Latvia-based Erica Synths has announced that its Sample Drum and Plasma Drive Eurorack modules are now available.

Sample Drum is 14HP Eurorack sample player/sampler module, designed with live performance use in mind.

Plasma Drive is the result of Erica Synths recent collaboration with Gamechanger Audio, another Latvia-based manufacturer.



Sample Drum

The Sample Drum module is composed of two identical parts and allows you to play back, record and slice up samples or loops directly in your modular system.

For processing, there are different play modes, tuning functions (including 1 V/Oct pitch tracking), virtual VCAs plus AD envelopes and realtime effects.

Three freely assignable CV inputs per channel guarantee a lot of personal expression during performance. 16bit mono WAV samples are loaded into RAM (32MB / ~ 5 minutes of sampling time) from SD card (16 GB SD card with factory preset samples comes with the module) for instantaneous playback response. All settings can be saved and recalled during live performance.

Features:

Sample playback with fast trigger response

Various effects for real times ample processing

Sample recording functionality

Manual and automatic sample slicing

Cue point loading from WAV files

1V/Oct tracking

3 assignable CV inputs per channel

Preset memory

User-friendly interface

Performance mode

16 GB SD card with factory preset samples included

Plasma Drive



Similar to Gamechanger Audio’s Plasma Pedal, Erica Synths’ Plasma Drive provides you with a new and previously unexplored method of achieving signal clipping in 16HP.

Instead of using LED circuits, transistors or vacuum tubes to produce overdrive, the Plasma Drive boosts audio signal to 3000V and transforms it into a series of continuous high-voltage discharges in a xenon-filled tube. In essence – you are playing a lightning bolt of electricity, and the electrical discharges produced by your instrument are instantly converted back into an analogue audio signal — producing a quick, responsive, and extremely heavy distortion with tons of unique character.

Erica Synths has added CV control over distortion level and dry/wet mix, as well as octave up and 1 and 2 octaves down tracking oscillators that add even more harmonics to the original signal. Tracking oscillators can be switched on/off manually or via trigger signals.

Features:

Unique distortion flavor

CV control over distortion and dry/wet mix

Assignable equalizer (pre- and post effect)

1 octave up & 1 and 2 octaved down tracking oscillators

Pricing and Availability

The Sample Drum is available now for € 300.00, and the Plasma Drive is available for € 310.00.