Joranalogue Audio Design // Eurorack Manufacturing

video upload by Sine Community

"In a small rural town close to Antwerp, Belgium we find a passionate team of engineers dedicated pushing the boundaries of analogue circuitry, designing 21st century synthesizers.

The brand offers a novel series of high quality eurorack music synthesizer modules with a utilitarian aesthetic providing versatility and precision.

All of their products are designed and manufactured in Belgium, keeping in mind their commitment to the art of analogue whilst designing functional tools to create sound.

A Sine Community production, directed by
Sebastian Vidal Bustamante

Produced by:
Sono Audio Visual (⁠​⁠@sonoaudiovisual)
Synthesizer New Zealand (​⁠​⁠@synthesizernz)

Music
Zure Beer
Slowattack

Special thanks to Joranalogue Audio Design (@joranalogue)
Joran van Gremberghe
Boris Uytterhaegen
Frits Jacobs"

Joranalogue Introduces Cycle 5 - New Compact Powerhouse VCO

For those attending SUPERBOOTH, you'll find Joranalogue at our their spot: booth W435 in the gymnasium.

Coming in Q3 2024.

A small Eurorack oscillator that packs a punch: that’s the best way to summarise Cycle 5.

At its heart lies a refined high-stability triangle core voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), with performance matching or exceeding that of much bigger and costly oscillator modules.

Instead of a coarse frequency knob, a 7-position octave switch is provided. This in combination with a perfect fifth transposition switch and factory pitch tuning, makes Cycle 5 an exceptionally straightforward and musical VCO to use: simply centre the fine tune knob, and the module will be instantly tuned to reference C.

Meanwhile, its dual precision volt per octave inputs add a great deal of versatility. For example, one could be used for pitch sequencing and the other as a generic exponential FM input, or both sequenced together for transposition effects—the dual inputs serving as a built-in precision adder.

Sporting all the classic waveforms, ranging from sine wave, triangle, saw and square/saw, as well as a hard sync input and low frequency oscillator (LFO) mode, Cycle 5 makes for a real workhorse VCO. The novel trigonometric waveshaper results in a very clean sine wave, ideal for sub bass duty.

Cycle 5’s highlight however, is its vari-wave feature. By adjusting the vari-wave knob, the waveform on the matching output will smoothly morph from sine, to triangle, saw, square and finally a very narrow pulse. The vari-wave parameter can be CV controlled, up to audio frequencies for some intense timbres.

Equally at home as a modest modulation companion to big VCOs, as being in the spotlight in miniature or polyphonic systems, Cycle 5 might just be the most multi-talented tiny analogue oscillator yet.

High-stability precision analogue triangle-core VC(LF)O.
Octave and perfect fifth switches—all intermediate frequencies can be reached using the front panel controls.
Dual volt per octave FM inputs.
Outputs: sine, triangle, saw, square/pulse (PWM) and vari-wave, smoothly morphing between all waveforms.
Reset (hard oscillator sync) input.
Wide frequency range: 48 mHz (20 seconds) to 3.7 kHz.
Don't waste time tuning: pre-tuned for 0 V = C.
Impedance-compensated outputs with dual-colour vari-wave LED.
Trim potentiometers accessible from the front panel.
Precision-milled 2 mm anodised aluminium front panel with high-resolution, non-erasable graphics.
Bullet-proof design: polarised power header and MOSFET protection circuit.
Includes 16-to-10-pin Eurorack power ribbon cable.
Premium mounting hardware: black screws, black nylon washers and matching hex key.
High-quality components and assembly; designed and made in Belgium.

As always check with your favorite dealers on the right for upcoming availability of all new modules and synths.

Joranalogue Audio Design DIM 2 / CV controlled dual dimmer (including LED lights) / a quick overview

video upload by BRiES

"This video is for anyone wondering about DIM 2, the new nifty cv controllable dual dimmer module by Joranalogue Audio Design... and yes: the module also includes the nice gooseneck LED lights you see in the video.

There's not a lot to tell about the module, yet I somewhow managed to talk about it for almost 18 minutes straight. You're totally welcome."

TUTORIAL / STEP 8 and SELECT 2 for a sequence with 1 random step

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"In a previous patch walkthrough video I said that there's a way to create a sequnce with STEP 8 but use SELECT 2 (and COMPARE 2) to make one (or more) of those steps random. This is the tutorial video to watch if you want to find out how to do exactly that.

I hope you find it inspiring.

Tip: combined with the technique explained in the following video you can really create interesting harmonic changes for one or several voices in a patch, with a touch of random so you can easily afk without anyone ever knowing:"

PATCH WALKTHROUGH / STEP 8 / doing a lot of 'sequency' things with just one sequencer

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"It's something that I find myself doing often: making a short sequcence, then transposing it every x amount of steps while using the cv that's transposing the lot as a pitch source for a bassline (works great for a chord generator as well). STEP 8 is a wonderful tool for this as it gives us both a sequence and cv for transposing and a way to randomize the progression within set boundaries. That - amongst other things - is what this video is about."

PATCH EXPERIMENT / a few ways to create random gates that are on the grid

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"I always call them 'random gates' in my videos - but what I'm in almost all cases mean are just clocks with a probability setting of less than 100%. There's specialized modules that do the work for you, but with some clever patching you can create them yourself from some kind of clock and a chaotic or random voltage.

In this video I explore how to use ORBIT 3 and the AND logic output of COMPARE 2 to create on grid randomness. I have a go at using STEP 8 for the same goal as well.

PS: in some cases you can use a vca as a boolean logic AND gate, so if you don't have a COMPARE 2 you should still be able to figure out how to use the first technique in the video."

PATCH EXPERIMENT / exploring processing external sounds with DELAY 1

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"Usually 'Karplus Strong' is used as a term for a certain type of synthesis, using ultra short delays to create string like resonators. I've found that when you just run a sound through a processor like that, it adds a wonderful gliss of resonating frequencies. I honestly don't know if this is just the same thing as phasing/flanging but it sounds interesting to me. DELAY 1 is a great tool for this as its short delay times lend itself really well to this type of Karplus Strong processing.

Check out the video if you want to watch a longwinded experiment on this subject.

I hope you find it inspiring.

Simon @briesmodular"

PATCH / ROUTE 4 / arps & melodies / sounddesign exploration

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"The 1V normalized routing inputs on ROUTE 4 make a lot of sense when you start using ROUTE 4 to change up an existing sequence, by either precision mixing the 1V/oct pitch cv with ROUTE 4s output or by using an additional V/oct input on your vcos (luckily GENERATE 3 Exp. FM inputs are nearly perfectly calibrated to accept V/oct signals). Using ORBIT 3 as a master control for all the switching on ROUTE 4 makes for a chaotic but controlled course of pitches."

Joranalogue Audio Design ft. BRiES / channel take over / introduction

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"For the month of April, we're very excited to have BRiES take over our channels! Known for his in-depth tutorial videos on a variety of #eurorack modules with supremely musical excerpts, as well as writing his own extensive guides to Generate 3 and Compare 2, he's always eager to share his latest insights into analogue synthesis."

Tech Thursday | Contour 1's Gate Input

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"It's Thursday, so Joran is back with some great Joranalogue insights! This week is all about Contour 1's multi-functional gate input.

We cover the different behaviours when in loop mode or slew mode, shows us what happens when you connect an audio signal to the gate input, and even creates a complex oscillator with 3 Contour 1s!"

Patch Tuesday | Compare 2 | Comparing Sequences

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"Welcome back to Patch Tuesday, a video series where we demonstrate the endless possibilities of the Joranalogue system!

Have you ever wanted to accent specific notes in your pitch sequence? This week, Frits explains how to easily do so with Compare 2.

Mult your pitch CV sequence, send one copy to your VCO and another to Compare 2's input. When the pitch CV is within your chosen window, a gate is generated. You can use this gate to, for example, open an extra VCA. This way you can create a send/return effect path that's enabled whenever the target note is hit."

Joranalogue Audio Design FOLLOW-UP FRIDAY / using FOLD 6 for gentle saturation

video upload by BRiES

"This week Joran showed us that MIX 3 can drive and saturate sounds in a really pleasing way. As I don't have a MIX 3 I can't do a regular TECH THURSDAY follow-up video. Instead I'm trying out some gentle saturation with FOLD 6.

Joranalogue Audio Designs TECH THURSDAY upload:" [posted here]

Tech Thursday | Overdriving Mix 3

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"Welcome back to Tech Thursday! Today we're overdriving Mix 3! While our voltage controlled audio mixer is designed to sound as clear and transparent as possible, overdriving it can bring a lot of character to your patches!

Simply patch in a CV source exceeding +5 V. Rather than attenuate, Mix 3 will now amplify, up to +20 dB, easily driving most signals into saturation."

Patch Tuesday | Brass Patch with the Joranalogue System

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"Welcome back to Patch Tuesday, a video series where we demonstrate the endless possibilities of the Joranalogue system!

We were recently asked how to achieve rich, brass-like timbres using modular synths. Boris went head first into creating this magnificent-sounding patch.

He considered every little detail needed to replicate the dynamic expression found in brass instruments. The result? A lush, full-bodied brass sound, all from the versatile world of Joranalogue modules (and a little touch of reverb)."

Joranalogue Audio Design FOLLOW-UP FRIDAY / audio rate modulation with FILTER 8 and FOLD 6

video upload by BRiES

"This week Joran showed us how doing audio rate modulation on ENHANCE 2 can create really interesting stereo effects. Instead of doing the same thing (and because I don't have an ENHANCE 2) I'll be showing you 2 of my favourite uses of audio rate modulation using FILTER 8 and FOLD 6.

Joranalogue Audio Designs original TECH THURSDAY upload:" [posted here]

Tech Thursday | Enhance 2 Audio Rate Modulation

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"Welcome back to Tech Thursday—headphones are recommended this week! Enhance 2 is a great module to expand your sonic palette. Our stereophonic enhancer provides unparalleled hands-on control over your stereo mix. But, as with all of our modules, there are a lot of modulation possibilities to explore as well.

Take it a step further with audio rate modulation and you can end up with expansive and unique stereo soundscapes!"

Patch Tuesday | ADSR Envelopes with Contour 1

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"Welcome back to Patch Tuesday, a video series where we demonstrate the endless possibilities of the Joranalogue system!

In this episode, we show you how to transform Contour 1 from an AR or AD envelope generator, into an ADSR, with just a little bit of patching."

Joranalogue Audio Design MISSED OPPORTUNITIES MONDAY / FILTER 8 to shape gates into curves

video upload by BRiES

"In last weeks delayed TECH THURSDAY upload by Joranalogue Audio Design Joran talked about using slew limiters (function generators) as audio rate filters. You can watch that upload here: [posted here]

I could have talked about doing the opposite thing: using FILTER 8 to create envelopes when you run out of function generators. In this Missed Opportunities Monday I do no such thing."

Tech Thursday | Slew limiters as Filters

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"It's Tech Thursday! In these concise videos, we bring up some overlooked and advanced features of our modules.

Joran is back with a clever feature in one of the Joranalogue modules. We have all been there, you've got an ingenious patch going but you really need an extra filter. You're in luck if you've got an extra slew limiter lying around because this week is all about using Contour 1 as a filter!"

Patch Tuesday | Downsampling with Step 8

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"Welcome back to Patch Tuesday, a video series where we demonstrate the endless possibilities of a Joranalogue system! Today, Frits explores analogue downsampling with Step 8. Making use of this technique produces a vintage, lo-fi sound."

Tech Thursday | Feedback Patching Filter 8

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"It's Tech Thursday! In these concise videos, we bring up some overlooked and advanced features of our modules.

This week, we tackle feedback patching with the very versatile Filter 8. Patching an output to the EFM allows us to craft vastly different waveforms than just the original sine waves that Filter 8 resonates at."

Patch Tuesday | Creating Delays without Delays | Contour 1 & Enhance 2

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"Don't delay, it's Patch Tuesday! Frits shows you how to imitate a stereo ping-pong delay effect using two envelopes, a clock divider, and Enhance 2."