Fascina is here! Our long awaited dual VCA / distortion / sidechainer / crossfader / ... is finally available.
We have uploaded a beta version of the manual on the website. You will find extract pages on this post.
The module is available direct from us - shipping next week - lots of assembly ahead. The usual retailers will follow shortly after.
A full length video is expected from us next week and our beloved @stazma is cooking one too.
It has been two years since we showed it at Superbooth, two years to refine the whole circuit based on your inputs. Very proud of this little beast.
Link in bio!
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If you missed it live on @lyl_radio here is a mix of some of the music which inspires me to do what I do.
I'm pretty sure no modular synthesizers were used in there. Inspiration comes from extreme music from all horizons. And country music.
Link in bio.
Thanks for listening - back to my breadboards and circuits.
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#ritualelectronics #mixtape #rawblackmetal #speedcore #satan
Plucky Bassline, ducked noise, auto dub and breakbeat crunch.
Fascina is your friend for any dynamic audio duties ;-)
This patch is all explained in my long demo on YouTube.
#eurorack #ritualelectronics #modularsynth #dub #jungle
A quick patch showing how Fascina, our dual complex VCA, can turn a simple oscillator into a pumping bassline in under two minutes.
Along the way this patch demonstrates several of Fascina’s core tricks:
• classic VCA duties
• the anti-click system for clean snappy envelopes
• ducking with the Ctrl input
• a touch of Drive for grit
• and the built-in dual-channel mixing normalization
Sometimes all it takes is a VCA doing a little more than expected. Give your jams and tracks the dynamics they deserve with Fascina.
I'll do more of these short patches with voice over if you are into this
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Ultra crunchy breakbeats using Fascina from Ritual Electronics as a double drive processor + feedback compressor (and additional feedback mayhem from Aranea, the big matrix mixer next to it).
Fun time !
#ritualelectronics #eurorack #breakcore #modularsynth #compressor
Today we are going to check out Fascina, the new dual VCA module by Ritual Electronics. This little beauty packs up a lot of cool tricks in a rather small package with drive and audio control inputs on each channel.
The audio control inputs is an envelope follower that will allow you to compress, gate, duck your VCA output from any audio sources.
#ritualelectronics #eurorack #modularsynth #analogsynth #electronicmusic
Forgot to include the Preamp & Tremolo patch in Fascina’s manual.
Here it is — in the flesh. Manual is updated on the website. Link in bio.
Guitar straight into Fascina.
Drive cranked on channel I.
A slow triangular LFO for tremolo.
Second channel in series for extra saturation.
Light compression by routing Channel I Out to Channel II Ctrl.
Crypta handling the slapback delay.
This might become my future one-man band setup.
I’m triggering @squarpinstruments Rample with a kick drum pedal — and I’m really into it.
Maybe one day I’ll try using a metronome.
Sequencers have spoiled me for too long 🪕
#eurorack #synth #rtfm #ritualelectronics #guitar #tremolo
The fun kind of serial number hahaha. Will try to make a demo of this thing this week if kids and holiday allow.
I can already tell you it’s a great module, the drive is very cool and even let you pre-amp a guitar or bass to use in your modular.
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More unusual patches from the manual. Today Fascina as a Sample & Hold. Patch programming at its best.
The anti-click system in Fascina uses a Sample & Hold chip to do its thing. While we decided against the dedicated S&H output you can patch it easily.
Noise into CV in, clock into audio in, anti-click switch to the left and you get a sampled version of your noise at Fascina's output.
More details on this patch in the manual.
THE FACEPLATES ARE SUPPOSED TO LAND IN THE WORKSHOP TODAY. Exciting.
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Another patch from the manual. Fascina as a voltage-controlled crossfader.
A slow triangular LFO is used to crossfade between two modulation sources, both routed to Hemera's main FM input.
One Fascina channel opens as the triangle rises, while the other one closes, creating a smooth transition between the two LFOs.
The patch takes advantage of Fascina's channel normalization, where Channel I is internally mixed into Chanel II when no output is taken from Channel I. This allows both VCAs to be summed and crossfaded in a single output.
The result is constantly evolving FM - drifting between modulators.
#ritualelectronics #eurorack #synth #vca #crossfader #patchprogramming
I got sidetracked while finishing Fascina's manual.
If you curse the absence of dedicated Envelope Follower output - don't you worry. Patch a constant voltage in Fascina's input, send the audio you want to follow in the Ctrl input and voilà, a proper Envelope Follower CV at Fascina's output.
Do you read the manuals? Do you want me to turn each patch ideas in a video? Do you want patch notes for this specific patch?
PS : I had a mail from the faceplate manufacturer. Aaaaaand... no news again.
#ritualelectronics #vca #synth #eurorack #envelopefollower
A little Fascina 2 channels in series Amplitude Modulation + Drive + feedback through Altar II + Anti click misused for waveshaping purposes patch - simlpy to give you bad news.
The factory making Fascina’s panels has been ghosting me for over a week. Panels were supposed to ship 8 days ago. I’ll keep emailing them every morning, but I'm getting desperate.
No proper product video can be shot with the prototype panel.
No clean module shots for preorders or stores.
So instead, I’m building a CV/audio-controlled blinding light to clear my head.
The audio output is driving the LED directly here. Sunglasses after dark type of thing.
#ritualelectronics #feedback #flashlight #vca #eurorack #synth
