u/Elagaint

I’m diving in and need some feedback

I’m diving in and need some feedback

I posted a couple days ago asking about starting with semi modular or if I should dive straight in and overwhelmingly the opinion was semi modular. I do appreciate all the feedback but I happened to be scrolling through posts here and saw someone with an unfinished setup. They wanted to know what they should slot in to that last section and someone commented along the lines of “use it and it’ll make it obvious what you need”. I use my current setup every day and I know what it needs. I need a delay, reverb, and granular processing. This setup was built around those three. I want something that I can play into with my current synths to create thick beautiful soundscapes. I’m still torn on arbhar vs multigrain but I think arbhar seems more alive and spontaneous which I like. The arbhar, sealegs, and swells are going to be the first modules I get and I did fill out the rack with some other items I want opinions on. I know every modular owner at some point needs maths so I threw it in next. Then I needed some sort of multifunction midi/cv module so pams pro workout seems like a good standard. This is where things fall apart admittedly. I have two Dixie 2+ in here for my oscillators. Along with them I have two different pico oscillators for making 4 voice chords or for fming the dixies. Then I put in a pico filter and pico effects modules. The 1u row I put a line in module since that is important for me to play my current equipment into. I put a line out for getting sounds out of the machine. I put the midi 1u module to receive midi information from a controller. I put the noise, lfo, clock module for more modulation along with maths and Pam. Please let me know all of the modules I missed and all of my horrible oversights 😂.

u/Elagaint — 5 days ago

questions about semi modular/pre built modular or building my own

I am well aware that beginner posts flood here frequently but at least when I searched up my questions nothing came up so I figured I’d post. I’ve been really diving into sound design for the past 6 or so months. I’ve been loving working with the synths I currently have and making a unique workflow that feels right. I have been making music as a hobby for years so I am very familiar with the fact that I don’t need another synth I have a microfreak lol. That being said I think it would be fun to step slightly into the world of modular. The issue I’m having is a sort of analysis paralysis of everything I find looks cool. I was looking at a bunch of intelijel products because I saw James Blake uses some of them and they all seem amazing. The cascadia seems like a really cool entry into modular but the Pittsburgh modular voltage lab 2 also looks amazing. Are these pre built setups worth getting or should I start by getting a case, oscillators I like, and building from there?

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u/Elagaint — 10 days ago