AE Modular Bread Board Cable Holders by Flavorwave As reported earlier AE Modular Bread Board Cable Holders by Flavorwave was planned to be ready for order and shipment in May 2021. The cable management kit it is designed for one row of an AE rack. With the Wings used in the studio, and the tabs […]
Coming this May… This cable management is for my loose AE Modular cables that are sitting beside your racks in a box. Check it out on Flavorwave’s Online Shop. Flavorwave’s first product is a cable management kit for the Tangible Waves AE Modular Synth format. It includes a breadboard cable hanger, and “Patch Tabs” that help […]
2TONE Module (AE Modular) 2TONE is a dual bass-treble tone control, that is a quite useful companion for the MIXCONSOLE, to shape the overall spectrum of individual signal paths.
VMBRIDGE Module (AE Modular) The VMBRIDGE module offers all necessary level adaptations for cross-patching between Volca Modular and AE modular! Although both use the same patching system, the signal levels are different, and some combinations can cause distortions/clippings or even might harm each other The module offers two audio and two CV connections for each […]
SWITCHMATRIX 4×4 Module (AE Modular) The SWITCHMATRIX 4×4 has four inputs and four outputs; via dedicated, illuminated buttons you can make freely every connection between these, no matter if CV or audio signals. Each routing/connection setting can be stored in one of 64 preset memories. Selecting the presets is possible by up/down triggers, CV, and […]
4VCA Module (AE Modular) A quad VCA, switchable DC/CV and Audio (same like 2VCA), and a mix output! So it is also a 4-channel CV controllable mixer! 4VCA is available now.
DRONE38 and DRONX – Getting Started This is an overview of the two new drone modules for the AE Modular Synth from tangible waves. I’m presenting a short demonstration of the sound in the beginning and then will explain the functions of each module in detail. Towards the end there are some thoughts on how […]
AE Modular DRONES As per popular demand on Instagram … here is my very first jam with the DRONE38 and DRONX modules from tangible waves. This is a very first play with the new AE Modular DRONE38 and DRONX modules from tangible waves. I just got them yesterday and already I’m in love! With two […]
Berlin Moabit’s AE Modular Jam I had a creative block for the last 3 weeks and then got homesick until finally, I managed to come up with this jam. Moabit is a fabulous place in Berlin, almost free from tourists (as there’s nothing worthwhile to see) but with an old Berlin charm as you can […]
MIXCONSOLE JACKOUT a New AE MIXCONSOLE Expansion The MIXCONSOLE JACKOUT is an extension for the MIXCONSOLE with 1/4″ (6.5mm) jack sockets for master left/right output and for the FX send and returns – all via mono sockets (unbalanced). This avoids the need for separate adapter cables. The module is connected via a small internal connection […]
The MIXCONSOLE XLROUT module is an extension of the MIXCONSOLE and makes the master outputs available as two balanced XLR sockets. The module is connected via a small internal connection cable to the right of the MIXCONSOLE or as neighbour of the MIXCONSOLE JACKOUT module. MIXCONSOLE XLROUT is available now.
AE Modular’s JOYSTICK The module can act either as a CV source at its four outputs or as a four-quadrant attenuator for the CV inputs. Beyond this, a mix of the input CVs according to the joystick position is provided separately. JOYSTICK module offers a four-quadrant-control for CVs via a joystick. Another feature is a […]
Wonkystuff’s qvca for AE Modular In this video, I’m introducing the third 3rd party module made for the AE Modular system, the quad vca module from Wonkystuff. It’s a long video with an introduction, example use, and a short performance.
qvca – Quad VCA for AE Modular Wonkystuff kicked off the new year 2021 with a limited run of qvca, a Quad VCA in a single-width module. Wonkystuff plans to make these available as a larger run later on in the year, this first run being a ‘proof of concept’. The VCAs are designed only for audio use […]
GRAINS Codes – Scheveningen This is an overview of a new firmware Scheveningen for the GRAINS module of the AE Modular system from tangible waves. UPDATE I found out after the video went live, that I was using an old codebase and that Kassen had actually released a much-improved version, which I don’t know about! […]
“Scheveningen” for the AE Modular GRAINS From the Netherlands, the origin of the Grains Eurorack module comes this new firmware which offers a really good sounding waveshaping oscillator. This has been developed by Kassen Oud, who usually develops his live sets using the live audio programming environment ChuCK. This oscillator is based on West Coast […]
DRONE38 a Sound Generator with 18 Oscillators AE Modular launched DRONE38 a generator with 18 oscillators in total, organized in six groups of three oscillators each. 12 of them can be switched between sawtooth and triangle waves, 6 are fixed sawtooth oscillators. The groups can be mixed individually with 3 mixer knobs, where every 2 groups […]
DRONX – a New Special Mixer for the AE Modular System DRONX is a special mixer designed especially for the DRONE38 module; if has 6 input channels (so you can connect two DRONE38 modules) and offers some sound processing capabilities: A tone control with bass and treble control, a distortion, and finally a dual delay with […]
TRIP for AE Modular TRIP is a trigger processor module; it takes incoming triggers and repeats them – you can think of it as a delay module for triggers. The delay time and the number of repeats can be set with a knob and additionally be CV controlled. Beyond static delay, the delays of one input trigger can […]
Jamuary 2021 #2 – A Meditative Jam Here is a more meditative jam that I came up with when I just played around with modulations. Everything is modulated and no drums were used in this jam. Sorry for the ominous sounding finish, but it just developed like this and I had to go with it. […]
Jamuary 2021 #3 – A bit like Berlin School Playing around with a new synth firmware for the Grains module and then adding some other things as it happens. I found that this sounds a tiny bit like early TD, so I’m happy enough.
Jamuary 2021 – First Patch with the AE Modular Happy New Year! This is my first patch this year all in the spirit of Jamuary 2021. I probably won’t be able to do a jam every day, but I do plan to get at least one jam per week out. This jam is part of […]
New AE Modular Modules There a many new AE Modular Modules launched today, ready for your late December 2020 Xmas shopping. New Modules, New case designs, New knobs and so much excellent news from the AE Modular community! Available are now: METER, PHASER (4 Phases), PHASER (8 Phases), MIXCONSOLE & the extension MIXCONSOLE/3CH, and the […]
16n AtoVproject Rework How to improve control over your modular, hardware and software with AtoVproject 16n Rework. We are going over the features of the AtoVproject 16n Rework. A eurorack module based on the open-source 16n fader bank, but completely remodeled so it can easily be integrated into the eurorack format. Besides that, it’s still […]
AE Modular – Foxermod Patch Here’s a cool little IDM patch that I put together for this week’s upload. I hope you find the walkthrough useful! This week, I challenged myself not to use the oscillators and get as much out of the lofi delay as I could. I’m also using the Mode CV function […]
AE Modular – Foxermod Patch Process Ep. 1: Techno A detailed walkthrough of a performative patch on my AE Modular system using OSC/d, Solina, Noise, Seq8, Seq16, 2 VCA, SVFILTER, WASPFILTER, Mixer 4-4, Delay (lofi type), Kick, and Drumkit. Have fun! Pardon the extra background noise in different places – COVID has my family crammed […]
AE Modular at ELK ELEKTRONIK Synth Meet I travelled north to Wollongong in New South Wales to attend a Synth Meet at a newly opened electronics shop, ELK ELEKTRONIK, to perform with and present my AE Modular system from tangible waves. Overall it was a very fun meetup and well worth the 5 hours drive […]
THE FOXERMOD SESSIONS, VOL. 5 3 more original tracks for this week’s upload. All sounds are exclusively AE Modular.
Getting Started in AE Modular This is a tutorial for complete beginners using the AE Modular system for the very first time. It explains how to use a MIDI keyboard to change the pitch of an oscillator and how make the notes turn on and off.
THE FOXERMOD SESSION 4 For this week’s tracks, I played with my AE Modular Starter Rack 2 on my father’s old guitar pedals. It made a huge difference in color, and I’m very happy with the direction of things. I hope you enjoy! Thanks for tuning in!
Æther Waves Vol. 2 by Æther Waves A celebration of the AE Modular Synthesizer made by tangible waves. This is the second collaboration from artists from the AE Modular forum at forum.aemodular.com. You will hear a very broad spectrum of how people make music with the AE Modular and it shows how versatile this system is. […]
AEther Waves Vol. 2 – My Track Deconstructed In this video I am deconstructing my patch for the track that I contributed to the album, called Project 5. I hope you find this informative and please ask me anything about this patch in the comment section below. AEther Waves Vol. 2 has just been released […]
THE FOXERMOD SESSIONS, VOL. 3 Volume 3 of a weekly digest of all original music done with my AE Modular Starter Rack 2 (with some added modules). Enjoy!
Volca Modular and Friends Today I received the Korg Volca Modular and had to jam with it. It’s so much fun and I hope that I can combine it with my AE Modular in the future. But in this jam it’s the Volca Modular, Volca FM with support from the Synthstrom Deluge for kick drum […]
THE FOXERMOD SESSIONS The initial episode of the FOXERMOD SESSIONS – a weekly compilation of arrangements done in 1 take with only my AE Modular system (Starter Rack 2 with some added modules).
AE Modular – Patch Process After one month of having my AE rack, I’m putting together a little patch for you all. I hope you find it useful and informative. The 2 jams after the patching detail were made using the patch as a foundation.SHOW LESS
Evolution of a Patch – 3rd Week Since I was recording a track for the Tangible Waves/AE Modular AEtherwaves Vol. 2 compilation album this week, I didn’t do much jamming. However, I did evolve the recorded patch into something else, and this video details the evolution of that patch in 3 stages. I hope you […]
Volca, Deluge and Wavestate Jam After so many videos with only AE Modular I wanted to spend some time again with my other synths. Especially the Volca FM which I’ve not touched in months! So here is a quick and dirty jam on a beautiful spring day.
AE Modular Jams: Week 2 I was thrilled with the response to my first video of AE Modular jams, I just had to do another one collaging my jams from the second week of having my AE Modular synth by Tangible Waves. In this video, I work with the Sample & Hold module quite a […]
My AE Modular System – My First Week Jams This is a little demo reel of the jams that I came up with during the first week of having my AE Modular system by Tangible Waves.
A Matrix Mixer Module For AE Modular Wonkystuff’s mm33 is a 3×3 matrix mixer, using high-quality Bourns pots and a solid fiberglass panel (PCB material). Build quality has been described as ‘solid’, whilst the kit has been described as straightforward. This is a standard buffered matrix mixer where each output (x, y, z) contains a […]
Wonkystuff Matrix Mixer In this video I’m introducing the first 3rd party module made for the AE Modular system, the mm33 matrix mixer from Wonkystuff. It’s a long video with introduction, build and explanation of various uses. You can use the time cue below to skip to the sections that interest you: 01:04 DIY Build […]
Korg SQ-1 – Introduction, Demo & Review Check out our Korg SQ1 review and demonstration with Consordini.com and ‘Nathan Cleary Music!’ featuring a deep dive through some of the features, sounds, pros, and cons of the unit. Begin with a quick overview and discussion about the unit, followed by a quick tour of the main […]
A Day On Mars Join me for a day out on Mars as we will follow those smart little robots Spirit Rover and Curiosity as they discover the Red Planet. This Saturday Jam starts with an ambient wave sequence from the Korg Wavestate followed by a thumping beat from the AE Modular. The final part […]
AE Modular – Windy Night Jamming with all the new modules. I really love the SPRING REVERB for the atmosphere it can create when coupled with a DELAY … it’s a great ambient backdrop. The SEQ16 is vastly improved when followed by the QUANTIZER. Finally real notes that sound good together! There is a lot […]
AE Modular – Deconstructions 02 – Don’t go in there! This is a detailed explanation of the various pieces and patching techniques that I used in the video “Don’t go in there!” which you can watch in full here
AE Modular This is a little mystery jam that I made while playing around with the new POLAMIX and mixing three different LFOs to change the cutoff frequency of the NYLE filter. As usual things evolved into a more complex piece and I ended up using almost all the patch cables that I have and […]
AE Modular’s SAWVOX & FMOS This is an introduction to the new digital modules from tangible waves, the SAWVOX and FMOS. Both are purely digital oscillators based on the same lofi 8 bit chip from Jan Ostman. They sound completely different from each other, but both are incredibly useful as they offer a new sound […]
AE Modular – Tuning This is an introduction to the SLEW/EDGE module for the AE Modular system from tangible wave.
AE Modular – Tuning In this video I’m showing the GRAINS module of the AE Modular system from tangible waves. This module is programmable, Arduino compatible and offers a large variety of sounds and capabilities depending on which firmware is installed. The cool thing is that it has a USB connection in the front so […]
AE Modular – Tuning In this video I’m showing how to tune the different pitches of the SEQ16 step sequencer module by comparing each step to the sound made by another oscillator that is played by a MIDI keyboard. This is not an 100% accurate method of course, but for my purposes it’s a quick […]
AE Modular – How to Record Audio In this video I will show you how I record the audio of my AE Modular when making these videos. I use the Behringer UCA 202 or UCA 222 audio interface to connect straight with my iPhone or Android phone while recording the video. When out and about […]
AE Modular’s WAVETABLES The WAVETABLES module is a digital oscillator that is based on wavetables, a technique that becomes popular first with the famous PPG synthesizer. Here, a huge number of digital waveforms can be “scanned”, resulting in a morphing between a variety of interesting spectral structures. WAVETABLES Features 7 different wavetables Crossfading between individual […]
AE Modular – Removing and Installing Modules In this video I’m demonstrating how to remove and install individual modules in the AE Modular rack. It’s 36 degrees Celsius, all around us is smoke and ash from bush fires that are far enough to not be dangerous (yet) but near enough to making me nervous. In […]
AE Modular – Using the 3VCSWITCH In this video I’m explaining how the AE Modular 3VCSWITCH works and how to use it in a patch. This is an odd and interesting module and applications aren’t easily apparent, so I hope you get some ideas from this.
AE Modular – Sequencing Drums with MM-Divider This is just a very quick demonstration on how you can use the new Multi Mode Divider from the AE Modular system to sequence drums. The SHIFT knob lets you rotate the pattern which is useful for fills. Here I’m using the Fibonacci division mode which I think […]
AE Modular – Advanced Topograf Modes In this video I explain the advanced configuration modes fore the TOPOGRAF drum sequencer module from @tangiblewaves. Please watch my first introductory video about the basic uses.
AE Modular – Topograf Basics This is a basic introduction the the new drum sequencer module from @tangiblewaves, the TOPOGRAF. This video shows the basic uses and explains the inputs, outputs and controls.
AE Modular – The NYLE Filter This video is all about the wonderful and hard to master NYLE filter of the AE Modular system from tangible waves. I’m explaining how to use it in its most basic ways and then show a few more esoteric uses with a short performance to round things off.
AE Modular – Dual Envelope 2ENV In this video I explain how to use the 2ENV dual envelope module of the AE Modular.
