4ms Podcast Ep. 5: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

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"Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith found her voice when a neighbor lent her a Buchla 100 synthesizer in 2011. Buchla, and other vintage rare synthesizers became the heart of a body of work that includes Euclid, Ears (named one of the best albums of 2016 by Pitchfork, NPR Music, and Resident Advisor), The Kid, The Mosaic of Transformation, Let's Turn It Into Sound, and last year's Gush and Thoughts on the Future as well as her upcoming album RUIN: It’s Not Just Music - which comes out Oct 2nd.

She's made records with synth pioneer Suzanne Ciani (Sunergy), composer Emile Mosseri (I Could Be Your Dog / I Could Be Your Moon), and Hot Chip's Joe Goddard (Neptunes). She's remixed Max Richter, Perfume Genius, Danny Elfman, and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, been remixed by Four Tet, and scored the film Omni Loop, starring Mary-Louise Parker and Ayo Edebiri.

This year she launched her own label, Someone Special, and its first release is her new album, Ruin: It's Not Just Music, out Oct 2nd - which is a Drum and Bass inspired album.

In this episode we get deeper with Kaitlyn's background, philosophy, and creative process."

You can find additional posts featuring Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith here.

Testing the “final” arrangement of this little Eurorack Modular ;-)

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"Vermona meloDICER being clocked and 'diced' (randomized) by an Erica Synths TRIGG while I play with the melody range. The voice is a Happy Nerding HM VCO pulse wave out into an Erica Synths MODulator module (EG and VCA). The VCO’s pulse width is being modulated by a 2hp Seq sequencer module that is also stepped by the TRIGG module. All in a 4ms Company Pod48x case and reverb from the external Yamaha MG 10 XU mixer.

#eurorack #eurorackmodular #modularsynth"

Stereo Width with Leveling EQ Amplifier

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"Stereo width processing demo with LEQA."

Leveling EQ Amplifier (LEQA) Tutorial

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"The Leveling EQ Amplifier (LEQA) is now available and shipping for $349 USD! Add polished compression, musical EQ, and stereo width processing to your Eurorack system with one intuitive end-of-chain processor, built to make great mixes effortless."

See the announcement post here.

Update: and a video by DivKid:

Fantastic Colour & Shape for your Eurorack System // 4ms LEQA Levelling EQ Amplifier

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"Join us for a dive into EQ, compression and stereo image creation and control with the 4ms LEQA, Levelling EQ Amplifier. Not only is this a demo of this specific module but a deeper look across many musical styles at how these tools work, why you might want or need them and how they sit within a Eurorack modular environment. I hope it highlights these production tools not just as an end of chain bit of a colour but as a creative important tool for music making and sound shaping while highlighting how to listen to what they do."

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*

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MetaModule 4 Voice Polyphony Update

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"In our most recent firmware v2.2 update, MetaModule now includes 4 voice polyphony. Polyphonic patches in VCV rack can now run smoothly on MetaModule, condensing your patches down into much more manageable instruments. Enjoy!"

Announcing Mesa! New Reverb Module from 4ms Company

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"We're excited to share our new reverb module Mesa with you! Mesa, based on the Valley Plateau, brings everyone's favorite VCV Rack reverb to the hardware world. Endless tails, heavily modulated chorus, and glitchy delays are at your fingertips. $399, available August 2026 from your favorite synth retailer."

New from 4ms Company, the Leveling EQ Amplifier!

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"Announcing the Leveling EQ Amplifier: stereo widening, Neve 1073 style EQ, and LA-2A style optical compression in 14hp. $345 available June 30th from your favorite synth retailer."

The Leveling EQ Amplifier is an end-of-chain audio processor designed to polish individual elements of a patch, stereo bus, or full master bus.

Inspired by the simple interfaces and pleasing sounds of two cornerstones of mixing, the LA-2A optical compressor and the 1073 EQ, the LEQA combines a compressor, an equalizer, and a modern Stereo Width Processor in one 14HP package.

Rather than being fully parametric, pre-defined curves and frequency selections make the art of mixing intuitive. Very little effort is needed for great sounding mixes.

The compressor mimics optical compression, which is a beautifully simple concept that yields incredibly musical results.

The EQ section is built to help accentuate and excite your mix, clear up muddled sounds, and increase the overall headroom.

The Stereo Width Processor adjusts the stereo image, letting you dial back a wide image into a cohesive sound, or push a normal stereo signal into "super stereo" territory. When used with mono sources, it can widen mono sources into stereo using a combination of psychoacoustic techniques.

The Leveling EQ Amplifier excels in live performances, studio work, subtle utility tasks, extreme sonic sculpting, audio "glue" to hold a patch together, and as an effect in its own right.

Global release date: June 30th, 2026.

$345.00

MetaModule Tutorials: ROMplers Groovebox Patch

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"A groovebox patch featuring our new ROMplers plugins and the MetaButtons Expander.
Patch notes and files here: https://forum.4ms.info/t/romplers-gro..."

New MetaModule Plugins: ROMplers!

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"Available for download now on our MetaModule Forum: https://metamodule.info/downloads
Click the download link under Plugins.
*Coming to VCV Rack soon!
Patch notes are here: https://forum.4ms.info/t/new-romplers..."

MetaModule Tutorials: Synthetic Ocean Patch

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"Patch notes and files are here on the MetaModule forum: https://forum.4ms.info/t/synthetic-oc..."

MetaModule Tutorials: Bird Song Patch

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"Go to our MetaModule forum for the patch notes: https://forum.4ms.info/t/bird-song-pa..."

MetaModule Tutorials: Shepard Tones Patch

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"Visit our forum for the patch notes and files: https://forum.4ms.info/t/shepard-tone..."

MetaModule Tutorials: Alien Sound Design Patch

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Patch notes here: https://forum.4ms.info/t/alien-sound-...

MetaModule Tutorials: Spectral Reverb Patch

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MetaModule Tutorials: The Voice of R2D2 Patch

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"Patch notes available here: https://forum.4ms.info/t/the-voice-of..."

MetaModule Tutorials: Dual Looping Delay Sound on Sound Looping Patch

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"You can view the patch notes on our forum here: https://forum.4ms.info/t/dual-looping..."

MetaModule Tutorials: Mark Fell Tribute Patch

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"Patch notes here: https://forum.4ms.info/t/mark-fell-tr..."

MetaModule Tutorials: Vinyl Simulation Patch

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"Patch notes here: https://forum.4ms.info/t/vinyl-simula..."

MetaModule Tutorials: Ensemble Chaos Patch

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"Visit our MetaModule Forum for patch notes: https://forum.4ms.info/t/ensemble-cha..."

MetaModule Tutorials: Pitch Shifted Delay

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"You can view the patch notes here and download the files to try it out: https://forum.4ms.info/t/pitch-shifte..."