Cre8audio

Notes: Exceptional value here. Cre8's analogue drum machine is based on Pittsburgh Modular audio circuits, offering true old-school-inspired drum synthesis and hands-on control at an excellent price.

Supplier's notes:
Introducing Boom Chick, a revolutionary analogue drum machine built on the warmth and character of Pittsburgh Modular's newly designed analog drum circuits. These powerful, expressive percussion voices are paired with an advanced sequencer designed for intuitive creativity and deep rhythmic exploration. Inspired by the hands-on performability of iconic analog drum machines, Boom Chick redefines analogue percussion with exceptional flexibility and sonic precision, tailored for modern musicians and producers.

Compact yet incredibly powerful, the Boom Chick ensures frustration-free jamming and tweaking through its intuitive knob-per-function layout and straightforward interface conventions. It's hands-on, immediate, and built for musicians who want a drum machine that feels alive. Turn up the dirt, push the limits, and make some serious noise.

Created by the Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers team, Boom Chick features five meticulously crafted drum voices, each designed for maximum flexibility and expressiveness. The sounds are raw, dynamic, and laser sharp, built to drive and slice through any mix. The electricity creating the analog sounds is directly shaped using the knob-per-function interface. No menus, no hassle, just pure, tactile beat-making analogue magic at your fingertips. By focusing on creative, new analogue designs, Pittsburgh Modular ensured that Boom Chick doesn't just mimic the past, but kick starts a new future of analogue beats.

Every voice has been meticulously engineered for maximum sonic impact, making Boom Chick a true drum synthesizer, not just a drum machine. Starting with a massive bottom end, the Kick drum sculpts a specialized sine-wave oscillator using gritty overdrive, pitch manipulation, and a precise, percussive envelope allowing you to dial in everything from low and long or clean and punchy rhythms to aggressive, overdriven beats. The Snare drum showcases the power of modern analog with powerful snare hits that can mimic a physical snare drum or venture into creative new territories. Drum channels 1 and 2 offer even deeper sound-design possibilities. By utilizing two oscillators, wave shaping, frequency modulation, and noise you can generate everything from subtle nuanced percussion to wild, expressive sonic textures. Toms, claps, snares, kicks, cymbals, rim shots, cowbells, congas, claves, space sounds, and outer space sounds can all be dialed in and reimagined. Hats utilize a custom oscillator noise matrix to create crisp, bright metallic tones ideal for intricate rhythmic patterns.

Boom Chick's sequencer is designed to offer profound depth while maintaining intuitive simplicity. It features two powerful modes: Step Mode, for meticulous programming of each drum step, and Live Mode, allowing real-time rhythm creation and expressive performance. Tools such as Step Shift enable quick and precise timing adjustments for intricate rhythmic patterns, while Step Roll and Chance introduce engaging complexity and variation. Timing functions like Humanize, Swing, and Quantize provide refined control over groove and rhythm, allowing for perfectly locked or naturally loose-feeling sequences. Swing adds groove by shifting even steps slightly behind the beat, while Humanize introduces subtle timing variations to simulate natural playing styles. With up to 64-step sequences and polyrhythm capabilities, Boom Chick encourages experimentation by removing the boundaries to live performance and making beats.

At the heart of Boom Chick is a 6-track sequencer that gives you deep rhythmic control while staying easy to use. With design inspiration taken from Pittsburgh's Voltage Research Lab 2, Boom Chick's sequencer will take you from quick jams to mind-bending polyrhythms. This sequencer is not only designed to keep up with you, but also propel you to new territory.

Boom Chick is modular-friendly, MIDI-capable, and performance-ready. This makes it a perfect addition to any studio or live rig. Individual trigger inputs and individual drum outs allow each drum to be sent to a mixer or DAW separately for external processing or recording. MIDI in and out to send and receive clock, trigger drums, or sequence external percussion. Analog clock in and out allows Boom Chick to easily integrate with Eurorack setups and other gear. Separate Line and Headphone outputs make personal jams, recording, or live performances easy.

Notes: Capt'n Big-O is for people who like big massive analogue sounds-. 100% analog components, no oscillator on a chip here.

Width = 14hp

Depth = 26mm

100% analog, original design (not an oscillator on a chip)

Waveforms - sine, triangle, saw, and square

Wave folder/waveshaper - routed by default to sine but patchable to any waveform or external source

Drive circuit - essentially a 75x overdriven VCA (5V output)

Linear and exponential frequency modulation (FM)

Hard sync

Pulsewidth modulation

120mA power draw when running +12V rail

108mA power draw when running -12V rail

Frequency range of oscillator: full range - LFO through audible spectrum

Input voltage range of oscillator = -10V to +10V

Notes: Amazing value from this little Eurorack-compatible analogue synth. Loosely Moog-inspired semi-modular East Coast subtractive design with MIDI control and great sound.

Supplier's Notes:
East Beast

Fully analogue East Coast style semi-modular synthesizer

What's the first thing you think of when you hear the word "synthesiser"? Close your eyes and think about.

Anyway, for a lot of people, the word synthesiser invokes visions of big filter cutoff knobs, envelope generators, and importantly, big fat-sounding voltage-controlled oscillators. These are the hallmarks of East Coast-style synthesis.

East Beast is a fresh take on these old-school concepts with a few beastly twists thrown in here and there.

Furthermore, you can pop East Beast out of its included enclosure and it transforms right into a 40HP eurorack module
East Beast's oscillator, designed in partnership with Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers, is a part of their 5th generation of analogue oscillators stemming from a super-serious 10 years of continued research into analogue oscillator development.

Its circuitry is not a clone or based on any outside designs. It is made with 100% modern components. This keeps it very stable, and giving it a super rich, and unique sound.

Most of the filters you are used to hearing are transistor ladder filters or copies of transistor ladder filters. East Beast's filter is not one of those. Pittsburgh's whole goal of making this filter for East Beast was to create a filter that's creamy smooth with no dead spots, a very common phenomenon in all filters, but check it out. This one's got no dead spots. From nasally to biting and elsewhere, it's all one large sweet spot.

East Beast's filter is a multi-mode filter, meaning it can be used as a low pass filter, high pass filter, bandpass filter, or a combination of the three for an even wider sonic palate.
Shape the beast in your own image
To further sculpt the sounds Cre8audio has included an envelope generator & LFO. The custom envelope circuit creates a snappy, percussive attack for expressive performance. The dual range LFO opens up a wide range of LFO and audio rate modulation possibilities.

Get patched.
Semi-modular means that the East Beast will work without any patch cables or anything. But what fun is that? Who doesn't want to have their own personal spaghetti mess of cables sticking out of their synthesizer to get wacky with?
East Beast has basically 9 different patchable modules (Oscillator, filter, envelope, VCA, LFO, multi-mod tool, sequencer, MIDI to CV converter, and button keyboard) with a whopping 18 Eurorack compatible patch points to plug into itself and your other gear. All for your patching pleasure.

As well as this, East Beast has MIDI in and a fancy MIDI thru so you can chain multiple MIDI monstrosities together- you can plug in a MIDI controller into East Beast and do as you wish.

But wait, there's more! East Beast includes quite a few additional performance features. You can dive in and dive in with its built-in tap tempo clock, arpeggiator, and sequencer. There's a lot of opportunities to inject in some randomness too.

Specifications for when used as a eurorack module

Width when used as a module = 40hp
Depth when used as a module = 25mm
213mA power draw when running +12V rail
151mA power draw when running -12V

Input voltage range of oscillator = 0-10V

Included in the box - 1x East Beast, 1x East Beast wall-wart power supply, 5x Amazing Nazca Noodles Patch Cables, 1x 3.5mm to 5 pin MIDI Din pigtail, and love (love's presence likely, but not guaranteed)

Notes: Mr. Phil Ter is a module that does a whole bunch of analog and digital stuff, in not a lot of HP.

Phil's digital bits are solely comprised of the envelope generator, for your envelopy pleasure.

The analogue bits, developed in partnership with the folks at Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers, and are comprised of a voltage controlled amplifier circuit (VCA) as well as an extra juicy old-school transistor ladder filter, perfect for those of you who are not afraid of ladders or transistors.

Anyway, pair Mr. Phil Ter up with any oscillato,r or crank up its own filter section's resonance, and self-oscillate, get crazy.

Width = 12hp

Depth = 26mm

Envelope facts

Voltage range: 0-10V

Gate trigger threshold voltage: +5V

Attack, Release, and Decay times 0-10s (slow). 0-5s (fast)

Easter egg mode - quantize itself to 7bit for a steppy sample & hold effect

VCA facts - It's a VCA, not YMCA or YWCA, but made with love. Sound or voltage goes in, and it will come out, or not. Control it with voltage or not. You can never have too many VCA's, and this a good one.

Filter facts - Classic low-pass transistor ladder filter design, also will self-oscillate when resonance is cranked, creating a super clean trackable sine wave

33mA power draw when running +12V rail

22mA power draw when running +5V rail

36mA power draw when running -12V

Notes: NiftyBUNDLE is a collection of Cre8audio's most essential euro rack synth components:

Case, modules, power, MIDI to CV, and "enough patch cables to get into trouble" are all included.

The NiftyBUNDLE is made up of the following Cre8audio components:

NiftyCASE

The Cre8audio NiftyCASE is a moderately sized euro rack case with HUGE possibilities!

NiftyCASE is more than just a basic eurorack case; it provides all the power and connection possibilities you could possibly ask for. NiftyCASE offers a beefy 2A of cumulative current via its +12v -12v and +5v power rails, ideal for all your modules.

Connecting your NiftyCASE to computers or MIDI devices is a breeze thanks to the built-in MIDI to CV conversion. NiftyCASE takes either DIN-MIDI from any DIN-MIDI device or USB-MIDI from your computer and turns it into eurorack compatible CV, gate, mod, and clock signals.
NiftyCASE's DIN-MIDI thru lets you easily daisy-chain multiple NiftyCASES and easily integrate NiftyCASE with your MIDI equipment.

The NiftyCASE is the perfect size for a portable eurorack case being 84hp wide; that means NiftyCASE isn't super tiny or super huge- it's just the right size for all of the cardboard boxes they're shipped in.

Chipz and Cellz modules

Chipz is a chiptune-inspired eurorack synth module, which will take you back to the halcyon sounds of the '80s.

Cre8audio describe chips as ideal for those who speak "bleep blop". They say that Chipz is "full of heaping piles of beeps, blops, and probably some other stuff too. It's got a couple of voices and some wacky LFO junk, perfect for getting your body wobbling"

Putting all of that into language you might understand a little more, Chipz is a dual VCO and dual LFO module with each offering sine, triangle, saw, square, and noise waveforms.

Cellz is another wacky module from the deranged minds over at Cre8audio. A programmable CV touchpad where each touch segment can be tuned to 2 different CV values then played by hand, sequenced, and arpeggiated.

Box 'O' Cables & Blanking Panels

To get you up and running, the NiftyBUNDLE also comes with Cre8audio's Box 'O' Cables, allowing you to get patching and making noise straight away. The NiftyBUNDLE also includes some Cre8audio branded panel blanks to fill empty eurorack space.

Included in the NiftyBUNDLE:
NiftyCASE
NiftyCASE 15v 2.4A PSU
Chipz
Cellz
Box 'O' Cables
2x Cre8audio "8" panel blanks

Specifications:

Useable case area = 84hp
Internal depth = 55mm
Weight = 1.8kg
6.8cm x 44.6cm x 18.6cm
Range of cv out 1 = 0-10V
Range of cv out 2 = 0-10V
Voltage output gate 1 - off =0 on =5?off = 0 on = 4.65?
Voltage output gate 2 - off =0 on =5?off = 0 on = 4.65?
Voltage output mod = 1-10V
Voltage output clock - off =0 on =5
Power output for modules
+12V - 1500mA peak output**
-12V - 500mA peak output**
+5V - 500mA peak output**
1/4" ts mono output on rear
MIDI in via USB and 5 pin Din
MIDI thru via 5 Pin Din and USB

Notes: At 84hp wide the NiftyCASE isn't super tiny or super huge, in fact, it's just right for all of the cardboard boxes bought to ship it to you in. Aside from the 84hp width NiftyCASE features ample +12v -12v and +5v power for your modules. It will also take Din MIDI from any DIN MIDI device and USB MIDI from your computer and turn it into eurorack compatible CV, gate, mod, and clock.

MIDI to CV, gate, clock, and mod

It's all built into the case. Make your instrument and don't waste precious hp (space for modules) on power and MIDI tools. you can plug NiftyCASE into your computer via USB or 5pin MIDI DIN device and send it MIDI. It will convert it into CV, gate, mod, and clock. Sequence with your DAW, jam with your controllers, or do something wacky, NiftyCASE has got you covered.

Power

Built-in power saves space for more of your modules, and keeps things good and easy.

As is, you can plug up to 10 modules into NiftyCASE's 10 gang flying bus that provides a peak 1500mA of +12v, 500mA -12v, and 500mA +5v, covering all industry standard power requirements

Specs:
Useable case area = 84hp
Internal depth = 55mm
Weight = 1.8kg
6.8cm x 44.6cm x 18.6cm
Range of cv out 1 = 0-10V
Range of cv out 2 = 0-10V
Voltage output gate 1 - off =0 on =5(off = 0 on = 4.65)
Voltage output gate 2 - off =0 on =5(off = 0 on = 4.65)
Voltage output mod = 1-10V
Voltage output clock - off =0 on =5
Power output for modules
+12V - 1500mA peak output**
-12V - 500mA peak output**
+5V - 500mA peak output**
1/4" ts mono output on rear
MIDI in via USB and 5 pin Din
MIDI thru via 5 Pin Din and USB

Included in the box:

NiftyCASE
NiftyCASE switching power supply with blades for NA, EU, UK, and AU

* Please note that the right and left sides of NiftyCASE fit very flush. It is recommended to favour a module with a pcb 1mm or more narrower than it's front panel for use on the left and right sides of the case (this amount or more of tolerance is fairly common on many modules).

** The NiftyCASE power supply is designed only to power modules that are being used in the NiftyCASE. Modifying the case or using it otherwise to power external cases & external modules is not advised.