Weaver Modular from Fieldtone is a Eurorack format version of the highly in demand
Weaver handheld sampler that featured in music tech tastemaker Andrew Huang’s year
round up as his Favourite Desktop FX module of 2024. The modular edition builds on the
functionality of the original but adds a variety of additional control.
The Weaver is no ordinary audio sampler—it is a meditation on impermanence and chance.
With a single, enigmatic knob, it embraces randomness as an artistic principle,
reconfiguring two-second sound bites into hypnotic loops and evolving textures. There is
no undo button, no way back once a sound is captured; the Weaver insists that you move
forward, shaping the unpredictable into rhythm or texture with nothing more than a twist of
the wrist or control voltage change.
New functionality on the device includes separate level controls of different elements of the
loop, as well as 3 x trigger outputs which turns the device into a random rhythm generator
for which you don't even need to be using the sampling capabilities. You can trigger the
Recording start via CV, allowing you to keep replacing the sample whilst the loop continues
playing - something that works beautifully with acoustic sound sources such as guitar or
voice as well as electronics. A new switch has been added to select between Random or
Root note aligned pitch playback.
Features:
- Single-knob audio sampler focussed on randomness and exploration
- Capture sound via built-in microphone or input jack
- Fixed two-second sample time
- No undo function, every knob movement generates a new loop
- External sync via Clock input
- Stereo output on separate L&R sockets with rich spatial movement
- Separate level controls for 3 different elements of the loop
- 3 x gate outputs for triggering other sources
- Toggle to switch between Texture and Rhythm modes
- Toggle to switch between Root or Random pitch
- Gate/trigger input to control Recording start
- Gate/trigger input to control Weaver knob
- Can be used as random rhythm generator without needing to use the sampler