In this video I'll show you how to get started with Eurorack on a budget, with three of Dreadbox's Chromatic modules. This video is also a tutorial on basic patching in the Eurorack format.
I know you can get a much more full featured synth for far less money. This video is specifically about physical hardware in the Eurorack format. If you want the "best value" or whatever go buy a Minibrute 2s they look really nice, or just use VCV rack it's completely free.
Dreadbox has videos on YouTube introducing these modules which are very good, but I feel like they were made for an audience that is already familiar with all the terminology and basic modular patching, so this is a much more simplified starting point. I suggest going to watch those videos though if you want to see more in depth use of each module.
*additional details*
I mention in the video that I'm using a headphone out module, it's the ALM HPO. It's fine for the price and only 2HP wide.
You'll see a bunch of patch cables on the left-hand side, that was from some drum modules I was working with earlier in the day and don't have any effect here. Only cables you see me plug in on the video are doing anything.
At times I refer to sliders/faders as knobs. This is a mistake.
I purposefully did not dive into the ADSR function of the Ataxia as it would have been a bit too much time explaining the channel switching on the Ataxia, and also the ADSR mode has kind of a strange triggering behavior where a single gate will trigger both outputs. I wish it wasn't like that, but I mostly use basic AD envelopes anyway so it doesn't matter much.
Towards the end I modulate the pulse width from the LFO on the Ataxia, but it doesn't actually modulate much. I think the issue here is that the slider is between two wave forms and one of them does not have pulse width, so the effect is very faint.
Sound from the synth is recorded directly to Audacity with a Behringer Xenyx QX1002USB mixer. I don't recommend it, but it does the job and is relatively inexpensive.
Hear some of my music on this channel and also soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/user-619231
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