This is Alex from Modular Bias and I'm excited to announce our first newsletter ModBias Weekly – a weekly, no-frills update on everything modular synthesis.
This video made us laugh way more than expected. Experience Knobcon in all its self-proclaimed synth nerd glory with 5 second soundbites from ~70 different manufacturers, performers, and one asleep person.
The Water was hazy (see what we did there?) compared to Traffic's great video documentation. Now we get a similar, detailed exploration of J&OT's vector CV generator and how to it flows through patches.
It's nice inside the world of 4/4; you get steady rhythms and a natural foundation for electronic music. If you dare to venture outside those safe confines, there's a world of alternate grooves and interesting polyrhythms. Let's watch as Omri Cohen uses VCV Rack to approach the technique of patching different time signatures in modular.
Building your modular synth is a very personal experience. You can get as tiny as having a solo DATA in a 3D printed enclosure w/ Befaco's ChikiPower. You can dominate a room with something like a Double 21U Artist Series Needham case. Or, you can seek out a well-considered middle ground. Let's check out Domi Fotaro's path down that third road.
Befaco has been seriously busy this summer, but somehow they let us sneak through the front door for a visit at their Barcelona HQ. Come with us on a tour of their facility and a deep dive on the nostalgia inducing multi-effects module: FX Boy.
