Nibbler's Shift Register - Schlappy Patching 2025 EP.5

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"In this one we are going to use the shift register part of the Nibbler (two of them actualy) to generate the base of a pattern."

BLEND / PHONOGENE piano sample / NIBBLER rhythms and modulation

video upload by BRiES

"The patch is being driven by a pair of NIBBLERS, one as a shift register the other one just as a counter. They trigger drums, create modulation for the 'gene-size' on PHONOGENE, as well as creating the melody for the bassline."

Nibbler & BTFLD combo - Schlappy Patching 2025 EP.3

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"In this one we are going back to use the BTFLD as a sub audio buddy to the Nibbler, to create more gates and stepped voltages out of it."

The Best Eurorack Modules of 2024 - DivKid & BRiES

video upload by DivKid

"I hope you lists, as we've got lots of them! Here's the "BEST" Eurorack Synthesizer Modules from 2024. But this isn't just a personal favourites video, instead we've looked at this from a few angles, looking at the best performing DivKid videos, community voted favourite modules, sales data from multiple stores around the world and popularity and usage in virtual racks on Modular Grid."

00:00 Hello & intro
00:55 Best performing videos
03:03 Community favourites
03:55 Best selling modules
06:56 Modular Grid Popularity

FAVOURITE 2024 MODULES / spoiler: C4, NIBBLER, SOLIST, VENO-ECHO / + friend suggestions

video upload by BRiES

"Watch the video if you want to find out what my (and friends) favourite modules of 2024 are.

Massive thanks to BlastPast & The Monotonist for their effort in providing a video about their favourite module."

"Also: happy christmas & new year"

0:00 intro
0:30 COLLIDE 4
5:05 NIBBLER
8:27 SOLIST
11:23 VENO-ECHO
17:03 DISCORD contributions intro
17:45 BlastPast: LEVIT8
20:40 The Monotonist: ARANEA
23:34 outro

Schlappi Engineering Introduces BTFLD

BTFLD Overview video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"The BTFLD (pronounced Bit Fold) can be used as a unique wavefolder or a hands on logic module for generating rhythms from LFOs or envelopes."

Hello BTFLD - 4-Bit audio / cv mangler - Schlappi Engineering

video upload by Stazma

'Today I'll show you some stuff with the new module by Schlappi Engineering, the BTFLD! It's the new member of the 4-Bit logic family by Schlappi Engineering but this one is the most audio oriented as it's main use are wavefolding, fuzz and distortion. It's small but hell it sounds BIG. It can also make weird things to CV and gates, and even be used to convert any signal into 4-Bit so you can use it to modulate / feed your other 4-Bit modules (Nibbler / BTMX)."



BTFLD (Bit Fold) is a distortion, wavefolder, and four bit asynchronous analog to digital converter. The folding output at audio rate provides a hard sync like timbre in a unique sawtooth wavefolder circuit.

The stepped output is a type of bit crushed effect and the square wave outputs provide different frequency multiplications or distortions.

Rhythms can also be generated by putting envelopes or LFOs into the input and using the bit outputs as gates.

It can also be paired with the rest of our four bit binary system (Nibbler, BTMX) for experiments in four bit computing and unusual logic based patching.

Features

6 related outputs
Unique wavefolding circuit
Switched range for bipolar audio signals or unipolar modulation signals
Acts as distortion/wavefolder or rhythm generator depending on input
4 bit binary output interfaces with other logic modules
LED indication for every input and output
6 HP

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Ratio Chords with Three Body | Schlappy Patching

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"Episode 18 for Schlappy Patching!

For this one I'll show you a very unusual way to think chord progressions by using the ratio function of the Three Body, sequenced by the Nibbler / BTMX.
This is a fun way to create sometimes intricate progression without any music theory involved (even tho it can come in handy sometimes), just by listening to what's happening.

Have fun watching!!"

Machina Bristronica 2024

video uploads by sonicstate

Playlist:

1. Bristronica 24: MyVolts The Silent Alchemist Nears Shipping

We caught up with Caroline who gave us the latest update to the *Silent Alchemist*, a versatile power hub designed for musicians. Featuring five isolated USB-C outputs and a high-wattage sixth output capable of delivering 100 watts, the device can power a Mac with the remaining outputs providing 20 watts each. Its independent circuits ensure noise-free operation, catering to a variety of devices including the Dreadbox module and Sysmo slope generator.

The Silent Alchemist uses innovative step-up power tips to convert USB-C input to the correct voltage for various devices. There's also new feature: an uninterruptible power supply allowing seamless transition between wall and power bank sources. Also introduced were updated cables, such as silver candy cords and floating ring TRS to TS cables, expanding connection flexibility. The Silent Alchemist is expected to be available in December with a competitive pricing strategy.

More Info:
https://myvolts.com/

2. Bristronica 24: Circuit Happy ML2M Clock Sync module updates

At Bristronica 2024, we caught up with the creator of the *ML2M*, who introduced us to the latest version. The ML2M is a compact Eurorack module with Wi-Fi capabilities, allowing seamless synchronization with Ableton Live, Bitwig Studio, and iOS music apps using Ableton Link without the need for cables. It either connects to an existing network or creates its own, ensuring robust sync even in environments with unreliable Wi-Fi. The module, which retains its 2HP size, now features MIDI integration through TRS jacks. Users can access a web interface to configure each output for different clock divisions and reset triggers, making setup straightforward and flexible.

Alongside the ML2M, there's also the Missing Link Junior. This desktop version offers the same functionality but in a box format, complete with MIDI and CV clock outputs. Both products are now accessible, with a starting price of $250.

3. Bristronica 24: Archaea Exchange Patching Module

At Machina Bristronica 2024, we caught up with Arran from ‪@archaea_modular_synthesis‬ who presented the *Exchange Module*. This programmable patcher, a year in the making, evolved from its early prototype stage to a fully functional module. Arran explained how the Exchange can route synth voices via a beam controller and three exchange modules installed within the skiff, allowing for versatile patching. Operating like a matrix patchbay, it enables users to select inputs and outputs with the push of a button, create presets, and chain multiple modules for synchronized patching.

Communication between the modules occurs over the Eurorack power bus as well as over MIDI via the USB-C connection. The Exchange maintains analog integrity, ensuring there’s no conversion latency. The forthcoming release expected in late November 2024, includes a USB-driven editor for enhanced control capabilities.

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Schlappi Engineering on Nibbler, Three Body and going from clean to dirt // Machina Bristronica 2023

video upload by DivKid

"What a pleasure it was to chat to Eric of Schlappi Engineering, learn what a nibble is (not a mousey little bite of your food) and talk about going from clean to dirty tones and back. Here's the 2023 Machina Bristronica 'DivKid Discussion' with more of those to come in the run up to the 2024 Machina Bristronica event.

Check out Schlappi here // https://schlappiengineering.com

The 2024 Machina Bristronica event is coming on October 12th and 13th and we'll have new talks and discussions at this years event. Tickets and information here // https://machinabristronica.uk"

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*
00:00 Intro
00:32 Hello & a short performance
02:24 Clean to harsh tone philosophy
04:51 Start with the knobs down
05:56 A Nibbler focused patch
07:18 Do you know what a nibble is?
08:48 Three body harmonic ratios
09:46 Only the finest of switches!
10:11 Shift register melodies
11:50 Listening to Nibbler only
12:56 Dial up modem synthesis
13:26 Other modules in the patch
14:34 The Three Body overview
15:38 Oscillator cross modulation
16:48 Three Body in stereo
17:45 Phase & FM indexes
18:15 Musical stability or something really thick!

SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING Introduces BTMX Rhythmic Logic Module

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"The Nibbler is a hands on logic module for controlling and manipulating gates and rhythms in real time."

00:00 Intro
01:01 Patch Description
02:26 Logic Functions: OR
03:52 Logic Functions: AND
04:58 Logic Functions: XOR
06:08 Logic Functions: ADD
07:08 Logic Functions Summary
07:45 Tips and tricks
09:43 Just Jamming

BTMX by Schlappi Engineering - Demo

video upload by Stazma

"Today I'll show you some stuff with the new module by Schlappi Engineering, the BTMIX!
Lot's of fun stuff do with this one when it comes to control or loose control of your rhythms and create weird stepped voltages patterns. From gate hub to audio rate mangling."

"BTMX (BitMix) gives hands on control over logic and rhythmic gate signals with a switch for every input and 4 different logic functions.

It is a 4 channel selectable logic function module, with each channel having two inputs. All channels share the same logic function and the gate outs are summed with binary weights to create a stepped voltage to generate melodic or modulation signals from the outputs.

It pairs well with the Nibbler, other 4 bit logic modules, or any modules that generates gates (such as clock dividers and sequencers) and can also be used at audio rates.

Features

8 switched inputs
4 dual input logic functions (AND, OR, ADD, XOR)
4 gate outputs
1 stepped output
LED indication for every input and output
Works at LFO and audio rate
8 HP
Current consumption: +12v 26mA, -12V 10mA"

Three Body & Nibbler Live Patching

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"Schlappy Jamming EP.1

This is a new serie that is not going to be regular as the Schlappy Patching, but it's going to be fun nonetheless! This one is an exploration of live patching with mostly the Three Body and Nibblers, lot's of weird FM tones, in a ambient / drone fashion, bathed in shimmer reverb (Strymon BlueSky if you ask).

Have fun watching!"

Nibbler Quantized | Schlappy Patching with Stazma

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"Episode 8 for Schlappy Patching!
Since I got the Nibblers I want to try using their stepped voltages and gates to create melodic patterns using a quantizer and it turned out the folks at Shakmat Modular sent me a Bard Quartet to try, so here we go!"

00:00 Intro
01:31 Nibbler without quantizer
03:18 Nibbler and a quantizer
07:08 Let's go multi channel quantizing
12:07 Create melodies out of gates

Volume & Panning | Schlappy Patching with Stazma

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"Episode 7 for Schlappy Patching!
Today we talk volume. Might seem boring but changing the volume of a sound over time result in dynamic, and it is actualy quite awesome! Also if you can change the level of something on one side of the stereo field, you get "panning" effect, without the need of a pan pot on a stereo mixer (you need two VCAs instead). Anyway we'll explore things volume related, using a drum mahcine and some sounds generated by the Three Body, mostly using Nibbler for stepped modulations.

Have fun watching!"

Nibbler Bassline | Schlappy Patching with Stazma

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"Episode 5 for Schlappy Patching!
In this one I'm going to show you how to use the "clock divider" patch from the Nibbler manual, but at audio rate, to generate some funky basslines that are always in tune with your main VCO!
I'm also going to patch a big fat kick drum and a sidechain circuit using Interstellar Radio, 100 Grit and a few Boundary to go with these basslines.


It's going to be fun!"

00:00 Intro
00:51 Nibbler science
02:20 Let's patch the bassline
08:00 Let's patch a kick drum
09:53 Let's patch a sidechain (and jam)
12:47 Let's make the bassline an arpeggio
13:35 End tlak and more jam

NibbleKnotOne / I watched a video on the Lorre-Mill Double Knot and I shouldn't have / NIBBLER

video upload by BRiES

"Have you heard of this device? It combines a double shift register with some west-coast (lpg?) features to create simple but mesmerizing sequences of blips and bloops. I watched an Instagram reel by Sam Prekop that sounded way too nice, so I had a go at creating something similar in eurorack using Schlappi Engineering's NIBBLERS and THREE BODY.

I don't think I got anywhere close to what a Double Knot can do but these kinds of patches either end up being interesting in their own right or are the stepping stone for incremental understanding of a (new) technique."

Schlappi Engineering NIBBLER / first patch / binary for the people

video upload by BRiES

"Nibbler is used for just about everything in this patch (sequencing melodies, triggering drums and providing stepped modulation). Everything else that needs to be said is right there in the video. I kindly suggest (if you have the time and the energy) you just watch/listen first and then do a rewatch while reading the captions to get to grips with what's happening. This is just a basic patch using only the most basic functionality of both NIBBLERS but nonetheless it can get a 'bit' confusing.

Thanks to the wonderful people at Schlappi Engineering for their trust and support.

PS: Spielberg please make it happen.
PS2: Federico if you're reading this: I'll start working on the SINGOLI video soon
PS3: if you're into LPGs, you should really have a look at what Herzlich Labs is doing."

Additional NIBBLER posts

Nibbler Rungler | Schlappy Patching with Stazma EP.1

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

Schlappy Patching with Stazma

"For this first episode of an hopefully long serie of Shlappy Patching (with Stazma) we will have a go at 'rungling'. Support Stazma & get some samples from this session on his Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stazma

The Nibbler is available at respectable synthesizer retailers everywhere [see shops on the right]

00:00 Intro
01:08 'Rungler Variant' patch from the manual
09:18 Stazma's weirdo rungling
12:51 Let's sync this to a clock"

Nibbler Rhythms

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"Getting a little more into detail about ways the Nibbler can be used for generating rhythms and what happens when you modulate it with a clock divider.

0:00 Intro
0:57 Modules used and patch description
1:39 Triggering the drum brain and Async/Sync explanation
2:44 Patching up the clock divider
3:50 Simplest Nibbler Rhythm (disco?)
4:55 Combining clocked Nibbler and clock divider
8:41 adding the second Nibbler
10:55 Let's speed it up again...

The Nibbler overview video should probably be watched first (though there is some overlap)"

Nibbler Overview

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"The Nibbler is a module about exploring the musicality of counting in binary."

SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING Introduces Nibbler Four Bit Digital Accumulator Module

Overviewvideo upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"The Nibbler is a module about exploring the musicality of counting in binary."

Meet the Nibbler by Schlappi Engineering

video upload by Stazma

An introduction to the Nibbler by Schlappi Engineering

video upload by Stazma

via SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"**This is technically a preorder but modules should ship by the end of the year, we should also have pictures of the silver version by Dec 18th**

The Nibbler is a four bit digital accumulator based on CMOS logic. This means that it counts in binary from zero to fifteen, with inputs and outputs for individual bits as well as stepped voltage outputs (digital to analog converters). It does this with individual logic chips instead of a CPU.

The concept here is that counting in binary (and its expression in bits) is inherently musical, and with slow clock speeds we can use it to create both rhythms and modulation voltages (or melodies). At audio rate we can generate subharmonics and modem-like sounds (or noise).

Features

5 rhythmically related gate outputs (or audio rate square waves)
2 stepped voltage outputs
Second stepped voltage has selectable phase offset
Cherry MX Brown switch for reset
4 gate inputs for modulation
Chainable using carry in and out
Reset input can be used as hard sync at audio rate
Subtract input can add variation to sequences
Synchronous and asynchronous output modes
Shift register functionality
CMOS logic deisgn
12 HP
Skiff friendly 28mm depth (35mm including cables)
POWER DRAW: +12V 37mA, -12V 17mA"

Eric Schlappi and Bastien Lavaud - Orbital Mirrors

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING

"Part of an improvisational audiovisual jam session between Eric Schlappi and Bastien Lavaud on August 26th in Grenoble, France, lightly edited afterwards.

Audio is Eric Schlappi using a prototype of the Nibbler as a crude sequencer and another Nibbler at audio rate dividing down the lead synths frequency to create the bassline. The lead is a Three Body and the Kick is formed with the Angle Grinder and Boundary modules. There are also some overdubbed blasts of noise using a Nibbler at audio rate with the shift register functionality.

Video is Bastien Lavaud using a mix of @syntonie1487 (including the upcoming Solaire and Seuils modules) and @lzxindustries video modules as well as some video feedback through a camera.

Please watch in the highest available quality as compression is quite harsh on the video synthesis methods used.
Syntonie
https://syntonie.fr/

Eric Schlappi
https://ericschlappi.bandcamp.com/

Schlappi Engineering
https://schlappiengineering.com/"

DIY digital controlled analog monophonic synthesizer

Published on Jan 28, 2018 merlin07756

"This is a demonstration of my homebrewn monophonic analog synthesizer. It's based on a modded PAiA Fatman tied to an Arduino Mega. The keyboard is salvaged from an old M-Audio Keystation 49, the front panel was designed in Inkscape and printed online.

Features:

* monophonic
* 2 Sawtooth VCOs (more to come)
* 1 software based LFO (five waveforms) which controls filter envelope
* Creamy 12db low-pass filter (HP/BP yet to come)
* ADSR and filter envelope
* built in delay and distortion effects
* Arpeggiator and sequencer (latched and transposable of course)
* MIDI control and sync
* modwheel controls pitch based by LFO
* 4x20 LCD for control of the digital parameters


I've got the idea from https://sites.google.com/site/nibbler... - check him out :)

The synth is still not finished. I want to add minimum one VCO, a ring modulator, second LFO and some more modules. Also there are some nasty software bugs (especially with the arpeggiator and timing in general) which have to be resolved...

To be continued..."