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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Never thought I'd have a Eurorack, but I got a crazy deal on the Roland System-500 complete set, then since I have an Oberheim DSX and want to use up the CV/Gate outputs, I bought another. A demo of it with a polyphonic patch: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puRWbXS1giQ&ab_channel=100DollarHeadache">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puRWbXS1giQ&ab_channel=100DollarHeadache</a></p> <p>To fill the remaining 8hp between the sets, I got 2hp Buffs to be able to route pitch CV to both oscillator and filter, a 2hp Mix for mixing the four voices down to one output, and a 2hp Trim to place between the LFO and Hosa Knucklebones to get consistent modulation per voice.</p> <p>Now I'm planning a third 84hp row: <a href="https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/1881622">https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/1881622</a></p> <p>Nerdseq looks to be what I need to take this live (I'm not at that point, but if I ever reach that, I'm not risking vintage Oberheim gear out there). The four audio channels will provide drums (or I can sync to my Analog Rytm) as well as sampled chord hits. I'll be getting the gamepad/MIDI and video expanders.</p> <p>And now the additions. First, a tuner for live or polyphonic use. Next, the glaring omission of noise and S&H will be addressed with a Doepfer A-118-2 (or possibly a Mutable Kinks clone). Then, the Frap Tools Falistri seems to be a box of extras I could use when patching the system as independent monos - two function generators, two frequency dividers, ring mod, and slew. The frequency dividers got me to consider this over Maths. To get me to four sub-oscillators I'll probably build the Analog Lab Swiss Dual Sub 101A. The Acid Rain Chainsaw looks to be what I need to make one channel of the setup a chord channel, and will give me the supersaw my sound has been missing. With the 4hp left I think I can squeeze in a Joranalogue Fold 6 (or Synthrotek Fold if I'm up to assembling it). The goal here is to start differentiating the voices, with a chord channel, a lead channel with two VCOs now that one is freed up, a bass channel with wavefolder for more exotic timbres, and a percussion channel with noise. After all, Nerdseq is a tracker, and the original trackers had only four channels. It's almost like these limitations give me a framework and a direction.</p> <p>I could save 10hp by giving up the gamepad input and video output, if there are modules I'm really missing, but I want to be sitting in bed with this hooked up to my TV (and a mixer's RCA outputs also connected so I can hear). I'd still have to get up to change the patch between songs, but songwriting in bed sounds like exactly what my workflow needs.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/S100hedake"> /u/S100hedake </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/modular/comments/u9d7a9/where_next_2x_system500_sets_considering_nerdseq/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/modular/comments/u9d7a9/where_next_2x_system500_sets_considering_nerdseq/">[comments]</a></span>
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