.

MS Processing in Eurorack - using the Attenuverter Bank

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"MS Processing is a way to manage the stereo image or to make some special FX, often used for mixing and mastering. The idea is to convert a stero signal (Left-Right) into 2 signals: Mid and Side. In that way, we can process differently the center and the side of the stereo. And after that, going back to a Left-Right signal.

This is something the new CONTROLE Attenuverter Bank can do very easly.
This is also an example of a complexe patch that the Attenuverter Bank can do.

Attenuverter Bank:
@http://www.larix-elektro.com/PRODUCT_...

Other modules used:
LARIX-ELEKTRO, RITOURNELLE CV Generator
AFTER LATER, Brook (X2)
DREADBOX Eudemonia
BEFACO Crush Delay"

Buchla/TipTop Audio with Larix-Elektro modules.

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"A new video demonstrating how to use RITOURNELLE modules with other modules.
Here with the Sequencial Voltage Source 245t and the Source of Uncertainity 266t from Buchla/TipTop Audio.

How to combine the 245t and the ritournelles, both are made for sequencing.
How to use the 266t to add randomness, in various way.

Of course, Buchla/TipTop Audio modules are used for the audio part:
The 258t with the 292t.

More infoa about LE modules here:
http://www.larix-elektro.com"

4TOMS, as a 4 voices synth

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"The Larix-Elektro 4TOMS is made to produce...toms (of course)
But as we're already seeing in other videos, it can do far more kind of sounds.

In this video, we show that you can use the module as a 4-voice synth.
The Pitch CV input is not 1V/Octave, but there is a lot of way to deal with...

The base is a sine sound, but with the TONE, we can add some distorsion.
And with the ACCENT, we can contrôle the volume and the shape of the attack.

I'm adding the Q-BIT DATA-BENDER to the sound, and then some delay and reverb. Nothing else.

@http://www.larix-elektro.com/"

Ritournelles CV & TRI, use case #1 : Minimal

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"How to use the Ritournelle CV and TRIG to produce a sort of minimal techno track.

- Bass rhythm
- Toms rhythms, a bit more complexe
- Lead, with various way to use CV.

http://www.larix-elektro.com/

(Track made by Sedwig: https://sedwig.bandcamp.com/)"

Also see: LARIX-ELEKTRO aka LE - Eurorack Modules

LARIX-ELEKTRO NEWS

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"New module soon:
The DUAL UNDULA OSCILLATOR.

It's a full synth voice (means: don't need anything else)
With 2 VCO that can works as VCF too.
for each VCO/VCF:
- A Wave Folder
- A bipolar VCA (almost like a dirty ring modulator)
The 2 VCA can works Left-Right or Mid-Side (!) mode.

And to have a full synth voice, tere is one LFO and one AD envelope.
And a lot of inputs and outputs to cook noodles ;)

The module was presented at SynthFest and SuperBooth, and should be available on september/october.

See more @www.larix-elektro.com."

LARIX ELEKTRO Introduces TIME-SHIFTER Eurorack Module

video uploads by LARIX ELEKTRO

Playlist:
News Sept2024 TimeShifter
TIME-SHIFTER Presentation
TIME-SHIFTER technical explanation

"This is the new TIME-SHIFTER ! A "time machine" for eurorack.

Or how to shift after or before gate or trig signals.
Now, the module in depth.

The module was presented at SynthFest and SuperBooth, and is available on september 2024."

via LARIX ELEKTRO

WHAT'S THAT THING ?
The Time-Shifter is a delay for gate or trigger signales.
As all good time machines it can delay after and before (!).

The first idea is to find a way to build a swing or a groove. So to decide which steps of which track is decayed, and how much.

To do this, it is necessary to be able to shift the events after and before. But before, we can't predict when an event will appear...

The solution is to decay everything, and then, decaying less than the others events.
So comparing to the new decaying events, it will sounds like it appear before.

The MAIN SHIFT defines this new reference.
So if you enter the main CLK signal into the input, the output of this circuit can be used as the new CLK reference.

The four circuits A B C and D works according to the value of the MAIN SHIFT reference:
- When the knob is centered, the time decay is the same.
- Left, means less time decay, so the event will appear before.
- Right, means more time, so the event will appear after.

Extend your module:
The module can be enriched by one expansion modules:
- The AttV-4 adds to the CV entries an adjustment of the CV value by an attenuverter.
The connectors on the back of the module save connectivity at the front.

Typical use:
- Groove (or swing, etc.) controlable by CV (!)
- Realignment of gates sequences.
(When using multiple sequencers with different latency)
- Signals sequencing adjustment.
(Be sur that a RST arrives at the right moment, for example)
(Be sur that a your S&H module sample after signal stabilization, for example)

LARIX ELEKTRO DUAL UNDULA OSCILLATOR Now Available

video uploads by LARIX ELEKTRO

Playlist:
New module: DUAL UNDULA OSCILLATOR
DUAL UNDULA OSCILLATOR, PRESENTATION
DUAL UNDULA OSCILLATOR, Complete overview

via LARIX ELEKTRO

"The DUAL UNDULA OSCILLATOR is a dual complexe oscillator that has a lot of internal functionalities that allows a lot of various uses beyond a simple dual oscillator:

Full synth voice / Dual complexe Oscillator / Filters / MS processor...

The module has plenty of sub modules:
- 2 sinus wave VCO, that can works as filter.
- 2 wave folder each connected to one oscillator, with a VCA in between.
- 2 bipolar VCA (that act as lowres. Ring modulator).

Both VCA can be used inside a Mid-Side converter.
- 1 LFO
- 1 Attack-Decay envelope.

A lot of options are available on the back:
- Access points to modify the routing, or to add more I/O.
- All critical capacitors are through Holes, to allows easy modifications."

You can find additional posts featuring the Dual Undula here.

LARIX ELEKTRO Eurorack news for the Superbooth !

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"Come and see the two new modules :
TIME: enhanced trig to gate (and more).
CANON: Yes, it's about the musical canon = delay for Gate and CV.

At Superbooth Berlin
Booth Z063"

Eurorack prototype for the Superbooth !

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"Here a new module: the ORIGAMI
Synth voice around a VCO. Then all is about folding the triangle waveform.

See the prototype at Superbooth Berlin.
Booth Z063

(Based on the CEM3340 clone AS3340)"