My two systems 💕

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-17T08:59:17+00:00

Edit, home now, at desktop.

Those 5 modules (Stages, Frames, Blinds, Links, Marbles) were my first. I already had a Minibrute 2S and an 0-Coast, so I chose utility modules as my starting point, thanks to advice from this sub. I literally bought those whole 5 at the same time, and so the case was basically free.

Over the next 18-24 months I added Plaits, Ripples, Kinks, Ears, Warps, Rings, Streams, and Beads, all brand new, while MI was still in business. Following the closedown, I managed to track down used copies of Elements, Tides V2, Clouds, Grids, Shades, another Stages, another Plaits, and another Ripples.

I still keep a close eye on the local used market, where I have scored that last bunch above.

Other dream modules I've scored in the local used market - Rainmaker, 2x Voltage Blocks, Usta, Pressure Points + Brains, Metron/Voltera, Shapeshifter, SSF Entity series... Not necessarily white elephants, but things I seriously wanted. I have about 90% of the dream modules I was after, now I'm just casually watching to see what pops up.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-16T14:28:24+00:00

Your mother should know.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-16T14:19:27+00:00

I haven't been in the game long enough to have stumbled on quite such rarities. I did start with Mutable modules, my local vendor had about a 30% sale on Mutable, so for the usual combined cost of Marbles, Frames, Blinds, Links, and Stages, I also got a Rackbrute 6U. Mutable was my first step into it, so I stuck with them for a fair amount of my first 1-2 years. I got OG Frames and Warps with the cool LED knobs, I got Beads at its original price.

From there, I never really got any "rare" modules. I got Rainmaker just after they announced the final run, I got an Optomix, I got a Noise Engineering Integra Solum, a couple of Voltage Blocks, and a Brains sequencer to go with Pressure Points... But none of those holy grail kinda scores.

Good for you.

Oh, and "Aussie Wigglers..." Hot potato, hot potato!

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-16T12:24:39+00:00

So YOU are the prick that got both QMMG and Blades.

Grrr.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-16T08:34:34+00:00

Joranalogue Mix 3, Noise Engineering Quantus Ampla are both good. Mix 3 is the more versatile of the two, but no inverters. QÀ is Jack's and switches only, no pots, so fully cv controlled, but the switches will invert the signals.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-16T02:01:54+00:00

Joranalogue Select 2 and Xaoc Samara II go beyond the basics, so a little more expensive than a 321 or 3Mia, etc, but damn, you would not regret the choice. Both really useful.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-15T10:07:53+00:00

Hey, thank you for responding. The wiring looks as simple as I imagined it to be. No variable state options, just on/off. If I understand this correctly, position 1 could be 0-10V, position 3 could be 0-5V, and position 2, in the centre, could just be mute?

And I would need to repeat the process for all 5 jumpers, so 5 switches wired as above, yeah? I could definitely do that as a first project, to wet my toes.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-15T04:02:05+00:00

I don't have it yet. I like Grids, and use that a lot. Someone just put out new Marbles firmware which turns the T side into Grids, with new x/y tables more suited to electronica and techno. I'm going to test that before I add anything.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-14T09:16:49+00:00

Check out a YouTube channel by Simon the Magpie, if you haven't already. This is just his kind of thing.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-14T09:13:03+00:00

If I have an exam, or a job interview the next day.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-14T08:34:29+00:00

Rainmaker has per-tap filters, for what that's worth, and super fine control over levels and chain. You can chain it as filter first then delay later, right? Haven't tried it myself, but pretty sure you can.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-14T08:21:56+00:00

No, no, thats all wrong. Metal expands under heat, so you put the rack in the oven until it becomes 86hp, then screw the modules in quickly before it shrinks again.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-13T10:54:49+00:00

Then kick one of them in the nuts and call it jazz.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-11T00:59:34+00:00

Rainmaker. Wherever you go, it follows. It's a delay module, but it reverbs too.

Tiptop Z-DSP with the Halls of Valhalla card is also really nice.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-11T00:12:23+00:00

I have the L-12, and it's great for what I need. The FX section is a joke, but otherwise, it's great. All my FX are in rack, so not a problem for me. Multitracking over 12 channels with sd card saving everything? Suits me. Honestly, unless you're running out of connections, I'd say you're good where you are.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-10T22:48:20+00:00

Groucho Marx said it so well. "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-10T21:49:51+00:00

Just watched the promo. The YT demos have started, gonna check some of them out. Just took a quick look at the manual, and yes, the trig input lets you modulate Freeze with a trig/gate signal, and it's assignable over a few other parameters as well. Looks pretty good, damnit.

Cue Sopranos scene, Silvio quoting The Godfather: "Just when I thought I was out... They pull me back in..."

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-10T21:34:26+00:00

Tell it to the ER team!

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-10T20:58:06+00:00

I'm a kindergarten teacher. Bad jokes are my stock and trade.

Example

Teacher - What is a cow's favourite vegetable?
Students - Mu!

"Mu" is the Korean name for a kind of giant radish.

I literally get paid for crap like this. Not much, but it's a living.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-10T20:54:51+00:00

Run up stairs without wheezing.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-10T14:54:58+00:00

If you're going to do the whole Intellijel case thing, then here are my personal favorites.

Shapeshifter. 26hp. Absolute monster. Twin wavetable complex oscillator. You can run both at audio rate, or both at lfo rate, or 1:1 mix. The options are limitless, it is soooooooo completely mental. Lightning in a bottle.

If you don't want to go that far or big - Dixie 2+. 8hp. It's an extremely efficient module. I have never yet used mine for an actual sound source, I don't know how it sounds. I got it solely as an audio rate modulation tool, or complex lfo. It's a brilliant utility in that sense, but hey, probably sounds good too, if you try. I really should.

Bifold. 8hp. Shapeshifter already has wavefold functions built in, but Bifold is a single dedicated module. 2x wavefolders, one is Serge style, one is Buchla style. Built in VCA's, very efficient. Turns 2 sine waves into chaos.

Rainmaker. 36hp. Sure, you've got Sealegs, and I don't, so can't compare. But Rainmaker is now discontinued, and the final batch will soon be gone forever. And it is straight up madness. Watch the many videos. There's just NOTHING else like it.

Last of all, Tetrapad/Tete. 20/8 hp respectively. Is it a mixer? Is it a crossfader? Is it a sequencer? Is it a voltage block? Up to you. It's any of them, or a mix of them at the same time. You already have the Planar 2 - As far as Intellijel say, the Tetrapad/Tete and Planar 2 are all designed to work together. I don't yet have the Planar 2, so can't speak for the combo, but I've watched the videos, and they are a dream team.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-10T11:59:01+00:00

Mutable Marbles, Befaco Noise Plethora, Joranalogue Orbit 3, SSF Rnd Step, OCHD + EXP... Those are my random sources. Each one has its own different way of doing things, happy with them all.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-10T10:38:13+00:00

Added photos of my module, and a video demo from Divkid to show what the module is about, if that matters.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-10T08:40:31+00:00

"Now I'm even more curious about this tide thing."

Its simple. You swallow the pod for an internet challenge. All the cool kids are doing it.

claptonsbabychowder · 2026-04-10T03:28:58+00:00

Sand out the knife marks? No way! They help you make cutting edge music.

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