I’ve been spending a lot more time (and a lot more money) messing around with Eurorack. I think it’s an interesting scene with a lot of opportunities to do interesting work. There’s also a great DIY community that is perplexed by the extremely high prices of modules.

With that in mind, I set about building my first module. Like always, I built something that I needed, thinking that maybe somebody else might need it as well. So, now I have parts to build a few extras, if anybody wants one.

I present, the p0k3t0 slide, v1:

The p0k3t0 slide is just a manual CV generator using slide potentiometers to create a CV using a voltage divider configuration. Each pot is 100kOhms, which keeps current low, but also allows us to feed a high impedance device such as a VCO. Each CV channel has a switch that allows you to choose between 0-5V or 0-12V, depending on what kind of input your device can handle. This can be easily changed by switching out the LDOs on the back of the device.

Additionally, the device also has 5V triggers for each channel with clicky buttons.

I built it because it’s kind of a pain in the ass to control things all from different modules, and some devices have controls that are hard to get to, especially with stuff like 2HP modules where it’s kinda tricky to get my fat fingers in there. This localizes control and tuning to one place.