Sound Modules

Analogue Solutions have taken a perfectly good synth... and made it better.

Picnic Basket contains a sequencer, Pluck physical modelling unit, a CEM3340 VCO, multimode filter, kick, reverb, ADSR envelope and random voltage generator in its 42hp-capacity Lunchbox casing.

Interesting and unique synthesis techniques seem to be plentiful of late, and the E‑RM Polygogo is no exception. It’s...

Behringer’s TD‑3‑MO isn’t just a TD‑3 with extra knobs: it’s a completely different instrument.

When Make Noise label an instrument an ‘experiment’, you know things are about to get interesting...

A long way from their rackmounted Minimoogs, Studio Electronics’ SE‑3X is a four‑filtered, paraphonic monster.

If you use software synthesizers, the name U‑he will be familiar to you. Their virtual synths —...

At its core, the Recombination Engine is a triple analogue VCO module based around reissue Curtis CEM 3340 VCO chips. How it combines the three, however, is quite unique...

Maestro is a six‑channel clockable and programmable LFO with an unusual button‑based front panel.

The Filtamp 1006 is a combined 24dB ladder VCF and VCA module with two mixable audio inputs, three modulation inputs, filter resonance and amplifier gain with linear or exponential control.

Erica’s Black Sequencer combines ambitious functionality with some of the best knobs money can buy.

Black Corporation have taken a single monophonic voice from Deckard’s Dream, made a few tweaks and packaged it into Eurorack format.

This may offend certain modular enthusiasts, but I’m a big believer in restriction aiding creativity. Eurorack designers...

I don’t think I’ve ever been as pleasantly surprised by a module as much as I have with the Data Bender...

The Tasty Chips GR‑1 makes granular synthesis more approachable than ever.

The Syntrx is not a clone, but its inspiration is clear. Can it recapture the spirit of the legendary EMS Synthi?

The SWN is a fairly big 26HP six‑voice module capable of creating slowly morphing drones, polyphonic melodies, evolving sequences and a vast range of rich textures.

Qu‑Bit’s Surface collects together several percussive‑style physical modelling algorithms in one 10HP module.

True to form, Teenage Engineering’s approach to modular synthesis is about as idiosyncratic as it gets.

Given its excellent price tag, this Eurorack mixer has more features than it has any right to, and it doesn’t skimp on the sound quality.

This stereo analogue filter allows different filter modes for the left and right channels, and then messes with the dimensions of space by applying mid‑side processing afterwards.