tangible waves Archives

Studio Reorganisation

Posted on October 5, 2025October 15, 2025 by The 5th Volt

I was unhappy with the way my office/studio was organised and it took all weekend to tear it all out and assemble new. The new scheme is that one side is where all my work is and the other side is where the synths are. The sides even have different power circuits and can be switched on/off completely independently from each other.

Again I was amazed how many cables one needs for power, MIDI, and audio connections.

I also decided to keep all my Volcas and the Wavestate and they are now also all connected and ready to play!

Superbooth 2025

Posted on May 30, 2025October 15, 2025 by The 5th Volt

Superbooth was on again this year and I spent 4 frantic days with the guys at the AE Modular booth. This year we had tangible waves, BF Synth, Wonkystuff and Symbolic Circuits and it was chaotic, fun, entertaining, educational and very, very tiring!

Here are the videos from that week:

And a very special guest this year was Josh, who came all the way from California to jam with us with the Coils module which he is building and selling in the US.

AE Modular: Making a Berlin School Track

Posted on April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 by The 5th Volt

This is a beginner friendly tutorial on how to make a track from scratch in the Berlin School style like Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream. It is using only basic modules from the Synth Explorer from tangible waves.

Samplyr Drone

Posted on February 25, 2024April 1, 2024 by The 5th Volt

This improvisation was made only with the Samplyr module from tangible waves and a sample from excellent tape loop sample pack made by HANDMUSICTAPELOOP. You can get it here: https://handmusic.bandcamp.com/album/tape-loop-sample-pack

tAEpestry – An AE Modular Drone

Posted on January 14, 2024January 14, 2024 by The 5th Volt

This drone got out of hand. It started with two oscillators and 4 filters then some modulation of the filters, some delay and then a bass, some percussion and playing some notes on the keyboard with real time modulation of delay time via the mod strip.

AE Modular Mini Systeme

Posted on September 9, 2023November 3, 2023 by The 5th Volt

Fun with the MicroStAEtion

Posted on August 5, 2023August 6, 2023 by The 5th Volt

I was inspired by Matt Wand’s jam at Superbooth and have been thinking about the little case for a while since. I think it is perfect for really getting to know one or two modules really deeply without being distracted by all the other modules in a bigger rack.

Here are my first two videos I made with this rack and I’m sure more will follow in the next few weeks.

Jamming the GRUNGE Filter with the SEQ8

Using the arpeggiator on the Arturia Keystep to jam.

Superbooth 2023 – Matt Wand jamming with a tiny AE modular

Posted on May 13, 2023August 6, 2023 by The 5th Volt

Matt came prepared to Superbooth and smuggled this tiny system onto the premises. As you can see there is less than a handful of modules in there, but they pack a big punch as you will hear in this video.

Superbooth 2023 – Wonkystuff’s New MIDI Micromodules

Posted on May 12, 2023July 18, 2023 by The 5th Volt

I interviewed John from Wonkystuff and he demonstrated his new MIDI system complete with micromodules.

Superbooth 2023 – KYAA’s Revolutionary New Case

Posted on May 11, 2023July 18, 2023 by The 5th Volt

In this interview at Superbooth ’23, Toms aka KYAA is presenting his new case design for the AE Modular system. Not only is it super sturdy as it’s made of aluminium, but it also features an ingenious quick swap design where you can easily plug modules in and out of the case.