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Eurorack Knob Idea

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312 points po | 1 comments | 25 Apr 25 13:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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JKCalhoun ◴[25 Apr 25 14:13 UTC] No.43793774[source]▶
It's interesting. I haven't been sucked into the Eurorack thing though — do people want not just patch cables all over their mixing desk but knobs as well?

Eurorack (and modular synths in general) seem like funny things. Like guitar pedals, I sense there are a lot of enthusiasts that do a lot more tinkering than actually playing them. Watching Rick Beato and guests on YouTube ... seems like a lot of musicians are looking instead for simplicity. Like a few good sounding pedals that, ideally, each have just a knob or two.

Maybe the synth-heads are in a whole different headspace though.

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1. enneff ◴[25 Apr 25 21:21 UTC] No.43798642[source]▶
There’s definitely a thing in music, as in computing, or golfing, or whatever, where some people are more into the gear than the actual practice of doing the thing. Modular synths are a great outlet for those kinds of people.

I have a modest Eurorack setup and a few other synths and I find them a nice way to get into music making without looking at a computer. It’s nice to have a limited set of options, rather than a near infinite set of software plugins and presets. My gear can only make a certain number of sounds at once, and that’s it. The liberty of constraints.

When I get serious about a music project I inevitably end up working in a computer DAW but I often don’t find that an inspiring place to start.