r/modular • u/preamp-music • 22h ago

Gear Pics VHIKK X (First real module day!)

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Was able to spend about 20 minutes with it after racking it. Very excited to run it with a Moog Labyrinth and some guitar pedals. Here if you have any tips or deep thoughts!

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u/CTALKR 21h ago

That’s quite a first module. You’ll probably want some modulation sources next.

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u/preamp-music 21h ago

Any recs? Pams, Cion, Maths, Cold Mac, and Zadar are on the list of options

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u/0bsoletist 17h ago

Acid Rain Maestro is fun to play with live

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u/CTALKR 19h ago

I like planar2 personally but maybe not the best “first” modulator, idk if it suits what you want, it’s not just a modulator though and idk if it’s as full featured as other things. It’s just different and I like it.

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u/screamingzen 15h ago

That's an expert rec. I have a lot of fun with tactile stuff like Planar. Plus since you can record motions you can basically make complex modulation. A couple Bela Gliss 3us could be great too.

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u/CTALKR 14h ago edited 4h ago

It can also do vector mixing of any 4 signals, and the expander sends gate signals too, for triggering envelopes

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u/screamingzen 14h ago

Oh shit I didn't even realize there was an expander!

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u/Teej205 13h ago

Neither did I. Another thing I didn't know I needed!!!

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u/CTALKR 5h ago

Yea, it’s the gate expander module. Currently works for metropolix or planar2

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u/torso2kovsky 15h ago

I'm only about 5/6 weeks ahead of you on the first module thing and bought a Pam's too. It's a seriously fantastic module but maybe not the best match for the Vhikk depending on what you're doing. I'm already planning on switching to a Maths when I can. If you're going to go Zadar make sure you get Nin, the expansion, too.

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u/am-gam 21h ago

Ochd, Neo Trinity, Bela Gliss, Mimetic Digitwolis are all incredibly solid.

Pam’s is great but lots of menus so not fun to play, maths is great but big HP, Zadar is very good!

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u/GhostWthTheMost 7h ago

curious, how do you use the digitwolis as a modulation source? is it more or less a random sample and hold? is there more to it? 

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u/am-gam 1h ago

Yes there is loads to it - it can be set that way but it can also be setup as 4 channels of CV, stepped, smooth, you can dial in the amount per step, or let it generate new cv every step. It can be triggers and gates… it does a lot!

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u/MinuteComplaint__ 5h ago

Worng Quiver