Softube Mutable Instruments Clouds

Peerless granular texturizer and sampling module.

In the world of modular synthesis there are certain names that command veneration and respect, like Moog, Buchla, Doepfer, and Serge, but there are others that inspire the kind of fizzing delight and excitement that simply won’t leave you alone until you’ve filled your bedroom and half the hallway too.

Mutable Instruments have been making Eurorack modules in that latter category for almost a decade, and now Clouds — the texturizing module which sold like crazy in hardware and became a firm favorite of enthusiasts around the world — is available for Softube Modular.

Granular Texture Synthesizer

Clouds can divide incoming signals into audio droplets — like using a tap to create a controlled drip from the audio stream; and manipulate those droplets in endless creative ways.

One-Shot Sampler

Freeze the audio buffer to capture a sample and play with it indefinitely. In this software version of Clouds you can even save that sample as part of a preset.

Lo-FI Playtime

Choose between 16-bit stereo or mono, or 8-bit stereo or mono, to digitally degrade your signal in some very appealing ways.

Highlights

• Made for Modular, Softube's Eurorack platform.
• A granular texturizer, which processes an audio stream into manipulable droplets
• Fully licensed, and officially approved by Mutable Instruments
• Control speed, size, texture and more of the flow of droplets
• Can be used simply as a reverb, or a delay
• Freeze function allows use as a simple one-shot sampler
• Four audio quality modes, including appealing lo-fi 8-bit options
• Stereo spread can send droplets firing left and right
• An awesome module to experiment with – find a use no one else has