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What is this thing?
What is this thing?
The Flogger is a proposed Eurorack module built around a very specific idea: some old digital replay chains could make drums feel denser, louder, and more physical than a lot of cleaner modern gear while carrying the exact same electrical energy.
This project starts with the Amiga question first.
If you want reduced sample rate and bit depth,
are you sure you want to fake it afterwards with a bitcrusher?
Why not just replay the sample the way the Amiga treated it in the first place, through the kind of workflow the Paula chip made famous?
Nostalgic?
Chiptune nerd?
Or just after that good old umpf?
That is exactly the territory our little flogger is aiming for.
Not because Paula is the only way to get there. Because it is one of the clearest historical examples of a primitive replay chain producing a sound that still gets talked about decades later.
Why I'm doing it?
Why I'm doing it?
So far, I have not found any real Paula-type workflow designed especially for audio production. Most of what is out there leans toward games, trackers, nostalgia, or post-process bitcrushing rather than replaying the sample through a purpose-built Paula-style path from the start.
I use Eurorack, and I want one. The real question is whether enough of you want one too.
The reason I’m taking that seriously is that the proof of concept is already there. A third-party demonstration showed that sample-domain degradation and reconstruction does indeed increase perceived power and measured loudness on a full mix without increasing the peak ceiling that was digitally confirmed here.
That matters because it supports the core idea behind the flogger: if the replay path itself reshapes the signal properly, you can get more apparent force while playing live and density before the usual modern loudness tricks even begin.
That is why this project is not being treated as nostalgia for its own sake. The point is that the mechanism appears to work, and now it is worth turning that mechanism into a real Eurorack instrument.
Running simulation in QSPICE
What makes the flogger different
What makes the flogger different
A lot of "lo-fi" gear gives you obvious crunch. That is not the target.
The flogger is aimed at something narrower and more useful:
replay-rate pitch behavior
no-politeness sample playback
controlled sample-domain degradation
converter character
fixed output filtering
dense, efficient drum impact
In plain English: it is about loudness born in the signal path, not painted on later.
Why Eurorack
Why Eurorack
Eurorack is the right home for this because the idea does not need to be a full workstation. It needs to be a focused instrument that takes a sample, takes a trigger, and gives a small number of sounds real authority.
Mono. Direct. No frills.
QSPICE - Prototype A virtualisation
What it is meant to do
What it is meant to do
The current target for our flogger is:
mono sample replay
replay-rate pitch change
primitive playback where it matters
trigger-friendly workflow for techno and adjacent styles
drums, breaks, and other core sampled sounds
...dense output with only a trace of grit, not obvious distortion
What this page is, honestly
What this page is, honestly
This is an early project page for a real hardware idea. Not a finished product page. Not a fake polished launch.
The job right now is to show the direction clearly, gather the right people around it, and keep development honest.
If you care about old replay chains, dense drums, Amiga / Paula history, or hard electronic music tools that do one job properly, you are exactly the kind of person this project is being built for.
Mock-up of final product dated of the 24th of April 2026
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