Ooh, I like This Modular Rack...

[ghettosynth]

Overall, I feel like I'm in the goldielocks zone for size- big enough to do multiple things together, but not too big that I can't pick it up easily and move around.

That sounds dangerous. I've heard that staying in the goldilocks zone can lead to sensible consumption. I mean, you have to be careful there, next you going to be telling us that you don't own multiple LA-2A compressor plugins! Crazy talk!

I think one of the plugins that came with the purchase of Audiofuse 16rig is an LA-2A compressor clone but that is the only one I currently own. Born poor and will die poor. But... do you use EQ modules in your rack?
What do you think about this: https://reverb.com/item/92357277-zlob-m ... k-2hp-2025
I like the name- Zlob modular

Not really, not that I think that they're necessarily a bad idea, but one needs context. I have two of the behringer fixed filter banks. I use an Allen and Heath digital mixer as my final mixing stage. So, if I want to apply EQ to an additive voice at that point I can.

At present, if I want something more complex I generally switch to the digital domain and use my MetaModule. Of course, that comes with in-rack latency, so, that may not be what people want.

OTOH, using resonant filters without resonance is essentially a type of EQ, and I do have some modules, other than the fixed filter banks, that either get used that way or are that way. For example, I have the Behringer HP/LP Moog module that also has noise generators along the bottom.

If I were to go beyond that I would want one of two things. 1) Either a fully parametric channel with VC over width and frequency, or, a very steep HP/LP, resonance optional, but, VC control over F is necessary.

As far as ZLOB, yes, great name, it's grabbed my attention before as well. That said, I don't like anything that I want to control in real time to be in two to three HP. Four is the minimum for me for active interaction modules. I tolerate the Z-DSP, but I don't play it in real time with its tiny trimmers. Because it's 3HP, it's manageable, but I still don't like it. The only other modules that I have that are 2HP are passive, set and forget, mixers, or passive mults.

I think that it comes down to whether those blocks will fit some role within a voice that justifies the HP. For me, that doesn't mean on the output side, because that I can do in my mixer. It would have to lie within some patch somewhere such that EQing on the output side isn't equivalent.

Now, If I were playing live, I would always have a DJ mixer as my final stage and I would choose the mixer to have the final EQ that I wanted to play with. So, for someone that plops their rack down and plugs into the soundboard, I can see the value of DJ EQ, Limiting, or just final stage EQ in the rack, but, again, that's a very specific context.

[Constructed Identity]

Speaking of complex… I am thinking about the possibility of an LFO, like Krait, paired with Make Noise Multimod
With those two the possibilities are immense!
You can draw your own wave by recording knob movement in Krait, send that to Multimod to be phased/stretched/?? and sent to up to eight destinations. All in 16hp total.

[vurt]

Speaking of complex… I am thinking about the possibility of an LFO, like Krait, paired with Make Noise Multimod
With those two the possibilities are immense!
You can draw your own wave by recording knob movement in Krait, send that to Multimod to be phased/stretched/?? and sent to up to eight destinations. All in 16hp total.

can't speak for krait, but it sounds cool.
multimod i can speak about, and yes, it can do that! it can also be a multitap delay, a pitch shifter and probably other stuff! can also be a supersaw, apparently.
it is indeed great for modulating across a patch, just a couple of parameters per module...

there's so many videos already, it's hard to narrow down where to start? but watch them all!!

[Shabdahbriah]

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[Constructed Identity]

Speaking of complex… I am thinking about the possibility of an LFO, like Krait, paired with Make Noise Multimod
With those two the possibilities are immense!
You can draw your own wave by recording knob movement in Krait, send that to Multimod to be phased/stretched/?? and sent to up to eight destinations. All in 16hp total.

can't speak for krait, but it sounds cool.
multimod i can speak about, and yes, it can do that! it can also be a multitap delay, a pitch shifter and probably other stuff! can also be a supersaw, apparently.
it is indeed great for modulating across a patch, just a couple of parameters per module...

there's so many videos already, it's hard to narrow down where to start? but watch them all!!

So you’ve used it with audio input. I can’t imagine how woosie that could get as a pitch shifter. But I’m specifically thinking about multi-filter modulation in slightly differing phasing. I know that is just one use case, but it looks like Multmod will be my first Make Noise module.
The added complexity necessitates planning for multiple modules for optimal usage.

[Constructed Identity]

Best commercial, I mean video of 2025?

[Constructed Identity]

Free TB 303 emulator for Noise Engineering’s versio line.