Erica Synths 3HP PICO series

captainhooke · Post by **captainhooke** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:04 am

These look amazing!

Can't wait for more specific information and prices. I have 3hp to spare.

Which one will you be going for?

strangeowl · Post by **strangeowl** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:07 am

I count 12 modules. I believe Girts said there's 16 different ones, right?

Should be available in a month.

slumberjack · Post by **slumberjack** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:12 am

i'm in.

thisisprisma · Post by **thisisprisma** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:18 am

really cool to have so many 3hp module to choose from, Erica Synths is doing great lately!

Post by **Joe.** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:24 am

In before this guy:
:youkids:

Microscopial · Post by **Microscopial** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:25 am

I sat thru the whole display and performance. Most people will buy the whole set. It will turn you into a techno warrior. For the size they are awesome

euromorcego · Post by **euromorcego** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:35 am

they do look great indeed. They said it is 16 but i only can recall 15. From what i saw these are super useful modules, either to expand a larger system with some specific functions, or to build a small self-contained modular.

There is:
- Pico Input: to boost external signals to modular levels (stereo).
- Pico Seq: a 16 step cv/gate sequencer, easy to program and up to 16 patterns.
- pico vco: a small wavetable vco with lfo mode.
- pico rnd: S&H and noise source
- pico eq: loopable envelope
- pica vca: dual vca
- pico cv mix: 3 channel mixer (dc coupled)
- pico audio mixer: 3 channel mixer (ac coupled)
- pico vcf3: guess ... a vcf
- pico attenuator: 2 passive attenuators
- pico multi: guess what ... and buffered mult.
- pico output: modular to line level and phones output
- pico trig: a 4 channel trigger source, clock divider and more advanced patterns
- pico drums: dual drum module, sample based
- pico delay: a small delay

That is it, if it is 16 then one is missing. My favorites are the drums. Samples can be user-replaced (12bit, 44.1khz) and there is sufficient memory for even a bit longer samples (it's no Radio Music, though). CV control over pitch and exclusive mode for hihats. An easy wat to get a bit percussion into the case. Other favorites are the trigger source and the wavetable VCO which sounds a lot more versatile than its tiny 3hp suggests (from whatever you get from 3 minutes and headphones). Some other pico modules are more bread and butter, like attenuator, mix, mult, vca are all already available in 2-4hp. But here you can build a matching system.

cliffemu · Post by **cliffemu** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:35 am

Do you know if the drum has cv control over sample selection? I'm very interested to know the full specs of all of these

guestt · Post by **guestt** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:42 am

cliffemu wrote:Do you know if the drum has cv control over sample selection? I'm very interested to know the full specs of all of these

If you follow the cables on the photo above it's pretty clear that's a no - but don't think this is a bad thing, it's really playable using the select which I think is the point

p.s. they sound great! Huge sound from these tiny modules!

cliffemu · Post by **cliffemu** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:15 am

^ thanks I see how it works now. There are two trigger ins! Wondering if I'll miss my d333 if I swap with this. Let's see how easy it is to load custom sounds.

euromorcego · Post by **euromorcego** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:42 am

cliffemu wrote:Do you know if the drum has cv control over sample selection? I'm very interested to know the full specs of all of these

as far as I can see there is only pitch cv, i.e., you can cv control the pitch but not the (two) samples that are selected.
So it is a bit different from the ladik rom player, there you get to cv the sample. But fixed choice of samples and only one playing at a time. With the pico drum you get two channels (and two trigger inputs). And samples can be exchanged. But only one cv input.

Parametex · Post by **Parametex** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 3:13 pm

euromorcego wrote:
cliffemu wrote:Do you know if the drum has cv control over sample selection? I'm very interested to know the full specs of all of these
as far as I can see there is only pitch cv, i.e., you can cv control the pitch but not the (two) samples that are selected.
So it is a bit different from the ladik rom player, there you get to cv the sample. But fixed choice of samples and only one playing at a time. With the pico drum you get two channels (and two trigger inputs). And samples can be exchanged. But only one cv input.

Wasn't the Erica dude using an lfo to modulate the sample selection in one of the videos?

Mercutio · Post by **Mercutio** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 3:55 pm

On The drum unit, i read only pitch, trig 1, trig 2 and out...

Bartimaeus · Post by **Bartimaeus** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:18 pm

Right when I'm planning a new system and need a tiny VCA! I hope that they can be configured for a linear response.

adam · Post by **adam** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:32 pm

interested to see what can be done with a 3 hp sequencer

pieter · Post by **pieter** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 5:14 pm

[video][/video]

PompeiiRuler · Post by **PompeiiRuler** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:45 pm

Regarding the demo video above, when he mentions "really affordable "
what would people be willing to pay per module. What do you think the RRP might be? Apologies if price has been already mentioned elsewhere.

Parametex · Post by **Parametex** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:24 pm

Bartimaeus · Post by **Bartimaeus** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:34 pm

Given the prices of their other VCA's (for example), I doubt the pico one will be more than €100, and hopefully €75-85.

Polivoks VCA Assembled €120
Black VCA €155
Black Quad VCA €190

cubisteffects · Post by **cubisteffects** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:53 pm

pieter wrote:[video][/video]

Tight patching but what a great small system!

chocolatyshatner · Post by **chocolatyshatner** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 11:10 pm

Taking Euro to its logical conclusion
[video][/video]

tthogs · Post by **tthogs** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 11:45 pm

The wavetable vco packs a lot of punch for being so small! LFO mode to boot!

ambrohski · Post by **ambrohski** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:30 am

chocolatyshatner wrote:Taking Euro to its logical conclusion
[video][/video]

Fiddlestickz · Post by **Fiddlestickz** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 2:52 am

Just imagine how many they will sell to people who just need a 3hp module to fill in a gap and complete a row or full case...all those silly odd numbered hp gaps can now be filled with cool stuff...well played Erica..

pieter · Post by **pieter** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 3:28 am

ambrohski wrote:
chocolatyshatner wrote:Taking Euro to its logical conclusion
[video][/video]

The amazing Mighty Boosh.

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Erica Synths 3HP PICO series

Erica Synths 3HP PICO series