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New firmware for the Freak!
Over the past few months, I’ve made progress developing a new testing platform to help verify the changes I made to the Freak firmware....

Leonardo
Apr 278 min read
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Wicked design files are open
A while back, I shared a post about a unique MIDI controller I designed called Wicked . The name is inspired by the layout it uses, known...

Leonardo
Dec 15, 20242 min read
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I clearly need more BETA testers
The past two releases of the Freak firmware have not been of the quality I expected. Both versions 3.4 and 3.5 had issues because I...

Leonardo
Nov 15, 20242 min read
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Freak Firmware Update: Move from Version 3.3 to 3.4
EDIT: version 3.3 and 3.4 are unstable. Avoid installing it. Use instead 3.2 or wait for 3.5. Today, we shipped the last module of...

Leonardo
Nov 12, 20242 min read
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Making the Synthesizers.com modules
A few months ago, I received an intriguing message from Mike Graham who works at Synthesizers.com. He asked if I could port some of their...

Leonardo
Oct 25, 202419 min read
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Learn Electrical Engineering with Vult
Over the past six months I have been working on developing an Electrical Engineering course for the Wolfram U platform. Wolfram U offers...

Leonardo
Jun 14, 20243 min read
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Exploring the new Chorus and SEM filter features in the Freak firmware update
It's been a while since the last update to the Freak module. Initially, I believed version 3.1 would be the final update due to space and...

Leonardo
Apr 11, 20242 min read
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Anima and Feigen available on request
Anima and Feigen modules have been out of stock for a while. The main reason? Well, these modules rely on a Teensy LC board instead of...

Leonardo
Apr 6, 20241 min read
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New Firmware for Caudal
We have a new version of the Caudal firmware available. This version is a bug fix release. The main fix is that Caudal will work better...

Leonardo
Jan 27, 20242 min read
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Caudal user manual and firmware
There's an initial version of the Caudal user manual. You can find it in the Caudal page https://www.vult-dsp.com/caudal I aimed to...

Leonardo
Nov 18, 20231 min read
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Is Nurage-VCA failing for you?
I have received reports about the NURAGE-VCA mode getting stuck in some of the Freak modules shipped recently. Unfortunately, right now...

Leonardo
Nov 17, 20231 min read
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Caudal is making some chaos
If you have been reading this blog, you may know that I have made multiple prototypes of Caudal. The first revision I made was in 2019...

Leonardo
Oct 28, 20236 min read
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More prototypes, more Freaks
When I started my Eurorack journey, I made a deliberate choice to design the majority of modules for my rack myself. The motivation was...

Leonardo
Jun 13, 20233 min read
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Wicked Keys
I love synthesizers. But for me, most of them have a big problem: they have keys. I have been playing guitar since my early teen years. I...

Leonardo
Sep 29, 20228 min read
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Freak out now
I have mentioned before that I have had a hard time to produce the Freak filter due to the semiconductor shortage. The parts used by the...

Leonardo
May 2, 20224 min read
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Designing analog modules is fun, but digital are simpler
Some months ago I posted about my efforts on making modules that are less affected by the semiconductor shortage. It is already 2022 and...

Leonardo
Mar 4, 20229 min read
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Fuser: A simple but effective module
The past month I decided to redesign my Eurorack case/stand. Previously, I have been working with a couple of small cases that I made out...

Leonardo
Feb 7, 20222 min read
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Modeling the 808 kick drum
I have published on the Wolfram blog a post that covers in detail the modeling of the 808 kick. This is the model that I used for the VCV...

Leonardo
Dec 29, 20211 min read
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New Freak firmware fixes screen problems
Over the course of the Freak existence I have occasionally received reports from testers that the Freak screen sometimes does not turn on...

Leonardo
Dec 23, 20211 min read
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Making of the VCV Drums
Here I wanted to cover the design philosophy and the process I used when making the VCV Rack Drums sound engine....

Leonardo
Sep 13, 20217 min read
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