Using Claude code to develop patches for Owl Modular

OWL OWL Modular
#1

I had contributed a couple FAUST patches here a few years back. I’ve been aware that the online compiler is not always maintained and it seems gone now, along with the library of contributed patches.

The OWL Modular is not particularly powerful, but the available options for programmable eurorack modules seem to fall in the $300 to $400 range, and I just plopped down probably $800 for some new things so I feel some compulsion to study and use those first!

A guy posted a patch over at Modwiggler for a dub spring reverb/delay he’d invented for the Versio module. I asked Claude to see if it could port this over to the Owl Modular. Lots of tradeoffs needed to be made, and I’m not 100% convinced about the correctness of what was done, but without much involvement on my part, Claude was able to simulate the patch and offer up a WAV file which can demonstrate whatever set of control input moves you want.

It also spit out a sysex file for programming which I did with MIDI-Ox. If anyone’s interested I can put my Claude skill for this up here.

#2

Compiler is not maintained at all, but it’s working as well as patch library. Their site stops working occasionally, often due to SSL certificate issues, but eventually gets resurrected.

If you mean performance tradeoffs, NE Versio runs on Daisy seed which is pretty much the same hardware as OWL3 platform.

#3

I’m pretty sure I just have the original. I see this board - does it work with the Owl Modular?

Thx,

DL

#4

Sorry, I somehow missed your question. No, OwlModular only runs its own board. OWL2 was a redesign that reduce board footprint considerably that also had a RAM upgrade from 1 to 8 MB. Than they’ve made OWL3 that is pin compatible with OWL2 (just needs a different firmware build). OWL3 has 3-4x better CPU performance than OWL1/2.

So your best bet for a new device is Lich which gets sent with OWL3 at the moment and I think it’s still available in Befaco store. DIY kit can also be considered if you’re good at burning your fingers with soldering iron.