This looks cool
Off topic/on topic- if youāre fighting overly bright leds on gear (qubit data bender Iām looking at you) these sort of stickers come in super handy: https://www.amazon.ca/LightDims-Black-Out-Electronics-Appliances/dp/B009WSN8PK
Thereās different levels of light blocking available from a little to 100%.
(Not endorsing, just posting as an example)
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Thanks Craig. Im only 20 odd years off there age so it feels like coming home 
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I use a Japanese masking tape called Washi tape. It works wonders on ultra bright LEDs and doesnāt permanently mark anything up. I use tiny pieces of the white Washi tape and layer it until I get the desired level of brightness on the LEDs. Itās totally saved my eyes.
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That manatee sounds like a buy for me. Might be my first kickstarter.
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I figure theyāre probably not great for exposed LEDās but maybe good if thereās a screen over them!
I considered plasticoat (as itās also removable), spray some into the lid and use a fine paint brush - thatās the closest thing to a good idea I got but realised I was starting to get a bit carried away
Shot a few cool videos today. Mainly a great sound demo of the motor synth. Played with it a bit myself as well. Crazy thing.
Also played with pulsar23 for the first time. Damn 
I shouldnāt have done that.
Think Iāll release a video or two this weekend.
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That motor synth is wild - look forward to watching that video!
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Putting on small bits of gel would be frustrating. I might just sharpie it.
Where?
There is little to no new info on the Winter Modular / Plankton Electronics Zaps. Please go and check it out everyone! I am really interested in the module as a sample source.
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Does it require oil for the motors?
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That would be cool because you would tied to maintaining it in between sessions
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Sonic State did a video on Zaps yesterday.
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Cheers! I hope there will be some sort of tutorial or walk through soon.
The Klavis Grainity is a granular VCF. This is a new thing, and is described on the Sonic State site as follows :
Grainity is a granular VCF, which is completely analogue, but slices and reassembles filtered elements according to the incoming audio. There are 13 filter modes which can track and repeatedly divide down the cycle of the incoming signal down until it sounds more like a sequence than grains of audio. It produces unusual, harmonic and non-harmonic effects and is a pretty unique concept.
This all can work at audio rates.
Lots of different effects. From filter effects, to wavetable like sound, to a sequenced progression, to multiple oscillator sorts of sound, some of them quite unusual.
This little module may be the hit of the show, in my book.
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Yeah, very interesting sound and possibilities too.
From those you posted: love the immediacy/playability of the modbap gear and was really impressed by the Cosmotronic stuff.
Even though I donāt have a modular setup, the Cosmix had caught my eye and glad the sound generating/sculpting modules are also exciting - to me anyway: gnarly and nasty in the right places.
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The module has me the most interested for sure
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