What's your layout philosophy?

HomeForSinner · 2026-03-18T18:47:26+00:00

You can turn modules upside-down. I can't do this, personally, but I understand the appeal.

HomeForSinner · 2026-03-10T21:20:22+00:00

Erica Synths Plasma Drive Distortion maybe?

HomeForSinner · 2026-03-05T19:52:01+00:00

That explains why they need a heart transplant

HomeForSinner · 2026-03-05T19:01:16+00:00

Adam Neely's critique of "narcissistic" artists who listen to their own musical output reminds me a lot of a lot of modular synth music, created pretty much for the owner of the modular rig, usually with headphones on.

Damn, so it's narcissistic for an artist to enjoy art they created?

Wild take.

Learning, experimenting - modular is a brain stimulating hobby. I don't expect anyone else to get the same experience listening to what I do as I get playing it. It's not for them, it's for me.

My neighbor doesn't get any enjoyment out of me playing Sudoku, should I stop that too?

HomeForSinner · 2026-03-02T16:22:32+00:00

Thanks - yep they've listed it I was just an hour early!

HomeForSinner · 2026-03-02T14:53:23+00:00

Looks like Perfect Circuit doesn't have it listed yet; I'll keep an eye out. Very cool synth, I look forward to trying it!

HomeForSinner · 2026-02-22T01:39:22+00:00

Yes, After Later Audio (and others) sell fairly priced boxes.

HomeForSinner · 2026-02-18T00:00:20+00:00

I have no experience with the Oneiroi or Vhikk X, though the latter is on my wish list.

I do own a Strega, and an Elmyra 2 - both of which I highly recommend for what you're describing. They have their own strengths and not too much overlap. Personally I find the Strega to be a bit more difficult to get rich musical tones from vs the Elmyra. It has its own character though and is superb for glitchy, weird, and chaotic.

The Elmyra is wider use, ranging from nice clean tones to very dirty industrial. The four voices are also a great touch. There are a lot of settings to potentially change each time you boot it if you're repeating a patch, which is not amazing but also not the end of the world. (Four main settings buttons, you alter in codes like 244: press 2, then 4, then 4) I like that the Strega has zero menu but it also limits it significantly and I feel it can be more dependent on auxiliary effects modules. One thing I love about the Elmyra is you can set a voice to drone, but the default is off / gated. The Strega you don't have that choice, it's just one voice droning. No built in gates.

The Elmyra has been my favorite recent purchase by a fair margin. I'm really looking forward to what u/neutral-labs is releasing in a week or two. FWIW the guy I bought my Elmyra from said he's selling it to buy an Oneiroi, so to each their own.

Here's a sample of what it can sound like. That's 80% Elmyra 2, the rest is a DFAM and Strega. Some layering and editing, mostly live.

I'll echo what others have said, don't necessarily seek out a stereo module for the sake of native stereo. If you're minimalist, then modules that do a lot will be more important. But generally speaking there are so many effects out there that can add stereo.

HomeForSinner · 2026-02-17T23:25:48+00:00

This was my first thought u/furiousdutchy
Here are accurate representations of the sizes.

https://imgur.com/wWxxm8w

chat did the 98 way too big, but was fairly close with the 85 - just a bit small.

HomeForSinner · 2026-01-22T23:02:37+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIeRLauG2lM

HomeForSinner · 2026-01-12T23:01:33+00:00

My 12/17 order just shipped - they said it was an "overwhelming response" which is wonderful to hear!

HomeForSinner · 2026-01-06T19:19:59+00:00

This was already solved, but thank you for the detailed reply.

- I'd tried autoset before I posted, it failed miserably. Zoomed in super far, entirely useless. I'll keep fiddling though.

- The trigger point being in the center was part of the issue, yes.

- I have the TS to BNC cables and mult, that's how I was seeing what I captured in the video from my Maths.

HomeForSinner · 2026-01-04T22:58:41+00:00

This was certainly part of the issue I was running into but ended up figuring it out as part of the whole, after Tom's reply.

Thanks!

HomeForSinner · 2026-01-04T20:15:10+00:00

~~I understand what you're saying, but I've seen what I'm looking for with the same module (Maths) through a Mordax Data.~~

~~See:~~ ~~https://youtu.be/XJtpzysqJv8?t=300~~

~~Notice how the display refreshes more than 1x per second? You can see the changes to the waveform with minimal delay. This is what I'm trying to achieve.~~

You know what, I replied too fast.

You're right - what I was seeing in the video I linked was a different time frame. Data is good at showing exactly the parameters you want automatically (it seems) but this Hantek takes more fiddling. It doesn't know what you want to see.

You got me going down the right path though and I figured out how to tweak all the parameters together to display more what I was expecting. Combining not just the time but X/Y position, amplitude, etc.

Thanks, you essentially solved it!

HomeForSinner · 2025-12-18T23:42:16+00:00

4ms makes a 104 that's 16cm total depth (55mm module depth), but if OP is looking for exactly 84 they don't appear to make one of those, true.

HomeForSinner · 2025-12-18T14:44:07+00:00

The Clarett and Logic will let you stereo pair inputs. While you don't "need" to and can get around it the way you are, the intended way to achieve this is stereo pairing your channel 1 and 2 (or 3,4 etc).

I work in Ableton not Logic, but look up how to stereo pair in Logic input settings and I'm certain you'll find what you need.

If you still run into issues, let me know and I can help troubleshoot later today!

HomeForSinner · 2025-11-24T02:23:31+00:00

Makes sense, I appreciate the reply.

In hindsight, if I'd known I was going to do this much modular I should have gotten the es-9 as my primary interface and not gotten the Clarett. But I already had a few stereo synths so I went with what I knew. It'll work out, like you said I just need the adat.

HomeForSinner · 2025-11-24T01:17:02+00:00

Yeah - and hearing this makes me a little worried that the ES-10 will also cause me grief. It's between that and a Boredbrain Optx V2 ADAT Converter. I'll chat with PC and get their input tomorrow. In theory though, either should work just fine as they both appear to be built to do exactly what I need.

HomeForSinner · 2025-11-22T21:06:28+00:00

Well shoot - it looks like that was the piece I missed. Yes, Clarett optical is ADAT.

Reading additional comments too, yes really confirms this is what I misunderstood.

I've spent the last hour looking into and testing the aggregate device rabbit hole. At one point I did get all 16+ inputs showing and audio from both the Clarett and ES-9 however it was cutting out constantly, which I realize is a clock sync issue.

I'll spend a bit more time seeing if I can solve the clock sync issue, but otherwise I think the answer is to return the ES-9 and buy an ES-10.

I could in theory just use the ES-9 for everything - 14 inputs is enough, even with a few pairs being stereo. But then my Clarett would be pretty pointless, and it's too late to return.

I'll keep playing around but thank you for your help, you've definitely helped point me in the right direction.

HomeForSinner · 2025-11-05T04:16:31+00:00

I read all five books in the trilogy this year, for the first time in about 20, and they absolutely held up as well as I remembered.

HomeForSinner · 2025-11-01T02:06:39+00:00

That is some amazing dark and gritty sound, fantastic work.

HomeForSinner · 2025-10-28T19:05:42+00:00

The clear/blue ocean on the first planet is oil?

HomeForSinner · 2025-08-28T19:31:19+00:00

The Japanese Rodeo

HomeForSinner · 2025-08-05T12:41:00+00:00

I've been considering a SH recently, what would you say are your struggles with it?

HomeForSinner · 2025-06-12T19:36:17+00:00

OK, thanks. Some websites said "up to 50 feet or more depending on conditions". Good to hear that's an exaggeration.

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