How does this work?
A work of art
Every Moduleur in this series is hand built by us. Each faceplate has a unique design hand coated by our friends at RAL5050, using custom colors developed for these instruments. Some designs feature guest graphic designers, each bringing their own visual voice.
Why it costs what it costs
We’re just two dudes with day jobs, and we never planned to mass-produce the Moduleur. So instead, we decided to make a few special ones for people who are into this kind of thing.
Each one is different and only one like it exists. We build them by hand, test them, take them apart, adjust things, and put them back together again until they feel right.
We’re only making ten of these, not ten thousand. This is also what lets us work towards a version more people can build.
If you’re into it, you’re into it. If not, that’s completely fine, everything is open source and free for anyone to build.
The Moduleur is our take on a modular analog synthesizer: flexible, open, sounds like a beast, built from thick aluminum. It is where our love of design meets our love of music and tech.
The Shmøergh Moduleur is everything we’ve learnt about building synths, designed to be easy to assemble, hack or just enjoy. It comes from our love of music, design and tech so it sounds incredible, looks incredible, and is made for people who care about both.
It includes seven analog modules and a digital one, making it a great starter kit for analog synthesis or a gateway into Eurorack and hardware DIY. The digital module, Brain, is a universal add-on for new sounds, effects, controllers or any wild idea you want to try.
The Moduleur is fully open source, totally flexible, and free for anyone to build — the whole synth or just a couple of modules. It comes with a ready-to-play default patch, but everything is open for you to tweak, break, rebuild, or redesign however you like.
faq
Is this a giveaway?
Nope.
For each drop we shuffle the list of people who entered the draw, and start reaching out from the top. If we contact you, you’ll have 24 hours to buy the instrument or skip it. If you skip, we simply move on to the next person on the list.
Do I have to buy if I enter the draw?
No. If we reach out to you and you decide to skip, that’s completely fine. We’ll simply move on to the next person on the list.
Why is shipping limited to EU?
Since we build and ship everything from Hungary, keeping it inside the EU makes the logistics and paperwork much simpler. Yeh, we know. If this changes in the future, we’ll let you know.
Will you build more Moduleurs?
We might build a few more for friends, but other than that, no — just these ten. Each Moduleur is a unique instrument with its own colors and designs. Once they're gone, they're gone.
Why only ten?
Shmøergh is a love project and we wanna keep it fun. This is fun.
What do you do with the money?
We want to finance a no-solder Moduleur DIY kit from the revenue.
