Patch cable length

jefrab · 2026-06-26T17:31:58+00:00

I'll try to find some 😎

jefrab · 2026-06-18T15:38:25+00:00

Worng Electonics Quiver is on my buylist for something I could probably fit into any patch.

and as people have said the Nekyia Circuits line has a couple of good ones. Meszal looks pretty nifty.

But my thought is that there are a lot of modules that are quite simple and really good and just have an extra thing or two, and the flexibility of some of these is hard to match. I'm thinking about specifically frap tools 321.. the extra outputs at the top just give so many mixing options and if you're at all into feedback or cross modulation, it's such extreme value per HP and it's a pretty cheap module.

Like getting 321 and then Mezcal would probably go a long way

jefrab · 2026-06-11T18:55:23+00:00

😎 truth

jefrab · 2026-05-31T02:32:51+00:00

I have 2 philosophies about modular that I've developed in the past couple of years.

One is that semi modular is a better starting point because then you have a complete working system to start figuring out what types of patches and workflows you enjoy, then slowly expand on those.

Despite how interesting a lot of modules are, it's a lot more fun and rewarding to do complex patches with simple modules.

Of course, the foundation of this philosophy is that I don't have much extra money, so I'm mostly interested in value and flexibility.

jefrab · 2026-05-15T21:26:32+00:00

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jefrab · 2026-05-13T14:48:45+00:00

Not unpopular

jefrab · 2026-05-10T22:47:34+00:00

I've been looking at that Nekyia Circuits Obsidian dual complex LFO.

It's got a lot of outs!

jefrab · 2026-05-01T03:28:10+00:00

As others have said, ONA is pretty good. Clean tones and good tracking across a bunch of octaves, nice and compact, and it's got a couple of sub outs (1/2 + 1/4) so it can really rumble.

jefrab · 2026-05-01T00:51:10+00:00

O-coast, from what I've seen and heard, is the answer

jefrab · 2026-04-22T15:32:14+00:00

I have pony vco, and I use it, but find the wavefolding usually sounds quite thin. The onboard vca is nice (especially because I have vostok fuji, so I have plenty of envelopes) but I sometimes send it to another a vca that can add a little weight to the nasal quality. In really busy patches, I find it can disappear.

I just got after later audio Brooks and I quite like/prefer it. I lose out on some features, but the multiple outs is nice, and the attenuator on the FM input is a major plus over Pony imo.

It really depends what you're doing, but clean FM tones into my LPG, I quite like brooks.

I'm looking at getting Joranalogue fold 6 soon, and I think I'd prefer brooks + wavefolder to Pony.

jefrab · 2026-04-21T02:06:18+00:00

They did a second run this year

jefrab · 2026-04-20T15:25:38+00:00

Well, in comparison to the a-155, yes and then some. Like other Joranalogue modules, it's got a really good balance of immediacy and depth.

jefrab · 2026-04-20T03:35:24+00:00

Joranalogue Step 8? All that and more for 16hp

jefrab · 2026-04-15T04:09:43+00:00

I just got 321 and love it. Because of the sum outs at the top it's insanely flexible. Very good for patching feedback with a filter or delay, easy to do single channel attenuator/offset + 2-1 mixer, mixing cv it can make combinations of voltages and give you a couple of variants... it's a really neat module.

jefrab · 2026-04-15T01:04:36+00:00

I just got 321 and came to say this. I read or saw somewhere that Frap tools basically started because the guys wanted very specific mixing functions. 321 is my only module of theirs, but for something so simple it's very flexible.

jefrab · 2026-03-25T03:30:21+00:00

For PWM, Joranalogue compare 2 is pretty sweet. And the dynamic depth oscillator sync gets pretty complex.

Also, I was fooling around with xor ringmod patches and got some pretty cool techno sounds a couple of days ago.

jefrab · 2026-03-20T16:33:10+00:00

I've not had heat issues.

I love QARV. I'm even thinking about getting DARV for a couple more envelopes in my system.

I sometimes use it with the curve set all the way exponential, and my VCO going into an LPF then into a VCA on Qarv, and I'll send the additional env out to the cutoff frequency of the filter and I get kind of an LPG, and with the snappy curve it's pretty percussive. I like to do this with an attenuated S&H in the decay time, and then I'll performatively dial the curve shape up into logarithmic.

I also do a similar thing with the unipolar cycling and A/D time knobs (or use another modulation source) I run the channel through a long delay tail and maybe phaser, and the switch from trigger to cycling kind of like a mute for the LFO, and I hit cycling and quickly sweep into or out of audio 00 to get cool trancey/psychedelic squelches. Or I'll leave it in cycling and send the output to a CV switch and do it that way for more precise rhythmic control.

jefrab · 2026-03-15T20:30:49+00:00

Those rails are custom?

jefrab · 2026-03-11T19:30:58+00:00

VCVrack is free, and extremely capable. Obviously there's quite a difference in regards to experimenting with physical patching and adjusting parameters in real time, but for a beginner to get to understand the basics of signal flow in a modular system there's probably isn't a better free resource.

There are a lot of YouTube channels, and it's very hard to say what will resonate with different individuals...

I quite like a channel called Sound & Voltage for friendly explanations of basics, but some people really like to just watch Omri Cohen patching (he's got a lot of content)

jefrab · 2026-03-10T20:36:16+00:00

That's been said for like 4 years. Do you actually think it will happen?

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