The Rack Pack #22

This week the Pack takes on the ethics of reverse-engineering software and the open-sourcing of Beads. We also compare notes on getting ready for a 45-minute set versus a 15-minute one, and why rushing is dangerous. There’s gear too: making ambient music with the Befaco Oneiroi, the Befaco Ark “groovebox in a module,” Ethereal Electronics Shooting Stars and the Squarp Core. Plus Stu’s existential question of the day, and the synths we’d take to a desert island.

CONTEST! Download the stems we recorded at the Vintage Synthesizer Museum and make a piece of music with them. Your track must be 1 to 3 minutes long and use only sounds from this project. The stems come as a Logic project, with a subfolder of raw WAV files. Entries are due December 15, 2026. We’ll play the top three on air, and the winner, picked by The Rack Pack, gets some TRP swag.

Download the stems: https://bit.ly/4isXkJD

Links

• U•D•O DMNO: https://www.udo-audio.com/dmno
• Modular On The Spot LA: https://motsla.com
• Music For Wineries, Oct 25: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DemgKxUSoEB/
• EZBot stream on Elektron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlNucvqP50
• Synthdad’s Oneiroi video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceUX5awTRRc
• Befaco Ark: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/befaco-ark.html
• Happy Modular cases: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HappyModular
• Ethereal Electronics Shooting Stars: https://etherealelectronics.nl/products/shooting-stars
• Nireus: https://www.instagram.com/nireusofficial/
• Genki Instruments Katla: https://genki.is/katla
• Squarp Core: https://squarp.net/core/
• The Vintage Synthesizer Museum: https://vintagesynthesizermuseum.com