Here's the second module of our 700's Heritage Series.Inspired by Moog CP3 mixer, this is a totally discrete analog mixer and it's not, by any means, your standard breakfast mixer, although it can behave like one.This is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Despite its harmless looks there's a dark snarly soul behind that panel that wants to take your sounds into a realm of gritty, gnarly growls.Features:• 4 Independent channels with input jack and volume knob• 1 Feedback/gate knob• Master output volume knob• 6 Front panel trimmers allows user to adjust the Input resistor trimmer for each channel, feedback and master output• 1 Front panel trimmer allows to adjust the mix BiasDIY-Kit-Type:SMD-Kit-2. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. It includes SMD and through-hole parts! For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
Here's our new filter inspired by the original WASP Filter.Features:• Four diferent filter types: Low-Pass, Band-Pass, Notch-Pass and High-Pass with independent audio outputs.• Cutoff features a voltage-controlled cv input with a dedicated cv attenuator pot.• Two switches selects different Resonance clipping paths: no clipping / diodes and Resonance depth: high / low.• The Main output filter type can be selected through a 4 position switch.• The Main output circuit features a Distortion/Fuzz circuit that adds extra harmonics to the filtered audio.• Phase switch selects the Main output phase polarity.• One Led monitors the audio signal of the main output.DIY-Kit-Type:SMD-Kit-2. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. It includes SMD and through-hole parts! For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
ADDAC712 is a dual channel discrete gain staging amplifier, based on a famous discrete preamp board from the 70’s used in some legendary equipment. What caught our attention was the character of it’s clipping and resulting saturation/distortion.
The module can be used with modular signals to add a distortion/fuzz character or as a preamp for an external source such as a line source, keyboard, guitar... It’s also a great side companion for our ADDAC711 Balanced Inputs.
At the top an On/Off [BYPASS] switch routes the signal into the Effect (Up: Active) or to the bottom output gain stage (Down: Bypassed).
The amount of amplification is set by the [GAIN] control, the maximum amount of amplification can be set by the user using the [MAX GAIN] trimmer.
Up to ±5,5v the incoming signal will keep it’s integrity, beyond this point saturation will start to increase. At approx. ±6v a hard clipping will start to occur, this clipping also has a particular quality that at extreme levels it drifts the audio 0v bias reference, moving it upwards which results are similar to a Gate effect.
In the middle, an x2 op-amp based output gain stage with a clipping LED, which monitors the clipping at the output, and an [OUTPUT] control to set the output volume.
Having the top and middle gain stages provides flexibility allowing the user to completely distort the signal on the top stage and tame it’s output level with the second stage.
At the bottom, input and output for both channels (left input is normalled into right input).
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SMD-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. All SMD parts are pre-soldered, only trough-hole parts to solder. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
ADDAC713 is the stereo version of our 703 Discrete Mixer. Inspired by Moog’s CP3 mixer, this is a fully discrete analog mixer and it's not, by any means, your standard breakfast mixer, although it can behave like one.This is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Despite its harmless looks there's a dark snarly soul behind that panel that wants to take your sounds into a realm of gritty gnarly growls.This new version was initially thought of as a percussion mixer, with mono inputs and panning, to allow placing percussive voices in the stereo field, while keeping channel 4 in mono for low end sources like a kick drum or Bass. In the development process we slightly changed this initial idea, adding stereo inputs for the first 3 channels, but still kept the 4th channel in mono.All four [GAIN] controls go to extreme levels, the first 3 channels also feature [PAN] controls.Feedback is used to overdrive the whole mix. As the control is turned clockwise the sound will be clipped harder until it goes completely off, this happens as feedback is increased the audio bias reference also moves up, at extreme levels it offsets the whole signal upwards until it completely goes above the top rail clipping the whole signal hence the resulting gate effect.The [MASTER OUTPUT] sets the overall output gain of the mixer, the two LEDs monitor the audio output signal.The soft clipping switch engages an anti-click circuit which adds a low pass before the output, the switch allows 3 states: Soft low pass / Off / Hard low passFeatures:• Three channels with stereo inputs, gain and pan knob• One channel with mono input and gain knob• Feedback/gate knob• Master output volume knob• Soft clipping switchDIY-Kit-Type:SMD-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. All SMD parts are pre-soldered, only trough-hole parts to solder. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
ADDAC714 is a dual channel soft clipping module.Diode based passive clipping acts as a “brick wall” limiter with a fixed knee given by the inherent diode physics. A passive RC low pass circuit adds a 3,3KHz -3db low pass filter which sculpts the overall tone while also adding further character to the effect.At the top an On/Off [BYPASS] switch routes the signal into the Effect (Up: Active) or to the bottom output gain stage (Down: Bypassed).The amount of clipping is set by the [GAIN] control, it mostly works as a threshold control for how much clipping will be applied. As more clipping is applied the signal’s amplitude will also decrease, to compensate for this we set up a gain compensation stage to keep the output amplitude balanced across the Gain range.Symmetry chooses between bipolar clipping or positive clipping, this relates to the harmonics generated, bipolar for odd and even harmonics (up position) and unipolar for odd harmonics only (down position).At the second stage, an op-amp based x2 output gain with a clipping led, which monitors the clipping at the output, and an [Output] control to set the output volume.Having the top and middle gain stages provides flexibility allowing the user to completely distort the signal on the top stage and tame it’s output level with the second stage.At the bottom, Input jacks for both channels (Left input is normalled into Right input) and output jacksDIY-Kit-Type:SMD-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. All SMD parts are pre-soldered, only trough-hole parts to solder. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
6 HP expander for Rabbit Hole. Provides 2 additional input channels. Each channel can either be sent to Rabbit Hole or used as a standalone VCA. When used standalone, the two channels are normalled to sum at the bottom output. Gain CV is normalled from Rabbit Hole.Features:• Expander for Rabbit Hole• 2 inputs with vintage character OTA VCA• Each channel can be used as a standalone VCA• Attenuverters for CV inputs• All analogue signal pathDIY-Kit-Type:SMD-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. All SMD parts are pre-soldered, only trough-hole parts to solder. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
16 HP summing mixer with characterful valve saturation & distortion. Rabbit Hole is a hybrid solid-state and vacuum tube design. It has two input channels with independent vintage VCAs. The outputs of the VCAs are summed and passed to a solid-state Drive circuit which at higher gain settings hard clips the signal before entering the starved cathode dual-triode vacuum tube. The OWTH - Off With Their Heads diode LED clipping circuit can be engaged for further distortion.Features:• 2 channel mixer with vintage character OTA per input VCAs• 12AU7 Vacuum Tube Core• Fat sounding all analogue signal path• 4 possible stages of distortion• Tone shaping with CV control• Dry/Wet Mix with CV control• Feedback with CV control• Attenuverters on all CV inputs• Switchable diode clipping circuit “OWTH - Off With Their Heads”• “L8” Switch to change Tube characterDIY-Kit-Type:SMD-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. All SMD parts are pre-soldered, only trough-hole parts to solder. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
cDVCA or class-D VCA is a new kind of VCA based on an entirely novel concept that is inspired from class-D amplification technology. This is not a transparent VCA and brings a lot of character to the sound.The first VCA that tracks 1V/octConcept: The input signal is turned into an ultrasonic PWM signal (~34kHz). The PWM is scaled to the desired amplitude and then filtered back down to the original signal.The twist: The PWM frequency can be lowered down into the audio spectrum and the frequency can be controlled via its 1V/oct input allowing for crazy waveshaping that tracks your melodies.The drive controls an innovative clipping method that does not rely on overdriving any circuitry and therefore results in distortions with a very defined character.The signal then goes into a 1 pole VCF/tone circuit that allows to keep things under some amount of control as the harmonics produced by this module can be very aggressive.With no input the module generates a simple square wave and therefore can be used a simple synth voice (VCO→VCA-VCF)DIY-Kit-Type:SMD-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. All SMD parts are pre-soldered, only trough-hole parts to solder. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
cDVCA or class-D VCA is a new kind of VCA based on an entirely novel concept that is inspired from class-D amplification technology. This is not a transparent VCA and brings a lot of character to the sound.The first VCA that tracks 1V/octConcept: The input signal is turned into an ultrasonic PWM signal (~34kHz). The PWM is scaled to the desired amplitude and then filtered back down to the original signal.The twist: The PWM frequency can be lowered down into the audio spectrum and the frequency can be controlled via its 1V/oct input allowing for crazy waveshaping that tracks your melodies.The drive controls an innovative clipping method that does not rely on overdriving any circuitry and therefore results in distortions with a very defined character.The signal then goes into a 1 pole VCF/tone circuit that allows to keep things under some amount of control as the harmonics produced by this module can be very aggressive.With no input the module generates a simple square wave and therefore can be used a simple synth voice (VCO→VCA-VCF)DIY-Kit-Type:SMD-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. All SMD parts are pre-soldered, only trough-hole parts to solder. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
Chopping kinky is a voltage controllable, dual channel wavefolder.As an unique feature it has a chop out that will choose between both channels with a zero cross detector or an external gate.• A wavefolder converts simple signals into richer and more dynamically changing ones. In contrast to a filter, wave folding adds harmonic content to the waveform. It works by amplifying the waveform until it begins to saturate, then rather than clipping, the waveform gets folded back in on itself.• Each of the module’s two channels has a unique wave folding profile. At each input, there are two CV inputs for controlling the level of waveshaping including one that passes through an attenueverter.• Chopping Kinky is DC coupled allowing it to be used for both CV and audio duties; to generate harmonics on an audio signal or kinking LFOs and envelopes.Features:• Two unique wavefolder circuits• Two CV inputs per channel, one with attenuverter.• DC Coupled inputs allowing CV signals.• Chop out with zero cross detector.DIY-Kit-Type:THT-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. Only trough-hole parts to solder. Make sure to check the build guide before you buy. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
A Multi FX module based on game carts!Fx Boy is a multi-FX module designed in collaboration with several talented manufacturers. This is an effect unit with CV control over the parameters and dry/wet control, with a Built-in CV controllable four bands EQ.Each effect is physically hosted in a hot-swappable game cart and designed by a different manufacturer: Touell Skouarn with Skuara a harsh fuzz with overdrive, Instruo with micro Phaser, a two-flavoured Phaser, Feedback modules with a vintage Flanger, XOR with FX-Girl, a digital double effect module: Delay + Granularizer, Making sound machines with an analog Wave folder, Tesseract with a bit crusher and Befaco Trash distortion!Please note that the cards add current consumption on top of the values stated here.Features:• CV control over all parameters and dry/wet• CV controllable four-band EQ, routable post or pre-effect.• Selector for two different flavours of each cart.• Open specifications to design your own carts• Hot swap for all carts. (A tiny pop can occur depending on the cartridge design)DIY-Kit-Type:THT-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. Only trough-hole parts to solder. Make sure to check the build guide before you buy. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
The Timbre is a 6HP Eurorack module based on the wave folder section of the Buchla 259 oscillator as implemented in the Music Easel.The wave folder adds extra harmonics to input signals that have low harmonic content to creating rich and interesting timbres.Typical input sources to use would be Sine and Triangle waves but you are welcome to try other sources as well!The Dannysound Timbre adds an extra input to the Buchla design to allow 2 oscillators to drive the wave-folder simultaneously –this dramatically increases the range of possible tones that can be generated and allows the folder to go wild!Buchla 259 inspired waveshaper, the perfect module to put in-between your Dannysound Cali and EN129 oscillators!Features:• Osc1 / Osc2 Mix – Adjusts mix between oscillator 1 and 2 inputs, also acts as an attenuator if only one of the inputs is used.• Timbre Control – Adjusts the overall wave fold amount.• Timbre CV – Bipolar (attenuverter) controls the Timbre CV input.• Symmetry – Adds an offset to the input so the top half of the wave starts folding earlier.• Blend – Mixes between the clean and effected sound.DIY-Kit-Type:THT-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. Only trough-hole parts to solder. Make sure to check the build guide before you buy. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
Even though wavefolding is more of a west coast synthesis concept, it’s a great addition to the otherwise very east coast mki x es.edu DIY system. Why? Because it can provide a ton of unusual timbres for your patches: from a slight dash of brightness to harsh metallic drones. That’s why we came up with this super simple BJT-based double wavefolder.We – Erica Synths and Moritz Klein – have developed a series of educational DIY kits under the brand name mki x es.EDU with one specific goal in mind: to teach people with little-to-no prior experience how to design analog synthesizer circuits from scratch. What you’ll find in the box is not simply meant to be soldered together and then disappear in your rack. Instead, we want to take you through the circuit design process step by step, explaining every choice we’ve made and how it impacts the finished module.In total, we have developed 9 kits to build a fully-featured modular monosynth: a sequencer, a VCO, a wavefolder, a noise/S&H module, a mixer, a VCF, an Envelope generator, a dual VCA, and an output stereo mixer with a headphone amplifier. Additionally, an affordable eurorack case with a DIY PSU will also be available. While these kits are easy to build, we did not compromise on design and functionality. We will launch one kit every 4-6 weeks. For each kit, there is an extensive user manual (40+ pages; can be downloaded separately) that will dive deep into not only the electronics behind each circuit but also the fundamental principles of sound synthesis. We hope that the mki x es.EDU project will inspire future engineers and will contribute to the ever-growing diversity of electronic music technology.DIY-Kit-Type:THT-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. Only trough-hole parts to solder. Make sure to check the build guide before you buy. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
Sound Design channel strip based on a famous late eighties small mixer used mostly for the well known TB303 distortion sound.Features:• 1 audio input• 1 input gain potentiometer• 2 EQ potentiometers: low and hi• 1 output level potentiometer• 1 audio output• Standard 10 pin euro power (+12V / -12V) (works also at +15V / -15V)DIY-Kit-Type:THT-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. Only trough-hole parts to solder. Make sure to check the build guide before you buy. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
GETREKT is a full analogue waveshaper - an aggressive one. Disrupt and Pieces are analog touch controls; they act like potentiometers and they keep the value once the finger is lifted from the surface.DISRUPT: controls how much the output is affected by the waveshaper circuit. At maximum it will fold and create a total harmonic distortion.PIECES: the pulse width of the resulting transformed wave.Both parameters have a dedicated reactive CV input. If connected, the touch potentiometer act as an offset of the incoming signal.The circuit is designed to invert the polarity of any given input.Features:• Clipping and folding analog waveshaper circuit.• Touch Controls on the amount of effect and PWM.• Reactive CV inputs on both parameters.• Inverts the polarity of any given input.• Works with audio and CV sources.• Single board design - extremely skiff friendly.• “Whatever” power connector a.k.a. don’t mind the polarity.DIY-Kit-Type:SMD-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. All SMD parts are pre-soldered, only trough-hole parts to solder. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
Analog optocoupler filther.GOBLET is an analog filter and distortion unit with some added quirks and extra controls. Start with both faders - frequency and resonance - at maximum, turn the trimmers fully clockwise and set the feedback pot at 0. Now insert an input and take the output either from the lowpass out or the notch out. Start to turn the frequency trimmer until the resonance kicks in. Now adjust the resonance trimmer to your taste. The faders now have full range of responsiveness. Adjust the feedback and start the filthering. For extra distortion interact with the two touch plates and the central momentary button.Features:• Unique analog two pole circuit with custom optocouplers fed directly in the feedback path.• Two step controls and individual CV inputs on frequency and resonance for precise sound sculpting.• Dedicated potentiometer for the total amount of feedback.• A performance-oriented momentary switch for extra distortion.• Two expressive touch points to make your body interact with the circuit.• Rhythmically oriented accent CV input.• Two outputs - a smoother LP and an aggressive notch.• Works with audio and CV sources.• Single board design - extremely skiff friendly.• “Whatever” power connector a.k.a. don’t mind the polarity.DIY-Kit-Type:SMD-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. All SMD parts are pre-soldered, only trough-hole parts to solder. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
Farbfolder is an analog wavefolder for Eurorack, designed to add harmonically related overtones to an audio signal.We have always been fascinated with analogue effects circuits, and we love the way their quirks and nonlinearities inspire us to find new sounds.Farbfolder does this weird and wonderful trick of folding up the wave at the zero points, "squaring" a sine off with more and more sinusoid edges, thus adding odd harmonics.This module is excellent at adding rich harmonics to a basic waveform. Its circuit can produce characteristic timbres similar to pulse-width and frequency modulation.It is part of our Farbfilter (colour filter) range of sound colouring modules, offering a wide sonic palette from lending subtle colour to rich timbre bending tones in 4 HP.Farbfolder is designed to be an easy, beginner-friendly DIY build you can solder yourself.Features:• Classic analog West Coast circuit: odd harmonics Wavefolder.• Offset and Attenuation for Fold CV for flexible modulation.• Bias Folding: Offset Audio input with CV.• Push Bias into dead zone for VCA-like use.• Backlit panel offers instant visual feedback over CV.• Flip panel: with or without number.DIY-Kit-Type:Semi-DIY-Kit. Most of the components are completely ready, you only have to assemble panel, knobs and some screws/washers.
Farbshaper is a classic West Coast analog waveshaper for Eurorack, designed to shape the overtones of an audio signal with two voltage controlled stages.We have always been fascinated with analogue effects circuits, and we love the way their quirks and nonlinearities inspire us to find new sounds.Farbshaper is based on a classic circuit that turns a ramp into a sine, and was historically used in function generators and oscillators. On any other signal it will add one or multiple wave folds.The circuit produces opposite offsets internally, so the knob settings interact strongly and are fun to automate with CV.This module is excellent to use as a non-linear shaper for acoustic and electronic sounds, ranging from gentle timbral transformation to colourful wavefolding.It is part of our Farbfilter (colour filter) range of sound colouring modules, offering a wide sonic palette from lending subtle colour to rich timbre bending tones in 4 HP.Farbshaper is designed to be an easy, beginner-friendly DIY build you can solder yourself.Features:• Classic analog West Coast circuit: multi stage Waveshaper / -folder.• CV and Attenuation to control first single Fold stage.• CV and Attenuation to control Pleat, a second dual Fold stage.• Internal CV offset creates dead zones for VCA-like use.• Backlit panel offers instant visual feedback over CV.• Flip panel: with or without number.DIY-Kit-Type:Semi-DIY-Kit. Most of the components are completely ready, you only have to assemble panel, knobs and some screws/washers.
Tausend dB is a four channel amplifier module for Eurorack in 6HP, allowing you to boost Audio and CV.Tausend dB works great for bringing line signals to Eurorack levels, and saturating Eurorack levels into overdrive. We love feeding piezo signals into Eurorack with it.The module has pin headers in the back so you can break out from prototyping platforms like Arduino, Teensy, Daisy and Bela to Tausend dB's inputs with jumper wires.DIY-Kit-Type:SMD-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. All SMD parts are pre-soldered, only trough-hole parts to solder. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.
The MRG FOLD is a wave folder inspired by the Harmonics section of the Buchla 259. It is not a clone, however, as it has four folding stages instead of five,and the internal opamps of the wavefolding section have been changed from the original to work at 5V instead of 6V. Furthermore, the input signal isinternally attenuated to 1V instead of .7V. All of this required a complete recalculation of all parameters of the wavefolding circuit.As the original, MRG FOLD has the possibility of mixing the input signal with the folded one (dry/wet).A unique feature of the MRG FOLD is that it allows to substitute in the mixing the input signal with an external one.On top of this, the FOLD has an overdrive stage, right after the wet/dry mixing, that contributes to the personality of the module.DIY-Kit-Type:SMD-Kit-1. This is a Do-It-Yourself kit, not an assembled module. The kit includes all parts to build the module. All SMD parts are pre-soldered, only trough-hole parts to solder. For build guide, more info, videos etc. please check the buttons below.