YAY my first Eurorack video! What type of content would you wish to see about modular synths on this channel?     See Less

Nice video for beginners with a lot of advices, I really like your enthusiasm and your way to start your journey into modular world, or should I say universe or multiverse? Joking...
A ce     See More nt of mistakes is part of this journey I guess..
 
A good tip that comes to my mind, that was not mentioned is to take notes about your patches, to sort of reproduce them in the future. 

Your tip of buy cheap modules is maybe a little bit misleading. It has not to be overwhelmingly expensive at the beginning, but meditate very deeply on what your goal is when you go into modular. Cheaper modules are cheap for a reason like vice-versa expensive modules are too. 
Focus on what you want to achieve and save money for some special modules that are more expensive and you will never regret it. 
If you find those on a second hand market even better, but don't buy cheap modules just because you can afford them that leads to frustration in a short while. 
For every module you wish to buy make your researches, even better if you have a store where you can try them personally and see if they fit your expectations. 

The one tip about utilities is so true, they are initially often underestimated, but there are a lot more than only attenuators or mixers, just to mention a few..VCA's, clock dividers, frequency shifters, active and passive multiples with and without mute switches, sequential switches, logic modules, precision adders, offset generators, quantizers, CV to MIDI interfaces, bus board access for CV and gates...
A very good price/quality relationship is found in Doepfer modules.


Greetings from Switzerland and have a lot of fun with your modular journey 🙂    See Less

Interesting video, especially since I started my own eurorack journey about 4 months ago. And yes, for me too budget is a thing. Buying modules off the shelf is really expensive; not that th     See More rpriced (there goes a tremendous amount of work into developing a quality, reliable module; the often small companies that create these modules mostly do this out of passion, and not to get incredibly rich.. ;) ). But on the other hand, if you start looking at the inside of these modules, you start realizing that the costs of the electronic parts is often just a few bucks. Of course, it depends on the module (e.g. oscillators usually have more expensive parts), but if you really want to cut down cost, DIY is the way to go.

Even if you don't understand much of electronics it really pays off to invest in a soldering iron (they don't cost the world) and develop some DIY skills. Many modules are sold as kits, and that genereally cuts down the price by 40-70%. Some utility modules (e.g. mults, attenuators) are hilariously easy to solder, and from there you can take on some more complicated projects. Then, the next step, is to buy just the bare PCBs and front panels, and source your own electronic parts (this is an art of its own, and it takes time to know what to buy, but once you master it, it is really worth it). And then, of course, the next step is to design your own modules from scratch, or, from other people's schematics. There are whole communities out there.
You need to invest quite a bit of time, and of course some money, but it quickly pays off.

Also, you can save a LOT of money by just making your own case, also here there are varying degrees in what you buy, and what you do yourself. This week, I made 2 new Eurorack cases (2 rows (6U) of 84HP each), and it set me back €75 for each, including rails, power supply (MeanWell RT65b) and power bus with 32 connectors. Buying 2 Doepfer cases with the same size sets you back ~€800. It's really worth it.
Material costs of a bread-and-butter attenuator? That's 2x 3.5mm sockets (~€0.30 each) and a 100k potentiometer (~€0.10), plus a bit of wire and some solder. Total: <€1. And yes, that's when you use cheap materials. Maybe it won't last a lifetime, but if it breaks, make a new one.

So, if you really want to save money, don't be afraid to develop new skills. It's lot of fun (and meanwhile you learn LOTS about how electronic sound is actually created, that always pays off). :)    See Less

feet back module XD     See Less

Neat. It’s not something I want to get into, but I do have an Arturia Minibrute 2S semi-modular - that’s about as far as I want to get into this… :D     See Less

My only suggestion with Eurorack is to get some VCAs as you can enable modulation of modulation and use an EG to open up the VCA amongst other things. (I assume running audio into an EG was     See More ing for video, you can get by running the EG out into filter CV for now)
I love seeing peoples journeys with this stuff evolve. Looking forward to the next one!    See Less

Great initiative and videos. I'll be following along. One thing, do not underestimate the value of blank panels - they can save you a lot of money. All it takes is one errant patch cable     See More dropping into an open space and there is a very real possibility of causing a short. If you are lucky a short will just result in one fried module, but if you are unlucky you could fry your whole system. As you get more modules, your financial investment also rises, protecting that investment with blank panels will be important..    See Less

I really enjoy hooking my push 3 up w/ my eurorack. Thanks for this video, it's great advice for people starting out. I think starting with just a single voice in eurorack is also a good     See More oid going too expensive with it or getting overwhelmed for beginners.    See Less

THIS! Used is the way to go. Eurorack does not need to be that expensive. I went used as well. Saved hundreds.     See Less

I have an $8 standing file organizer that i use for cable management. It is not elegant but free standing cable racks are ridiculously expensive     See Less