ERD Eurorack modular release

EarlJemmings · Post by **EarlJemmings** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 4:19 pm

Oh fuuuuuuck yesss

iceeslunk · Post by **iceeslunk** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 8:25 am

micro_research wrote:Equal night. Equal day.

Celebrating the re-release of ERD/ERD in new vampiric form:

There, in one of the great boxes, of which there were fifty in all, on a pile of newly dug earth, lay the Count!

The ERD/ERD vampiric edition contains mixed earth from both Golgotha, Jerusalem and Whitby Abbey, England. Whitby is the landing and stranding place of Dracula's ghost ship Demeter, delivering the fifty oblong boxes ("a number of great wooden boxes filled with mould") which find their way to the Count's chapel at Carfax. This earth is essential to Dracula, it forms "his earth-home, his coffin-home, his hell-home..."

http://www.1010.co.uk/org/ERD.html

At present this is only available to waiting listers who will be notified in the next few days. Hopefully some left soon.

I just saw the email, I was on the waiting list! However, while I totally love the coffin-like shape, it looks like it would leave big gaps on either side in my case...
So, as of now, I'm probably going to hold off on ordering...

Robothottdog · Post by **Robothottdog** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:09 am

iceeslunk wrote:
micro_research wrote:Equal night. Equal day.

Celebrating the re-release of ERD/ERD in new vampiric form:

There, in one of the great boxes, of which there were fifty in all, on a pile of newly dug earth, lay the Count!

The ERD/ERD vampiric edition contains mixed earth from both Golgotha, Jerusalem and Whitby Abbey, England. Whitby is the landing and stranding place of Dracula's ghost ship Demeter, delivering the fifty oblong boxes ("a number of great wooden boxes filled with mould") which find their way to the Count's chapel at Carfax. This earth is essential to Dracula, it forms "his earth-home, his coffin-home, his hell-home..."

http://www.1010.co.uk/org/ERD.html

At present this is only available to waiting listers who will be notified in the next few days. Hopefully some left soon.
I just saw the email, I was on the waiting list! However, while I totally love the coffin-like shape, it looks like it would leave big gaps on either side in my case...
So, as of now, I'm probably going to hold off on ordering...

I haven't got an email yet. Not sure if not on the actual list or if I need to be patient. I really would love to get this module.

micro_research · Post by **micro_research** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:19 am

I'm working through the list for the first batch of 20 with the rest to follow very soon! So chances are you'll get a mail this week. And yes there are small gaps as you can see here - this was very much intentional.

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Hovercraft · Post by **Hovercraft** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:34 pm

iceeslunk wrote:
micro_research wrote:Equal night. Equal day.

Celebrating the re-release of ERD/ERD in new vampiric form:

There, in one of the great boxes, of which there were fifty in all, on a pile of newly dug earth, lay the Count!

The ERD/ERD vampiric edition contains mixed earth from both Golgotha, Jerusalem and Whitby Abbey, England. Whitby is the landing and stranding place of Dracula's ghost ship Demeter, delivering the fifty oblong boxes ("a number of great wooden boxes filled with mould") which find their way to the Count's chapel at Carfax. This earth is essential to Dracula, it forms "his earth-home, his coffin-home, his hell-home..."

http://www.1010.co.uk/org/ERD.html

At present this is only available to waiting listers who will be notified in the next few days. Hopefully some left soon.
I just saw the email, I was on the waiting list! However, while I totally love the coffin-like shape, it looks like it would leave big gaps on either side in my case...
So, as of now, I'm probably going to hold off on ordering...

You could wait for the grayscale panel.

iceeslunk · Post by **iceeslunk** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 6:56 am

True, but I do really appreciate the aesthetic, geometry withstanding...please understand that I am in no way, shape or form casting *any* aspersions, I absolutely love everything micro research has done, unparalleled creativity imo, hence me being on the list!
I just have mild ocd (I think that's what it is anyway) to where I know something like a gap in my rack would drive me crazy

Just out of curiosity, will there be another run of the original erd?

micro_research · Post by **micro_research** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 1:42 pm

I understand! This is the last ERD/ERD edition with no re-runs of the original.

One thing that did occur to me is that it could be quite easy to swap out the coffin panel although of course I would advise heartily against this - you can see in the image there are 4 small gold bolts which hold the sub-panel/coffin assemblage of earth and electronics so you could laser-cut a new square over-panel if need be and bolt this back in.

iceeslunk · Post by **iceeslunk** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 5:53 pm

ah yes then ill definitely reconsider, seeing as how its the last run! and thanks for all of the info, if i make the jump i'm sure i could figure something out!

waveglider · Post by **waveglider** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 10:05 pm

I absolutely love my ERD Gamma, it is so freaking cool to have a radioactive source and geiger counter tube create random CV and triggers.
I was initially concerned myself about the unconventional panel design, but it really is such a unique, fun module and fits in just fine with my other boring old rectangular panels!
Added bonus, makes for really interesting conversation, people always zero in on it and ask what the hell it is. Martin has the best concepts for these modules, so well thought out and executed.

justintonation · Post by **justintonation** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:37 am

Is it magic dirt? I would be interested to hear a sample of roland rahsaan kirk's cremated ashes, but apparently they were put into a joint and smoked by "beautiful people".

Anyway I did find this a delightful idea although it and the "negative" comments made me chuckle.

acgenerator · Post by **acgenerator** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 7:19 am

justintonation wrote: I would be interested to hear a sample of roland rahsaan kirk's cremated ashes

If it weren't Eurorack, I'd say earth from Bob Moog's burial site or the factory grounds....

But jesting aside, an "empty container" version of this could lead to interesting possibilities both for musical experimentation with different sources or customization (from one's homeland, favorite park/forest, site of a fallen band/family member's grave, site of historical significance, etc). I'm not sure if that wholly aligns within Martin's vision for the module/series as there is a artistic/philosophical aspect to the designs beyond the audio component.

That said, I think these are open sourced so folks eager to experiment could likely do so.

southberry · Post by **southberry** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 7:28 am

sad to read that there's no plan to re-issue the original ERD / ERD
the story/concept behind the coffin panel is amazing but it's too dangerous for me (really too easy to a jack or something into the case

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PolarIceCaves · Post by **PolarIceCaves** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:56 am

I'm going to craft a couple small mahogany blanks to place beside it to close the gaps but still look vampire-tight

micro_research · Post by **micro_research** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:02 pm

I'm very happy with custom earth sourcings - I shipped one module today with an empty container which can be plugged back in but is obviously not as stable or hermetic as the sealed vampire earth version. That said, the mix of Golgotha and Whitby earth is pretty powerful.

For those interested you could modify the https://github.com/microresearch/ERD/bl ... w29feb.svg for squared up edges and maybe also cut this in other materials. Mahogany definitely sounds lovely.

Lastly, the first ERD/ERD shipped today. More will ship next week and pending a new delivery of Whitby earth all waitlisters will hear back mid next week.

j_p_higgins · Post by **j_p_higgins** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:05 am

Is there a demo of a vocal sample going through the ERD?

CometxYh1n1egyPt · Post by **CometxYh1n1egyPt** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 1:32 pm

Can anyone who's received one of these comment on the sound or post clips?

wertham · Post by **wertham** » Thu Apr 07, 2016 1:10 pm

[video][/video]

ERD/ERD connected with Leploop 808 Cymbal drone generator.
The result is a magmatic wall of evolving drones, with pounding bass frequencies.

mt3 · Post by **mt3** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 5:44 pm

wertham wrote:[video][/video]

ERD/ERD connected with Leploop 808 Cymbal drone generator.
The result is a magmatic wall of evolving drones, with pounding bass frequencies.

Damn yes.

337is · Post by **337is** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:25 am

Per request for vocal sounds processed through ERD/ERD:

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/258632861" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]

Patch notes:

Note: Pan hard right to hear just the unaltered audio of the source material. Pan hard left to hear the distortion of the ERD/ERD at work. Pan center to have a wild ride!

Source audio features samples (Primarily "Three Voices for Joan La Barbara" by Morton Feldman) culled from this thread:

viewtopic.php?t=151868&highlight=

This is a demo of three modules created by Martin Howse. Here is the ERD/ERD used with vocals. I fed the output from the Radio Music into the ERD/ERD and ran that output to the left channel of this mix. The right channel is the unaffected audio taken directly from the Radio Music. I used ERD/Gamma and the ERD/SIR to open and close the ERD/ERD which lead to distortion when more fully open. I also used the two to modify each other, and to trigger the Radio Music's reset, station, and start CV inputs. Eventually, a low rumble of distortion is heard and that's where I've plugged into the two alternate earth returns on the ERD/ERD and manipulated the ends of the leads with my fingers to produce the various distortions. Placing my hands nearer to the earth vessel changes the intensity and character of the distortion.

j_p_higgins · Post by **j_p_higgins** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 1:51 pm

337is wrote:Per request for vocal sounds processed through ERD/ERD:

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/258632861" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]

Patch notes:

Note: Pan hard right to hear just the unaltered audio of the source material. Pan hard left to hear the distortion of the ERD/ERD at work. Pan center to have a wild ride!

Source audio features samples (Primarily "Three Voices for Joan La Barbara" by Morton Feldman) culled from this thread:

viewtopic.php?t=151868&highlight=

This is a demo of three modules created by Martin Howse. Here is the ERD/ERD used with vocals. I fed the output from the Radio Music into the ERD/ERD and ran that output to the left channel of this mix. The right channel is the unaffected audio taken directly from the Radio Music. I used ERD/Gamma and the ERD/SIR to open and close the ERD/ERD which lead to distortion when more fully open. I also used the two to modify each other, and to trigger the Radio Music's reset, station, and start CV inputs. Eventually, a low rumble of distortion is heard and that's where I've plugged into the two alternate earth returns on the ERD/ERD and manipulated the ends of the leads with my fingers to produce the various distortions. Placing my hands nearer to the earth vessel changes the intensity and character of the distortion.

Brilliant thanks

micro_research · Post by **micro_research** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 4:42 am

Just a note that the last ERD/ERD vampiric edition (and a very few ERD/γ) are now available for general release:

http://www.1010.co.uk/org/ERD.html

I'll try and ship this week but travel might upset this plan...

Infinity Curve · Post by **Infinity Curve** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:25 am

337is wrote:Per request for vocal sounds processed through ERD/ERD:

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/258632861" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]

Patch notes:

Note: Pan hard right to hear just the unaltered audio of the source material. Pan hard left to hear the distortion of the ERD/ERD at work. Pan center to have a wild ride!

Source audio features samples (Primarily "Three Voices for Joan La Barbara" by Morton Feldman) culled from this thread:

viewtopic.php?t=151868&highlight=

This is a demo of three modules created by Martin Howse. Here is the ERD/ERD used with vocals. I fed the output from the Radio Music into the ERD/ERD and ran that output to the left channel of this mix. The right channel is the unaffected audio taken directly from the Radio Music. I used ERD/Gamma and the ERD/SIR to open and close the ERD/ERD which lead to distortion when more fully open. I also used the two to modify each other, and to trigger the Radio Music's reset, station, and start CV inputs. Eventually, a low rumble of distortion is heard and that's where I've plugged into the two alternate earth returns on the ERD/ERD and manipulated the ends of the leads with my fingers to produce the various distortions. Placing my hands nearer to the earth vessel changes the intensity and character of the distortion.

Ok, this example sold me on it. Thanks for that, sounds great!

Ordered

Infinity Curve · Post by **Infinity Curve** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 4:42 am

What's the word on the Worm module? ETA? info?

Excited to hear more on this one

DohaK · Post by **DohaK** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:30 am

Any chance there will be another batch of SIR?

chrisallan · Post by **chrisallan** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 12:30 pm

MUFF WIGGLER

MUFF WIGGLER

ERD Eurorack modular release

Watch out for Earth Loops