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Befaco FX BOY // Gameboy based Eurorack FX with CV controlled EQ, Drives, Modulation, Delay & more!

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Eurorack FX in Gameboy style cartridges that are hot swappable into a module with CV controlled parameters and a four band fully CV controlled EQ … YES PLEASE, WHAT A CONCEPT!
Beyond the obvious nostalgia hit of the Gameboy cartridges I’ve long been a fan of swappable FX platforms that allow a module to be used in a wider range of patches. FX BOY comes with 7 ‘founders pack’ cartridges with the Making Sound Machines Analog Wavefolder, FEEDBACK modules Flanger, XOR Electronics Delay & Granular FX, Instruo microPhaser, Befaco TRASH distortion, TouellSkouarn Noise & Feedback Fuzz and Tesseract Modular AVMA downsampled & ring modulator. It’s a wide range of FX all with two CV controlled parameters, plus CV over dry wet for parallel blends and modulation.
In this video I chose to give each cartridge it’s own patch, letting them shine on different patches with different use cases, as that’s how I’ll end up using the module going forward. However each cartridge easily warrants it’s own demo video going through a range of patches as these circuits have proven to be great on a range of sources. So I’m already thinking about future videos … leave a comment about what you’d like to see more of.
FX BOY is an open source platform for people to develop their own cartridge circuit FX, so who knows where this will go, whether Befaco release more cards, companies sell them on their own or whether it spawns some interest DIY ideas along the way.
FX BOY manual, info, open specs and more // bit.ly/Befaco
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Clockface Modular // bit.ly/DK-clockface
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MORE ON THE FX BOY FROM
Befaco // • Befaco - FX Boy
Instruo // • Instruō - Befaco FX Bo...
Making Sound Machines // • Befaco FXBoy - Analog ...
Tesseract // • AVMA - cartridge for B...
TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS
00:00 Hello & patch previews
01:15 What is the FX BOY?
02:00 Feature run down
02:54 Tesseract AVMA // Acidic vocal riffs & pumping shifting EQ
06:32 Instruo microPhaser // lush warm saturated phasing
08:46 TouellSkouarn ESKUARA // absolutely bonkers feedback noise fuzz
11:10 Making Sound Machines Analog Wavefolder // great saw wave shaping
13:39 FEEDBACK Modules Flanger // deep rich modulation
16:58 XOR Electronics FX GIRL // lo fi digital delay & ‘toy piano’ granular overtones
19:58 Befaco TRASH // super trashy distortions
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@DivKid 6 месяцев назад

Here's a follow up video hot swapping the circuits over the same patch to explore the differences and what the carts offer - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qKicoBTkFL4.html

@Perversion12 9 месяцев назад

Got my first job in seven years (I have been a stay-at-home dad for a brilliant autistic son (he is seven, and is past algebra now, and can play music notes by ear and can write musical notation, among other things), so I treated myself by preordering from Perfect Circuit yesterday. Thanks for the demo(s), Ben!

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

That's fantastic, always lovely to hear of kids going well and music becoming part of that. I used to work across a few schools (primary, secondary and college level) with some hearing and visual impaired students and it was a great experience. Thanks for the support and enjoy the module.

@mangu1972 9 месяцев назад

Amazing demo Ben! really proud to be part of the project.

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, great to have your card it's a fantastic combination of processes.

@Xustafu 9 месяцев назад

Proud to be one of the crazy bunch that actually listened to our crazy ideas! 🖤

@Ariakiri_ 4 месяца назад

Dayum, I can't believe this module exists! We're fortunate to live in this golden age of modular That first demo makes me want to throw down the cash on that uDCO and uVCF 6. Daft Punk vibes with just three modules (and modulation)!!! Your creativity and knowledge on modular is just unparalleled!! Thank you for all the hard work you do in this format!!

@DivKid 4 месяца назад

Thank you for the support. I've been doing this a long time now and it's a pleasure to see it grow and to work with good people and the good gear that comes from them. And yeah the FX boy is pretty wild really. I'm hoping to see it adopted as something more people make cards for.

@Ariakiri_ 4 месяца назад

@@DivKid I hope so too! This would be such a cool bed for weird FX ideas that also have the space limitation as a factor. Imagine if someone was wild enough to figure out how to put an analog filter into this, lmao

@bleekzaXXX 3 месяца назад

this is literally the greatest modular channel ever. I've learned so much and be able to plan my system perfectly to suit my passion for synthesis. Thank you Divkid!

@DivKid 3 месяца назад

Thank you I appreciate that. I've been doing a long time, always trying to show how things work and how we can use them and apply those ideas to other things too. I hope you're system planning is going well.

@cauldronofbats 9 месяцев назад

What a fantastic set of effects from some top-notch creators! Super pleased with this format.

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

Yeah me too, an impressive initial range of circuits from a great set of companies.

@MakingSoundMachines 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for this lovely demo! Really enjoyed all the musical ideas - can't decide which I liked best really. The FXGirl patch was brilliant, the Touellskouarn one as well, but also really enjoyed the cheeky drumandbass beat with the trash cartridge!

@BappinProductions 9 месяцев назад

Came for the module review, stayed for the big head!

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

hahahaha sorry you only got one big head entrance, I'll try harder next time. :)

@Vanilla_Sun 9 месяцев назад

Absolutely love this concept! That AVMA card sounds amazing

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

It does! I had lots of fun with that.

@RobBlakeSound 9 месяцев назад

Ordered one before I even finished the video. I've been excited for a while about this but somewhat skeptical, but this sounds amazing. Great job befaco and team, plus thanks divkid for making such a great showcase

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

Hi Rob, I hope you get lots of great results out of it. I'm continuing to get a great range of sounds from these cards.

@fentanyljones6956 5 месяцев назад

That feedback fuzz is insane

@DivKid 5 месяцев назад

totally

@Dekkie61 9 месяцев назад

Absolutely great module. Let's hope this'll grow into a platform that other developers like to make cartridges for, so we get a variety of low cost effects to choose from! I'd personally love to see all the farb fx, but also something like a super distilled version of Data Bender would be great. I'd also love a chorus, but fir that we'll probably have to wait for a stereo version of the module...

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

Yeah I'd love to see this to continue to grow. The FEEDBACK Flanger is a BBD and will do a nice chorus too, you can externally modulate it in one mode then dial in the centre delay time. The whole FARB range is a great idea!

@FursAndMasksMusic 9 месяцев назад

Your discussion with Befaco at Bristronica was excellent. Thanks so much for all the incredible content surrounding the festival. I had a blast.

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

A total pleasure thank you, I'll have that video to go online soon. It's just a bit of a mad busy time work wise and lots of current output going up so there's a bit of a queue going on.

@BappinProductions 9 месяцев назад

Yeah the DivKid stage was awesome, highlight of the event for me :)

@turbochargedfilms 9 месяцев назад

Love that this video comes out right during when I'm looking at cheap chinese handheld consoles to function as synths and sequencers in my setup lol. Keep up the great work!

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

Nice one, thanks!

@randydarklight 9 месяцев назад

Regardless of your awesome video, I have to say that your face in the O from Befaco is simply brilliant. 😁👌

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

haha thanks, feels silly doing things like that but it amuses me and I'm glad someone else noticed. :)

@sunilsolanki 9 месяцев назад

One of the most "musical" Fx demos ever. Just wonderful!

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

thank you, always trying to make sure things are kept musical.

@grymdylan 9 месяцев назад

God this is amazing. I wish I knew about this a tiny bit earlier so I could have bought a DIY kit.

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

Thanks, are DIY kits not available?

@MakingSoundMachines 9 месяцев назад

Exploding Shed still has a couple of kits left

@machinate 9 месяцев назад

it's wild to me that I could actually hear it was a TouellSkouarn fuzz. It's such a unique sound.

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

nice! I love Gael's work and it's nice his sonic character shines through.

@onelittleatlas5645 9 месяцев назад

I love the crossover of gaming and EURORACK. I bought an Ornament &, Crime module from Big T Music for its functionality as well as it's aesthetic, using the fonts from the classic playstation wipeout games! This really speaks to my love of 90s gaming culture and obsession with modular. Such an great concept, amazing patch's Ben!

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

Gaz at BigT does great work, so that's a solid choice! I love it too, crosses over lots of interests for many people I hope.

@room132studio 6 месяцев назад

I hope this is gonna be a very big thing and developers will keep dropping cartridges for this. Now I just have to save up for this :)

@DivKid 6 месяцев назад

me too, I'd love to see lots of other makers takes on what these cartridges could be.

@impurfekt 9 месяцев назад

I've been waiting for cartridge everything for years. I want cartridge-based filters, oscillators, vcas, envelopes and effects. It just makes sense.

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

CARTRIDGE EVERYTHING! :D Love the idea, I'd love to see a series of swappable filters and other audio processes.

@chridmeister 9 месяцев назад

I can seriously see myself getting two of these.

@fosferus 9 месяцев назад

TouellSkouarn... whew, i need a shower after that grimy gunk.. that thing sounds seriously good. as they all do, this is such a cool concept. thanks for the fun demo!

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

absolutely, guitar through that cart is really fun too.

@Benjamin-fu4fl 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for displaying this module

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

Happy to, I've had loads of fun and good results from it.

@Benjamin-fu4fl 9 месяцев назад

I’m excited to try it out myself

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

I hope you get good results.

@Benjamin-fu4fl 9 месяцев назад

Happy to be here

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

Happy to have you.

@charlesbronson2806 9 месяцев назад

I like the 4 band eq on it. Itd be nice if all efx modules had that.

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

Yeah I really like that EQ, pre and post FX and the parallel dry/wet options make for a power combo.

@gdrdm 9 месяцев назад

I was a bit sceptic about this module, thought it was too gimmicky, but listening to it now, especially ESKURA feedback and the Befaco TRASH distortion cartridges, oh boy, they were soooo good. I'm actually considering getting it now (eventually... $$$...). And of course, your patches are always are ace. Cheers!

@cockur 9 месяцев назад

The idea has been around for a long time. Abstrakt Instruments used GameBoy carts for the Avalon Bassline hot swappable analogue filter thing

@gdrdm 9 месяцев назад

@@cockur Sure, I just meant you have several digital effects modules on the market that have these effects and many more (some in stereo) without clunky cartridges. Also makes you think how far eurorack has come from austere looking stripped down function-specific modules, knob per function, etc. I'm not against any of it, on the contrary, this looks very fun and I'm not a snob or purist. Just wasn't sure about the potential of this, but the effects themselves are worth it.

@speculativemachines 9 месяцев назад

While I do a careful evaluation with many module purchases, I had a bad habit of quick impulse buying of Befaco modules. Those include Befaco's Crush Delay, the Kickall, and the Noise Plethora. Every time Befaco has thrilled, delighted, and rewarded my poorly researched decisions with their novel and distinct vision.

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

Glad to hear that's worked out well with things you enjoy.

@Fly0Low 8 месяцев назад

nice concept. In stereo with two more controls and it would be an instant buy

@JSprayaEntertainment 9 месяцев назад

3:11 nice

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

thanks!

@fentanyljones6956 5 месяцев назад

That flanger too.

@DivKid 5 месяцев назад

yeah it's great

@grugotube 9 месяцев назад

Oh good, there’s a kit version

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

there's a discounted double kit and card set on the Befaco site even! Dangerous.

@kostantinosmag2986 9 месяцев назад

NICE.......

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

indeed

@chadmossholder 9 месяцев назад

Cool. But I was hoping you could load actual game boy games and get random audio FX. Like it would read game data and turn it into sound, now that would be really cool!

@CatFish107 9 месяцев назад

How open / accessible is the development environment? Might be a fun learning experience.

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

absolutely open, all the specs and information is on the Befaco website. It even comes with a little cartridge sized breadboard to get going.

@CatFish107 9 месяцев назад

@DivKid whoahoho boyoh! Thanks Ben.

@zacharyreutlinger7623 9 месяцев назад

cool idea and sounds great, I just don't want to keep up with cartridges. I don't' have a gameboy cartridge shelf in my studio.

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

we all didn't have the things we now have at one point. Lots of options to be had cheaply online for cartridge holders, I have a little box for my Z-DSP cards in a similar way.

@heckseven 9 месяцев назад

give it to me. love em all

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

@mubo144 7 месяцев назад

RAD!

@DivKid 7 месяцев назад

thanks

@michaelt_tamtam 9 месяцев назад

Is that a new Befaco case you're using?

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

indeed it is, using it a lot at the minute. Any questions? I used it in the Granular Drums video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oKB7fSq0tq8.html and the Expert Sleepers Cicely video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fQli8eQmd7U.html not that there's anything specific to see.

@superultrathanksmom3845 9 месяцев назад

They better make an oscboy too

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

with swappable oscillator models or something?

@iamsushi1056 9 месяцев назад

can it run doom?

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

you'll break Gameboy cartridges in this and FX BOY cartridges in a Gameboy (most likely). So it's not advised ... although with no screen we can pretend it's running Doom somewhere.

@averagepainter 8 месяцев назад

excuse my ignorance but isnt all this perfectly doable all inside one module simliar to a black hole dsp?

@DivKid 8 месяцев назад

Well these circuits are analogue (except the XOR Electronics card) and not digital. That may or may not matter to you. Here you're swapping physical components and circuits, not changing code. These specific FX aren't available in another unit like the Black Hole though similar FX do exist elsewhere. The Happy Nerding FX Aid would be a good example of something that covers masses of ground. None of them though have an analogue four band CV controlled EQ on the unit. That may or may not be important to each person but it's a powerful addition.

@averagepainter 8 месяцев назад

@@DivKid thanks captain

@pseudobeast4653 9 месяцев назад

Add to cart.

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

very good

@nckwntzl 9 месяцев назад

"end of video gabber" doesn't even play us a gabber patch 😢

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

hahaha would scouse house or happy hardcore whet the appetite?

@mixmcinfrarave 9 месяцев назад

Infrarave ☢️

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

what about them?

@GeorgeLocke 9 месяцев назад

But why though? Game Boy cartidges?

@DivKid 9 месяцев назад

well these are physical circuits (mainly analogue) so they need space to go on something. Of course there's the big nostalgia factor but practically it seems like a fantastic reliable way to hot swap actual PCBs and components.

@alexgrunde6682 9 месяцев назад

Conceptually, this is a super fun idea, giving a single module a much greater range of effects processing than a 12 HP unit normally would. However, the history of electronic music production devices is littering with these sort of bespoke formats that hold promise but in practice fall off quickly and down the line become impractical as people lose cartridges and they become rarities on the used market. Would’ve been more future-proofed if it was an SD card slot and the programs were downloadable off the web.

@vinylarchaeologist 9 месяцев назад

There is actual analogue circuitry on those cartridges. It‘s basically a way to swap off the INSIDES of a module. Not sure how that is comparable to a digital module that uses SD cards.

@Wormsie 9 месяцев назад

@@vinylarchaeologist This is pretty much the only way to create an FX module with swappable _analog_ FX. (You can also put digital FX on the card, of course). Having cartridges wouldn't really make sense for a digital-only FX module.

@vinylarchaeologist 9 месяцев назад

@@Wormsie Exactly my point.