Sound Modules

Expert Sleepers' Andrew Ostler provides insight into two of his favourite modular techniques, plus a round-up of Modular news and releases.

The next batch of analogue Expert Sleepers modules expands the line‑up in several new and exciting directions.

The SGR1806‑20 is a brash and spacey analogue drum synth module from Knob Technology.

A pair of Eurorack modules from Xaoc Devices reviewed, how do the Ostrawa mixer and Bohumin expander stack up?

Drawing its inspiration from vast swaths of desert in the American Southwest, the Mojave is concerned with all things granular.

Effects, particularly spatial effects, constitute a relatively modern facet of modular synthesis, but this need not mean they should only be used as enhancement for existing sounds created on other modules.

A “phase and frequency modulation toolkit” is how Eric Schlappi describes the Three Body...

Quick round-up of What's New in the Modular world, plus External Instruments tips.

Erica Synths and Richie Hawtin’s educationally inspired synth isn’t just for kids.

Polyend’s Play gets a major + upgrade.

In one sense it’s understandable to call the Warp an oscillator, but in reality it’s a self‑contained, fully-fledged synthesizer.

Welcome to another joyfully peculiar Error Instruments protrusion into normal space. It arrives in the form of a porridge‑inspired granular sampler that’s as brilliant as it is baffling.

This latest iteration leaves the character of Basimilus unaltered, but throws in an envelope output and a range of extra modules for free.

The Sealegs is a reliably useful yet fabulously creative workhorse multi-mode delay module and a more‑than‑worthy sibling for the Rainmaker.

The Endless Processor from Kyiv‑based Blukac does one thing. It takes a sound and sustains it to infinity.

The Xer Mixa mixer is something of a step out for Noise Engineering, but also takes the LA‑based company back to their roots.

Have Black Corporation managed to capture the spirit of the Jupiter‑8 in a 19‑inch rack?

Gliss is the new Eurorack offering from innovative company Bela. A capacitive touch sensor with alleged sub‑millimetre accuracy(!) that promises a whole lot...

Night Rider from RYK is a Quad Sequential Resonator, offering four resonant filters that can be sequenced.

Modbap Modular’s Meridian is a dual digital filter that can switch between an array of modes and signal path...

AJH Synth’s first dedicated system reimagines what the Minimoog might be.