This topic deserves it's own thread... but, while I agree the eurorack market has huge potential for the 'sonic pallete', I haven't heard much that I like from artists that are using it. Much of my listening background in electronic music comes from the 90's to mid 2000's techno/trance. It includes popular artists such as Orbital, Orb, Autechre, Speedy J, and FSOL to relative unknowns; Seefeel, Single cell orcestra, and a melange of EDM DJ's. and finally best of all; Wendy Carlos! However, all the video/Soundcloud material from euroracks sounds like polyrhythmic bleeps, and bloops, where the artist sets up a ton of sequencing and twiddles knobs to hand modulate and mix a 'pre-wired setup'. I suspect, I'm either jaded or haven't heard enough of it - but that's my impression. Maybe I'm too old school: sonata format, melodic centric, harmonic development, etc...latigid on wrote:Say what you want about small scale modular, but it seems the sonic palette is ever-expanding. An interesting perspective from MI designer Olivier Gillet:
http://blog.reddogmusic.co.uk/2015/07/2 ... interview/
I would be open (read love to hear) to examples countering my poor impression. For a short while I entertained going euro, but I had significant investment in Moog, and planned Moog style CV setup with limited space available. But, I vastly enjoyed the produce of the latter rather than the former. There's still time though, or space I should say
). It’s a hybrid modular synth: patch on a screen, assign modules parameters to physical knobs, flash the patch into the synth and go stage. Great instrument. I learnt a lot patching but at a point I felt like “Ow I’m fed up with patching without making music”. Stopped patching for the sake of it. I now patch only what I actually need and use the synth as a light, small, flexible poly + FX box.