hooke + de man makes instruments built from curiosity, friendship, and a love for electronic music.
instruments are shaped through long sessions of listening, patching, and refining what feels musical in the moment.
we are currently deep in development on three eurorack modules: one performance sequencer, one generative rhythm companion, and one character-rich tape space processor.
*panel design and layout are subject to change as we are currently in prototype phase.
jcss is a dual-channel 16-step sequencer designed for deep, hands-on control.
each channel features its own pitch, cv, and gate outputs, allowing for fully independent sequencing.
at the core is a unique assign matrix, letting you map internal parameters to knobs and cv inputs shaping your own performance workflow.
each sequencer offers extensive control over: pitch, cv output, gate length, probability, ratcheting, glide, sequence length, clock division, and scale. a customizable random generator adds controlled unpredictability, opening the door to evolving patterns and happy accidents.
autoperc is a 4-voice polyphonic percussion module built around a loopable sample & hold sequencer.
kick, snare, hi-hat, and tom voices can overlap, creating rich, layered rhythms from a single trigger.
six knobs give you precise control over the core drum sound, while the s&h normalled to the trigger adds instant variation. patching the s&h input breaks this connection for full external control. the s&h can run random or looped and is mapped bipolarly to all parameters for evolving, musical patterns.
cv control over decay, v/oct pitch, noise, and engine selection shapes the sound further, while analog-style soft clipping adds warmth and punch.
autoperc turns simple triggers into evolving percussion.
reel is a stereo tape-space processor built for musicians who want movement, depth, and character in every repeat.
it moves from tight rhythmic echoes to long, drifting trails, with tap-tempo sync, musical divisions, and free-time control for expressive timing shifts.
wow and flutter, tape-speed behavior, blur, dropouts, and tone-shaping feedback let you dial anything from subtle warmth to unstable, living texture.
freeze captures a moment and turns it into a playable layer: repitch, scrub, and reshape loop length in real time for transitions, drones, and broken-tape gestures.
with hands-on control and deep cv interaction, reel turns simple signals into evolving space, rhythm, and atmosphere.
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