Eurorack

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It is a, it is a Eurorack module that is a semi-modular mono synth that also in- with digital controls, that also includes this really incredible lo-fi digital drum machine that's totally indeterminate and random in the way that it creates drum beats.

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... really incredible, really inspiring Eurorack modules.

But before they...

I've found that in the, the sort of last...

You know when I'm, uh, doing demos of a, a Eurorack module or something, and I need a pad to go underneath it, or I need a bass sound-

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... or I need something, 9 out of 10 times now I'm using Pigments from Arturia, which has samples as well.

I had recorded a lot of music but just for my own enjoyment to send to my friends.

This was my first kind of attempt at outreaching and just kind of releasing something on a bigger scale and it started off as a poem and kind of messing around with this Eurorack synth that I have no idea how to play, but it's so fun to try.

And just kind of compiling all of this stuff together, it kind of fell into place, which I thought was very lucky.

It's very hard for me to edit things, so I was really happy with how it came out.

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... finding time to teach? And also, uh, we, we talk from time to time on this podcast about the kind of the state of the Eurorack industry, and there's definitely been, you know, the feedback we're getting from manufacturers, there's pressure, the tariffs aren't helping.

Are, are you finding-

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As long as you have a computer and the internet.

And there's a amazing free version, and I'm just such a big fan of that.

I think, um, the financial barrier to entry with the Eurorack world can be so, so... such a blocker, and I think that it's, like, you know, it's so much more valuable to just start with the tools we have.

And, um, there's so many amazing free tools, and, uh, you know, you've got a computer.

I suppose with that audio clock, you're like, ah, it just is what it is.

Well, it's like in the Euro world.

Clock is a short gate.

Yes.

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... are interested in the DIY path, I would make a couple Eurorack modules first.

I would make maybe some guitar pedals.

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I think I need the Buchla.

I've dabbled in Eurorack.

I've never really embraced it because, you know, the Buchla for me is that was my origin.

That was my starting point.

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how that compares with the ergonomics of the, the original.

'Cause one of the beautiful things about 4U instruments like that is the spacing, the size of the controls.

It feels much more com- You know, I find with the Eurorack, I've got quite big hands.

I find it's quite fiddly adjusting things sometimes, and yeah.

What, what can the government really do? Maybe when I first started the company, I should have looked a little harder getting some grants and some financing.

[laughs] But ask me in, like, a month from now, because I am, I've started another company doing some manufacturing of synthesizer modules, Eu- Eurorack format synthesizers, uh, modules.

I'm about to seek financing for that company, and I'm actually, I'm crossing my fingers that there's help for us.

Are they truly putting some money into startups and, uh, companies where products are actually being developed here? Yeah, maybe, maybe we, we might be about a month too early doing the podcast to, to answer that question, but, uh, ask...