disappeared off on a sponsored bicycle journey to Greece :yay: Welcome back. I also like that gray area between order and random so I'm interested in what you come up with. I like patterns to emerge out of ambiguity. I've seen nice ways of doing this but they end up using too many modules for my se...

Filters for function rather than character.

I have an old Intellijel uVCF that's been good for that. Has a "clinical" neutral sound. Can fill in as a sine oscillator (crank the Q up). Good I/O.

They look a lot like standard 75 ohm video patchbay connectors.

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Overall the layout, usability and ergonomics feel good.

How are you getting along with the matrix?

I haven’t compared those but the NLC one is very nice. Either way, you may find you want to shape the resulting envelope.

BananaPlug- Are those 3.5mm to banana adapters pretty easy to make up? What parts would I need to purchase? It looks like a banana jack attached to a 3.5mm to 1/4” adapter. Any info is very much appreciated. I eventually switched to a different solution. Adapters such as those above stack up pretty...

Did you read the manual? It’s on the website. Last page explains interfacing. It’s very simple.

For variety, I'm adding this Penrose example which has a different feel from the previous one. This is 4:30 of leisurely free running background, mostly Chirper chatter. The "bass line" pitches come from the Penrose which quantizes a DDSR D/A and is triggered by Grille's first trigger output. SelfRu...

Liked that very much. Some light compression and delay on that might be do good things.

What the OP called “accidents” maybe is better called improvisation. I mean, something you didn’t plan happens and you were listening (very important) and reacted to that, creating something you might not have even thought of, let alone composed.

Strange. I have an old one I've used on and off over decades and never had a problem.

Windows went too far when they took control over software updates in Win10. But linux can feel kind of a DIY. First you have to decide among lots of possible distros, then you need to find replacements for your applications. It's not trivial but in a choice or Apple, Microsoft, Other there are lots ...

"It's difficult to call this a product"

Calling it a "rash" is absurd. Try to reframe! Here's help: wabi-sabi (I fixed link typo)

Montreal Assembly 856 V2 First day - LISTEN

If you look on the back you can probably spot the 6 connected ground pins. Then get your bearing from that diagram in the post above.

I was very confused with VCAs at the beginning. The "A" stands for "amplifier", which in everyday language, means "to make louder". I was wondering why making something louder was so important. But most VCA's don't make the signal louder at all. I read or heard somewhere someone say that it helps t...

Perhaps the nowness futurenow speak is to prepare you for the user interface: A celebration of muscle-memory & cheat-code combos, W/ rewards persistence with persistence. Held up to an instrument, a hall-of-mirrors, multiplying in and on reflection. Holds eight hours of audio but has a bare minimum ...

Here's the link from today's FS thread.

Roman's latest Buchla Music Easel Clone looks pretty sweet. Has a plush vintage vibe.
[I'm remarking on my visceral response. Please don't start a harangue about ethics of cloning]

I wouldn't want the AC supply up so close to the panel. A quick search turns up some remote control AC power switches. My search for "remote control AC power switch" found one on ebay for $13. These things use a little key fob to activate them. You could probably DIY that onto a blank panel.

Really liked timoka's example (a few posts back). Hopeful about the chance of a follow up module.

How about a quad of Serge's 3900 based comparator circuit. Cheap and simple but you need to give it an LFO or something and then patch some of the outs to ins to complicate things.

I know it must be a typo but I’m imagining the merchandising genius of a “two month old in a moby wrap”

Those are for A.C. circuits and you have to clamp around one of the conductors, not the whole cable. To measure your plus and minus DC loads you could use most multimeters but you need to insert the meter in the circuit, cutting the wire or otherwise disconnecting it somewhere.