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Presets for Eurorack? Polyend's new modules reviewed

Hi!

Polyend's new modules are now available and they've sent them over for review. The most interesting one is Preset - built around the idea of enabling presets for eurorack modules, but it also functions as a custom LFO, playable mini keyboard and limited sequencer.

Anywhere is designed to let you power up to 1000mA's of modules using a phone charger - so I take the time to walk through mA's vs mAh's to hopefully sort that stuff out...

And Poly 2, an update to their MIDI to CV module with a smaller footprint, 20 outputs instead of 32, and added functionality.

In the video I mention a "Eurorack for beginners" chapter in my book, which is indeed the plan for this month's update - so if you have any Eurorack questions please let me know!

Oh and by the way, a   h-u-g-e    w-e-l-c-o-m-e   to all the new Patrons that joined this month and an even bigger thanks to all of you that stick around month after month.

I said it once and I'll say it again, while I do accept review units from companies (which they are welcome to take back at the end of the review) I do not accept payment for reviews and I often pay import tax on gear that does get sent - so without you, this wouldn't be possible.

Thanks again!

Ziv (explaining how mA's are the mg's of euro-crack on YouTube as "Loopop"...)

Presets for Eurorack? Polyend's new modules reviewed

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Welcome and thanks for joining! Yeah, it has been pretty crazy since the last week of August and looking ahead it doesn't seem like anything's going to change soon... such is the life... that said, I'm really grateful for the opportunity people like you give me to keep doing this... Anyway, to your question, regarding buyer's remorse, I think Blackbox gives Deluge a good fight in terms of polyphony and sampling, but falls short on sequencing, automation and effects (love the Elektron reverb....). That said, there are indeed more complimentary pairs because of the overlap. Regarding Preset, I have to admit I would never think to compare between the two - I mean, if 1010Music added automation maybe there would be some overlap, but they seem so far apart. Am I missing something?

Hi Ziv, new supporter here. speaking of Polyend's CV "preset" capabilities would the 1010Music BlackBox not have similar capabilities and perhaps be even better if developed as it's continuously temporally linear rather than a snapshot for each recorded parameter? Curious as I just ordered a Digitakt and am now possibly having a a bit of buyers remorse for not having gone with the 1010Music's offering. Anyway I don't know how you manage your time to get the job done (and that's coming from someone recently retired!)


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