"I've had this since the late 90's was in full working order then, it previously been stored in a cupboard for 10 years, one channel stopped working a few years ago and the other channel more recently, not sure why, it's not been dropped or physically damaged. It powers up, modulation LED is flashing but no sound. There is a very faint sound if I turn up the gain to maximum on my mixer so it's doing something. Very nice warm sound when fully working, the two channels can be played independently with a midi-cv converter. "
"In which I solve my Eurorack crisis by using test equipment techniques to build a better modular synthesizer.
Me and my eurorack had our problems in the past year: I had built a system based around wavetables and powerful sequencing, but every time I sat down with it I made what I can only describe as stupid music: chatty happy pseudo-housy bouncy stuff that i could maybe use as a bed for a video, but nothing I really enjoyed. I had fun making it, but I did not like the results. All the sequencing power and tonal variation was too much, but also too little for the size of the system to make truly good tunes.
So I had a revelation: what if I build a system based on my favourite instrument now, my wall of test equipment. [check it out here]
So this is the system I put together from everything I had in my racks. Some modules were so long in there I had to drill the screws. It is a mini version of my test wall, and I feel super-inspired again to play with the eurorack. Translating what I have learned in the past year to the modular makes this feel like a very powerful yet small instrument, and I am back to making music with it that I actually enjoy.
"Hi Guys.
Today another portion of fun with Medusa from Polyend.
in this Patch is 32 steps 3 analog oscillators, later added wavetable 1 oscillator with the addition of delay from Pico DSP Erica Synths effect.
Fun in the EG setting to filter modulation , slightly sustain and a bit of Attack as U see .
Medusa is a Hybrid Synthesizer based on a total of 6 oscillators 3x Analog , 3x Wavetable 5 LFO's EG with Loop and many more ,and sounds really amazing so it is best to see it if you are interested."
"I made this song inspired by the bassline I played with my Roland SH 101. I like the warm and rich sound of this synthesizer. Other synths I used: Nord Lead A1, Roland TR-8s, Kawai K5000, Waldorf Rocket and some FX Files."
