ER-301 Ultraviolet Granular // Custom Unit Clouds Clone

Published on Sep 17, 2017 r beny

"Orthagonal Devices ER-301 Custom Unit - Ultraviolet (Clouds Clone)

As a challenge, I set out to make a Clouds 'clone' custom unit on the Orthagonal Devices ER-301. It's not strictly or exactly a clone, but rather a Clouds-inspired custom unit that expands on the Manual Grains unit in the 301. It adds a few Clouds-inspired controls, as well as a few other twists. I ended up with 2 different versions for now (more on that later). It's heavy on the CPU (65%-75%) and there were two features I played with swapping out. There are two main Clouds features missing - one is the reverb and the other is the texture control that shapes the envelopes of the grains.

This current version was built with and was only tested on firmware 0.2.18!! It may work with previous versions, as long as it has the highpass filter. I would recommend only using it on 0.2.18 for now. It's only in stereo for now as well. The input is automatically set to IN1, but may be changed.

Shoutout to Lance Drake and Bryan Noll for helping me test this! And shoutout to Joshua Saddler for notes and ideas.

Here is a list of the paramters and what they do (everything can be put under CV-control)

Wet/Dry - Sets the wet/dry mix between the input source and the granular unit
In Gain - Sets the amount of the input signal feeding into the recording buffer/granular unit
Freeze - Gate input, stops the recording buffer from recording
Trigger - Trigger input, triggers the grains
Reverse - Toggle input, reverses the grains
Density - Triggers the grains internally without the need for a trigger input
Position - Sets the start point for the grains
Size - Sets the size of the grains
Cut - Cutoff of the filters
Res - Resonance of the filters
Pass - "Spread" of the filters
V/Oct - Volt per octave pitch control of the grains
Warble - Adds a small amount of pitch warble to the grains. Has a chorus effect when you can still hear the dry signal
Spread - Stereo spread and panning amount of the grains
Mod - Adds internal random modulation to the Position and Size parameters that are synced to both the Trigger Input and the Density Input
Gain - Grain gain

There are two versions of Ultraviolet - one has a feedback control which feeds the grains back into manual grain unit. The other has a control called Refract that is a distortion/bit crushing unit. I'm including a custom unit with both controls, but it's prone to pops after a while.

The recording buffer is set to one second, just like Clouds, but it can be changed pretty easily.

Hope you enjoy!

You can downlaod these units here - https://www.dropbox.com/s/zv0xxseb5za..."

amygdala.exe | Eurorack Composition

Published on Jul 10, 2017 Head[Space]

"Modules used and some brief patch notes:

All sequencing is programmed on a pair of ER-101's, one of which is coupled to a ER-102 sister controller module.

Continuing on my journey of creating music solely on a modular synthesiser, this song has been in the works for a while (a lot longer than I would usually spend on a patch anyway) partially because i'm expecting an ER-301 any day now after a long lead time, I wanted to integrate the 301 as i'm interested how the 301 is going to affect the music I can create in a modular environment, i'm excited to sink my teeth into it. Secondly to that, I felt an emotional connection with this track i've enjoyed listening to it, exploring it and programming it.

At the heart of my rack is a pair of ER-101's that do all of the sequencing, each one has 4 tracks, each track has 3 outputs (CV-A,CV--B and GATE) I will often use CV-A for melody or pitch and CV-B for distributing control voltages to parameters around the rack, if however CV-A is on a track that is only outputting Gates that gives me 2 channels of CV that can be fine tuned to any value, lots of control just the way I like it. I've always written music in a DAW, and the ER-101 pair allows me to approach sequencing in a similar, reserved and meticulous way.

They provide me with all the brushes I need for my paintings.

There are 3 main voices,
- Elements in Ominous Voice mode 4x4 FM operator, which is the main melody. Damping controls the amount of filter modulation from the internal envelope on the output of Elements, so to add accents and introduce more frequency content. CV-B track 3 on the ER-101 controls damping, and the entirety of track 3 controls Elements.
- Loquelic Iteritas - in SS mode playing chords with rings. Some modulation sent from Ornament and Crime controls FOLD (introducing more frequency content) using the same gate to trigger a different envelope.
- Rings in 2x2 FM operator mode, tuned to a nice interval for nice dispersion of harmonics. This plays chords with Loquelic (and itself, polyphony is set to 4 voices), small amount of modulation to the POSITION on Rings, controlling the feedback between oscillators creating some really nice beating on the lower frequencies. Rings is sent to the Erbe-verb which is always modulating itself so the internal Lfo is set to 11.30, decay is set to 12.00, Depth at 14.00 decreasing the depth of modulation, Tilt at 10.00 filtering out some of the upper harmonics and absorb is at 12.00 also filtering / dulling, ultimately thickening the sound the Erbe-verb is fantastic.

Clouds is processing Loquelic, creating random grains and adding reverb

DPO - is used for the kick created using Streams as a VCA / Envelope combo Exponential envelope and a second envelope from MATHS to modulate the exponential FM input on the DPO for a sharp descending pitch.

DPO second oscillator FINAL output is used to create the percussion, fm sent from VCO-A to VCO-B FM index all the way up, Exponential attenuator full lock, linear at 10.00. Sent to Dual looping delay, the DLD's parameters are modulated by the ER-101.

Braids is used to create a snare, using its internal envelopes / modulation. Also sent to the DLD, delay time is modulated from really short times to slower, to create fills.

Belgrad is filtering the Loquelic Iteritas' more digital harmonics out. with 2 different resonant peaks, allowing me to pick out the harmonics I thought sounded best.


ER-101 x2 - Orthogonal Devices
ER-102 - Orthogonal Devices
TEMPI - Make Noise
Ears - Mutable Instruments / Music Thing Modular
Ornament and Crime
Belgrad - XAOC Devices
Clouds - Mutable Instruments
Dual Looping Delay - 4ms
Erbe-verb - Make Noise
A-138b - Doepfer
Elements - Mutable Instruments
Rings - Mutable Instruments
Loquelic Iteritas - Noise Engineering
Optomix - Make Noise"

Forgiveness | Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer | Chance, Plonk, Rainmaker, Rings, T-Wrex, Clouds

Published on Sep 20, 2017 Lightbath

"Forgiveness

September 20, 2017 • New Moon in Virgo • Lunar Occultation

As we approach the Autumnal Equinox let us harness the discerning energy of the Virgo New Moon to aid in refreshing old habits and making the needed change.

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Patch Notes:

Live performance multitracked in Logic with compression, eq, and effects.

This is my first exploration of Chance, Plonk and Rainmaker. And wow, I got such a natural sounding percussion with those three, almost like a doumbek.

Voices:

1. LOW MELODY: Kria #1 plays ER-301 sines → Optomix (shaped by Just Friends) → Belgrad → ER-301
2. PERCUSSION: Plonk (played by Chance Rhythm) → Rainmaker
3. HIGH MELODY: Kria #2 plays Rings → T-Wrex → ER-301 → Clouds"

SEXY EURORACK PARTY - ER-301 GETS DIRRRTY! 5 SECRET THINGS!

Published on Jul 19, 2017 Drink The Corpse Vomit

"A stupid run through the Orthogonal Devices ER-301. Amazing module. Really insane good. All sounds on this are from the ER-301 except a single kickdrum in the last clip. Go subscribe to Neil Parfitt not this garbage."

modular shades #15 | pantone 432 | granular modular music orthogonal devices er-301

Published on Nov 3, 2017 Elinch

"in this patch i have played manually with the granular synthesis of the er-301. intellijel triatt a controls the starting point, triatt b the length of the granular. (sample is the same 30 second mutable instruments rings sequences as in modular shades # 14)
the drums also come from er-301 triggerd with different start points. additional sounds come from the two make noise orphagenes. the bass comes from the verbos harmonic oscillator.

recorded live with tascam dr 100. no audio processing. for the best listening experience listen to the video with headphones or good speakers."

"drone" | orthagonal devices er-301 | ems vcs3 | eurorack modular synthesizer

video by Elinch

"'er-301 8 looper loops 112 ems vcs3 tracks'

00:00​ 8 er-301 looper loops ems vcs3 (no effects)
06:03​ bass /// mutable instruments plaits / lo-fi junky / magneto
07:10​ percussion /// tokyo tape music center 158 / make noise lxd / triggered by endorphins.es running order

recorded live with tascam dr 100.
for the best listening experience listen to the video with headphones or good speakers.

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Slow Lake | Eurorack Ambient

Published on Mar 9, 2017 r beny

"Exploring the melodic side of the Malekko Varigate 8+ and the Malekko Voltage Block.

::Patch notes::
Varigate 8+ (song mode) gate 1 out -- Mult -.- Voltage Block clock in / ER-301 a1 in (triggering white noise w/vca and asdr) -- Rings ext. in
Varigate 8+ gate 2 out -- Elements gate in
Varigate 8+ clock out -- DLD ping in -- Tempi tempo in

Voltage Block cv out 1 -- Rings v/oct in
Voltage Block cv out 2 -- Elements v/oct in

Rings left out -- DLD in a -- Analog Manhattan Mixer x2 (for stereo mix) -- Clouds 1 (looping delay mode) -- stackable 1 -- Clouds 2 (granular mode) / outboard mixer

Elements stereo out -- Analog Mahattan Mixer x2 -- Clouds 1 (looping delay mode) -- stackable 1 -- Clouds 2 (granular mode) / outboard mixer

Clouds 1 -- stackable 2 -- Doepfer A-189-1 -- Three Sisters -- Zvex Junky -- ER-301 input 2 (stereo variable delay, ladder filter, 3-band eq) -- outboard mixer

Tempi out 4 -- Maths ch. 4 trig in -- Maths ch. 4 variable out -- Clouds 2 blend (reverb)

Tempi out 5 -- Maths ch. 1 trig in -- Maths ch. 4 variable out -- Clouds 2 size

Tempi out 6 -- Nano Rand clock in -- Nano Rand stepped random output -- Clouds 2 position

Maths ch. 3 variable out -- ER-301 b1 input (bass freq on 3-band eq)"

2023/04/04 | minimal music | er-301 looper | verbos foundation osc

video upload by Elinch

"'fading between two oscillators with different sequences. enjoy listening.'

verbos foundation osc & intellijel osc / lofi-junky / verbos amp&tone / er-301 looper / magneto and clouds. morphagene with some strings and the mellotron with a 20 seconds loop from the er-301 in the background. live recording unfortunately with some distortion from the magneto input.

recorded live with tascam dr 100
for the best listening experience listen to the video with headphones or good speakers.

if you want to support me:
https://elinch.bandcamp.com

#synthesizer #minimalmusic #art"

Orthogonal Devices ER-301: Famous Last Words

ER-301: Famous Last Words from Orthogonal Devices on Vimeo.

"Testing a very small part of the ER-301 firmware on a very small audio clip. Prototype panel without graphics. Audio captured direct from module with no treatments."

Check out that display. See this post for a previous prototype.

ER-301 / Morphagene / Eurorack Ambient Guitar Synthesis

Published on Dec 18, 2017 Drink The Corpse Vomit

"DRINK THE CORPSE VOMIT PRESENTS - GORE GAS

Patch Notes:

More guitar tones made from scratch. Raw tones through a few ER-301 Convolution units sound really convincing to my ears. The pick sounds are pitched independently to the sustained notes adding further depth.

The sounds for each of the 2 'guitar' voices are 4 voice polyphonic and triggered with the new Bump unit to let the notes ring out. I think this is called 'hocketing' and works similarly to the Intellijel Shifty. The lead voice is played badly by hand, the supporting voice is sequenced by the ER-101 via the ER-102 real time record function.

The lead voice is through the Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water and Lofi Junky. The supporting voice is through the Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl 2.

Morphagene is graining a pre-prepared 'string' section of some wavefolded sines. Into a Cwejman saturation chain ( MMF-6 etc. )

Each separate track is printed to an Orion 32 via a Praxis Snake Charmer - A pristine audio route that is wasted on this filth."

Dragonfly by mudlogger - Featuring ER-301 Eurorack Sampler Module

Dragonfly by mudlogger from mudlogger on Vimeo.

"Live modular improv using monome modular isms system and er301 sampler module"

Update: There was a typo in the video title and description. This video featured the existing Orthogonal Devices ER-301, and not a new ER-302. See the comments below for additional details including links.

Xaoc Exploration | Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on Aug 22, 2017 Lightbath

"This video is break from the norm. It was recorded before the eclipse and presents a glimpse into a process of exploration.

The basic idea of this patch is to use Drezno & Lipsk to mangle the audio coming from two ER-301 synth voices (the percussive sounds), which is shaped by Maths envelopes shaped by Batumi and Voltage Block. The bass is Tides, and the lead is another ER-301 synth voice. All voices played by Voltage Block. Praga mixes all three voices and sends to Chronoblob delay, which outputs to Kamieniec. Tirana II handles some panning.

Audio recorded straight to camera."

ALLINAIRE Live @ VITALISE. [Monome Teletype, ER-301,Dreadbox, Zoia]

video by Allinaire

"Full uncut set using Eurorack: Monome Teletype doing the heavy lifting via i2c connections to Mannequins Just Friends, w/, Txo & Txi and the mighty Orthogonal Devices ER-301. The Dreadbox NYX2 is doing sequenced synth lines and various sound effects. Live control and manipulation of everything via the 16n Faderbank. More granular and delays via Empress Zoia.
This piece was conceived as an expanded live version of my track 'Torp' from the EP 'Heiro' on Bandcamp and New Sound Waves Records.
https://allinaire.bandcamp.com​

Thanks to Luke Snarl for organising the event and handling sound and mixing (including this direct mix off the desk).
Video by Dee."

ER-301 Sound Computer Clocked Delays

Published on Jun 27, 2018 Sequenox

"Modulated Delay Division and Multiplication with the ER-301 Eurorack Modular Synth"

modular shades #11 | feat. cotk model 15 & orthogonal devices er-301

Published on Jul 20, 2017 Elinch

"cotk model 15 (main sequence) / oto bam
orthogonal devices er-301 (4 sample player (drums) / 2 grain units (background sounds))
intellijel dixie 2+ (second sequence)/ intellijel quadra / vcl vcf 74 / make noise optomix / zvex instant lo-fi junky / 4md dld
dreadbox theta noise (hihats) / dreadbox lamda / intellijel quadra / intellijel uvca / schulte cpmpct phasing a / 4md dld
dreadbox omikron (effects)/ controled by disting mk4 (ring modulator) / dreadbox lamda / intellijel uvca / 4md dld
dreadbox gamma (pad) / 4md dld

sequenced by arturia beat step pro / yarns. recorded live with tascam dr 100 (The internal limiter intervenes a bit ,-). for the best listening experience listen to the video with headphones or good speakers."

Patch #19 - Tjirpy Tjirps (putting my Orthogonal Devices ER-301 to the test)

Published on Jan 10, 2019 Nīrusu

"I’m a lucky man getting a Orthogonal Devices ER-301 just before Christmas!
I’ve been learning the crap out of this module and my oh my is it deep!
This video is the first I thought was snazzy enough to share.
Oh and...fitted in a very tight 4ms 60hp pod! (The pico output doesn’t actually fit mind you...just a placeholder for an ALM HPO if you’re wondering)

Patch notes:
- the patch on the er301 is an fm synth from Neil Parfitt’s er301 tutorial series.
- varigate is the master clock for the o_c which is in quartremains mode taking a sequence from 2 channels from the varigate and quantizing them to set scales. Output 2 is in a different division.

Utter joy hearing this come from this small collection of modules!"

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Noir | Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Brennan Fowler

"A generative one from the modular. Just installed these awesome new panels big thanks to good friend kittyspit! Black & Gold Designed ER-301 Panels as well as for the Mutable Instruments Modules! Love the design and how the panels look together also with the Ears Module!

If your interested in picking some of these panels up you can get in touch on Instagram or the ER-301 Forum @kittyspit"

FluxFi SC Sampler custom unit for ER 301 eurorack module

Published on Apr 22, 2019 Ken Flux Pierce Fluxwithit

"here is a free custom sampler I built. This is my first ER-301 custom unit, I will update it and refine it as time goes on I am sure. check it out for free at https://fluxwithit.myshopify.com/prod..."

modular shades #23 | shifted in blue | morphagene ems vcs3 verbos ho

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Published on Oct 2, 2019 Elinch

"a minimal piece based on 2 morphagene reel sets, which i recorded in the sound on sound procedure with the ems vcs 3. the harmonic oscillator comes later as a driving sequence to it.

1. element /// make noise morphagene 01 reel (sos with ems vcs 3) / orthogonal devices er-301 filter and delay
2. element /// make noise morphagene 01 reel (sos with ems vcs 3) / orthogonal devices er-301 filter and delay
3. seq /// verbos ho saw out / make noise optomix / vex lo-fi junky / mi clouds
4. seq /// verbos ho mix out / make noise optomix / vex lo-fi junky / mi clouds
5. bass /// make noises sto /

sequencer malekko voltage block

recorded live with tascam dr 100. no audio processing. for the best listening experience listen to the video with headphones or good speakers."