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04/24/2026

10/03/2025

Let's try out PoliMATHS as a solo voice! ⚡

PoliMATHS is an eight-channel CV and Audio event generator for the New Universal Synthesizer System or any Eurorack modular synthesizer. The emphasis in this example is on the Audio side!

In the following patch, the Oscillation half of PoliMATHS is generating a tone (per channel), enveloped by the Function half (per channel), resulting in a rich, overlapping series of tones with each Activation.

There are a few settings on the module that need to be enabled to properly utilize PoliMATHS as an eight-channel Audio generator and they are as follows:

1. Press and hold the Mode button until its related lightning bolt LED glows orange. The Oscillations section is now in bipolar mode and will act more like a traditional VCO. Check out the Oscillation section of the PoliMATHS manual on our website for more information!

2. Press and Hold both the Cycle and Mode buttons to enable SubMixing (the left-most lightning bolt LED will flash Green when SubMixing is on). When submixing is enabled, patching into a channel output removes it from all outputs further down the line. Check out the Outputs and Submixes section of the PoliMATHS manual on our website for more information!

3. Patch a v/oct signal to the Rate CV input and turn the Rate CV attenuverter fully clockwise. Oscillations will now track v/oct.

4. Finally, patch a gate/clock signal to the Activate input. Doing so will create functions at PoliMATHS' various outputs, based on which Span mode is selected (via the Mode button). Check out the Activating PoliMATHS section of the PoliMATHS manual on our website for more info on the module's three unique Span modes!!

Here, outputs 4 and 8 from PoliMATHS are patched to the L and R inputs on QPAS, whose stereo low pass filter outputs are patched to Mimeophon..

René is sequencing PoliMATHS, with modulation provided by Maths and MultiMod.

Stay tuned to our social media and YouTube channels for more examples on patching PoliMATHS as a standalone voice!

PoliMATHS is available now! Contact your favorite Eurorack shop for more information!

10/02/2025

Patching in 8 Channels with PoliMATHS, a pair of QXGs and a MultiMod! ⚡

PoliMATHS and the QXG are available now from your favorite Eurorack shop, and the join the MultiMod and Jumbler as modules in the New Universal Synthesizer System.

This patch showcases all of the currently available New Universal Synthesizer System modules alongside many of our other modules. Here, MultiMod is connected to the audio inputs on a pair of QXGs via chain cables, with PoliMATHS connected to the CV inputs on thhose QXGs, also via chain cables.

MultiMod is being fed a Rotated and Radiated mix of XPO waveforms via Jumbler, with 6 outputs from XPO patched to Jumbler and Jumbler's Output 1 patched to MultiMod's Input. A clock from TEMPI is patched to MultiMod's Tempo input, with Spread set to create a series of frequency multiplications and divisions of the animated input signal, which arrive at the pair of QXGs as 8 audio signals.

Shape and Rate on PoliMATHS' are played by hand, adding a secondary layer of modulation to the module's 8 channels of triggered functions, as well as Spread which is modulating the Fall Time and amount of Oscillations across PoliMATHS.

The XPO is being sequenced by René, with additional modulation provided by Maths and timing information from TEMPI.

Poliphonic patching with a single oscillator! With the New Universal Synthesizer System, "from one we create many!!"

10/01/2025

Make Noise is proud to announce PoliMATHS and QXG!

Both modules are AVAILABLE NOW! Head to our website and YouTube channels for more info (*link in bio*)! 🥳

PoliMATHS is an eight-channel CV and Audio event generator for the New Universal Synthesizer System or any Eurorack modular synthesizer. It uses a single set of controls to generate complex functions at eight independent channel outputs. PoliMATHS’ functions are made up of two components: first, the well-known Rise-Fall envelope with variable Curve (familiar from the original MATHS and Function and 0-Coast Slope); and second, a variable-Shape Oscillation whose amplitude is controlled over time by the Rise-Fall envelopes. This oscillation can be either low frequency for the creation of complex control functions, or audio frequency for native generation of audio events/notes with optional tuned pitch control via 1v/oct control voltage. PoliMATHS also includes output headers for creating pre-patched connections to the control inputs of QXG.

Width: 20hp
Max Depth (incl. power cable): 43 mm
Power:
230mA@ +12V
5mA @ -12V
MSRP: $459

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The Quad Stereo Gate (QXG) music synthesizer module is a Four Channel Stereo Low Pass Gate and Mixer. Like the DXG before it, the QXG utilizes a new low pass gate circuit that does not use vactrols. This circuit is 100% analog and its response was arrived at after many months tailoring it to meet or exceed the expectations that have been set by all the vactrol low pass gates that Make Noise has created over the years. Additionally the QXG adds a Vactrol button to select between a Slow, low-pass-gate-like response emulating the decay time of a vactrol (Vactrol button ON), and a Fast precision response that still maintains the gentle filtering characteristic (Vactrol button OFF).

In addition, QXG includes signal and control input headers for creating pre-patched connections from the outputs of PoliMATHS and MultiMod.

Chain two QXG units to a PoliMaths for immediate eight channel amplitude control!

Width: 12hp
Max Depth (incl. power cable): 43 mm
Power:
65 mA@ +12V
75 mA @ -12V
MSRP: $239

10/01/2025

Patching with PoliMATHS and QXG!

PoliMATHS is an eight-channel CV and Audio event generator for the New Universal Synthesizer System or any Eurorack modular synthesizer. It uses a single set of controls to generate complex functions at eight independent channel outputs.

The Quad Stereo Gate (QXG) is a 100% analog, Four Channel Stereo Low Pass Gate and Mixer. The QXG also includes a Stereo Sum Output with voltage controllable Stereo Spread to quickly route all four channels across the stereo field.

In addition, QXG includes signal and control input headers for creating pre-patched connections from the outputs of PoliMATHS and MultiMod, allowing for two QXG units to be chained to a PoliMaths for immediate eight channel amplitude control and audio signal input!

Head to our YouTube channel for a full walkthrough of the features and functionality of PoliMATHS and QXG (*link in bio*) and head to our website for more information!

In this patch, PoliMATHS is connected to a pair of QXGs via header cables and is controlling the level of signals from our forthcoming multichannel oscillator, with modulation from a 0-CTRL.

PoliMATHS and QXG are AVAILABLE NOW from your favorite Eurorack shop! We can’t wait to hear what you create with them! Happy patching!

09/30/2025

Stop by our YouTube channel this Wednesday, October 1st at 12pm EST for a special announcement!

https://youtu.be/N9DLiMQaOiw?si=sojkW4R6QfhpRZdk

We will have a live chat going during the premiere— hope to see you there!!

09/27/2025

Let's frequency modulate a feedback loop!! ⚡

While in SAM mode, we've patched Spectraphon B's Sine out back into Spectraphon B's Input while monitoring the Harmonic outs in stereo through QPAS and Mimeophon. Slowling sweeping the Spectraphon's Frequency control yields a whole universe of sidebands!

Adding to this is a generous amount of FM from Spectraphon's Oscillator A!

What are some of your favorite ways to expand the already wide-ranging palette of tones found through feedback patching? Let us know in the comments below!!

09/25/2025

Which modules do you have multiples of?

This patch is centered around the dream-like sounds of three XPOs through Bruxa, with modulation from a MultiMod and a 0-CTRL, and mixing from an X-PAN as well as an XOH.

In this patch the right-most XPO is sync'd to the center XPO, and the left-most XPO is sync'd to the right-most XPO, resulting in an "engine" type of growling timbre. The three Row outputs from a 0-CTRL are modulating their v/oct intputs respectively. Their outputs are mixed through X-PAN, with the 0-CTRL's Pressure CV output (via a Multiple) modulating the level of each X-PAN channel.

The output of X-PAN is patched through Bruxa, whose output is mixed with the sine wave from the center-most XPO in XOH.

MultiMod is controlling the Modulate inputs on XPO as well as the Time and Filter inputs on Bruxa with a copy of the 0-CTRL's Pressure CV patched to its Input.

To be sure, any number of XPOs is excellent, but in this case three really is the magic number. Which modules do you have multiples of? Let us know in the comments below!

09/24/2025

What are some of your favorite ways to create bell sounds?

Bells, chimes and gongs are extremely complex resonant objects, which makes them great candidates for patch inspiration!

This patch, as an example, is centered around the Spectraphon with both of its Oscillators in Chaos mode, mixed through a DXG, filtered in QPAS and given space (and motion) with the Mimeophon.

PrssPnt is the activating agent here, advancing René's note selection and initiating events (by triggering Maths functions) with every pad press.

There are so many ways to synthesize bell and chime sounds— what are some of your favorites? Let us know in the comments below!

09/24/2025

Today at 12pm EST, stop by our YouTube channel for a little wind-inspired improv with Strega, 0-Coast and 0-CTRL!

https://youtu.be/_SKH3wk0QNk

Hope to see you there!

A little wind-inspired improv with Strega, 0-Coast and 0-CTRL. This week marks the one year anniversary of Hurricane Helene, whose effects are still being fe...

09/22/2025

Early morning feedback at Make Noise HQ!

Sights and sounds from the Make Noise shop, filmed early in the morning before the rest of the had arrived. What are some of your go-to "first" patches when you sit in front of a modular instrument? Let us know in the comments below!

The patch used here is a feedback loop, with Mimeophon's Left output patched to MultiMod's input, and MultiMod's 1 and 4 outputs patched to Mimeophon's stereo inputs, as well as MultiMod's outputs 3 and 6 patched to XOH alongside the outputs from Mimeophon.

Mimeophon is in Zone 0, with Halo around 2:00 and Color around noon.

Turning Repeats up on Mimeophon and sweeping Spread on MultiMod results in a wide-ranging stereo feedback loop that sounds better the louder it's played!

09/19/2025

Re-creating the Bouncing Ball patch in real life! ⚡

The Bouncing Ball patch was included in the original Maths manual waaaaay back in 2009 (and appeared in a revised form in its 2013 manual as well). It's a fun way to recreate the sounds of physics with voltage. But what if we wanted to recreate the Bouncing Ball patch in one of its more extreme/unnatural settings in real life?

That was the challenge here— make the physical world act like the voltage controlled one. Our solution was to create a super-reflective surface (in this case: a balloon stretched over a coffee mug) in order to create a bouncing ball whose gravity seems to differ from how we typically experience it.

This is then followed by a Bouncing Ball patch made on the Tape & Microsound Music Machine, using a pinged QPAS for its sound source.

What are some of your favorite sounds of physics? Do you ever incorporate them as concepts in your patching? Let us know in the comments!