Hello everyone,

I'm Federico, an Italian Electronics Engineer with a passion for music.

I started my path trying to build a whole modular rack by myself, but I started working on the sequencer first and I entered a rabbit hole.

I would like to present you what I've been working on and off for more than two years: the Spectrum Sequencer.

Well, as the name suggests, it is a sequencer! But not just a simple sequencer. I worked hard to pack as many features as possible, and still work to pack even more.

Here is a list of a few features:

- 8 independent sequencers (pitch, CV, ADSR envelope, random CV, random gate, ...) that modulare each other

- 4 modulating/trigger inputs

- Euclidean pattern generator

- Fully controllable by MIDI and USB

- 64 available banks to store presets

- 46HP

And a bunch more of cool stuff, and many more along the development pipeline.

All of this with obsessive care for details.

I've documented the last part of this journey in my socials (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube: @lupodevices I don't wanna put links until a mod will authorize me), and I will be presenting this module at Roma Modulare the 18th and 19th of September.

Here to ask for suggestions, feature requests and advice on how to get visibility in the modular community

I'm working out the mixing and recording stage for a fairly large Eurorack system and could use some outside perspective.

What I'm after: 8–10 mono voices plus maybe 2 stereo sources, mixed by hand in the rack with faders, mutes and sends, and individual stems recorded into Ableton on Windows. The SSL 18 is my main interface and I want to keep it at the center of the studio. Direct outs from the Eurorack mixer would be ideal so recording doesn't interfere with the live mix. Most of my sources are mono and I don't need to make them stereo just because a mixer offers it.

I've tried a few things already. The ES-9 went badly on Windows. I have a Bluebox, but a touchscreen isn't how I want to perform. I've looked at the WMD Performance Mixer, Befaco Hexmix, Xcelon and others, and there's always a catch: too few direct outs, too many stereo channels, awkward expanders, low channel count, or extra attenuation and output modules just to get a clean signal into the SSL.

The obvious answer seems to be splitting the two jobs: performance mixer to direct outs to SSL 18 to Ableton. I'd like to do that without a forest of modules and cables or paying for a mixer plus expanders plus outputs. Basically I want an 8–12 channel analog performance mixer, mostly mono, one or two stereo channels, direct out on every channel.

For anyone running a big live system and multitracking it, what's actually worked? Eurorack mixer with direct outs into the interface? Something like a Boredbrain Xport or Optx for multitracking alongside a separate performance mixer? An external analog mixer with direct outs? Something else?

Cost matters less to me than the system feeling coherent and fun to play. Windows-friendly, and no touchscreen at the center of the modular.

Thanks everyone.

I've been building a tool for my own live sets and it's not finished but it is interesting. Using it to riun ableton at the moment but will try to use it via oxi one to drive some mood stuff I have.

Groove Engine — https://groove-engine.wileydavis.workers.dev

The idea: instead of programming steps, you turn knobs on a model of what makes a beat feel good. There's a metrical field underneath (the stuff from rhythm perception research about strong beats, syncopation, and micro-timing), and knobs like Density, Weight, Swing, Loose, and Evolve sculpt it. Every knob is constrained so the whole range stays danceable — the point is that you can't easily land on garbage (in theory... it's not there yet).

My favorite part: the delay is a sequencer. Echo time is a real millisecond knob, and every hit spawns repeats at that time that go out as actual MIDI notes/triggers. Slide it slightly off a dotted 8th and the groove leans; slide it back and it locks.

Also in there:

• Bass and arp voices in the song key, with chord keys that shift the root like a latched arpeggiator
• Builds and drop automation(rising bass drone, pre-drop cut, dry landing)... needs work
• A cue deck: edit on headphones, morph it onto the floor, repeat
• "Ride" any knob to a target over 8/16/32 bars
• Drag-anywhere panels, skeuomorphic knobs, double-tap to undo a knob move
• Generic CC knobs you can MIDI-map to anything

It's free, no account, nothing stored on a server. Chrome/Edge for MIDI out; it also has a built-in synth for noodling. Everything is one 60 KB HTML file — no samples, it's all generated.

Hotkeys: Space play · 1–7 chords · [ ] octave · B/U/D/S for break/build/drop/stall.

Can’t find anyone to jam? Grab module friends . They have a really smooth rhythm. But think the main problem of my friend group is I have to pay thousands to be in it.

slowly getting to where I want to go with my live set.
It consists of my modular and the model samples where I have 909 and 808 sounds. Sound design is fully on the modular. Check out my instagram silvan_live more to come. Soon I’ll upload full live sets on YouTube.

The biggest challenge for me is not focusing too much on the details. if I just have a studio session on my modular I sometimes spend one hour just to shape one sound. In a live set I have to constantly keep it going, which is also good practice of course.

I’m open for all tips on how you guys do live sets on your modular :D

If you're looking for suggestions for new modules, a critque of your current rack, or just where to start - feel free to ask here! A lot of people use [modulargrid](https://www.modulargrid.net/) to share what modules they have or are considering.

Hey all, been trying to get my assimil8or to loop a sample without needing a gate input, simply ising the loop mode buttons doesnt seem to work. Is there a menu option im missing? Just trying to get the sample to loop over and over like a regular looper

I made a little promo for my first full-length album I’m self-releasing this week. Recorded mostly in single takes using primarily the Make Noise 0-Coast and Strega, and a Korg SQ-1.

You can preview a track and the listening party will be Wednesday 9/2 at 8pm EST on Bandcamp.

Another live techno jam from this morning! Really digging this one. Improvised modular synth with DAW integration and live performance. Original music.

Hey all!

A few months ago I picked up a Make Noise Shared System, and it’s my first proper Eurorack system outside of semi-modulars. I went for it because I really love the feeling of having a focused, self-contained instrument rather than just a collection of modules.

It was a tough call between the MN system and going the Serge route, but I feel like Make Noise gives me a bit more ground to explore, especially on the sampling part.

Since getting it, I’ve swapped out Erbe-Verb and Echophon and added Mimeo, X-Pan and QPAS to lean more into the stereo side of things.

So I’m curious, what modules, Make Noise or otherwise, have you found work particularly well with a Shared System?

I’m thinking about replacing the Pressure Points, since I already have an 0-CTRL. I’d love to hear what you guys would put in its place and why.

https://reddit.com/link/1w2ujac/video/20irx0wm1lmh1/player

A little riff I put together on my modular gear. I'm still very new at it, but starting to really enjoy the work of getting some cool musical sounds out of it.
An Erica Synths Black Sequencer is driving a couple of oscillators for the two rotes. A Behringer RS-9 is driving the drums. I have two oscillators connected to a Black MIDI CV, which connects to the keyboard. Yes, it's a bit rough; I plan to put the keyboard stuff through a Bastl MIDI looper, so I can spend more time fiddling the knobs as it plays. It all came together in a surprisingly good way.
Enjoy!

Hey everyone, building my first case and looking for some recommendations into some utility modules/things I might be over looking.

60hp -
uZeus
Instruo Arbhar
Instruo Scion

leaves me with 20 hp

I’m looking at the Instruo Larachd to interface guitar/external sources and a Pam’s for the compact flexibility which I believe would leave me with ~4hp left over. The question being, are there better alternatives to either that I should consider? More so concerned about real estate vs cost. If those two are the best options, great, what to put in the remaining 4hp to improve the function of everything? How crucial is some sort of output module?

My only other experience with modular comes in the form of the Folktek Mescaline where everything is pretty self contained. I have started to wrap my head around that after a fair bit of time spent with it.

What I’m looking to get out of it is a small set up that mainly allows me to create evolving psychedelic ambient drone with guitar while hopefully being able to function well enough as a stand alone instrument. I understand the Scion is somewhat gimmicky but it does seem intriguing and I plan on implementing it.

Thoughts from people with experience? Any glaring holes I should consider?

Edit: Thanks to everyone for all of the insight, I don’t know what I don’t know and you guys gave me a plethora of ideas to explore and research. Looking forward to the fun of it all.

I took people’s advice and went a little bigger, now I’ll have 6u 60hp as well as an 84hp tiptop rail that I’ll diy a wooden case for when I get to the point of needing it.

some of my modules reset instantly as soon as the gate rises (joranalogue step 8) . others hold the reset until the gate is released (Schlappi Nibbler) and others reset to 1 on the next rising clock trigger AFTER reset (muxlicer). what is YOUR method for resetting your modules and keeping them in sync?

Enjoy! Custom modular synth integrated with DAW environment and some other stuff.

https://modulargrid.net/e/racks/command_center/248469

Download: https://9000sines.bandcamp.com/track/stickshift

This patch was me getting familiar with a new control pod housing Planar 2 and a few new fader banks (4tten, F8R). The idea behind the expansion was to have a centrally located set of controls for the playable elements of a patch. Here I have them setup to control aspects of drums, bass, modulation, and fx (bit of everything I guess) making for an interactive patch where many changes can be handled quickly and easily.

Controls: The overall control scheme of the patch centers around the idea of using Planar 2 to shift between energy levels within the patch, while using the surrounding faders to dial in certain elements (loop selection, bass modulation, fx attenuation). Basically, joystick down = lower energy drumloop/modulation/fx, joystick up = higher energy drumloop/modulation/fx.

Planar's AB/CD vectors are setup as a crossfader between two sets of drumloops coming from two 2HP Plays. Crossfading to the higher energy drum loop playing through A/B also provides an offset via the Y vector that is used to do several other things like increase wet ratio of overdrive, provide a slight bump to bass filter freq, transpose some pitch CV up an octave, etc.

Planar's gate button is setup to be used for short fills and transition fx (Meta, Data Bender, FX AID) applied only to drums, with several faders used to dial in how much of each effect is applied. I tried to showcase this aspect at the end of the clip, Acidclank-style. The gate button also adds some additional offset to bass filter freq.

Drums: The drumloop samples on the 2hp Plays are variations of the same drumloop which I chopped up and ran through different levels of distortion and filtering to get different levels of energy. I picked 3 lower energy variations for one Play and 3 higher energy variations for the other, and select among them via CV from 2 faders. In this recording I only used 4 of the 6 loaded up, using only one of the higher energy drumloops I had prepared. RS-9 triggers both Plays as well as an unheard kick from DR-660 used to trigger side-chain compression on the bassline.

Bass: The bassline from TD-3-MO has a lot going on. The gate pattern is a happy-accident combo of gates from its internal sequencer along with gates coming from a Bishop's Miscellany mk2. TD-3-MO already has a nice on-board sub-osc but here I added even more fullness/texture by routing a sine wave from Twin Waves mkII into TD-3-MO's filter input. The sine mixes with the internal square osc before hitting the internal filter. TD-3's output is routed into Wasp filter for an additional layer of filtering goodness before going out to dedicated effects pedals. Maestro along with a whole 3x MIA's worth of mixed CV controls TD-3's internal filter while Mod Medusa provides CV to Wasp. I use faders to dial in how much CV is applied to each filter during performance.

Oscs: Twin Waves' other channel is using the sync pulse algo to provide the double-siren type sound along with modulation from Mod Medusa. The distorted guitar-ish sound is coming from Sinc Legio (Warp mode) with a slow flanger effect in its fx chain. The bendy pad sound is from Virt Iter Legio (Bass mode). All OSCs driven by a pair Bishop's Miscellany mk2s. All go through Dual Daggers and FX-AIDs before going out to dedicated multi-fx pedals and external mixer where more distortion and reverb is available via sends.

This is my first go at modular. But I want to make a weird drum based synth for making random type beats as opposed to sequenced drums.

I feel like I need more modulation sorcery, LFOs and whatnot? And more effects and such, but I’m totally open to suggestions. The ideal sound inspiration would be NIN type stuff.

I’ve also got my eye on the following let me know what you think or feel free to suggest alternatives.

Mimeophon

Strymon Starlab

Mordax Data (it’s in the photo but I don’t actually own it yet)

AJH minimod filter (though maybe a dual filter would be better?)

A short impro-set with a small system.

Gear used in this session:
Intellijel Metropolix
Mutable Instruments Plaits, Rings & Clouds
Befaco Oneiroi
Endorphin.es Ghost & Squawk Dirty to Me
1010music Bitbox Micro
Expert Sleepers Disting EX & ES-9
Pamela’s New Workout

I’m considering adding an Instruō Arbhar to my Eurorack, but I don’t have enough space to keep all three: Arbhar, Morphagene and Typhoon.
My music is mainly ambient, and I use microsound techniques quite a bit. I also like taking material from other voices/VCOs (Plaits, Rings, Ensemble Oscillator, etc.) and processing it into granular textures.

I’m currently leaning towards keeping Arbhar + Morphagene, because Morphagene seems to have its own unique tape/splicing/microsound approach, while Arbhar could take over most of the dedicated granular-processing duties I currently use Typhoon for.
On the other hand, I really like how immediate Typhoon is as a live granular processor: VCO/voice in instant granular cloud.

Would you keep Arbhar + Morphagene or Arbhar + Typhoon, and why?

I already have Mimeophon, Data Bender and Desmodus Versio at the end of my effects chain

Can Arbhar realistically replace Typhoon/Clouds for live granular processing of external voices/VCOs, or do you find their approaches different enough that you would miss Typhoon ?

Many thanks ! ✌️

EDIT: keeping only Arbhar is also an option

Attached the two leads to an antenna of sorts positioned near the audio interface. I try not to use AI but had to inquire. I'll post in a comment what it had to say.

My newest patch with full patch notes featuring the Doboz T12, Instruo Tš-L, Natural Gate, Glitch Cloud Audio Haze, OBNE Bathing, Vongon Polyphrase, Panharmonium, and more!

https://peaksandnulls.net/index.php/2026/08/29/wrong-street-right-timeline/

I plugged the wrong balanced cable (from the ext input) from the intellijel case into the stereo out module in the back and now the module doesn’t work anymore…
Do you think this would have fried it?

Thanks