Modular is Easy ( If You Know How to Do It ) 

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Great advice about not copying others! It took me a long time to create a modular system catered to my musical style - very happy with my set-up now :D

I am always coming back to this ! This is one of the best videos on this topic ! So true ..

happy to see our atlantis sitting in your case and being used for such beautiful sounds :) lovely video and greetings from the other side of the spree

Great video and wise words!

Hey thank you for sharing your thoughts on Modular. As a newcomer to the overwhelming world of Eurorack, your advice really helps. I especially love the Italian cooking analogy- it shifted my mindset, in a good way.

I started with a Moog Werksatt and I'm glad I did for all the reasons you articulate here. A simple subtractive voice with patch points was perfect for me to learn with. From there I added mostly utilities as I needed them to do specific things, (not just because I thought they were cool). For me it has been about building a system to do those specific things that I want it to do, that way the learning happens in a more organic way.

A wonderful lesson in modular philosophy.... thank you for bringing me back down to Earth! New Subscriber!

good info very helpful suggestions thanks

I liked to see this video from the beginning to the end, I love your philosophy on modular. I'm a rookie with this stuff but I made exactly the same mistakes, such us buy a lot of modules that are simply not me. Less it's better, thank you for sharing with us this lesson :)

Without having reached the end of your video, I'd already like to say: Yes, it is! I was "failing" with prewired synthesizers for a few years, not getting out of them what they really would be able to do. Since I was at all times interested in the quirky parts of music making, I finally went the Eurorackroute which ironically helped me to get way better at synthesis and musiccreation in general. To me, the point has been: While patching something, you get to make a visual and physical connection in sight, you see certain routes layed out in front of you. Also, some dedicated modules really help isolate a synthesis/sequencing/controlling-concept to an understandable package. I profitted heavily from not getting a full system and instead having only a few modules I _thought_ to be what is needed to create a voice for starters. And while figuring my way through these individually chosen modules, I learned every single one isolated and then went to connect that in a situational context. - I therefore built something and thought "I'd like to have the patch to do [X] - how could I make it work?" which lead to either learning even more of what I already had in my rack or a focussed lookout for a certain class of modules to add. I like to take sample&hold as a prime-example: In most prewired synths, this is at hand, but the working principle is so cut down, that on the frontside of things, you maybe don't get what it is about, since you never think about a controlsignal (voltage) to be present between the different parts of a voice. You get told "it samples a signal" which is nice and all, but you are not really connected to what signal that could be, where it comes from and when it is sampled. Taking that basic process apart with a modular-s+h, you really see these routes. Also, when "learning what you need", modules feel even cheaper in the long run: You'd easily make a terrible oversight with a complete synthesizer since it is a bundle of many functions. And every of those oversights make you feel like you need another complete synthesizer. If I see that I missed a feature with my current lineup, I can just really look for that. Take filter-topology for example. You never need to put a complete synthesizer aside, just exchange or add another buildingblock tailored to what you think you'd need/or love even. When I now come back to a synth like the Polyend/Dreadbox Medusa, I manage to really squeeze out the potential.

good advices, nice system thank u for sharing

Fantastic advice

My case is designed as a series of a couple of ‘bundles’ of modules. This way I can get to know four sets of 3-5 modules each and how they can be mixed together (I use a Quadratt for that). It’s like having four unique synths in one case :). Completely odd workflow for most people but I love it!

Great video btw!

I’m curious, you have so much gear, and a lot of it is deep and sophisticated. How do you remember how to work them all? When I’m away from gear for a period of time I have to almost relearn parts of it. You seem to be decently fluent on all of it and it’s very impressive!! Going from this to the octatrack to the sp404 for instance.

Hey Federico! I love your videos and I was curious if you were interested in making one about samples. I been highly inspired by Burial’s Untrue and BOC’s Geogaddi. Obviously your style may not use samples, but it would be awesome to see your creative mind at work. Cheers!

muy bueno!!!

I love that case. (The video too.)

Bo sent me here, awesome!!!

Hey mate, what's the case again? I am looking for this mix of 2 rows of 3 U and 1U, but with 1 U in the middle.

Not very familiar with modular, except for VCV rack and MiRack, but isn’t the idea of a modular that you can modulate everything? Thus benefiting from separate VCO, VCF, LFO’s etc. Your setup does sound good though 👍

Are your LED cables the HALO ones?

Your scenario is realistic. You said things that nobody say

Ctrl is such a great store! I only recently got into modular so I’ve yet to go inside, but buying a module through a cracked door on the street feels like a cyberpunk drug deal! It’s funny you mention magic the gathering, throughout my journey I keep thinking of my time playing netrunner or roguelikes. Modular feels like building a kit, you agonize over optimal builds, eventually take it out and play with it, then iterate on what could be better tuned to your liking; then run again.

Heyyy can I ask you where that case is from?

What's your mixer board?

"death of any creativity!" Yes - less is more!

👍I LOVE ! 💙⚪❤

The issue with modular is the price not the difficulty

Everything is easy if you have at least 2% of creativity in your genetics...and a lot of money