Noodle Rider: CV-Controlled Tape Loops in Eurorack? Yes Please!
4-Track Cassette Player for Eurorack
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How cool is that: Noodle Rider is a four-track tape instrument in Eurorack format that lets you perform creatively with tape loops and recordings – all controlled via CV or MIDI. Unleash your inner Alessandro Cortini!
Nudlhed Noodle Rider: Four-Track Fun for your Eurorack
If you like to experiment with tape loops, Nudlhed Noodle Rider could be the Eurorack module of your dreams. This CV- and MIDI-controlled tape player brings the magic of cassette portastudios to your Eurorack.
The complete system consists of two modules, both of which can also be used independently. If you don’t want to add them to a larger Eurorack system, you can also order a custom case that turns the two modules into a self-contained desktop instrument.
The main module is a four-track cassette player with individual outputs for each channel. It also has MIDI and pitch CV inputs to control playback speed, as well as a gate output.
The real fun begins when you add the Sidecar expansion module. Essentially a quad VCA and mixer with a built-in AD/AR envelope for each channel, it lets you trigger the four tape tracks using gate signals of your choice. It also includes a gate sequencer that takes the MIDI input from the main module and turns MIDI notes into gate signals to control the VCAs. Sidecar looks like a very useful module – even without the main Noodle Rider.
Perhaps the only drawback: Noodle Rider isn’t a recorder. You’ll need another cassette recorder (ideally a four-track) to prepare your tapes. But once you pop them into Noodle Rider, the possibilities are almost limitless thanks to MIDI, CV control, and the flexibility of the modular environment.
Price and Availability
You can now order the main Noodle Rider module from the manufacturer’s website for $395. Sidecar ($275) and the case ($229) are available on request.
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4 responses to “Noodle Rider: CV-Controlled Tape Loops in Eurorack? Yes Please!”
back to the past, how to do simple things by making them very complicated
Love the concept, but damn is that price eye watering for the full set-up…
Could actually get a Portastudio for less…could even argue the PS is better equipped since it can actually record and has built in EQ and mic preamps…
Gotta be a cheaper way of doing this, but still want one…wish they’d do some DIY kits or something…
Also not pleased at least one track has to be tuned to E. Sure you could duplicate and replace in a different key after the fact, but for the price, I’d expect more from a device like this.
Looked awesome until I read it doesn’t record.
The same module with recording and tape degrading abilities would make it an awesome tape delay, a pad/ambiant focused sampler, a dream tool for experimentalists, etc.
I don’t get the point in making a module like this and not giving it all the tools that would satisfy the most users possible. It’s already niche, why making it nichier ?