Discussing Trails with DivKid at Machina Bristronica
Polyphonic Touch Control for Eurorack
Recently, we sat down at Machina Bristronica with the one and only DivKid for a wide-ranging discussion on a our new module Trails – and how it pushes Eurorack beyond familiar territory. For anyone outside the modular world, DivKid (real name Ben Wilson) is one of the most influential educators and documentarians in contemporary synthesis. His YouTube channel has become a kind of public archive for modular culture with lots of deep dives on various patches and modules, as well as long-form conversations that shape how artists and instrument makers think about innovating sound.
Here we go into depth about Trails as a powerful, four-channel quantized sequencer for capturing, distributing, and reshaping gesture over time. The module can store multiple channels of motion, re-trigger them rhythmically, blur or condense their density, and essentially treat them as compositional material. It’s a hands-on improvisational tool, capable of extremely complex and intricate patterning.
Near the end, DivKid presses us on release timing – the answer is “very soon”!
