All that 2hp? Yikes.

-- noodle_hut

I started my modular journey with quite a lot of 2hp modules, and I'm not knocking their functionality or capabilities, but even slender fingers will struggle to operate their knobs once you have them side by side, with jacks plugged in, with no extra space around them. So careful placement is essential and/or I find it best to use a 2hp Blank between 2hp modules.

I ended up selling about half of the 2hp modules I got when i started due to Phat-Finger-Syndrome! ;-)

If you Twang it on a wooden box with a Pizo attached its a sound source.

Bubblewrap Envolopes are my thing........

I think I do exaclty what you do, which I think is both useful and admirable, though usually in my own head.
When my racks are covered with cables and i can't see every model I turn to ModularGrid to help think-through new patching and plan how I want things to work.

Other than my 'wish list' and my 'New Rack' all my Racks are as they are in real life, my New Rack is more of work in progress but I'm being really picky what I buy next, I'm annoying myself that I can't make a descission on what to get next, I should probably makes some music with what I've got more that going around wisndow-shopping for new modules!

I'll agree with @noodle_hut where 2hp modules are used, for sanity and useability I find that a 2hp spacer is needed between other 2hp modules or they need to be placed next to a bigger more finger-friendly modules with more space.

Though as you have no plans to actually construct this you could argue that people have no actual reason to comment on it, what feedback do you actually require?

All your other rack plans(?) are private, could you make public the Racks that you do actually own or plan to build so that people have the opportunity to actually comment on what you do have or will create?

Good luck getting all those Cats, it being a special edition and not currently in production.

Harsh, for some pretty little lights! ;-)
I just didn't have the patience to solder them on when I built a kit, and have them turned off on the built one I bought.

Probably not as cheap but here's my suggestion for a starter rack, this would need external sequencing via something like a Beatstep.

I'd say, experiment with what you've got until you feel the need for something, Its when you find you are limited in what you want to do that you realise what might be best to get next.

Obviously I have to say.... but they grow up so fast!

Nice case, I've been thinking about trying to make a peice of wood-art a bit like those plywood sides.

If you are ok with chilled vibes, how about Marbles?

Like @PragmaticusMax says having an outboard mixer is a good idea and you can pick up second hand or new mixers pretty cheap online, though its also good to place sub-mixers around your modular to bring some of the parts together. So adding a Matrix Mixer is good as a way to swap and change singal routing before hitting the effects, then post-effects grab a stereo mixer (having the ability to Pan your signals is nice), then the Befaco Output Buss is great to bring all the signals together whether you got for an expernal mixer or not.

Random thought for @modularGrid

Why not create a forum section for selling, users could post their links to selling sites like Reverb, Etsy and Ebay etc. Which could include all Eurorack Cases and accessories.

It would keep payments and shipping in the hands of a company with rules rather than the current system, which I have never used, but have read enough complaints from other users to put me off from using it. Forum User feedback would suggest that people want a better way to mitigate the perceived risks.

Just an idea, not a complaint.

Here's a shorter link

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Pod40XPwr--4ms-pod40x-powered-eurorack-case

Were you asking a question? Maybe write a few words as you won't get many responses otherwise.?

Now thats a blast from the past **"All your module are belong to us" ** on he rotating quote thing, back in the day when I had all of the Music/Audio software internet backed up on CD-R

EDITED Apr 11th, 07:41

Just paste the page link in to your rack

EDITED Mar 23rd, 07:32

I don't like it make it go away!!! Hahaha, actually looking good to me, smart.

To be honest its been logging me out a heck of a lot lately, like maybe every 2-3 or 3-4 days.

I really enjoyed my Mixup, it was the first mixer I bought, a great little mixer with good options for a smaller system.
Happy Nerding are, overall, well priced and great modules.

For simplicity try a https://modulargrid.net/e/tiptop-audio-zverb-black

Only drawback is that its only mono to stereo, still very good though.

The rule of everything is, don't call it final!

There is always another version! ;-)

Good stuff.

Yesterday i clicked the edit module button and ticked Blank Panel. Feel free to do the same its an open system if you spot things in the wrong place.

Nice going, just stick a couple of packing pieces around the Nifty case.

I guess there's at least 1 module in my system then.

I can see both sides of this for the sake of manufacturers, if there is to be a default it should be either Both boxes ticked or both boxes Unticked, so we have Show Other/Unkown and Blank Panels.
There is honestly more interesting stuff in having Show Other/Unkown Ticked than the Blank Panels.

Is it ever complete? ;-)

Now I do enjoy a 2hp module, they are literally what started me down my Modular journey.
https://modulargrid.net/e/2hp-blur-silver-panel
Other than buying 2 of these and putting 2hp blanks around them, I really wish this was 6hp stereo with bigger knobs, the 2hp concept is a great one though the logistics of fat fingers and tight rack space means its probably not going to happen.

EDITED Oct 17th 2025, 06:49

Ahhh, ok.
I looked on Thonk earlier but couldn't spot anything.

I've just done a bit of googling to understand where 'This Machine Kills Fascists' this came from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_machine_kills_fascists I never knew its inceprion was based in 2nd World War efforts, obvious when you think abaout it.

But who was the first Modular Maker to start putting it on their PCBs?

Thats probably someone tidying up because all the Divkid collaboration modules are under his name https://modulargrid.net/e/divkid-ochd rather than Instruo / befaco / Appoloview / SSF / Vostok etc etc

What was the module? Could it have been a duplicate? Could someone else have edited it or deleted a duplicate?

Nice work.

Sounds like battery powered hell, I think VCV rack would be better! ;-)
Though I guess a Bluetooth Rack-Plumber would be a good idea if the price poit could be as with a Plumb Audio Rack Plumber.

The bus current is polorised +/-
Pretty sure their modules will be made to correct their own polarity whichever way you plug them in.
Not all manufacturers do that.

Nice work.

By the looks of it, it might be the only Behringer product I'd entertain buying.
I'd be tempted to put it in its own case so as not to take up massive space in another row.
Though if I'm not careful I'll be recreating a 909 completely in Eurorack!

Looks like you have a pretty good plan in place, don't forget to check ebay etc, its definietly a buyers market out there at the moment so deals to be had, you could look at a Ornament & Crime for Quantization as you get 4x for the money plus a lot of other things to play with.

My Main Case:

I've organised more in line with things being complete voices, moved the SSF Vortices to be a bit more central and kicked out some of the more esoteric modules to my new case, the most recent addition is the AfterLater Compactor which I can feed my main basslines to from my Top Case via the DPW M1 Mixer for some Side chaining. I now note that I could do with a Mutes to mute the audio signal of the kick rather than muting the Kick sequence that controls the compressor so that the signal doesn't go back to a high state.
Top Case:

Broadly speaking this case is near perfect for me, though there is a possibility I'll swap the Font filter to something else and maybe get a dedicated Effects module rather than the Disting.
Percussion Case:

I'm kinda tempted by the Nano OCTA but something else would have to go if I did, I guess I'm not always happy with the sound of the Patching Panda BD-Z and one of the ADDAC T-Networks could move.
New Rack:

This is currently just a higgledipiggledy mess, I'm selling the Befaco EvenVCO and ADSR on ebay, I didn't use the VCO enough and the ADSR takes up too much room and doesn't have an inverted out so will be swapping that to be an ST Modular ADSR in just 4hp for the main case and I want the 4hp Befaco Mixer too which will complete the main case.
In an ideal world I'd probably upgrade the Main Case to be 104hp and get rid of the New Rack as I have a bit of a space issue.

EDITED Jul 20th 2025, 06:43

Beers does something similar
https://modulargrid.net/e/beers-bigger-dumber-sequencer

I completely agree with your dissagree, with the right tools i probably could do it.
In reality, I've enough things to think about without learning a new skill set just at the moment haha

I'm only capable of thru-hole DIY builds so unless, like with Sloths, I got someone to build me something most of the NLC stuff is off-limits to me.

EDITED Jun 28th 2025, 09:35

You really went all in on the NLC didn't ya! ;-)

Once every few months here. No issues, Win 10, Chrome browser.

Maybe paste in the link and remove the pricacy so people can have a proper look at your modules?

In electrical circuits you always have a +Plus and a -Minus, think of it as turning on a light swtch to join the two and you get light.
Connecting your power cables the correct way around is important.

With Marbles its sometimes a case of just slowing it down and extending the gate lengths, making sure to use nice long slow envelopes and plenty of reverb at the end.

Did you also just make the worlds cheapest breath controller?

If you were powering the Case with a small wind turbine I'd be interested haha!
I'm sure I'll be listening to this a bit later this evening.

EDITED May 23rd 2025, 17:48