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  • FALISTRI Workout ep. 1: Four-Quadrant Multipliers

    Wanna get the most out of your FALISTRI? Join today’s workout on four-quadrant multipliers! No other modules allowed for extreme FALISTRI focus. Drink a lot of water and join us for this HIIT training!

  • Tips for using SAPÈL as… An oscillator

    There’s this unwritten rule of modular synthesizers that says: if it goes fast enough, then it’s an oscillator. We just made it up, but it pretty much describes this video. We threw SAPÈL as fast as it could go and saw if it can handle the oscillator’s job! Check out the results.

  • Why notes exist

    Let’s talk about notes and why sometimes it’s not clear how we’re supposed to tune our instruments. What is A4? What is middle C? Why is there a C-1?

  • Adding depth to a sound through FUMANA and FALISTRI’s quadrature | Live Patching 21

    Quadrature mode is something that we tend to overlook and we’re glad to have had to incorporate it in a patch. Pairing it with FUMANA adds an exceptional depth to the sound and makes a simple sequence really gain complexity.

  • What is the best CGM configuration?

    The mixer is a crucial component of a Eurorack modular synthesizer because it is where all sounds must pass to reach the outside world. It can be a bottleneck that may threaten…
  • News on Sustainability, Distribution, CUNSA, and prices.

    This post has four major updates: sustainable packaging, new distributor, postponed CUNSA availability, and price adjustments.

  • Bungalow in the woods.

    Superbooth 23: A Chronicle

    This post is about our experience at Superbooth 2023. Day -2 It was the first time the whole Frap Tools team traveled to Berlin on the same day in the same car,…
  • Voltage and Current

    In modular synthesizers, the common language to make your modules communicate is the voltage. This is an introduction to grasp its most relevant implication for the electronic musician.

  • FALISTRI Double Formant Chords

    We’re quite familiar now with the concept of formant oscillators and the sub-harmonic series. But what if we chain together two oscillators? Well, we can create some interesting chords.

  • Four tips to make random clocks and clock bursts with SAPÈL

    SAPÈL has two built-in clocks that run independently. (Un)fortunately, a clock runs steadily, but sometimes we might want unpredictable timing. Today we see how to do it!