Thuesday's Dub | Eurorack Dub Techno

Published on Sep 22, 2016 Björn Bommersheim

"One take recording of an eurorack dub techno patch

full patch notes:

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November Rain | Eurorack Vocoder Funk Patch

Published on Nov 11, 2016 Björn Bommersheim

"Here's a kind of Vocoder Funk Techno Eurorack Patch

Patch Notes

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Shapes & Colors | Eurorack Ambient

Published on Nov 8, 2016 Björn Bommersheim

"One take live recording of an eurorack ambient patch recorded on saturday 5.12.2016

Patch Notes:
Mutable Instruments Rings to Frequency Central System X Filter
Doepfer A-149-1 QRV 1 Out to Rings Damping
Doepfer A-149-1 QRV 2 Out to Intellijel uscale in
Doepfer A-149-1 SRV 1 Out to Rings Brightness
Doepfer A-149-1 SRV 2 Out to Rings Postion, A-149-1 CV In, and Mutable Instruments Braids Timbre
Doepfer A-199 Out to Desk
Klangbau Köln Turing Machine by Tom Whitwell to Frequency Central System X Filter CV In and Uoki Toki Dual Polivoks VCF CV In
Qu-Bit RT 60 to Desk
Klangbau XR VCO to Uoki Toki Dual Polivoks VCF In
Mutabale Instruments Braids to Desk
Frequency Central System X Filter Out to Doepfer A-199
Uoki Toki Dual Polivoks VCF to Qu-Bit RT 60 (Tremolo Mode)
Trigger Man Out 4 Acidlab 8SD
Trigger Man Out 5 Tiptop Audio Hats808
Trigger Man Out 6 Nord Drum CH2 In
Trigger Man Out 7 Acidlab 8BD
Trigger Man Out 8 4MS QCD Clock In and 4 MS RCD
Intellijel uScale to Mutabale Instruments Braids VOct
4MS QCD Ch1 1 to Turing Machine In
4MS QCD Ch1 4 to Arturia BSP Clock In
Tiptop Audio Hats808 to Desk
Acidlab 8BD to Desk
Ladik R 110 to Doepfer A-149-1 SRV Clock In
Ladik R 110 to Mutable Instruments Branches
Mutable Instruments Branches to Nord Drum Ch 3
Mutable Instruments Branches to Nord Drum Ch 4
4MS RCD to Ladik R 110
4MS RCD to Hats808 Accent IN
4MS RCD to Ladik R 110 Res In

Nord Drum
Desk Fx Electro Harmonix Memory Boy Deluxe"

dave vosh at 'an die musik' , baltimore,md. 7-30-2011.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by davevosh on Jul 31, 2011

Dave Vosh & Venus Slick will be playing in St. Louis on Nov 4. See this post for details. Update: I originally had Ohio as the location. Ohio is the street. The upcoming performance is in St. Louis.
"live performance at "an die musik" in baltimore, maryland on 7/30/2011. this was part of the baltimore sdiy group sponsored 2011 electronica-fest at this venue.
dave vosh - modular synthesizer"

I asked Dave what he had in his system and he sent in the following:

"top row : doepfer a-180 multiple, tiptop z3000 vco, wiard/malekko oscillator, wiard/malekko anti-oscillator, doepfer a-110 vco, doepfer a-188 vc analog delay, tiptop z5000 digital efx (first version)

middle row : bananalogue vcs, analogue solutions ad/ar env gen, wiard/malekko envelator, wiard/malekko borg1 vcf, doepfer a-106-6 xp vcf, doepfer a-117 digital noise, doepfer a-114 dual ring mod, doepfer a-132 dual vca, doepfer a-132 dual vca, doepfer a-101-1 low pass / gate

bottom row : doepfer a-183-1 dual attenuator, doepfer a-180 multiple, doepfer a-198 ribbon controller, doepfer a-170 dual slew limiter, doepfer a-138 mixer, doepfer a-143-3 quad lfo, doepfer a-149-1 / 2 source of uncertainty, makenoise wogglebug, doepfer a-138 mixer"

Expanded Doepfer A100 Basic System 2 in Monster Base Frame Case

via this auction

"12 modules not included in the Basic System 2 as well as the A-100 Monster Base Frame and extra cables (including stackables).

General Description
Doepfer A-156 Dual Quantizer ($175)
2 x Doepfer A-181 multiples 2 ($50/$100)
Doepfer A-187-1 Voltage Controlled DSP Effects ($375)
Doepfer cable pack ($102)
Doepfer A-174 Joy Stick ($110)
Doepfer A-180 Multiples 1 ($45)
Doepfer A-111 High-End VCO ($349)
Doepfer A-137 Wave Multiplier ($160)
Doepfer A-154 Enhanced Sequential Controller ($245)
Doepfer A-155 Analog/Trigger Sequencer ($375)
Doepfer A-199 Spring Reverb
Doepfer A100 Basic System 2 w/MIDI ($2,599)
Pomona Model 1508 ($19.99)
Doepfer A-100 Monster Base Frame ($1200)
Tiptop Stackable cables ($48)
Doepfer A-149-1 Quantized/Stored Random Voltages ($145)
Doepfer A-149-2 Digital Random Voltages ($75)
Doepfer Eurorack Switch Covers ($3.00)
1/4 to 1/8 Adapter Cable Package ($60)
2 x 5-pack A.S. 12" patchcords ($35.90)
2 x 3.5mm Patchcords 20 inch 5-pack ($49.98)
Doepfer 199 Spring Reverb
Inlcuded Reverb Spring System
(not installed for safe shipping)"

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Non-specific acid with a prototype Make Noise QMMG

Non-specific acid with a prototype Make Noise QMMG from jeswa on Vimeo.
http://makenoisemusic.com/
Be sure to check out http://devsnd.blogspot.com for more.
"Only the Doepfer monster case was used, everything is just blinking alluringly, attempting to distract you.
Doepfer A-155 randomly sequencing a Livewire AFG sine,
Doepfer A-147 square wave clocking Doepfer A-149-1/2,
Doepfer A-149-2 random gates triggering QMMG CV triggers and CV resonance in no particular order,
QMMG master out lightly treated with Doepfer A-199 spring rev & Doepfer A-188-1Y (256) (CV2 modded with A-149-1)

Actually the patch took less time to set up than it did to write this explanation.

Mind you, this is a prototype QMMG, and I'm only using 2 of the 4 modes (and of those 2 modes used I didn't properly demonstrate their respective ranges, nor did I intend to) this does not properly demonstrate all of the module's enormous potential, just a little jam.

Visit devsnd.com for free Battery kits made from unique analogue sound sources"

Cwejman/Analog Systems/Doepfer A-100, MKH40 Mic

for sale at Macumbista

click the image for the full size shot

Module list:
Analogue Systems RS-100 VCA EUR 149 / 80% = EUR 119
Analogue Systems RS-110 Multimode Filter EUR 155 / 80% = EUR 124
Analogue Systems RS-80 VC-LFO EUR 145 / 80% = EUR 116
Analogue Systems RS-95 VCO EUR 165 / 80% = EUR 132
Cwejman VCO-2RM Dual Oscillator EUR 575 / 80% = EUR 460
Doepfer A-100 Suitcase 220V EUR 370 / 80% = EUR 296
Doepfer A-105 VCF SSM 24dB Low Pass EUR 100 / 80% = EUR 80
Doepfer A-128 Fixed Filter Bank EUR 160 / 80% = 128
Doepfer A-135 VCMIX Voltage Controlled Mixer EUR 120 / 80% = EUR 96
Doepfer A-138 Mixer (exp) EUR 45 / 80% = 36
Doepfer A-140 ADSR EUR 65 / 80% = EUR 52
Doepfer A-147 VCLFO EUR 80 / 80% = EUR 64
Doepfer A-175 Voltage Inverter EUR 45 / 80% = EUR 36
Doepfer A-180 Multiples EUR 30 / 80% = EUR 24
Doepfer A-180 Multiples EUR 30 / 80% = EUR 24

Eurorack modular synthesizer system (AS, Doepfer, Fonitronik, Tiptop, Acidlab)

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

"For auction a whole eurorack modular system composed of the following modules and parts:

Analogue Solutions VCO-SUB (discontinued version)

Fonitronik Thomas Henry's 555-VCO (professional built rare vco)

Doepfer A-156 Dual Quantizer

Tiptop Audio TOMS909

Tiptop Audio BD909

Analogue Systems RS-440 BBD Analogue Delay

Doepfer A-199 Spring Reverb with Accutronics & Belton stpring tank

Doepfer A-149-1 Quant./Stored Random Voltages

Doepfer A-149-2 Digital Random Voltages

Doepfer A-145 Standard LFO

Doepfer A-142-4 Quad Decay

Acidlab - Autobot aka NU70307

Doepfer Eurorack powered case LC9 (220 volts main voltage)"

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Second test with Mutable Instruments Braids. No over-dubs.

Published on Oct 7, 2014 Matthew Shaw

"Second test with Mutable Instruments Braids. No over-dubs. Patch description below. Variation on Mutable Instruments Braids Study #01.

Same set-up as before with the addition of Makenoise Phonogene. The Phonogene samples Braids in slow reverse mode. The Gene Size and Gene Slide are modulated by Makenoise Wogglebug.

Melody and Percussion:
Braids in "Meta" mode, waves are selected by Intellijel Metropolis set to 'Brownian' which pseudo randomly selects waves. The sound is filtered by the Makenoise MMG, the MMG is modulated by a Doepfer A145 LFO set to a slow cycle rate. Main sequence Makenoise Pressure Points clocked by Intellijel Metropolis and modulated "Direction in" by a square wave form a Doepfer A145 LFO.

Kick and Snare:
Kick produced by Doepfer A127 Triple Voltage Controlled Filter and modulated by a Doepfer A140 ADSR. Snare made by a Doepfer A118 Noise Source, filtered by a Doepfer A121 Multi-Mode Filter and modulated by Doepfer A140 ADSR.

Clocks:
Main clock Intellijel Metropolis, this is sent to a Doepfer A160 Clock Divider which is then sent to a Doepfer A149-1 Quantized / Stored Random Voltage which intern triggers the Doepfer A-149-2 Digital Random Voltage, these clocks are then sent to the Intellijel Plog logic module to produce the kick and snare rhythm.

Delay:
Main delay comes from the Modcan Dual Delay percussion delay produced by Synthrotek EKO, the EKO's rate is modulated by a Doepfer the A118 Random Voltage and is attenuated by a Doepfer A129/3 Vocoder Slew-Limiter.

Reverb:
Doepfer A199 Spring Reverb, full wet signal in to Intellijel Mutamix"

Tales From The Rack no.5 - Eurorack Performance.

Published on Feb 27, 2018 Richard Lacy

"Hello. Another tale from the Eurorack and a piece which started out as a ‘reel’ for the Make Noise Morphagene, recorded beforehand with the PPG Wave 2.2.

Perhaps the notable thing about this piece, is that even though it’s a big patch, most of the modules aren’t even breaking a sweat. They’re just doing simple jobs. There are some definite Floydian tendencies here; influences come to the surface sometimes….

As ever, it’s one pass and no overdubs (see the end of the Patch Notes for mixing info).

I’ve tried to make this one a bit more interesting visually (still using an iPhone5 with a shattered screen and it always drifts out of sync with the audio, which is infuriating!). It can be difficult to see what modules are in the system from the main wide shot, so I thought I’d add some close ups. Also, I have no idea how to edit video, so it’s time to learn.

Thanks for listening. If you like what I’m doing, please like and subscribe. Your support is most welcome!

Patch Notes:
Doepfer MAQ 16/3 is the clock source.
Clock to 4MS rotating Clock Divider and Frequency Central Pocket Calculator and some multiples.

1. PPG Wave sampled into Morphagene. Played by a clock divider. Metropolis pitch CV is modulating the slide control. Output to AQA Dual State Variable Filter, then to the TipTop Z-DSP (Halls Of Valhalla).

2. Gate output of the Metropolis is playing the Atlantis (main bass). Pitch CV comes from the Stepper Acid, running on a very slow clock. There’s a Switched Multiple in the pitch CV path, meaning I can choose a static bass note, or kick in the full chord progression.

3. The Stepper Acid is also playing the chords. The post Switched Multiple pitch CV is going to a few places:
Shapeshifter in chord mode: Cello 1. Shape modulated by an LFO.
Three Doepfer VCOs are tuned to the rest of a chord, the third requiring an offset generator.
All signals go to a Ladik mixer, then to an Analogue Solutions Telemark Filter. The filtered signal finally ends up in the Rainmaker, giving a bit of space.

4. Plonk. This is the guitar-type sound. Fixed note and the gate comes from the 4MS RCD on the div-3 output. Plonk output goes to the 4MS DLD.

5. Something I’ve done before, but I like it… 4MS Spectral Multiband Resonator. Bands tuned and locked. Band levels controlled by six Analogue Solutions AR Envelope Generators. The EGs are triggered from the outputs of of the A-149 Stored random Voltages.

6. Bass drum. Braids triggered by an Analogue Solutions SQ8.

7. Snare drum. Braids triggered by a Doepfer clock sequencer.

8. Hats. Doepfer white noise into a Telemark Filter. Doepfer ADSR and VCA doing the rest, triggered by the Turing Machine.

9. Perc. TipTop One triggered by the Turing Machine. The Turing Machine was locked throughout. I meant to alter the pattern partway through the track, but I forgot! All drum reverbs come from Pro Tools.

10. I still haven’t fallen out of love with Rings and Clouds in their most basic forms yet, so here they are doing their thing. Was determined not to use them, but I patched them in and they sounded ace. Doepfer Dark Time Sequencer is providing the notes and gates. Rings Position is being modulated by Tides, quite heavily towards the end. Rings is just repeating a four note sequence; it’s Clouds doing the time shifting and blurring.

11. The big filthy sound: pitch is coming from two Analogue Solutions SQ8 sequencers. Un-quantised, for more varied harmonics and going Evian a Doepfer Slew Limiter. There were only two Doepfer VCOs left by this point, so that’s what we’re using. Tuned in octaves, the square wave of one goes into the A-113 Subharmonic Generator, giving lower octaves and another intervals.
All these signals are mixed together, the intervals being a bit quieter, but their harmonic content is used in what comes next. It’s a lot of filtering!
First up is the AM Snowfall Filter, not taking much off the top, but there’s a thickness to the sound. Second is the Eowave Fluctuations Magnetiques. All four filters in use, with each one tuned to a different resonance, waiting to be ‘peaked’ by the changing notes. Third is the Dave Smith Character; this is where the big distortion is coming from. Lastly everything goes through an Analogue Solutions SY-03 for overall tone control.
By this stage, I’ve run out of reverbs and delays, so this is getting delay and reverb from Pro Tools.

12. Maths. Used as two envelope generators. These envelopes are fed into the ‘initial gain’ input of two Korg MS10s.
The first has fixed pitch, playing a high 7th. The second is playing root, sharp 5 and 7th. Notes from an SQ-8.
You can hear these gently fading in and out in a rather Floydian manner. External reverb and delay.

13. Korg MS20 has a sample and hold on the gate and is playing a low root note, used at both ends of the piece.

Nearly everything goes via a Mackie mixer (under the camera). I’m using this to bring parts in and out. From there, it goes to Pro Tools."

First test with Mutable Instruments Braids

Published on Oct 4, 2014 Matthew Shaw

"First test with Mutable Instruments Braids. Patch description below.

Melody and Percussion:
Braids in "Meta" mode, waves are selected by Intellijel Metropolis set to "Brownian" which pseudo randomly selects waves. The sound is filtered by the Makenoise MMG, the MMG is modulated by a Doepfer A145 LFO set to a slow cycle rate. Main sequence Makenoise Pressure Points clocked by Intellijel Metropolis and modulated "Direction in" by a square wave form a Doepfer A145 LFO.

Kick and Snare:
Kick produced by Doepfer A127 Triple Voltage Controlled Filter and modulated by a Doepfer A140 ADSR. Snare made by a Doepfer A118 Noise Source, filtered by a Doepfer A121 Multi-Mode Filter and modulated by Doepfer A140 ADSR.

Clocks:
Main clock Intellijel Metropolis, this is sent to a Doepfer A160 Clock Divider which is then sent to a Doepfer A149-1 Quantized / Stored Random Voltage which intern triggers the Doepfer A-149-2 Digital Random Voltage, these clocks are then sent to the Intellijel Plog logic module to produce the kick and snare rhythm.

Delay:
Main delay comes from the Modcan Dual Delay percussion delay produced by Synthrotek EKO, the EKO's rate is modulated by a Doepfer the A118 Random Voltage and is attenuated by a Doepfer A129/3 Vocoder Slew-Limiter."

Blog44 17-23 grudnia 2012

"Main sound source: the Tabula Rasa wavetable oscillator (sent through a Doepfer A-105 lowpass filter). The patch starts with the Tabula Rasa through the Doepfer A-140 ADSR and A-131 VCA. Then I bring in a bit of the Tabula Rasa without any envelope or amplitude modulation (this is when the Blend modulation of the Tabula Rasa by the XAOC Moskwa starts to become apparent). uLFO does the cycling through the Tabula Rasa's waves. Main sequence: Turing Random Sequence generator. Clock: Doepfer A-147 VCLFO (tempo varied by the lower stored random voltages output of the Doepfer A-149 source of uncertainty module). Tape-like-modulation sounds from the Doepfer A-112 in pitch shifter mode (in a feedback loop, courtesy of XAOC Warna). The A-112 sound varied by turning the knob of the attenuator put in the Warna/A-112 feedback loop. Enjoy."



via Łukasz Kacperczyk on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

DbMinor | Eurorack Ambient

Published on Jan 8, 2017 Björn Bommersheim

"The patch is based around the idea to go for chords and the use of the music thing radio (in my 'case' the klangbauköln version) as a yet simple sample/chord player. So i rendered four different 10min DbMinor chords (basically the chord plus three inversions) with ni absynth. For changing the samples/chords i used make noise pressure points which is quite fun and an useful approach.

The interesting stereo filter effect by the middle of the recording is the Mutable Instruments Rings into the Uoki Toki Dual Polivocs filter which somehow blew me away ...

Feel free to leave your thoughts or comments.

Here are some patch notes / modules i used:

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Modular Tracks by Joseph Raglani - SYNTH-R Modular EMS SYNTHI Clone

Making an album pt.1 "Girl Dot You". from joseph raglani on Vimeo.

"Decided to chronicle the making of the follow up to Of Sirens Born. We'll see if I can keep it up. I'm just in the demo stage and getting some ideas down. What you see here is all played live (well with a few sequencers). I've found that long hair and funny hats help with this process.
I'm playing a Dave Smith Mopho keybord with a Tetra in tow. Doepfer A-100, Synthi-R, Moog Voyager Old School (sequenced by the MFB Step64) and the Tip Top Audio Z8000 is doing some modulation sequencing. Left hand is playing the melodic part, right hand is tweaking. I only say that because it's a little hard to see what's going on from this angle. Recorded Dec 6th, 2010."

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Doepfer A149 RCV Quantized/Stored Random Voltages

Doepfer A149-1 RCV Quantized Random Voltages

YouTube Published on Apr 29, 2012 by raulsworldofsynths

"Description and Demonstration of the Doepfer A149-1 RCV Quantized Random Voltages.Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

Doepfer A 149 RCV Stored Random Voltages

Published on Apr 29, 2012 by raulsworldofsynths

"Part Two in the Doepfer A149-1 RCV Series.Exploration and Demonstration of the Stored Random Voltages section of the Doepfer A149-1 RCV. Sound and Description by Raul Pena."

Doepfer A 149 RCV Modulation of Quantized and Stored Random Voltages

Published on Apr 29, 2012 by raulsworldofsynths

"Part three in the Doepfer A149-1 RCV series. Explanation and Demonstration of Modulation in the Quantized and Stored Random voltages sections.Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

Also see:

Doepfer A189-1 VBM Voltage Controlled Bit Modifier Basics
Ring Modulation of Basic Waveforms with Doepfer A114 Ring Mod
Doepfer A131 VCA Intro
Doepfer A101-2- LPG Modes
Sample and Hold with Doepfer A148
Doepfer A118 Filtering with A120 VCF Low Pass Filter
Doepfer A110 Filtering with A101-2 and A120
Doepfer A110 VCO /A145 LFO-Pulse Width Modulation
Doepfer A110 VCO Features and Functions Tutorial
Doepfer A188-1 BBD Basics

First patch with newly bought Doepfer A-149-1

Published on Apr 7, 2014 GruithuisenCityMan·502 videos

"First patch with my newly bought Doepfer A-149-1

Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie and this music. The music has been made using a Doepfer analog modular system including an A-149-1..
Enjoy !"

Doepfer A-111 FM Carillon

Published on Mar 22, 2014 jakobsweb·14 videos

"Not a song! This is meant to demonstrate the FM capabilities of the Doepfer A-111 VCO (linear FM).
No filter used.
Additional modules used:
A-143-9 Sine VCO/LFO used as modulating VCO, the A-111s are carriers.
A-149-1/2 Quantized/Stored Random Voltages triggering additional pitch CV on the A-111 VCOs.
Synthesis Technologies E560 Deflector Shield adding FM flavour.
Last not least Make Noise Echophone creating addtional echoes.
Doepfer A-131 VCA, A-134 panning module and A-140 envelope for VCA."

3x168hp

Published on Dec 12, 2013 FSK1138·201 videos

4ms Company Pingable Envelope Generator PEG
Tiptop Audio z8000 CV Sequencer
DinSync MODSEQ 8 Step Sequencer
Doepfer A-149-1 Quantized / Stored Random Voltages
Doepfer A-149-2 Digital Random Voltages
Doepfer A-151 Rev. 2 Quad Sequential Switch
Doepfer A-166 Dual Logic Module
monotron-E
timetable
Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizer Block Monosynth
ardcore Snazzy FX ArdCore Expander expansion
gamma wave source cv pitch expander cv pitch expander
PulpLogic Patch Multiple multiples panel
Intellijel Hex VCA
Livewire Electronics Audio Frequency Generator (AFG) VCO
Make Noise Function Function generator
Make Noise Maths Maths 2013
Thonk Turing Machine
Make Noise modDemix two direct-coupled balanced modulator circuits"

Doepfer Product Announcements for SUPERBOOTH21

via Doepfer

"Superbooth 2021 is just around the corner. The Superbooth team around Andreas Schneider managed it with their hygiene and safety measures that the event can happen and personal contacts are possible again. The Superbooth takes place from 15 to 18.09.2021 in Berlin. More information is available at the Superbooth Website. We plan to present these new products and would be happy to welcome you at our booth (presumably B047 in the 'Bungalow-Dorf')."

Left: (A-100PB with a keyboard built into the lid, 37 keys, midi interface with 3.5 mm stereo jack socket)

This is the "small brother" of the monster base A-100PMB. It is very similar to the A-100PMB but has only half the width (2 x 84 HP for installation of modules). The suitcase versions A-100P6 or A-100P9 can be positioned on top of the A-100PB because the width of the A-100PB is a bit more than the width of A-100P6/P9 and the footprint of the A-100PB is adapted to the depth of A-100P6/P9. A-100PB is equipped with one power supply (1200mA) and two bus boards. The bus boards are located in the rear area (even those for the modules that are mounted in the front row). This was necessary to take advantage of the full height of the front area for installation of A-100 modules.

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Atlantis | Eurorack Ambient

Published on Jun 20, 2017 Björn Bommersheim

"A tribute to Mark Harris and the Intellijel Atlantis module. I satisfied my lust for a roland sh synth voice and went for the awesome intellijel atlantis. Somehow a sh 101 in an eurorack module with a hell alot of patch points. So this patch is mainly influenced by the intellijel atlantis and its sound.

Enjoy and leave your thoughts ...

Modules used in the patch:

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